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Please check back for updates on upcoming events.
If you would like to help our organization put on an event, please contact us at info@okongo.org. Thank you.
PUSHING THE ELEPHANT
"When you don't forgive others, you keep building a hell
for yourself" says Pushing the Elephant subject Rose Mapendo. When civil war came to Rose's Congolese village, she was separated from her five-year-old daughter, Nangabire. Rose escaped with 9 of her 10 children
and eventually resettled in Phoenix, Arizona.
After more than a decade, Nangabire and Rose reunite in the
U.S. where
they come to terms with the past and build a new future.
Going beyond
tragedy, the film tells the story of a woman who emerged
from violence
in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a committed advocate
for the rights of women and for forgiveness and reconciliation.
Join us for this powerful screening and stay afterward to
meet Mr. Wemba-koy Okonda the President of OkoNGO a local Congolese born community organizer who came
to the US in 1997 escaping the first of the many devastating wars in
the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr. Okonda will attend
BOTH events
and share stories from dozens of Congolese refugees and asylees who
have settled in the Puget Sound Region.
SEATTLE PREVIEW
Saturday, March 12 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
The FRYE Art Museum Auditorium
704 Terry Avenue (Near Boren & James)
Seattle, Washington 98104
FREE Event, Open to the Public.
FREE PARKING! (First come first served)
click here for more information
TACOMA PREVIEW
Thursday, March 17 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (as part of
ArtWalk Tacoma)
The Washington State History Museum Auditorium
1911 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402
FREE Event, Open to the Public.
click here for more information
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Past Events
INTERLAKE HIGH SCHOOL BELLEVUE WASHINGTON February 17th, 2011
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EVENT AT PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON Nov. 16th, 2011
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Friday, October 22, 7-9:30 pm: Screening and discussion of "The Greatest Silence"
at Meaning Full Movies
Keystone Congregational United Church of Christ
5019 Keystone Place N., Seattle
President of OkoNGO, Mr. Wemba-koy Okonda will be one of the panelists. Please come to support Congolese cause. Click here for more information.
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Pictures taken the day of the documentary screening and panel discussion at Meaning Full Movies for Congo's week
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at 4 to 6:00PM Screening and discussion of "LUMO"
at University of Washington Seattle
William H. Gates Hall 133, University of Washington School of Law
President of OkoNGO, Mr. Wemba-koy Okonda will be one of the panelists. Please come to support Congolese cause. Click here for more information.
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Pictures taken the day of the documentary screening and panel discussion at University of Washington Seattle (LUMO) Congo's week
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Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 6:00PM: LUMO
At the University of Washington Bothell 18225 campus way ne., Bothell, wa 98011-8246 - (425) 352-3146,
At the UW2 building's Commons area.
Please come a lot to support OkoNGO's action.
Pictures taken the day of the documentary screening and panel discussion at University of Washington Bothell (LUMO) Congo's week
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Pictures taken the day of the documentary screening and panel discussion on May 02, 2010 at Seattle University(LUMO)
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President of OkoNGO
answering questions.
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President of OkoNGO
with his children.
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President of OkoNGO
with the media.
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President of OkoNGO
displays materials
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Wemba-koy Okonda and Red.
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President of OkoNGO
advising Congolese couple.
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All about the Democratic
Republic of Congo
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After the screening.
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