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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Susan Morgan, 617 797 0451

NEW GRASSROOTS ALLIANCE FORMS TO ADVOCATE FOR SUDAN

As Sudans government attacks civilians, Act For Sudan urges U.S. action

CITIES NATIONWIDE October 28, 2011 In a matter of weeks, when the rainy

season ends, a government-sponsored ground offensive in Sudans Nuba Mountains will

likely begin. The people hiding in caves and on mountains since fleeing earlier aerialbombardment by the government are weakened and starving. They will be easy targets.

Against this dire backdrop, American citizen activists and Sudanese U.S. residents fromacross the country have formed a grassroots alliance -- Act for Sudan -- with a mission to

end genocide and mass atrocities in Sudan. The new alliance is dedicated to advocacy

that is directly informed by the situation on the ground and by Sudanese people who

urgently seek protection, justice and peace.

The impending humanitarian catastrophe in the Nuba Mountains and in the neighboring

Blue Nile region is the latest government-imposed humanitarian crisis in a pattern that

has repeated itself for over 20 years under the regime of Sudanese president Omar al-

Bashir, an indicted war criminal. In these marginalized areas, as in Darfur, the

government of Sudan is violating basic humanitarian precepts of international law withtotal impunity.

According to Gabriel Stauring, Director of Stop Genocide Now of Los Angeles,California and a member of Act for Sudan, the alliance is run by volunteer activists and

its virtual headquarters is in living rooms across the country. We are a bipartisan,

interfaith group of individuals representing grassroots organizations nationwide,

explains Stauring. After advocating for Sudan for many years, we formed this alliancebecause we are distressed by the lack of action on the part of the international community

and the U.S. government to protect innocent civilians. Through Act for Sudan, we hope

to amplify our voices to elected officials.

With input from the diaspora and the displaced, Act for Sudan will base our advocacy

on what is right for the marginalized people in Sudan rather than on what may be

perceived as politically palatable here in the United States, says Bill Andress, Moderatorof the Sudan Advocacy Action Forum of Lexington, South Carolina and an Act for Sudan

member. We will use our influence as voters and people of conscience to encourage the

U.S. government to help protect the people of Sudan.

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Organizational members of Act for Sudan currently include: Americans Against the

Darfur Genocide; American Friends Service Committee; Beja Congress, GreaterWashington D.C. Chapter; "Change the world. It just takes cents; Connecticut Coalition

to Save Darfur; Darfur Action Group of South Carolina; Darfur and Beyond; Darfur

Interfaith Network; Darfur People's Association of NY; Essex County Coalition for

Darfur; Genocide No More - Save Darfur of Redding, CA; Investors AgainstGenocide; Idaho Darfur Coalition; Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur; Jewish World

Watch; Jews Against Genocide; Joining Our Voices; Lane County Darfur Coalition;

Orange County For Darfur; Never Again Coalition; New York Coalition for Darfur and

All Sudan; Nuba Mountain Peace Coalition; Nuba Mountains Advocacy Group, USA;Nuba Mountains American Advocacy Group; Operation Broken Silence; Our Humanity

in the Balance; Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition; San Francisco Bay Area Darfur

Coalition; Stop Genocide Now; Sudan Advocacy Action Forum; Sudan Unlimited; The

Institute on Religion & Democracys Church Alliance for a New Sudan; THEINSTITUTE on Religion and Public Policy; Use Your Voice to Stop Genocide

RI; Voices for Sudan; and World Without Genocide.

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Act for Sudan is an alliance of American citizen activists and Sudanese U.S. residents

who advocate for an end to genocide and mass atrocities in Sudan. Act for Sudan is

dedicated to advocacy that is directly informed by the situation on the ground and by

Sudanese people who urgently seek protection, justice, and peace. Our website at

www.actforsudan.org is under construction.