Event: 30-HOUR FAMINE

• DATE: 3/28/2007-3/29/2007

• TIME: 1 PM (Wednesday)-6pm (Thursday)

• Description: On March 28, 2007, Global Awareness Club of Eastern Guilford High School is hosting the 30 Hour Famine. The event is sponsored by World Vision, an organization that fights against poverty and hunger suffered by families and children from all over the world including the United States. Participants in the Famine fast for 30 hours to have a small taste of what hunger is like for millions of starving people. In addition, we will raise money that is given back to organizations that help raise awareness for our cause.
  
  This year, our goal is to recruit 200 participants to fast and help raise money. Our fast will take place from Wednesday, March 28, 12:30 P.M. to Thursday, March 29, 6:30 P.M. During the fast, only water is allowed. If you have any health concerns or do not feel comfortable fasting for that long, feel free to drink juice or eat lightly.
  
  In addition, we are asking each person who participates to raise $20. All you have to do is get a sponsorer to sponsor your 30-hour commitment. It can be your family member, a neighbor, or a local restaurant any sponsorer will do. In fact you can even ask for donations without having a sole sponsorer. If you don’t think you’ll be able to meet this goal, please do not let this stop you from participating. However, 200 people raising 20 dollars each totals $4,000! The group/individual that raises the most money will be rewarded with some awesome prizes.
  
  There will be an after-famine reflection at chick-fila on Pisgah church Road (the new one) where we can sit and discuss our experience whiles enjoying some food (BRING YOUR OWN MONEY). The bring your own money thing is subject to change depending on if we can get chickfila to sponsor the fast so we can get free food.
  
  MILLIONS OF PEOPLE NEED YOUR HELP!
  JOIN THE 30-HOUR FAMINE AND TAKE A STAND!

EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT A SPONSOR FORM OR A FLYER TO PASS ALONG TO POSSIBLE FRIENDS OR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

White Tees for Change

New from Jessica Deal

From: Stop the Genocide (Global Awarness Club)
Date: Mar 3, 2007 11:21 PM


From: Jess
Date: Mar 3, 2007 10:37 PM




We need to change our world. There are other countries where hundreds, if not thousands, of people are dying each day because of their skin color. As you may have seen on the news (view the video here), Tyler Gibson and Mark Pieterson have started an amazing group at Eastern Guilford High: The Global Awareness Group (Stop The Genocide!) and are hoping to spread it throughout the country.

We need your help!

When: Monday, March 5th - throughtout the week
Where: Anywhere & Everywhere



Everyone is asked to take a simple white T-shirt and write on them: "It dosen't cost money to care about another human being." and then on the back "We can all change the world." And wear it on Monday, all day! Don't just wear it - but tell people why you're wearing it and what it means to help spread the word!

You can come up with any clever slogan (such as the one pictured above) which will get the word across to people the message that we're trying to spread. You guys are creative ... If you can think of something better to write, go for it! But seriously guys this will mean a lot. It seems like a small thing but thats exactly how everything begins. It all starts out small and it's up to YOU to make it expand and get BIGGER!

Margarete Mead once said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." So think about it. It doesn't matter where you're at. Brown Summit, GTCC, Page, Grimsley, another city or state - just do it from your heart. You don't have to come to anything and it won't cost any money. Just make the T-shirt and wear it the whole school day or for the week if you'd like.


Thank you all!!!
You are helping thousands across
the world with your actions.

Let's change the world for the better ...





We don't want this to be JUST an EGHS club ...

Get involved:
1) View this event on facebook.
2) Join the facebook group (the Global Awareness club) here.
3) Add the club as a MySpace friend!


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- Written by Jessica Deal & Mark Pieterson -

White T's For Darfur

Name:
White Tshirts for Change
Tagline:
because we all need to stop not caring
Date:
Monday, March 5, 2007
Time:
8:30am - 6:00pm
Location:
Anywhere and Everywhere
Street:
Anywhere Everywhre
336.848.2330
Email:
mark.pieterson@gmail.com

Description: I dunno but this seems like short notice but monday i was thinking it'll be thoughtful if people just made handmade tshirts with a sharpie and a white tee and wrote on them "it dosen't cost money to care about another human being" and then on the back "we can all change the world" or something nifty like that im sure if u are creative u can come up with a clever slogan. but seriously guys this will mean alot. i know it seems like a small thing but thats exactly what they all said till things began to escalate into bigger things. Or you can even use the quote I have on the picture just anything creative like that.Margarete Mead once said."Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." so think about it. I am definitely going to do it so ill look out for white tees tommorow. I dont care where u are Brown summit or GTCC or Grmisley, or Western just do it from your heart. You don't have to come to anything. Just make the tshirt and wear it the whole school day or for the week if you want to.

If you have a Facebook just search for White Tshirts for Change in events and you'll get it

Darfur: ICC War-Crimes Move ‘A Good First Step’

The decision by the International Criminal Court to name war-crimes suspects in Darfur was a sign of progress but there was still a long way to go before justice could be delivered, analysts said."Sudan is legally obliged to cooperate, but I see some complications," Leslie Lefkow of Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday.

"The key questions are what the pre-trial chamber decides and what the prosecutor does next. Sometimes, international justice takes a while to bear fruit."

Mariam Juma, an analyst at the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa, said that while the move was a good step, it could end up hardening attitudes against the United Nations."

It is too early to tell, but it is important to note that Sudan is not a signatory to the ICC; neither are the international powers that want to use the ICC," Juma said.

"While it is important that there is some movement on impunity, we need to ask: will it include rebel groups that have also been involved in atrocities? Will it also look at cross-border influences?"

ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo unveiled the court’s evidence on Tuesday after investigations conducted over 20 months. "The prosecution has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe that Ahmad Muhammad Harun [a government minister] and [militia leader] Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (better known as Ali Kushayb) bear criminal responsibility in relation to 51 counts of alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes," Moreno-Ocampo said at The Hague.

"These alleged crimes were committed during attacks on the village of Kodoom, and the towns of Bindisi, Mukjar, and Arawala in West Darfur between August 2003 and March 2004," he added.Sudan immediately rejected the ICC submission. Justice Minister Ali Al-Mardhi said Sudan would not hand over any person for trial by the ICC because "the court has no jurisdiction to try any Sudanese national for alleged committed crimes".

Sudan, the minister said, was responsible for applying laws within its borders in accordance with the principles of international law, adding that his country had not ratified the convention that established the ICC.In a separate statement, the adviser to President Omar el-Bashir, Majzoub Khalifa, said his government rejected the trial of any Sudanese national outside the country, on the principle that anyone who committed a mistake would be tried by the Sudanese legal system.

Neither the Sudanese people nor the Sudanese government would allow the trial of Sudanese citizens outside their homeland, he added.HRW, in a separate statement, said the case against the two Sudanese leaders was a first step in ending the culture of impunity associated with horrific crimes in the region.

"The ICC prosecutor’s request sends a signal to Khartoum and ‘Janjawid’ militia leaders that ultimately they are not going to get away with the unspeakable atrocities," said Richard Dicker, HRW’s director of human rights. "We urge the prosecutor to explain the significance of his action today to the communities devastated by crimes in Darfur."

CHECK US OUT ON THE NEWS

Check us out; We were on WXII having an interview with Bill Oneill about the Global Awareness Club and Darfur.

http://www.wxii12.com/news/11137992/detail.html?rss=gws&psp=news

Event: Darfur Diaries Screeening

Darfur Diaries: message from home (Film Screening)

This is the rare footage/documentary detailing the lives of Darfur refugees. This event is free and open to the public. However, donations are always accepted for Darfur's future!(The screening will have filmmaker Jen Marlowe present. The newly released companion book will also be available for sale. Earlier in the day, there will be a brunch and book signing - still waiting on those details!)


Time: Tuesday, February 27 at 7:00 PM
Duration: 2 hours
Host: erica h
Location: TwoArtChicks Gallery (Greensboro, NC)
609 Elm St.
standuncg@yahoo.com
Greensboro, NC 27406
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To RSVP click: http://www.savedarfur.org/page/event/detail/wrg5


Associated Groups: Charlotte Area "Save Darfur" Coalition, Europeans against genocide, STAND: Grimlsey High School
Directions: Downtown GSO...see www.twoartchicks.com for a map and directions 'finder' from your location.

Voices from Darfur (Save Darfur Ad)

400,000 in Sudan haven't lived to tell about the genocide.