Subject:  Unitarian Universalist Association president arrested for protesting at Sudanese Embassy! |
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Date Posted: 11:03:24 08/27/04 Fri
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Liberal
's message, ""Day of Conscience" For Victims of Sudan Violence" on 13:26:58 08/23/04 Mon
CLF-Announce
August 26, 2004
UUA News:
Sinkford Arrested while Protesting at Sudanese Embassy
(Washington, DC -- August 26, 2004) UUA President William Sinkford was
arrested yesterday in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, DC,
as part of an ongoing protest against genocide in the Darfur region of
western Sudan. The demonstration followed a special worship service at
All Soul's Church, Unitarian. In his sermon, Rev. Sinkford said, "This
is a day of conscience. We come to stand in solidarity with persons who
are suffering, who are starving, who are dying, who are being
raped.....Although there are many things we cannot change, we can change
what is happening in Sudan."
Among those arrested with Rev. Sinkford were actor/activist Danny
Glover, TransAfrica Forum president Bill Fletcher, Salih Booker and
Emira Woods, also from TransAfrica Forum. Thirty UUs from the
Washington, DC area participated in the public demonstration, including
about ten ministers. The August 25th embassy protest was part of the
"Sudan: Day of Conscience" actions organized by the Save Darfur
Coalition. In early August, Rev. Sinkford was one of the initial
signers of the Coalition's Unity Statement (text of the statement is
online at savedarfur.org/go.php?q=unityStatement.html). Sinkford urged
congregations to get involved, saying, "If we can help our leaders
understand the dimensions of what is unfolding in Darfur, thousands of
lives can be saved."
For the complete story, including photographs of the demonstration,
please visit the UUA home page at www.uua.org.
For more information on how you and your congregation can help, please
visit the UUA's Washington Office website at
http://www.uua.org/uuawo/new/article.php?id=457 and the Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee's Darfur page:
http://www.uusc.org/info/article071604_2.html
Other useful links:
Save Darfur Coalition: www.savedarfur.org.
Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/darfur/
United Nations News Center: http://www.un.org/News/
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