Our event on Tuesday night went very well; there were a number of new faces, which is always good. Hopefully some people learned more about the conflict in Darfur, and about ways that we as students and as individuals can affect change. If you have any questions, comments or critiques about the meeting, leave a comment or send an e-mail (umassdarfurgroup@gmail.com) and someone will get in touch with you soon.
Just a few updates about the group now that we are back on campus.
As I believe I've mentioned before, The Save Darfur Campaign at UMass is lucky enough to be both a registered STAND : Student Anti-Genocide Coaliton chapter and a part of MassPIRG, which is a student funded student run organization looking at non-partisan solutions to a number of pressing social issues, including Save Darfur, Climate Change, Affordable College and Textbooks, Hunger and Homelessness, and registering new voters (our goal is to have 90% of the campus registered to vote by election day - that's 19,000 people!).
If you're interested in MassPIRG but you haven't stopped by the office or filled out an interest card yet, come by (415 Student Union). There will also be a kickoff meeting next Tuesday night, September 16, 2008. Look for another post on that as soon as I know the exact time.
And now for your thirty second action...
President Bush is going to be addressing the United Nations on September 23, so go ahead and sign this petition asking him to mention Darfur and push for the International Criminal Court Charges to go ahead as scheduled. Sudan and some of its allies are trying to postpone the charges, and delay any action for yet another year.
The people of Darfur cannot wait another year.
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