[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: Make Some Noise

[Idrissa Ekundayo]

>From: "Sedara Burson" <sedara_burson at hotmail.com>
>To: sedara_burson at hotmail.com
>Subject: Make Some Noise
>Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 13:18:47 -0400
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>Hey Good People,
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>I put this email together because I am hoping you will be inspired to 
>respond.  There is so much trouble in the world and sometimes very 
>confusing to know how to help...  We have issues in our own back yard but 
>it is important for us to do what we can do for others.  What I am asking 
>you to do is to call: Call 1-800-GENOCIDE to be connected to your elected 
>officials. Operated by our partners, the Genocide Intervention Network. AND 
>Pass this email on to all you know.l
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>President Bush is fully aware of the issues in Darfur and have been over 
>the past 4.5 years.  If you have seen Hotel Rwanda and the tradgedy that 
>occurred over 100 days imagine living like that for 4.5 year.  His is 
>supposed to vote on Plan B THIS WEEK that would began the International 
>intervening of the situation in Darfur.  Your calls will show President 
>Bush that this is a priority.  Call as many days in a row as you can and as 
>often as you can.
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>Quick Overview:
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>The past month was especially bleak for Darfur, where a peace agreement 
>signed in May 2006 has failed to bring an end to the fighting. Nearly 4 
>million people in the region are dependant on humanitarian assistance for 
>survival, 7 African Union peacekeepers were killed in the last month alone, 
>and the conflict continues to spill over into neighboring Chad and the 
>Central African Republic. Meanwhile, the Bush administration, at the urging 
>of UN Secretary General Ban ki-Moon insists on giving diplomacy another 
>chance. (for more go 
>to:http://www.enoughproject.org/reports/darfur_2007-04.php)
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>WHAT YOU CAN DO – LEAD YOUR LEADERS
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>Your elected officials need to hear from you that the current Plan B 
>proposed by President Bush is inadequate. The United States must work 
>multilaterally to impose punitive measures—including targeted sanctions and 
>economic pressures—against senior Sudanese National Congress Party 
>officials and the companies they control. By contacting your elected 
>representatives, you will be joining thousands of concerned activists from 
>across the country in "leading their leaders."
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>ENOUGH urges activist organizations to issue action alerts urging their 
>members to contact the White House, their Senators, and their members of 
>Congress to press for a Plan B with teeth.
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>The Genocide Intervention Network operates a toll free number, 
>1-800-GENOCIDE that will connect you to your elected officials.
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>Call 1-800-GENOCIDE to contact your Senators and member of Congress and 
>tell them:
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>that punitive action against the Government of Sudan will only be effective 
>if it is taken multilaterally;
>to urge President Bush to impose targeted UN Security Council sanctions 
>against persons responsible for crimes against humanity in Darfur and 
>Sudanese companies already sanctioned unilaterally by the U.S.;
>to urge President Bush to engage with a number of international banking 
>institutions to strongly encourage them to stop supporting oil transactions 
>with Sudan;
>to urge President Bush to sign an Executive Order in support of divestment;
>to urge President Bush to provide information and declassified intelligence 
>to the International Criminal Court; and
>to urge President Bush to put credible plans in place for a no-fly zone and 
>non-consensual force deployment to protect civilians if the situation 
>dramatically deteriorates in Darfur.
>Call 1-800-GENOCIDE to contact the White House and tell President Bush:
>that Plan B will only be effective if the U.S. works multilaterally to take 
>punitive actions against the Government of Sudan;
>to impose targeted UN Security Council sanctions against persons 
>responsible for crimes against humanity in Darfur and Sudanese companies 
>already sanctioned unilaterally by the U.S.;
>to engage with a number of international banking institutions to strongly 
>encourage them to stop supporting oil transactions with Sudan;
>to sign an Executive Order in support of divestment;
>to provide information and declassified intelligence to the International 
>Criminal Court; and
>to put credible plans in place for a No-Fly Zone and non-consensual force 
>deployment to protect civilians if the situation dramatically deteriorates 
>in Darfur.
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>John Prendergast is on leave from his International Crisis Group work to 
>help build ENOUGH, which he John Prendergast is on leave from his 
>International Crisis Group work to help build ENOUGH, which he co-founded. 
>His bestselling book, Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in 
>Darfur and Beyond, co authored with actor/activist Don Cheadle, is 
>available at book stores nationwide. Colin Thomas-Jensen is taking leave 
>from Crisis Group work to serve as Policy Adviser to ENOUGH.
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>Speak Out!
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>For more information:
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>www.savedarfur.org
>www.genocideintervention.net
>http://www.enoughproject.org/region/darfur/what-can-be-done.php
>www.enoughproject.org
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>Make Some Noise!
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>Sedara
>  See what you’re getting into…before you go there
>

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