Stop Genocide NowKatie-Jay keeps i-ACT running on several levels. Much of her work entails coordinating partnerships with other grassroots organizations and implementing the campaigns developed by Gabriel and seeing through the details. She graduated from Portland State University with a BA in Sociology and a focus on Community Development. She has previously worked as a community organizer in Thailand, Guatemala, and with grassroots organizations across the United States.
The country may soon return to war, and the perception of U.S. indifference isn’t helping. Wall Street Journal Op-ed By JOHN PRENDERGAST For a second-tier foreign policy issue, Sudan has seen its share of first-tier finger-pointing over the last decade. Congress has blamed the White House, administrations have blamed activists and Congress, and everyone has condemned […]
The threat of a new war looms in SUda, even as the country prepares for a January 2010 referendum that could split it in two. It is time for a powerful, proven, and effective policy. The president faces a critical decision on how to move forward on Sudan–including one that may result in a severe […]
Sudan Now Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 25, 2010 CONTACT: Jonathan Hutson, 857.919.5130, jhutson@enoughproject.org Susan Morgan, 617.797.0451, susan@paxcommunications.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sudan Now, a campaign led by a group of prominent anti-genocide and human rights advocacy organizations, is running ads in The New York Times and the Vineyard Gazette to influence the president’s decision, […]
Each day and for 7 consecutive days, beginning Monday, August 23rd, we will take over, attack (peacefully) and OWN the Facebook pages and Twitter accounts of 7 influential Members of Congress. 50 or more activists will make sure that the message is being heard loud and clear. Here we go! It will take less than […]
Drawings Highlight the Destruction of Their Villages and Life in a Refugee Camp MEDIA ALERT August 20, 2010 For Immediate Release Contact: Katie-Jay Scott, ktj@iactivism.org WHAT: MY HOME: A Walk Through Children’s Memories of Darfur is a multi-media exhibit. The children’s voices, faces, and drawings tell their horrific stories. They also show the beauty and […]
Do you care deeply about the future of Sudan? Do you regularly look for opportunities for advocacy and action? Are you on Facebook (and Twitter for extra points)? Did you answer yes to all three questions? You are a Super-Activist – and we need you! Join us for our Seven Days for Sudan Challenge! We […]
On Friday, Foreign Policy Magazine broke the news suggesting that, after months of delay, a plan for moving the U.S. Policy on Sudan forward has finally landed on President Obama’s desk. As Sudan prepares for a referendum that is likely to split it in two, and as the humanitarian crisis in Darfur grows increasingly dire […]
One hundred fourteen Darfuris and 27 Associations and Organizations in North America issued a statement today calling on the international community to act on their Responsibility to Protect (R2P), particularly the United States: “Currently, our people in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp of Kalma are under threat of violence, homelessness, and lack of basic […]
In a recent New York Times article on August 4th titled, “Violence Said to Be Rising in Sudan’s Darfur Region,” reporter Neil McFarquhar writes regarding the Obama administration’s view of the genocide in Darfur, “They deny a rift, but one senior State Department official said that Washington was still struggling to define a policy. ‘There […]
