Please please come!! I miss you all and we can try to find you guys housing here on campus.

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From: STAND < stand-noreply@...>
Date: Jul 25, 2005 2:26 PM
Subject: Invitation to National Student Conference for Darfur -- August 11-14, 2005 in Washington DC
To: sara.weisman@...


Dear Darfur Student Activists,

We are writing to encourage you to register for the National Student Conference for Darfur, which will bring together college and high school student leaders from across the country to strategize, organize, and learn how to effectively move forward in addressing the genocide in Darfur.  Please read on for a conference update!

COST?
Some of you have expressed concern about the costs of the conference.  Rest assured we're putting a lot of energy into fundraising to meet our expenses, and we will do everything we can to ensure that the conference fee does not keep you from attending.  Please contact us for help with fundraising or costs. standconference@...

YOUR LISTSERVS
We have no way of reaching every active student nationwide, and we are counting on your help to get word out to students from your schools. Please forward this email across your school's Darfur group listserv. To all those who have registered, we look forward to seeing you next month - bring your fellow students!

FEBRUARY AGAIN?
For those who attended the February conference, this summer's programs will be more expansive and strategic, taking advantage of the existing network of students but also reaching out beyond college campuses. The primary goal of the conference is to organize, unify, and broaden the student movement for the upcoming year, to become a more effective force for political action.

OBJECTIVES
The conference will bring students nationwide together to: - set a national agenda- collaborate on initiatives and events - learn from each other, experts, and people in the field - critically analyze strategies of student activism for Darfur - develop skills and identify projects to pursue - learn how to reach out into local communities and faith groups

WHO'S COMING?
Speakers and workshops presenters will include:

- Bishop Macram Max Gassis, Diocese of El Obeid in Sudan
- Pamela Constable, Deputy Foreign Editor, The Washington Post
- David Culp, Legislative Representative, Friends Committee on National Legislation
- Jerry Fowler, Committee on Conscience, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Suliman Giddo, Darfur Peace & Development Organization
- Juan Mendez, UN Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide
- Ruth Messinger, President of the American Jewish World Service
- John Prendergast, International Crisis Group
- Jemera Rone, Human Rights Watch
- Jesse Sage, American Anti-Slavery Group
- Gayle Smith, Center for American Progress- Regina Spiegel, Holocaust Survivor
- Alex de Waal, Fellow at Global Equity Initiative at Harvard University & Director of Justice Africa
- State Department Representative
- World Food Program Representative

Visit http://www.standnow.org/conference for conference information and registration. If you have any questions, please email us at STANDconference@....

All the best,

Georgetown STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur)

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