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“One thing I know… The World has forgotten us.” -Amos Aguny Kur
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Every day in the Sudan
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In the region of Darfur
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Villages are being destroyed
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As many as 2.5 million have fled their homes
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Becoming refugees in their own country
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400,000 have been killed
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As the Janjaweed militia rapes and murders its own people
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Ethnic Cleansing
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Genocide
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Ryan Spencer Reed - Photojournalist Darfur is crying out
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Darfur in perspective… Population of St. Louis, Missouri: 352, 572 Total deaths to date in Darfur: 450,000
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Imagine the city of St. Louis being wiped out… …and no one saying anything
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Population of the State of Kansas: 2.6 million Number of people displaced in Darfur: 2.5 million
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Imagine the entire population of Kansas… …with no safe haven
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Would You Speak?
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Every day, fear paralyzes the people…
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More children are left fatherless,
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And more mothers are unable to feed their infants
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We cannot stand idly by…
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We have learned from Rwanda…
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The severity of the consequences… “when good men do nothing”
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Former President Clinton on Rwanda: "All over the world there were people like me sitting in offices who did not fully appreciate the depth and speed with which you were being engulfed by this unimaginable terror… Never Again.”
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From the U.N., to the U.S., to the grassroots public… …we must show Darfur that we will not be bystanders.
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“Speak up for the poor and helpless and see that they get justice.” Proverbs 31:9
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“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people.” Martin Luther King Jr.
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“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi
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“Sudan has become today’s world capital of human pain, suffering and agony. What is at stake is our humanity.” - Elie Wiesel
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10,000 civilians a month are still dying in Darfur
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One person every four minutes
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“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” Martin Luther King Jr.
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“If the responsibility to protect means anything, then it ought to mean something in Darfur.” - British House of Commons
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We said “Never Again”…
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Now is our chance… to make it real.
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As teachers, we have a unique opportunity…
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To take action,
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To educate our students,
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And to get involved.
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“To teach real peace in this world, we shall have to begin with the children.” - Mahatma Gandhi
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