Dr. Antonios Kireopoulos Elected Save Darfur Coalition Chairperson

WASHINGTON – The Save Darfur Coalition today announced that Dr. Antonios Kireopoulos was nominated and elected by the coalition’s board of directors to serve as chair. In this role, Kireopoulos will oversee the coalition’s efforts to raise public awareness about the genocide in Darfur and advocate for a lasting and just peace in Sudan and the surrounding region. Kireopoulos is the senior program director for faith and order and interfaith relations for the National Council of Churches USA (NCC), the member churches of which together represent 45 million people in more than 100,000 local Christian congregations in communities across the nation.

 

“As the genocide in Darfur has continued to take its toll on millions of innocent civilians, the collective voices of concerned people of faith and conscience have continued to call for an end to this horror,” said Dr. Kireopoulos.  “The urgency of achieving peace in Darfur has not diminished and will not do so until the violence stops, and the men, women and children displaced by these crimes are able to safely return to their homeland."

 

As board chair, Dr. Kireopoulos will oversee the affairs of the coalition’s advocacy campaign executed by its staff of 25 professional organizers, policy advisors and communications specialists.

Kireopoulos previously served as NCC associate general secretary for international affairs and peace. His responsibilities included helping the NCC formulate its position on international issues and U.S. foreign policy. High on the agenda were Darfur, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the Iraq War. In this role, he often drew from his past experience in interfaith relations, having served as executive director of Religions for Peace - USA.

Dr. Kireopoulos has more than 15 years of experience in non-profit management, including administration, board relations, budgeting, development, program direction and public relations.

 

The full Save Darfur Coalition board of directors includes:

 

Vice-Chairperson: Sam Bell, Genocide Intervention Network;
Secretary: Omer Ismail, Darfur Peace and Development;
Treasurer: Mike Edington, Wellspring Advisors, LLC;

Dr. Mahmoud Braima, Darfuri Leaders Network;

Zeinab Eyega, Sauti Yetu Center for African Women;

Rev. David Emmanuel Goatley, Ph.D., Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention;

Rabbi Steve Gutow, Jewish Council for Public Affairs;

Ruth Messinger, American Jewish World Service;

John Prendergast, ENOUGH Project;

Jill Savitt, Dream for Darfur; and

Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, M.D., My Sister’s Keeper

 

*Affiliations listed for identification purposes only.

 

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About the coalition: The Save Darfur Coalition – an alliance of more than 180 faith-based, advocacy and human rights organizations – raises public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and mobilizes a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of people throughout the Darfur region. The coalition’s member organizations represent 130 million people of all ages, races, religions and political affiliations united together to help the people of Darfur. For more information on the coalition, please visit www.SaveDarfur.org.

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