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Bright Lights, Big City - Stopping Genocide Amidst it All

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Allison Grossman, Cara Fisher, and Gwendolyn Litvak are Legislative Assistants at the Religious Action Center.

There were neon green t-shirts and blue berets for miles around. The dirt flared up under the footprints of thousands of empowered activists in New York City’s Central Park who had gathered to draw attention to the long running conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. Three novice RAC Legislative Assistants, Allison, Cara, and Gwendolyn, made the trek from the nation’s capital to the Big Apple to take part in this significant event.

Public activism has long been a part of Jewish social justice and a way of igniting systemic change in this country. But with rallies and protests held seemingly every week, what effect could this rally actually have?

The presence of people in Central Park and the ensuing pressure exerted by attending press places demands on both the United States government and the United Nations to recognize the public still expects action to be taken to stop the violence in Darfur. On April 26, 2006, thousands of people descended on the Mall in front of the Capitol; since then, resolutions and agreements have passed but this rally demands the international community to act.

Understand that in the globalized world of today, Africa’s problems are everyone’s problems. We all vowed never again; by attending this rally, the three of us made sure our voices were heard by speaking out for the rights of Darfurians. Now it’s your turn. Take action by:

  1. Calling President Bush and thanking him for appointing a Presidential Envoy to Sudan;
  2. Urging President Bush to pressure the United Nations to deploy Peace Keepers to Darfur.
  3. Educating yourself and then others on the situation and ensuring such violence never happens again.

Read more about Darfur and the Genocide that rages on.

Posted by Religious Action Center on September 26, 2006 6:52 PM |

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Interesting report on the fight to bring attention about Darfur to the community consciousness. I am a high school library media teacher and I will be using your links for instruction in the school's World Community classes.


Posted by: Nancy Litvak | September 27, 2006 2:48 PM

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