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“…Strive their utmost to be healers”

On first read, Tod Lindberg’s recent article in Commentary (“The Only Way to Prevent Genocide”) is horribly depressing.
In part, it’s an insider’s tale of the consequential dithering and trademark ineptitude that have defined the Sudan policymaking world. Here’s one particularly damning anecdote from Lindberg’s account:
“We knew that UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan had given a [...]

Repost: Sudanese Rally for Darfur Tomorrow in DC

Originally posted by Enough:
Sudanese Rally for Darfur Tomorrow in DC
Tomorrow, Friday, May 22, Darfuris and Sudanese from across the country will host a rally outside the White House to pressure the government to take a more active role in providing humanitarian aid to Darfur. The rally will be followed by a briefing on the current [...]

When a Failing Grade Means Lives Lost

A new editorial from The New Republic captures the collective view of the Sudan movement:

Since Obama is a pragmatist — and pragmatism is, by definition, what works — we should judge his policies in this area by a single standard: Are they accomplishing the goal of ending Darfur’s suffering? We are sad to say that [...]

ACTION: Make the Call

Our Sudan campaign this week is a simple but important one:
“Call the White House hotline at 202.456.1111 and deliver this message: “President Obama, please do all you can to impose targeted multilateral sanctions on the Sudanese government’s senior leaders.”
Please — make the call now. Thank you! Email us at info[at]ourpledge.org if you have any questions.

Getting Away with Everything

As Nicholas Kristof pointed out this weekend, the civil society conference “Mandate Darfur” should have been a shining moment amidst a lot of despair and political dithering. The conference, which was being organized by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, was going to bring together Sudanese civil society leaders of all ethnic, religious, geographic, and social backgrounds. [...]

Welcome to the New OurPledge

Welcome to our new website! Take a look around and let us know what you think.
If you do just one thing here, please: Visit and bookmark our new “Take Action” page right now. We’ll be posting new Sudan action alerts on this page regularly.