Fighting for Darfur
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Allison Grossman is a Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center. She is a graduate of University of Arizona. |
Today, over 24 evangelical Christian leaders gathered together not to discuss their political differences or debate scripture, but to unite. And what was the one issue that motivated the cooperation of such an extremely diverse group? The violence still occurring in Darfur. Evangelicals for Darfur officially kicked off their campaign today, believing that, in the words of Jim Wallis, “this is a time and an issue which transcends other political differences.” From immigration reform to the war in Iraq, from Reverends and Bishops to authors and professors, and from the Southern Baptist Convention to the Christian Coalition of America to the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, this is one extremely diverse and, yes, odd group of leaders to come together over a common cause.
Since I began working on Darfur at the RAC about two months ago, the language has slowly changed – 2.2 million displaced people became 2.5 million and call-in days thanking the UN for passing Resolution 1706, authorizing the deployment of UN peacekeepers to the Darfur region of Sudan, became frustrated urging to actually take action and deploy troops.
The emergence of Evangelicals for Darfur reveals the increasing desperation of the issue but also the presence of a universal humanity that cries and out acts when faced with deep injustice. The crisis in Darfur is a situation on which we all must educate ourselves and our community and we all must continue to take action to stop – and the Evangelicals for Darfur helps us get one step closer to making sure we all work to protect those who are not able to protect themselves.
Comments
I am proud that the entire Jewish & evangelical community for taking a stand on this important, dire situation.
My family is willing to host a refugee family from Darfur. Does anyone have information about this?
Posted by: Carey Adina Karmel | October 19, 2006 9:22 PM
This is great, the situation has lasted way to long. I'm glad that the country is fainlly reaching understanding.
Posted by: Jordan Pelavin | October 26, 2006 2:54 PM