Darfur Alert is a Philadelphia Area Coalition of grassroots organizations that includes Sudanese and American educators, religious, peace activists, artists, businessmen, women, immigrants rights, African Americans, students, Darfurians, and other progressive activists who are committed to the support of the oppressed in Darfur and working together to stop the aggression and violence being waged against the people of Darfur.

The Darfur Alert Coalition is a Pennsylvania 501c3 nonprofit organization

Survivors are counting on us to mount an effective response to the atrocities that are threatening the lives of over 3 million people in the Darfur region of Sudan. The on-going humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan has awakened fears in the international community of another African genocide along the lines of the recent tragedy in Rwanda.

In response to the dire situation in Dafur many concerned people and organizations ---both secular and interfaith --- in the Philadelphia metro and Delaware Valley region have gathered under the organizational umbrella of the Darfur Alert Coalition (DAC). For the past two years DAC has played a leading role both locally and nationally in drawing America's attention to the plight of the Darfurian people.

A unique part of DAC’s organizational outlook is that our broad coalition counts on local Philadelphia area Sudanese and Darfurian immigrants to provide leadership in setting our priorities. People whose lives and families are directly affected by the crises, anchor our work in reality. DAC’s Darfurian and Sudanese members offer information and insights about the crises within a historical context, as well as strategic and situational assessments of unfolding events that otherwise would not make sense.

The mission of DAC is to sponsor events and engage in organized activities aimed at educating the general public and advocating U.S. foreign policy positions that seek a just and peaceful end to the Darfurian crisis while calling for the increased economic and social development in the western Sudan under the leadership of legitimate representatives of the Darfurian people.

DAC’s mission is also in helping to build networks linking concerned Americans with Darfurian refugees displaced by the crisis in their homeland. DAC seeks to assist these persons and their families by channeling resources to them as they reclaim and restore their land, lives and livelihoods.