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DC Benefit for DARFUR |
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| The Front Page 1333 New Hampshire Avenue NW,Washington,DC | |
| Sunday, April 10, 4:00pm to 8:00pm | |
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Darfur (pronounced “Dar-four”) is a region in western Sudan made up of Arab and African people. The Arab dominated Sudanese government is “hiring” Arab militiamen known as Janjaweed to initiate an ethnic cleansing—the widespread killing of three African tribes (Fur, Massaliet, and Zaghawa). Approximately 100,000 Africans have been killed and 1.2 million have been displaced after the Janjaweed burned the African villages and raped the women (200,000 Africans migrated to Chad where they risk their lives just to get water from the river). These refugee camps lack sufficient medical aid, food, and clean water. The World Health Organization estimates that 10,000 people are dying in Darfur each month. This easily qualifies at genocide under Article 2 in the 1948 Convention and the participatory governments are required to take action, but truthfully, the efforts have been pathetic. We have a responsibility to help the victims of Darfur and every bit counts. On Sunday, April 10th please join us at The Front Page from 4pm-8pm for a benefit fundraiser (1333 New Hampshire Avenue NW—across the street from the Dupont Circle metro). Anyone making a donation will receive the following discounts from the venue as well as chances to win raffle prizes (including an unlimited month-long pass to Bikram Yoga Dupont): · ½ price appetizers · $2.75 rail liquors · $2.75 Bud, Bud Light, Miller Lite, and Front Page Ale drafts · $2.75 house wines 100% of our proceeds will be donated to help the situation in Darfur–most likely to the Save Darfur Coalition (1000 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 802, Washington D.C. 20036). Checks can be made payable to: CFNCR/Save Darfur Fund and mailed to the above address or contact us for alternative arrangements. If you have any questions, would like to contribute, or help organize, please contact Steven Krieger at: stevenakrieger at yahoo.com. You are more than welcome to circulate this invitation to anyone and everyone—and please, please, please do. The more the merrier.
Posted by Administrators on April 10, 2005 at 10:40 AM