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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

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I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. April 9 Attend a protest along the Olympic Torch relay route in San Francisco. Tell China to, "Extinguish the Flames of Genocide in Darfur." What can you do?

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Join the 29-Day Giving Challenge: Change Lives One Gift at a Time

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I was in a very dark period in my life dealing with a chronic illness (multiple sclerosis) as well as a major move from San Francisco to Los Angeles. I donated to a Relief International health clinic in the Zam Zam refugee camp in Darfur that trains indigenous doctors, midwives, and community health workers.

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Writing to Change the World

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She also won the 2005 National Magazine Award for Reporting for her article, " Dying in Darfur ," in The New Yorker. So I will intern at the Loft , prolly with young writers or spoken word. It was co-founded by two literary agents, Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen. On the opposite days, we work for a non-profit related to our study.

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$100,000 Grant: Polls Still Open in the Peace Primary - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Currently in the lead as of Wednesday afternoon are: True Majority American Friends Service Committee Union of Concerned Scientists Refugees International But like all elections, everything can change in the final week. Deborah Bain Deborah Bain is Director of Communications and Marketing for Ploughshares Fund , San Francisco, CA.

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