Darfur Lecture at the JCC tonight

I attended a lecture tonight sponsored by the National Council of Jewish Women, Utah Chapter. The speaker was
Ruth Messinger, who is the current president and executive director of American Jewish World Service. She talked about her efforts to establish humanitarian aid and interfaith relief services for communities who have been impacted by the genocide in Darfur.

The speech was especially moving to some of the audience members who have been affected in their own past from the Nazi Holoucast. A refrain heard often in our culture is "never again", however, Genocide is happening in this time, right now, and not much is being done through our government to assist those who are being murdered in Darfur.

"A Million voices for Darfur" campaign, which involves calling the White House, and/or sending a postcard to our representatives in Congress. (President Bush, c/o AJWS, P.O. Box 96061 Washington DC, 20090-6061

Be ready to sign the postcards, call the White House and do your bit to assist in getting our "religiously oriented" government to help stop the murder in Africa.

Sheryl