Stop the Genocide in Darfur starter kit

My friend Chris sent me the below. I sent letters to both my senators and my representative. I am rooting for Don as Best Actor in Hotel Rawanda. Finally a role worthy of his powers. A very powerful story. Senator Simon said that if each member of congress had received 100 letters on the Rawanda situation, something might have been done. This is a worldwide tragedy and we should be spending some resources on it. What if we spent 5% of our Iraq budget in Darfur?

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The stop-the-genocide-in-Darfur kit. (Activism made easy.)

Step one: read this article (It is one page long, you have the time.):

Step two: go to the following link to find your senator:

Step three: send a letter to your Senator. It’s easy. In fact I’ve already written the letter for you. Just cut and paste:

Dear Senator,

I would like to direct your attention to the op ed piece in the New York Times about the Secret Genocide Archive in Darfur. Estimates say that 10,000 people are dying every day. The article quotes Sen. Paul Simon as saying if each State Representative had recieved 100 letters about the genocide in Rwanda, things might have been different.

Will Darfur be different?

Will it be different in a positive way?

I do not require a direct response. Darfur does.

Thank you.

YOUR NAME HERE

Step four (optional): Contact your congressperson and repeat steps 1-3.

http://www.house.gov/writerep/

Step five (optional): Pass this on - not to your entire address book, not to the first ten people that come to mind. Send it to the most influential person you know. (Those more technically inclined can make this the default signature on your outgoing mail for even more passive resistance.)

Please remember to BLIND CC when you forward anything. It helps to reduce junk mail.

And no, your wishes will not come true if you pass this on. But someone else’s might.