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Darfur Blogging Against Genocide
October 16th, 2007
I previously told you about Amnesty Internationals Day of Action for Darfur on October 24th; which is next Wednesday.
In conjunction, the Afrosphere Jena 6 Coalition is morphing into the Afrosphere Darfur Action Coalition to Blog Against Genocide on this day, with the aim of raising public awareness of this atrocity and applying public pressure to politicians.
I hope you will participate, and put forth at least this little effort towards helping end this humanitarian crisis.
We’re going to do this something like the Day of Blogging for Justice, so please comment and let us know if you’re going to blog against genocide on the 24th.
We ask that the post against genocide contain the following elements:
1. Ask your readers to call or mail the congress and, or, the white house.
2. A link to a cribbed letter (whatever one you like) that people can send and use as talking points. I found this pretty good one on an Oprah site. Who know she was even up on this issue?
3. A Virtual Marcher Picture, such as was done for Jena 6.
4. A list of 3 succinct reasons you think the Darfur situation threatens humanity as a whole
5. A pledge in one’s own words to boycott the Olympic games and their sponsors if the sponsors don’t take a stance to persuade China to act on their influence over Sudan (In conjunction with signing the Global Petition at Dreamfordarfur.org
6. Post a found video or make a youtube (or other video vendor) based Darfur video that they believe motivates action.
I know it’s a number of particular request, but it’s really not that much to take and post a picture, find a youtube video, post a couple of links to letters, and make a list of 3 reasons; especially considering we are talking about people being systemtically raped and slaughterd.
Thanks for your participation - this will be another successful campaign
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Count me in.
Great!
You know we’ll be there. Important to keep this in the news as with things going the way they are it is easy to just give up.
Cooper, is there an event going on, on the 24th where you live.
I’m on it!
My brother, I am in
I’ll be reposting this soon as well posting the banners. Will let you know when it’s up.
Please forgive the delay. Been doing a fair bit of multi-tasking. Here is the Day of Action post.
purplezoe.blogspot.com/2007/10/day-of-action-for-darfur_19.html
I’ll have the banners ready soon. They’ll be posted in the solidarity sidebar at UltravioletUnderground.
People who’ve agreed to participate elsewhere:
Deidra blackandmissing.blogspot.com
The Feild Negroe field-negro.blogspot.com
AAPP africanamericanpoliticalpundit.com and africanAmericanopinion.com
Kevin slanttruth.com
Addrianne George blackwomenineurope.blogspot.com/
Alyce Rocco www.associatedcontent.com/user/56332/alyce_rocco.html
Yobachi,
Count me in at:
Vanessa: Unplugged! www.vanessabyers.net
on the black hand side www.blackhandside.net
Blogging Black Miami www.bloggingblackmiami.com
Peace and Blessings,
V
(pen name Alyce Rocco)Done are posts at:
Ma’s Hoops, Ma’s Biz and All About Mary. The attachced blogs are:
hoopla; tails and tale; sass. If you need the URL’s or post links let me know.
It was easier than I thought to make a connection to Darfur with basketball,
pets and women’s issues. : >
Taking a web break and will be back when I do the other 3. I do feel an AC article
about female compassion/empathy, Darfur and H. Clinton is due from me or you.
Mary, can you post the url (with the http and everything) so people will be able to click and go righrt to yoru article? Thanks.
Found about this call to action from the Electronic Village and I am currently working on my post. There must be value placed upon humanity or the world will be worthless. Considering our genetic motherland is Africa, all humanity has an obligation to protect her and her people.
Wishing you well.
Danielle
modernmusings.com
Others who Blogged Against Genocide
Eddie Griffin BASG eddiegriffinbasg.blogspot.com/
Villager electronicvillage.blogspot.com/2007/10/wordless-wednesday-darfur.html
Another Blogger Against Genocide:
homelessforobama.blogspot.com/2007/10/blogging-for-darfur.html
Also Bakare bakarechronicles.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/blogging-agains.html
The slaughter of all innocent people is appalling and must be stopped NOW and Forever