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Quote: “Global Day for Darfur” Rally and Concert Bay Area Activists to Mark Four- Year Anniversary of Darfur Crisis with Major Rally April 29th at Civic Center Plaza - 4:00 PM San Francisco, CA ­ On Sunday April 29, Human rights activists across the Bay Area will mark a grim fourth anniversary of the Darfur genocide with a major rally and concert tied in with demonstrations worldwide. The rally, to take place at Civic Center Plaza at 4:00 PM, will feature multiple Sudanese and Darfuri speakers among others, the traveling refugee camp exhibit Camp Darfur, the Sudanese music and dance group Kabete and a special appearance by author Dave Eggers and by New Mexico Governor and 2008 presidential candidate Bill Richardson. In a global public display unseen since the crisis began, “Global Day for Darfur” activists throughout the United States and around the world will collectively mark the 4th anniversary of the Darfur crisis on a single day in over 300 US cities and in more than 25 countries worldwide. Organizers will use the day to draw attention to the plight of the Darfuri people and to demand the immediate deployment of a full hybrid UN peacekeeping force with a protection mandate and the swift conclusion of a credible peace agreement for Darfur. Activists will also call for divestment to insist that countries such as China and major investors such as Fidelity stop supporting genocide. Silvestro Bakhiet, Chairman of the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, explains: "Darfur is at a breaking point. The situation is as bad as it has been at any point in this conflict, and its impact can be felt right here, in communities and cities throughout the Bay Area. “We must come together and demand that world leaders back up their words with actions and finally put a stop to this genocide.” Around the world 10,000 hourglasses filled with fake blood will be turned by activists to mark the start of the conflict four years ago. Events will be staged from Mongolia to Iceland, the U.S. to the Ukraine. In the Bay Area, the “Global Day for Darfur” rally and concert will feature both local and national speakers, music, a traveling refugee camp exhibit and a candle lighting ceremony in honor of the victims of genocide. When: Sunday, April 29, 2007 • 4pm - 7pm • Free Where: San Francisco Civic Center Plaza (Polk and Grove Streets) What: A rally, concert and traveling refugee camp exhibit Musicians: · Kabete, the Sudanese music and dance group Speakers: · Ross Mirkarimi, San Francisco Supervisor · New Mexico Governor and 2008 Presidential Candidate Bill Richardson · Sunday Taabu Wani, Gov. of Southern Sudan Mission, Washington DC · Dave Eggers, Author, What is the What?, with Valentino Deng · Joe Madison, DC Talk Show Host · Silvestro Bakhiet, Chairman, San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition · Dr. Mahmoud Braima, President, Darfur Association of USA · Jason Miller, Co-Chair, Sudanese Divestment Taskforce · Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, MD, Airlift for Africa · Chivy Sok, Cambodian Genocide Survivor · Mohamed E. Suleiman and Eltayeb Ibrahim, Darfuri Bay Area Residents Featuring Camp Darfur: An 8-tent exhibit and activism center. The first 6 tents pay tribute to the victims of the Armenian genocide, the Holocaust, and the victims of genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda, and now Darfur. The 7th tent provides a way for visitors to respond to what they have learned by advocating for the people of Darfur. The 8th tent plays messages from Sudanese refugees which were recorded by Gabriel Stauring, the founder of Camp Darfur, on one of his trips to the refugee camps in Chad. Visitors to Camp Darfur may record a personal message of hope that Gabriel will deliver directly to the refugees on his next trip. Camp Darfur has traveled across the country educating schools, congregations and community groups. Out of the over 300 events taking place nationwide on Sunday, the Bay Area will be the only event featuring Camp Darfur. For more information, visit http://www.campdarfur.org. Candlelight Vigil: A candlelighting ceremony will conclude the rally. 500 candles will be placed on the steps of City Hall across from the Civic Center Plaza in honor of the victims of genocide. In the last four year the conflict has: - Spread to two other countries (Chad and the Central African Republic); - Led to 16 un-enforced UN resolutions; - Provoked 60 statements of concern from the EU but zero action; - Killed over 400,000+ people; - Forced 230,000 people to flee the country; - Cut off an estimated 900,000 from aid; - Made two million people homeless; and - Ruined the lives of over four million people. "As the Government of Sudan gets away with murder and the international community continues to stand by, it’s up to us to break the silence and say, ‘Not again. We won’t allow another Rwanda on our watch.’ We’re using the fourth anniversary of the conflict to make it clear that the Bay Area won’t stand by in silence,” said Bakhiet. The first two Global Day for Darfur events attracted tens of thousands of supporters from around the world to demonstrations held on every continent. The first Global Day in September 2006 focused on the need to get UN peacekeeping troops into Darfur, while the second Global Day in December drew attention to the deplorable levels of sexual violence directed at women and children. For more information about the event on April 29, please visit http://www.darfursf.org/ and http://www.globefordarfur.org, email [email protected], or call 415-221-8400. # # # The current list of co-sponsors for the Global Day for Darfur: Save Darfur Coalition Genocide Intervention Network STAND Sudan Divestment Taskforce Roots of Peace San Francisco Bay View Newspaper San Francisco Chapter of Hadassah Sisters of Mercy St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Marin City St. Hillary’s Church, Tiburon Stop Genocide Now Temple Isaiah, Lafayette The Holocaust Center of Northern California The Women’s Building, San Francisco UCSF Darfur Working Group United Church of Christ Westminster Presbyterian Church, Tiburon Women of Isaiah, Temple Isaiah, Lafayette World In Need