Hey Guys!

Thanks to everyone who came out tonight to our meeting.  We had remarkable turnout!  Meeting notes will be sent out soon for those of you unable to attend.  I wanted to let everyone know that tomorrow GW STAND is participating in a National effort to pressure the state dept to take more aggressive action during talks scheduled to take place on Sept 15th between the SLA, JEM, the AU and the Sudanese Government.  Every school across the country will be doing this throughout the month but tomorrow is our day.  Please do the following a few times tomorrow in between classes

Dial 202-647-6575.

When you get connected you will hear a voice tell you that this is the state dept public info line.  When you hear the option to press one to leave a message pres one.  You should then hear a voice say: "audix TA message' and then you will leave your message.  Press pound at the end to send the message.  You should say

"Hi my name is ....I am from....I am glad to see that the state department has declared genocide to be taking place in Darfur.  However to end the crisis the state department must do two things:
1. provide diplomatic support to the Sudanese Liberation Army to maintain stability in the region and
2.  push for an expansion in the African Union's mandate to include the protection of Darfurian civilians and an increase in the number of AU troops in Darfur from 3,000 to 15, 000 by September 30th, 2005.  Thank you. 


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Sara Weisman


"Never again" – please join me in helping stop the genocide in Darfur
Visit http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/ to learn more.

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