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Here are some ways to do your part in ending the genocide in Darfur.

7/24/08

Please take these quick and easy actions for Darfur today:

» Click here to ask the president of NBC News to dedicate air time to the crisis in Darfur and China's links to the government of Sudan. NBC will dedicate more than 1000 hours to the Beijing Olympics, but has provided less than 10 hours of coverage to Darfur over the last 5 years!

» Click here to take the pledge to turn off Olympics ads and tune in to Darfur - Switch Over to Darfur.

Dream for Darfur will webcast the "Darfur Olympics:" daily alternative programming during the first week of the games, August 8-15. The "Darfur Olympics" will include exclusive video footage and reports by Mia Farrow from a Darfurian refugee camp, and exclusive clips about the conditions there and the desperate need for action. In addition to this powerful video footage, there will be background reports and daily opportunities for action. To kick off this week of action, you can watch the "Alternative Opening Ceremony" on August 8 featuring musicians like R.E.M., Talib Kweli, Carly Simon, and many more who have donated music videos to our effort to make sure the world does not forget about Darfur.

» Click here to send a message to the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to deploy UNAMID, still waiting one year after it was authorized! The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has charged Sudanese President Bashir with genocide. The ICC has taken a decisive step forward. Now the U.N. Security Council must act.

Darfur activism in the news

Watch CNN's interview with the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court about seeking an arrest warrant against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for committing genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes against the people of Darfur. Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be charged by the ICC.

Watch the 2 minute animation from Dream for Darfur: Gengen Genocide, on China, the Olympics, and Sudan

Read Mia Farrow's statement at the special UN Security Council meeting on Darfur

"You have allowed the Government of Sudan, perpetrator of atrocities of the worst kind, to dictate which battalians can and cannot enter Darfur. How long will you continue to allow the Government of Sudan to manipulate this body? Did Adolf Hitler get to choose which troops should be deployed to end his genocide?" - Mia Farrow

Read the ENOUGH and Save Darfur report on "Keeping our word: Fulfilling the mandate to protect civilians in Darfur."

Read "The Genocide Continues" NY Times editorial, June 17, 2008

4/16/08

From: Hadar Susskind, Washington Director Salomon Kalach, Program Associate

Action: URGENT!! Write your Representatives and urge them to support peacekeeping, humanitarian, and development funding in the Supplemental Spending Bill. Also, urge your Representatives to cosponsor H. Res. 1093.

Congress has been working on the Fiscal Year 2008 emergency supplemental spending bill, which includes financial commitments to humanitarian relief, peacekeeping and development efforts throughout Sudan. However, even with the additional emergency spending provided in the current bill, we are concerned that current funds are insufficient to meet the dire needs on the ground. JCPA, along with other faith groups, has signed-on to a letter asking for more robust appropriations. Click here to read the letter.

In addition, Rep. Michael Capuano has introduced H.Res.1093, which calls on President Bush not to attend the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, until China takes credible steps to persuade Sudan to end the genocide in Darfur and allow full deployment of the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur. JCPA recently issued a press release on the matter. Click here to read the JCPA statement.

Action Needed:
1. Urge your representatives to support stronger appropriations in the emergency supplemental bill, and to include much-needed additional funding for humanitarian aid, peacekeeping and diplomatic efforts.

2. Urge your representatives to co-sponsor and/or support H.Res.1093. To view a list of current co-sponsors and other details of the bill click here.

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Hadar Susskind (202) 212-6036 or by email, hsusskind@thejcpa.org.

http://www.jewishpublicaffairs.org/

China Please: Bring the Olympic Dream to Darfur T-shirt

Buy a t-shirt to pressure China to stop funding the genocide!

Please call Jeri Danz at 414-390-5781 or email her at jerid@milwaukeejewish.org. We also have green Save Darfur bracelets for sale. The t-shirts are $15, shipping included, and bracelets are $2 each.

Download and fill out this petition, then send it to your U.S. Senator.

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Download, print and send these post cards to your State Representative, State Senator and Governor Doyle.

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Download the flyer in pdf format or request a printed copy.

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Download Christian Sermon Prayers and Readings

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You can donate to the Darfur Action Coalition of Wisconsin by calling 414-433-4365 or emailing info@darfuractioncoalition.org. An online donation option is coming soon!

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