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Darfur Now College Tour
[Note from AADG: For more info on this film tour, please visit www.darfurnowtour.com]
Los Angeles, CA, March 28th, 2008 - STAND and Participant Media are proud to sponsor a nationwide tour of the critically acclaimed new documentary, Darfur Now, which will be available on DVD May 27th. Schools around the country, chosen for their outspoken efforts to fight genocide, will host a special screening of Darfur Now and a concert to raise awareness, funds, and send the message that NOW is the time to end genocide in Darfur. Across the country, tens of thousands of students have shown that they will not stand idly by in the face of genocide. From passing legislation to fundraising for relief and protection efforts in Darfur, they have declared that they are the anti-genocide generation. But we can do more…
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ACTION: Tell President Bush - Don’t Normalize Ties with Khartoum
[Apr. 23, 2008 Update: This is a key action alert, so please keep calling! Thank you. -Nikki]
How: Call the White House comments line (202-456-1111), and leave this message with the operator on the other end:
“The U.S. must NOT normalize ties with the Government of Sudan. If anything, our administration should do the opposite in order to pressure the perpetrators of the Darfur genocide. Namely, the U.S. should lead the international community in imposing targeted multilateral sanctions against Khartoum’s senior leaders.”
Why: Now’s not the time to let up. Last week, The New York Times reported that the U.S. is considering normalizing ties with the Sudanese government and lifting the unilateral sanctions that are currently in place against it. This would be in exchange for Khartoum’s acceptance of Thai and Nepalese peacekeepers into Darfur, among other things.
Here’s the problem, though: Sudan has already formally agreed to let these UN peacekeepers in.
The U.S. cannot take this conciliatory approach to stopping genocide. If anything, the current administration needs to do the exact opposite — it needs to ramp up the pressure by helping to impose targeted multilateral sanctions against Khartoum’s senior leaders.
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ACTION: Stay home, Mr. President
[From the Save Darfur Coalition:]
If you were invited to a party hosted by the enablers of the genocide of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, would you go?
Join me in urging President Bush not to attend the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Tell President Bush to take a stand for human rights and skip the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
China has the power to convince the Sudanese government to accept deployment of the United Nations-African Union (UNAMID) peacekeeping forces for Darfur. But instead China remains Sudan’s major weapons provider, largest foreign investor and trade partner, and diplomatic apologist.
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J.K. Rowling and others take action for Darfur - a letter from children’s authors
Signed by: Mike Berenstain; Judy Blume; Gillian Cross; Anne Fine; Cornelia Funke; Julia Golding; Michael Morpugo; J.K. Rowling; Louis Sachar; Rawya Sadek; Amanda Sthers; R.L. Stine; Tracey West
In Darfur there is a story that is being told, re-told, and told again. It is a story of loss, fear, and trauma. Of children’s fates being dictated by armed men. It is a not a story that we want to tell you. But it is a story you must hear.
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Join us on April 9
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ACTION: Darfur can’t wait. U.S. aid needed now
[From American Jewish World Service:]
In response to the ongoing suffering of the Darfuri people, the very least our Congress can do is provide the funding needed for peacekeeping and humanitarian aid.
The upcoming emergency supplemental bill is the only opportunity for Congress to provide critical financial assistance to the Darfuri people this year. Please click here to send an email to your legislators — demand that the U.S. plays its part by fully funding these urgent needs.
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