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Monday, May 01, 2006

Save Darfur

Yesterday's rally on the National Mall organized by the Coalition for Darfur didn't break any attendance records, but the remarkable diversity of the crowd did turn a lot of heads. As the Post's front-page headline put it: "Divisions Cast Aside in Cry for Darfur:"

[The rally] brought together people from dozens of backgrounds and affiliations, many of whom strongly disagree politically and ideologically on many issues....

Among the speakers were Rabbi David Saperstein; Al Sharpton; Joe Madison, a black liberal radio talk show hose who has been pushing the issue; Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention; rap and fashion mogul Russell Simmons; a former basketball star Manute Bol, who is himself Sudanese.

Perhaps most striking of all were two speakers: Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, the great living reminder of the Holocaust; and Paul Rusesabagina, the hero who inspired the movie Hotel Rwanda. Said Wiesel: "As I Jew, I'm here because when we needed people to helpu us, nobody came. Therefore, we're here." Added Rusesabagina: "As Rwanda has been abandoned, Darfur is also abandoned."

Let's hope those holding national power within earshot of the Mall were listening.
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