Category Archives: Darfur

Illuminating the Beauty and Tragedy of Darfur

04/11/12

Last week Dan Sullivan (Director of Policy & Government Relations) and I travelled to Portland, ME to join Diaspora groups, activists and students from Falmouth High School at the “Illuminating the Beauty and Tragedy of Darfur” art gallery opening. The … Continue reading →

Twice Displaced: Young Woman from Darfur in a Nuba Refugee Camp

02/13/12

Last week, my colleague Dan and I spent two days in Yida refugee camp, which is located in South Sudan near the Sudan border. An estimated 28,000 civilians from South Kordofan traveled to Yida for safety after being forced to … Continue reading →

Darfur United: From Refugee Camps to International Competition

02/07/12

By Katie-Jay Scott Stauring I remember the very first game of soccer I played with the Darfur refugees living in the camps of Eastern Chad. It was Gabriel, me, and two other kids against ten young boys. I scored in … Continue reading →

Students Travel to Congress to Talk about Saving Lives in Darfur

01/31/12

By Miriam Apter In an old episode of the television series “The West Wing,” President Bartlett – struggling with his foreign policy – asks, “Why is a Kuhdanese life worth less to me than an American life?” This question has … Continue reading →

Voices from Sudan: We will ‘run out of food by March’

01/27/12

Editor’s Note: United to End Genocide’s Shannon Orcutt and Daniel Sullivan arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 23 where they met with civil society leaders from Sudan and South Sudan. They have just arrived in South Sudan where they … Continue reading →

Why Not Darfur?

01/13/12

Editor’s Note: We are reminded by this guest post from Gabriel Stauring Founder & Director i-ACT and Stop Genocide Now that our work is still not done for the people of Darfur. By Gabriel Stauring It doesn’t get any easier. … Continue reading →

United in Portland Maine — A Commitment to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond

11/11/11

“The Beauty of Darfur and the Horror of Genocide” is the name of the exhibit created by Falmouth and Yarmouth High School student artists who exhibited their incredibly moving work as part of Portland, Maine’s First Friday Art Walk on … Continue reading →

House Letter Urges Obama to Reinvigorate Sudan Policy

11/10/11

Congressman Michael Capuano (D-MA) has been joined by the co-chairs of the Sudan Caucus in writing a bipartisan letter to President Obama. The letter urges Obama to adopt a new approach on Sudan. Urge Your Representative to Sign-on The letter … Continue reading →

Gambari’s misleading and inaccurate statement on Darfur

09/21/11

In a speech delivered last week, Joint Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari for the joint UN-AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), claimed that the mission has “significantly stabilized the situation in Darfur” and “that the number of armed attacks in all three … Continue reading →