President Barack Obama
We have a chance to put Darfur on the agenda.
President Obama has announced that he will take questions from America in a live interview tomorrow on YouTube.
This is an opportunity we can’t pass up. Let’s put the President on the record about the situation in Darfur.
Last night, the President spoke passionately about many of the world’s toughest challenges – including making sure the recent referendum in South Sudan occurred on time and was peaceful. Unfortunately, he didn’t talk about how he will help bring peace to Darfur.
Activist AJ Fay of the Idaho Darfur Coalition has already submitted an excellent question to YouTube that you can vote for:
The Darfur crisis is getting worse. How will you make sure humanitarian workers and UN peacekeepers have full access to civilians in Darfur – and how will you provide leadership to reach a comprehensive peace agreement for Darfur?
Now we need to ensure his question is selected for President Obama.
Voting is easy and only takes a minute.
To vote, just follow these 4 easy steps:
- Go to http://www.youtube.com/worldview
- Sign into YouTube or create an account (this only takes a minute so please hang in through this step!)
- Enter “The Darfur crisis” into the search bar on the right hand side of the page and click the search button
- You should see AJ’s video question in the center area – just click the thumbs-up button
Once you’ve voted the thumbs-up icon will turn green and your vote has been recorded. That’s all it takes.
Once you’ve voted for AJ’s question, you can help spread the word by sharing this opportunity using Facebook, Twitter or an email. We need to get as many votes as we can, so please share this with your friends and family.
Help us to make sure the President tells the nation what he plans to do to bring peace to Darfur by going to www.YouTube.com/worldview.
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Thanks for your support and don’t forget to tune in tomorrow at 2:30pm Eastern time to see if the President takes our question.
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