1. CALL or EMAIL President Obama and our Colorado elected officials. Every call is counted! Ask them to do whatever they can to end the genocide in Darfur and protect the survivors. Call often! “Our leaders need support and pressure from you in order to act!”
Call 1-800-Genocide. The Genocide Intervention Network has created the first-ever anti-genocide hotline. Call today to be connected directly to your elected officials for free. All you need is your zip code. The hotline will provide you with up-to-date talking points related to current Darfur legislation and other actions your elected officials can take to help end the genocide.
2. DONATE to help get lifesaving food, medical care and protection to the refugees.
3. POST Yard Signs and Bumper Stickers to increase awareness in Boulder County. To order yard signs or bumper stickers email: BoulderforDarfur@gmail.com. Or call Marianne, 303-748-0370, m.wendroff@comcast.net. Please tell us how many you want, your phone number, address and what part of Boulder you live in (east, west, south, north).Suggested Donation for yard signs: $5-$10 each.
100% of your donation will go toward covering the cost of the signs and helping with other initiatives to publicize the crisis in Darfur.
Think yard signs won’t help? Check out Nicholas Kristof’s editorial and see just how much help these efforts are making!
CAR WASHES AND GENOCIDE By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF NYTimes January 16, 2007
4. BE informed and inform others. Sign up for email news updates (www.savedarfur.org) and/or action alerts (www.genocideintervention.net). Spread the word!
5. LET local media-newspapers, radio, cable TV-know you want more Darfur coverage! Media coverage has helped improve some refugee camps and has increased diplomatic opportunities.
6. SEND a letter or op-ed to our Boulder County newspapers. Click here for list of local newspapers contacts.
7. ASK religious and community leaders to speak to their groups about the crisis. Congregation Har HaShem has a Speakers’ Bureau and free video lending library to help. Go to: harhashem.org/sudan. Or call Boulder Friends of Darfur (Kelly: 720-284-4713) to arrange for a speaker, video, and/or people to sit at a table with Darfur information.
8. HOLD a gathering at your home or community center and show the film “Hotel Rwanda” or “The Devil Came on Horseback.” Check out Darfur videos from Congregation Har HaShem’s Genocide Response Team (see above) or found at: www.genocideinterventionfund.org/educate/multimedia
9. JOIN the Sudan Divestment Campaign. Take back your dollars from companies that fund the genocide.Go to www.sudandivestment.org and/or www.investorsagainstgenocide.org.
10. TELL our TV news networks to Be a Witness and fully cover the genocide: www.BeAWitness.org Because you can’t stop a genocide if you don’t know about it!
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