Faith-Based Coalition to Hold 'Week of Prayer and Action for Darfur' to Generate 1 Million Postcards Urging Bush to End Genocide

U.S. Newswire › March 21, 2006

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WASHINGTON, March 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Save Darfur Coalition, an alliance of more than 150 faith-based, humanitarian and human rights groups representing 130 million Americans, announced today it is launching a "Week of Prayer and Action for Darfur" from April 2 - 9 and inviting communities of all faiths to participate. The goal is to promote its "Million Voices for Darfur" campaign to generate one million postcards to President Bush urging him to use the power of his office to fulfill his Feb. 17 pledge to support a stronger multi-national force to protect the Darfuri people (http://www.MillionVoicesForDarfur.org). Ending the killing in the Sudan is a U.S. responsibility, according to a majority of likely voters in the latest Zogby America poll of 1,007 likely voters nationwide (see poll results at: http://www.zogby.com/news/ ReadNews.dbm?ID(equals)1083).

The Save Darfur Coalition also announced that it has generated an impressive 100,000 electronic and hand-written postcards since launching the Million Voices for Darfur campaign on Jan. 12, the 55th anniversary of the International Genocide Prevention Day.

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Faith-Based Coalition to Hold 'Week of Prayer and Action for Darfur' to Generate 1 Million Postcards Urging Bush to End Genocide

"We can either speak out and become agents of justice, or remain silent and be rendered irrelevant," said Rev. Gloria E. White- Hammond, M.D., the chairwoman of the Million Voices for Darfur campaign, who ha...

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