Stop Genocide NowOne student’s story takes you to the heart of the Darfur conflict. It is memories like these that carry on through generations to come. And it is kids like Yaya that motivate us to continue to work for peace.
Did you miss the live stream with Darfuri students? Check out the recorded version of the School Assembly from Tuesday March 29, 2011!
Scenes from the first two days of action at the Federal Building in Los Angeles. KT-J talks about an encounter with an informed and concerned supporter. Fr. Vazken and Brian Steidle talk with people that stopped to find out what was going on. The heavy Wilshire Blvd traffic shows support through non-stop honking, and the […]
Here’s some pictures from the Federal Building in Los Angeles
If you are interested in coming bring warm clothes, sleeping bag or blankets, and water! We’re going in to 2nd night here. Heavy honking and conversations with people from cars. It was 7 of us here–now 5. Thousands and thousands of people seeing and hearing DARFUR. We know genocide will not stop today because of […]
Fr. Vazken stopped by and spoke with Gabriel.
URGENT ACTION ALERT! On Wednesday, March 4, 2009, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued a landmark arrest warrant for President Omar al Bashir of Sudan. Just hours later, President Bashir expelled 16 humanitarian organizations from Sudan, placing millions of Darfuri civilians at immediate risk. Bashir is holding innocent lives hostage in order to […]
Dear friends and family: It was in December of 2004, when I first sent out one of these e-mails talking about Darfur. It went out to my family and a couple of friends, a total of recipients that stayed in the single digits. Pretty much all it said was, “Have you heard about what is […]
This situation for Darfuris on the ground is deteriorating quickly. On a conference call on March 11, International Rescue Committee (IRC) indicated that they were able to put in place a few supplies before they were ordered out. They estimate that medicine will run out in one month, and fuel supplies for water pumps will […]
WANTED: i-ACTivists Darfur needs you. Darfuris in need of food, water, medicine, shelter, and protection need you to re-energize. Yes we have been working to bring peace to Darfur for too long. But we have not done enough. Now more than ever, they need us to bring LOUD, VISIBLE, and CONSISTENT pressure to our leaders […]
March 23rd through April 1, 2009! For 10 consecutive days, i-ACT will connect you with the faces and lives of Darfur refugees who escaped, for now, genocide in their homeland. Watch videos and view photos from Darfur refugee camps; read journal entries and add your comments; take action daily that will change the way the […]
For 10 consecutive days, i-ACT (interactive-activism) connects you with the faces and lives of Darfur refugees who escaped, for now, genocide in their homeland. Watch videos from the field team; read journal entries and add your comments; take action daily that will change the way the world responds to genocide. The violence and insecurity in […]