http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/group_rss/NewYorkCityCoalitionforDarfur We have been working for the last several years on Darfur in various contexts. Our work grew out of previous work with synagogues and churches on the Upper West Side. We support the deployment of UN peacekeepers in Darfur, targeted divestment, and greater pressure on the Sudanese government including implementation of the terms of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act. We have conducted public events that have combined music and education and have participated in local protests with Darfuris in exile as well as organizing Save Darfur divestment events, torch relays, letter-writing, lobbying and other events. We work closely with advocacy groups such as Amnesty, Africa Action, STAND and Genocide Intervention Network. Our group includes people of all ages, backgrounds and political inclinations, and from all parts of New York City. We welcome your energy and ideas. Please contact us. When I first started speaking about Darfur there were odd looks and whispers. I interviewed person after person that had no idea what Darfur even was. I had guesses like, "a sports team" and "I really have been busy lately and have not seen the news". These reactions hurt me, I felt as if my country failed its citizens in informing them about one of the most important events in the past hundred years. People ask me why I Give these presentations on Darfur and what is happening. They ask what i am getting out of it, It took me a long time to come up with a responce to that, but i did. Now when i am asked that I simply look at them and say "Nothing, I get absolutely nothing out of helping these people. Except when this is all over I will be able to sit back in my couch and smile knowing that i Changed the world. And you will not." I feel for the people of Darfur. They really are wonderful people. That is something that I cant say about Americans. I wish i could switch places with a refugee, I would do it in a second. I wish others would feel this way as well. If I could change one thing about the people in this country I would change how Arrogant we are. We claim to be world leaders, yet when it comes time to save a country... We FALL FLAT ON OUR FACES! http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/adrienrosamond/CLbD http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/adrienrosamond/CLbD/commentary#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:26:53 EST http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/adrienrosamond/CLbD Adrien http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/4a613c13856db15c19_phm6ixz04.jpg Adrien 2 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/CLbD/ Below is the official LIDAG letter; we will use in our Letter Writing Campaign. Please copy this letter, adding your name and address, sign it and send it to your local government officials. You may use this letter to send to the President, cabinet members, congress and senate members. Email it, snail mail it, post it on your blog, facebook or myspace it, let's get this letter circulating! Here is a good website to get your representatives contact info; http://www.votesmart.org/ Dear As important as the troubled economy and other foreign policy issues may be at this time, it is also a crucial time for the people of Darfur who have waited and watched their women systematically raped and killed, children starve each day of delay and an impotent West has been paralyzed in any attempts to save them from this Genocide. During the presidential campaign, president-elect Obama pledged to "make ending the genocide in Darfur a priority from Day One," of his new administration. Here we outline the steps that the Obama administration and YOU should take to fulfill that commitment. Most generally, it is time for the United States and the international community to stop attempting to "manage" this conflict through half-measures and instead undertake bold initiatives to push for peace for Darfur. Genocide in slow motion remains genocide. Bold steps will require a "peace surge" by the new administration: strong American leadership and full-scale use of diplomatic resources can create a peace process that would finally achieve a breakthrough which ends the conflict. Any successful effort will also require a comprehensive approach to address the multitude of other challenges which face Darfuri civilians and act as impediments to peace. We therefore, call on YOU and President Obama to fulfill his pledges by acting swiftly and decisively on Darfur upon assuming office. The president-elect and his administration should use the full powers and influence of the United States government to: Energize efforts, through a peace surge, to create an inclusive peace process to Resolve the conflict in Darfur and create a sustainable peace for all Sudan; Immediate appointment of a high-level envoy to Sudan in the new administration to press for diplomatic progress; A ban on offensive military flights and enforcement of that ban; Strong multilateral sanctions; Ensure the full and effective deployment of a peace keeping force that actively protects Darfuri; Provide necessary humanitarian aid and push for unfettered humanitarian access to ensure the survival of Darfuri civilians; Actively seek justice for the people of Darfur and hold the perpetrators of the genocide to account; A press conference in the first hundred days of the administration to address the genocide in Darfur; Support increasing the international affairs account (also known as the 150 account) by 10% by 2010. Thank you in advance for your consideration and support. Sincerely yours, Long Island Darfur Action Group http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/nancywalsh/CL2m http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/nancywalsh/CL2m/commentary#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:44:11 EST http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/nancywalsh/CL2m User from Farmingdale, NY User from Farmingdale, NY 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/CL2m/ I recently joined this group, and I am excited to introduce my organization, Be Their Messenger, which offers support to Save Darfur among others. This is basically my resource and awareness campaign. My purpose is to provide a one-stop site to raise awareness and urge political pressure to end the Genocide in Darfur, the crisis in the Congo, and the displaced residents and child soldiers of Uganda. This has been a long work in progress and I still have much to do but wanted my fellow Save Darfur group members to be aware of it. Please check out my Updates page, as that is where the bulk of my work is done. I post updates from many different organizations there, as well as my own notes and articles I find, or updates from local events. We recently added 2 new page elements. You will notice 2 orange buttons on every page. One button is "Tell your story" and one button is "Know their stories". I wanted to offer a place where refugees, survivors or family members that have experiences from the conflicts in either Darfur, Congo or Uganda, can go and share their story. Then others can view these stories on the "know" page and really identify the personalized experiences. I believe the world needs to put a name and a personal story to the tragedies. I also plan to send each story I get, individually to our president, with the hopes that I can overwhelm him. I started this organization after I heard a local refugee say, "I believe if the people know what is happening, they will help to stop it." Our mission is to be their messenger: get their stories out, make their voices heard and believe that people will then pay attention and apply political and international pressure to implement change. I think just being aware of it is a very significant first step. After the world became aware of the stories that came out of the holocaust, it altered our beliefs (as a nation) of what was possible, it changed the borders and boundaries of what we knew the human race was capable of. I believe it shifted our compassion overall and I think that when Holocaust survivors began to get their stories out and their own personal experiences, that was a huge part of the growth and healing process not only for them, but for the world to know and understand how very unacceptable these tragedies were. Sadly, not enough stories or knowledge got out early on about the Rwandan genocide. I want to change that as we go through these current "wars" that will soon be added to the list of what will go down in history as tragic. I believe that these stories of devastation and survival have the power to impact a change in mankind. "Today is the day we say let's look around and see what's going on. Put out a hand and say we are one people." (Refugee, Lost Boys of Sudan) As I receive stories, I will be posting them. I hope you will check this out. Also, if you have access to refugees or survivors of family members of people with these experiences, please pass this information on to them and let them know that I would love to acknowledge what they have been through. The most important thing you can do is be aware and make others aware. Please pass on the site and flag my updates page for daily news and reports. You can also sign up to be on my e-mail list in order to receive weekly updates or to be notified when an urgent action is being requested, like a bill or petition that is reaching a deadline. Or, if you have comments, ideas or suggestions please click on the Contact link at the bottom of the site - or e-mail me: leah@betheirmessenger.org. Thank you for your support! Be Aware | Know Their Stories | Send Their Message http://www.betheirmessenger.org/ http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/leahnuckolls/BVW http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/leahnuckolls/BVW/commentary#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 12:24:15 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/leahnuckolls/BVW LBN | BeTheirMessenger.org http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/e9925635b084b371d7_8kvmv2b9k.jpg LBN | BeTheirMessenger.org 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BVW/ Hi, I'm Tejal and I'm planning a benefit concert with my best friend Jacki in my high school. We've run into a slight problem today, when we received just some of our shipment of t-shirts from SaveDarfur.org. The rest of the t-shirts will not make it on time for our concert!!!!! We're in the New York City area (Edison, NJ) and we were wondering if anyone had any suggestions on where we could buy a few extra t-shirts. We want to buy at a store, not online, however if you know of a site that can process and send out our shipment in 2 days, we'd order from them. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE help us if you can. WE're absolutely desperate to get these shirts. Perhaps if you live in the New York City area, have a few extra shirts (preferably size smalls) and are willing to sell them to us, we would buy them off of you. This is really how much we neeed them. Thank you Tejal and Jacki http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tejalmankad/BvG http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tejalmankad/BvG/commentary#comments Thu, 24 May 2007 19:14:16 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/tejalmankad/BvG User from Edison, NJ User from Edison, NJ 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BvG/ Social Network to Stop Genocide Jan 3 2007 Say to People, "May I get your opinion on social networking? If "Yes", then say: "Would you network your social network to stop the genocide in Darfur? It is easy to sign a petition at www.SaveDarfur.org -- a Web Site that's recommended by George Clooney. You can sign their petition or write your own that will be immediately sent to President Bush and to UN Head Ban Ki Moon. SaveDarfur.org (made up of a 175 Top Non-Profits Organizations) --in their Petition-- wants the already UN authorized troops approved in August 2006 to be sent into Darfur. Now it's January 3, 2007 and still no action yet. Since the UN continues to DILLY-DALLY, I recommend that we add to the SaveDarfur.org Petition that the U.S. lead NATO, Muslim and other countries to send in troops to Darfur immediately--if necessary, without UN or Sudan approval--to stop the Genocide in Darfur, if the current road-blocks continue. So please have fun by awakening the people about you by asking them: "May I get your opinion on stopping genocide in Darfur?" Or "May I get your opinion on social networking? On Genocide?" Remember the Power of 10 to swiftly transform this world to a place of peace and joy. That is, If we each get 10 new people to social network for the common good in a 1 week (or 1 day)--who do likewise--then in 2 weeks (or 2 days) over 100 people would be mobilized, and in 9 weeks (or 9 days or any 9 same time cycles) over a billion people--or the entire world--would be united for the Common Good. So let's unite the world Now for Darfur's sake, and more importantly for the world's sake. http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/leonorebloom/Bn9 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/leonorebloom/Bn9/commentary#comments Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:03:15 EST http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/leonorebloom/Bn9 User from New York, NY User from New York, NY 1 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Bn9/ I was struck with an idea today. A low cost, high effect campaign to keep people aware of what is going on in Darfur on a daily basis. In the early part of this century Americans citizens who were concerned about the lynching of black, would fly banners in the cities of the U.S. to make people who would otherwise be unaware of what happened. Here's a picture of one such banner . http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/grantpeters/Bpm http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/grantpeters/Bpm/commentary#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2006 17:05:35 EST http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/grantpeters/Bpm Grant http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/dcb1f096acb0f5b771_3g7zmv48p.jpg Grant 13 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Bpm/