Today was the "Rally for Darfur" at the State House. Alison and I made our appearance, dressed in blue and carrying our sign "Blessed are the Peacemakers."
We heard from Darfurians, now living in South Bend, who have started their own organization in order to be a voice here in the grand USA. Likewise, Americans who have been to Darfur are being sent back on a mission. The Darfurians are asking them to come back here a be a voice for them. They figure that if we, in America, hear about their suffering we will surely help and join with them to cry out for help. Surely we will.
But, you ask, what can we possibly do?
Hit where it hurts. Go to the mattresses. The war of the pocket book.
Divestment. Let me try to explain and then give you a link that will help explain more. (Please don't stop reading now!)
Some years ago, Bill Clinton (don't stop reading now) passed a law making it unlawful for American companies to invest in companies that support the Sudanese government (their oil companies). However, many large investment companies invest our money in other countries' companies that support the Sudanese government.
In a nutshell, Fidelity makes large investments in the Sudan oil industry by the way of China, which serves to help fund the genocide in Darfur. The call is to pressure Fidelty to immediately divest its PetroChina and Sinopec stocks now held possibly in your mutual funds. I found out today that we have our mutual funds invested in Fidelity, from when Doug was with Arthur Anderson. So, we are going to change that. If you don't want to change, at least call and tell them you want them to divest.
Find out more at www.FidelityOutOfSudan.com
We heard from Darfurians, now living in South Bend, who have started their own organization in order to be a voice here in the grand USA. Likewise, Americans who have been to Darfur are being sent back on a mission. The Darfurians are asking them to come back here a be a voice for them. They figure that if we, in America, hear about their suffering we will surely help and join with them to cry out for help. Surely we will.
But, you ask, what can we possibly do?
Hit where it hurts. Go to the mattresses. The war of the pocket book.
Divestment. Let me try to explain and then give you a link that will help explain more. (Please don't stop reading now!)
Some years ago, Bill Clinton (don't stop reading now) passed a law making it unlawful for American companies to invest in companies that support the Sudanese government (their oil companies). However, many large investment companies invest our money in other countries' companies that support the Sudanese government.
In a nutshell, Fidelity makes large investments in the Sudan oil industry by the way of China, which serves to help fund the genocide in Darfur. The call is to pressure Fidelty to immediately divest its PetroChina and Sinopec stocks now held possibly in your mutual funds. I found out today that we have our mutual funds invested in Fidelity, from when Doug was with Arthur Anderson. So, we are going to change that. If you don't want to change, at least call and tell them you want them to divest.
Find out more at www.FidelityOutOfSudan.com
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