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Issue 16: June 2010

World Refugee Day DVD & Videos!

The i-ACT team put together a series of videos that you can share at your World Refugee Day (WRD) event or meet-up. It will help provide a sense of life in the refugee camps on the Chad-Darfur border, and keep the Sudanese Diaspora connected to their community back home. It can be played on a […]

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Issue 15: Sudan Sham Elections SGN Blog

Not What Anyone Was Hoping For, except maybe for al-Bashir

This was supposed to be an exciting time for Sudan, instead it is a scary time.  Sham elections are set to begin this Sunday.  They are not, as they should be, a step towards peaceful democracy for people that have lived decades of horrible violence and abuse.  These elections are a false statement of legitimacy […]

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Issue 15: Sudan Sham Elections Take Action

URGENT ACTION: DEMAND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON SUDAN


Despite rosy reports from Obama Administration officials, very bad things continue to happen in Sudan. The most recent example from a long list of ongoing human rights violations and broken commitments by the Government of Sudan is a recent offensive by the government of Sudan in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur, which has killed […]

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Issue 15: Sudan Sham Elections

Actions for Sudan Elections in April

Sudan Sham Elections 2010: Each day since February 20, 2010, one state has stood up and taken action directed towards their state or national leaders to say: “Obama Administration, Stop Supporting Sham Elections in Sudan!” With recent violence in Darfur, broken peace agreements, and weapons stock piling in both the North and South, and the […]

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Camp Darfur Issue 15: Sudan Sham Elections

April is Genocide Prevention Month

 Stop Genocide Now is working with several California-based groups to support events that both commemorate based genocides and take action to end humanity’s worst crime, genocide. It is deeply saddening to think that so many horrible crimes find their way onto the calendar in April. What is worse, these crimes span more than a century […]

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Issue 15: Sudan Sham Elections

Introducing the SGN Blog

Our team has decided to take the plunge and create yet another interactive tool on our site: SGN Blog. It’s a place for both personal reflection and informational dialogue. Where you can comment on our words, and ask questions. Our hope is that it also inspires you to act with us. Because we are just […]

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Issue 15: Sudan Sham Elections

Peace, Protection, Justice

As many of you know, our tireless team is made up of several hardworking volunteers, and two full time advocates. This year alone, your generous donations have allowed us to coordinate a national campaign with involvement from all 50 states and for 50 days leading up to elections in April, urgent weekly actions, two petitions […]

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Issue 15: Sudan Sham Elections SGN Blog

Sudan Sham Elections 2010

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 […]

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Issue 14: December 2009

Holiday déjà vu

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 […]

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Issue 14: December 2009

Help Provide a Mode of Communication

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, […]