I was shocked to see the size of the WACC. We drive by it twice a day to get to and from the train. The place is huge. It has a large gallery of art and artifacts that are beautifully displayed and preserved.
Also displayed in the museum gallery was an art exhibit, called The Children of Darfur Surviving Genocide by the children of Darfur. When the children arrived at the refugee camps, they were asked to draw pictures of their homes. Nearly all the pictures included guns, bullets, planes and helicopters, and houses on fire. I was horrified to see that young children, who's drawings of people are still not fully developed, able to draw a machine gun with quite a bit of accuracy. The drawings tell the tragic events of Darfur so well. At the same time, their drawings were beautiful.If you have a chance to see it, I recommend you see this project.
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My friend, Prince of Darkness (PoD) is in Sudan as a UN Military Observer. Basically he's a Peacekeeper. I was so happy (as was his girlfriend and family, I'm sure), that he WASN'T sent to Darfur - he's further south. I can't imagine life there. I can't imagine life in a war zone. Why the fuck can't everyone just get along? I mean, really!?
Day 105 24/7 DC VIGIL for DARFUR; Day 35 HUNGER STRIKE (54 days so far this summer, with breaks); ARRESTED Sept 9th at White House with 29 others from Africa Action; http://www.standwithdarfurwhitehouseii.blogspot.com
THE ONLY HOPE FOR DARFUR: WE-THE-WORLD’S-PEOPLE. Duh.
It is said that the mark of truly being “crazy” is expecting different results from doing the same thing over and over and…. Ok, we needed to try some new approaches, hoping we could find a new formula for mass social change (stopping Genocide has NEVER been done); looking for an approach that would be comfortable, convenient, safe, executed from our computer terminal / phone / TV or office in some combination. The variations we’ve tried are: * Blame (Bush, UN, EU…) , * Emails, letters, postcards…,* Letting the Nonprofits do it, * Divestment. And the results are in. WE ARE NOT, STOPPING THE GENOCIDE!
You mean that the answer for Darfur is the same answer we found for…* Ending the Vietnam War, * Gaining Civil Rights in the US, * Gaining Women the right to Vote in the US, * Ending apartheid in South Africa, * Throwing off the British oppression at our start....?
Yup. No one else, nothing else can stop it, can save 4,000,000 in Concentration Camps in Sudan and Chad. The buck stops with WE-THE-WORLD’S-PEOPLE. Let’s stop talking and start - marching, demonstrating, sitting-in, hunger striking….
The next step is September 17th (SaveDarfur.org; DayForDarfur.org). BUT, then we need to be ready on SEPTEMBER 18th, 19th… AS LONG AS IT TAKES, WHATEVER IT TAKES.
Jay McGinley, jymcginley@cs.com
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