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Past Event Reports
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It began with the conviction of a single man and ended before US senators, congressmen, and news media. “Everybody is now talking about Sudan. The whole world is talking about Sudan. But nothing gets done. Just talk, talk, talk. Why not walk the walk?” challenged Simon Deng, 45, a former slave from southern Sudan. |
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Despite foreboding weather, a crowd of students, local activists, and families came out in November to support AASG’s Freedom March 2005 around Boston’s Beacon Hill—the seat of the nation’s original abolitionist movement. |
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175 conference participants attended workshops on how to initiate divestment campaigns and how to organize events while networking with the Sudanese-American community in activism efforts throughout the United States. |
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Last December, we organized a candlelight vigil at the Massachusetts State House, demanding that the state of Massachusetts divest its financial holdings in Sudan. |
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Over 500 people joined forces outside the United Nations on September 12, 2004 at a rally organized by AASG. With one voice they demanded that international leaders stop standing by while black Sudanese were being slaughtered abroad. |
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