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To place an order send an e-mail request to mrc@aiusa.org with your name, phone number full address and date of your event. Supplies are limited – order now!
- Postcards: Send postcards to your Members of Congress and Secretary Rice, as well as to the authorities in Sudan. Contact mrc@aiusa.org and we will send you a batch of each postcard action (there are two of them).
- Posters: Put them up around your school, in your dorm, in a community center or other place where you can help to raise awareness.
Got questions? Don’t hesitate to contact us! Call 202-544-0200 #282 or e-mail mrc@aiusa.org.
General Event Tips
- Wrap up with an action. Be sure that your film screening and discussion wraps up with an action in support of the ICC investigation in Darfur.
- Encourage participants to share what they’ve learned and encourage others to take action for justice in Darfur.
- It is important to have sign-in sheets at every event. Download a sample sign-in sheet. Sign in everyone who attends your events by posting someone at the door, or have members circulate in the crowd with clipboards at street theatre, vigils, group meetings, and letter-writing events.
- Follow-Up with newcomers. Be sure to invite them to your next Darfur event.
More Resources - Amnesty Links
- AIUSA's Program for International Justice and Accountability
- AIUSA's resource page on the ICC
- AIUSA's resource page on Sudan and the crisis in Darfur
- Sudan Release: National court for crimes in Darfur lacks credibility (June 2005)
- Sudan Report: Who will answer for the crimes? (January 2005)
- Sudanese Testimonies: No one to complain to (December 2004)
More Resources: Non-Amnesty Links
- The third report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to the UN Security Council regarding the Darfur investigation (June 2006)
- Questions & Answers on the Darfur Investigation (The American NGO Coalition for the ICC)
- The official International Criminal Court website
- American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the ICC
- Coalition for the ICC (international)
