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April 30, 2006

Genocide in Darfur

A rally was held on the National Mall before the U.S. Capitol to raise public awareness of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to… read more

A rally was held on the National Mall before the U.S. Capitol to raise public awareness of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to put public pressure on the administration to take action. The rally included thousands of protesters from across religious and political divides along with celebrities and politicians who carried various signs demanding stronger measures by the Bush administration to end the violence in the region.

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Tateos Abdalian Priest
Zainab al-Suwaij Executive Director American Islamic Congress

Manute Bol Professional Athlete (Former)
Maria Clark Brill Member Africa Action
Michael Capuano U.S. Representative [D] Massachusetts
Joey Cheek Olympic Athlete
George Clooney Actor
Nick Clooney Columnist Cincinnati Post
Jon S. Corzine Governor [D] New Jersey
Simon Deng Activist
Jendayi Frazer Assistant Secretary Department of State->African Affairs
Nesse Godin Survivor
Dick Gregory Activist
Steve Gutow Executive Director National Jewish Democratic Council
Richard Jacobs Rabbi New York, NY
Crispian Kirk Member NAACP
Richard D. Land President Southern Baptist Convention->Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Tom Lantos U.S. Representative [D] California
Joe Madison President Sudan Campaign
Erin Mazursky Member Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND)
Theodore E. McCarrick Cardinal Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
Ruth Messinger Executive Director American Jewish World Services
Kweisi Mfume President and CEO (Former) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Barack Obama U.S. Senator [D] Illinois
Abdul Rashied Omar Research Scholar University of Notre Dame Kroc (Joan B.) Institute for International Peace Studies->Islamic Studies and Peacebuilding
Donald M. Payne U.S. Representative [D] New Jersey
Nancy Pelosi U.S. Representative [D] California
Samantha Power Lecturer Harvard University->Public Policy
John Prendergast Senior Adviser International Crisis Group
David Rubenstein Member Save Darfur Coalition
Paul Rusesabagina Activist
David Saperstein Director Religious Action Ctr. of Reform Judaism
Marc Schneier Co-Founder and President Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
Al Sharpton Jr. Founder and President National Action Network
Russell Simmons Chairman Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
Kavneet Singh Member World Sikh Council
Bill Sinkford Minister Unitarian Universalist Association
Gayle E. Smith Senior Fellow Center for American Progress
Michael S. Steele Lieutenant Governor [R] Maryland
Brian Steidle Adviser African Union->Military Forces
Geoff Tunnicliffe Director World Evangelical Alliance
Gloria E. White-Hammond M.D. National Chair Million Voices for Darfur
Elie Wiesel Nobel Laureate Peace
Frank R. Wolf U.S. Representative [R] Virginia
James J. Zogby Co-Founder and President Arab American Institute

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Program ID:: 192217-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Rally
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Apr 30, 2006 | 2:09pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:: May 02, 2006 | 5:55pm EDT | C-SPAN 3

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Apr 30, 2006 | 2:09pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 01, 2006 | 1:59am EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 01, 2006 | 10:35am EDT | C-SPAN 3
May 02, 2006 | 5:55pm EDT | C-SPAN 3

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