AMPLIFYING Voices. DARFURI DIASPORA The Save Darfur Coalition continuously works to amplify the voices of Darfuris, which are often drowned out. Darfuri and Sudanese leaders are an instrumental part of the coalition’s staff, board, and partner and activist networks. These leaders and their communities, both in the U.S. and in Sudan, play a key role in developing the coalition’s
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policy objectives and campaign strategies. In 2007, Save Darfur helped form the Darfuri Leaders Network (DLN), which connects Darfuri communities across the U.S. and allows them to advocate on Darfur with a united voice. The coalition regularly facilitates the DLN’s release of joint statements on timely issues and helps promote Darfuri spokespeople in the media. The goal of these efforts is to provide forums for Darfuris to articulate a way forward for their own country. In July 2008, the Save Darfur Coalition worked with the Darfur Relief and Documentation Center to organize a conference of Darfuri civil society leaders in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to discuss ways to advance the peace process. In September 2008, the coalition also assisted in hosting a Ramadan iftar — or breaking of the fast — with the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court during the U.N. General Assembly in New York.