activism
Centre for Applied Human Rights
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/cahr/
The department I did my masters at. Their human rights defenders programme is amazing.
TAKE ACTION
http://www.darfurscores.org/takeaction
TAKE ACTION NOW TO HELP STOP THE GENOCIDE IN DARFUR!!!
Orange County for Darfur link
Orange County for Darfur seeks to:
- increase awareness among local residents of the suffering in Darfur and the surrounding region
- get our elected officials and others in positions of influence to take more action in order to stop the genocide
Our History
SAVE DARFUR Canada
Save Darfur Canada (SDC) is a national coalition of organizations undertaking Darfur advocacy.
THE CULT :: IAN ASTBURY FOR DARFUR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCXYU_eBDYQ
Video by BurmeseFree
The Cult played this video at their shows to spread awareness about BURMA and recent facts.
Genocide of Bangladesh
http://www.muktadhara.net/page35.html
THE SECOND BIGGEST ETHNIC CLEANSING OF 20TH CENTURY
The war against the Bengali population proceeded in classic gendercidal fashion. According to Anthony Mascarenhas, "There is no doubt whatsoever about the targets of the genocide":
Valentino Achak Deng Foundation
http://www.valentinoachakdeng.org/
A foundation working to aide those Sudanese currently in America, raise awareness and encourage political activism in the US, and working to help rebuild Southern Sudan through education of the youth.
YouTube Video: Tents of Hope - Darfur Advocacy - Campaign Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsWv7OoYOuk
Film by Francesca Roveda about the Tents for Hope campaign.
Tents of Hope
I picked up a flier for this at the Bioneers Conference yesterday.
Blurb from their web site:
"The mission of the Tents of Hope project is to support a one-year process in which people respond as communities to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan by creating tents that are both unique works of art and ongoing focal points within communities for learning about, assisting and establishing relationships with the people of Sudan. The tents are not answers in themselves. Rather, they are points of entry for more concrete forms of Darfur advocacy.

