Day 1: Reading & Blogging for Darfur
Well, it’s day one of the Reading & Blogging for Darfur campaign! From this post and here on out for the rest of the month, we’ll be trying to raise some awareness for the people of Darfur. Click here to learn how you can join in and here to watch a video of ME!
Well, we had plans to day to visit Red Butte gardens because it was a free day but after a crazy, crazy hail storm we decided to stay home. My husband took the kids and went to Toys ‘R Us. He claims it’s to buy some small incentive toys for our little guy to help with potty training (he stayed dry all through church yesterday, yay!), but I know better. He loves toy stores. At 30, he’s just one big kid! So without the kiddos here at the moment and the house to myself, I’ve managed to get some reading done and this post put up.
Thank you to EVERYBODY who have already gotten involved!! Yay!!!!!!! More appreciated than you know.
I thought I would start off with some links to help us learn about the current situation:
Darfur book and video recommendations Don’t forget for each video or book you read, I’ll donate 50 cents to an organization that makes a difference for Darfurians. If you have a blog and you review that book or video I’ll donate 50 cents more. Think of it as a mini-challenge. Plus, one of the points is to have you learn something and to share that with your friends, family and blog readers. All of these are also listed in my Amazon store.
My book review of The Translator by Daoud Hari This is a great memoir by Daoud Hari that chronicles his attempts at bringing western journalists into the country to give eyewitness account of the genocide.
My book review of Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond by Don Cheadle and Jon Prendergast. This is a fantastic book that details specific ways that you can make a difference. It was after reading this book that I thought to myself, wow, it’s easy to do something.
My book review of The Sudan Project by Melissa Leembruggen and an interview with the author. This is a great book that helps children understand what is going on in the Darfur region.
Take a moment and visit these links and of course, drop some comments along the way. I’ll donate ten cents per comment received in September.
External links that will also help you learn more about Darfur.
www.notonourwatchbook.com
www.enoughproject.org
www.savedarfur.org
www.crisisgroup.org
www.sudanreeves.org
www.darfurisdying.com
www.genocideintervention.net
www.deomocracyinaction.org
www.beawitness.org
www.sudandivestment.org
www.standnow.org
www.darfurreachanddevelopment.org
www.darfurscores.org
Videos about Darfur (may not be suitable for younger viewers):
Category: Bookish Musings & Miscellany, The Community
Tags: Darfur, Darfur Awareness Campaign, Genocide, Sudan
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Wow, thanks for all the great links and videos. I haven’t even put up a post about your project yet, and here you are starting already! Time flies. Anyway, you won that Emily D bookmark, even though you were the first guesser! So please email me your mailing address? I think I might have it already, but a new email will remind me to pack up the prize.
on September 1st, 2008 at 1:14 pmToy stores are the best! This is a wonderful challenge for a wonderful cause by the way!
on September 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pmNatasha, you are a wonder. I’m very impressed and wish you all the best as you take on this important project.
on September 1st, 2008 at 1:51 pmThanks for all the links, Natasha. You’re off to a great start! I blogged about the project today. I hope a lot of people get involved!
on September 1st, 2008 at 3:04 pmHey Natasha.
I went to the bookstore today and picked up a copy of Darfur Diaries. I blogged about the project earlier today and have added your button to the blog.
Thanks for all you are doing.
on September 1st, 2008 at 4:12 pmI thought I was just going to be a day late after being away from my comp for the labor day weekend.. but looks like you got a lot done in that time! Thanks for all the links and the videos. I am going to sit and start posting and reading about it soon!
on September 2nd, 2008 at 7:59 amAs soon as my boys are in bed tonight, I will sit down and watch those videos, thank you for all of the information and I will be posting about it all on my blog very soon!
on September 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 amWhat an education. Thank you for bringing our attention to the situation in Darfur, and for giving us an opportunity to make a difference. Challenge accepted.
on September 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 amThanks for the amazing links. I’m adding one of the videos to my post about your initiative – it will be up tomorrow.
on September 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 amI will be blogging about this. I think it is a fantastic idea. Raising awareness is so important! Thanks for getting involved!
on September 3rd, 2008 at 11:36 amMy dad was always a big kid too. There are times looking back that I think he played with the toys of my siblings and I more then we did. Made for some good memories though.
Thanks for posting all those links and videos! This is a great thing that you are doing!
on September 6th, 2008 at 7:50 am[...] Natasha @ Maw Book Blogs is reading and blogging for Darfur all this month. Her first day was Monday. [...]
on September 6th, 2008 at 1:11 pm[...] Natasha @ Maw Book Blogs is reading and blogging for Darfur all this month. Her first day was Monday. [...]
on September 6th, 2008 at 7:55 pmwow, I have been impacted by Darfur but never new how I could do anything, I am going to pick up a copy of The Translator by Daoud Hari and start figuring that question out now, and stop wasting time.
on September 19th, 2008 at 12:53 pm