One of the storied “Lost Boys of Sudan,” John Bul Dau, featured in the award-winning documentary, God Grew Tired of Us, has experienced trials in life that most people never imagine. But now he is living the American Dream.
John will be speaking on Thursday, March 14 at 7 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center.
Born in war-torn Southern Sudan, Dau is one of 27,000 boys driven from their villages when the northern Arab government attacked the ethnic minority population in 1987. For the next five years, Dau led groups of displaced boys across Sudan for hundreds of miles facing starvation, disease, and violence. In 2001, he immigrated to the U.S., but he hasn’t forgotten his homeland. Today, he is president of the John Dau Foundation, and counts among his accomplishments the opening of the Duk Lost Boys Clinic in his home village.
Dau is a compelling motivational speaker whose life is defined by his uncompromised commitment to having a lasting impact on the future of his native country.
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Submitted by: Brian Smith, director of leadership development, campus programming & leadership development
