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Posted 10:20 AM
by Mary
Save Darfur, Sudan: Join the Million Voices for Darfur Campaign
Urge President Bush to take the ethical step of leading the international community in protecting civilians in Darfur, Sudan.
BACKGROUND
Since February 2003, violence and destruction have raged in Darfur, Sudan. It’s estimated that 400,000 people have died due to violence, disease, and starvation, and over 2.5 million people have been displaced from their homes.
The genocide in Darfur demands united action, leadership, and accountability. The Humanist community has an ethical responsibility to both prevent and respond to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The American Humanist Association alongside over 150 humanitarian, human rights, and faith-based organizations active in the Save Darfur Coalition to stop genocide in Darfur, have joined together in calling for immediate action to end the violence in Darfur.
ACTION
We urge you to join the Save Darfur Coalition’s Million Voices for Darfur Campaign by sending an e-postcard to President Bush and demand action—we can't allow complacency in the face of a tragedy so great and so preventable.
The goal of the Million Voices for Darfur campaign is to generate one million hand-written and electronic postcards from Americans demanding a stronger and more effective U.S. response.
Specifically, the Million Voices for Darfur campaign calls on the U.S. government to support a stronger multinational force to protect the civilians of Darfur.
http://www.millionvoicesfordarfur.org/
Posted 9:18 AM
by Mary
TODAY, January 5th, CODEPINK is launching a new
campaign called "Women Say No to War" to bring together
US women like Alice Walker, Congresswoman Barbara Lee,
Susan Sarandon, Cindy Sheehan and Dolores Huerta with
women from countries such as Britain, Canada,
Australia, Mexico, the Philippines, Japan, Jordan, Iran
and especially Iraq. Our purpose? To tell our leaders -
and the world - that women have had enough of the
senseless war in Iraq and we want the foreign troops
and foreign fighters to leave Iraq now.
So far, more than 200 prominent women - political
leaders, military mothers, veterans, actors and authors
- have endorsed the "Women Say No to War" campaign, and
some 4,000 women have signed the Women's Call for Peace
- even before we've officially launched! We want to get
atleast 100,000 women from around the world to sign
this global call by March 8, 2006, when we'll deliver
the signatures to the White House and to US embassies
around the world.
Please sign the call TODAY: Go to
http://www.womensaynotowar.org.
Then forward the call to everyone you can think of in
every country on the globe.
Eve Ensler, Margaret Cho, Anne Lamott, Maxine Hong
Kingston, Barbara Ehrenreich, Congresswomen Lynn
Woolsey and Cynthia McKinney, Iraqi women's rights
advocate Yanar Mohammed, Iraq War Veteran
KellyDougherty-these are just a sampling of the amazing
women who have signed this Urgent Appeal. Please join
them - and us - in a sending a powerful message that
women worldwide have said "Enough!"
Women's Call for Peace: An Urgent Appeal
http://ww.womensaynotowar.org
