http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/group_rss/SaveDarfurOmaha Omahans working together to help save the people of Darfur. I wanted to make doing all I can for Darfur my New Year's resolution this year. There is a great deal to do to help. So far I have called the senators and representatives of Nebraska and sent two postcards to Senator Chuck Hagel (R) and Congressman Lee Terry asking them to make SAVING DARFUR their top priority. I have not gotten a response back. Usually they send a reply by mail stating their efforts and stance on the issue. I have also tried to educate myself on the divestment efforts and the role China plays. I really do think the we should not plan to participate in the Olympics if China cannot move the government in Khartoum to stop the genocide. I do wonder why we aren't including that move in our strategy. It seems that by doing so, we will give a strong voice to help those in Darfur. If anyone can answer why boycotting the Olympics is not currently on the agenda I'd appreciate a response. The realm of International Affairs is sometimes beyond my understanding. http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/irmalauragreen/BBq http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/irmalauragreen/BBq/commentary#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:51:10 EST http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/irmalauragreen/BBq Irma-Laura Irma-Laura 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BBq/ Save Darfur Coalition cause on facebook.com is now making a lot of different and calling upon people to raise awarness about the on going Genocide in Darfur. Therefore, if any of you guys have facebook or want to join.. You can add the Save Darfur cause on your page and invite friends to it too.. here is hte link to cause and joining. http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/72?recruiter_id=1087068&h=ppn http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BjG http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BjG/commentary#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 05:05:06 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BjG South Sudan http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/452fb465f6f7911f54_9usmv2sx3.gif South Sudan 2 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BjG/ Hey, everyone here.. Our friend Dean Jacobs the writter and founder of Travel for life is traveling to Sudan as part of his world wide Journey across the globe on a low budget.. While he's in Sudan he'll be studying situation there in Sudan.. Check out his latest adventures.. You can also support him by buying his new Book "Wondrous Journey" Visit him and sign up for news letter.. or get more info about his Journey across the globe. Here is the link http://travel4life.org/ http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BGH http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BGH/commentary#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:39:54 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BGH South Sudan http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/452fb465f6f7911f54_9usmv2sx3.gif South Sudan 3 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BGH/ Hey, everyone now you can support Save Darfur and connect to all of your friends on Facebook.com.. here is the link for more information this is only if you have a facebook network account. Link Em http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BvY http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BvY/commentary#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:19:11 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BvY South Sudan http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/452fb465f6f7911f54_9usmv2sx3.gif South Sudan 1 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BvY/ Facebook is really a great source to help educate million of peole about the current situation and raising awarness in Darfur.. There is a link to Darfur crisis on my page and SaveDarfur Coalition group on facebook.. So far many people are getting more informatin and taking action on behalf of situation that's going on right now in Darfur.. If you're welling to connect and get more information and stuff on Face.. here is my face book name.. Emmanuel Sansilous Search it add it and you'll get connect to all the links.. Thank you.. http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Br7 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Br7/commentary#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2007 10:31:03 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Br7 South Sudan http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/452fb465f6f7911f54_9usmv2sx3.gif South Sudan 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Br7/ Well, the plan B doesn't make any different at all according to Sudan goverment we need to push president bush to do more than that. They're sending us a clear message that the sanction won't stop killing in Darfur. June 4, 2007 (KHARTOUM) -- Business leaders managing Sudan's economic boom predict the new U.S. sanctions imposed because of Darfur will have little impact on this country's oil-based economy, mostly because they avoid targeting key Chinese interests here. Chinese President Hu Jintao shakes hands with his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Beshir. (AFP)The US measures and the violence in Darfur are likely to be topics when the Group of Eight industrialised countries meet this week at a summit in Germany. US President George Bush has directed American officials to meet with allies to try to draft a new United Nations Security Council resolution that would impose multilateral pressure on Sudan, in addition to the unilateral actions by the US. But China has urged negotiations rather than sanctions as the best way to elicit co-operation from Sudan, and holds veto power in the Security Council. That has again highlighted China's central role in the Darfur issue. The US sanctions announced last week target 31 Sudanese companies and three individuals - the military intelligence chief, a cabinet minister and a rebel leader linked to the Darfur violence that has killed 200 000 people and forced 2,5 million from their homes. The newly sanctioned companies join 132 other Sudanese firms already banned from doing business with any US company or bank. But Abdul Rahim Hamdi, a former Sudanese finance minister who advises the Sudanese government on economic matters, said the US sanctions mostly avoid the most critical parts of Sudan's economy - oil and the oil sector's Chinese customers. Last year, Sudan's economy grew by 12 percent, according to the International Monetary Fund. That growth was propelled by the estimated 500 000 barrels of oil produced each day - two-thirds of them bought by China. Hamdi noted that only Sudanese oil-drilling companies are on the new US sanctions list, not Chinese or other foreign corporations - some of which pay huge royalties to the Sudanese government. "The Chinese companies are the only big players, but the Americans have carefully avoided targeting them," Hamdi said. US authorities have defended the new measures, saying they not only broaden the target list but also provide better methods to track down embargo evaders. "Tougher new enforcement techniques," including "forensic accounting" have been used to select the newly targeted companies and to make sure all 163 now on the sanctions list are truly barred from the dollar economy, US embassy spokesperson Joel Maybury said. US officials also dispute the idea that they are leery of disrupting Chinese relations over Darfur. "We can very definitely say that the issue of Sudan is on the United States-China bilateral agenda," US under Secretary of State John Negroponte told reporters last week. However, some Sudanese officials say privately that they believe the White House is unwilling to drive up world oil prices by targeting the shipping companies that export the country's oil production. For now, the only Sudanese company that truly risks being affected by the US measures, Hamdi contends, is Sudatel, Sudan's largest cellphone provider, because it is listed on the stock exchange in the United Arab Emirates and is largely owned by foreign investors. After a decade of American sanctions, Sudan has few commercial ties to the United States at this point, meaning the effect of US sanctions is fairly limited, both Hamdi and outside analysts say. Nearly three-quarters of Sudan's trade is with Arab and Asian nations, Hamdi said. "We have learned years ago to avoid the American banking system. I don't think anybody will be hurt by this," he said. A prominent Khartoum financier, who asked not be identified because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Sudanese firms know how to steer clear of dollar transactions by using the euro currency instead. Sudanese firms operate through foreign holding companies or joint ventures to evade restrictions, the financier said. Analysts like Alex Vines, the head of the Africa programme at the British think tank Chatham House, also predicted the US sanctions will have little actual effect on Sudan's economy. "It's more of a political signal," Vines said. http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Br8 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Br8/commentary#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:15:40 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Br8 South Sudan http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/452fb465f6f7911f54_9usmv2sx3.gif South Sudan 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Br8/ We have thousands of beautifully done flyers ready to be distributed tomorrow and early Sunday!! These look like something only a corporation would be able to afford!! They will be at my house, sitting on my front porch. If you are interested, email or message me and I will give you my address. Take as many as you can hand out! Edgar, those flyers were WAY above and beyond anything we could have expected or hoped for. They are absolutely beautiful! We are handing as many out as we possibly can! I just wanted to personally thank you. That was an awesome gesture of help!! Peace, Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bvp http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bvp/commentary#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:42:27 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bvp Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/b99a4de056c2348d31_8vm6bh7y8.jpg Sheila 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Bvp/ Thank everyone in Omaha for working together and helping this sanction take place. Our voices is making a big different for people of Darfur and will continue so we hope to raise our awarness on June 3, 2007. So come over and invite everyone else.. Thank you http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BvB http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BvB/commentary#comments Tue, 29 May 2007 22:37:38 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/BvB South Sudan http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/452fb465f6f7911f54_9usmv2sx3.gif South Sudan 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BvB/ Well, Burke High school students are standing up to help stop Genocide in Darfur. They as much as hundreds of students have signed a petition for Nebraskan to divest for Darfur. Save Darfur rally for June 3, 2007 have already been put on Burke High School event Calendar on Facebook.com as much as 10 students have signed up to attend the rally. Hope fully I'll provide everyone with information and how things are going.. Thank you http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Bvj http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Bvj/commentary#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 03:30:16 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Bvj South Sudan http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/452fb465f6f7911f54_9usmv2sx3.gif South Sudan 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Bvj/ Plan A has miserably failed, we need to let President Bush know that it is time to put Plan B into action. Please go to the home page to sign the petition urging him to fulfill his promise to the people of Darfur !!! It's times like these we can let our voices be heard. We need to be the mosquito that can't be swatted away! Thank you everyone!! Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bt4 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bt4/commentary#comments Wed, 16 May 2007 10:40:35 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bt4 Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/b99a4de056c2348d31_8vm6bh7y8.jpg Sheila 2 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Bt4/ www.sudanreeves.org - please go check out this massive wealth of information !! Professor Eric Reeves has devoted over nine years - fulltime, to research, writings, and strong activism on the atrocities in Darfur and South Sudan. This has literally become his life's passion. He is currently battling leukemia, and has since 2003 - yet his international fight continues amidst his internal fight with this disease. Please check out this wonderful man's work/articles - he is an acclaimed author and has testified many times before Congress on the genocide ongoing. He has been so kind in responding to many emails and has given us a personal statement to be read at our rally (I will save it until then). Please pray for his health and continued work for the people of Sudan. http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bty http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bty/commentary#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 10:31:32 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bty Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/b99a4de056c2348d31_8vm6bh7y8.jpg Sheila 4 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Bty/ So far I have been inviting people to attend our meeting to make sure they'll come for sure. I have been inviting people to visit the savedarfur.org so they could get more informations about the campaign and what's exactly going on in Sudan. There are flyers in downtown Somalian and Sudanese stores.. Today I'll go and try to bring more people into campain as possible and passing out more flyers. http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Bt9 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Bt9/commentary#comments Tue, 08 May 2007 17:39:22 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sssudan/Bt9 South Sudan http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/452fb465f6f7911f54_9usmv2sx3.gif South Sudan 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Bt9/ I just got off the phone with Dr. David Chand, UNO Associate Professor (extremely powerful force for the Sudanese here in Omaha!!), and he has agreed to speak at the event on June 3, 2007!!!! I am so excited! Please spread the word. We are still waiting to hear from a few other people that have been invited, so stay tuned! Thank you all! His bio is right below, along with the current info on the Berkshire Hathaway meeting regarding disvestment: Dr Chand bio: Dr. David Chand, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska at Omaha - Dr. Chand is currently teaching at the University of Nebraska at Omaha as an Associate Professor of Political Science. Prior to that, he served as the Executive Director of the South Sudan Institute of Peace and Development (SSIPD) in South Sudan (1999-2001) and was the Ambassador and Director of Peace and Human Rights Department for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Khartoum (1997-99). Dr. Chand is a founding member of South Sudan Independence Movement/Army (SSIM/A), a member of the National Liberation Council (NLC) (1994) and Member of the UDSF Central Committee (1998). He was the Spokesman and Director of External Affairs of SSIM/A (now UDSF) from 1995-98 and served as the Representative of SSIM/A (formerly SPLA-United) to the United Nations and the Americas from 1991-94. As a member of SSIM, Dr. Chand took part in the Inter-Governmental Authority (IGAD) I, II, and II & IV Peace Talks and participated in the South-South Dialogue on peace and Unity of Purpose held in Nairobi, Kenya in December 2000. Update on Berkshire Hathaway Meeting regarding divestment in China Petro-China holdings: (unfortunately not going very well at this time) 12:58 p.m. Before today's annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting, an adjunct professor of international studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha urged Buffett to sell Berkshire's investments in PetroChina. David Chand said he is a former diplomat from Sudan, and he helps the Sudanese refugee community in Omaha in their efforts to learn English and study trades with skills that can be used in the United States. Chand said about 8,000 Sudanese refugees live in Omaha. Chand said oil money contributes to the killing in Sudan, and Berkshire Hathaway should sell its investments in PetroChina. Chand says Berkshire also should consider financially helping the Sudanese community in Nebraska. Chand says Berkshire and other companies would be welcome investors in Sudan once that country establishes an equitable peace. Chand said he is not a stockholder in Berkshire. * * * 12:48 p.m. A proposal that would require Berkshire to sell its $2.3 billion stake in PetroChina appears headed to a sound defeat. Early tallies show shareholders rejecting the idea with 98 percent against and about 2 percent for. People concerned about reported genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan have asked Berkshire to sell its PetroChina holdings because PetroChina is a unit of a Chinese company that does oil business in Sudan. Buffett says he voted against the resolution, but he urged people to discuss the issue at more length at about 3:15 this afternoon, when the business part of the annual meeting will take place. Buffett says PetroChina does not do business in Sudan, and PetroChina has no say over the actions of its parent company. Buffett says the Chinese government controls the parent company. A coalition of groups has argued that investing in PetroChina contributes to the Chinese government's support of the Sudanese government. * * * http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Btz http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Btz/commentary#comments Sat, 05 May 2007 16:24:30 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Btz Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/b99a4de056c2348d31_8vm6bh7y8.jpg Sheila 1 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Btz/ Groups Press for China Oil Divestment Link This article has recently been released... coming out of the financial industry as a former stock broker, this is hurting where it counts for our large corporations! We are hitting below the belt now and it is causing them to sit up and take notice!! We're making progress.... let's start making some real noise here in Omaha!! We have to - Berkshire Hathaway is right here!!! Don't forget - June 3rd, 2007 @ 6:30 p.m. Memorial Park - Please make plans to attend!! http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bt8 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bt8/commentary#comments Sat, 05 May 2007 15:06:46 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bt8 Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/b99a4de056c2348d31_8vm6bh7y8.jpg Sheila 1 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Bt8/ Here's to a wonderful day, filled with happiness and hope for tomorrow. Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bth http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bth/commentary#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:10:22 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Bth Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/b99a4de056c2348d31_8vm6bh7y8.jpg Sheila 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Bth/ It's a shame that it takes celebrities to move the leaders in situations like this, but whatever it takes to stop the killing - go for it! Here's an article I read this morning. Take a moment to read it... in times like these, I say "GO HOLLYWOOD"!! If there's anyway we could publicly thank them, let me know, and I'll do it! Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Btj http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Btj/commentary#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:28:37 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/Btj Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/b99a4de056c2348d31_8vm6bh7y8.jpg Sheila 1 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/Btj/ I'm so sorry. I help plan a meeting and then I don't go. My family called right before I left to let me know my uncle passed away. He didn't wake up from a nap. It was very sudden. My dad is very sad (his brother). I left this meeting in everyone else's hands and couldn't get a hold of anyone. I'm so sorry everyone. I'm going to have to get better contact info. Argh.... http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BtZ http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BtZ/commentary#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:27:04 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BtZ Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/b99a4de056c2348d31_8vm6bh7y8.jpg Sheila 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BtZ/ This precious teenager (Senior '07, yay) has been personally making "awareness" bracelets to help people remember every day, the genocide in Darfur! No one has asked her to do this, this was her own idea. She has used her own money to do this. She has had quite a few difficulties in being allowed to sell them at her school, so keep her in your thoughts... we'll help ya kiddo! She doesn't know I'm posting this, but actions like this should be recognized! Thank you Kelsey. You have the passion we all need. http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BW4 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BW4/commentary#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:48:57 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BW4 Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/b99a4de056c2348d31_8vm6bh7y8.jpg Sheila 2 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BW4/ More details to come in a few days! I strongly encourage anyone who is going to participate to go to the SaveDarfur store and get a T-shirt or Sweatshirt. The T-shirts are only $10 - I have all of the colors. If anyone cannot afford one, let me know, I may be able to help!! Don't be afraid to ask!! They are very nice quality, and you can't beat the price - not to mention where the money goes! Win-Win!! http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BWm http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BWm/commentary#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:06:12 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BWm Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/b99a4de056c2348d31_8vm6bh7y8.jpg Sheila 1 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BWm/ We have a wonderful opportunity to do something together. If we could make sure our profiles are updated (pics would be nice too!), and add each other as "friends". It's time to get the camaraderie going! Are ya with me? http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BWP http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BWP/commentary#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:39:14 EDT http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/post/sheilajanca/BWP Sheila http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/profile_picture/b99a4de056c2348d31_8vm6bh7y8.jpg Sheila 0 http://www.savedarfur.org/page/community/comment_rss/BWP/