Darfur Awareness in Needham MA

While researching news updates for my own effort to "get out the word" about Darfur, Sudan, (see http://joyworks.net/sudan/darfur/) I came across a story about Alan Greenfield and the people in the town of Needham. Greenfield offered to pay for a banner from SaveDarfur.org for anyone in town willing to put one up. He hoped to catch attention of media and eventually President Bush in hopes of some real actions on part of US to stop the genocide in Darfur. You can read more about his effort and results on his blog at http://needhamdarfur.blogspot.com/ .

You can read first-hand articles and commentary from our friend, David Morse (author of The Iron Bridge) on his web site at http://david-morse.com/darfurInfo.html.
You can also read David's account of his trip to Darfur on the web at http://www.friendsjournal.org/contents/2005/0905/feature.html in the December 2005 issue of "Friends Journal".

There's not much I can say about the lack of resources and commitment this country has toward the people of Darfur and, perhaps, in general, the people of Africa that's not been said by more influential people than me. Except maybe this - I believe that no regard, no caring, no favor, no act of kindness, no love given from the heart is ever wasted or lost. So, each of us, if we do what we can - what we can imagine, what we dare, what we can bear - then - while all evil may not vanish - it will not get any stronger. So, let's all read, learn, talk, write letters, make phone calls, get the people who love you to do the same - and support the relief agencies who try to provide day-to-day survival - until such time as this particular evil is conquered.