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RALLY & CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
FEDERAL PLAZA, CHICAGO
6:30 - 8:00 pm

Along with the Chicago community, Members of Congress and State Legislators call for full divestment from genocide in Darfur.

A year after we rallied in Chicago, echoing the tens of thousands of voices on the Mall in DC, we return to fill the Federal Plaza with our candles, our voices, our friends and loved ones, our thoughts and prayers. We will be joined by leaders of relief agencies, human rights organizations and faith communities, in addition to city, state and national political leaders.

Rally 6:30 pm
Representatives from Darfur and from Illinois' political and religious communities will join together to announce our call for an end to the genocide in Darfur. Emphasis will be placed on pressing for enactment of previous UN and Congressional resolutions and acts, as well as support for divestment legislation currently pending in both the IL General Assembly and both houses of the US Congress.

Speakers & Honored Guests (in the order in which they will appear)
Master of Ceremonies Jerome McDonnell of Chicago Public Radio,
Rabbi Asher Lopatin of Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel,
State Representative Greg Harris,
Aliza Shira of University of Chicago STAND,
State Senator Jacqueline Collins (who originated Illinois' divestment bill),
State Senate President Emil Jones,
State Senator and Reverend James Meeks,
State Senators Willie Delgado and Martin Sandoval,
Darfur natives Ibrahim Musa Adam and Mohammed Abdelrhman Kauda,
US Representatives Danny Davis and Bobby Rush,
Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church

other speakers will be added to this list as they are confirmed

Musical performances throughout the program
*featuring Walt Whitman and the Soul Children of Chicago*


Candlelight Vigil, 8 pm
Solemn thoughts, hopes and prayers, led by representatives from our faith communities.

*Details of speakers and performers, as well as sponsors to this event, will be made public as they are confirmed.
**People of all ages are encouraged to attend.

Bring friends, posters (see below). We will provide small candles, but please bring votives for yourself, if you have them.
We hope to fill the Federal Plaza, as we did on May 1 last year.

This event is held in solidarity with the other Global Days for Darfur events in the nation and the world. In Chicago there will be several other events during the ten day period. Please check via zip code and support as many events as you are able. Thank you.

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POSTERS
If you would like to come with posters, here are some ideas for content related to divestment. Please feel free to create your own, as these are only suggestions. We certainly also want to continue to support the call for a peacekeeping force and the enforcement of a no-fly zone, which continue to be delayed; time is running out.

Illinois: Divest from Sudan
Illinois: Fight Genocide
Speaker Madigan: Divest from Sudan
Speaker Madigan: Divest from genocide
Divest from Sudan
No money for murderers
No money for genocide
Illinois Statehouse: Fight genocide
Thank You Senator Durbin
Thank You Senator Collins
Block funds for murderers
Block funds for genocide
Stop funding the genocide
Stop funding murder
Illinois: Stand Up for Darfur
Illinois: Stand Against Genocide
Illinois Statehouse: Divest from Sudan
Illinois Statehouse: Divest from Genocide
Illinois Statehouse: Block funds for murder
Illinois Statehouse: Block funds for genocide