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Day 10: Dec 20, 2006

Day 10 from Gabriel

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: Dec 25, 2006

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 […]

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i-ACT 1: Nov 21 - Dec 10, 2005

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, […]

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Day 15: Dec 4, 2005

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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Day 15: Dec 4, 2005

Today’s Action

Ask five people to subscribe to our Newsletter By joining the Newsletter, you will receive updates about the i-ACT campaign and information about upcoming events. You will also receive news about i-ACT’s return home and the team’s personal stories.

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Day 8: Nov 28, 2005

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 […]

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Pre-trip

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 […]