24 Hours for Darfur

Watch our advocacy spot to learn about our campaign.

24 Hours for Darfur is a global video advocacy campaign dedicated to ending the conflict in Darfur and promoting peace and security for the people living there. Using digital video and online media we aim to strengthen Darfur advocacy by making it more direct, participatory and global.

From signature to personal video appeal

We are collecting personal video appeals demanding action now on Darfur. Using a webcam, camcorder, digital camera or cell phone, anyone can easily record an appeal and upload it to our website. All appeals will be displayed on our site and sent directly to participants' political representatives. Participants can also send other peoples video messages to political leaders.

From textbook to online video library

To help participants make informed appeals, we are building a comprehensive video library of educational materials related to Darfur. Through mini-lectures our library will make the complex situation in Darfur accessible to those looking for a concise introduction to the conflict as well as those seeking more in-depth analysis. We are working with academics, journalists, and survivors of the conflict to ensure that our materials are of the highest quality.

Empowering the Darfurian community

Working with the Darfurian Community in the US and abroad we have begun to collect video testimonials from Darfurians. We aim to use our online presence to document the views of Darfurians and broadcast their opinions to the world.

24 Hours for Darfur is a project of Res Publica, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in New York State. For more information please contact info@24hoursfordarfur.org.

Global Day for Darfur

September 16, 2007, was the Global Day for Darfur, with 30 events taking place in 28 countries around the world. 24 Hours for Darfur hosted the flagship rally in New York City, displaying our video messages on a giant screen directly opposite UN headquarters. Our "video rally" attracted over 1000 people and received extensive media coverage, including featured interviews with the Associated Press, BBC, and CNN.

Online Petition with Avaaz.org

Avaaz.org is the world's largest online activist community, with nearly 2 million members in 180 countries and a website available in 12 different languages. We co-sponsored a petition calling on members of the Darfur Contact Group to send a full-time, high-level diplomatic team to the region to help broker a just peace. We collected over 25,000 online signatures in the first week, and presented this petition at our rally on the Global Day for Darfur.

YouTube Channel

When we posted an advocacy video on YouTube, it was featured on the News & Politics section and received 130,000 views in its first four days online. YouTube recently selected us as one of thirteen launch partner for its new non-profit program, alongside the American Cancer Society and The Clinton Global Initiative. Our YouTube channel has thus far received over 400,000 video views and over 75,000 channel views.

Darfur Now Campaign

Participant Productions has produced such socially conscious films as Syriana, Good Night and Good Luck, An Inconvenient Truth, Murderball, Fast Food Nation, The Kite Runner, and Charlie Wilson's War. Its most recent production is a full-length documentary called Darfur Now. We have just launched a new online campaign with Participant Productions associated with Darfur Now's theatrical release.

Check out the following articles, interviews, and videos to learn more about 24 Hours for Darfur.

If you have a media inquiry, please contact Ben Naimark-Rowse.

We need your help — and your friends’ help.

If you upload a video or send one to world leaders, that's great. If you embed a video in your webpage or post about it on your blog, encourage everyone in your address book to participate as well, and sign up for campaign updates by e-mail—that's the sort of momentum that can build a global movement.

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I want to let you know about an exciting new campaign I've joined. The idea is simple. 24 Hours for Darfur is collecting personal video appeals from people around the world, demanding action now on Darfur. Each video is emailed to political leaders, displayed on their website, and screened at events around the world. When a human rights activist asked then-NSA Director Tony Lake why the Clinton Administration refused to intervene in Rwanda, his answer was simple: "The phones weren't ringing." With several hundred thousand already killed, millions more languishing in refugee camps, and diplomats making crucial decisions in the coming weeks, now is the time to speak out. You can record your own personal video appeal at http://www.24hoursfordarfur.org. Thanks for your support,

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Amateur Videographers

Description: Get your family, friends, neighbors and co-workers to record their own personal video appeals, or record on-the-fly appeals from people on the streets of cities throughout North America.
Eligibility: Anyone with a webcam, camcorder, or digital camera.
Contact: If you are only recording people you know, no formal contact is required. Feel free to contact us at video@24hoursfordarfur.org.

Experienced Videographers and Film Editors

Description: Our film teams record personal video appeals from prominent individuals, mini-lectures from academic contributors, and on-the-fly interviews from people on the streets of cities throughout North America. The teams also edit content for our website, YouTube spots, press kits, and major events.
Eligibility: Videography and/or editing experience.
Contact: Send an email to video@24hoursfordarfur.org indicating your location, availability, experience, and any equipment you have access to.

Web and Graphic Designers

Description: Help us maintain our website and produce high-quality documents for publication online and in print.
Eligibility: We're looking for people with all kinds of experience in design and publishing.
Contact: Send an email to design@24hoursfordarfur.org with links to samples of your work.

Local Event Organizers

Description: Organize a film-in event at your school, office, church or community organization. Or bring a video camera to your local Darfur event.
Eligibility: Anyone with a webcam, camcorder, or digital camera.
Contact: Send an email to events@24hoursfordarfur.org indicating your location and the local event you have in mind.

Strategy Team Members

Description: The strategy team works on fundraising, marketing, public relations, advocacy, and event coordination.
Eligibility: Willing to work at least 10 hours a week for the next three months. Ideally, team members will have some professional experience in fundraising, humanitarian policy, media campaigns.
Contact: Send resume and one-page cover letter to strategy@24hoursfordarfur.org.

Thank you for your interest in supporting our work. It is only possible because of generous contributions like yours. Your donation will be used for all aspects of our work including hiring Darfurian researchers and translators, covering travel costs, editing and disseminating the footage we bring back from the field.

Together we can give voice to voiceless Darfurians and help lay a foundation for a just peace. Can you support Darfurian Voices by donating whatever you can now?

24 Hours for Darfur is a project of Res Publica, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in New York State. All donations are tax deductible for US taxpayers.

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More Information

For more information, or to discuss in-kind contributions of video cameras, monitors, or any other items you think we might need, please contact us at info@24hoursfordarfur.org.

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