Friday, November 26, 2004
A time for thanks and a time for action.
While I hope everyone is enjoying their family and friends for Thanksgiving, I'd implore you all to read this article in the Washington Post entitled "For a small girl in Darfur, a year of fear and flight."
We're fortunate enough to have this opportunity to feast and be merry; others have to give thanks if they make it through the night alive. So while you're reflecting this weekend, give a little thought to those less fortunate, and remember that our world is one.
[800,000 died in Rwanda. So far, 70,000+ have died in Darfur. 1.5 million have been displaced from their homes. These aren't statistics; these are people. If you haven't done so already, write to your representatives and senators, talk to your friends. In a country where we have national security interests on top of humanitarian interests, we're standing idly by. That's despicable.]
"An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
--Martin Luther King, Jr.
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