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    A DAY FOR DARFUR: STOP THE GENOCIDE, PROTECT THE PEOPLE

    Sudan Tribune, Sudan
    Sept 1 2005

    "A Day for Darfur: Stop the Genocide, Protect the People" On One-Year
    Anniversary of Bush Administration's Finding of Genocide in Darfur,
    Powerful Event will Draw Hundreds to Demand White House Action

    WHAT: A special event to mark the one-year anniversary of the Bush
    Administration's recognition of genocide in Darfur, Sudan and to
    demand immediate action from the White House to stop the genocide
    and protect the people of Darfur.

    WHO: Civil & political leaders, celebrity figures and advocacy groups
    will join hundreds of activists. Invited speakers include:

    Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon Rev. Dr. Robert W. Edgar, General
    Secretary, National Council of
    Churches
    Fatima Haroun, Darfurian Representative of Sudan Peace Advocates
    Network
    Ruth Messinger, President, American Jewish World Service Rev. Jim
    Wallis, Founder and Editor in Chief of Sojourners Magazine

    Salih Booker, Executive Director, Africa Action David Rubenstein,
    Executive Director, Save Darfur Members of Congress

    WHEN: Thursday, September 8, 2005, 12pm - 1pm

    WHERE: Lafayette Park in front of the White House (near the
    intersection of 16th Street & H Street, NW, Washington DC)

    One year after the Bush Administration's declaration that genocide
    is occurring in Darfur, Sudan, the genocide continues. More than
    400,000 lives have been lost, and yet the President has done little
    to provide protection to the people of Darfur. "A Day for Darfur"
    will bring hundreds of people together to express their outrage and
    to demand that the President take every step necessary to ensure an
    immediate multinational intervention to support the African Union
    and provide security to the people of Darfur.

    This powerful event will feature musical performances, dramatic
    visuals, and remarks from leadership figures and celebrities, who
    will lead a call to conscience and urge immediate action from the
    Bush Administration to stop the genocide in Darfur. The event will
    close with a coordinated calling campaign at 1pm, where participants
    in the park will pull out their cell phones, and thousands across
    the country will pick up their own phones to call President Bush and
    pressure him to take immediate steps to stop the genocide.

    This event accompanies a nationwide grassroots petition effort, which
    has gathered tens of thousands of signatures in recent weeks, and
    which also calls on the White House to support an urgent multinational
    intervention to stop the genocide in Darfur.

    This major event is the latest of more than 1,000 actions on Darfur
    held around the U.S. in the past 6 months alone. "A Day for Darfur"
    will kick off a period of renewed activism by people of conscience
    across the country, who will increase their pressure on President
    Bush in the coming weeks to take action to stop the genocide in Darfur.

    "A Day for Darfur" is organized by a diverse coalition of advocacy
    groups.

    EVENT SPONSORS AND ENDORSERS: Africa Action, American Jewish World
    Service, Armenian National Committee of America, Darfur Rehabilitation
    Project, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Faithful America,
    Greater Washington Jewish Task Force on Darfur, Human Rights First,
    NAACP, National Council of Churches, Religious Action Center of
    Reform Judaism, Save Darfur Coalition, Sojourners, STAND, Sudan Peace
    Advocates Network, TransAfrica Forum, and the United Methodist Church.

    http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=11426
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