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Idaho activist passionate about Sudan

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

A.J. FayThe Darfur Heroes program is a way for the Save Darfur Coalition to honor individuals and groups who have done inspiring and important work in an effort to end the violence in Sudan. This January, Save Darfur Coalition is proud to Honor A.J. Fay, the co-founder of the Idaho Darfur Coalition and a member of the Idaho Student Chapter of Amnesty International.

A.J. Fay recently helped organize the Sudan365 program in Boise, where activists from several cities within the United States and 15 other countries stood in solidarity with the people of Sudan and rose awareness of the possible return of all out violence in the country. A.J. has been a longtime activist in the Sudan movement, and below are his own words about his passion for the people of Sudan.

I first became involved in the Darfur campaign when I was in high school. I joined an Amnesty International chapter and worked on various campaigns, realizing I had a strong interest in human rights advocacy. One day, the ongoing crisis in Darfur came up, and it immediately sparked my interest. I thought, “how genocide could still be occurring systematically in the 21st century?”  I yearned to learn more, and Save Darfur Coalition served as a resource for my research. I also visited Amnesty International to strengthen my knowledge base, and I was smitten by the resilience of the Sudanese people, their rich culture, and immediately I knew I wanted to be of part of the movement to act as a voice for the people of Sudan. So, through the Save Darfur Web site I found a few people that wanted to meet and discuss how Idaho could create a movement, and it was clear for us all in our hearts that we couldn’t remain idle.

What fuels my passion to continue working to help bring sustainable peace to Darfur and all of Sudan is the personal and working relationships I enjoy with the Darfuris and Sudanese refugees in my community. Boise is a major refugee resettlement and home to three resettlement agencies in town. Truthfully, the Darfuri and Sudanese people give me hope; their strength is inspiring and their stories gripping. I could never give up on the Sudan movement, because I am vested in the long race. This truly is a part of me, and I will work on their behalf until we bring an end to the genocide, rebuild the country, and restore Sudan to a peaceful state and to its citizens.

AJ Fay Idaho

I wish every activist could get to enjoy the first hand experience of living and working with Darfuris who experienced the genocidal regime of Al-Bashir and can also tell the stories of their agony and those of Sudanese people. I love this movement, the Sudanese people, and the leaders of the movement. I will follow this through the end.

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A table at the Chinese Consulate

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

I wanted to share with you all this email from Lori Khan, an activist in Houston, TX.  During President Obama’s recent trip to China Lori took a few of her paintings and informational materials to the Chinese Consulate in Houston to raise awareness about China’s role in Sudan.  As Lori writes below, “Just think what we can do all together, as a united community fighting against the genocide in Sudan!”

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This past Tuesday, November 17, 2009, I conducted a solo protest in front of the Chinese Embassy on Montrose Blvd., a four lane road in a commercial district of Houston, Texas.  I wanted to take advantage of President Obama’s presence in China to bring attention to both the Chinese and my fellow Americans about the terrible situation going on in Sudan.  As you all likely know, President al-Bashir has been indicted by the ICC for genocide yet, he remains free.  This is an untenable situation and I wanted to express my vehement disgust about his continued freedom.  I am a middle-aged disabled woman who has been involved with both Save Darfur and Enough for years.  I protested with my local Houston compatriots when they delivered the roughly 40,000 signed petitions to the Chinese Embassy and alone when the Olympic flame went through San Francisco.  This latter protest was very simple; just me, my wheelchair, and my Save Darfur “put out the flame of genocide” signs.  This time, I had something much bigger in mind!  I have included photos but a word of caution though; I had to re-set up the booth at home inside for photos.  I had a dickens of a time on Tuesday; as lovely as the temperature and very bright sun were, I battled for 4 hours with 15 mph winds!  Oh my, I had paintings falling, brochures flying, table cloth whipping, etc.  I was all alone so I had no one to take photos while I held things down so I just set up in my living room and took the photos here.  I did take a few outdoor photos of the embassy itself though. (more…)

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November’s Darfur Hero: A Ballet about Darfur

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Rebecca DavisThe Darfur Heroes program is a way for the Save Darfur Coalition to honor individuals and groups who have done inspiring and important work in an effort to end the violence in Sudan.

This November, the Save Darfur Coalition is proud to honor Rebecca Davis, an entrepreneur and activist who has used the arts to bring attention to the genocide in Darfur. Rebecca’s commitment and drive inspired us, and her ballet DARFUR wowed a colleague, who traveled up to Philadelphia for a screening. Earlier this month, we invited Rebecca to speak at the Pledge2Protect conference in our “Imagination as an Advocacy Tool: Bringing the Arts into the Picture” session  where she inspired activists of all ages to use their talents at their disposal to promote social change. Next is the story of Rebecca’s involvement, in her own words:

It was 2006 and I kept seeing these horrific photos in the New York Times with bylines reading “Darfur”.  I had followed Nicholas Kristof’s articles for quite awhile, but nothing had shocked and depressed me like this.  What was this place called Darfur?  Why was this happening to these people? As I learned more, I realized genocide isn’t something that happens to “these people”.  Instead, it is a root evil that exists in all of us, and consequently, each and every individual has a responsibility to stop it. In my effort to find logic to the madness in Darfur, I picked up a book: The Devil Came on Horseback. As the story unfolded through the eye witness account of U.S Marine Brian Steidle, my curiosity mutated into frustration.  I knew I had to do something about this, but what could I do as a 25 year old entrepreneur in Philadelphia?  I choreograph ballets and run a dance company…so that’s what I did.

In April 2008, The Rebecca Davis Dance Company premiered the first contemporary ballet about Darfur.  Our production, also titled Darfur, conveys the story of The Devil Came on Horseback through movement.  It is set to alternative rock music, ranging from 311 to A Perfect Circle.  The production has been performed throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and it will premiere at NuDance Festival in NYC in December 2009. The production raises awareness and donates funds from each performance to genocide survivors in Rwanda and Sudan. Learning about this genocide and creating a subsequent ballet is just one small step in affecting our own consciousness about the tragedy of the human condition.  Kristof will continue to write, Steidle will continue to show photos, my dancers will continue to perform…now, what will you do?

Rebecca Davis is the Artistic Director of the Rebecca Davis Dance Company.

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Activist Stories: Raising Awareness Through Music

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Below is an email from Christian Anderson, a great guy and committed activist, who recently put on a concert to raise awareness and funds for the Save Darfur Coalition. I worked closely with Christian to help him spread the word, find other activists in the area, and provided him ideas and merchandise. I hope you’ll take time to read this post from Christian, not only to read an account of a great event, but hopefully to also give you ideas for an event in your area.

Greetings to all fighting the good fight for Darfur! I am writing to you from Los Angeles, CA where our adjunct activist group, The Rise Up Coalition, recently produced the official Save Darfur Concert at the Knitting Factory-Hollywood on Sept 15, 2009. (www.savedarfurconcertla.com) The concert was a mad dash since we did not get confirmation of the venue until 5 weeks before date and for the bands, 3 weeks before the date. I tested the sanity of our PR team with this timetable, but we gave it our best shot and got the word out.

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Our Activists and Omar al-Bashir’s Travel Arrangements

Monday, November 9th, 2009

As of Saturday morning, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was 100 percent committed to traveling to Turkey. Bashir, an indicted war criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, was scheduled to arrive in Turkey on Sunday for a Monday summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).

Turkey, for some reason, did not initially feel compelled to prevent a war criminal from planting his feel on their soil. However, that didn’t prevent the Save Darfur Coalition and hundreds of committed activists from mobilizing.

As reported in the Christian Science-Monitor, the Save Darfur Coalition was planning an large action at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, DC. The action – a gathering of students, activists and Sudanese expats – was organized to pressure Turkey into not letting Bashir travel to their country. We planed on delivering handcuffs to the Turkish government and demanding that if Bashir made it into their country that they immediately place him under arrest and ship him to The Hague.

Well, Omar al-Bashir didn’t go to Turkey, he didn’t even get wheels up out of Sudan. Omar al-Bashir remains an outlaw, stymied by the ICC and on the run from justice. Hopefully, his days as the leader of Sudan are drawing to a close, and a new day for the people of Sudan is on the horizon.

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Voices for Darfur: 5 Years of Advocacy

Monday, November 9th, 2009

At this weekend’s conference – Pledge2Protect – the Save Darfur Coalition began our plenary on Sudan with this video, showcasing the movement’s advocacy over the past 5 years.

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Activist Stories: An Evening With Carl Wilkens

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Last Saturday, October 10, Orange County for Darfur co-sponsored An Evening With Carl Wilkens in collaboration with 15 other organizations, and with over 150 attendees in Irvine, CA. The evening prior, the same collaboration held a screening of Shake Hands With The Devil, a documentary featuring Romeo Dalliare on his visit back to Rwanda ten years after the genocide. The screening was held in order to help familiarize attendees with the Rwanda genocide prior to hearing Carl Wilkens tell his own story on Saturday evening.

OCFD decided to bring Carl to our local community after I first heard Carl speak. He was in attendance as part of the GI-Net Carl Wilkens Fellowship retreat last February. Carl spoke from his heart, and his personal story as the only U.S. citizen that did not leave Rwanda when the 1994 genocide began, speaks to our often under-recognized common humanity. His willingness to stay contributed to hundreds of lives being saved. At a time of so much division within the U.S., we wanted to hold an event that would not only deliver an anti-genocide message, but would also recognize how many groups have been subjected to de-humanizing treatment.

Currently on a national bike tour with his wife, Teresa, Carl speaks of our need to eliminate the concept of “other” as the means to end genocide, recognizing that the world is better off with everyone in it.

See pictures from the event.

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Barbara English is a member of Orange County for Darfur.

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Students Deliever Gold Stars To Sudan

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Not wanting to take any time away from the busy schedule of Special Envoy Major General Scott Gration, members of STAND, the student-led division of Genocide Intervention Network, heeded his call for ending genocide by presenting the Sudanese Embassy with a giant smiley face and gold star yesterday afternoon. According to General Gration, the best way to get the Bashir Regime to end genocide, not use rape as a weapon, and not force millions of people to live in overflowing camps, is to present them with kindergarten-like rewards.

Mickey Jackson, National High School Outreach Coordinator for STAND and freshman at American University, had this say about the event:

I have to admit that until this week, I never dreamed that anything could possess me to trudge through the rain with a bunch of other DC-area students and lay a hastily-made cardboard-and-paper gold star against the door of the Sudanese embassy. But then again, I never dreamed that Scott Gration, the Obama Administration’s special envoy to Sudan, would tell the Washington Post that we should try to end a genocide by “giving out cookies…gold stars, [and] smiley faces” to an indicted war criminal.

Daniel Teweles, STAND’s National Student Coordinator, said STAND felt impelled to highlight General Gration’s comments because he is reportedly leading the White House’s approach to Sudan. Teweles said:

Stunts aren’t going to stop the genocide, and Gration’s ‘gold stars’ approach won’t either. We want the president himself to step in here and make sure his administration’s approach is up to snuff.

Check out the Save Darfur Coalition’s checklist for the Sudan policy review laying out a balanced list of approaches for Sudan.

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Pittsburgh and the G20: Sudan

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Mohamed Mohamed Yahya, one of eight refugees from Darfur recently settled in Pittsburgh by Catholic Charities, came to my house with several other volunteers to construct the Darfur Destroyed villages exhibit. The exhibit includes signs of over 610 destroyed villages and is a project of the Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition (PDEC). Each sign has the name of a village in Darfur that was destroyed, mostly by the government of Sudan and janjaweed, between 2004-2009. The U.S. State Department now has documented 3,300 destroyed or damaged villages.

As Mr. Yahya worked away putting the village signs on the lawn sign holders, he stopped from time to time to tell us something about the destroyed villages he recognized. “This one means ‘village where you can get almost anything you want.’” Mohamed said. “This one is a girl’s name.” “This one,” he explained “means ‘God.’”

He knew the villages because he and his father had traveled all over Darfur to buy camels and cattle … He was thirty years old in 1999 when he fled Darfur and went to Iraq. A month after he left home, janjaweed killed his father. His mother and ten brothers and sisters are alive, he said, all in an IDP camp in north Darfur. They are one handful of the 2.7 million IDPs and refugees from Darfur’s destroyed villages. It is clear that the arrival of a group of Darfuris to settle in Pittsburgh, the first group we have had here, will continue to present opportunities for our Coalition to deepen our understanding of the Darfur genocide and will put faces and voices to what for many of our fellow citizens remains a remote and almost abstract crisis.

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Pittsburgh Rallies for Darfur

Monday, September 14th, 2009

The Pittsburgh Darfur activist community led by David Rosenberg gathered on the steps of city hall to again call for peace in Sudan and hold accountable perpetuators of injustice. City, county, state, and national leaders came with open arms to receive the over 15,000 postcard petitions signed by local concerned citizens pulled from a variety of places including schools, churches, synagogues, and coalition partners.

Political leaders conveyed their shared sentiments about the ongoing crisis in Darfur and Southern Sudan. City Councilman William Peduto announced the City of Pittsburgh’s proclamation honoring the newly resettled Darfuris and “encouraged President Barack Obama to use his influence and that of the United States as head of the UN Security Council to work to finally achieve a solution to the problems of both Darfur and south Sudan.”

More importantly taking the stage were Darfuri refugees from across the nation. In solidarity, Southern Sudanese joined Darfuris in their call for an end to the crisis and issued a joint statement asking world leaders to hold Bashir and the NCP accountable, which have inflicted countless acts of unspeakable horror against their friends and families.

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