Stop Genocide NowHello Friends & Familia: A year ago, I spent New Year’s in Eastern Chad, where hundreds of thousands of Darfuri refugees have been living for years. I did not really get to celebrate New Year’s. This year, on my fourth trip to the camps, I am also close to departing but do get to celebrate […]
As we begin a new year, many of us will think about what we accomplished since January 1, 2007 and set our goals for 2008. But in Darfur, the hope will remain the same: to return home, leave the camps behind and begin to rebuild their lives as people, as mothers, fathers and children of […]
i-ACT wants you to join the community to end genocide in Darfur, Sudan. One way to do this is to invite your network of friends to watch present (and past!) videos of our field team on the ground between January 19 – 28, 2007. Whether your network includes your students, peers, coworkers, friends or family, […]
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 and Katie-Jay will be heading back to the camps, departing for Chad on January 12. They get to see some of our friends, like Leila and Fatma, and you get to follow along, interact with them, and be a part of the actions to bring peace to Darfur. Let’s start 2008 the right way! […]
Help spread the idea of i-ACT RHYTHM & HOPE! We are looking for an artist to join us on the inaugural i-ACT R&H – contact i-actinfo[at]stopgenocidenow.org if you want to get involved! The Project and Objectives i-ACT’s RHYTHM & HOPE team members will be in four target refugee camps over at least a 10 day […]
Hello everyone, A powerful new documentary on Darfur, SAND AND SORROW, premieres on HBO this coming Thursday 6 December at 6:20pm EST and 8pm PST in the US. Please check out HBO’s website. HBO and Campus Progress are promoting “house parties” throughout the U.S., getting groups to watch the documentary together. http://www.hbo.com/docs /programs/sandandsorrow/index.html My good […]
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 […]
However the spokesperson, activist or actress wants to call it, we are all asking the same thing, “China, stop funding the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. You have the economic leverage with Khartoum to end this violence tomorrow.” But why are activists pressuring China and how much leverage do they really have with the Government of […]