DPDO has vigorously engaged in activities that educate the public to the situation in Darfur.
Omer Ismail with John Prendergast at the
Goz Baida Camp in September 2007
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Suliman Giddo with George Clooney
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DPDO representatives travel all over the U.S. to speak to groups willing to take action in support of the people of Darfur. View our List of Speakers.
Olympic Torch Relay for Darfur, Rwanda (Aug 07)
DPDO Vice President for Advocacy Omer Ismail stands with actress Mia Farrow and
a young Rwandan boy during the Olympic Torch Relay for the Darfur ceremony.
Appearances on radio and television programs include:
• CBS News
• El Jazeera TV ( English)
• Fort Wayne TV
• Deutch Radio - Germany
• BBC
• New York Times
• Indianapolis Star
• Mountain Star- VT
• NPR - with Kojo Nnamdi
• NPR - with Tavis Smiley
• NPR - with Ed Gordon
• Pacifica Radio - with Damu Smit
• Free Speech Radio News - with Susan Wood
• Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• BBC, C-Span, CBS News
• North Carolina Broadcasting Corporation
• Al-Jazeera
• CNN and CNN International
• Voice of America
Student supporters at Topanga Elementary School
• United Nations Security Council
• Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
• George Washington University/ DC Bar
• Congressional Black Caucus
• News Conference - Press Club, Washington, DC
• Human Rights Officers' Conference – U.S. Department of State, Washington DC
• The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
• Global Rights, Open Society Institute (OSI) - New York
• Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) – Boston
• American University
• George Mason University
• Georgetown University
• Duke University
• Open Society Justice Initiative
• University of Chicago
• University of Illinois
• Amnesty International
• Wayne State University
Stop Genocide Now: The i-Act Initiative
Interactive-ACTivism connects the surviving victims of this genocide with those who want to help, creating an interconnected community. i-ACT uses the power of the internet to put a face to the mind numbing numbers of dead, dying, and displaced.
Wear your support for awareness of the Darfur Crisis.
The apparel brand Human Intonation has designed t-shirts to benefit Darfur Peace & Developments work in Darfur. Human Intonation uses fashion as a medium to raise awareness about todays significant social and human rights issues. T-shirts are available through www.humanintonation.com.
(15% of sales are donated to DPDO.)
contact: info@darfurpeace.org 202-393-8150
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