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Podcast With Olympic Athletes On Darfur Genocide
August 4th, 2008
This press release has just gone out to the national media. I’ll have more commentary on the call and this issue later this week; but for now please listen to and enjoy the podcast.
If you’re a blogger please consider reposting the podcast. If you’re not, you can email the link to the podcast page to folks. If you have trouble with getting the code, let me know.
Monday August 4, 2008
Olympic Athletes Standing For a Cause of Conscience
On July 9th, the Afrosphere Action Coalition hosted a conference call with Team Darfur co-founder and Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek about activist advocacy for ending genocide in Darfur Sudan; particularly as it relates to the Olympics and China’s role in Sudan. Team Darfur boast “360+” former and current international competitive athlete.
The podcast page for the conference call is located at www.utterz.com/u/utt/u-NTExODkxNQ#utt-NTExODkxNQ
Yet also, bloggers and website editors can post this podcast directly to ones own site, as can be seen here: www.blackperspective.net/index.php/afrosphere-action-coalition/aac-on-darfur-and-humanitarian-issues/ by posting the following embedded code just as with a youtube video or other embedded media:
Many bloggers participated in the call with 2006 Olympic speed skating gold medlist Joey Cheek; who donated his “$25,000 gold medal award from the U.S. Olympic Committee to refugees from Darfur.” – npr.org
Team Darfur world class distance runner Jon Rankin called in as well, though we were not able to get him into the conversation.
In Team Darfur we see athletes standing up for doing right in the world based on their values, passions, and convictions. Such an effort by those in the spot light should be lauded in view of the behaviors we often hear about our athletes.
Joey Cheek discussed with bloggers Team Darfur’s call for an Olympic Truce and how it is, base on the Olympic’s own charter, that such an issue does indeed belong in the discussion with the Olympics
From Olympic Truce letter: “In our common aspiration to realize the ideals of the Olympic Games, we, the undersigned, urge the international community to convince the Government of Sudan to observe an Olympic Truce for Darfur before, during, and after the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Through this letter, we issue an urgent call to the conscience of the international community. The violence in Sudan has gone on for too long. We hope you will use the opportunity of the Olympic Truce to work to end it.” This is discussed starting about the 10:42 mark of the podcast.
Relevant websites: Afrosphere Action Coalition google site: sites.google.com/site/afrosphereactioncoalition/Home - Team Darfur: teamdarfur.org/
Afrosphere Action Coalition,
Coordinators:
Daz Wilson purplezoe.blogspot.com/ * Yobachi Boswell www.BlackPerespective.net * Francis L. Holland francislholland.blogspot.com/
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Thanks so much for sharing the call. I wasn’t able to listen in live.
This week we gotta push hard.
Great summary on the situation. Great show. Will Spread.
Thanks Danielle.
If you feel so compelled, please repost the podcast.
Imagine if anyone on the USA Basketball team had the balls to make a statement like this.
Yeah, Imagine.
I’m going to contact Joey and ask if he’s ever approached any of them about joining Team Darfur, and if not would he consider doing so.
That’s amazing work and we need more and more people to be aware of what is going on in Darfur and China’s support of Sudan. I am part of a campaign to continue the fight. Check it out here: www.thepoint.com/campaigns/olympic-sponsor-speak-out-on-darfur
Thanks Andrew. I plan to sign up later.