| The Save Darfur Coalition sent out an e-mail to supporters today:
"We've been following a crucial Senate divestment bill since this spring. With your help, the Senate has come close to passing it. But months later, the bill has been stuck with the Senate Banking Committee. We need your help - your senator is on the Committee and holds the key to passing this bill."
Chuck Hagel is on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee, which is sitting on this bill.
"Analysts believe that Sudan's government is most responsive to economic pressure. This divestment legislation can increase that pressure by allowing states to divest their pension funds from companies that help fund genocide in Darfur. It also prevents federal contracts from going to these "highest offending" companies. Already, 20 states have enacted divestment policies in an effort to stop the violence in Darfur. We must empower these and other states to fight the genocide through divestment. The House of Representatives passed their version of the bill this summer in a 418-1 vote. Once the Senate acts, the bill will soon be moved to the President Bush's desk to be signed into law - finally guaranteeing states' rights to divest from companies helping to fund the violence in Darfur and placing important economic pressure on the government of Sudan."
Please contact Senator Hagel's office and tell him to support the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act. You can also visit the Save Darfur's website to sign an online petition:
http://action.saveda...
Many people look at the genocide in Darfur, shake their heads and say, "What can I do? I can't do anything."
This is something you can do--take 5 minutes and do it. |
