August 25th: Day of Conscience for Sudan
Live Webcast, Teleconference Planned for Aug. 25 From Sudan Border
National Council of Churches USA (New York)
PRESS RELEASE
August 24, 2004
Posted to the web August 24, 2004
New York
To mark Wednesday's (August 25) National Day of Conscience on Sudan, http://www.FaithfulAmerica.org is planning a live Webcast from a refugee camp on Sudan's border with Chad, to include interviews with survivors of the Darfur genocide and a tour of the camp.
The live "international town hall meeting" begins at 9 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time. Sign up at http://www.faithfulamerica.org/webcast.htm (For people who miss the live Webcast, a tape will be available for viewing at http://www.faithfulamerica.org beginning later in the day.)
At 10 a.m. Wednesday (U.S. Eastern Time; 3 p.m. Chad), genocide survivors and aid workers will be speaking live from the Sudan/Chad border in a media teleconference. Joining the call will be Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner, author and Holocaust survivor; Samantha Power, author of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize winning "A Problem from Hell; America and the Age of Genocide" and the upcoming New Yorker feature story on Darfur; and John Prendergast, former White House advisor for African affairs.
U.S. journalists call-in number for the 10 a.m. teleconference: 1-800-540-0559. International journalists call-in number: 01-1-785-832-0326. Conference ID: Genocide
The international telephone conference call will be hosted by TrueMajority and a ground team from Global Nomad's Group (GNG). Separate of the telepress conference, GNG will also be offering journalists live video links to genocide survivors and aid workers on the Sudan border. To book a satellite TV interview with refugees from Darfur or for more information on the August 25 events, contact Michael Khoo, Julie Wolk, or Alex Howe at Fenton Communications: 202-822-5200
The National Day of Conscience has been organized by the National Council of Churches USA (NCC) and 70 other faith-based, humanitarian and humanitarian groups united in the interfaith Save Darfur Coalition.
Relevant Links
Central Africa
East Africa
North Africa
Sudan
Press and Media
Refugees and Displacement
Chad
On that day (or, if that is impossible, on another day of their choosing), communities across North America are urged to engage in interfaith activities designed to raise public awareness about the growing genocide in Darfur and to demand that the international community take immediate and decisive action to stop the killing, the rape, and the destruction of villages, and to assure that humanitarian relief reaches all those in need. For more information, see http://www.ncccusa.org/news/04savedarfurcoalition.html
Persons who wish also are invited to join a national day of fasting on the 25th. Click here for your commitment to be recorded as a point of light on an electronic map of the United States: www.darfurgenocide.org/hungerstrike.htm The Webcast and fast are a joint venture of the NCC's online advocacy arm http://www.faithfulamerica.org/webcast.htm and of http://www.TrueMajority.org/webcast.htm
Find an event by state at: http://savedarfur.org/dayOfConscience/participate.php