Never Forget. Save Darfur.

Up to 400,000 people have lost their lives in Darfur since the government-sponsored genocide began in 2003. More than 2.5 million people have been displaced; their livelihoods and villages destroyed by government forces and their proxy militias. These forces have raped many thousands of women and girls. The humanitarian crisis that forms part of the genocide continues, as a government-engineered famine begins to unfold.

As a people intimately acquainted with the horrors of genocide, it is our responsibility to never forget the Holocaust and to apply its lessons to our own time. The people of Darfur are asking us to never forget. As Jews, human beings, and global citizens: we must take action now. Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel has said: "Now people know. And so they have no excuse for their passivity bordering on indifference."

Weinberg Tzedek Hillel, in tandem with local Hillels around the world, is working to alert students to the crisis and to encourage them to take action. Hillel has joined with mtvU, the American Jewish World Service, STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur), the Save Darfur Coalition, the International Crisis Group and other organizations in this effort.

What Can You Do?

* Join STAND, mtvU and Hillel for Darfur Fast, October 6, www.darfurfast.org
* Gather signatures for Texas Hillel's "White Rose Society" petition (PDF File 104Kb) on Darfur to encourage the U.S. government to take action against the genocide, download petition form (PDF File 19Kb)
* Bring the exhibit "Darfur: Witness to Genocide" to your campus, contact the current Weinberg Tzedek Hillel Fellow
* Work with the International Crisis Group (ICG) to plan a speaking tour for Sudanese refugees. Hillel will act as the lead convener on campuses, together with local STAND chapters, to build a coalition of organizations that will plan and publicize the speaking tour stops
Contact the current Weinberg Tzedek Hillel Fellow, for more information about what you can do to bring justice to the victims of violence in Darfur, and let us know what you're doing on campus.

Additional Resources

* Get informed: visit www.savedarfur.org for an overview of the crisis and for daily news updates.
* Download poster to promote Darfur awareness (PDF File 310Kb)
* Download the Campus Organizer's Toolkit (PDF File 286Kb)
* Additional Programming Ideas
* Download the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's guidebook for student activists (PDF File 750Kb)
* Wear green wrist bands, which can be purchased from the Save Darfur Coalition
* Spread the word with Hillel's Save Darfur eCard
* Order video from Oxfam America about Sudan
* Learn more about what other Hillels are doing, Hillel Overview (PDF File 20Kb)
* Tell us about your program so that we can publicize on mtvU and in other media, contact the current Weinberg Tzedek Hillel Fellow.

www.hillel.org