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SF Bay Area Dream for Darfur Rally, Symbolic Torch Relay and Die-In (Olympic Dream for Darfur Event)
Dream for Darfur Rally, Symbolic Torch Relay, & Die-in
The "Dream for Darfur" events are travelling around the U.S. to tell China: "Stop Fueling the Darfur Genocide NOW". Sunday, November 18, 2007 is the day for the voices of Californians to be heard. In the SF Bay Area: Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California @ 10:00am.
Rain or shine.
At 10AM, survivors and descendants of victims of 20th century genocides (Armenians, The Holocaust, Nanjing, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Southern Sudan) will lead participants in a walk along a path lined with the names of Darfuri refugee and internally displaced persons camps handing a symbolic Olympic torch from one to the next, with the last hand-off to Mohamed Suleiman, a Darfuri, representing the Darfur genocide now in its fifth year. Congresswoman Barbara Lee will deliver a brief keynote address, Mohamed Suleiman will deliver the message of Darfuris to China, and Nikki Serapio will speak on behalf of the SF Bay Area Darfur Coalition. The event will conclude with a die-in: hundreds of event participants will lie down and hold a moment of silence to recognize and remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in Darfur, and Rabbi Lee Bycel, West Coast Executive Director of American Jewish World Service will lead a prayer for peace.
Getting there: The plaza is between 14th and 15th streets on Broadway, at the 12th St. Oakland BART stop (Frank H. Ogawa Plaza exit). Parking at the City Center Parking Garage on 14th Street between Clay and Broadway (also an entrance on 11th Street between Clay and Broadway). Driving directions are at http://www.oaklandnet.com/directions.htm.
Sponsors: The San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, Save Darfur Coalition, Dream for Darfur, and the Stanford, UC-Berkeley, and UC-Davis Chapters of STAND
Questions: Email info@darfursf.org or visit http://www.darfursf.org
To learn more about the China-Sudan connection, visit http://www.dreamfordarfur.org
The "Dream for Darfur" events are travelling around the U.S. to tell China: "Stop Fueling the Darfur Genocide NOW". Sunday, November 18, 2007 is the day for the voices of Californians to be heard. In the SF Bay Area: Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California @ 10:00am.
Rain or shine.
At 10AM, survivors and descendants of victims of 20th century genocides (Armenians, The Holocaust, Nanjing, Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Southern Sudan) will lead participants in a walk along a path lined with the names of Darfuri refugee and internally displaced persons camps handing a symbolic Olympic torch from one to the next, with the last hand-off to Mohamed Suleiman, a Darfuri, representing the Darfur genocide now in its fifth year. Congresswoman Barbara Lee will deliver a brief keynote address, Mohamed Suleiman will deliver the message of Darfuris to China, and Nikki Serapio will speak on behalf of the SF Bay Area Darfur Coalition. The event will conclude with a die-in: hundreds of event participants will lie down and hold a moment of silence to recognize and remember the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in Darfur, and Rabbi Lee Bycel, West Coast Executive Director of American Jewish World Service will lead a prayer for peace.
Getting there: The plaza is between 14th and 15th streets on Broadway, at the 12th St. Oakland BART stop (Frank H. Ogawa Plaza exit). Parking at the City Center Parking Garage on 14th Street between Clay and Broadway (also an entrance on 11th Street between Clay and Broadway). Driving directions are at http://www.oaklandnet.com/directions.htm.
Sponsors: The San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, Save Darfur Coalition, Dream for Darfur, and the Stanford, UC-Berkeley, and UC-Davis Chapters of STAND
Questions: Email info@darfursf.org or visit http://www.darfursf.org
To learn more about the China-Sudan connection, visit http://www.dreamfordarfur.org
| Time: | Sunday, November 18 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
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| Host: | Martina Knee Knee |
| Location: | Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (City Hall) (Oakland, CA)
Broadway (between 14th & 15th Streets
Oakland, CA 94612
Maps:
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| Directions: | 12th Street Oakland BART Stop. (Frank Ogawa Plaza exit). Driving directions are at http://www.oaklandnet.com/directions.htm. |
| Associated Groups: | Darfur Activist Leaders, San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition |
| : | Olympic Dream for Darfur official events in the US are organized by the Save Darfur Coalition, STAND, and the Dream for Darfur. They feature a torch that started its journey in Chad, just across the border from Darfur, will continue to the sites of previous genocides, several cities in the US, and arrive at China's doorstep in December. |
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