Welcome to the Ask the Candidates press room. Ask the Candidates is a national campaign to encourage all presidential candidates to prioritize ending the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. It is sponsored by four leading anti-genocide organizations.
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Iowa activist Brenda Schumann was featured today by Radio Iowa for the work that she is doing to call attention to the genocide in Darfur. In the lead-up to the Iowa Caucuses, Brenda traveled to campaign events with her grandson's Flat Stanley. She would ask the candidates to take a picture with Flat Stanley, and then hit them with a Darfur question! Read more about Brenda's great work below.
"We developed a relationship within the (presidential) campaigns themselves," said Sribnick, who credited high school and college students with much of the legwork. "This happened as a result of attending multiple town meetings."
Iowan activists discuss the impact and purpose of our Ask the Candidates' trainings in The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, IA.
Our Iowa training for Ask the Candidates activists was profiled in The Daily Iowan. Check it out!
Washington — The three leading activist organizations committed to ending the atrocities and violence in Darfur today released a questionnaire highlighting the positions of Senators John McCain and Barack Obama on ending the violence and suffering for millions of Darfuris.
Washington — In a full-page Manchester Union Leader advertisement, five hundred New Hampshire primary voters pressed both Republican and Democratic presidential candidates to outline a clear policy to end the suffering in Darfur and to make preventing future atrocities a priority in campaigns. The advertisement is the latest phase of a multi-faceted campaign by Darfur advocates — including the Save Darfur Coalition, the Genocide Intervention Network, American Jewish World Service, the ENOUGH Project, and STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition — that includes on-the-ground advocacy, billboard advertisements and grassroots outreach.
Des Moines, Iowa — Late last night, in a bipartisan show of force, the United States Senate unanimously passed the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act which would authorize state and local governments to divest from companies that support the Khartoum government and prohibit federal contracts with those companies.
Washington — In a full-page Des Moines Register advertisement, more than seven hundred Iowa caucus-goers pressed both Republican and Democratic presidential candidates to outline a clear policy to end the suffering in Darfur and to make the preventing future atrocities a priority in their campaigns. The advertisement, signed by hundreds of Iowans including Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, is the latest phase of a multi-faceted voter education campaign by Darfur advocates - including the Save Darfur Coalition, the Genocide Intervention Network, American Jewish World Service, the ENOUGH Project, and STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition - that includes on-the-ground advocacy, billboard advertisements and grassroots outreach.
Washington — “Ask the Candidates,†an interactive nationwide campaign to make ending the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, a priority for all of the 2008 presidential candidates, is making headway in Iowa. Currently the focus is on early primary states such as Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Washington — ENOUGH, the Genocide Intervention Network, the Save Darfur Coalition, and STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition launched, “Ask the Candidates,†an interactive nationwide campaign to make ending the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, a priority for all of the 2008 presidential candidates.