FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Susan Morgan, 617-797-0451, susan@paxcommunications.org ADVISORY: ACTIVISTS PROTEST LAWYER’S REPRESENTATION OF SUDAN As government attacks civilians, Bart Fisher profits by helping ease sanctions WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 15, 2011 – Act for Sudan, a bipartisan, interfaith alliance of 55 American and Sudanese advocacy organizations across the country, is coordinating a protest planned for Friday, December 16, 2011 outside the Read More…
The situation in Blue Nile and South Kordofan is dire. There is an immediate need for humanitarian aid and civilian protection. Recently, John Prendergast and George Clooney published a piece in TIME “Famine as a Weapon: It’s Time to Stop Starvation in Sudan.”
PUBLIC STATEMENT: Act For Sudan Supports Kenyan High Court Ruling on Bashir December 8, 2011 Act for Sudan supports the recent decision of the Kenyan High Court that Sudan’s president must be arrested and handed over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if he sets foot on Kenyan soil. The Court rightly ruled that Read More…
Act for Sudan hosted a call with Sudan Revolutionary Front leaders on December 1, 2011. In keeping with our mission to elevate the voices of Sudanese inside and outside of Sudan, Act for Sudan recently hosted a telebriefing with representatives from the Sudan Revolutionary Front and representatives from the marginalized regions of Sudan on December Read More…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Susan Morgan, 617 797 0451, susan@paxcommunications.org Elizabeth Blackney, 541 390 1913, eliz@medializzy.com ACT FOR SUDAN COMMENDS CONGRESSIONAL LETTER TO OBAMA Joins with Congress in urging immediate cross-border humanitarian aid operation CITIES NATIONWIDE – November 23, 2011 – Act for Sudan, a bipartisan, interfaith alliance of 55 American and Sudanese advocacy organizations across the country, Read More…
November 22, 2011 Dear Candidates for President of the United States of America, We write to you as concerned Americans and Sudanese representing 55 organizations with members from every state across the country. We include national and regional human rights and anti-genocide advocates, faith-based groups, and members of the Sudanese diaspora. Together we recently formed Act for Sudan, Read More…
A US based advocacy group, formed by American activists, Sudanese diaspora and a representative of Sudanese rebels, said today that the UN has to condemn Khartoum before because it used to aggress the Sudanese people. “In condemning the new rebel alliance and calling for more fruitless talks, Secretary General Ban and the Read More…
Faith McDonnell, one of our members, wrote an article for Frontpagemag.com: Sudan is a kind of diabolical Groundhog Day. In the film by that name, Phil Connors (Bill Murray) re-lives the same day over and over again until he learns the lessons needed to change his life and save the lives of others. In Sudan Read More…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Susan Morgan, 617 797 0451, susan@paxcommunications.org Elizabeth Blackney, 541 390 1913, eliz@medializzy.com CITIES NATIONWIDE – November 17, 2011 – American activists, Sudanese diaspora and a representative of Sudanese rebels are criticizing UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s recent statement that condemns the establishment of a new alliance of Sudan rebel movements and that states “conflict can only be resolved through Read More…
Act for Sudan’s spokesperson, Martina Knee, spoke to VOA yesterday about our most recent press release. Listen to the interview: