The Sudanese Community Center, the first center of its kind in the nation, assists the large number of Illinois residents who fled the genocide in Darfur and other regions of Sudan. It is the realization of a dream long held by the Sudanese community in Illinois. Some of the Illinois Sudanese are "Lost Boys" who walked thousands of miles after their villages were destroyed and their family members killed during Sudan's civil war. Others have fled the ongoing genocide in Sudan's Darfur region, where over 300,000 have been killed and over 2 million lives are still at risk.

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SCC Board Members

Luol Deng, Chicago Bulls Forward
Manute Bol, NBA legend
Tony Rokita, Chicago Bulls Community Relations
Mohammad Abdulraham Kauda, Darfur Association of Illinois
Malual Mayol Awak, SCAI President
James Deng Kog, SCAI Vice President James
Awuol Deng, SCAI General Secretary
Peter Magai Bul, SCAI Assistant Secretary
Salaheldin Elnimair, SCAI Treasurer
Nowel S. Lamdong, SCAI Assistant Treasurer
Duot Angok Aguer, SCAI Communications Secretary
Neima Y. Tarifa, SCAI Board Chair
Joice Sabit, SCAI Women’s Affairs Secretary
Sean Tenner, Save Darfur Coalition
MayeBeth Hadfield, Former Illinois Senate Parliamentarian