Stop Genocide NowDrop off the dog. Pick up the last of our food. Get a coffee. I am running the last of our errands for the trip, my sixth and Gabriel’s ninth. An American music teacher is speaking on NPR about his students at the Kabul Music Academy in Afghanistan. The reporter asks what kinds of students […]
Southern Sudan will hold a referendum on January 9, 2011 regarding independence from Sudan proper, the largest nation in Africa. The upcoming referendum raises hopes and concerns for the country’s future. On the one hand, if properly supervised, it could lead to peace, which most Sudanese have never experienced. On the other hand, if not […]
This is Darfur: Guisma’s Story Guisma’s eyes have seen what no child should ever see. Her home was destroyed. Brothers and sisters died. Most of her life lived as a refugee, with little hope for a safe and nurturing future — but Guisma still smiles. Guisma is Darfur, bombed and oppressed — but still beautiful […]
“The MY HOME exhibit for Darfur is deeply moving and informative. Certainly for me to have my children with me, who’ve watched me through the years advocate on behalf for the people of Darfur. Now as young adults, their personal experience meeting you, Gabriel and Katie-Jay, along with the powerful exhibit was moving. When my […]
Over 3,477 villages have been attacked in Darfur since 2003. Violence continues today. The children of Darfur are the most vulnerable of the victims, with millions of them now living in refugee and internally displaced persons camps. The children of Darfur want to go back home. They want education, and they want to play. Their […]
With referenda 100 days away, activists use social media to ask more of Obama administration FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 1, 2010 CONTACT: Susan Morgan, 617.797.0451, susan@paxcommunications.org Gabriel Stauring, 310.415.2863, Gabriel@stopgenocidenow.org Saturday, October 2 marks 100 days before Sudan will decide whether or not to divide itself in two. Preparations are woefully behind and civilians are […]
On September 19, 2010 i-ACT launched our newest multi-media exhibit, MY HOME: A Walk Through Children’s Memories of Darfur. It was part of an international Global Day of Action for Sudan to bring attention to the current situation in Darfur, Sudan, and the approaching referendum scheduled for January 2011. It was a powerful experience, both […]
Call for Intensified Diplomatic Efforts on Darfur, Justice, Human Rights FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 27, 2010. 10 a.m. Eastern CONTACTS: Joshua Berkman, jberkman@ajws.org, 212-792-2893 Jonathan Hutson, jhutson@enoughproject.org, 857-919-5130 Janessa Goldbeck, goldbeck@genocideintervention.net, 202-559-7405 Ann Brown, abrown@savedarfur.org, 301-633-4193 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the United Nations High Level Meeting on Sudan on September 24, 2010, leading Sudan advocacy […]
#1 – Sunday, Sept. 19th: NCP Leaders will soon arrive at the UN to promote their agenda. By Email – Send Fact #1 to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. On Twitter – Top 10 AWOL #Sudan Facts #1: NCP Leaders will soon arrive at the UN to promote their agenda (http://bit.ly/91qcOj) @StateDept @presssec On Facebook […]
Some important facts have been glossed over by the Obama Administration in its approach to Sudan. Without these facts, many American citizens may have been lulled into thinking that the crisis in Sudan is over. The facts prove otherwise. TOP TEN AWOL FACTS: 10) The official U.S. Sudan policy was never implemented. The official policy […]