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Vote for a Peace Surge for Darfur – 2nd Round of Voting
Change.org is holding it’s 2nd round of voting for the “Top 10 Ideas for Change in America.” Go to CHANGE.org to vote today! Jerry Fowler, President of the Save Darfur Coalition, is asking the Obama Administration to adopt a Peace Surge for Darfur....
Participate in the Discussion at Change.gov
The Obama administration has taken unprecedented action by creating a space for community members throughout the United States to voice their ideas and participate in discussions about what matters to us. For the first time a President-elect is asking you what...
Vote for a Peace Surge for Darfur
Jerry Fowler, President of the Save Darfur Coalition, is asking the Obama Administration to adopt a Peace Surge for Darfur. In doing so, Save Darfur is participating in a contest run by Change.org and MySpace that is called “Ideas for Change in America.”...
Ask President Elect Obama to make Darfur a Day 1 Priority
December 10th, 2008 was the 60th anniversary for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This document, ratified by all United Nations member states, declares, “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.” Completely disregarding the...
End of the refugee fast
Eric and Jeremiah have completed their month-long refugee fast. For Eric, the physical changes he experienced is quite startling: Below are some photos documenting the observable effects of living on a wheat diet of 1,000 Calories a day for just 1 month. The left...
Willow’s Thanksgiving Journal
I joined Eric on the Refugee Diet on Thanksgiving Day not only to support him on a holiday surrounded with an abundance of food but to hopefully make a larger impact on the message of the importance and urgency of Darfur. I started the morning with the cream of wheat...
Eric’s Journal – Day 30
Below are some photos documenting the observable effects of living on a wheat diet of 1,000 Calories a day for just 1 month. The left shows me at 157 lbs on Nov 1, and the right shows me at 134 lbs on Nov 30. So in just 30 days I lost 23 lbs. I am a healthy adult and...
Eric’s Journal – Day 29
Thanksgiving was what I had been looking forward to all month. My girlfriend Willow, who has given me rock-solid support and without whom I wouldn’t have been able to make it through the month, joined me on Thanksgiving and shared the refugee rations with me for...
Jeremiah’s Journal – Day 27
My First Thanksgiving I never would have imagined that my first true Thanksgiving would be my first Thanksgiving without any special, or typical, Thanksgiving meal. Due to some sickness, and traveling schedules, we ended up not being with any extended family this...