Stop Genocide NowOur e-magazine from the i-ACT team with updates, and a look into our current efforts to spread awareness about what is happening in Sudan.
This Sunday is World Refugee Day. This year’s theme is “Home: They can take my Home but not my Future”. Learn more about how you can be a part of it. Read more here
50 States, 50 Days of Action for Peace, Protection, and Justice for Sudan Grassroots groups and Darfuris across the nation have joined together to say: No support for sham elections in Sudan! Beginning February 20th, for the 50 days leading up to the April 2010 election, regular citizens in every state will take targeted and effective […]
Dear Friends: It was my task to write something about the holidays and relate the meaning and experience of the holidays to the lives of our friends in the refugee camps. As I stare at the blank Word Doc, instead of the spirit of Christmas coming over me, what I get is this overwhelming feeling […]
With your help in 2010, we can launch a technology program that creates an ongoing mode of communication between refugees living in the camps and you and your community. CommKit, created by our team member Yuen-Lin after he visited the camps, is an all-in-one communications package that allows refugees in one of the most remote, […]
Friends, this past summer I had the incredible opportunity to travel as part of the i-ACT team to Camp Djabal in Eastern Chad. Most of my time was spent making sure our live video streams were ready to go, but I was able to sneak a few minutes in here and there to snap some […]
President Obama, the time to impose pressure and consequences is now! In wake of pre-election human rights violations by Government, please join over 50 organizations representing Sudan advocates and Sudanese expatriates from around the country, together with activist-actress Mia Farrow and Sudan expert Eric Reeves, in asking President Obama to impose consequences on the Khartoum […]
“We still have hope,” Abdullaziz told me on our on-again off-again phone call from his refugee camp home close to the Darfur border (where they do not have great cell reception!). “But all refugees agree that Scott Gration should resign,” the school director at Obama School said in a clear and determined voice. Darfuris in […]
October 20, 2009 The Obama Administration’s new policy on Sudan incorporates certain ideals that are worthy of support. However, this is only a first step. Success will require personal and deep involvement from President Obama – as well as Vice President Biden and Secretary of State Clinton – to ensure that consequences are swiftly put […]
In these crucial days for Darfur and all of Sudan, as violence erupts and tension builds, it is crucial to keep pressuring our leaders to do what is right for innocent civilians. Please take action to support immediate and effective implementation of U.S.’s new Sudan policy. The recently released Sudan Policy could be very effective, […]
For Immediate Release October 19, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Sudan Now campaign, which comprises several human rights and anti-genocide groups, commends the Obama Administration for constructing a clear statement of U.S. policy in support of a sustainable peace in Sudan. However, the Administration’s diplomatic efforts to date have led member organizations to question whether […]
The Urgent Need for a Different U.S. Strategy John Prendergast of the Enough Project and Sudan Now have released an open letter to the Obama Administration as part of a series that outlines practical steps for peace in the Sudan. The Obama administration has almost completed its policy review on Sudan. There is, however, a […]