Hello friends, familia: We are coming to our last four days of i-ACT. It has been so great to have so many of you follow us along and share in the ups and downs of visiting with our family from Darfur. I can see, from your comments, that you are also connecting with the individuals […]
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Day 5 from Gabriel
blog, 12/25/06 2:35am Eastern Chad Dear friends, familia: Nights in Eastern Chad seem very peaceful. The black dome of stars almost seems like a protective cocoon. It is so dark here, and the sky is so full of stars! It’s hard to believe that these heavens, on both sides of the border, have been witnessing […]
Lost Generation
N’Djamena 8:01pm We are down to the last few hours in Chad. I was just going over the stories we heard during our days at the camps, especially what the ones belonging to the young people. There was Muhammad, Ahmat, Farha, and Eisha. Muhammad we found making bricks. Ahmat is our English speaking friend. Farha, […]
I-ACT: Day Fifteen
Immediate danger Heavily armed men ride in during the middle of the night and take whatever they want. During the day, men are abducted and tortured, women beaten and raped…and these are the survivors. There are killings also. It sounds like reports we are hearing from the interior of Darfur, with its ever deteriorating security […]
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Today’s Action
Be a Witness and join the pledge for more media coverage on genocide. This week we are going to concentrate on contacting the media. During June 2005, CNN, FOXNews, NBC/MSNBC, ABC, and CBS ran 50 times as many stories about Michael Jackson and 12 times as many stories about Tom Cruise as they did about […]
i ACT: Our Plan
Chris and I have been talking about he 21 days and the stories we want to capture and share. This is what our expectations are, and we fully know that our plans could be completely changed by the reality on the ground. The story of the 21 days will be divided into three stories, which […]