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Monday, April 30, 2007
A Call To Your Conscience
It was a beautiful (and hot) day for a rally yesterday. Almost 600 people signed up to join in the rally against the genocide in Darfur. As we listened to speakers and music, others in the park played volleyball, sunbathed.... and flew a kite.
These two young women are 8th graders from a Jewish school in Denver. They have done impressive work to help the people from Darfur. They raised a few thousand dollars and they have worked with the Colorado legislature to pass a bill to divest from Darfur. Colorado was the 10th state to pass legislation requiring us to divest our funds from companies who do business with Sudan. Click here to find out what your state is doing about this.From the Save Darfur website:
"Darfur has been embroiled in a deadly conflict for over three years. At least 400,000 people have been killed; more than 2 million innocent civilians have been forced to flee their homes and now live in displaced-persons camps in Sudan or in refugee camps in neighboring Chad; and more than 3.5 million men, women, and children are completely reliant on international aid for survival. Not since the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has the world seen such a calculated campaign of displacement, starvation, rape, and mass slaughter."
We were asked to write to our legislators and the Prez, divest our personal funds from the Sudan, and bring awareness to others (now you can't say that you didn't know about this!).
Did you know that Fidelity invests in companies that help fund the genocide in Darfur?
And did you know that China is not only destroying the culture of Tibet, but they are also supporting the Darfur genocide? See this article from the Brookings Institute: Calling on China: The China-Darfur Connection
Question: Do you think that it is possible for our world to be a loving, peaceful place? Or do you think that people are innately power-hungry and violent? Your comments on this blog are welcome.
posted by Carol at 8:35 PM
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Sunday, April 29, 2007
Rally To Stop Genocide in Darfur
Rallies are being held all over the world today to bring about awareness of the violence in Darfur and to urge the world to stop it.
What if blood was "running like water" in the U.S. and no one cared?
You can find out about an event near you at SaveDarfur.org
If you live in the metro Denver area, I'll see ya at Cheeseman Park at 1:00.
What if blood was "running like water" in the U.S. and no one cared?
You can find out about an event near you at SaveDarfur.org
If you live in the metro Denver area, I'll see ya at Cheeseman Park at 1:00.
posted by Carol at 9:23 AM
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