Droopy-lidded, hand fitted with my daily oolong tea, I stare at the whirlwind of text swirling on my computer screen, perplexed and confused. Before me are the images of faces I know too well. Stories I have heard time and time again. Flashes of desert beige streaked with red…blood red. As always, I sit perplexed, […]
Tag: Darfur
My daughter, Noemi, is starting high school. As you might suspect, for me as a dad, this brings some stress, fears, and not necessarily welcomed excitement. For Noemi, I’m sure it brings a lot of the same emotions, plus many more. She is 14 now! It’s not easy to accept that my little girl is […]
Take 5 minutes. Give $25. Help millions. Your $25 gift will help us build MY HOME. Be a part of telling Darfuri children’s story. Will you help us raise $2,500 to build MY HOME by August 19, 2010? Each and every dollar will go towards the creation of this exhibit, which will include Darfuri chidren’s […]
The Morning News
This morning, before sitting down to address the many tasks on the SGN to-do list I read two articles. The first unfortunately confirms what many of us activists know already, that people continue to die in Darfur. Right now the death toll has reached its highest peak in two years. That means that fighting has […]
For Immediate Release: May 28, 2010 Contact: Susan Morgan, Investors Against Genocide, 617-797-0451, susan@paxcommnications.org Jonathan Hutson, the Enough Project, 857-919-5130, jhutson@enoughproject.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several U.S.-based human rights groups have criticized the U.S. government’s decision to send a representative to the inauguration of Omar al-Bashir as president of Sudan. Bashir, the sole sitting head of […]
I have been working with Camp Darfur and host groups for several years now. Students, communities, faith groups and all around activist rock stars have all helped bring the camp to their community. Camp Darfur at ‘Iolani was by far one of the most meaningful and impactful on the local community that I have been […]
Every so often when I am playing my iTunes on random, the i-ACT1 Day 21 soundtrack plays. It’s not the full video, just the beautiful sounds of the Darfuri people, and Chris and Gabriel laughing with them. I always, always cry when I hear, “Don’t just see in front of you. Turn back and see […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact -Susan Morgan, 617-797-0451 susan@paxcommunications.org CITIES NATIONWIDE – May 5, 2010 – Today Darfur advocates and Sudanese expatriates from around the country commended Congressman Frank Wolf for his bold call to President Obama for a change of course in dealing with Sudan. Twenty five regional groups representing 18 states have joined together […]
Looking at Drawings and Counting Dots
A friend just took digital pictures of panels we have with drawings by Darfuri refugee children. This is a batch of 26 panels, from the many dozens that we took with us to the Chad-Darfur border. We handed them out to kids at the camps and gave them some markers, with no other instructions. I […]
Following last week’s flawed national elections in Sudan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice must increase their oversight of the faltering U.S. policy on Sudan. The current implementation of the six-month-old policy has not addressed a number of concerning developments including clear indications that the national election held earlier this […]