4/8/2008

Cheyney University, Cheyney, PA.
Event for Annual International Festival with presentations by Dr. Ali Dinar and Burt Siegel.

4/7/2008

Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School
Assembly with movie and presentations by Muhdy Bahradin and Jim Remsen.

3/25/2008

Bala Cynwyd Middle School, Lower Merion, PA.
Assembly and movie about Darfur, with speakers Mahdi Baheraddin and Burt Seigel.

3/19/2008

Pepper Hamilton law office, Philadelphia.
Dr. Ali-Dinar and DAC colleague Eithar Abutaha were panelists at a program on Darfur legal issues presented by the Philadelphia Bar Association's International Law Commission.

3/12/2008

AFRO World Affairs Council, Philadelphia
Darfur Alert Coalition was partnering organization in panel program on the Darfur genocide.

3/11/2008

Community College of Philadelphia
Fatima Haroun and Lou Ann Merkle addressed Women's History Month talk on "African Women and War: The Case of Darfur."

3/10/2008

People's Light & Theater Company, Malvern PA
Muhdy Bahradin and Jim Remsen were featured speakers at a dramatic reading and educational talk about African refugee crises.

3/2/2008

Germantown Jewish Centre, Philadelphia.
Benefit for the Women of Darfur. Speakers were Fatima Haroun and Lou Ann Merkle, raising funds for solar cookers.

2/29/2008

AFRO DISCO Fluid Nightclub.
$1 proceeds went to DAC.

2/27/2008

Central Library 1701 Vine Street
The Genocide Intervention Network Philadelphia Citywide Discussion on the Genocide in Darfur, part of a series of discussions in the TALK ABOUT IT! program. This event was held in conjunction with One Book, One Philadelphia. Fatima and Ali Dinar were on the panel.

2/26/2008

La Salle University
Philadelphia Buffet dinner and speakers. Speakers were Jim Remsen and Mahdi Baheraddin.

2/16/2008

University Museum, Philadelphia
19th Annual Celebration of African Cultures. Dr. Ali Dinar spoke about Darfur.

1/17/2008

Dr. Ali Dinar, DAC President, addressed the Palm Beach Chapter of United Nations Association of the United States to speak about Darfur.

1/17-18/2008

Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
Ibrahim Hamid was keynote speaker at the 2008 Kutztown University Model United Nations Conference, which serves high school students from across the Mid-Atlantic region.

1/13/2008

Lighthouse Assembly of God Church, Pennsburg, PA
Educational program about Darfur for a joint program of Montgomery County churches. Suad Mansour and Jim Remsen speakers.

1/13/2008

Community Awareness Day
Sponsor: Upper Perkiomen Ministerium
Suad Mansour and Jim Remsen were speakers at an education program at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Pennsburg, PA.

12/04/2007

Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
Educational program presented by student STAND chapter. DAC member Ismail Ismail appeared on panel.

11/16/2007

Wharton School
Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Ali Dinar spoke at a Benefit concert for DAC, presented by the student-run a cappella group Dischord.

10/15/2007

Mutual Fund Divestment Rally
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Center City
Part of National Day of Action. DAC gathers 240 signatures, delivers petitions to Vanguard Group.

10/7/2007

“Dream for Darfur” Olympic Torch Rally
Independence Mall, Philadelphia
DAC is prime sponsor. Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek is keynote speaker.

9/17-10/5/2007

Darfur Multimedia Exhibit
State Capitol Rotunda, Harrisburg
Art & poetry displayed as legislature considers HB1140 divestment bill.

06/10/2007

Educational Talk
Sponsor: Arch Street Methodist Church, Philadelphia
Lou Ann Merkle and Dr. Ali-Dinar address morning worship services.

06/08/2007

Educational Talk
Sponsor: Congregation Or Shalom, Berwyn
Evening educational talk by Ibrahim Hamid and Jim Remsen.

06/08/2007

Panel Presentation
Sponsor: Leon Sullivan Foundation, at International House, Philadelphia
Dr. Ali-Dinar is on afternoon panel discussion at Darfur town meeting also featuring envoys from Sudan, China and the U.S.

05/29/2007

Town Meeting on Darfur
Sponsor: First Presbyterian Church in Allentown & area humanitarian groups
Ibrahim Hamid is on panel along with U.S. Rep. Charles Dent.

05/22/2007

Educational Talk
Sponsor: Congregation Beth Am Israel, Penn Valley
Ibrahim Hamid & Enid Adler address evening study program

5/22/2007

Out of Africa Art Exhibit - Debra Kapnek paintings
Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission
Hopkins House in Camden, NJ
Dr. Mahdi Ibn Ziyad, Fatima Haroun & Lou Ann Merkle speak

05/10/2007

Educational Talk
Sponsor: Strath Haven Middle School, Wallingford
Lou Ann Merkle addresses school assembly.

04/29/2007

“Drumbeat for Darfur” rally and march
DAC is lead organizer of communitywide demonstration co-sponsored by 40 organizations* and attended by 800 people
*see attached list of co-sponsors

04/27/2007

Philadelphia Youth Conference for Darfur
Sponsor: Darfur Alert Coalition, STAND & The Crefeld School
Student organizers Hannah Slipicoff, Sahar Dinar & others planned this Conference attended by Philadelphia area students to learn about the Crisis in Darfur

04/23/2007

Educational Talk
Sponsor: Kendal Continuing Care Community, Kennett Square
Corey Feldman gives presentation at current-events series at senior retirement complex.

04/22/2007

Educational Talk
Sponsor: St. Rose of Lima Church, Haddon Heights, NJ
Dr. Ali-Dinar gives evening presentation.

04/15/2007

Educational Program
Sponsor: Beth Israel Synagogue & Unitarian Universalist Church, Media
Lou Ann Merkle and Sahar Dinar give Holocaust Remembrance Day talk at joint banquet of two congregations.

04/02/2007

Educational Talk
Sponsor: Physicians for Human Rights Chapter,
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Emtithal Mahmoud and Jim Remsen give noon talk to activist students.

03/30/2007

Educational Talk
Sponsor: Temple Emanuel, Cherry Hill, NJ
Muhdy Bahradin and Jim Remsen present Passover-related talk at synagogue service.

03/23/2007

Educational Talk
Sponsor: C&C Athletic Association, West Philadelphia
Fatima Haroun addresses group's annual banquet and concert.

03/20/2007

Educational Program
Sponsor: Moravian College Amnesty International Group
Evening briefing to 40 activists by Fatima Haroun and Jim Remsen.

03/07/2007

Educational Program
Sponsor: Germantown Academy, Ft. Washington, Pa.
Two Talks to 100 students by Suad Mansour and Jim Remsen

03/05/2007

School Assembly
Sponsor: Friends Central High School, Wynnewood, Pa.
Talk by Fatima Haroun and Jim Remsen to 350 students

03/01/2007

Luncheon Award Program
Sponsor: Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Wyncote, Pa.
Lou Ann Merkle receives award for her activism. She and Fatima Haroun spoke

02/28/2007

Educational Program
Cosponsors: Chestnut Hill Academy, Springside School, Philadelphia.
Lou Ann Merkle and Fatima Haroun address 400 students and staff.

02/22/2007

Educational Talk
Sponsor: Temple U. Law School Black Law Students Assn, Philadelphia
Mohamed Ibrahim and Jim Remsen address 25 students

02/05/2007

Educational Talk
Sponsor: Jenkintown High School, Jenkintown, Pa.
Fatima Haroun and Jim Remsen address 50 students

02/04/2007

Educational talk
Sponsor: Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
Location: 8855 Germantown Ave. Phila, PA
Educational talk at church's service.

02/02/2007

School Assembly
Sponsor: Wissahickon Charter School
Location: 4700 Wissahickon Ave. Phila, PA
Afternoon address to assembly of 175 students, as part of school's awareness campaign about genocide.

01/29/2007

City Year Philadelphia
Location: Red Cross Bldg, 23rd & Chestnut
Informational talk to 100 recruits and other Americorps staff.

01/28/2007

Keynote address by DAC V.P.
Sponsor: Brown University
Location: Providence, RI.
Keynote address by DAC vice president Fatima Haroun at student-run Darfur conference.

01/21/2007

Informational Talk
Sponsor: GLORIA DEI CHURCH
Location: Jan. 21, 570 Welsh Rd., Huntingdon Valley, PA

12/13/2006

Crisis in Darfur
Sponsor: Ethan Allen School
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Speaker: Power Point Presentation and talk – Jim Remsen and Mahdi Bahradin

12/08/2006

Crisis in Darfur
Sponsor: The Crefeld
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Speaker: Power Point Presentation and talk – Lou Ann Merkle

12/03/2006

STAND Conference on Darfur
Sponsor: Swarthmore College
Location: Swarthmore, Pa.,
Speakers: Lou Ann Merkle – Panel on Student/Community Collaboration, Fatima Haroun – Workshop on Impact of the Crisis on Women in Darfur

11/30/2006

Crisis in Darfur
Sponsor: Temple University
Location: Philadelphia, Speakers: Dr. Ali Dinar, Fatima Haroun, Power Point
Presentation and talk – Lou Ann Merkle
DAC members Mohamed Elgadi testified in Amherst, MA town Resolution in Support of Darfur.

11/16/2006

Crisis in Darfur
Location/Sponsor: Miseracordia College
Power Point Presentation and talk – Lou Ann Merkle

DAC members Mohamed Elgadi testified in Amherst, MA town Resoulution in Support of Darfur.

11/11/2006

Location: Material Culture, Philadelphia, PA
Provide Literature: DAC Members

11/07/2006

Presentation on Darfur
Sponsored By: Springside School
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Speakers: Darfur Powerpoint Presentation by Jim Remsen & poems by Muhga Eltigani

09/17/2006

Save Darfur Rally
Location: Central Park, New York City, UU Church
Speakers: Fatima Haroun, Emtithal Mahmoud, City Controller Alan Butkowitz, LA Merkle Nov. 30

09/11/2006

Meeting with South African Delegation to UNSC
Sponsored By: The Darfur Consortium
Location: U.N. New York City
Speakers: Ibrahim Hamid, Ismael Adam, LA Merkle

07/18/2006

How Can We Be A Blessing to Families in Crisis
Sponsored By: Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Speakers: Darfur Powerpoint Presentation by Lou Ann Merkle Poems By Emtithal Mahmoud and Muhga Eltigani

07/07/2006

Responding to The Darfur Crisis
Sponsored By: Christian Brothers
Location: Conshohochen, PA
Speakers: Darfur Powerpoint Presentation by Lou Ann Merkle Poems By Emtithal Mahmoud and Muhga Eltigani

04/2006 to 05/2006

Darfur Speaking Tour

02/02/2006

Alert Sudan: An Eyewitness Account with Brian Steidle
Sponsored By: The Free Library of Philadelphia, DAC, The Urban League, JCRC, Beth Shalom Congregation and the American Jewish Committee. Location: The Free Library of Philadelphia, Vine St, Philadelphia, PA Speaker: Brian Steidle Slide Presentation
Lou Ann Merkle, call to action

01/26/06

100 Days for Darfur
Sponsored By: Muhlenberg University, Amnesty International, Moravian Church
Location: Allentown, PA
Speaker: Darfur Power Point Presentation By Lou Ann Merkle

12/08/05

Sponsored By: Jewish Community Relations Council, Genocide Intervention Network, Darfur Alert Coalition and others. Fatima Haround speaks.
Location: Temple Beth Am, Abington, PA

12/01/05

Film & Panel Discussion: The Lost Boys of Sudan
Sponsored By: The Free Library of Philadelphia, DAC, PA Eastern Keystone Baptist Association, Soutern Sudanese association, Group Against Torture, Jewish Community Relations Council & local relief agencies.
Location: The Free Library of Philadelphia, Vine St, Philadelphia, PA
Speakers: Mohamed Ibrahim, Michael Kuch, Joseph Deng, Fatima Haroun, Megan Mylan & Lou Ann Merkle

09/27/05

The Horror: Genocide in Darfur
Sponsored By: WILPF
Location: William Penn House, Philadelphia, PA
Speakers: Dr. Jerry Ehrlich & Lou Ann Merkle

08/10/05

Reception for Surviving Genocide: The Children of Darfur at The African American Museum in Philadelphia

07/26/05 to 10/02/05

Exhibit: Surviving Genocide: The Children of Darfur at The African American Museum in Philadelphia

07/21/05

U. S. Congress, Women's Caucus Hearing on violations against Darfuri women's rights and the use of rape and torture as weapons of war.
Sponsored By: Genocide Intervention Fund Fatima M. around & Suad Mansour present testimony Vigil for Darfur -- At the Capitol Reflecting Pool -- Joining thousands around the world from Nairobi to LA, to reflect, mourn, pray and act. Sponsored by GIF & Sojourners

07/07/05

Presentation: Philadelphia Bar Association Civil Rights Committee

07/02/05

Presence at LiveAid - DAC volunteers provide information at concert in front of Philadelphia Art Musem.

06/20/05

Presentation: Will We Let Darfur Be the Next Rwanda?
At The White Dog Cafe
Dr. Jerry Ehrlich, see Dec. 10, 2004 event
Dr. Ibrahim Imam, a medical doctor, an immigrant from northern Darfur and a member of the Western Sudanese Association will provide historical context for understanding the genocide in Darfur and also discuss his experience as a medical examiner of massacre sites in Darfur
Stephanie Nyombayire, a Rwandan and a student at Swarthmore College and an active member of Swarthmore Sudan and the Genocide Intervention Fund, recently traveled to the eastern boarder of Chad where 200,000 Darfurians have taken refuge. She will speak about genocide in Rwanda, what she witnessed in the refugee camps in Chad and Swarthmore's 100 Days of Action Campaign. www.genocideinterventionfund.org Rev. Isaac Miller, the rector of The Church of the Advocate and a founding member of The Darfur Alert! Coalition will describe the necessity of taking action now and specify what we can do to stop the killing in Darfur and get relief for the refugees.

06/16/05

City Council Resolution on Darfur passed

06/12/05

Presence at Odunde

05/21/05

Presentation: Delaware County WILPF Annual Luncheon

05/14/05

Presentation: Philadelphia WILPF Annual Luncheon

04/02/05

Action Briefing at The Church of the Advocate

03/27/05

Presentation: Bryn Mawr students

03/26/05

Presentation: Coalition for Peace - Arcadia University AM
Presentation: Peace Action – Swarthmore – PM

03/17/05

Vigil for Darfur at Philadelphia City Hall
Darfur Alert held this Vigil as part of a nationwide observance of a Minute of Silence for Darfur sponsored by Save Darfur

03/13/05

Presentation to Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration

12/10/04

Exhibit: Children of Darfur: Surviving Genocide
Panel Discussion: Understanding the Darfur tragedy and putting it on the US foreign policy agenda
Location: The Church of the Advocate

Rep. Joseph Hoeffel -- Co-sponsor of HR 467 declaring atrocities in Darfur genocide and urging the President to lead an international effort to end the genocide and impose targeted sanctions against those responsible. Recently, he was arrested while doing civil disobedience at the Sudan Embassy in Washington, D.C. Dr. Jerry Ehrlich -- A pediatrician with Doctors Without Borders, he treated refugees in Darfur for two months. Ms. Zeinab Eyega -- S. Sudanese women's rights activist, respected voice on the role of race in the crisis in Sudan. Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D -- Recently returned from Darfur, he leads the African Studies Center at the Univ. of Penn. Mr. Salih Booker -- Ex. Dir. Africa Action which is devoted to educating and mobilizing Americans and others to fight for positive U.S. and international policies toward Africa and to support African struggles for human rights, democracy, peace, security and development. Moderator -- Camilo Perez-Bustillo - leading human rights attorney, Director of Immigrants Rights program of the American Friends Service Committee

DAC played a leading role in building many Darfur Coalitions, in particular the Western Massachusetts Darfur Colaition (www.darfurwm.blogspot.com)

DAC also played a major role in bringing Darfurian witnesses to the Judgment On Genocide http://www.judgmentongenocide.org Court (75% of the Sudanese witnesses testified as a result of DAC efforts in this regard)