Divestment Campaign against Fidelity

UPCOMING EVENTS, some NYC-specific and some nationwide

1) Divestment Campaign against Fidelity Thursday, July 19 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.
meet at Fidelity office - 61 Broadway between Rector Street & Exchange Place

Public Transportation: 2/3 to Wall Street; 4/5 to Bowling Green;
R/W to Whitehall Street ; J/M/Z to Broad Street

Contact Sharon Silber, 212-714-4535 or [email protected]
Sharon & her group will provide flyers, and some signs left over from our previous Fidelity events. If you make your own sign, appropriate messages are as follows:
Fidelity out of Sudan: Divest the Rest! or Don’t Invest Our Money in Genocide.

Remember that, in response to the Divestment Campaign, Fidelity divested all of its holdings on the New York Stock Exchange in Chinese oil companies that fund the genocide in Darfur, but retained substantial stock holdings in these companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, companies designated as “worst offenders” by Sudan Divestment Task Force researchers.

2) Sat. 7/21 “A showcase of the music and culture of Sudan, featuring some of that country’s most renowned artists” - Our role is to leaflet & petition around the concert site (see #3 re petitions)before & after the concert. Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield in Central Park 3 pm to 7 pm
E. 69 St. at Fifth Ave. or W. 72 St. at Central Park West
Public Transportation: #6 to 68th Street or 77 Street ; 1/2/3/9 or B/C to 72nd Street

Omar Ihsas (Darfur), Emmanuel Kembe (South Sudan), Sharhabil Ahmed, Yousif El Moseley,
Abu Araki Al Bakhiet, Ali el Sigade, Omer Banaga, Brides of the Nile Dance Group,
Hadia, Ammal, Hayat “Al Balabil” – The Humming Birds, The Nile Music Orchestra,
Rasha Sheikh Aldein Gibreel, Al Warif Sheikh Aldein Gibreel

3) China campaign in 6 cities - Thursday, July 26 - 11:30 to 2:00 Take a Long Lunch Hour
China leads the United Nations Security Council this month and, thereby, is in an ideal position to pressure the Sudan government to end the genocide in Darfur. Obviously, China also is in a position to initiate implementation of actions already voted upon by the UN to protect Darfuris
in Darfur and in Chad, and to service all refugee camps properly. The UN is sitting on issuance of funds and peacekeepers.
SaveDarfur will post the petition for voting on line, and deliver hard copies to us so as to obtain hundreds/ thousands of signatures. We must solicit signatures wherever possible: numbers count.

Meet 11:30 near the Chinese Mission to United Nations, 350 E. 35 St. at First Avenue
A selected politician will enter the Mission to present signed petitions to a Mission official; copies also will be presented to a high government official in China.
11:50 to 12:30 or 1:00 VIGIL (SaveDarfur will provide posters) need: 50 participants
1:00 to 2:00 distribute leaflets regarding our request to China (SaveDarfur will provide)

4) 7/25 until at least 8/7, 5 screenings daily, $11, new documentary “The Devil Came on Horseback”, made by now-former marine assigned to Darfur – Our role is to leaflet after each screening, to advertise film, and to get groups to sponsor group-attendance-at screenings so as to 1) fill the theater and
2) expand knowledge in NY about Darfur genocide and 3) get other theaters to show the film nationwide.
IFC Center, West 3rd St. at 6th Ave. Transit: all trains to W. 4 St. www.ifccenter.com www.thedevilcameonhourseback.com 212-924-5246 & 212-924-7771
Gretchen Wallace & Gillian Porcella: 603-795-4100 or [email protected]


Darfur Peaple Association of New york (DPANY)
www.darfurpeopleny.org