Save Darfur: Work to Stop Genocide Rally - April 30, 2006 in Washington, DC

For almost three years, the people of Darfur have endured a genocidal campaign waged by the government of Sudan and its proxy militia, the Janjaweed. Some 400,000 people have died and more than 2 million people have been brutally forced from their homes.

Abraham Joshua Heschel once said: "In a free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty, all are responsible." Join the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism in responding to the first genocide of the 21st century.

The Save Darfur Coalition is mobilizing people across the country to take part in the Save Darfur: Rally to Stop Genocide and to send President Bush postcards asking him to take stronger action. In partnership with the Save Darfur Coalition, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, and the American Jewish World Service, United Synagogue is organizing the Jewish community's involvement.

Here's how you can help:

• Sign a United Synagogue "Million Voices for Darfur" Postcard: Make your voice heard. Join the national campaign to send one million postcards to President Bush, urging him to support a stronger multinational force to protect the civilians of Darfur. To order postcards, click here.
• Observe the Week of Prayer and Action for Darfur from April 2 to April 9; learn about the situation and encourage others to learn as well.
• Save Darfur: Rally to Stop Genocide: Pledge to be there. Join United Synagogue, our member congregations, and the rest of the coalition at the rally to stop genocide in Washington, D.C., on April 30.

Then encourage your friends and family to take part.

Take action! Organize your local community. Get a group together to mail postcards, go to the rally. For more information, go to www.savedarfur.org, www.ajws.org, or www.jewishpublicaffairs.org, or email mid-atlantic@uscj.org.

Thank you for taking action to stop the genocide in Darfur.