September 2009
7 posts
Meeting coming up soon
I’ll keep you guys posted :)
Last Friday was the first Darfur Clubs meeting of the 2009/2010 year.
We discussed our goals for the year, and projects that we plan to do this year. Our two main priorites are to; - educate the community about the crisis in Darfur, and - work to contribute towards a solution We hope to do this by making Darfur higher in the U.S.’s priorities, both locally and on a national level. We want...
Bakesale
Sept 23rd (Wednesday) in the Lobby. Bake.
“Sudan Ending the crisis in Darfur and ensuring Sudan’s long-term stability...”
– Foreign Policy
(www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign_policy/)
“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering...”
– Elie Wiesel, author, in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech
Quilts for Darfur →
Make a 12”x12” Quilt and send it to:
Save Darfur Club (Mr. Rabot)Brooklyn Technical High School29 Fort Greene PlaceBrooklyn, NY 11217
They will stitch it together to make a huge, nation-wide quilt in remembrance of those suffering in Darfur.
If you type in "Darfur Club" on Google, we come up...
Chatham High School Darfur Club readies for a big event by MARIANNE IVERS/Independent Press Wednesday April 01, 2009, 11:35 AM THE CHATHAMS —
The student-created Darfur Club has worked hard for the past seven months to bring internationally acclaimed author and former refugee, Douad Hari, to Chatham High School to talk about the ongoing genocide in Darfur. Mr. Hari is scheduled to give a...
June 2009
1 post
A Darfur Game? →
Well, that’s one way to spread awareness…
May 2009
11 posts
Facts about Rwanda →
rwanda:
So, I’ve been doing a lot of research on street kid life in Rwanda lately for the documentary. Click the link above… but I’ll post below what I found interesting from the site:
Rwanda’s population is young. Out of the 8 million people living in Rwanda, more than half are under 18years old.
Rwanda has one of the world’s worst child mortality rates – one in five Rwandan children die...
What has your legislators done for Darfur? →
This site rates your represenatatives by how much they have done for Darfur.
Our representative has done almost nothing and has a bad rating, so we are going to send (or bombard him with) letters and petitions. :)
It all happened 15 years ago this month. →
(via rwanda)
Meeting on Friday 5/15
We tallied the votes on our projects, and selected our top # to focus on. We will keep the others close at hand, and may add others to work on as we get more organized and aware of our resources and the demands for our main projects. The # projects we selected are; - Petition and Letters to Congress are going to be combined into one project since they are similar - then the YouTube commercial ...
Another Voice.
Dear President Obama I would like to bring to your attention a very important issue. I am a concerned citizen who believes that it is the duty of the United States to help Darfur. I know that we are going through an economic crisis, but people are people and in Darfur people are being killed, raped and tortured. At my school, Daoud Hari, the author of The Translator, came and did a...
Poster's Post.
I know I already posted this
Instead of just posting news about Darfur and other people’s ideas, I’ve decided that I’m going to add some of my own. Plus, some of the students of Chatham High School. You could go to any site to get news, so perhaps you should truly hear the voices of students who live in a relatively safe enviroment. We didn’t cause these problems, but when now 400,000 people are...
Six Cents to Save a Life →
Dedicated Ideas of the Darfur Club
-Spring Cleaning with Pulp Magazine -Farmers Market -Fishawack -Car wash
October 2008
6 posts
Fall Out Boy, Maroon 5 Among Rock For Darfur... →
The Darfur Store →
These things are awesome! I want a Darfur bag!
The Walrus Magazine » To Die For » Darfur Essays →
I personally LOVE the Africa map, but there’s page numbers at the bottom for more.
End Terror in Darfur
The Miami Herald:
”Never again.” These are the words spoken after the Nazi regime in Europe ended. We swore that we would never let our guard down again. We would not let innocent people suffer. Unfortunately, we have failed. A horrible genocide is occurring in Darfur, in Sudan. Parents are losing their children, children are losing their parents and, worse, not enough is being done...
Daoud Hari might come to our school!
http://www.newsweek.com/id/81376
Explorers, journalists and adventurers going to Africa have long relied on local guides for advice and protection. Richard Burton, the intrepid Victorian-era explorer, employed a man he dubbed “the End of Time” when he made his way across the wastes of Somaliland in 1854. The End of Time was prone to reciting foreboding verse. “Man is but a...
September 2008
3 posts
Holocaust Scholors want arrest of Sudanese Leaders →
Holocaust scholars from around the world signed a petition to Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, to proceed with prosecution of Sudan President al-Bashir for the crime of genocide.
No More Delays: Peacekeepers and Justice for...
Close the gap between promises and reality: Call on United Nations Member States to honor their commitment to protect the people of Darfur. For over a year, United Nations Member States have promised peacekeepers, equipment, and funding for aid for Darfur. Promise broken. For over three years, the United Nations Security Council has promised justice for Darfur. Promise broken. The United Nations...
The Darfur Blog is Back in Buisness.
Hey.
To everyone who actually reads this thing, you probably noticed that I haven’t posted anything for a whole summer.
That was on purpose.
This is a high school club’s blog. It temporarily ceases to exist for the summer.
But don’t worry, we’re still here, we’re still fighting. We didn’t dissapear.
June 2008
12 posts
Letters: Darfur genocide must be stopped
Posted on Sat, Jun. 14, 2008
Philadelphia Daily News
STOPPING the genocide in Darfur should be the No. 1 priority for anyone with a good conscience. The world community has said “not again on our watch” after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It is sad that the genocide in Darfur continues and the world community has failed to stop it.
There is hope though. Presidential candidates Barack...
Student arrested on trip to Darfur
While on humanitarian trip, international relations student almost executed for carrying camera.
Nancy Rodriguez
Issue date: 4/28/05 Section: News
A USC student was nearly executed during his two-week stay in Darfur, Sudan, as a humanitarian worker. Justin, a senior majoring in international relations who declined to give his name for fear of his safety, visited Sudan with a non-profit...
“Look, if you see a car crash, somebody’s lying there in the middle of the...”
– —Bono interviewed by Bill O’Reilly
Same thing with Darfur, my friends. At the interview, Bill O’ Reilly was asking him why he wanted to save the people with Aids in Africa, because it was their fault they got AIDS in the first place. And the above was his answer. It...
Stories From Darfur
Story # 1
Gadija, like 1.2 million other people in Darfur, was forced to flee for her life. The terror she has lived through is etched into the lines of her face. Meet the brave woman who featured in Norwegian Church Aid’s Darfur campaign film spot. The situation in Darfur has been called the worst humanitarian disaster of our time. In Otash, the faces of the people behind the statistics show...
Another Darfur Blog →
Made by an undergraduate. This blog has a pretty cool layout, too. Sorry, I had to add that.
Top Ten Ways You Can Help Save Darfur! →
These are the best ways to take action against Darfur without actually going there and getting yourself killed. We have done #s 2 and 9 and are still planning on doing # 8.
Poster's Post
Instead of just posting news about Darfur and other people’s ideas, I’ve decided that I’m going to add some of my own. Plus, some of the students of Chatham High School. You could go to any site to get news, so perhaps you should truly hear the voices of students who live in a relatively safe enviroment. We didn’t cause these problems, but when now 400,000 people are...
Darfur's Rations Cut in Half (Apr. 28 [Sorry this...
he UN is cutting in half its daily rations in Sudan’s Darfur region because of a severe funding shortfall.
From May the ration will be half the minimum amount required each day. The cut comes as the UN said Darfur’s malnutrition rates are rising again.
Nearly 3m people depend on food aid after being driven off their land.
But little has come from the EU and nothing at all from any...
And China's now the Blame Too
In the absence of meaningful action by the United Nations, the African Union, or anybody else who routinely lectures the United States on its conduct in the world, President Bush on Tuesday announced he was strengthening U.S. sanctions against government-run companies involved in Sudan’s oil industry and three individuals. Bush wanted to impose the sanctions last month but delayed to give...
Speaking out on Darfur
Wed Apr 02, 2008, 03:00 PM EDT Six seniors at Sacred Heart High School in Kingston have demonstrated that a thoughtful message really can move more than molehills. Teacher Margo Mahoney’s social justice class has been tackling genocide in Darfur this semester after a viewing of “Hotel Rwanda.” One particular scene left them with a desire to dispense with cynicism, namely, the scene...
The People SPEAK. →
This is a site not just for Darfur that has many topics that people proclaim their thoughts about. Frankly, I think its a great way to put opinions out there. The link above is just Darfur, though.
ICC prosecutor to unveil new case next week...
2 days ago THE HAGUE (AFP) — Urging decisive action against Sudanese warcrimes suspects, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said Friday he would announce details of a new case next week against senior players in the Darfur conflict. “I will inform the … (United Nations) Security Council on June 5 when I will present my second case on Darfur,” prosecutor...
May 2008
16 posts
Presidential hopefuls urge end to Darfur violence
Not since World War II have all major presidential candidates come together on an international issue. Until now. Today, Senators Clinton, McCain and Obama released a joint statement condemning the violence against the people of Darfur and promising to address the issue with “unstinting resolve.” The three candidates have honest differences about many issues. But this joint statement...
The Art of War: Children's drawings illustrate...
By Dr. Annie Sparrow and Olivier Bercault Posted Thursday, July 14, 2005, at 4:48 PM ET slate.com In February 2005, we traveled to camps along the Chad-Sudan border that are home to more than 200,000 refugees from the genocidal conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. During interviews with refugees, we gave paper and crayons to children, so they could draw whatever they wished while we talked...
Darfur Daily News petition for "Complete,...
Copy of an entry published today at Sudan Watch: Darfur Daily News blogspot claims to be, quote “a reliable source of news and information about what is going on in Darfur at the moment located in The Hague.” The blog author has organised a petition online targeted at UN, EU, AU, USA, UK, Civil Society, H Rights, International Community. The petition, entitled “Complete,...
BREAKING NEWS: Sudan president says will not honor...
Wednesday 21 May 2008 03:30. May 20, 2008 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir announced today that his government is no longer bound by ceasefire with the Darfur rebel groups.Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir addresses a news conference with South African President Thabo Mbeki at Mbeki’s office in Cape Town November 7, 2007 (Reuters) “We will deal swiftly with...
You Can't Pressure Sudan Without China
According to John McCain, Darfur’s genocide will be over in five years, if only we replace the United Nations with a “League of Democracies,” an international body shorn of pesky non-allies like China and Russia. In a somewhat speculative speech today, McCain laid out the accomplishments that he envisions his administration will have accomplished by 2013. After efforts to...
A Gift for Khartoum
15.05.2008 Eric Reeves, a professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College, who also runs sudanreeves.org, reports here on the latest tragic development in Darfur. On May 10, one of Darfur’s key rebel factions, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), struck military targets within Omdurman, the twin city of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Although rumored for days, the...
Sudan posts $246M bounty for Darfur rebel
” />ALFRED DE MONTESQUIOUIn this Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007 file photo, Khalil Ibrahim, the head of one of Darfur’s main rebel groups, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), is seen during an interview in the town of Abeche in eastern Chad. In a telephone interview with the Associated Press, Khalil Ibrahim vowed to keep up his group’s offensive against Sudan’s government,...
Darfur: Why Should We Care?
By Veronica Jones of McKinly Technology High School Darfur is home to over 30 ethnic groups, all African and all Muslim. Since early 2003, Sudanese government soldiers and their proxy ethnic militia, known as the Janjaweed, have fought rebel groups in the western region of Darfur. The government and Janjaweed strategy has been to carry out systematic assaults against civilians from the same ethnic...
Poverty Rates →
Each country has decided to donate .7% of their income to aid those in poverty. Some have reached this goal. Others are scheduled to reach this goal at a later date. Other countries, including the US, have not reached their goal and are not scheduled to reach it. These “other” countries are democracies, and it is up to the people to stad up for those who suffer. So far, not many...
Free Rice to those who Need It. →
It is a vocabulary quiz! For each word you get right, you donate 20 grains of rice through the UN World Food Hunger Program to those in poverty.