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Fast Actions
If you are fasting with us, it more than likely means that your commitment to not being a bystander goes beyond what most people are willing to give of themselves. We are going to ask you to do more, though. Now is the time for the world’s actions to match the urgency...
Cross Country Caravan for Darfur
Ben Cohen, of Ben & Jerry’s, is providing three cars to travel from Vermont to San Francisco in preparation for the April 9th Olympic Torch Relay. The cars have billboards attached that encourage China to engage constructively in Sudan. Upon arrival in San...
April 3rd, 2008
If the caravan would have followed the original path I realize I would have seen 6 rally’s in different states, talked to hundreds of people, handed out pounds of free ice cream 4 times from Ben and Jerry but this morning I woke up in San Francisco for another...
100 Day Fast for Darfur
We allow multiple fasters for each day, so if you would like to fast for Darfur send us an email at fast@stopgenocidenow.org to be added! Day Date Name City, State Country Pledge Amount Pledge To 1 April 7 Gabriel Stauring Redondo Beach, CA USA $25 WFP Amber Garrow...
Updates from the Road
It is hard to know what kind of expectations to have when trying to prepare for a week of driving across the nation with 3 cars and 5 drivers. Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream donated 2 element cars and one van with 5-foot billboards on them to draw attention to...
Accident Cancels Caravan
Unfortunately, an accident with one of the vehicles has forced the Cross Country Caravan for Darfur to be canceled. The remaining two vehicles will be shipped back to San Francisco. We are still waiting for details and will continue to post updates.
i-ACTzine Issues
Issue 16: June 2010 June 20 is World Refugee Day. The United Nations Refugee Agency theme is Home: They can take my Home but not my Future. Join the movement working to make sure that our Sudanese friends have the future they want, a future back at home. Write a...
Situation Deteriorating
Only weeks ago, we were enveloped into the eyes of Fatna (view video here) as she described bombs falling from the sky and bullets hounding her family of seven as she struggled to keep them together in their journey to safety. No food, no water, nothing but the...
Update from the Border: 11 March 08
Update: Darfur refugees who have been waiting for three weeks at the border of Chad-Sudan are being relocated to existing refugee camps near Guereda. When we were last visiting our friends, Adam, Yakoub, and Fatne in Kounougo, there were 16,188 residents. Mile held...