Gaia: Learn, Share, Act for Darfur and Beyond - Divestment

Re: Sudan Divestment Task Force

http://Morgenlicht.gaia.com — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:45:26 GMT

Results are happening. Massachussetts was the latest state to divest.
Below is a map from the Sudan Divestment website on the current status of state divestment. We need to push those grey states over the edge and get the yellow ones to jump on board!

http://www.sudandivestment.org/home.asp

Re: results of vote on bill

http://Morgenlicht.gaia.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:06:15 GMT

This is good news! Hopefully this will start a domino effect for the other states still working on divestment to follow suit.

Below is a map from the Sudan Divestment website on the current status of state divestment. We need to push those grey states over the edge and get the yellow ones to jump on board!

http://www.sudandivestment.org/home.asp

results of vote on bill

http://maryrives.gaia.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:52:34 GMT

i called congressman olver's office. this is what i was told:

"further proceedings will be post-poned
it is doubtful that it will come back."

then thewoman said she would double check and this is the news:

THE BILL PASSED!

THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS WILL BE DIVESTING FROM DARFUR. (YOU KNOW US, THE GAY BAY STATE!) MORE INFO TO FOLLOW!

Re: Urgent--BIll on floor of congress today! Please call in quick

http://maryrives.gaia.com — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:48:26 GMT

thanks, mike. i wll check to see if teh bill passed right now!

mary

Re: Urgent--BIll on floor of congress today! Please call in quick

http://Morgenlicht.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:29:59 GMT

Mary your post doesn't seem to be coming all the way through. It shows up in the edit screen but not when you post.

Here is a link to the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur and information about the bill -http://savedarfurma.googlepages.com/

HR180 supports the right of states and funds to divest

HR180, the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act, passed the Financial Services Committee. This legislation would protect the right of states and mutual funds to divest from companies doing business with the Sudanese government and prohibit U.S. government contracts with companies that disproportionately benefit the Sudanese government. Thanks to Chairman Barney Frank for his leadership on this bill.
Call your Congressman to support HR180 when it comes to a floor vote on Monday, 7/30.
Here's a sample script:
My name is __________ and I'm from __________. I'm calling thank the Congressman for supporting Darfur and ask him to do everything he can to pass the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act, HR180, when it comes to the floor for a vote on Monday July 30. As a constituent, it is important to me that the U.S. does everything possible to end the genocide in Darfur.
Please call and leave a message as soon as you can!
Mike Capuano - (202) 225-5111
Barney Frank - (202) 225-5931
Jim McGovern - (202) 225-6101
Marty Meehan - VACANT
John Olver - (202) 225-5335
William Delahunt - (202) 225-3111
Steven Lynch - (202) 225-8273
Ed Markey - (202) 225-2836
Richard Neal - (202) 225-5601
John Tierney - (202) 225-8020
If you are unsure whom to call, visit http://www.wheredoivotema.com/

Urgent--BIll on floor of congress today! Please call in quick!

http://maryrives.gaia.com — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:24:54 GMT

Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur

Email blast

July 28, 2007

Supporters of the Massachusetts Coalition -

HR180 is coming to a floor vote on Monday, 7/30, in the US House of Representatives. Call and leave a message of support with your Congressman. Details below.

Save the date - Sunday, October 7 is confirmed as the date for the Boston Dream for Darfur Torch Relay and Rally. To help, contact Jirair Ratevosian at jratevosian@gmail.com.

Keep Darfur activism alive during the summer. Participate in Darfur Fridays. Details below.

Support Divesting from Sudan - call your Congressman by 7/30!

HR180 supports the right of states and funds to divest

HR180, the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act, passed the Financial Services Committee. This legislation would protect the right of states and mutual funds to divest from companies doing business with the Sudanese government and prohibit U.S. government contracts with companies that disproportionately benefit the Sudanese government. Thanks to Chairman Barney Frank for his leadership on this bill.

Call your Congressman to support HR180 when it comes to a floor vote on Monday, 7/30.

Here's a sample script:
My name is __________ and I'm from __________. I'm calling thank the Congressman for supporting Darfur and ask him to do everything he can to pass the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act, HR180, when it comes to the floor for a vote on Monday July 30. As a constituent, it is important to me that the U.S. does everything possible to end the genocide in Darfur.

Please call and leave a message as soon as you can!
Mike Capuano - (202) 225-5111
Barney Frank - (202) 225-5931
Jim McGovern - (202) 225-6101
Marty Meehan - VACANT
John Olver - (202) 225-5335
William Delahunt - (202) 225-3111
Steven Lynch - (202) 225-8273
Ed Markey - (202) 225-2836
Richard Neal - (202) 225-5601
John Tierney - (202) 225-8020

If you are unsure whom to call, visit www.wheredoivotema.com

Support Fidelity divestment from Sudan

Listen to the WBUR public radio story on Fidelity, Darfur Divestment, and HR180 , which aired on Morning Edition on 7/26. A similar, shorter story aired nationally on public radio's Marketplace on 7/23.

Read about the proposed Basic Principle for Ethical Investment, Fidelity's partial divestment, the campaign's response, and the latest press at FidelityOutOfSudan.com.

Dream for Darfur campaign to pressure China to help Darfur

The campaign to focus attention on China's role in abetting the genocide in Darfur

Click here to sign Dream for Darfur's petition to the IOC

Save the date for the Boston Torch Relay and Rally, confirmed for Sunday, October 7.

To help with the Boston event, contact Jirair Ratevosian at jratevosian@gmail.com.

Visit DreamForDarfur.org for news and suggested actions. Read about the strategy of the campaign, why it is not a boycott, and the plans for international and national torch relays to call attention to China's connection to the genocide in Darfur while planning the 2008 Beijing Olympics. If China acts, the world can avoid having a Genocide Olympics in 2008.

Strategy, policy and updates on Darfur from ENOUGHproject.org

Visit SaveDarfurMA.org or ENOUGHproject.org for links to ENOUGH policy papers and events

Click here to read the ENOUGH's new paper analyzing proposals for a no-fly zone

Read "Peacekeeping for Protection and Peace in Darfur: Requirements for Success for the UN-AU Hybrid Mission"

Read "An Axis of Peace for Darfur: US, France, and China"

Listen to "What to do about Darfur?" debate between John Prendergast and Alex de Waal at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 30.

Read the first and seminal strategy paper from ENOUGH for a comprehensive view of what to do for Darfur, including history, obstacles, lessons on what has worked and not worked, a critique of the movement to save Darfur, how to make it more effective, and specific recommendations for policy.

Darfur Fridays through August 31

Keep Darfur activism alive and well through the summer

Make a commitment to take an action for Darfur, each Friday through August 31st. Wear a Darfur t-shirt; take one action for Darfur; invite one person to join Darfur Fridays.

Show your support for Darfur by including your picture in the Darfur Friday Photo Album at DarfurSF.org

Thanks to the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition for initiating and sharing the idea of Darfur Fridays.

Watch videos of Darfur supporters at 24HoursForDarfur.org

Watch short video appeals from Eric Reeves, Samantha Power, John Edwards and hundreds of others. You can submit your own appeal and have it posted, too.

Massachusetts State Divestment from Sudan

The Sudan Divestment bill for Massachusetts will have to wait until September, when the House reconvenes. The Massachusetts bill for Sudan divestment by the state pension fund was expected to be voted on on 7/26. Unfortunately time ran out in the session as debate on other matters took much longer than expected.
Thanks to all who contacted their State Reps to support the bill. The strong support from constituents is reflected in the expectation that the House would pass the bill by an overwhelming margin, once it gets a chance to vote on it. Note that the State Senate passed the bill, S2225, unanimously.

Coming events - See details at SaveDarfurMA.org

08-08	Genocide Olympics? Ultimate Frisbee tournament, Dennis-Yarmouth HS [Note the corrected date for this event!]
10-07	Dream for Darfur Torch Relay and Rally, Boston

Eric Cohen and Sifa Nsengimana
Co-chairs, Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur

Sudan Divestment Task Force

http://Morgenlicht.gaia.com — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:06:06 GMT

Sudan Divestment Task Force

"As the coordinating entity for the Sudan divestment movement, the Sudan Divestment Task Force, a project of the Genocide Intervention Network, is actively involved in dozens of successful and developing targeted Sudan divestment campaigns around the world at the university, asset manager, city, state, and national levels."

The learning section on their site is here - Learn Divestment

Gaia: Learn, Share, Act for Darfur and Beyond - Divestment

Re: Sudan Divestment Task Force

Results are happening. Massachussetts was the latest state to divest.Below is a map from the Sudan Divestment website on the current status of state divestment. We need to push those grey states over the edge and get the yellow ones to jump on board!http://www.sudandivestment.org/home.asp

Re: results of vote on bill

results of vote on bill

Re: Urgent--BIll on floor of congress today! Please call in quick

Re: Urgent--BIll on floor of congress today! Please call in quick

Urgent--BIll on floor of congress today! Please call in quick!

Sudan Divestment Task Force

Results are happening. Massachussetts was the latest state to divest.
Below is a map from the Sudan Divestment website on the current status of state divestment. We need to push those grey states over the edge and get the yellow ones to jump on board!

http://www.sudandivestment.org/home.asp