Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

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• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
  about things that matter.
• - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Where is Darfur?
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Underlying Tensions Dispelling Myths
DARFUR

• MYTH The crisis in Darfur is an Arab v. African
  conflict.
• FACT Identity was more fluid before the
  conflict differences have since become
  exaggerated.
• MYTH Its a conflict over water resources.
• FACT Drought and desertification exasperated
  tensions between herders and farmers.
• MYTH Its nothing more than a tribal conflict.
• FACT Darfuri rebels are dissatisfied with
  the government due to Darfurs geographic,
  political, economic isolation.

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Whos Involved?
ACTORS

• Government of Sudan led by President Omar
  al-Bashir
• Janjaweed Militias supported by Government of
  Sudan
• Rebel Forces multiple and fractious, oppose
  Government of Sudan and Janjaweed militias
• International Community
• international organizations United Nations,
  African Union
• proponents of intervention US, UK, France,
  several EU members
• reluctant states China, Russia, South Africa
• Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
• Advocacy groups (Save Darfur Coalition, Genocide
  Intervention Network, ICG)
• Humanitarian groups (Oxfam, RI, IRC)
• Human rights organizations (Amnesty
  International, HRW)

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Timeline of a Genocide

• Feb. 2003 Fighting breaks out
• Sept. 2004 U.S. recognizes the crisis as
  genocide
• Nov. 2005 400,000 dead
• April 2006 50,000 people rally to save Darfur
• May 2006 Attempted peace deal
• Sept. 2006 Global Day for Darfur 57 cities,
  41 countries, 6 continents
• Jan. 2007 Attempted cease-fire
• May 2007 International Criminal Court issues
  arrest warrants for 2 people, U.S. announces
  sanctions against Sudan
• July 2007 U.N. Security Council passes
  Resolution 1769
• Nov. 2007 Expulsion of humanitarian official,
  disagreement over composition of UNAMID,
  attempted peace talks
• May 10, 2008 JEM rebels attack Sudanese capital
  in Khartoum
• July 14, 2008 International Criminal Court
  requests arrest warrant for Sudanese President
  Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes including
  genocide.

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Whats Really Happening?
STATISTICS

• As many as 400,000 have been murdered since 2003.
• An estimated 2.5 million people have been
  displaced.
• The largest refugee population in the world is
  found in Darfur.

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Save Darfur Coalition

• 180 member organizations
• 130 million people
• Goals
• - Safety of civilians and aid workers
• - Humanitarian relief
• - Accountability
• - Safe return

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What Can You Do?
ACTING

• Quick Actions
• Become a part of the Save Darfur community
• Spread the word
• Keep Darfur an important issue in the government
• Participate in National Darfur Campaigns
• Be a Voice for Darfur postcard campaign
• Protection and Security
• Dollars for Darfur National School Challenge
• Local Organizing for Darfur
• Join or start a local advocacy group

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our generation united to make a difference?
WHAT IF

• What if students used online social networks to
  organize their schools and a national fundraising
  effort to stop the genocide?

• "Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be
  great you can be that generation."- Nelson
  Mandela

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Dollars for Darfur National School Challenge

• Visit the official Dollars for Darfur website to
  start your own group and help end the genocide
• www.savedarfur.org/dollarsfordarfur
• Dollars for Darfur group pages Facebook and
  MySpace
• Ask friends from other schools to set up a
  campaign and join Dollars for Darfur groups

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Heres the Challenge

• Last Year
• Students raised 150,000!
• Over 400 schools registered on the Dollars for
  Darfur website

• This Year
• Goal 200,000
• Lets get 500 schools involved!
• Your Goal Raise the most and advocate most
  effectively out of all the schools!

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Where Does the Money Go?

• 50 humanitarian aid
• Last year, the National Student Advisory Board
  chose
• Oxfam America (www.oxfamamerica.org)
• International Rescue Committee (www.theirc.org)
• 50 Save Darfur Coalition for media outreach,
  public education, targeted coalition building and
  grassroots mobilization.

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Examples of what aid to Darfur can provide

• 35 Two high-energy meals a day to 200 children
• 50 Vaccinations for 50 people against
  meningitis, measles, polio or other deadly
  epidemics
• 70 Two basic suture kits to repair minor
  shrapnel wounds
• 100 Infection-fighting antibiotics to treat
  nearly 40 wounded children
• 250 A sterilization kit for syringes and
  needles used in mobile vaccination campaigns
• 500 A medical kit containing basic drugs,
  supplies, equipment, and dressings to treat 1,500
  patients for three months
• 1000 Emergency medical supplies to aid 5,000
  disaster victims for an entire month
• 5500 An emergency health kit to care for
  10,000 displaced people for three months

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For more information and to be involved visit
www.savedarfur.org/dollarsfordarfur
www.savedarfur.org