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...PetroChina shares and green patches may be gone this year, but the students and the idealism of the Harvard Darfur Action Group (HDAG), a leading voice for divestment, continue to fight for justice in Sudan. Divestment was a good thing, but it didn’t finish the job. Since last spring, HDAG has received an infusion of new members from groups that had focused solely on divestment. People are still suffering and dying daily, and until the genocide stops, HDAG will have work to do. The crisis conditions resulting from more than two million displaced persons must be relieved...
...advocacy will continue by encouraging governmental and academic entities to divest from companies that do business with the Khartoum regime. Universities and state pension plans frequently hold significant investments connected to Darfur, but once made aware of the investments, many investors have been shown to be willing or even eager to part with them. The state of Oregon and Stanford University, for example, have already divested, and legislation is pending in several other states. HDAG acts as a catalyst in this process, researching which companies merit divestment and which institutions have holdings in those companies. Passing this information to decision...
...able to return to their homes. Thus far, the African Union (A.U.) has taken the lead in putting troops on the ground. To help finance the A.U. effort, HDAG raises funds for the Genocide Intervention Fund (GIF). It raised over $7,000 through its innovative Swipe for Darfur campaign and other donations during the last three months of the spring semester. This year, HDAG plans to adopt a refugee camp as a focus of humanitarian fundraising...
John A. La Rue ’07 is a government concentrator in Quincy House. He is a press officer of the Harvard Darfur Action Group...
...Sudan Situation your article "who speaks for her?" [on the violence against women committed by the Janjaweed militiamen in Sudan's Darfur region; Sept. 5] was badly out of date and portrayed the situation in a sensationalist and inaccurate manner. In recent months the government of Sudan, in cooperation with others in the international community, has taken significant steps that have stabilized and improved the situation in Darfur. The government agreed to take concrete measures to protect women against rape and violence. We are implementing those actions in cooperation with the U.S. and others. Sudan will address the problems...