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03/03/05

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         That was then (Germany,1945) ....                            This is now (Sudan, 2005) .....

I've asked myself many times, "why didn't people back then (in 1945) do something to stop the subjugation and slaughter of millions of people?".....and then I was humbled to realize that there are millions of people today (in 2005) who are being subjugated and/or slaughtered....and I haven't done anything to help or stop it .....

Until Now...

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Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website www.ushmm.org

 

Hi Everyone, Thank you so much for taking the time to review my website! I want to take this opportunity to introduce you to a cause that that has not received much mainstream media attention: The Modern-Day Holocaust in DarFur.

Text Box: About the Runner For those of you who don't know me, my name is Sharie, and I am running in this year's LA Marathon to benefit the hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of victims of genocide in Darfur, Sudan. As I began to tell my friends about the cause for which I was running, I was saddened to find that most people had not heard of Darfur and the atrocities that are occurring today in that region. Upon this discover, I decided to start my own website so that I could introduce more people to this crisis, with the hopes of brining more attention and aid to these suffering people.

                  

Thus, my primary objectives for "Running 4 Darfur" are three-fold:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box:   1) To raise AWARENESS.....so that most Americans know about the genocide in Darfur. 2) To raise FUNDS.....so that we can help the victims and refugees to be safe and survive. 3) To generate POLITICAL PRESSURE.....so that our country and other countries will not tolerate this kind of genocide ANYWHERE....EVER!!!!    

Will you please help me by supporting this effort and passing the message on to your domestic and international friends? There's a lot more of us (who want to help) than there are of them (who want to hurt). Perhaps together we can build an impetuous for change and actually stop what is occurring upon this earth that we all share!

Thanks so much.....Sharie

 

There are four ways in which you can support this effort:

You can support this cause by... ....doing the following..... ....with the help of the information below:
1. Sponsoring me for running the LA Marathon... by making a donation to either the Red Cross or Amnesty International....

details of which can be found on the How Can I Help? page.
2. Signing the petition to stop this genocide.... by adding your name to the petition list..... details of which can be found on the How Can I Be Heard? page.
3. Passing this information on to your domestic and international friends... by telephoning or emailing your friends, requesting that they send the message on to more of their friends..... by sending them this link or a copy of the website:

 
4. Becoming more informed about this crisis.... by reading more articles or websites on this topic... which can be accessed by the following links:

...just to name a few.

 

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"Not since the Rwanda genocide of 1994 has the world seen such a calculated campaign of slaughter, rape, starvation and displacement." Source: Save Darfur Website: www.savedarfur.org

The Sudanese government-supported ethnic cleansing campaign has devastated the people of its region:

  •  200,000 civilians killed
  •  1.6 million people displaced from their homes
  •  600,000 people fleeing the country & living in refugee camps
  •  200,000 + living in camps with inadequate food, shelter, sanitation, and health care.
  •  Out of the 154 camps, only 82 have received food, leaving 72 locations unassisted.
  •  Mortality (death) rates in camps are well above emergency thresholds (one per 10,000 per day)
  •  Thousands of people maimed and tortured
  •  405 villages burned; 123 villages damaged
  •  Ariel bombing attacks on civilian villages
  •  Countless women and young girls rapped

Source: US Department of State: Documenting Atrocities in Darfur website: www.state.gov

 

Please see more details about this crisis by clicking on More About the Cause or the website links below.

 

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The following photos have been selected from the referenced websites. They depict the carnage and devastation that the people of this region have experienced.

The genocide in Darfur (2005) is strikingly similar to the genocide in World War II Germany (1945).

       Germany, 1945           Darfur, 2005

          

          

          

Please click on Photo Gallery to view more photos

 

How Can I Help?

You can support this cause by...
1. Sponsoring me for running the LA Marathon...
2. Signing the petition to stop this genocide....
3. Passing this information on to your domestic and international friends...
4. Becoming more informed about this crisis....

Please click on the link How Can I Help? for more details on what you can do to support this effort.

  

How Can I Be Heard?

You can be heard by either signing a petition to stop the abuses in Darfur and/or write a letter or email to your local, state, and federal representatives.

To sign a petition, go to...

www.therespublica.org/Alliance/defaultwestern3.php

For more details on the above, please click on the How Can I Be Heard? link.

 
 
 
     

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