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UNHCR - Darfur Rally in New York: Sunday, 09/16 |
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| Published on 9/14/2007 |
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| By Stephen M.Apatow |
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To: UNHCR Media Relations and Public Information Service
Humanitarian Resource Institute
Arts Integration into Education: Bridging the Gap
Dear Colleagues and Friends:
In August, in cooperation with IllumAlliance/BBiTV, I disseminated a memo regarding the relief workers from the international aid agency CARE who were expelled from Sudan and refugees being gunned down by Egyptian troops (Egyptian troops gun down refugees, The Australian, 4 August 2007).
The response has been dramatic and intensive.
We are currently working on priotitization, of the global humanitarian landscape, that includes real time media coverage (photo, video, print) of issues prioritized by:
-- Reliefweb: Countries & Emergencies: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is the world’s leading on-line gateway to information (documents and maps) on humanitarian emergencies and disasters. An independent vehicle of information, designed specifically to assist the international humanitarian community in effective delivery of emergency assistance, it provides timely, reliable and relevant information as events unfold, while emphasizing the coverage of "forgotten emergencies" at the same time.
-- 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: U.S. State Department.
"One image can set the world on fire, regarding the zeal of those who care, awaiting their call to action."
Please note the following memo from the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School.
Be creative, live for others, serve as a bridge, impact,
Stephen Michael Apatow
MySpace Music: Humanitarian
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From: Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School
http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/SchellCenter.htm
Darfur Rally in New York: Sunday, 09/16
24 Hours for Darfur (www.24HoursForDarfur.org ), an advocacy campaign initiatedby students at the law school, invites you to join us on September 16th from 11am-2pm in New York City (Dag Hammarskjold Plaza) to participate in the flagship rally of the Global Day for Darfur. With your support, this can be the largest Darfur rally happening in the world on the Global Day. See the press release below for more details. Let me know if you have any questions.
We're also looking for event volunteers and financial donations. Drop me a message if you are interested in helping out as a volunteer on the 16th. And tax-deductible donations can be made online at: http://www.24hoursfordarfur.org/volunteer.php
Sincerely,
Bidish Sarma
Co-Founding Director
24 Hours for Darfur
www.24HoursForDarfur.org
bidish.sarma@yale.edu
PRESS RELEASE
24 Hours for Darfur to Hold Flagship Video Rally in Front of UN Headquarters
New York, NY 6 September, 2007 - On September 16, 2007 Darfur activists will hold 30 major events in 28 countries around the world as part of the Global Day for Darfur. 24 Hours for Darfur will host the flagship event in New York city -- a large-scale rally staged in Dag Hammarskjold plaza across from the UN headquarters.
Over the past six months, 24 Hours for Darfur has collected video messages from concerned citizens around the world urging their political leaders to address the ongoing atrocities occurring in Darfur. Communications Director Benjamin Plener calls it "the classic activist petition updated for the 21st century." At the rally, campaign participants will see their videos projected on a massive LCD screen in front of UN headquarters, alongside videos from policymakers such as former Senator John Edwards and former UN Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown, celebrities such as actor-activist Mia Farrow and Olympic Gold Medalist Joey Cheek, and Darfuris such as Daoud Hari, one of three Darfuris granted refugee status in the US in the past four years.
At the rally, 24 Hours for Darfur will call on each of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to send a high-level, full-time diplomatic team to the region to support a real peace process. Neela Ghoshal, the organization's Policy Director, says "Each permanent member must send a diplomatic team to the region now. And they should not come home until the people of Darfur can too."
The rally will also feature speakers from Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Genocide Intervention Network, and the ENOUGH Project. It will likely be the largest event in the world on the Global Day for Darfur.
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Rajini Haraksingh and Shayna Parekh
Chairpersons, One World Coalition
Yale University
info@oneworldcoalition.org
www.oneworldcoalition.org
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Humanitarian Resource Institute: www.humanitarian.net
Arts Integration into Education: www.humanitarian.net/university/arts/
MySpace Music: Humanitarian: http://www.myspace.com/apatow
Beyond Borders Interactive Television: www.BBiTV.tv |
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