Stop Genocide NowIssue 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 Letter to the Editor, gather […]
Living on an island, it’s easy to forget that there is a world out there in need of our care and continued consideration. As part of the Dream for Darfur torch relay event in Honolulu, Camp Darfur was able to bring that sense of reality to the participants of the event, as well as many […]
G’s Journal—Day 9 Our plan was 10 days of i-ACT, but today is day 9 already, and we still have three days left in camps before returning to N’Djamena on our way home. The last day will be in Camp Gaga, where little Leila lives. I haven’t asked the rest of the team, but I’m […]
Hello Cynthia! Yes, I’m very much looking forward to coming to Atlanta. Yes, we will do all that we can to say safe, given the situation in the area. When we got off of the plane here in Guereda, the pilot told us, “You’ve been given a security briefing, right? You know how bad this […]
Hello Kathleen! Your daughter has been very easy to travel with (but don’t tell her that) and makes for a great teammate; we really work well together. I know that you’re very proud of her, and I think you’ll be even more proud when you see her in action out here. Thanks for the “guest […]
Gali Slayen from the STAND chapter from Lincoln High School, Portland OR writes to us: Camp Darfur was an incredible experience to bring to my high school. It gave over a thousand students the opportunity to learn about past genocides and the current genocide taking place in Darfur. The students were really affected by the […]
Dee Homans shares with us the excitement of Camp Darfur in Santa Fe Camp Darfur came to Santa Fe at the beginning of December. Set up on the historic downtown plaza, it contrasted strangely with the first signs of Christmas; The large trees overhanging the tents were already festooned with multi-colored lights and people paraded […]
Gabriel, Mohamed Yahya, and I trekked all over Oregon with Camp Darfur and the Olympic Torch! Months of planning, phone calls, emails and almost weekly meetings in Portland culminated last week with 5 days of events in 3 cities! Gabriel and I kicked off the week with Camp Darfur at Lincoln High School, which was […]
A few days from now, we will be celebrating Thanks Giving here in the US. Two years ago, I spent Thanks Giving visiting refugee camps in Eastern Chad. One thing that amazed me then and during my two visits since to the camps is how grateful the refugees are for what they have. After having […]
Rachel Utesch from Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne writes: Camp Darfur was like nothing I have experienced before. Right in front of me were 5 tents where I could learn all about our world’s genocides in the 20th century. After each genocide, humanity would say “Never Again.” But it happened again. And again. And again…. not only […]