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Save Darfur Coalition Events tomorrow in Washington, DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boise and New York City for the Sudan365 global series of events. Find an event near you and join the beat for peace in Sudan.
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A global day of action on Sudan will take place on January 9, 2010, marking the fifth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between North and South Sudan and one year out from the referendum that will determine whether the Southern region of Sudan will separate from the North.
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On January 9th the world will join together in a drumbeat for peace in Sudan.
This day will serve as a launching point for a yearlong effort to raise awareness about preventing the catastrophe of a return to widespread violence in Sudan.
Washington, DC will join these global events through a short program at New York Ave ...nue Presbyterian Church on January 9 at 11 am. This event will feature powerful drumming, footage of celebrity drummers from 5 continents joining the beat, and words from Sudanese survivors and leaders in the movement for peace in Sudan.
After the short program we will march to Lafayette Park.
Please bring a drum or other percussion instrument if you would like to join in the drumming, and a sign if you would like to join the march. Light refreshments will be served.
For information on other events in the United States please visit http://www.savedarfur.org/pages/sudan365
Events will also happen in Mali, Togo, Benin, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Kenya, London, Edinburgh, Italy, Norway, New Zealand, Cairo and other places to be confirmed.
Hora:Sábado, 09 de enero de 2010 11:00
Lugar:New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Save Darfur Coalition Yesterday, Save Darfur Coalition President Jerry Fowler appeared on VOA's In Focus to discuss the AU panel report on Darfur.
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VOA's Vincent Makori talks to Jerry Fowler, President of Save Darfur Coalition, about the African Union panel report on Darfur.
Save Darfur Coalition New post from Sean Brooks on Sudan's elections
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A new report by the Carter Center on Sudan’s elections expresses grave concerns about recent security crackdowns. The report should serve as an urgent wake-up call for the international community that the necessary conditions for free and fair elections currently do not exist in Sudan. ...
Save Darfur Coalition Check out our new t-shirt designed by David Arquette
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The Save Darfur Coalition has partnered with the owners of Propr (David Arquette, Ben Harper, and David Bedwell) to design a new exclusive t-shirt that will be sold both in their Venice store and on the Save Darfur website. ...
Save Darfur Coalition Sean Brooks with a new post on the Sudanese Government's attempts to silence peaceful protests in Khartoum.
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It was déjà vu yesterday in Khartoum, when on the second Monday in a row the police and security agencies loyal to Omar al-Bashir’s National Congress Party (NCP) forcibly shut down a peaceful demonstration ...
Save Darfur Coalition New Post on peacekeepers in Darfur
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The UN-AU hybrid operation in Darfur has been called many things, from being described as a pawn or a proxy to being dismissed as incompetent or irrelevant. But the truth is almost always ignored: these ...
Save Darfur Coalition Take Action: Call the White House and ask the Obama Administration to condemn the Sudanese government's crackdown on political opponents and peaceful demonstrators
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This morning in Khartoum: “Riot police arrested two senior members of south Sudan’s main party and their supporters who turned out to demonstrate outside Sudan’s parliament on Monday in defiance of an official ban, a witness and officials said.” Learn More ...
Save Darfur Coalition New Post from Robert Lawrence, Save Darfur's Director of Policy & Government Relations, on today's congressional hearing with US Special Envoy Scott Gration
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Today, Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health. The hearing, Chaired by Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ), a long-standing co-chair ...
Save Darfur Coalition Today we're getting creative! We're honoring Rebecca Davis, a dancer and choreographer who uses dance to educate audiences about Darfur. We're also asking YOU to tell us about your artistic efforts to spread the word - post photos, video or links to this page.
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Rebecca Davis, a Vancouver native and Russian-trained classical ballet dancer, founded the award-winning Rebecca Davis Dance Company, located in Philadelphia. In 2008, the Rebecca Davis Dance Company debuted DARFUR, a powerful and engaging multi-media modern dance production based on the Emmy-nomina...
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Today, we are using social networking sites to spread the word about 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Join us by changing your FB status to promote the 16 Days campagin.
Ex: Join me in honoring the women of Sudan by participating in the "16 Days" campaign. Check out www.savedarfur.org/16days to learn more.
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In January 2009, Melanne Verveer became the first U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues. In this post, Verveer works diligently to increase opportunities for women to be involved in political processes and advance their social and economic opportunities. ...
Save Darfur Coalition Today we honor all the journalists who report on the conflict in Darfur and ask you to WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR of your local paper asking them to raise awareness about gender-based violence in Sudan.
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Please send a letter to the editor of your local paper telling them about the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign and explaining why we need to end violence against women in Sudan and around the world.
Save Darfur Coalition Today we honor Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, MD and ask you to bring the conversation about Sudan to your faith communities.
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As the founding Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Dafur, the Co-Pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston and a pediatrician at the South End Community Health Center, Reverend Gloria White Hammond MD wears many hats. ...
Save Darfur Coalition Today - honor those fighting against sexual and gender-based violence in Sudan and learn about one of those heros, Dr. Mohammed Abdallah.
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Dr. Mohammed Ahmed Abdallah, a physician and professor of Medicine at el-Fasher University in Darfur, specializes in working with victims of torture and sexual violence. Born and raised in Jebel Marra in west Darfur, Dr. ...
Save Darfur Coalition Today - light a candle for the women of Darfur. Learn, and take action to help end violence against women in Sudan.
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Maria Bello has spoken often and publicly about the mass sexual violence too often perpetrated against women during times of war and genocide, particularly in Darfur.
