this is a short note to encourage you to become more familiar with the genocide of darfur.  please visit:  http://www.savedarfur.org/ to learn the background and find out how you can help.

"Indiana is one of almost 20 states considering legislation that would
require removal of money from companies that operate in Sudan and are
complicit in the genocide.  Indiana is home to one of the largest concentration of Darfurians in
the nation and to a broad coalition of activists who have been at the
forefront of divestment. These concerned citizens were responsible for
Indiana’s divestment bill, HB 1484, passing unanimously through the
Indiana House of Representatives on Tuesday, Feb. 27. HB 1484 would
require the Public Employees Retirement Fund and the Teachers
Retirement Fund to divest from a targeted group of companies that are
explicitly aiding and abetting the Sudanese government and their
campaign of genocide in Darfur. Bloomington’s Rep. Matt Pierce
co-sponsored this bill. Citizens of Bloomington also pushed for the
City Council’s Resolution 06-15 Calling for the Immediate Action to End
the Genocide in Darfur, in which Section II urged Indiana to divest
from these targeted companies. This resolution passed on Nov. 8, 2006.

Now,
it is time to tell our state senators that we don’t want Indiana’s
money funding this genocide. Bloomington’s Senator Vi Simpson has been
very supportive of this bill. However, though it passed unanimously in
the House last month, HB 1484 is on the verge of dying in the Pensions
and Labor Committee of the Senate. It is time to tell the members of
this committee to invest in human rights by divesting from Sudan. Call
or write to senators Kruse, Delph, Young, Boots, Walker, Waltz,
Weatherwax, Deig, Hume, Tallian and Long and encourage them to do all
they can to see that a clean HB 1484 passes out of committee this
Wednesday.

You can learn more about divestment by visiting www.sudandivestment.org"

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