Afrosphere Coalitions Day of Action for Darfur
Summary
New York, NY, October 23, 2007 --( After viewing the film Hotel Rwanda, the reality of life in a war torn zone where peoples were decimated in great numbers while the world sat by; created an awareness for many of us, who in a mostly free country had no real prior information to draw from.Celebrity gossip and other distractions from real issues that require resolution now as opposed to later, need to be abandoned in effort to become educated and empowered in a society that needs desperately to become aware of itself and its impact on the rest of the world.It created an opportunity for us to draw from the roots of humanity in our hearts, and take a stand so we may put a stop to the suffering of children, woman and men anywhere.After this a buzz began opening our eyes to the horrors Darfurians have been experiencing.Starving children and women, brutal systematic rape, murder and the displacement of citizens from their rightful homes are the reality taking place in the Sudan; and we have the power to change it.Celebrity gossip and other distractions from real issues that require resolution now as opposed to later, need to be abandoned in effort to become educated and empowered in a society that needs desperately to become aware of itself and its impact on the rest of the world.