Comments on: Suffering http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460 A community working to end genocide Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:06:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Katie-Jay http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5836 Katie-Jay Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:29:21 +0000 http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5836 Dear Ashley, With every story I do the same thing, sit back and really try to think about it all. Try to breath it in and ask myself, what more can I be doing. I think the most important thing is to continue to talk about it. And talk about it through their voice. Once people know the stories, as you do now, they will act. We all need to step up our action and I think one person can do that in two ways. First, start with what you know and where you are – how can you get that community involved? People who know you the best and who have a personal relationship with you will come and listen. Many of our action items that we have listed over the past 12 days can give you ideas about what you want the group of people to do for an action item. The second thing is putting pressure on our leaders – hard pressure: phone calls, letters, emails, faxes, petitions – demanding that they step up their activism. No more broken promises. We at SGN are working on postcards that can be mailed to your leader, once we get these we will be sending them out for people to use in their activism. Stay connected to us and we will support you in our efforts! In Solidarity, KTJ Dear Ashley,
With every story I do the same thing, sit back and really try to think about it all. Try to breath it in and ask myself, what more can I be doing. I think the most important thing is to continue to talk about it. And talk about it through their voice. Once people know the stories, as you do now, they will act. We all need to step up our action and I think one person can do that in two ways. First, start with what you know and where you are – how can you get that community involved? People who know you the best and who have a personal relationship with you will come and listen. Many of our action items that we have listed over the past 12 days can give you ideas about what you want the group of people to do for an action item. The second thing is putting pressure on our leaders – hard pressure: phone calls, letters, emails, faxes, petitions – demanding that they step up their activism. No more broken promises. We at SGN are working on postcards that can be mailed to your leader, once we get these we will be sending them out for people to use in their activism. Stay connected to us and we will support you in our efforts!
In Solidarity, KTJ

]]> By: Katie-Jay http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5833 Katie-Jay Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:22:59 +0000 http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5833 Gayle! Fatna was so excited when I we saw her on the last day. She was waiting for the new roof but had moved her things back in the little home and she just kept smiling! It was fantastic! We do have a great team! Gayle!
Fatna was so excited when I we saw her on the last day. She was waiting for the new roof but had moved her things back in the little home and she just kept smiling! It was fantastic! We do have a great team!

]]> By: Katie-Jay http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5831 Katie-Jay Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:21:07 +0000 http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5831 YL! Thank you so much for your support and all you do! I took a special picture of a bug on the macbook just for you! There was not too many, but a few special ones! Here's to continued action until we don't have to fight any longer!!!! YL!
Thank you so much for your support and all you do! I took a special picture of a bug on the macbook just for you! There was not too many, but a few special ones!

Here’s to continued action until we don’t have to fight any longer!!!!

]]> By: Katie-Jay http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5830 Katie-Jay Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:20:17 +0000 http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5830 Yo Bro! Thanks for your note! I just sent a little note to all some sisters back home. For some reason this trip I have needed a little booster from PDX, so it was great to see that you posted! Thank you so much, a small note means so much to me from way out here. Congrats on the job! You are a sharp learner and I sure you will do great! And you will learn more about women! Ahha! All my love, your lil sis! Yo Bro!
Thanks for your note! I just sent a little note to all some sisters back home. For some reason this trip I have needed a little booster from PDX, so it was great to see that you posted! Thank you so much, a small note means so much to me from way out here.

Congrats on the job! You are a sharp learner and I sure you will do great! And you will learn more about women! Ahha!

All my love, your lil sis!

]]> By: Katie-Jay http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5829 Katie-Jay Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:19:37 +0000 http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5829 Greetings Gayle! Your words reach me all the way in Chad. Thank you so much for following us and the stories of the strongest of women like Fatna. If we all put all of our energy that boils up inside when we get angry towards change, then it will happen! Greetings Gayle!
Your words reach me all the way in Chad. Thank you so much for following us and the stories of the strongest of women like Fatna. If we all put all of our energy that boils up inside when we get angry towards change, then it will happen!

]]> By: Katie-Jay http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5828 Katie-Jay Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:18:02 +0000 http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5828 Greetings Selina! The world needs more teachers like yourself, raising the next generation of leaders and global citizens. The Tents of Hope project is open to everyone who wants to get involved. I will send along your note to Tiffany who is coordinating the project and she can follow up with you! I would love to hear the reaction of your students to the videos. Peace, KTJ Greetings Selina!
The world needs more teachers like yourself, raising the next generation of leaders and global citizens. The Tents of Hope project is open to everyone who wants to get involved. I will send along your note to Tiffany who is coordinating the project and she can follow up with you! I would love to hear the reaction of your students to the videos.

Peace, KTJ

]]> By: Katie-Jay http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5827 Katie-Jay Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:15:50 +0000 http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5827 Greetings Kanchan! Thank you for your support for the refugees. Its hard for many us to relate to horrors of genocide, and it's repercussions on the lives of thousands. Being here and speaking with them, I understand more and more the decisions they faced in coming to Chad. I will be continue to pass on your hope and support. Greetings Kanchan!
Thank you for your support for the refugees. Its hard for many us to relate to horrors of genocide, and it’s repercussions on the lives of thousands. Being here and speaking with them, I understand more and more the decisions they faced in coming to Chad. I will be continue to pass on your hope and support.

]]> By: Ashley Straley http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5720 Ashley Straley Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:32:06 +0000 http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5720 KTJ, This is such an eye opening story. The first time I read this, I had to sit back and just think. I couldn't even think of any words or anything at that moment besides just the plain silence and deep thought of this woman. There are so many aspects of the things that go on there in the camps that I haven't ever really thought of. I never thought that because she was left without a husband that the men in the community wouldn't help her and her children as much as others. I heard recently, that several men from the village are coming together with some help and building her a new tent. It is things that this that I can start to fully understand what making a direct difference really is. Being in the states and going to school, I find myself caught between, directly and indirectly helping the people of Darfur. What is that people like myself can do? How can I help directly the people of Darfur from here? I want to thank you and your team for first of all provoking these thoughts and ideas now that I have. Secondly thank you, and I mean sincerely thank you for what you are doing, each time I read the new blog it takes me closer and closer, it starts the fire beneath my thoughts. I appreciate you. Stay safe! Sincerely, Ashley Straley KTJ,

This is such an eye opening story. The first time I read this, I had to sit back and just think. I couldn’t even think of any words or anything at that moment besides just the plain silence and deep thought of this woman. There are so many aspects of the things that go on there in the camps that I haven’t ever really thought of. I never thought that because she was left without a husband that the men in the community wouldn’t help her and her children as much as others.

I heard recently, that several men from the village are coming together with some help and building her a new tent. It is things that this that I can start to fully understand what making a direct difference really is. Being in the states and going to school, I find myself caught between, directly and indirectly helping the people of Darfur. What is that people like myself can do? How can I help directly the people of Darfur from here?

I want to thank you and your team for first of all provoking these thoughts and ideas now that I have. Secondly thank you, and I mean sincerely thank you for what you are doing, each time I read the new blog it takes me closer and closer, it starts the fire beneath my thoughts. I appreciate you. Stay safe!

Sincerely,
Ashley Straley

]]> By: Yuen-Lin http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5702 Yuen-Lin Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:40:57 +0000 http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5702 Dear KTJ, Throughout this trip I think you've been an absolutely excellent representative of the people you met, really bringing us to a deeper understanding of their perspective through your speech and writing. You've raised the bar of what we are able to convey to everyone participating from here, and I'm sure to the people there as well. The value of this can't be overstated. Thank you :) YL Dear KTJ,

Throughout this trip I think you’ve been an absolutely excellent representative of the people you met, really bringing us to a deeper understanding of their perspective through your speech and writing. You’ve raised the bar of what we are able to convey to everyone participating from here, and I’m sure to the people there as well. The value of this can’t be overstated. Thank you :)

YL

]]> By: Matt Hodges http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5701 Matt Hodges Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:28:28 +0000 http://stopgenocidenow.org/iact/iact4/day9/2008/01/27/460#comment-5701 Katie-Jay (Little Sister), I haven't been able to keep up with you on your mission as much as I would like, but when I see you are doing and how you are impacting these people I feel a connection that makes me so proud of you and so much closer to something that is so far away. On a NoPo note my new job is as different as I expected but I am working on being the best I can be in a new (on all levels) environment. I am the only guy in my office, which offers a level of insight that I wasn't given before but also adds to my learning curve...more to come on the new job front as it offers itself. We are so proud of you and know this will make a difference so keep the faith and keep doing what you are doing. All our love, Matt (Big Bro) Hodges Katie-Jay (Little Sister),

I haven’t been able to keep up with you on your mission as much as I would like, but when I see you are doing and how you are impacting these people I feel a connection that makes me so proud of you and so much closer to something that is so far away.

On a NoPo note my new job is as different as I expected but I am working on being the best I can be in a new (on all levels) environment. I am the only guy in my office, which offers a level of insight that I wasn’t given before but also adds to my learning curve…more to come on the new job front as it offers itself.

We are so proud of you and know this will make a difference so keep the faith and keep doing what you are doing.

All our love,

Matt (Big Bro) Hodges

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