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As many as 450,000 people have died.
Over 2.5 million have been displaced from their homes.
Over 4 million are dependent entirely on humanitarian aid.
The San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition, founded in 2004, is an alliance of San Francisco Bay Area organizations, groups, and individuals working to stop the genocide in Darfur, end war in and bring peace to Sudan, and promote anti-genocide strategies.
Representative Constituent Organizations
Americans Against the Darfur Genocide
American Friends Service Committee
American Jewish World Service, Bay Area Regional Office
Bay Area Alliance in Support of the International Criminal Court
Cambodian Community Development, Inc.
Church World Service, Northern California/Northern Nevada Office
Congregation Emanu-El
Congregation Rodef Sholom
Dear Sudan, Love Contra Costa
Dear Sudan, Love Marin
Dear Sudan, Love, Petaluma |
Golden Gate Community Church
Holocaust Center of Northern California
Jewish Community Relations Council
Marin Human Rights Commission
New Sudan Generation
Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns, Archdiocese of San Francisco
Priority Africa Network
Progressive Jewish Alliance
STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur), UC Berkeley and Stanford University
Sudan Divestment Task Force
UCSF Darfur Working Group
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Tiburon |
Selected 2006-2009 Events
Sponsor, “Violence Against Women in Darfur: Film Screening, Discussion and Advocacy,” with Omer Ismail, ENOUGH Project, San Francisco, February 12, 2009
Participant, California Legislature Lobby Day for AB 498 (ban on state contracts with certain
companies doing business with Sudan, signed into law September 2008), Sacramento, August 12, 2008
Co-Sponsor, “China: Extinguish the Flames of Genocide in Darfur”, action during the 2008 Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, April 9, 2008
Co-Sponsor, Divest for Darfur National Day of Action, actions at Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo, and San Francisco financial district, October 15, 2007.
Sponsor, Global Day for Darfur, Interfaith Prayer for Darfur and World Leaders and a Film Screening of “The Devil Came on Horseback”, Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, San Francisco, September 16, 2007.
Sponsor, Presentation and Discussion by Dr. Ashis Brahma, sole doctor to 27,000 Darfuri refugees in Chad, San Francisco, August 9, 2007.
Sponsor, Petition Delivery and Vigil at Chinese Consulate in San Francisco, together with Save Darfur Coalition & affiliates in Washington, DC, New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, July 26, 2007.
Sponsor, Global Day for Darfur, “On Our Watch: Stop Genocide in Darfur”, interfaith prayer service at Old St. Mary’s Cathedral, April 25, 2007; rally at San Francisco Civic Center Plaza, April 29, 2007.
Conference Partner, “Stopping Mass Atrocities: An International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect”, Human Rights Center, University of California, Berkeley, March 13-15, 2007.
Co-Sponsor, “Post-War Challenges of Faith: Southern Sudan in the Shadows of Darfur”, Talk by Bishop Emeritus Paride Taban of Southern Sudan, November 20, 2006, SF Jewish Community Center, San Francisco.
Co-Sponsor, Global Day for Darfur, rally and concert in San Francisco, September 17, 2006.
Sponsor, Bonnie Raitt Concert Fundraiser, for the Darfur Peace & Development Organization Schools Project, SleepTrain Pavilion, Concord, September 17, 2006.
Co-Sponsor, Images of Hope from Darfur, photographic exhibition by Alissa Everett and fundraiser for Friends of the World Food Programme, San Francisco, September 14, 2006.
Sponsor, Interfaith Prayer Service for Darfur, Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco on Save Darfur Coalition National Day of Prayer, September 13, 2006.
Co-Sponsor, Rebels, Refugees, & Resistance in Darfur: Presentations and Discussion
about the Ongoing Genocide, featuring Shane Bauer, photojournalist, San Francisco, September 7, 2006.
Sponsor: Drumming for Darfur, a drumming circle, initiated by Africa Action, in an appeal to Darfur activists to “take to the streets”, including a prayer vigil led by Bay Area clergy, and Co-Sponsor, Surviving Darfur, a lecture and slide show at The World Affairs Council, San Francisco, June 20, 2006 (World Refugee Day).
Co-Sponsor: Darfur Days of Conscience in San Francisco, Vigil of 5,000 on the Golden Gate Bridge followed by Rally at Crissy Field, San Francisco, April 30, 2006.
Co-Sponsor: Voices Against Genocide Darfur and Sudan: Education to Action, Oakland, April 23, 2006.
Co-Sponsor: Paul Rusesabagina in Conversation with Georgette Gagnon, Deputy Director, Africa Division, Human Rights Watch, San Francisco, April 21, 2006.
Sponsor: Standing Against Genocide: This Time Darfur-An Evening of Reflection, Determination and Action, Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, April 6, 2006.
Co-Sponsor: Tour for Darfur: Eyewitness to Genocide, San Francisco, March 8, 2006.
In 2006, SFBADC members met with the San Francisco Consuls General of Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, and Luxembourg to discuss donations to the World Food Programme for aid to Sudan and efforts by their Foreign Ministries to end the Darfur genocide.
The list above includes only activities sponsored by the entire Coalition. Constituent organizations’ numerous events and activities include, for example, principal sponsor and developer of California Assembly Bill 2941 signed by Governor Schwarzenegger on September 25, 2006, calling for both state pension funds, CalPERS and CalSTRS, to divest from certain companies doing business with the Government of Sudan (Sudan Divestment Task Force) and a fundraiser with and speech by Elie Wiesel to over 1800 people (STAND, Stanford University).
Individual participants throughout the Bay Area organize grassroots advocacy including national postcard campaigns, call-ins and e-petititions to Congress, the White House, the State Department, and Representatives to the United Nations); rallies for divestment campaigns; meetings with members of Congress and Senators Feinstein’s and Boxer’s staffs; US Presidential Envoy to Sudan, State Department Sudan Desk, and numerous local educational/awareness events and fundraising activities for humanitarian aid.
Intern with the Coalition!
A number of internship opportunities are available with the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition. If you are interested in finding out more about these positions, please email info@darfursf.org today.
Here’s what Anisha Gupta, a Summer 2007 Intern, has to say about her experience:
An internship with the San Francisco Bay Area Darfur coalition is a prime opportunity to gain comprehensive insight into one of the most deeply involved grassroots organizations in the Bay Area. A small non-profit with huge projects and vast goals, the SFBADC is involved with divestment, advocacy, lobbying, education, aid work, and about a million other things. As an intern I was able to participate in every aspect of the Darfur movement and experience a broad spectrum of the non-profit world. From sitting in on important board meetings to researching newspaper coverage, to attending large-scale activist events, my summer internship was an incredible learning experience. Not only did my knowledge of the Darfur situation expand infinitely, but I was able to gain valuable skills crucial for any kind of public policy or service work. Working with the SFBADC was an immensely gratifying summer experience; not only for the education I received, but also for the people I met. With an internship here, you will be working with some of the most dedicated, driven, determined people you will ever meet. My experience was a challenging, formative, and dynamic one—one that I am so fortunate to have had.
