On June 30, 2005, Nathan Kleinman began a hunger strike to raise awareness of the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Since February 2003, at least 400,000 people have died due to violence, starvation and disease. More than 2.5 million people have been displaced from their towns and villages and now live in camps lacking adequate food, water, shelter, sanitation, and health care. It is LONG PAST time for the international community to take action.

Hunger Strike for Darfur

On June 30, 2005, Nathan Kleinman began a hunger strike to raise awareness of the ongoing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Since February 2003, at least 400,000 people have died due to violence, starvation and disease. More than 2.5 million people have been displaced from their towns and villages and now live in camps lacking adequate food, water, shelter, sanitation, and health care. It is LONG PAST time for the international community to take action.

Saturday, July 09, 2005

Day 10

Tomorrow (Sunday, July 10th), at 1:00 pm, Africa Action is sponsoring "A Public Religious Witness to End the genocide in Darfur: Worshipping in the Spirit of Justice" in Lafayette Park in Washington D.C. The mission is "To mobilize Christians and other people of faith for five Sundays of public worship and political witness in Washington, D.C., with the goal of ending the genocide in Darfur, and drawing attention to the needs of the African people in general." Nathan will be there, and if you are in the D.C. area, please join them.

posted by Molly Kleinman @ 2:48 PM

4 Comments:

At 5:06 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

The people from India and the world support you Nathan. In the end people like you definately do make a difference

Citizen of this Earth

 
At 8:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

nathan: thank you for bringing more attention to darfur! you are making a difference. proud to be a fellow sfs grad ;)

 
At 11:30 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nathan,
You might not remember me, but on Saturday, July 2, 2 days after you started your strike, two teenage girls form Portland, Oregon came up to you to ask about the strike.
My name is Adrienne and I just wanted to let you know how incredible this is of you. I feel that when people are passionate about a cause like you are, they should do something about it. And even though when I feel that way, most of time I don't do much about it, learning about what you're doing has motivated me a little more. Though I'm not sure what to do yet, I know I'll find someway to help. And if you have any suggestions please let me and your blog know, because I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who feels like this. Thank you for being one of the few people in the world with a strong, true conscience.

Adrienne

 
At 9:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

You are making a difference! If only our leaders had your spirit.

 

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