In Solidarity: Global Day for Darfur ~ Links

On April 13th there will be a Mighty Roar within the Blogosphere Proudly Declaring Genocide No More! Our mission is to educate, motivate and activate toward ending the genocide in Darfur.

Here are some links I have found that you can use to build your contribution that will be published on April 13th.

Be sure to entitle your post In Solidarity: Global Day for Darfur, this essentially creates the blogblast since our work will show up in a search together.

I strongly recommend using the action items listed below. There are 5 specific actions sponsored by Dream for Darfur that are user friendly and targets China and the Beijing Olympics as well as the United Nations. Directing your readers to these actions will dramatically increase our impact, but you are of course free to post any other action that you have unearthed. In every case, we should take all actions presented on April 13th.

Since acting for the betterment of humanity feels so gooood and is addicting, Modern Musings will be joining forces with the UltraViolet Underground in the coming weeks for a dual campaign for Darfur and Tibet.

Educate
Reports and Studies
Five Years On: No Justice for Sexual Violence in Darfur : This is a full report by the organization Human Rights Watch available online as well as a pdf file.

Trip to Darfur Travelogue : The Res Publica Team that runs Darfurgenocide.org conducted a six-week trip to Darfur and the surrounding areas. This travelogue describes their encounters with the Darfuri people, political leaders as well as the Sudanese Liberation Army.

Creating a Peace to Keep in Darfur - A Joint Report by the ENOUGH Project and the Save Darfur Coalition : This is a very detailed report suggesting real and tangible suggestions on ending the genocide in Darfur as well as healing her.

News Items and Commentaries
UN Peace Missions Falter in Africa : This article explains that the United Nations along with the African Union currently have 7,467 troops in Darfur but are being strangled into incompetency due to the lack of donations from UN member states. Kofi Anaan warned that the United Nations has taken on too many peacekeeping missions with too limited support from member countries.

China’s Genocide Games : This article goes into the connection between Darfur and China. In effective activist campaigns you have to hit them where it hurts. With the heated protests that have been seen throughout the journey of the Olympic Flame and the Chinese response, The Beijing Olympics are a powerful target to be pursued.

Rape widespread in Darfur : This article demonstrates that women and girls [as young as 11] live in constant fear of sexual violence and rape in Darfur. These most shameful acts of violence are committed by Sudanese military as well as the Janjaweed.

Facts and Stats

Sudan - The Quick and the Terrible: A Frontline presentation gives a history of the region and crisis.

International Crisis Group - Crisis in Darfur : A plethoria of information about Darfur with reports, action suggestions, news reporting and so much more.

Viral Videos
Our Choice, Too: On the Edge in Darfur : Produced by the Pulitzer Center in association with Azimuth Media, World Security Institute.

What will it take to Stop Genocide in Darfur? : “A live panel presentation at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum including Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Samantha Power, Ambassador Michael Ranneberger, and journalist Jon Sawyer. Moderated by James Rosen. Panelists discussed possibilities to end genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. This program was originally Webcast live from the Museum on April 17, 2006. It was re-broadcast via LinkTV on April 23, 2006.”

International Musicians Mattafix’s video for their song “Living Darfur” filmed on the border of Chad and Darfur.

Voices from Darfur from the Save Darfur organization

Organizations dedicated to ending the genocide in Darfur

• 24 Hours for DarfurSave Darfur
• Darfur Genocide
• Amnesty International
• Eyes on Darfur
• Human Rights Watch
• Crisis Group
• United States Holocaust Museum
• Dream for Darfur

Activate

All actions sponsored by Dream for Darfur

1. Write to the ambassadors of the US, the UK, Russia and France to the UN.
Urge them to help China insist that Khartoum stop its obstruction.
2. Email or call the Olympic Corporate Sponsors.
Send a letter to companies sponsoring the 2008 Olympics, hosted by China. (Dream for Darfur’s email system will let you do this with the touch of a button.)
3. Pledge to turn off the commercials of Olympic Sponsors during the Games.
Olympic corporate sponsors have been silent about China’s financing of the Darfur genocide, even as the sponsors are spending billions to enhance China’s image as Olympic host. If sponsors continue to ignore China’s complicity in the Darfur genocide, we will ignore their million-dollar ad campaigns.
4. Write to the UN Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace.
Mr. Adolf Ogi represents the UN Secretary-General in contacts with international sports bodies. Tell him you are concerned that the world will gather for the Olympics while the people of Darfur are being slaughtered.
5. Petition the International Olympic Committee.
Urge the IOC to work with the international community to ensure that China uses its leverage with the government of Sudan to help stop the genocide in Darfur, and avoids tarnishing the 2008 Games in Beijing.

Current Pledged Participants of April 13th’s In Solidarity: Global Day for Darfur

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