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Chatting with a volunteerAt Global Day for Darfur Rally- Washington, DC

With Genocide Survivor Mohamed A. Yaya

Yesterday I attended the Global Day for Darfur Rally and March on the White House in Washington, DC. The event served the purpose of increasing awareness of the Darfur Genocide and to urge President Bush to exert diplomatic pressure on countries, including China, the main supplier of the weapons that are largely responsible for the murder of more than 400,000 Darfuri citizens.

Below, check out some of my video footage from the Rally and March.

Global Day for Darfur Sponsor sites

The Save Darfur Coalition

STAND- Students Taking Action Now: Darfur

Amnesty International

SEAL The Deal: STAND To End Genocide

Join hundreds of activists from Amnesty International, Save Darfur, STAND and the Genocide Intervention Network on the National Mall in Washington DC at 11am on April 13th. This event will include an exhibit featuring interactive tents to raise awareness of the plight of Darfuris in refugee camps. This event will be immediately followed by…

A March of Remembrance led by STAND students from the National Mall to the White House in commemoration of the victims of the genocides of the 20th century. At Lafayette Park, a short rally will call on President Bush to SEAL the deal and make peace in Sudan part of his Executive Legacy.

For more information, visit www.savedarfur.org

At birth, we do not choose our surname; we choose however, the legacy that we leave here on earth. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a surname that was prophetic. King who submitted to the King of Kings (Christ Jesus) and King who had the leadership qualities that laid many a cornerstone that helped positively shape the history of this great nation.

The Bible speaks of the believers in Christ as being a Royal Priesthood and a Chosen Generation. (1 Peter 2:9) As such, like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the opportunity presents itself where we too are called to take a stand for freedom and equality; against genocide and the social, judicial and economic disparities that exist at home and abroad.

The opportunity presents itself to Christians to stand up against everything that divides us, against cynicism, apathy and violence in every form.

The opportunity presents itself to Christians to stand up against and do what we can to stamp out the racial and sexist stereotypes that for generations have been used as fuel for self-fulfilling prophecies in place and stead of trying to discover the content of one’s character for oneself.

In late March, the Olympic Torch Relay started. Before the torch reaches its final destination in Beijing in August, it will travel more than 85,000 miles. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. started his own torch relay about half a century ago, he started a relay with a torch that had many names. It was called Peace and Justice and Love and Tolerance and Equality.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. knew what it meant to carry the name King. Do we know what it means to carry the name Royal Priesthood? Do we know or have an appreciation for what it means to be Chosen, to be Set Apart, to be Called to Greatness and to take the Lead?

The challenge is for you and I to step up to the plate, to be agents of change for the better, to put the nails in the coffins of apathy, cynicism, racism, sexism, homophobia, genocide and injustice as Martin Luther King, Jr. did (and as he would do if he were alive today).

A couple weeks ago, in the festival of Easter, we honored the King of Kings who was also assassinated so that you and I could experience the gift of salvation. Today, I honor the other King, Martin Luther, King, Jr. who was assassinated this day, 45 years ago.