Day of Action for Darfur

October 8th, 2007

Please Take A Stand!

I got this letter from the Ultraviolet Underground, which was sent via email:

Darfur Demonstration

October 24, a day of action for Darfur, will be the culmination of months of hard work.

No more delays in deploying peacekeepers to Darfur. No more needless deaths.

We demand immediate action to end the violence in Darfur.

And on October 24, United Nations Day, we’re going to make sure our demands are heard. By mobilizing all of our resources and our activists from coast to coast, we’ll show the President, Congress and the United Nations that we will not sit back as long as one of the world’s worst human rights catastrophes continues to unfold.

But I’ll be honest. The only way we’ll be able to deliver lasting results is with the firm commitment of each and every one of our activists. We need a tidal wave of support - and I hope you’ll take a little time out of your busy schedule to join our day of action.

Little Darfurian Girl in camp

Here are some ways you can play a role:

- Sign the global petition to end the violence in Darfur. We are only 43,000* signatures short of our half million goal – and we only have two and a half weeks left.

- On October 24, Amnesty will deliver a half million Global Petition for Darfur signatures directly to the White House. Join our efforts and host a solidarity vigil in your hometown. Get tips on organizing an event here (PDF).

- Organize your family and friends to participate in our White House Call-In Days. Download (PDF) the White House call-in days flyer, with talking points. Our goal is to flood the White House phone lines with calls from Amnesty activists demanding action for Darfur.
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This looks like something for Afrosphere Coalition to take up, and have a Day of Blogging for Justice, like we did with Jena 6. I’ll work on that and get back to y’all.

In the mean while, there’s always good stuff at Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth

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3 Responses to “Day of Action for Darfur”

  1. PurpleZoe on October 10th, 2007 9:07 pm | link

    Thankyou for posting this ^_^
    There’s also a nice action at DreamforDarfur.org
    They’ve come up with a well-considered action to petition the sponsors of the Olympic games to put pressure on China.

    Here’s the link:

    dreamfordarfur.org/TakeAction/WritetoCorporateSponsors/tabid/265/Default.aspx

    So far Adidas has written me back, with a slightly sarcastic response and obvious “refusal to get involved in the political situation because they Adidas is a sporting goods company and there are more specific departments that handle these sorts of things”, yeah…
    But that’s cool, because I don’t have to buy their products…

    The list of corporate sponsors is through that link.

    Have a good 1
    Namaste
    -PZ

  2. PurpleZoe on October 10th, 2007 9:09 pm | link

    Pardon the typo…There’s an extra “they” inserted in the above statement because my trusty backspace button wasn’t so trusty…” ^_^

  3. D. Yobachi Boswell on October 10th, 2007 9:16 pm | link

    I’m going to email you tonight about doing a campaign on Darfur. Maybe on the 24th we can do another virutal protest as well as implore our readers to send letters to the sponsors.

    We’ve got to get more traction on this Darfur thing, especially with black people. Why is it everywhere I turn it’s by far white folk working on this thing?

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