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Issue 11: August 2009 Take Action

Hope: Love Requires Action

I was given a tshirt almost a year and half ago that reminds me that my hope for a better world, and the love and energy I have to give towards making the change requires me to ACT. At times I feel like I have done all that I can, but am reminded by the […]

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Issue 11: August 2009

Connecting on the Personal Level

“Humanity Before Politics” was one of the first moving i-ACT statements that caught my eye when I looked at a picture of a group of Darfuri boys wearing t-shirts with the slogan. Gabriel later told me how fun it was to watch them play basketball that day the picture was taken. Basketball in a refugee […]

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Issue 11: August 2009

Mission

It feels cool to hear our team’s time out here in Eastern Chad called a “mission.”  They ask, “How long is your mission?”  “Where is your mission going?”  I like to think that our mission never ends.  When we get back to the US, our mission continues and, for the most part, becomes even more […]

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Issue 11: August 2009

Oregon is i-ACTing

The Oregon Community has been quiet; however, strategic and present.  There are many independent groups working, still very much committed to the vast mission of bringing about awareness and education for Darfur.  As a community, we have all had the privilege of coming together through Darfur Fast for Life; this gave us the opportunity to […]

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Issue 11: August 2009 Take Action

NYC: August 13th Rally at United Nations

What: Darfur Rally *Support the International Criminal Court (ICC) *Express the Dire Need for Humanitarian Assistance *Protect the Women and Children of Darfur *A panel discussion/dialogue/activist networking event will follow the rally. When: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 12:30-4:00 pm Where: Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, New York City 47th Street and First Avenue near United Nations visitors’ […]

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Issue 11: August 2009

Keeping a promise

I met Adam and Abdal at Obama School in Camp Djabal. We (the i-ACT team) were going over the logistics of a live video broadcast that we would do from the school later in the day. They came up to me, each holding a piece of folded paper. They told me that they had letters […]