Arn Chord-Pond—Child of War, Man of Peace
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Lebanon Valley College, Lutz Auditorium North College Avenue, Annville, Pennsylvania 17003
Arn Chorn-Pond is a renowned human rights activist, musician and Cambodian genocide survivor inspiring change with incredible stories of hope, endurance, and survival through the power of music. He is the subject of the Emmy-nominated documentary, The Flute Player. Separated from his family and forced by the Khmer Rouge into a youth work camp, he survived the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime by playing revolutionary songs on the flute. Chorn-Pond has been honored with many awards, including the Reebok Human Rights Award, the Anne Frank Memorial Award, and the Kohl Foundation International Peace Prize. Never Fall Down is the achingly raw and powerful novel about his life, a child of war who becomes a man of peace, from National Book Award finalist Patricia McCormick.
The keynote address will be followed by a concert at 7 p.m.
Price: Free