The Work Continues

After fasting for over a week, Jay has finished his fast and returned to normal life, at least temporarily. Like myself, Jay found the experience of fasting energizing, and he now finds himself more committed than ever to working towards ending the genocide and chaos of Darfur. We have both learned how much can be accomplished in just a few weeks. We level of ignorance we found was baffling, and we continue to believe that education is our best tool right now. There is great momentum now, but we must not let it pass. More and more people are talking about Darfur every day (and mostly without the help of the mainstream media). We need to find more ways to talk about Darfur, and we need to do it every day. It's time to get creative.

As I understand it, there are a number of people fasting around the country for varying lengths of time to bring further desperately needed attention to Darfur. There is a fast beginning at the beginning of August, and a number of people plan on beginning fasts in August. An activist in New York is planning to start a hunger strike soon as well. I may decide to fast again myself. If we keep the pressure on, if we stay strong, and if that mainstream media starts paying real attention, maybe we can really do something. The stakes are so, so high.