Darfur Resource And Brainstorming Thread. Please Keep Kicked

[cali]

The news from Darfur is increasingly grim. The latest peace deal fell apart yesterday, and the deadline has been extended for 48 hours. The U.N. is cutting food aid in half due to lack of funds. Around 6 million people in the region require food aid.

I thought we could use this thread to compile resources and brainstorm about what we can do. The first thought I had, was that we could pick a day to deluge our lawmakers with email or faxes demanding that they take action. Maybe that's already happened or its planned (though I haven't seen anything indicating such). In any case, any ideas or resources would be much appreciated. I know there are people on DU who know far more than I do.

I've posted some resources below. savedarfur.org has a postcard on their site, to bush, demanding that the admin do more to alleviate the suffering.

Thanks.

http://www.savedarfur.org/home
The Save Darfur Coalition is an alliance of over 100 faith-based, humanitarian and human rights organizations. Our mission is to raise public awareness and to mobilize an effective unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of two million people in the Darfur region.

The Coalition began on July 14 when the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and American Jewish World Service organized a Darfur Emergency Summit at the CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan featuring Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Elie Wiesel. Mr. Wiesel inspired the group with his impassioned remarks about the suffering being inflicted on Darfurians: "How can I hope to move people from indifference if I remain indifferent to the plight of others? I cannot stand idly by or all my endeavors will be unworthy."

http://www.darfurgenocide.org/
This site's sole purpose is to try to save lives by helping stop the genocide in Darfur.
It empowers you to take smart, strategic actions to compel those in power to act through international petitions or local events. It provides access to the best, most relevant and most upto date information available. You can also give online to our Advocacy Fund.

http://www.darfurpeaceanddevelopment.org/home.php
Darfur Peace and Development Organization is nonprofit and nonsectarian. It seeks to restore reconciliation where conflict exists in the Darfur region of Sudan through humanitarian aid and services to the needy people in the region, without regard to race, religion, sex or national origin. This website has been built and published by Darfur Peace and Development Organization ( DPADO). DPADO is nonprofit organization committed to promote and restore peace and sustainable development in Darfur, Western Sudan in Africa.

To learn more about Darfur and keep up to date, the linked site has reports, news and other information:
http://www.darfurinfo.org/index.html

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Refugees International

Has tools to write Congress and the White House-also a very powerful film on Darfur that I would encourage everyone to watch. http://www.refugeesinternational.org

[cali]

3. Thanks, ayeshahaqqiqa

I haven't seen the film, but I certainly will now.

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[qanda]

4. I'm bookmarking this to come back and read later

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[H2O Man]

5. Nominated.

This is very important. Thank you for the links. I'm sending this OP along to my son in college, in hopes that he can share it in his dorm and classes.

[cali]

7. Thank you. Here's the savedarfur college and

student link to pass along to your son. College and high school students have been in the forefront of organizing to help the citizens of Darfur.

http://www.savedarfur.org/students/college

[Coexist]

6. kick with hope!

[usregimechange]

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[cali]

9. kick because

maybe some folks aren't aware of these organizations, and how easy they make it to do something helpful.

[cali]

10. another kick

[applegrove]

11. Kick!

[qanda]

12. kick

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