Notre Dame’s “Enough” Moment 

Originally posted on the Genocide Intervention Network blog:

State Department Releases Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review

SmithSTAND and our cosponsor, the Global Studies Center, held a lecture by Dr. Eric Reeves on December 9th, 2010 at 4:15. Dr. Reeves, author of A Long Day’s Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide, is a professor of English and Literature at Smith and full-time Sudan researcher and analyst.

 Event Planning

Gen. Scott Gration, the Obama administration’s special envoy to Sudan, warned today of a likely delay in the two upcoming referenda, on Southern Sudanese independence and the status of the Abyei region:

Following weeks of targeted advocacy by the Sudan activism community–including over 1,600 calls to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton–the Obama administration announced today the appointment of Ambassador Dane Smith as the senior U.S. diplomat for Darfur. Ambassador Smith, who has served previously as the U.S. ambassador to Guinea and special envoy to Liberia, will join the current U.S. delegation to Sudan as the administration’s primary point-man on Darfur peace negotiations.

In January, history will take place in Sudan. The referendum has the potential to create peace in the war ridden country. STAND’s Edina High School chapter, in Minnesota, is holding an event on December 9th and 10th where Jamba Juice, Bruegger’s Bagels, custom designed t-shirts and more will be on sale. Petitions and actions will also be available for students to sign and send to our local representatives.