John Dau, head of the John Dau Foundation, was the keynote speaker for grand opening celebration of ProLiteracy’s headquarters on Marcellus Street yesterday. Dau is a genocide survivor from the Sudanese Civil War and now a college graduate.
Dau said that an education is one of the most important assets a person can acquire. It can never be taken away from you, he said.
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