http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/group_rss/DarfurActivistLeaders A forum for leaders of some of the most active Darfur groups around the country to communicate, share ideas and work together. http://www.savedarfur.org/page/group/DarfurActivistLeaders Below are the actions for Rhode Island's day this Thursday, Feb 25. SUDAN SHAM 2010 campaign ACTIONS FOR RHODE ISLAND NOTE: Although our RI day of action is Feb 25, you may contact our elected officials on the run up to the Sudan Elections through April 10, 2010. 1. Contact your US Rhode Island Representative: To find your US RI Representative type in your zip code in upper left search box at  http://www.house.gov/Welcome.shtml   Rep James Langevin - Darfur grade: A+  Call 401-732-9400 or E-mail http://langevin.house.gov/comments.shtml Message: The Obama’s Sudan Policy’s quarterly review just happened. We should be able to see some actions, as a result of the quarterly review. Sudan has clearly violated benchmarks, and Obama’s policy promised consequences if and when this happens. Representative, James Langevin, as a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, should hold a hearing about the Sudan Policy quarterly review. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence members should ask about the specific benchmarks, pressures and incentives in the policy, keeping our administration relevant and honest. As well as, proof of the “unstinting resolve” that Mr. Obama promised regarding Darfur. Tweet him at http://twitter.com/JimLangevin to read: @JimLangevin Call for a Intelligence Committee special hearing re: #Sudan policy review and demand pressures and consequences #SudanSham -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Rep Patrick Kennedy - Darfur grade: A Call 401-729-5600 or Email  https://forms.house.gov/formpatrickkennedy/IMA/contact.htm Message: Sudan’s first multi-party election in 24 years is scheduled for April 2010. For too long, a military dictatorship has monopolized power and wealth in Sudan, committing genocide in Darfur and violently oppressing the rest of the country. The corrupt regime in Khartoum has at every turn blocked political reforms necessary for free and fair elections to take place. The government of Sudan's increased intimidation by kidnapping and killing citizens during the time running up to the election is proof this election is a sham. The election will only be used to legitimize this genocidal regime led by the man indicted by the ICC for “crimes against humanity” and “war crimes”, President Omar al-Bashir. The U.S. government should not spend any further funding or extend any support to these non-credible elections.   -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Contact your US Rhode Island Senators: 2. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Darfur grade: A Call 401-453-5294 or Email http://whitehouse.senate.gov/contact/ Message: I would like to thank Senator Whitehouse for his continued efforts for Darfur and Sudan. The Sudan Policy’s quarterly review just happened. Sudan has clearly violated benchmarks, and Obama’s policy promised consequences and pressures if and when this happens. Senator Whitehouse, as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, should hold a hearing about the Sudan Policy quarterly review. The Senate Intelligence Committee members should ask about the specific benchmarks, pressures, and incentives in the policy, holding our administration to their word of “unstinting resolve”. 3. Senator Jack Reed - Darfur grade: B Call 401-943-3100 or E-mail http://reed.senate.gov/contact/contact-share.cfm Message: I would like to thank Senator Reed for his support of basic human rights, including justice on behalf of the Darfuri people. I would like him to co-sponsor Senate Resolution 404, which supports full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and other efforts to promote peace and stability in Sudan. Additionally, Sudan’s first multi-party election in 24 years is scheduled for April 2010. The corrupt regime in Khartoum has at every turn blocked political reforms necessary for free and fair elections to take place. The government of Sudan's increased intimidation by kidnapping and killing citizens during the time running up to the election is proof this election is a sham. We urge Senator Reed to join us in contacting President Obama and tell him the US must not support the upcoming elections in any way. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Optional extra action: 4. Call President Barack Obama between 9am - 5pm EST at 202-456-1111 or email him http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ Message: "U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration is no longer effective in his position. With respect, I ask for diplomatic involvement with Sudan to be transferred to the State Department, who can work with unstinting resolve, while maintaining the people's respect that have been victims far too long of those committing crimes with impunity within the government of Sudan." -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Thank you for your help with this defining issue. Sandra Hammel  Please email me to let me know who you contacted, so I can report to the national leadership for better media coverage. sudansham2010@cox.net Use Your Voice to Stop Genocide RI GENOCIDE WILL only STOP WITH US - Our leaders have taught us this Website for SUDAN SHAM 2010: http://sudansham2010.org/page3/page3.html http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sandrahammel/CLFl http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sandrahammel/CLFl/commentary#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:01:39 EST http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sandrahammel/CLFl Sandra Hammel http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/995eeb15dfeacc6ba4_0euomvrhq.jpg Sandra Hammel 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/CLFl/ Hello! Two pieces of big news. 1. We are close to our April 11th Rally and Vigil. I have enclosed a copy of a print ready flyer for you to post and hand out. If you didn't receive a copy (the SaveDarfur mailer will not support attachments) please e-mail me for one. I would love it if this was a huge event- there are tons of partner events going on all over the country, and it would be great to show that Phoenix is passionate about what is going on in Darfur. You can sign up online for this event at right here at the Phoenix SaveDarfur website. 2. The next meeting will be on Sunday, April 13th at Lux Coffee Bar at 4404 N. Central Ave. Phx.85012 (602) 696-9976. We will be planning future events as well as writing letters to Federal representatives, so if you are interested, please bring stamps and paper. http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BBP http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BBP/commentary#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:02:17 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BBP User from Glendale, AZ User from Glendale, AZ 4 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BBP/ Hello Everyone! This is a long letter, but you should read it anyway, because it is CHOCKFULL of exciting and useful information!!! A few things were decided at Sundays meeting. 1. We want to have a standard monthly meeting. This will be on a set day, such as the 3rd Wednesday, so that it can be planned for in advance. -These meetings will be for business, and also to get to know each other. We are going to try to have them in places where we can have drinks and snacks, and be pretty informal. -They are also going to be a time for action. We will be writing letters or some other concrete piece of action each meeting. That way, we can ensure the group is doing something every month. -So, drop me a line and let me know if there is a day you would prefer, or a day you can't come. I will condense everything and get back to you. Keep in mind, that I probably can't satisfy everyone, but I will do my best to make it as convenient as possible for as many as possible. We want you to be a part of the group, after all. 2. We will be sending out a bi-monthly newsletter, with additional editions if exciting or important news comes up. Each month we will have a different focus for action, and we will tailor our letter and our group meeting/activity towards that theme. This will give us specific goals, and tasks we can accomplish in a timely manner. 3. I know some of you may be worried about what is going in in Chad, and it most certainly affects the situation in Darfur. The national organization has released a statement, and I am providing you a link to it here: http://www.savedarfur.org/blog/entries/spilling_into_chad/ 4. The ongoing success of the state divestment initiative shows that we can make progress on this complex issue. So, don't be discouraged. Get involved, and we will get it done together. I look forward to hearing from you, and to working with you even more! I will send out a note next Monday to let you know when the March meeting is scheduled for, and what our monthly action will be. Thanks so much! TJ http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BCx http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BCx/commentary#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:49:18 EST http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BCx User from Glendale, AZ User from Glendale, AZ 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BCx/ We have hearing times for both bills!! * HB2705 will be heard at 1:30pm on Monday, February 11th. The committee is meeting in House Hearing Room 5. You can request to speak online for this bill right now. * SB1366 will be heard at 9am on Wednesday, February 13th. The committee is meeting in Senate Hearing Room 3. You should be able to request to speak on this bill tomorrow. Please come to the capital to show your support! Whether you come down or not, please log on to http://alistrack.azleg.gov/rts/login.asp to make your voice heard. Rep. Sinema has worked so hard to get this bill passed- lets show our support. Please e-mail me if you plan to come to either or both hearing. Also, if you could e-mail me when you do your request to speak- I'd like to keep track of our participation. Thanks so much!! We are close to real change...let's get there!! TJ http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BCM http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BCM/commentary#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:44:39 EST http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BCM User from Glendale, AZ User from Glendale, AZ 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BCM/ ood news!! The bill Rep. Sinema has drafted to divest Arizona's state retirement funds from companies that are supporting the genocide in Sudan has been finalized! There are several Republican Representatives (Eddie Farnsworth, Andy Biggs, Mark Anderson, Andy Tobin, and Michele Reagan) who have already signed on, and there could be even more sponsors! The bills should be introduced in both the House and the Senate this week. In the House, Rep. Marion McClure has agreed to give the bill a hearing in the Public Institutions and Retirement Community. This will be in two to three weeks, and mostly likely on a Monday. We will continue to keep you updated- Thanks for helping to make a difference! TJ Houle, Phoenix SaveDarfur http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BBx http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BBx/commentary#comments Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:20:59 EST http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tjhoule/BBx User from Glendale, AZ User from Glendale, AZ 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BBx/ The event started with a really great routine from the Jessie White Tumblers--they fly high! And IL Secretary of State Jessie White himself was there, in a jump suit, starting the whole event off with a heartfelt message of peace and the power of youth and individual citizens to make a difference. We had really great speakers from communities affected by genocide, including Holocaust, Armenian, Cambodian, Bosnia, & Southern Sudan with Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls. His presence drew in a lot of media. Here's a radio story & see below for more links (http://podcast.wbbm780.com/wbbm/725950.mp3). We had a very moving speaker from Darfur, Fatima Haroun, who has spoken at other rallies on the east coast. State elected officials were on hand, including the author of the IL divestment law, Senator Jacqueline Collins, and her colleague in the House, IL Rep. Greg Harris, who shared a portion of a message from Senator Durbin, who could not be with us because he was going to Sudan! Ben Prochazka from national Save Darfur HQ in DC came and offered his "Why China & What To Do" message. We had an Olympic Torch Procession, with Luol Deng holding the torch at the start of the procession and the other speakers following, surrounded by children holding colorful flags, evoking the colorful garments of the women of Darfur. When the procession returned to the stage, Deng handed the torch off. As each of the speakers addressed the crowd, a refugee from Darfur or Southern Sudan stood with her/him and held the torch. Deng was the last speaker. He did not introduce himself as a basketball player but as a fellow refugee. He handed the torch to Mohamed Abdelrhman Kauda, the President of the IL Darfur Association, who accepted it and thanked the community for their support. Our own Steve Dishler closed the ceremony with words from US politician Edward Everett: "I am only one, but I am one. I can't do everything, but I can do something. The something I ought to do, I can do. And by the grace of God, I will." We had great music by recently signed artists Trevor Menear and his band. He did a cut for "Instant Karma" called "John Sinclair." (Check him out on myspace or itunes or youtube.) We handed out his CD sampler, got over 200 signatures on letters to Hu Jintao, got signatures on our banner that will be in DC for the final leg of the torch relay, Instant Karma posters, Human Rights Watch info sheets, Team Darfur sweatbands, official event t-shirts, etc., and collected lots of donations (an unintended result of the giveaways). It was great to have the crowd lining up for ice cream, signing and collecting stuff all at once while the Trevor Menear band played a rockin' set. It felt festive and hopeful. ADDITIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE Here are some of the news reports that mentioned the Chicago event(though I could not find our own NBC-5 coverage). The use of the wire services really helped & the presence of Luol Deng made the story spread across the country. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2007-10-22-notes_N.htm http://www.wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37327&Itemid=49 http://www.morrisdailyherald.com/articles/2007/10/22/state_news/751zdarfur.txt http://www.wnct.com/midatlantic/nct/sports.apx.-content-articles-NCT-2007-10-21-0014.html http://podcast.wbbm780.com/wbbm/725950.mp3 http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-22rowboldnamesoct22,1,5164877.story http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20071022_Deng_and_Darfur.html http://www.juf.org/news/local.aspx?id=27562 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/ChicagoCoalitiontoSaveDarfur/BMp http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/ChicagoCoalitiontoSaveDarfur/BMp/commentary#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:54:42 EST http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/ChicagoCoalitiontoSaveDarfur/BMp The Chicago Coalition to Save Darfur The Chicago Coalition to Save Darfur 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BMp/ Here is the beginnings of a a list of the current activist campaigns going on around the country. This is an attempt to gather all this info together in one place. I want to add others to this list! Email me at coby@savedarfur.org with the name of a Darfur campaign, a brief description and a link (or contact info) for people who want more information. Thanks -Coby http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/cobyrudolph/BMG http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/cobyrudolph/BMG/commentary#comments Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:04:20 EST http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/cobyrudolph/BMG Coby Rudolph Coby Rudolph 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BMG/