Next Meeting

Tuesday, August 10, 2010
10:00 A.M.
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Community Services Building
Zachs Campus
333 Bloomfield Road - Suite "C" (entrance is on Simsbury Road)
West Hartford, CT 06117
(860) 727-6100
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Write Now

Please send a letter to the editor of your area newspaper to keep this conflict in the public spotlight.

Below are talking points to guide you when you write it. (Additional background on the conflict or recent news reports can be found on www.savedarfur.org.) Remember to keep the letter to 200 words or less and print full name, address and phone number for the paper's verification process. Many thanks.

Talking Points

From Cindy Mann:

In spite of the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement, violence in Darfur is still widespread, with civilians and aid workers facing threats to their lives on a daily basis. At the same time, the World Food Program was forced to reduce its rations for the people of Darfur to below the daily minimum requirements. Elie Wiesel, recipient of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize, has called Darfur "the center of human suffering today."

You should include the points that the United States and the international community must:

pressure the government of Sudan to agree to a U.N. peacekeeping force to provide security and help implement the peace agreement.
push for a U.N. Security Council resolution to authorize the deployment of such a force with a sufficient mandate and to be in place by October of 2006.

You might also point out to readers that those who are concerned about Darfur should:

Call President Bush and urge him to appoint a special presidential envoy to Sudan: 202-456-1111.
Donate money for food to Darfur through the World Food Program. Details can be found at: friendsofwfp.org.
Be in New York to rally for peacekeepers at the United Nations on September 17.

To send a letter to the:

Connecticut Post: swinters@ctpost.com
Hartford Courant: letters@courant.com
New Haven Register: letters@nhregister.com
Stamford Advocate: joy.haenlein@scni.com
Waterbury Republican-American: opinion@rep-am.com

And don't stop there. Try to get all the papers in the state to pay attention. Feel free to mention the work of the Connecticut Coalition and the fact that we helped to get hundreds of people to the Washington rally and we will do the same for New York.

Take Action — Write Letters

Write a Letter to Former President Bill Clinton

At the urging of Chris Doucot, Coalition members Marge and David Schneider composed a letter to send to Bill Clinton in the hope of inspiring him to travel to Khartoum, Sudan to influence the Bashir government to stop the bloodshed and violence in Darfur.

View the letter and then send your own addressed to:

The Honorable William J. Clinton
55 W. 125th Street
New York NY 10027