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  Darfur Action Coalitionof Wisconsin A grassroots collective of organizations and individuals dedicated to raising awareness and moving people to action to end the genocide in Darfur. The people of Darfurneed your support. Please participate in our campaigns to stop Wisconsin from funding genocide and to demand that President Bush and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon make Darfur a higher priority. How to JoinYou can join our coalition as an individual, or have your organization join. Join our e-mail listPlease join the Darfur Action Coalition of Wisconsin email list on the savedarfur.org website. Click here and then click on "Join Group." Contact UsPlease feel free to contact us at 414-433-4365 or email info@darfuractioncoalition.org. The crisis in Darfur demands immediate action. |
 7/24/08 Please take these quick and easy actions for Darfur today: » Click here to ask the president of NBC News to dedicate air time to the crisis in Darfur and China's links to the government of Sudan. NBC will dedicate more than 1000 hours to the Beijing Olympics, but has provided less than 10 hours of coverage to Darfur over the last 5 years! » Click here to take the pledge to turn off Olympics ads and tune in to Darfur - Switch Over to Darfur. Dream for Darfur will webcast the "Darfur Olympics:" daily alternative programming during the first week of the games, August 8-15. The "Darfur Olympics" will include exclusive video footage and reports by Mia Farrow from a Darfurian refugee camp, and exclusive clips about the conditions there and the desperate need for action. In addition to this powerful video footage, there will be background reports and daily opportunities for action. To kick off this week of action, you can watch the "Alternative Opening Ceremony" on August 8 featuring musicians like R.E.M., Talib Kweli, Carly Simon, and many more who have donated music videos to our effort to make sure the world does not forget about Darfur. » Click here to send a message to the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to deploy UNAMID, still waiting one year after it was authorized! The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has charged Sudanese President Bashir with genocide. The ICC has taken a decisive step forward. Now the U.N. Security Council must act. Darfur activism in the news Watch CNN's interview with the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court about seeking an arrest warrant against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for committing genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes against the people of Darfur. Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be charged by the ICC. Watch the 2 minute animation from Dream for Darfur: Gengen Genocide, on China, the Olympics, and Sudan Read Mia Farrow's statement at the special UN Security Council meeting on Darfur "You have allowed the Government of Sudan, perpetrator of atrocities of the worst kind, to dictate which battalians can and cannot enter Darfur. How long will you continue to allow the Government of Sudan to manipulate this body? Did Adolf Hitler get to choose which troops should be deployed to end his genocide?" - Mia Farrow Read the ENOUGH and Save Darfur report on "Keeping our word: Fulfilling the mandate to protect civilians in Darfur." Read "The Genocide Continues" NY Times editorial, June 17, 2008 Other news and Darfur campaigns Tents of Hope - Join the gathering of Tents Of Hope on November 7-9 on the Mall in Washington DC. Registration online at TentsOfHope.org. Bring your Tent of Hope or just plan on attending the event. Genocide-Free Investing - Join the campaign and submit a shareholder proposal. Learn how at InvestorsAgainstGenocide.org. |
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