TAKE ACTION!

1. Join a group working to stop genocide.
The San Antonio Interfaith Darfur Coalition (SAIDC) holds regular meetings and events to raise awareness and action to end the genocide. Join our email list from this page. Visit www.savedarfur.org for information about the national Save Darfur movement.

2. Contact your elected representatives.
Call 1-800 GENOCIDE to get legislative action alerts and contact your congress people to express your support for Darfur-related legislation. Go to www.genocideintervention.net or www.enoughproject.org for fact sheets and reports that help you understand the legislative issues.

3. Donate to humanitarian agencies operating in Darfur and Chad camps.
Please visit the International Medical Corps www.imcworldwide.org to learn more about their humanitarian work in Darfur and Chad.

4. Pressure China to end the violence in Darfur.
Dream for Darfur is organizing an Olympic Torch Relay from Darfur to Beijing and across the United States to galvanize public support around the world to exert pressure on China to stop the genocide in Darfur. Visit www.dreamfordarfur.org for more information. San Antonio event: December 3, 2007

5. Support the Sudan Divestment Movement.
Sudan relies heavily on foreign investment to fund its genocidal activity. Join the international movement to put economic pressure on the Sudanese government by divesting from companies that fund the Sudanese government’s military activities. Visit www.sudandivestment.org for more information.

6. Raise Awareness.
Small actions can make a big difference. Talk to people about what is happening in Darfur, have a dinner for Darfur (ask for donations for humanitarian aid), show the movie Hotel Rwanda, download resources from the internet and hand them out. Read the book Not on Our Watch by Don Cheadle and John Prendergast for more ideas. Be a voice for the people of Darfur.

Fotoseptiembre Talk & Slide Show

In connection with Fotoseptiembre – two peace activists will deliver testimonies and show a photo display of Darfurian's living in refugee camps in Chad. Talk by Caesar Ricci, medical student and San Antonio SaveDarfur coordinator along with Victoria Smith, Film Outreach Coordinator for the now nationally released Darfur documentary “The Devil Came on Horseback.” Ricci and Smith have just returned from visiting refugee camps in Chad, across the border from war decimated Darfur. See www.greatestgood.net for clips of Ricci's and Smith's trip to Chad. Louis J. Blume Academic Library and Art Gallery, St. Mary’s University – parking at Camino Santa Maria and Cincinnati. Sept. 6, 4-5 PM, reception following.

Smith and Ricci will also speak August 29 at 7:00 PM at University United Methodist Church.