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April 26 event to aid Darfur refugees.
Karen Gales
Special to the Jewish News
A
pril is Genocide Awareness
month and the Save Darfur
Coalition has been asking its
members via e-mail to raise awareness in
their communities. The message stopped
Illana Stern in her tracks. She knew that
she needed to do something and she
reached out to her friends for help.
Through an e-mail, Stern brought atten-
tion to the atrocities happening in Darfur,
in the western part of Sudan, Africa. Since
2003, more than 400,000 people have been
murdered and 2.5 million people have been
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displaced after the pil-
laging of their villages.
Women and chil-
dren are systematically
raped and left for dead.
Survivors are sent to
over-crowded refugee
camps where they lack
adequate sanitary con-
ditions, medical treat-
ment and aid.
Stern's e-mail
sparked interest from
nine Metro Detroit young adults. We
quickly planned "Act Now for Darfur
— A Call to Action" to be held 4-6 p.m.
Sunday, April 26, at the Holocaust
Memorial Center in Farmington Hills.
Abubakar, a Darfuri refugee, will
tell what is happening in his homeland.
Paula Bolton, a Holocaust survivor, will
reaffirm the world's commitment to
"Never Again." The event will be emceed
by Rabbi Joshua Bennett of Temple Israel
of West Bloomfield. He will lead a "Call
to Action" where event participants
will ask President Obama to act on his
promise of "unstinting resolve to end the
genocide."
The group has also adopted a fund-
raising project sponsored by Jewish
World Watch to purchase solar cookers
for the Darfur refugees living in the
camps. As women search outside the
camps for firewood to prepare meals,
many have been robbed, raped and
murdered.
The Solar Cooker Project "provides a
way for us to overcome what has come
to be known as compassion fatigue
says Liz Beresh. "We know we cannot
possibly respond to every injustice
that arises around the world, but a
$30 donation to buy a solar cooker kit
[which includes two solar cookers and
a year's supply of materials] can help
protect those whose lives are threatened
by violence and conflict."
Illan Stern reminds that the Torah
teaches tikkun olam, repairing the world.
"We can repair the world by showing
compassion for the Darfurian people
who are not free she says. "We have
both a moral and a religious obligation
to become involved." E
To view the group's video or to make a dona-
tion to the Solar Cooker Project, visit: www.
firstgiving.org/darfurawareness.
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The planning group, from left, top: Laura Markle, Brooke Weingarden, Karen
Gales, Mary Garrido and Andy Bockneck. Bottom: Bradley Steel, Noah Stern,
Illana Stern, Erika Bockneck and Liz Beresh.