The Culture of Life Should be Universal400,000 dead, 2.5 million displaced, 10,000 dying every month. Yes, I'm talking about human beings. Not much more to add. Just click on the links to learn all there's to know about this first genocide of the 21st century. Then do whatever you can to help, but at least add your voice to the cries for immediate help. And, take notes on who's listening so you can hold accountable the powers that be.
[A couple pictures I took at the rally to Save Darfur in NYC, 9/17/06]
Watch George Clooney's poignant testimony on the urgency of the Darfur situation. Also, this Clooney & Power interview.
Go to SaveDarfur.org to find out how you can help.
Go to SaveDarfur.org to find out how you can help.
Be aware of the world around you. Many of the worst crimes take place because of people's apathy--that's why the government of Sudan & its allies have been killing with impunity.
A Darfur victim pictured (left). Unless the US, the UN, and the whole international community step in with peace-keeping forces by the end of this month, then, for those who care to watch, we'll witness wholesale murder, again. Read more on the Human Rights Watch site.(photo, hrw.org)PS. Is this a reflection of our collective priorities? Media coverage of the ongoing genocide in Darfur has been woefully inadequate. The Center for American Progress found that during June 2005, CNN, FOX News, NBC/MSNBC, ABC, and CBS ran 50 times as many stories about Michael Jackson and 12 times as many stories about Tom Cruise as they did about the genocide in Darfur.
2 comments:
I was at the rally too. I hope "they" are listening. I think Bill Clinton should have been there. He's admitted that it was a big mistake not to intervene in Rwanda in 1998 when some 800,000 people were murdered in a month's time.
I like Samantha Power's comment, "Not on my watch" referring to Bush's statement regarding genocide. She clarified that Bush meant that his staff not to leave any notes on his watch.
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