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Nephthys
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posted January 12, 2005 02:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Nephthys     Edit/Delete Message
Last night in my local newspaper there was an article about Francis Bok, a Sudanese man who was a slave for 10 years. He wrote a book titled, "Escape from Slavery" and is now touring the United States speaking to students about the ongoing slavery in Sudan. I had no idea this existed, I was so shocked and sadened, so I went online to I-Abolish to find out more and how I can help.
Please sign the petition and see what we can all do to help end this hell on earth.

Thank you

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Nephthys
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posted January 13, 2005 09:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Nephthys     Edit/Delete Message
I received this e-mail today:

Dear Jovette,

On Sunday, a peace treaty was signed in Nairobi ending the
fighting between the National Islamic Front government of Sudan
and the southern Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). This is
a major development for my people.

The peace was signed while I was flying to San Francisco to
speak at a high school. I just returned from California, and I
want to share with you my feelings about the news.

For two decades, my people have been struggling to be free. The
government in the north, dominated by Arabs and Muslims, tried
to impose Islamic law on all of us. And it tried to make African
Muslims give up their African identity. When we resisted jihad
and Arab domination, the government sent armed forces to make us
submit. In one of the government's raids in 1986, I was abducted
into slavery.

Sunday's agreement means we have hope for a real peace. Southern
Sudanese will be free to have their own local government. We
will get a share of the money from oil that's being drilled in
the south. In three years there will be elections for a new
government. And in six years there will be a vote in the south
to decide if we want to become our own independent country.

This peace treaty would not have happened without you. On behalf
of my people, I want to thank all of the supporters of the
American Anti-Slavery Group. I believe, and my people believe,
that you have pushed the United States government to pressure
the Sudanese regime to make peace with the people of southern
Sudan.

Many of you have been with us for years. You have given your
energy and your talents to our struggle. You helped us achieve
this great moment. We so appreciate everything you have done.
You have spoken out to get your leaders to stop slavery and
genocide across Sudan - in the South and in Darfur.

People are happy and celebrating - but we are still worried. The
government in the North has signed peace treaties and changed
its mind before (like the 1972 peace treaty signed in Addis
Ababa). Also, thousands of my people are still held in slavery
in the North. Unlike me, they were not able to escape. And the
government is still raiding the African Muslims of Darfur, in
Western Sudan, killing 1,000 people a day.

So my message to you is please don't abandon us now. If there is
not pressure on the Sudanese government, they will slip back
again. And there still thousands of children in slavery who are
waiting for us to help free them. They are still serving their
masters. We have to get them released now, to get them reunited
with their relatives.

And we have to demand the Government of General Omar al-Bashir
stop the killing in Darfur. Now is the time for peace and for
freedom - but only if we act. Please visit http://www.SudanActivism.com and encourage all of your friends
to visit as well. And please consider making a donation at http://www.iabolish.com/donate to support our work.

I am going to keep speaking out. I will not rest until I see the
full victory for my people - and for the 27 million people who
are in bondage around the world. We are on the journey to where
we want to go, to a big victory where we can live in freedom.
Please help us get the rest of the way.

In freedom,

Francis Bok

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Randall
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posted January 23, 2005 08:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message

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"Never mentally imagine for another that which you would not want to experience for yourself, since the mental image you send out inevitably comes back to you." Rebecca Clark

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Sheaa Olein
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posted January 25, 2005 08:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Sheaa Olein     Edit/Delete Message

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artlovesdawn
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posted October 06, 2005 02:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for artlovesdawn     Edit/Delete Message
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Nephthys
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posted October 07, 2005 09:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Nephthys     Edit/Delete Message
You have a good point; I think everything should be discussed.

It's kind of synchronistic that you ask that, because I just wrote an essay this week about a serious cartoon against McDonalds. It is about public awareness, how the public is hidden from the truths of the meat industry. (how animals are treated and slaughtered). It depicts a cow trapped inside a hamburger bun.

Of course young children shouldn't be exposed to *certain* things...........but eventually.....shouldn't everyone be educated/apprised about the truths of everything in the world? Then wouldn't it be as if we were living in a fake world if we weren't?

great point

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posted October 08, 2005 10:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for artlovesdawn     Edit/Delete Message
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Randall
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posted December 11, 2005 10:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message

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"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." Lewis Carroll

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