The Save Darfur Coalition, in cooperation with over 150
faith-based, advocacy, and humanitarian aid organizations, is pleased to
announce the launch of the Million
Voices for Darfur
campaign. We believe that while the problems of Darfur are complex, the formula
for solving those problems is simple: President Bush, his Administration, and
Congress must make ending the genocide in Darfur a top priority. The Million Voices for Darfur
campaign will help millions of Americans make their voices heard, and make
their government listen. We need your help, however, to make the Million Voices
campaign a success.
Please click
here
to send an electronic postcard to President Bush. Regular postcards are also
available if you would like to distribute them personally. Click here
to view the design and to order postcards.
In the coming months, the campaign will collect one million
of these hand-written and electronic postcards from Americans demanding that
the United States government act in support of a stronger multinational force
to protect the civilians of Darfur. The postcards will be collected in local
communities and on college campuses, at houses of worship and over the
Internet. The Coalition will then deliver Americans’ messages to the White
House and Capitol Hill, using the campaign to draw national and local media
attention to the Darfur crisis. In conjunction with the campaign, the Save
Darfur Coalition is also organizing a speaking tour for Captain Brian Steidle,
USMC, who served as the U.S. representative to the African Union’s mission in
Darfur. Captain Steidle was an eyewitness to the genocide, is a powerful and
compelling speaker, and will help Americans grasp the reality – and the
enormity – of the crisis in Darfur. The Coalition will also promote other
events featuring Darfur experts and eyewitnesses in its speakers’ bureau.
If you would like to move your advocacy to the next level,
please join us by organizing
a Darfur related event,
or by
joining or starting a Darfur advocacy group
in your community . To help you with your event, we offer post cards, Save
Darfur bracelets, videos, and a special Million Voices DVD (available soon)
among other Darfur advocacy items, available here.
The strength of the Coalition, and of the Million Voices
campaign, is the breadth and diversity of Darfur advocates such as you who lend
your strength to our message. Thank you for paying attention to the crisis in
Darfur, and for taking the time to take action to end it. For more information
and to sign an electronic post card, please visit www.MillionVoicesForDarfur.org.
With your help, we can all make the Million Voices for Darfur campaign the
success it needs to be.
If you would like to read recent media coverage of the
Million Voices campaign, click
here
and here
to read a two-part article on its launch.
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