Doctors Without Borders Refugee Camp in Centennial Park.

Tomorrow's Mobilize the Mamas Playgroup meets at Centennial Park Playground, 9:30-11:30 AM. All mothers and others (on stilts and off) who exercise protective care over someone smaller are welcome, with or without children. Expectant parents, same sex parents and empty nesters welcome. Nursing friendly environment. In the event of nasty weather, meet at Borders Books & Music across the street from the Park on West End.

Also in Centennial Park tomorrow is what sounds to be a very moving exhibit, details below from the Middle Tennessee Progressive calendar. Perhaps those gathered in the morning will wander over....

Friday, October 6, 2006

MDs w/o Borders Refugee Camp

July 22 to October 7. the Parthenon (in Centennial Park) is hosting a exhibit titled 'Doctors Without Borders: Photographs from Afghanistan 1984-2004', in the East Gallery. The exhibit documents the work of the relief organization Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, or MSF) carried out in Afghanistan before it closed its programs in that country.

During the last weekend of the exhibition, Oct. 4th-8th, aid workers present an A REFUGEE CAMP IN THE HEART OF THE CITY (an outdoor, educational exhibit) in Centennial Park. The exhibit is made up of materials used by MSF in its medical work around the world, including emergency refugee housing, a food distribution tent, water pump, primary health clinic, vaccination tent, nutrition tent, and a cholera treatment center. MSF aid workers guide visitors through the exhibit, which takes examples from MSF's work in conflict areas such as Sudan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Chechnya, while each tour will be informed by the guide's particular field experience.

A closing reception is at the Parthenon Fri., Oct. 6th, 6-8:30pm, and features a talk by Nicolas de Torrent�, Executive Director of Doctors Without Borders, on the organization's past work in Afghanistan and its current work in crises around the world.