Take 5 minutes. Give $25. Help millions. Your $25 gift will help us build MY HOME. Be a part of telling Darfuri children’s story. Will you help us raise $2,500 to build MY HOME by August 19, 2010? Each and every dollar will go towards the creation of this exhibit, which will include Darfuri chidren’s […]
Author: Katie-Jay
Katie-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 i-ACT team put together a series of videos that you can share at your World Refugee Day (WRD) event or meet-up. It will help provide a sense of life in the refugee camps on the Chad-Darfur border, and keep the Sudanese Diaspora connected to their community back home. It can be played on a […]
ACTION ALERT! The U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, Maj. Gen. Scott Gration (Ret.), appeared before the Senate Foreign R elations Committee on May 12 to brief lawmakers on developments as the country prepares for a critical referendum in January 2011 that is likely to split Africa’s largest country in two. Senators John Kerry (D-Mass) and […]
The Morning News 2
As many of you know Camp Darfur and the i-ACT team travel to Minnesota and partner with World Without Genocide at least twice a year. Recently we received news that Peter Erlinder, a Minnesota Professor of Law at William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, was arrested on May 28 in Kigali, Rwanda on charges […]
The Morning News
This morning, before sitting down to address the many tasks on the SGN to-do list I read two articles. The first unfortunately confirms what many of us activists know already, that people continue to die in Darfur. Right now the death toll has reached its highest peak in two years. That means that fighting has […]
Soccer & Changing the World
As the World Cup in South Africa approaches, the world’s attention directs itself to soccer players, teams, long time traditions, statistics, and the stories of those who have used soccer to change the world. I recently read an article, Soccer Savior, about Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba. The article does talk a lot about soccer and […]
I have been working with Camp Darfur and host groups for several years now. Students, communities, faith groups and all around activist rock stars have all helped bring the camp to their community. Camp Darfur at ‘Iolani was by far one of the most meaningful and impactful on the local community that I have been […]
The U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, Maj. Gen. Scott Gration (Ret.), appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 12 to brief lawmakers on developments as the country prepares for a critical referendum in January 2011 that is likely to split Africa’s largest country in two.Senators John Kerry (D-Mass) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss) did […]
Every so often when I am playing my iTunes on random, the i-ACT1 Day 21 soundtrack plays. It’s not the full video, just the beautiful sounds of the Darfuri people, and Chris and Gabriel laughing with them. I always, always cry when I hear, “Don’t just see in front of you. Turn back and see […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact -Susan Morgan, 617-797-0451 susan@paxcommunications.org CITIES NATIONWIDE – May 5, 2010 – Today Darfur advocates and Sudanese expatriates from around the country commended Congressman Frank Wolf for his bold call to President Obama for a change of course in dealing with Sudan. Twenty five regional groups representing 18 states have joined together […]