GC2PG delegation to meet with Senator Isakson's foreign policy legislative aid via video conference AUGUST 16TH. If you would like to attend or send a question/concern for this meeting please send email to: genocideprevention@me.com
WORLD REFUGEE DAY "A CELEBRATION OF REFUGEE FAMILIES' HEALTH & WELLNESS" JUNE 18TH 9:30-1:30
BRINGING TOGETHER THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD IN ONE COMMUNITY DATE: FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2010 TIME: 9:30AM-1:30PM CALL: 404-651-8703 for more info LOCATION: CLARKSTON COMMUNITY CENTER 3701 COLLEGE AVE., CLARKSTON, GA 30021 (Just behind the Clarkston Public Library) Additional parking at Clarkston Bible Church
FREE: Health Information, H1N1 Immunizations, Educational Materials Hear about health & wellness in the refugee community Enjoy multi-cultural food, music & entertainment
Sponsored by: Atlanta Technical College, DeKalb Technical College, DeKalb County Board of Health- Catholic Charities, Center for Pan Asian Community Services, International Rescue Committee, Jewish Family & Career Services, Lutheran Services of GA, Refugee Family Services, Refugee Resettlement Immigration Services of Atlanta,, and World Relief.
SUDAN: A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR THE CPA,
DARFUR AND THE REGION
*IMPORTANT SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARING. SENATOR ISAKSON WILL BE ATTENDING. The Coalition has submitted questions to the Senator's office for Envoy Gration. To watch the hearing live please click this link: Recorded
Hearing Presiding:
Senator Kerry
Date:
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Time:
11:00 A.M.
Building:
419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Witnesses
Major General Scott Gration, USAF (Ret.)
Special Envoy to Sudan
Department of State
Washington, DC
Additional witnesses may be added...
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR UPCOMING EVENTS
April is Genocide Prevention Month
Please support the movement by attending a screening at the Atlanta Film Festival
The Last Survivor is an award winning documentary that follows the lives of 4 survivors from The Holocaust, Rwanda, Darfur and Congo. This film presents a unique opportunity to learn from the lessons and mistakes of our past in order to have lasting social impact on how we respond or choose to standby in the face of genocide and mass atrocities. A Hit at the Dallas Film Festival...Read the April 12th review-click here Click here to see a trailer THE ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL APRIL 18TH @ 2:20PM APRIL 19TH @ 4:45PM ATLANTA MIDTOWN ART CINEMA directions
*Please show your support and learn what you can do to advocate against genocide and mass atrocities in your community, your classroom, from your cell phone. A question and answer session with the producer will follow both screenings. You will have the opportunity to participate in an ongoing advocacy effort at the State and Federal levels and to connect with others nationwide who are working towards building a permanent anti-genocide constituency. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
Women + War
Created by the artists of Synchronicity Theatre
Opens Friday, Feb. 19 @ 8pm and runs through March 7.
Three Weeks only! Join us on March 4th for a special group event with GCPG To rsvp for group rate email: genocideprevention@me.com Click here for more information regarding this event!
A delegation of GCPG members will be meeting with Senator Isakson's staff on February 26th. We will be discussing -The upcoming April 11th election-the first in 24 years. Will it be FREE and FAIR? -The US Sudan Policy review, "what are the benchmarks?" -The South Sudan referendum election in 2011 -Putting more pressure on the Administration to enforce implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement Stay tuned for the results of this important advocacy meeting.
61st ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Special Presentation by Dr. Joy DeGruy: Understanding Who We Are Culturally to Begin to Understand How We Connect Globally WHERE: Spelman College-Camille Olivia Cosby Auditorium WHEN: Thursday, December 10 TIME: 7:00pm-8:30pm DIRECTIONS: Click Here
Nicholas Kristof will be presenting at the World Congress Center: "Too Big to Ignore" Nov. 12, 2009 Check-in: 11:30, Luncheon begins at Noon Go to http://www.toobigtoignore.org/ for more details
Emory University to host famed Sudanese refugee
Emory University is bringing Sudanese refugee Valentino Achak Deng to campus for a public forum.
The event will feature a keynote address by Deng, whose life was chronicled in Dave Eggers' best-selling book "What is the What?" Deng fled ethnic violence in Sudan in the 1980s and resettled in Atlanta. Now he tours the globe talking about the struggles of refugees.
The Nov. 12 event will feature a keynote address by Deng on his efforts to start a new secondary school in his home village of Marial Bai, Sudan. He also is expected to talk about the needs of refugees in Atlanta.
The event is from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Woodruff Health Sciences Administration building
Internationals Sunday School Class at First
Presbyterian Church. Atlanta area Darfur refugee, Basmat will be the guest speaker on Sunday, September 27, at
10:00 a.m. Anyone who is interested is welcome to come hear her! If you are interested in more details, please contact Lynn Summer at saralyn.summer@hotmail.com
FREE LECTURE TUESDAY, OCT. 6TH 7PM PREVENTING ANOTHER HOLOCAUST: Lecture by Author and Photographer Lane H. Montgomery
"More genocide has taken place within our lifetime than at any other time in world history, and much of it has happened while we looked on or refused to act."
Author of "NEVER AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN..." will discuss her powerful photographic essay about the Holocaust and other recent genocides.
The
weekend of November 6-9, more than 1,000 leaders of the worldwide
movement to end genocide and mass atrocities will convene on Capitol
Hill for Pledge2Protect
Registration is now live, and there's limited space so be sure to register soon! And be sure to sign up for the Pledge2Protect facebook event.
At the conference, the largest of its kind, you'll meet with
a powerful network of over 1,000 students, community leaders, and
activists to train in grassroots organizing and advocacy; educate
yourself on Sudan, Congo, Burma and genocide prevention; and meet with
your Senator's office to ensure the passage of comprehensive genocide
prevention legislation.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!!!!
THE NATIONAL CANVASS NEEDS GEORGIA SIGNATURES!!!
100, 000 SIGNATURES NEEDED FOR THENATIONAL CANVASS: DECEMBER 1-7
STANDstudents and community groups will be bringing the concept of civilian protection and genocide prevention to the streets during a NATIONAL CANVASS to build awareness of the anti-genocide movement Dec.1-7. Activists and Students will go out into their communities, asking citizens to join the permanent anti-genocide constituency. On December 8, 2008The Genocide Prevention Task Force(GPTF)released it's genocide prevention blueprint for US policymakers. Our goal is to get 100, 000 pledges nationwide to support this legislation. For more information on how you can get involved with the Pledge2Protect campaign stay tuned for updates in our newsletter.
Learn more about the national canvass and how you can play a leadership role. Join Genocide Intervention Network for a webinar Thursday, September 24th. To Apply to be a GA State Director
Applications Due by September 28th The goal of the canvass is to build a broad base of support for a coming GPTF legislative effort. The canvass will do that by engaging partners, providing leadership training to activists, and readying thousands of people in anticipation of legislation "dropping" by training them and collecting their contact info.
Conference Call with Darfur Refugee Wednesday, August 12, 2009 @ 7pm Participant Number: 1-219-509-8020 (East Coast) and Access Code: 233914 The next 18 months are crucial to the Darfur, Sudan advocacy movement, and we need your voice. Please join as we hear from Basmat Ahmed who arrived as a refugee in Atlanta with her family in 2006. Originally from Darfur, her family left the region in 1985 and lived in Egypt until they were given refugee status to immigrate to the US. Basmat has been a local activist for her fellow Darfuris since her arrival in the US. Recently back from 12 weeks in Chad IDS camps, she assisted 24 Hours for Darfur as a translator. Call in to hear Basmat's update and for the most current updates from the Hill as well as the Administration's Sudan-related policies. A Q&A session will follow. We look forward to hearing you on the conference call!
APRIL 29, 2009 IS A MOMENTOUS DAY FOR GEORGIA! GOVERNOR PERDUE SIGNS SB170 INTO LAW
Next Wednesday, April 29, is Day 100 of President Obama's Administration, and STAND as well as other organizations, intend on reaching President Obama "by all means possible."
The Obama administration has been slow to act on Sudan policy.
Granted, the administration was confronted with a host of problems with
which it needed to contend from Day 1. However, President Obama,
Vice-President Biden, Secretary of State Clinton, and UN Ambassador
Susan Rice have all talked a tough game on Sudan policy in the
past--during the campaign, and in their previous jobs. So where's the
dice?
President Obama's administration and the 111th Congress have taken several important steps: President
Obama appointed a special envoy for Sudan ahead of schedule, signaling
the high importance of Sudan in the Obama White House. General Scott Gration has made his first trip to Sudan, and we wish him the best of luck in his new appointment. President Obama took the time to meet with key Darfur advocates to discuss moving forward on Sudan policy. Senator John Kerry, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has made a trip to Sudan, his first in a few years. The US government did not interfere with the indictment of President Omar al Bashir.
On Wednesday, April 29 - Day 100 of President Obama's Administration, TAKE ACTION! An easy way to reach the White House is to call 1-800-GENOCIDE to receieve a prompt before speaking to a telephone operator at the White House. You can e-mail president Obama through the White House website: http://whitehouse.gov/contact/ Facebook-ing President Obama is easy as well! His Facebook profile is: http://facebook.com/barackobama
Don't forget, on Day 100 - we need to let the Obama Administration know that they have a long way to go in regards to the Darfur genocide.
From sending an email or watching a movie to organizing a commemoration event or film series click here for a host of resources during the month of April which is genocide awareness month.
MARCH 4, 2009 MARKED AN HISTORIC DAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF WAR TORN DARFUR
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR SUDAN'S PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR
*For up to date information on events and our current GA state action campaign please check below and go to the TAKE ACTION link. For recent press on the ICC's arrest warrant plese go to our NEWS AND OP/EDS link.
MARCH 4TH WAS ALSO AN HISTORIC DAY FOR GEORGIA
Senate Bill 170 (SB170) received unanimous support in the government oversight committee hearing. On MARCH 10TH it received overwhelming support on the senate floor in a favorable 53 to 1 vote.
WE STILL NEED YOUR HELP TO ENSURE THIS BILL NOW GETS PASSED IN THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Call your state representative today to ensure that our public funds will not support companies who are funding the regime of an indicted war criminal. *see below on how to find out who your state representative is.
SB170 is a Targeted Sudan Contract Prohibition bill which would prohibit a state agency from entering into a contract with companies that have certain problematic business operations in Sudan. Contracts with state agencies will not be provided to any company that cannot certify that it does not have certain problematic business operations in Sudan. In other words, the worst offending companies doing business in Sudan will not be able to enter into a contract with the state of GA, and indirectly fund the ongoing genocide in Darfur.
For a brief and more information on Contract Prohibition click here. It's important that you find out who your own state representative is
and urge him or her to support SB170. Click this link and type in your zip code.
YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES NEED TO HEAR THAT YOU WANT THEM TO SUPPORT THIS IMPORTANT BILL.
To find out who your state representatives are click here for easy access to contact information.
Please go to our "TAKE ACTION SITE" link for a script: WHAT TO TELL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE.
SB 170 State Contract Prohibition
The Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 provides a powerful new tool to pressure companies that support the Sudanese government by authorizing state contract prohibition. State governments sign public contracts with companies that operate in Sudan and through this legislation now have the power to prohibit contracts with certain companies. SADA provides criteria for identifying problematic companies that operate in Sudan's oil, power, mineral and military sectors - sectors that provide revenue primarily for the Sudanese government and at the expense of marginalized populations.
Sudan's oil sector accounts for nearly 90 percent of the country's total export revenue. Up to 70 percent of this oil revenue is used to finance the country's military - which arms, trains and provides military support to the Janjaweed militia that continues to conduct a campaign of murder, destruction, torture, and rape in Darfur. Sudan's oil sector is dependent on these foreign companies for capital, technology and personnel.
Therefore, these companies must use their unique leverage with the Sudanese government to hasten the end of violence and destruction in Darfur. If the Sudanese government continues to be unresponsive to this pressure, companies should cease operations and/or sever economic ties with the regime in Khartoum.
Do you want to prevent Georgia state agencies from contracting with the worst offending companies doing business in Sudan? MAKE THE CALL
THANKS FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE. EVERY ONE OF YOUR CALLS WILL BE LOGGED AND COUNTED IN EACH SENATOR'S OFFICE. click here for a helpful script. CONTACT ADVOCACY DIRECTOR at atlaxn@gmail.com
Thank US SENATOR JOHNNY ISAKSON (770-661-0999 district office) He has been listening to his constituents. As a ranking member on the Subcommittee on African Affairs he has written a letter to President Obama asking him to appoint a Special Envoy to Sudan to "lead and bring peace to Darfur..." Please click here to read the letter. Then tell him to call Governor Perdue and encourage him to support SB170. Ask the Senator to support all efforts to protect civilians, promote peace, and implement punitive measures to members of the government of Sudan who are accountable.
Location: Dogwood Restaurant 565 Peachtree St., Atlanta, GA Click here for directions *only a few reservations remaining call 404-840-4862 $150 donation includes Tshirt, lunch, and signed copy of John's book, NYTimes Best Seller: NOT ON OUR WATCH
4:30 PM Georgia Tech College of Management presents John Prendergrast, Human rights activist and Cofounder of the ENOUGH Project speaks about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. admission: free Location: LeCraw Auditorium, 800 W Peachtree St., NW, Atlanta, GA 30308 click here for directions
7:00-10:00 PM An evening of food, drinks, African drumming and DJ spinning tribal beats! Location: Mason Murer Art Gallery (click here for directions) 199 Armour Drive, Atlanta, GA 30324 Admission: $10 donation at the door for more information call 404-840-4862 or www.dialoguestartone.com
A GLORY FROM THE GOD In our "unstinting resolve" to end the current crisis in Darfur DUACG is featuring "A
Glory from the God". This 2008 documentary shows how one woman's
energy can ignite a movement to change the world. The film profiles
Boston minister and pediatrician Gloria White-Hammond whose commitment
to support families in Darfur, Sudan has swept her to the front lines of
the battle to end the 21st century's worst humanitarian crisis. Pastor Gloria was our featured keynote speaker at last month's 4th annual rally for Darfur and is the current board chair of The Save Darfur Coalition, www.savedarfur.org
To view the trailer for this powerful documentary click here To schedule a showing please contact Melanie@gadarfur.org The Next film showing will be:
FEBRUARY 22, 2009 AT 1:30PM HILLSIDE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1879 COLUMBIA DRIVE DECATUR, GA 30032
An RSVP is not required but would be appreciated: saralyn.summer@hotmail.com
For information on how your institution or organization can host a showing of A GLORY FROM THE GOD please contact melanie@gadarfur.org. We will be happy to arrange for a speaker and Q&A session following the movie showing.
25 JANUARY 2009 4TH ANNUAL RALLY FOR DARFUR
For more information about the rally please view this flyer
April is Genocide Prevention Month
61st ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Pledge2Protect conference
From sending an email or watching a movie to organizing a commemoration event or film series click 
Thank US SENATOR JOHNNY ISAKSON (770-661-0999 district office)
A GLORY FROM THE GOD
25 JANUARY 2009 4TH ANNUAL RALLY FOR DARFUR
Reverend Dr. Gloria White Hammond
