Five years since the genocide in Darfur began, over 450,000 people have died, millions have been displaced, and the conflict continues. A United Nations-led peacekeeping force was authorized in July 2007, but it has been tragically slow to deploy and ineffective at protecting civilians. Meanwhile, the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended Sudan’s North-South civil war is at risk of collapsing. U.S. efforts to address Sudan’s challenges have failed so far because of a lack of political will to take the necessary action and a pattern of looking at each conflict in isolation.

From September 2008 to March 2009, join Africa Action in a new, intensified campaign to raise awareness about the continuing crisis in Darfur and ensure that the next U.S. president leads the international community in bringing peace and justice to Darfur and all Sudan. In June, both Barack Obama and John McCain signed a pledge promising "unstinting resolve" to end genocide in Darfur. We need public pressure to ensure that President Elect Barack Obama keeps this promise.

The JUST L.E.A.D campaign not only calls for leadership from the U.S. government but also challenges all of us to meet our collective responsibility as ordinary individuals to LEARN. EDUCATE. and ACT. DAILY. on the most important moral and solidarity question of our time. Africa Action is working with other organizations to collect one million postcards urging the next president to make Sudan a priority on Day One and throughout his term.

Take action by signing the postcard now.

Check out Just L.E.A.D. T-Shirts and other campaign materials here. Our latest analysis and organizing tools are collected below.

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