As equal citizens celebrating Sudan’s ethnic, cultural and religious diversity
Sudan Refugees Gather for Solidarity Dinner April 29 in Washington, D.C.
Webcast Opens Momentous Meeting of Former Enemies to the World
Contact: Esther Sprague
415-713-2495 (cell)
Some 400 natives of Sudan, most who have immigrated to the United States from war-torn areas of Sudan in the last 10 years, will gather to celebrate their unity and protest the genocide in Darfur on Saturday, April 29, at 7 p.m. The solidarity dinner, which will bring together Muslims from Northern Sudan including Darfur and Christians from Southern Sudan – formerly enemies – along with others, will take place at Best Western Capitol Skyline Hotel, 10 “I” Street SW, Washington, D.C. The momentous occasion will broadcast live via webcast at www.stopgenocidenow.org.
The group will meet on the eve of Washington, D.C.’s April 30 Rally to Stop Genocide, which they plan to attend together. It is sponsored by non-profit groups Stop Genocide Now, Sudan Sunrise, Institute on Religion and Democracy/Church Alliance for a New Sudan, Sudan Council of Churches USA and San Francisco’s Golden Gate Community Church (GGCC).
More than 250,000 Sudanese are now living in the U.S. Participants will travel from at least 15 states including Texas, Georgia, Minnesota, New York, California, plus Canada.
According to GGCC’s Esther Sprague, an organizer of the event and activist in the movement to stop the genocide in Darfur, “One of the ways the government of Sudan carries out its agenda of stealing land and eliminating Africans is to pit tribes against each other. Hopefully, in a small way, this dinner will help build unity within the country.” Dr. Akec Khoc, former SPLM representative in France and organizer of the dinner program agrees, “Discussions regarding unity can begin and eventually be embraced by all of Sudan – guided by God and principals – realizing that Sudan’s survival is dependent on it and that compromise is necessary.”
The dinner, called Sudanese Standing Together, provides an opportunity for Sudanese to stand together as equal citizens and celebrate Sudan’s ethnic, cultural and religious diversity.
For more details, please read the attached PDF doc:
Sudanese_Invitation.pdf
Attached documents
