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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 1, 2005
Contact: Elizabeth S. Chouldjian
Tel: (202) 775-1918

ANCA TO CO-HOST DARFUR GENOCIDE VIGIL AT WHITE HOUSE

— September 8th Event Will Mark One-Year of White House
Inaction in the Face of Ongoing Darfur Genocide

WASHINGTON, DC – In an effort to encourage the President to take
decisive action to protect the people of Darfur, Armenian
Americans will join with a diverse coalition of human rights
groups at the White House on September 8th to mark the one year
anniversary of the Administration’s determination that genocide
is taking place in the Darfur region of Sudan.

The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is working on
this event in partnership with lead sponsor Africa Action and a
broad-based coalition including NAACP, National Council of
Churches, United Methodist Church, American Jewish World
Service, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, TransAfrica
Forum, Sojourners, Sudan Peace Advocates Network, Save Darfur
Coalition, STAND, Darfur Rehabilitation Project, Faithful
America, Greater Washington Jewish Task Force on Darfur, Human
Rights First, and Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.

The program will take place from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm on
September 8th at Lafayette Park in front of the White House.
The initial list of speakers includes Dr. Bernice Johnson
Reagon, representatives of the Darfurian community in the U.S.,
Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the National Council of
Churches, Aram Hamparian of the ANCA, and other leaders in the
effort to stop genocide in Darfur.

The aim of the gathering is to kick off a period of renewed
activism by people of conscience across the country to encourage
the President to take every step necessary to ensure an urgent
multinational intervention to provide security to the people of
Darfur. To date, over 400,000 people have been killed; hundreds
of thousands more are at risk in the coming weeks unless urgent
action is taken.

This event, the latest in a series of more than 1,000 recent
actions across the country, accompanies a nationwide grassroots
petition effort, which has gathered tens of thousands of
signatures in recent weeks. The ANCA organized a May 25, 2005
“Armenians Against Genocide” vigil for Darfur at the White
House, and has led community participation in Africa Action
protests, in demonstrations at the Sudanese Embassy, and in
supporting legislation to help end the Darfur Genocide.

For directions or more information, contact ANCA at (202) 775-
1918 or anca@anca.org.

For more information about Darfur:

To send a free ANCA WebFax protesting the Darfur Genocide:

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