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Saturday, June 18, 2005
My first time!!
So this is my very first blog! I've finally decided that everyone needs to hear my contemplations and reflections about issues of life, faith, justice, poverty, peace, and anything else I can think of. Those of you who are reading this that know me -- you know that I am quite the opinionated person...there are things I love and things I hate. And I like to let people know what they are.
So -- here's what's going on this week. Tomorrow is the second Sunday in the Worship in the Spirit of Justice (www.worship4justice.org) series in DC -- if you're in the area definitely check it out. If you don't do anything else --- at least do this -- check out www.savedarfur.org or go to Africa Action's website to sign the petition. Here's the scoop on what's going on -- basically there's a genocide going on in the Sudanese region of Darfur. For those of you who have seen Hotel Rwanda -- we can now look back and see the mistakes that the world made when we didn't intervene in the killings and massacres that killed almost one million people in 1994. Can any of you just sit here while it happens again? Hundreds of thousands of non-Arab Sudanese have been murdered simply because of who they are -- millions more have been raped, displaced, and orphaned. The government is purposefully starving millions. It is disgusting that the world has not said that enough is enough. If we really mean "NEVER AGAIN" -- which we said after the Holocaust, Rwanda, and Bosnia -- then we need to do something. All of us can do something -- we can sign petitions, write letters, call our congressman, PRAY, and make sure that our family and friends are not ignoring what is happening to millions of Africans. We can also donate to humanitarian and relief organizations that are providing food and shelter for the millions of refugees that are fleeing the violence. World Vision is a good one (www.wvi.org). Just please speak out on this. visit the websites above for more info.
So -- that's my soapbox for today!
Peace, Sarah Grace
So -- here's what's going on this week. Tomorrow is the second Sunday in the Worship in the Spirit of Justice (www.worship4justice.org) series in DC -- if you're in the area definitely check it out. If you don't do anything else --- at least do this -- check out www.savedarfur.org or go to Africa Action's website to sign the petition. Here's the scoop on what's going on -- basically there's a genocide going on in the Sudanese region of Darfur. For those of you who have seen Hotel Rwanda -- we can now look back and see the mistakes that the world made when we didn't intervene in the killings and massacres that killed almost one million people in 1994. Can any of you just sit here while it happens again? Hundreds of thousands of non-Arab Sudanese have been murdered simply because of who they are -- millions more have been raped, displaced, and orphaned. The government is purposefully starving millions. It is disgusting that the world has not said that enough is enough. If we really mean "NEVER AGAIN" -- which we said after the Holocaust, Rwanda, and Bosnia -- then we need to do something. All of us can do something -- we can sign petitions, write letters, call our congressman, PRAY, and make sure that our family and friends are not ignoring what is happening to millions of Africans. We can also donate to humanitarian and relief organizations that are providing food and shelter for the millions of refugees that are fleeing the violence. World Vision is a good one (www.wvi.org). Just please speak out on this. visit the websites above for more info.
So -- that's my soapbox for today!
Peace, Sarah Grace
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