Africa: 300 High Schools, Colleges Participate in 'DarfurFast' To Raise Funds For Peacekeepers

5 October 2006
Genocide Intervention Network (Washington, D.C.)
press release

Washington, D.C. — 'Your Activism Challenges the Conscience of the World,' Says Nancy Pelosi.

Students at more than 300 high schools and colleges on four continents participated today in a fundraising drive for civilian protection in Darfur, Sudan. " DarfurFast " included participation from actors Don Cheadle and Allison Janney, authors Nicholas Kristof and Dave Eggers, Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek, and US Special Envoy to Sudan Andrew Natsios.

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