2.2 million people tuned in to the National Geographic Channel to watch The Devil Came on Horseback on Friday, April 18. Many thanks to all who watched the broadcast or, even better, invited your friends and family to watch and learn about the Darfur conflict. Now, please follow up by supporting efforts to end the Darfur conflict and bring security to the region.

In coming weeks, Darfur advocacy groups are organizing rallies at the headquarters of Olympics corporate sponsors, asking them to use their relationships with China to bring attention to Darfur.  Let’s give the Olympics sponsors a reason to act for Darfur– join a rally near you.  If you’re not close to a rally location, you can still participate by sending letters, emails and phone calls to these sponsors.

See Rally Locations and Sign Up Here: http://www.standnow.org/campaigns/seal/takeAction/corporateRally 

Email corporate sponsors here: http://www.dreamfordarfur.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=85

Canadian  STAND students use film to bring awareness at their university campus.

(http://www.themuse.ca/view.php?aid=41027) 

Days brings grim reality

Student activists encourage genocide awareness

By Katie Hyslop

Darfur Days are coming to Memorial this month, asking students to pay attention to a grim situation – genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND) Memorial, a faction of STAND Canada, are holding three events this month in order to educate the public about the situation in Darfur, where since 2003 the Sudanese Armed Forces and Janjaweed militias have been carrying out a systematic genocide campaign against non-Arab tribes, which has resulted in the deaths of 200,000 to 400,000 people, and the displacement of over 2 million.

On Tuesday, March 18, STAND will show The Devil Came On Horseback, a documentary based on the memoirs of the same name by former US Marine Brian Steidle who spent time in Darfur in 2004.

The second event, on the following Tuesday, March 25, will be “Darfur and the Responsibility to Act” a panel discussion with Anne Wagner, directory of advocacy for STAND Canada, Natalie Oman, professor of philosophy at MUN, and keynote speaker Sergeant Debbie Bodkin. (more…)

In line with the twenty or so other states that have already divested their assets from companies funding the genocide in Sudan, New Hampshire is considering divestment legislation.

Global Grassroots sponsored a Darfur and Divestment Information session on March 4 for the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The session featured The Devil Came on Horseback and a Q&A session led by Daniel Millenson, National Advocacy Director of the Sudan Divestment Task Force. The divestment bill passed through the House on March 5 and has moved on to the Senate. The article below discusses the divestment campaign in New Hampshire.

 (reprinted from http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080219/FRONTPAGE/802190311/1037/NEWS04) (more…)