Stop the Genocide in Darfur! Please sign this petition

[Sapphire Blue]

... from FaithfulAmerica.org - 400,000 Signatures needed - One for every person who has died @ http://ga3.org/campaign/DarfurPetition/step1.tcl


And tell the media to Be A Witness @ http://www.beawitness.org/video

[getmeouttahere]

1. Done...I signed it from an email received

[Beaverhausen]

4. Me too!

:hi:

[walkon]

2. Signed

Thanks for the heads up!

[Double T]

3. Signed and Done!!

Thank you for making us aware of this human atrocity

[Sapphire Blue]

5. Another petition... this one from DarfurGenocide.org...

Send a Message to President Bush About Darfur: http://act.darfurgenocide.org/DG/MessageActionReturn.cfm

[Beaverhausen]

7. signed that one too

:hug:

[cloudythescribbler]

12. done w/donation

[Missy M]

6. Done!!

[Talismom]

8. Signed 2 and sent to 2 friends. Thanks for the post! n/t

[meganmonkey]

9. Done!

[Nothing Without Hope]

10. Done! and Recommended

...and :kick:

[mom cat]

11. done...thanks

[Sapphire Blue]

13. NY Times Columnist joins the BeAWitness chorus

An 07-27-05 email from American Action Progress Fund / BeAWitness.org...

NY Times Columnist joins the BeAWitness chorus

When we launched the BeAWitness campaign three weeks ago we had some simple (but big) goals. By pressuring our television media to cover the genocide in Darfur we hoped to bring attention to this global tragedy and drive individuals, non-governmental organizations and governments to action. We know this is not going to happen right away, but we want to let you know that our efforts are working.

In fact, just yesterday Nicholas Kristof, a columnist at the New York Times who has been writing about Darfur for months, focused an entire column on the media’s lack of coverage of the genocide and directly compared it to their coverage of Michael Jackson and the "runaway bride." Sound familiar?

Send an email to Nicholas Kristof and thank him for being a witness: [e-mail]

Here’s a taste of what Kristof had to say:

Incredibly, more than two years into the genocide, NBC, aside from covering official trips, has still not bothered to send one of its own correspondents into Darfur for independent reporting….

When I've asked television correspondents about this lapse, they've noted that visas to Sudan are difficult to get and that reporting in Darfur is expensive and dangerous. True, but TV crews could at least interview Darfur refugees in nearby Chad. After all, Diane Sawyer traveled to Africa this year - to interview Brad Pitt, underscoring the point that the networks are willing to devote resources to cover the African stories that they consider more important than genocide.*

Thanks again to all of you who donated to run our ads last week and we’ll be announcing our ad buy shortly. If you like what we’re doing and want to see our ad on the air, now is the time to donate.

Click here to donate today to help air our ad on the very networks that are refusing to cover the genocide: http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M710128877090102517002865

Thank you,

Brian Komar and the entire BeAWitness team

* http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/26/opinion/26kristof.html

[OneForLuck]

14. done!

[Sapphire Blue]

15. Thanks & Welcome to DU!

:hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi:

[upoceg]

16. done

always hoping it helps.

[Sapphire Blue]

17. Thank You! & Welcome to DU!

:hi: :hi: :hi: :hi: :hi:

[NMMNG]

18. Done n/t

[cloudythescribbler]

19. surely there is more interest than THAT in DARFUR????

[ismnotwasm]

20. Just did this

And signed up.