Dream for Darfur.
Thursday, March 27th, 2008A few days ago I wrote about boycotting the upcoming summer Olympics in Beijing based on China’s continued human-rights violations in Tibet. I’m now even firmer in my desire to have nothing to do with the Olympics based on China’s contributions to the atrocities in Darfur. I myself will be boycotting completely, but for those who don’t wish to go that far Dream for Darfur recommends a somewhat different course of action.
1. Write to the ambassadors of the US, the UK, Russia and France to the UN.Urge them to help China insist that Khartoum stop its obstruction.
Take action! E-mail the ambassadors.
2. Email or call the Olympic Corporate Sponsors.Send a letter to companies sponsoring the 2008 Olympics, hosted by China. (Our email system will let you do this with the touch of a button.)
3. Pledge to turn off the commercials of Olympic Sponsors during the Games.
Olympic corporate sponsors have been silent about China’s financing of the Darfur genocide, even as the sponsors are spending billions to enhance China’s image as Olympic host. If sponsors continue to ignore China’s complicity in the Darfur genocide, we will ignore their million-dollar ad campaigns.
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Here is a list of the corporate sponsors of the Beijing summer Olympics. If you are so inclined, drop them a message to let them know your opinions or even boycott them starting right now. Enough pressure may just get some of them to pull their sponsorship before the games. I will be sending out a flood of pointed e-mails very soon.
The Dream for Darfur Website has a wealth of helpful information so take some time to peruse it. I doubt you’ll be sorry–I certainly wasn’t.
As Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Carry on!
