6/15/08 - BOOK IT for Darfur Schools of Peace Textbooks


 To purchase new textbooks for the Darfur Schools of Peace

 1 textbook for every 2 students (of each required text)

 
$8,000

 DPDO will purchase the textbooks, approved for primary school curriculum, from the Sudanese Ministry of Educat(...read more...)

6/10/08 - Capitol Hill Distinguished Speakers Series

Capitol Hill Violence in Sudan: Muslim and Arab Responses The largest country in Africa has been blackened by series of violent conflicts claiming the lives of millions. While a North-South agreement in 2005 ended decades of brutal fighting, violence continues with millions still displaced. At the same time, ethnic cleansing in Darfur continues, threatening prospects for a cease fire. Despite negotiations and formal agreements, Sudan teeters on the e(...read more...)

5/26/08 - DPDO Annual Report 2007

The Darfur Peace & Development is now available. We are eager to share with you our progress over the last year, which was a result of your continual support and advocacy. The Annual Report can be accessed through this link: (The report is a large PDF file and is hosted by File Crunch.(...read more...)

4/27/08 - "The G-Word: For Those Born Later" Premiere- New York City

"The G-Word: For Those Born Later", as part of "Four Days for Darfur"- April 27-28, 2008, La MaMas Galleria, 6 East 1st St. New York, NY Play written and directed by LD Napier, produced by Doug Claybourne. April 27- Four Days for Darfur Gala Fundraising event, including wine, food, music, and an auction with celebrity items. April 28- New York premiere of The G-Word: For Those Born Later. Written and directed by LD Napier, the play will be p(...read more...)

4/22/08 - Press Release- Executive Summary

April 22, 2008 Dear Friends: The year 2007 at Darfur Peace & Development was enriched by the enthusiasm and hard work of our Board Members and an outstanding effort by the staff to build on our previous achievements. Our donors were generous in their response to the devastating humanitarian situation in Darfur. This year we raised $573,965 for our different programs. This amount enables DPDO to continue making a tangible and sustained impact on (...read more...)

4/11/08 - Africa Action: Witnessing Genocide

April 11, 2008 7-9 pm- Howard University, Blackburn Center February 26 marked five years of continuing genocide in Darfur. As part of our ongoing campaign on this issue, Africa Action, in conjunction with the Howard University African Studies Department Graduate Students Association invites you to the Witnessing Genocide forum to discuss the ongoing crisis and explore the most effective ways for U.S. activists to act to end the genocide. This forum s(...read more...)

4/9/08 - DarfurFEAST- Georgetown STAND

April 9, 2008- Georgetown University DarfurFEAST, sponsored by Georgetown STAND Georgetown University STAND is hosting a dinner featuring speakers and cultural presentations to both celebrate Darfurian culture and lament its losses. The cost for student tickets is only $7 ($12 for adults) and will benefit the Darfur Peace and Development Organization's Darfur Schools Project. Tickets will be sold in Red Square on campus and at the door. Suliman Gidd(...read more...)

4/4/08 - April 4th Symposium will address the roots of evil: genocide, genocide denial and human rights.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, February 18, 2008 After the Armenian Genocide, the first of the Twentieth century, the Armenian people stayed silent. The uprooting from their ancestral lands of Anatolia in 1915-1923, constitutes what is still referred to as the Silent Genocide. After the Holocaust, people cried never again. Yet genocide has not gone away. Roots of Evil: Continued Challenges for the Denial of Mass Human Rights Violation, a Symp(...read more...)

4/4/08 - YOU ARE INVITED TO A SYMPOSIUM ON ROOTS OF EVIL:

Continued challenges for Denial of Mass Human Right Violations on Friday, 4 April 2008 7 PM at Fordham Law School 140 West 62nd St. (off Columbus Ave.) Rm. 312 NY, NY 10023 Hrant Dink (1954-2007) receiving on his behalf his wife Rakel Dink Recipient of 2008 AASSSG Outstanding Achievement Award Dr. Richard Koenigsberg, Director of the Library of Social Science Giddo Suliman, President and Founder of Darfur(...read more...)

3/31/08 - Language and its Impact on Conflict Resolution- UMES

March 31, 2008- University of Maryland, Eastern Shore Language and its Impact on Conflict Resolution- African Language Research Project Mr. Suliman Giddo, President of DPDO, keynote speaker: Giddo described the issues leading to the conflict in Darfur and the historical and tribal migration impacting the Darfur region, with special consideration to the languages and their evolution. Mr. Abdulhafiz Abaker, language teacher at the DLI Institute in (...read more...)

3/27/08 - Darfur Action Now

American University- 03/27/2008 Genocide Awareness Fair for Darfur Action Now The morning and afternoon events will include information sessions with Amnesty International, ENOUGH Project, Save Darfur Coalition and many other human rights organizations as well as a die-in and mock refugee camp staged on AUs Eric Friedheim Quadrangle by Camp Darfur to simulate the devastating effects of the genocide in Darfur. From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., a political (...read more...)

3/16/08 - Aid group goes nationwide

By Devon HaynieThe Journal GazetteSix thousand Darfuri children will go to school this year thanks to a development organization that recently called Fort Wayne home. The Darfur Peace and Development Organization, dedicated to improving the situation in western Sudan, relocated from Fort Wayne to Washington, D.C., in June 2007. Since its arrival in the capital, its founder says, the group has been busy expanding its projects to provide more security and(...read more...)

3/3/08 - For Immediate Release

Contact:Susan Burgess-Lent 415-686-8819 Karri DeSelm 260-348-8931 29 February 2008 Approximately 650,000 children - half of all children in Darfur - do not receive an education. Providing educational assistance has been a primary focus of Darfur Peace and Development Organization (DPDO) for the last three years. DPDO began supporting the operation of three schools in 2005. Today DPDO supports twelve schools in four localities(...read more...)

2/19/08 - China speaks out on UN, AU role in Darfur

February 13, 2008, 09:45 By Manelisi Dubase The United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU)have been warned that unless they act to end the on-going crisis in Darfur, they might risk being seen as irrelevant by the people of Africa. The warning by US congressmen, Hollywood stars and Darfurians comes as President Bush prepares to meet with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, immediately before his departure for the continent. The activists are trying t(...read more...)

2/13/08 - Members of Congress, Activists, Olympic Athletes Hold Events to Pressure China on Darfur

TUESDAY, February 12 at 1:00PM, six months before the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, the Save Darfur Coalition will host a Capitol Hill press conference with elected officials, Darfur activists and Olympic athletes, urging China to hasten an end to the ongoing violence and humanitarian crisis in Darfur by pressuring Sudan. Following the press conference at 2:15 PM, activists will gather at the Chinese embassy in Washington where they will awa(...read more...)

2/12/08 - Press Conference

WHAT: Press Conference to demand Chinese action on Darfur WHO: Congressman Michael Capuano (MA 8), co-chair, Congressional Sudan Caucus Congressman Steve Chabot (OH 1) Suliman Giddo, Darfurian, co-founder and president, Darfur Peace and Development Joey Cheek, speedskating Olympic gold medalist Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, M.D., co-founder, My Sister(...read more...)

2/10/08 - Dreams of Peace in Darfur.*

As our dream for peace in Darfur grows, and our profound hope for peace enhanced it is most necessary to reach a mutually-acceptable agreement that satisfies the aspirations of the Sudanese government, the rebels and other stake-holders in the Darfur conflict. Future reconciliation meetings, after an initial agreement, should be considered to ensure a sustainable agreement. It has become obvious that all conflicting parties have not yet contributed either (...read more...)

11/26/07 - DPDO news

DPDO NEWS: 2007-2008 Kutum Women's Association delivers first order of baskets. AWARD DPDO Board Member Salih Mahmoud Osman received the European Union's top human rights award - the Sakharov Prize - for his work in Darfur. We are proud of his accomplishments and are honored by his service to this organization. GRANTS DPDO has received two major grants for its schools project: $25,000 from the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund to support schools (...read more...)

11/1/07 - NTERVIEW: Suliman Giddo, Darfur Peace and Development Organization

NTERVIEW: Suliman Giddo, Darfur Peace and Development Organization Citizens for Global Solutions Herbert Scoville Peace Fellow, Julia Fitzpatrick, recently spoke with Suliman Giddo, the co-founder and president of the Darfur Peace and Development Organization (DPADO), based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Founded in 2002, DPADOs mission is to provide humanitarian relief to victims of the genocide in Darfur, to facilitate just governance and to enable Darfuri(...read more...)

10/21/07 - Detroit MARATHON: "Run for a Reason"

DATE: Sunday, October 21, 2007 @ 7:15am LOCATION: Downtown Detroit, Michigan DPDO is one of many charity partners that the "Run for a Reason" marathon will benefit. For more information on the event, its charity partners, and registration information, . (...read more...)

8/17/07 - Dream for Darfur Torch Relay: RWANDA

As the "Dream for Darfur" torch relay moved from the border of Darfur to Rwanda, DPDO co-founder Omer Ismail stood with Mia Farrow and others in a ceremony commenorating the victims of the Rwandan genocide and those that continue to suffer in Darfur. Track the journey of the international and U.S. "Dream for Darfur" torch relay at from the "Dream for Darfur" homepage at: www.dreamfordarfur.org. ...read more...)

7/9/07 - FREE Reading in Central Park: "In Darfur"

DPDO Co-Founder Omer Ismail will be participating, along with other special guests, in the event listed below. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ We wis(...read more...)

7/1/07 - JOB POSTING: Office Manager

Office Manager, Darfur Peace and Development Organization (DPDO) DPDO is a US-based non-profit organization that provides humanitarian assistance to victims of the conflict in Darfur as well as advocacy. The organization is growing rapidly and requires self-motivated, multi-talented staff adept at problem solving, with initiative to bring ideas and systems into effective use. DPDO is moving its office to the Washington, D(...read more...)

6/20/07 - Portland: UUSC- "Drumbeat for Darfur"

As genocide devastates Darfur, we must be relentless in our efforts to end it. You can help. At the 2007 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association, UUSC will hold a full-day training to increase awareness and organize action to bring peace and justice to Darfur.(...read more...)

5/19/07 - Oakland, CA: Benefit Dinner for DARFUR WOMEN'S CENTER

Benefit Event Organized by Friends of Darfur To help raise urgently needed funds for the WOMEN'S CENTER PROJECT, an initiative of Darfur Peace & Development We are a group of friends and mothers moved to action by the suffering of the Darfurian people. The statistics are staggering: 400,000 dead, 2.5 million di(...read more...)

5/17/07 - CALIFORNIA: United Nations Association Regional Annual Meeting

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5/5/07 - Fort Wayne CONCERT: Omer Ihsas, Messenger of Peace

BENTLEY'S ON BROADWAY 2520 Broadway Fort Wayne, IN 46807 (260) 745-3790 has traveled from Sudan(...read more...)

4/19/07 - Guest host: Susan Page

11:00U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Guest host: Susan Page Sir John Holmes, British ambassador to France since 2001, joins guest host Susan Page to talk about his new job as chief of humanitarian affairs for the United Nations. He explains what the world is -- and is not -- doing to help Iraqi refugees, victims of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, and people in need all over the world. Gues(...read more...)

4/16/07 - Marian College, IN: Workshop on Darfur

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4/15/07 - Indy: RALLY for DARFUR

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4/12/07 - Darfur action called crucial

Deseret Morning News, Thursday, April 12, 2007 Darfur action called crucial By Stephen Speckman Deseret Morning News OGDEN Suliman Giddo moved from the Darfur region of Sudan to the United States eight years ago because he thought if he lived here he could do more in helping to bring an end to ongoing conflicts and acts of genocide in his homeland. Image Suliman Giddo If Giddo had stayed in Africa, he likely would have had to choose a side(...read more...)

4/5/07 - Follow Fort Waynes lead

Source: Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, 5 April 2007 By Steve Linsenmayer of The News-Sentinel The Indiana Senate, led by Fort Waynes own David Long, can surely do better t(...read more...)

4/4/07 - Hoosiers for Darfur Speaking Tour Announced

Hoosiers for Darfur Speaking Tour Announced A state wide speaking tour is being organized, which will culminate with a Finale Rally in Indy. Speakers intend to travel to speaking engagements across the state which will be organized with the help of Indiana Coalition Members. Organizers hope to bring Indiana activists for Darfur , including representatives from each speaking venue leading up to the rally, together for the Finale Rally. The confirmed date(...read more...)

4/2/07 - After Darfur, Starting Anew in the Midwest

After Darfur, Starting Anew in the Midwest Source: New York Times, 2 April 2007 By Susan Saulny "I do things to be happy and live life, but on the inside I am very sad," said Fawzia Suliman, with her son. FORT WAYNE, Ind. --Looking at old pictures taken in the desert sand in the Darfur region of Sudan, Fawzia Suliman pointed to one after the other: mother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, cousin, and so on. "Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead," she said(...read more...)

3/29/07 - Omer Ismail speaks at Statehouse: Boston

Omer Ismail, co-founder of Darfur Peace and Development, speaks, Thursday, March 29, 2007, at the Statehouse in Boston, as he pleads for Massachusetts lawmakers to divest state pension funds in Sudan where experts say genocide is being committed. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye) (Bizuayehu Tesfaye)(...read more...)

3/28/07 - IUPUI: Hoosiers for Darfur

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3/28/07 - Darfur refugee tries to raise awareness

Darfur refugee tries to raise awareness By MERANDA WATLING mwatling@journalandcourier.com Almost 3 million Darfurian people have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in Africa's largest country. Another 300,000 have been killed, victims of genocide, in Darfur, Sudan. Those were among the facts Suliman Giddo, president of Fort Wayne-based Darfur Peace & Development Organization, cited as a part of the "Justice Sunday: Save Darfur" lecture at the U(...read more...)

3/25/07 - Lafayette, Indiana: HOOSIERS for Darfur

Unitarian Universalist Justice Sunday: Darfur-Time is Running Out Hoosiers for Darfur Speaking Tour Unitarian Universalist Church 17 South 7th Street Lafayette, Indiana 25 March 2007 @ 10:30 am *Suliman Giddo, Co-Founder and President of Darfur Peace & Development Organization *Joe Johns, Pastor of Fellowship Missionary (...read more...)

3/22/07 - The Muslim Observer

SE Michigan (V9-I14) Category: The Muslim Observer, Regional, SE Michigan, 9-14, MMNS Dinner and Silent Auction for the Children of Sudan By Dana Inayah Cann, MMNS March 22DearbornAmnesty International presented a silent auction and dinner on the campus of U of M Dearborn titled Orphans of Sudan: Suffering Behind the Shadows of War. The event was sponsored by Amnesty International of U of M Dearborn, the Quaker Oats Company, Islamic Relief, U of(...read more...)

3/21/07 - Mending a Broken Promise Darfur

The 21st Century genocide West Bloomfield High School Atrium Program, 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM national Anthem Student Opening Remarks Darfur Background----Suliman A Giddo President/ Darfur Peace and Development Tribute to Miss Dunham--- DSA Dance Department Detroit School of Art Holocaust Hidden Child Survivor, Rene Litchman, PHD Rwandan Genocide Survivor, Thomas Kamalindi (...read more...)

3/21/07 - Suliman Giddo doesnt want to lose a generation

Dedicated to the children Suliman Giddo doesnt want to lose a generation By Allison Graber agraber@news-sentinel.com By Nic Pyle of The News-Sentinel Suliman A. Giddos organization, Darfur Peace and Development, raises money to educate children in the Darfur region of Sudan. As Suliman A. Giddo works at his desk, he glances up at the pictures tacked on his office wall. The faces of the children, who were photographed at a refugee camp in Sudan, i(...read more...)

3/20/07 - Senate should pass Darfur divestment

Senate should pass Darfur divestment To the editor: Both Congress and our president have declared genocide to be taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan. Our government has accused Sudan of orchestrating air attacks with ground militias to murder inhabitants of the villages in Darfur. Indiana currently has an opportunity to take action against genocide. House Bill 1484 would divest Indiana funds from businesses supplying money to the(...read more...)

2/27/07 - Indiana University: HOOSIERS for Darfur

"INVEST in Human Rights: DIVEST from Sudan!" Hoosiers for Darfur Speaking Tour Indiana University, Lafayette, Indiana 27 February 2007 @ 7pm *Suliman Giddo, Co-Founder and President of Darfur Peace & Development Organization *Joe Johns, Pastor of Fellowship Missionary Church To create awareness and galvanize action among individua(...read more...)

2/10/07 - Nations Must Enforce Darfur Peace Agreements

February 10, 2007 By: Omer Ismail and Colin Thomas-Jensen Sitting around a pot of sweet tea in a small residential compound in eastern Chad, the Sudanese rebel leaders merely grinned and shook their heads when we mentioned the ceasefire. Omer Ismail is a fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. Colin Thomas-Jense(...read more...)

12/11/06 - Refuge in Fort Wayne: Fleeing violence, Darfurians find new home

Source: Journal Gazette, 10 December 2006 By K.O. Jackson The Journal Gazette Burned babies. Scorched villages. Men and women gunned down in the streets. Photos and images about current life in Darfur are broadcast on TV and pict(...read more...)

12/11/06 - Local Residents Dedicated to ending Darfur Crisis

Source: Journal Gazette, 10 December 2006 By K.O. Jackson The Journal Gazette Beth Reilly has heard the message about the crisis in Darfur. "I am concerned about the situation. It touched me. Then I thought there was more that I could do," says Reilly, a Fort Wayne mother of three who attends Aldersgate United Methodist Church. "There was a 'Sunday for Darfur'(...read more...)

11/20/06 - OUR WALLS BEAR WITNESS -DARFUR: WHO WILL SURVIVE TODAY?

DPDO's co-founder Omer Ismail attended and spoke at the following event. November 20 - 26, 2006 5:30 p.m. to midnight To view photos from the exhibit The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will project wall-sized images of the escalating genocide in Darfur onto its faade during Thanksgiving week, marking the first time the national memorial's exterior w(...read more...)

11/12/06 - Darfur Diaries Film Screening: Virginia

2000 E. Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23223 In February 2003 the Sudanese Liberation Army in Darfur (the western region of Sudan) responded to decades of oppression by taking up arms against the Sudanese government. The(...read more...)

11/12/06 - Darfur Diaries Book Signing: Virginia

recently hit bookshelves and is holding book signings in New York, Washington DC, and this Sunday, 12 November 2006, in Richmond, Virginia. The book signing will be held at: Location - 2913 W. Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23221 804-422-8066 Date - Nov. 11th Time - 1pm In November 2004, three young filmmakers traveled independently to eastern Chad and crept across the b(...read more...)

11/10/06 - Envision Darfur: Ann Arbor, MI

Suliman Giddo, DPDO President, will be the keynote speaker on the final night of this week long event focusing on Darfur. (...read more...)

11/10/06 - ENVISION DARFUR CONCERT

ENVISION DARFUR CONCERT $10 general admission $5 student The Envision Chamber Consort presents a concert of music designed to set the mood of the ongoing conflict in Darfur. Special guest and Darfuri Suliman Giddo, director of the Darfur Peace and Development Organization will give a talk about the ongoing crisis in Darfur during the concert. Envision Chamber Consort members Mark Schuppener, Jennifer Walvoord, Kelly Dylla, Wei-Han Wu and Nathaniel Z(...read more...)

11/9/06 - Film Screening and Discussion Forum: San Francisco

Susan Burgess-Lent, Darfur Peace & Developments Senior Projects Manager, will be speaking as a panelist at the following event: (...read more...)

11/7/06 - Salih Mahmoud , our Board Member to receive HRWs highest award

Oct 19, 2006 (LONDON) Salih Mahmoud Osman, a lawyer who has defended and given free legal aid to hundreds of victims of human rights abuses in Darfur, Sudan for the past two decades will receive Human Rights Watchs highest award on November 7. Osman, who is from the Darfur region of Sudan, has provided legal representation to those who have been arbitrarily detained and tortured by the Sudanese government, regardless of which ethnic group they are fr(...read more...)

10/13/06 - The real criminals of Darfur

Source:HOTLINE BUZZ Posted 11 October 2006 Co-Founder[President and CEO, Darfur Peace & Development]: "The tragic war and atrocities committed against the defenseless civilians in Darfur have been escalating since the partial agreement (Darfur Peace Agreement) was signed in May 2006. The downside of the Darfur Peace Agreement, besides its (...read more...)

10/5/06 - STAND: DarfurFast

Last year, over one hundred STAND chapters and community groups around the country and overseas held events in recognition of those who have fallen victim to the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and those who are still suffering. Thousands of students chose to fast from a luxury good for the day, donating the money they saved to humanitarian efforts for those displaced by the conflict. We raised our voices, raised f(...read more...)

10/3/06 - Reasons behind the current conflict in Darfur

Mr.Suliman Giddo,founder of Darfur Peace and Development will be the key speaker at an educational event hosted by the World Affairs Council here in Richmond, Oct. 3rd at 7pm. The event will take place at the St. Benedictine school located at 304 N. Sheppard St. and is open to the public! I'll be there, hope some of you all can make it too! (...read more...)

9/30/06 - Las Vegas: A Day for Darfur

Sat, Sep 30th, 2006. 12:00pm-7:00pm Mojave Rd. and Washington Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89030 Marybeth Acac If you have questions or would like to volunteer, please contact fordarfur@gmail.com The Las Vegas community will be uniting on September 30, 2006 in an enormous awareness event to genuinely show not only the people of Darfur but also every person of the world (...read more...)

9/18/06 - BONNIE RAITT concert supports DPADO

Darfur Peace and Development Organization's Darfur Schools Project got a celebrity boost from BONNIE RAITT, best-selling singer, musician and songwriter. Ms. Raitt donated 20 tickets for front-and-center seats at her sell-out concert on September 17 in Concord, CA. to the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition. Proceeds from ticket sales by the Coalition, along with donations collected at concert booth, totaled $4,766 -- all of it earmarked to supp(...read more...)

9/17/06 - Africa Action: Pump Up the Power to Protect

Group of Eight (G8) meeting (Darfur may be on agenda) African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) pledging conference in Brussels Salva Kiir in Washington, DC, will meet with Bush Kofi Annan will present report to UN Security Council on AMIS/future PKO Cairo meeting of League of Arab States on Darfur August 20(...read more...)

9/17/06 - Rally for Darfur : Ft. Wayne Courthouse Lawn

This province (the size of Texas,) is home to what the United Nations has called the worlds worst humanitarian crisis. Since February 2003, an estimated 450,000 men, women and children have died while another 2.8 million(...read more...)

9/17/06 - Bonnie Raitt Benefit Concert: Concord, CA

What: Bonnie Raitt Concert Where: Concord, CA When: 17 September 2006 Bonnie has donated front row (literally Row AA) seats and an aftershow fundraising reception to benefit Darfur Peace and Development Organization's work to bring schools (...read more...)

9/17/06 - Rally for Darfur: New York

Where: New York City,Central Park, East Meadow When: Sunday, September 17th, 2006 Time: 2:00pm to 5:00pm Where are to symbolize the need for UN peacekeepers. For more information, (...read more...)

9/17/06 - Rally for Darfur: San Francisco

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9/17/06 - Darfur Event: Rosario Dawson

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6/12/06 - Darfur rally in Vt. protests genocide, raises $4,000 to help humanitarian efforts

Source: The Burlington Free Press, 12 June 2006 By Sam Hemingway Free Press Staff Writer A crowd listens Sunday to a speech by Achier Mou, a Sudanese refugee who recently completed his bachelor's degree at the University of Vermont. The rally at Burlington's City Hall Park was against genocide in Darfur, a region of Sudan. PETER HUOPPI, Free Press BURLI(...read more...)

6/11/06 - Vermont Speak Up!

Vermont Speaks Up!- Rally Rally Details When and Where Date: Sunday, June 11, 2006 Time: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Place: City Hall Park in Burlington Rally will happen rain or shine Suliman Giddo - Mr. Giddo was born and raised in Darfur, graduated from the University of Khartoum and received a Master's degree from Strayer University and Fordham University in Humanitarian Assistance. His post-graduate studies i(...read more...)

5/10/06 - Holocaust Rememberance

May 10, 2006 The 13th annual Holocaust Remembrance program will again be held at the historic Lincoln Theatre. The program will begin at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, May 10, 2006. Admission is free and open to the public. With the focus so strongly right now on the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, (...read more...)

4/21/06 - GENOCIDE AND OTHER HUMAN CATASTROPHIES

GENOCIDE AND OTHER HUMAN CATASTROPHIES: How to Prevent Another Darfur 1:00 - 1:10 p.m. Introductory Remarks 1:10 1:45 p.m. Keynote Address: Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky 1:45 3:15 p.m. Panel One: Contextualizing Darfur: The History, The Politics and the Crimes Against Humanity Moderator: Lynette A. Jackson, Chair, International Studies Program, UIC Ali B. Ali-Dinar, African Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania (history and po(...read more...)

3/24/06 - Responsiblity to Protect, UN event on April 6,2006

Darfur Peace and Development Org: We wish to inform you that the Africa Section is producing an event to be held at UN headquarters regarding the Rwanda Genocide and principle of UN Member State's "Responsibility to Protect". On April6, 2006. We are inviting the NGO community, Media Outlets, United Nations Officials, and members of Academia (Africa Studies, Human Rights Studies, and Genocide Studies) to attend. If you would like to attend, please (...read more...)

3/18/06 - A Day For Darfur

CONGRESSMAN STEVE ISRAEL (NY-02) Invites you to participate in A Day For Darfur A day of education, awareness, and activism in response to the ongoing genocide in Sudan With Special Guest, Suliman Giddo from the Darfur Region. The days events include: A photo exhibit by Brian Steidle entitled In Darfur My Camera Was Not Nearly Enough A press conference calling for community awareness and action A discussion panel including Congre(...read more...)

3/12/06 - A Call to Action on Darfur

Sunday, March 12 at 1 PM A Call to Action on Darfur 12 PM Action Fair 1PM Symposium Participants include: Keynote Speaker, John Prendergast, Special Advisor, International Crisis Group Rabbi Lee Bycel, Senior Advisor, Global Strategy, International Medical Corps Jerry Fowler, Director, Committee on Conscience (USHMM) Suliman Giddo, Founder & President, Darfur Peace & Development Mark Hanis, Chief Executive, Genocide Intervention Network Richar(...read more...)

12/1/05 - Response in Support of those suffering in Darfur

Source: Hoosier United Methodists (DPADO participated in the vigil in Indianapolis, IN) By Richard G. Lugar I have benefited from the opportunity to read of your efforts in support of those suffering from the genocide perpetrated in Darfur, Sudan. The article that drew my attention appeared in the October issue of Hoosier United Methodists together. I was briefed on the September interfaith prayer vigil in Indianapolis and have received the letters (...read more...)

8/14/05 - genocide in Darfur.

August 11, 2005 National Student Conference for Darfur The National Student Conference for Darfur will bring together college and high school student leaders from across the country to strategize, organize, and learn how to effectively move forward in addressing the genocide in Darfur. Location Washington, DC Repeat Repeats every day beginning on August 11, 2005 and ending August 14, 2005. Additional Information COST $15 registration, $35(...read more...)

6/24/05 - Georgetown Hosts Event Marking 10th Anniversary of Srebrenica Massacre

For immediate release June 24, 2005 Contact: Andrea Sarubbi 202-687-4328 aes54@georgetown.edu Georgetown Hosts Event Marking 10th Anniversary of Srebrenica Massacre WHO: Iain Guest, Director, The Advocacy Project Beba Hadzic, Director, BOSFAM Suliman Giddo, President, Darfur Peace and Development Organization Andrew Schoenholtz, Deputy Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University WHAT: In (...read more...)

5/24/05 - National Leaders Release Open Letter to President Bush on Darfur

National Leaders Release Open Letter to President Bush on Darfur, Urging Specific Actions to Stop Ongoing Genocide; Open Letter Signed by Scores of National Advocacy Groups, Members of Congress, Interfaith Leaders & Women's, Youth & Labor Organizations Tuesday, May 24, 2005 (Washington, DC) - Africa Action this morning hosted a media briefing, along with other national advocacy groups, to demand that President Bush take specific steps to stop the ge(...read more...)

5/18/05 - Common Cents New York - The Seventh Annual Global Relief Conference

The Global Relief Conference sponsored by Common Cents, New York, Challenges High School and Middle School students to address Global issues philanthropically. Each year SCAF selects an issue of international concern. After researching organizations working in the field, the students convene their peers for citywide conference to study the issue, debate competing approaches (...read more...)

5/18/05 - Global Relief Begins at Schechter

This week, five of our middle school students had the opportunity to attend a Global Relief Conference at the United Nations, sponsored by Common Cents. The annual conference invites a select group of 100 high school and middle school students from around the city to allocate funds for one pre-chosen global issue. This year, over $62,000 had been raised for relief in Sudan, specifically for the children that are the victims of the horror there. The c(...read more...)

5/18/05 - Special Event to Commemorate Lives Lost in Darfur

Event: Special Event to Commemorate Lives Lost in Darfur & To Demand U.S. Action to Stop Genocide Africa Action to host a "Speak-Out Vigil" in front of White House and Creative Balloon Action at National Press Club Activists will join Special Guests to call Media Attention to the Genocide and Demand Urgent Multinational Intervention in Darfur WHAT: A Special Creative 500 Balloon Action, hosted by Africa Action, to commemorate the 500 lives that ar(...read more...)

5/13/05 - Crisis in Sudan: Educational Program

Friday, May 13 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm Exploris Museum in Raleigh, the North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum are proud to sponsor Crisis in Sudan: An Educational Program About Genocide and Current Events in Darfur. Suliman Giddo, a native of the Sudanese State of Darfur and president of the Richmond, VA based Darfur Peace and Development Fund, speaks on the politics behind the current genocide in Sudan. This forum is(...read more...)

5/12/05 - The United Nations Discussion Panel - Enforcing the UN Genocide Convention: Lessons Learned

On May 12.2005, Darfur Peace and Development has participated in discussion panel at The United Nation, Human Rights Committee on Enforcing the UN Genocide Convention: Lessons Learned. Where Mr. Suliman A. Giddo has emphasize the lack of power of the international Community to implement its will on preventing and breaking the circle of continuos genocide in the world.In Darfur case: the AU mandate should be changed to include protecting the civilians. All(...read more...)

5/12/05 - UN Genocide Panel a Success

By Taleen Babayan On Thursday, May 12, Dr. Anie Kalayjian successfully chaired a panel discussion titled, Enforcing UN Genocide Convention: Lessons Learned and Challenges to Overcome in conjunction with the International Non-Governmental Organizations Committee on Human Rights In Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, held at the United Nations Headquarters i(...read more...)

5/1/05 - When Humanity Fails

By Lila Schow May, 2005 At what point do the events in history stop bearing relevance? Eleven years? On April 19, 2005, the entire staff of InterAct flew to Idaho to attend the lecture given by retired Lieutenant-General Romo Dallaire. All two of us. Romeo Dallaire served as the commander for the United Nations Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR) during the 1994 genocide. He had been invited to the Borah Foundations Voices of Peace Symposium. (...read more...)

3/11/05 - Omer Ismail emphasizes importance of unity in overcoming genocide

By Michael Newsom Campus News Editor March 11, 2005 - Omer Ismail, assisstant researcher of former minister of foreign affairs in Sudan, told a room of students Thursday the enemy of peace in that country was the government. Ismail spoke about the genocide in the eastern African country which has left 70,000 dead, according to the United Nations. He said the numbers for the mass-killing have been inaccurate, but the focus should be on those lef(...read more...)

3/8/05 - Sudan groups brings speaker, raises funds

by Tiffany Webber - Peter Gebhard/THE CHRONICLE - Suliman Giddo, a Sudanese native, explains Monday night the politics surrounding the wars in Sudan. The Sudan Coalition held a fundraiser dinner and lecture Monday night in the Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture to raise money for the adoption of a Sudanese refugee camp. An estimated 80 Duke students and community members attended the dinner, which included a raffle and silent auction. The(...read more...)

3/3/05 - Crisis in Darfur: Responding to Violence Against Women

This event features presentations and a panel discussion on "Crisis in Darfur: Responding to Violence Against Women." Thursday, March 03, 2005 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Kerckhoff Grand Salon UCLA campus Los Angeles, CA 90095 Crisis in Darfur: A Week of Awareness, A Call to Action These events held from Feb. 28 - Mar. 3, are geared to raise awareness about the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. The violence in the Darfur region of western Sudan intensified (...read more...)

1/24/05 - Omer Ismail: discusses the current situation in Sudan during an International Issues Forum

Speaking out: Omer Ismail, co-founder of Darfur Peace and Development, discusses the current situation in Sudan during an International Issues Forum held at Hotel Fort Des Moines on Sunday. Refugees from Sudan urge action on crisis 'What will you do to stop genocide in Darfur?' one forum participant asks. ELIZABETH OWENS REGISTER STAFF WRITER January 24, 2005 The first step Iowans can take toward understanding the deaths in Sudan is(...read more...)

1/1/05 - Genocide: not a word to take lightly

With PowerPoint presentations, statistics, and photos, panelists from around the globe lectured on what the United Nations has called the worlds worst humanitarian crisis”the unfolding genocide in Sudans Darfur region. Packed beyond capacity with students, faculty, and community members, the panel discussion took place Thursday evening at Ida Noyes Library. Government forces and Janjaweed militia have already killed at least 50,000 non-Arab Darfurians an(...read more...)

12/13/04 - World Needs to Refocus on Darfur, International Organizations Say

Four groups speak out on International Human Rights Day By Charles W. Corey Washington File Staff Writer Washington -- Using International Human Rights Day as their platform, four international human rights organizations called on the world December 10 to refocus its attention on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, roughly 100 days after the Bush administration declared that genocide is taking place there. Adotei Akwei, sen(...read more...)

12/10/04 - National Press Club on Genocide in Darfur

Washington Transcript Service 12-10-2004 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA, AFRICA ACTION, DARFUR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB ON GENOCIDE IN DARFUR, SUDAN DECEMBER 10, 2004 SPEAKERS: ADOTEI AKWEI, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA SALIH BOOKER, AFRICA ACTION OMER ISMAIL, DARFUR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT JOHN PRENDERGAST INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP DELIVER [* ] (...read more...)

12/10/04 - World Needs to Refocus on Darfur, International Organizations Say

By Charles W. Corey Washington File Staff Writer WASHINGTON--Using International Human Rights Day as their platform, four international human rights organizations called on the world December 10 to refocus its attention on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, roughly 100 days after the Bush administration declared that genocide is taking place there. Adotei Akwei,(...read more...)

12/4/04 - Stop the Genocide: Drumming and Voices for Peace and Justice in Darfur, Sudan

The Darfur fundraiser/consciouness raiser was a huge success! Over 700 people attended and Adat Shalom and our coalition raised more than $25,000 for relief efforts. The program included music, moving presentations about the crisis in Darfur , and speeches by advocates for aid. Musical highlights featured performances by Calliope, the Turner AME Memorial Church Choir (see photo, below), an(...read more...)

10/18/04 - Experts gather to discuss genocide in Darfur region of Sudan

Three of the panelists taking part in the discussion 'Darfur: How To Respond To Genocide' are (from left) Omer Ismail, director of Darfur Peace and Development; John Prendergast, special adviser to the president of the International Crisis Group; and Samantha Power, lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. (Staff photo Jon Chase/Harvard News Office) ...read more...)

10/18/04 - How to respond to Genocide in Darfur

October 18, 2004 Romeo Dallaire, Omer Ismail, John Prendergast, Samantha Power, Michael Ignatieff: Notes and video of the Forum discussion at Harvard October 18, 2004 Extraordinary and clarifying. That is how I would describe the discussion entitled Darfur: How to Respond to Genocide, held at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard earlier this evening. Ethan Zuckerman of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School has prepa(...read more...)

9/14/04 - Officials: Violence in Darfur continues after U.S. genocide call

SUDAN-GENOCIDE Sep-14-2004 (640 words) With photo. xxxi By Stephen Steele Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Attacks by Arab militiamen against black Africans in the Darfur region of Sudan continued even after the United States accused the Sudanese government of committing genocide, human rights and aid officials said. "There are daily reports of attacks; it never stops," said Omer Ismail, program director of Darfur Peace and Development. (...read more...)

8/3/04 - Diverse Coalition Issues Unity Statement and Call to Action on Sudan

Tue Aug 3 07:20:46 2004 Pacific Time NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Save Darfur Coalition, comprised of a broadly diverse group of faith-based, humanitarian and human rights organizations, has issued a Unity Statement and Call to Action in response to the massive humanitarian and human rights crisis in Darfur, Sudan. The purpose of the statement and of the newly formed Coalition is to raise public awareness and to mobilize North Ameri(...read more...)

7/21/04 - In Sudan Crisis, a Duty to Intervene?

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald Christian Science Monitor As public figures representing millions of evangelical Christians, Richard Cizik and Gary Edmonds generally see eye-to-eye on moral issues - except perhaps when it comes to mass killings in 2004. Staggering reports from the Darfur region of Sudan - where as many as 1 million Africans could die this year - have increased pressure on people of conscience to respond. Mr. Cizik is so troubled, he says, he i(...read more...)

6/29/04 - Press Release - Darfur Peace and Development

Darfur Peace and Development is a non-profit organization with offices in the United States of America, Europe, the Gulf States and Africa the Operation Office in Sudan, and Chad. The mission of Darfur Peace and Development, working in coordination with 34 grass roots organizations in Sudan and Chad, is to supports and initiate all substantive efforts to restore peace and achieve sustainable development and coexistence in the Darfur Region of Western Sudan(...read more...)

6/24/04 - Grassroots Efforts in Darfur

Grassroots organizations are getting more involved in trying to end the violence in Sudan?s Darfur region. One of those groups is the Darfur Peace & Development Organization. The president of the non-profit group, Suliman Giddo, says it has offices in the United States and Sudan; and works with 34 g(...read more...)

6/10/04 - Anti-Slavery Advocates Protest Annans Inaction

Published On Thursday, June 10, 2004 12:00 AM By HANA R. ALBERTS and TIMOTHY J. MCGINN Crimson Staff Writers As United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annans voice echoes over Tercentenary Theater during todays Commencement address, protesters hope that many in the audience will sport bright green ribbons to show their displeasure at his humanitarian record. In a demonstration yesterday afternoon at Cambridge Common, nearly 150 peopleinclu(...read more...)

5/10/04 - Sudan : More Reports , Little Action

AfricaFocus Bulletin Editor's Note The United Nations Security Council met on Friday in private session and heard a report from the UN Commissioner for Human Rights documenting a "scorched earth policy" and "repeated crimes against humanity" by Sudanese militia and troops in Darfur, western Sudan. But they failed to take any collective action other than pledging to "monitor developments." Also on Friday, Human Rights Watch issued its latest report(...read more...)

5/6/04 - Darfur Peace and Development's Testimony Before The US Congress

Committee on International Relations U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515-0128 =================================== Omer G. Ismail Program Director, Darfur Peace and Development May 6, 2004:”Ethnic Cleansing In Darfur” House Committee on International Relations In the wake of the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, the world that had said "never again" several times in the past, has come face to face with another h(...read more...)

12/15/03 - Darfur Peace and Development Appeal to the international Community

Humanitarian Tragedy in Darfur region of Western Sudan Darfur Peace and Development Organization (DPDO) is an international non-profit organization supports efforts to negociate, restore and achieve sustainable peace in Darfur region of Western Sudan. DPDO coordinates with 26 grassroots organizations working in Darfur for humanitarian assistance, peace building, rehabitation and sustainable development. Darfur region covers total area of 160,000sqm, (...read more...)

3/14/03 - 1st International Conference of Darfur Peace and Development Organization (DPADO)

Place: Richmond, Virginia (USA) Description The Conference will provide a forum to plan for an effective execution and implementation of the Mission of Darfur Peace and Development Organization (DPADO). Mission Statement The Mission of Darfur Peace and Development Organization (DPADO), a nonprofit and nonsectarian international organization, is to restore peace by establishing reconciliation among conflicting ethnic groups in the state of Darfur of(...read more...)

0/0/00 - YOU ARE INVITED TO A SYMPOSIUM

Continued challenges for Denial of Mass Human Right Violations on Friday, 4 April 2008 7 PM at Fordham Law School 140 West 62nd St. (off Columbus Ave.) Rm. 312 NY, NY 10023 Hrant Dink (1954-2007) receiving on his behalf his wife Rakel Dink Recipient of 2008 AASSSG Outstanding Achievement Award Dr. Richard Koenigsberg, Director of the Library of Social Science Giddo Suliman, President and Founder of Darfur Peace and Development Margaret (...read more...)

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