[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Action Darfur meeting

[Karen Medina]

AWARE,

We had discussed UIUC's registered organization "Action 
Darfur" and their request for co-sponsors for their events 
during the Week of Awareness February 20-24 and guest speaker 
Simon Deng. 

Evidently the sponsors are meeting this Wednesday at 7pm. Is 
there someone from AWARE who can make it to this meeting? I 
cannot.

-karen medina

---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 02:09:30 -0600
>From: <bjschwrt at uiuc.edu>  
>Subject: Action Darfur meeting  
>To: klconway at uiuc.edu, rwillia7 at uiuc.edu, cbishop at uiuc.edu, 
bvanass2 at uiuc.edu, jahill2 at uiuc.edu, lrziegle at uiuc.edu, 
sahakyan at uiuc.edu, aghazari at uiuc.edu, abuchbinder at gmail.com, 
daboapra at uiuc.edu, kmedina at uiuc.edu, 
melissa at illinihillel.org, Aliza at illinihillel.org, 
jandurl at insightbb.com, vadebncr at uiuc.edu, kbhandar at uiuc.edu, 
mayoung at uiuc.edu, autenrie at uiuc.edu, clalliso at uiuc.edu, 
some at uiuc.edu, bpillai at uiuc.edu
>
>I had recently written your organization in the hopes of 
>forming a partnership in confronting the rape, slaughter, 
>starvation, torture, and displacement that is presently 
>occurring in the Darfur region of Sudan, the largest country 
>in Africa.  
>  Thank you for getting back to us and expressing your 
>interest in co-sponsoring an event with Action Darfur during 
>the University's week of Awareness February 20-24!  We need 
>your help to make events like the keynote speech by escaped 
>slave and activist, Simon Deng, a success.  We have a lot of 
>ideas for events, but we also want to incorporate your 
>groups input and ideas in the week of awareness as much as 
>possible.  
>  I know it is short notice, but I would really appreciate 
>it if a representative(s) from your organization could make 
>themselves available this Wednesday the 25th at 7pm to meet 
>with all the other participating groups and have a short 
>informal discussion about the week of awareness and how your 
>organization can help stop the worst humanitarian crisis in 
>the world today.  I know a lot of groups expressed an 
>interest in having someone from Action Darfur come to their 
>own meetings.  We'd be more than happy to sit in or talk at 
>your next meeting; however we still ask for you to come to 
>this short session this Wednesday.
>  Location of the meeting will be emailed shortly.  If 
>any organization has a nice designated meeting space 
>(particularly with video capabilities) and would like to 
>host the meeting that would be great.  Otherwise, it will be 
>in a university building.  Please email me back if you will 
>be attending on Wednesday.  Hope to see you there!   
>  
>
>  Best,
>  Brian Schwartz
>  President Action Darfur