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Tell President Obama to Make the Right Choice on Sudan
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...
As President Makes Crucial Decision on Sudan, Rights Groups Advocate for ‘Powerful, Proven, Effective Policy’
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...
Seven Days for Sudan: A Super-Activist Challenge
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...
Gallery to host exhibit with darfur children’s drawings
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...
Seven Days for Sudan: A Super-Activist Challenge
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...
Tell Obama to Make the Right Decision on Sudan
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...
Darfuris Release Statement on Current Situation
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...
I Promise
I remember being at the camps in 2006 on i-Act 2 just before the US Presidential Election Season kicked into high gear. Gabriel and I met a group of men, women and children from Darfur who had traveled with fire at their backs and no home in their future to get to...
U.S Policy on Darfur: “No Urgency” vs Reality
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...