About
Contact: info@darfursf.org or call 415-221-8400.
The San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition (SFBADC) is an alliance of diverse organizations and individuals working to end genocide in Darfur, help facilitate peace in all of Sudan, and further anti-genocide strategies. 
SFBADC’s activities emphasize awareness and education about the root causes of the current situation in Sudan and advocacy with the US government. We make numerous presentations to middle and high school students, colleges, civic organizations, and faith-based groups. SFBADC organizes free open-to-the-public
events with speakers, films and discussions throughout the year. We promote activism to engage the U.S. government to lead the international community in enforcing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 (CPA) and end violence throughout Sudan.
SFBADC pioneered “Darfur Friday”, weekly action alerts to its participants.
Our leadership is in ongoing communication (by correspondence, phone and personal visits) with the offices of California Senators Feinstein and Boxer and SF Bay Area representatives in Congress on issues regarding Sudan and anti-genocide measures.
SFBADC is one of many similar community coalitions around the United States formed for the same purposes and with whom we collaborate on various initiatives from time to time. We also work with ENOUGH!, Genocide Intervention Network and the Save Darfur Coalition; the three major national organizations working for peace in Sudan and the prevention of genocide and mass atrocities.
On August 14, 2009, the San Francisco community came together to raise awareness of the refugees in Chad.
San Francisco Bay Area organizations who support our work include:
| Americans Against the Darfur Genocide | Golden Gate Community Church |
| American Friends Service Committee | Holocaust Center of Northern California |
| American Jewish World Service, Bay Area Regional Office | Jewish Community Relations Council |
| New Sudan Generation | Marin Human Rights Commission |
| Bay Area Alliance in Support of the International Criminal Court | Marin Interfaith Council |
| Cambodian Community Development, Inc. | Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns |
| Congregation Emanu-El | Archdiocese of San Francisco |
| Congregation Rodef Sholom | Priority Africa Network |
| Dear Sudan, Love Contra Costa | Progressive Jewish Alliance |
| Dear Sudan, Love Marin | STAND (Student Division of Genocide Intervention Network), UC Berkeley and Davis and Stanford University |
| Dear Sudan, Love Petaluma | St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, Sausalito |
| Westminster Presbyterian Church, Tiburon |
Recent representative events include:
Awareness
Sponsor, “Sudan 365:A Beat for Peace in San Francisco“, featuring SF premiere of “Rebuilding Hope”, a documentary by Jen Marlowe, San Francisco, January 9, 2010. Photos
Sponsor, “An Evening with Adeeb Yousif”, discussion by Darfuri human rights activist in Darfur and in the U.S., San Francisco, October 5, 2009
Sponsor, “The Reckoning”, exclusive screening of film following the work of ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, San Francisco, July 23, 2009
Co-Sponsor, “Exhibit Darfur”, with San Francisco State University and Holocaust Center of Northern California, Genocide Prevention Month, April 2009
Co-Sponsor, “China: Extinguish the Flames of Genocide in Darfur”, action during the 2008 Olympic torch relay in San Francisco, April 9, 2008
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, 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.
Co-Sponsor, Global Day for Darfur, rally in San Francisco and Bonnie Raitt concert in Concord, September 17, 2006.
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.
Sponsor: Standing Against Genocide: This Time Darfur-An Evening of Reflection, Determination and Action, Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco, April 6, 2006.
Education
Sponsor, Violence Against Women in Darfur: Film Screening, Discussion and Advocacy, with Omer Ismael, ENOUGH Project, San Francisco, February 12, 2009
Sponsor, Presentation and Discussion by Dr. Ashis Brahma, sole doctor to 27,000 Darfuri refugees in Chad, San Francisco, August 9, 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, San Francisco, November 20, 2006
Co-Sponsor, Rebels, Refugees, & Resistance in Darfur: Presentations and Discussion about the Ongoing Genocide, featuring Shane Bauer, photojournalist, San Francisco, September 7, 2006.
Advocacy
Participant, Pledge to Protect Natl. Conference & Lobby Day, Washington, DC, November 6-9, 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, Divest for Darfur National Day of Action, actions at Franklin Templeton Investments, San Mateo, and San Francisco financial district, October 15, 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.
