Visit the www.africaaction.org web site and click
on "Action Center." Join the list serve and send action letters to our
nation's leaders. We need to keep Sudan in the news and on their minds. Insist
on multi-national intervention.
Organize a book reading / discussion group using
"They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky." Help to educate others about what has
happened and what continues to happen in Sudan. A study guide is available at
www.sudanhope.holston.org.
Help provide college tuition for the "Lost Boys"
living in Maryville, TN. Jimmy, Victor, and Angelo are all students at
Maryville College. Contributions can be made to "Missions - Sudanese Education
Fund" and mailed to First UMC, 804 Montvale Station Road, Maryville, TN 37803.
Arrange a visit to your church with one of the Boys.
Contribute to Holston’s "Hope for the Children of
Sudan,” Advance Special #537. Funds will assist with education, health
and basic humanitarian needs of Sudanese children who have survived war.
Feel free to attend the next Sudan Action Team
meeting. Contact the Knoxville Conference Center (Cokesbury Center) for the
next date and time.
Write an editorial to your local newspaper. People
respond when they know and understand what the issues are. Sample letters are
available at the Africa Action web site.
Host a film fest. Consider showing "Hotel Rwanda,"
“The Lost Boys of Sudan,” or "Invisible Children" and lead a discussion
following the movie.
Utilize the “Christian Faith Action Packet” from www.savedarfur.org, for sample prayers,
bulletin and newsletter inserts, photo display materials, and curriculum
links.
