Urgent action rallies are happening across the United States to protest the expulsion of humanitarian organizations from Sudan and the deteriorating situation there. Later this week, join events in California and keep an eye out for events across the US (or plan your own!)
San Francisco
Join the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition for an urgent action rally this Friday!
Where: the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Federal Building located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue between Polk and Larkin (accessible by Muni – exit at Civic Center Metro Station.)
When: Friday, March 20, 2009 from 4:00pm-6:00pm
For more information, contact info@darfursf.org or 415-221-8400.
Burbank
Stop Genocide Now is organizing a demonstration tomorrow evening in Burbank.
March 19th: Meet at 3pm
Filming of the Jay Leno Show
NBC is located at: 3000 W. Alameda Avenue Burbank, CA 91523
Meet at Johnny Carson Park – Corner of S Bob Hope Dr and W Parkside Ave
Phoenix
Join us tomorrow March 19th in front of the State Legislative Offices at 1700 W. Washington Street in Downtown Phoenix. We will be there from 2pm-6pm to take a stand against Genocide!
Yesterday, activists took to the streets in LA and New York.
In New York City, more than 40 people gathered outside the U.S. mission to the U.N. They included a group from St.Joseph’s College in Brooklyn who came wearing their St Patrick’s Day sashes on the way to the parade. Some were high-schoolers on Spring break, one was a community leader from Dallas who was visiting family. At the vigil, they delivered a letter to Peggy Kerry, Susan Rice’s assistant, to Susan Rice from the Darfuri community in which they quoted Dr. Rice’s words from her Washington Post piece about the necessity of standing up to Bashir forcefully back to her, and we also delivered Security Council letters prepared by one of our Westchester affiliates.
In LA, activists camped out in front of the Federal Building for 5 nights. On Tuesday, activists from across Southern California gathered in a large demonstration. Darfuris from Arizona drove overnight to be at the event!
Stay tuned for details on events in Nevada and Texas, and for a report from tonight’s demonstration in Boston.
The opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Save Darfur Coalition.
