Though the suffering in Darfur seems overwhelming, there are actions you can take to help stop the genocide. Here are some ideas; feel free to come up with your own and let us know about them. Whatever you choose to do, no matter how big or small it seems, you can make a difference!


Get connected

  • Sign up for our email list and receive periodic email notices.
  • Check the Coalition website for updated information on events, campaigns and actions you can take.
  • Sign up with the national Save Darfur Coalition at SaveDarfur.org
  • Join the first Permanent Anti-Genocide Constituency, find out more at GenocideIntervention.net

Join an action campaign

  • Massachusetts state divestment from Sudan and Federal divestment legislation are good examples of successful action campaigns 
    • Click here to learn about the carefully written Massachusetts law to have the state pension funds divest from Sudan, and thereby ensure that taxpayer dollars are not financing the genocide in Darfur.
    • Click here to read about the US House and Senate passing the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act unanimously - 12/19/07.
    • Click here to read about President Bush signing the SADA bill - 12/31/07. 
  • Support genocide-free investing - Don't allow your family savings and pension funds help fund genocide.
    • Darfur activists from Massachusetts have begun a national campaign to convince financial institutions to make a commitment that they will not invest in genocide. Help us send a strong message to these companies to draw the line at genocide.
    • Go to InvestorsAgainstGenocide.org to get details and learn what you can do to help.1
  • Call 1-800-GENOCIDE or directly call the White House at 202-456-1111.  Ask President Bush to do everything possible to implement UN resolutions for Darfur and deploy peacekeepers for Darfur. You will speak to a communications coordinator who will take down your comments and then pass them on to the president's advisers. If you get a busy signal, please try again.
  • Support the International Criminal Court and the Judgement on Genocide
    • Click here to read about the first indictments by the ICC, including Ahmed Haroun, the former interior minister in charge of Darfur, since promoted to be Sudan's humanitarian affairs minister
    • Click here to send a message to President Bush in support of the ICC
    • Click here to watch the powerful, 17 minute, online video of the Judgement on Genocide Citizens Tribunal

Raise awareness in your community

  • Darfur Fridays. Make a commitment to take an action for Darfur, each Friday, on an ongoing basis. 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.
  • Remember Darfur in your community's prayers. Join the many congregations who've already had prayers for Darfur. Click here to download the "Prayers for Darfur Action Packet" It contains background information, sample prayers, actions to consider, and a list of resources. Contact your local clergy, and, if possible, meet with them personally. Ask your local clergy to consider using an upcoming date for a sermon on the theme of prayer and action for Darfur, a congregational moment of prayer or silence to reflect on Darfur, or a congregation-wide action in support of Darfur. Email us at info@SaveDarfurMA.org and tell us your plans. If you need help, let us know.
  • Organize a Teach-In, with experts on the situation and survivors of genocide, to educate yourself and your community. Contact the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur for help and to tell us about your plans.
  • Wear a green wristband. Hand them out to friends, family, co-workers, or anybody interested. Explain why it's important to draw attention to the situation in Darfur. Click here for wristbands.
  • Write an email to family and friends explaining why this issue moves you and why it is so important to take action. Click here for talking points.
  • Write letters, make calls, or meet with Members of Congress urging them to support Darfur-related legislation that can make a difference. Click here to find out about current legislation. Click here for contact information for Members of Congress.
  • Start a Banner project to raise awareness. See needhamdarfur.blogspot.com for information.
  • Post flyers around your community to increase awareness and educate others about the genocide in Darfur. Click here for resources.
  • Let the media know about any event you organize, to help raise awareness.

Raise and donate money

  • Donate money to relief efforts. Make a contribution to an organization that is providing humanitarian aid to the people of Darfur, such as: American Jewish World Service, OxFam and Church World Service.
  • Support the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur. Your donations will help to fund the coalition's events and activities. Click here to support the coalition.
  • Hold a fundraiser or a benefit - a bake-sale, car-wash, selling green wristbands to raise money for desperately needed food, shelter, medical supplies, and humanitarian relief. Use your imagination for new ways to encourage individuals to give to a deserving cause!

For more information on actions organizations are taking, around the country and in Massachusetts, go to www.savedarfur.org/section/take_action. If you have come up with a new action that you would like to list for others, please let us know.

Remember, no matter what you do, however big or small the action may seem, you are making a difference; you will not be one of the many who have stood idly by!