Here are a few links that provide information about the most up-to-date events in Darfur and issues regarding genocide in general. Please take a few moments to browse the websites.

Voices on Genocide Prevention: http://blogs.ushmm.org/

Genocide Intervention Network: http://www.genocideintervention.net/educate/monito...

Help Darfur Now: http://www.helpdarfurnow.org/

Save Darfur: http://savedarfur.org/content?splash=yes

Wrock for Darfur will be an all-day festival organized to raise both awareness of and funds for the refugees from the Darfur region of Sudan. Through the merging of the Harry Potter fandom and the Save Darfur campaign, the event will inform and excite attendees about becoming involved in the anti-genocide effort.

AUGUST 23rd 2008 at WARYAS PARK in POUGHKEEPSIE, NY
NOON to NINE pm

UVM STAND
SUMMER TAG UPDATE (4)

Wednesday, July 16th , 2008
ATTENTION: UVM STAND MEMBERS

Headline reads… ICC Calls for al-Bashir's Arrest!

Our officers have been chosen! Here is this year's leadership team:

Melanie Barron--President
Hannah Carlan--Vice President
Josh Frederick--Treasurer
Matt McCollister--Secretary
David Robeck--Public Relations

Any of the officers can be reached at gsuSTAND@gmail.com.

See you all in August!

Luis Moreno Ocampo, Prosecutor of the International
Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, Netherlands,
filed a document on the 14th of July 2008-
calling for the arrest and indictment of Sudanese
President Omar al-Bashir on 10 counts of
genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

Here are 4 informative websites worth visiting:
1) http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/07/11/
2) http://www.washingtontimes.com/themes/people/omar-...
3) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080714/ts_nm/warcrime...
4) http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/15/2303...

By Marlise Simons, Lydia Polgreen, and Jeffrey Gettleman
Published: July 15, 2008

PARIS — The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court formally requested an arrest warrant on Monday for Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the past five years of bloodshed in the Darfur region of his country.

This article is by Marlise Simons, Lydia Polgreen and Jeffrey Gettleman.

PARIS — The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court formally requested an arrest warrant on Monday for Sudan’s president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the last five years of bloodshed in the Darfur region of his country.

Since UN forces arrived earlier this year, they've been facing difficulties in Darfur. Shortages of supplies and government foot-dragging have been major obstacles. But the situation took a turn for the worse this week when a peacekeeping mission in Northern Darfur was ambushed by 40 armored vehicles. Seven peacekeepers were killed in the fighting, and 22 more wounded.

We finished off our 2007-2008 school year with a bang - it was fantastic. UC Berkeley STAND held its second annual Week of Action, and we tried to make advocacy a huge component. So we got Ben and Jerry (yes, the actual founders, IN PERSON) to come to our campus and hand out free ice cream in exchange for calls to GI-NET's anti-genocide hotline (1-800-GENOCIDE - if you haven't checked it out yet, do it now!).

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/13/darfur.prot...