Volunteer at CAMP DARFUR @ USC, April 13-17, 2009

We are holding our second annual Genocide Awareness Week '09 April 13 - 17, 2009, across the USC campus.

We want YOU to get involved! Each night of the week, we will be having student volunteers camp out at CAMP DARFUR, a simulated refugee camp, on McCarthy Quad.

CAMP DARFUR is an interactive awareness and education event that brings attention to the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and gives individuals the opportunity to discover their own power to make a difference. Camp Darfur raises awareness and examines Sudan’s Darfur region and its humanitarian crisis – genocide. A deeply concerned world community must come together united as one voice to remember the victims of past genocides and to make a call to action to end the genocide in Darfur today. Find out more here:
http://www.stopgenocidenow.org/campdarfur/information.

From set-up Sunday night (4/13) to break-down Thursday evening (4/17), we will need volunteers to man Camp Darfur 24 hours a day. Whether you want to help out between your classes or curl up with a sleeping bag at night, your help and support would be greatly appreciated!

Volunteering at Camp Darfur is easy, as the camp pretty speaks for itself. Each tent is filled with photos and testimonies from five major modern genocides -- Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, and Darfur. You will only be required to hang out at the camp and encourage visitors to check out the tents and find out more about the atrocity of genocide. Even if you don't know much about the genocides represented at the camp, volunteering is a great opportunity for you to become more aware yourself.

Feel free to invite your friends to volunteer with you! Not only will you be sharing this great experience with them, but you will be recruited another USC student to stand up against genocide and show their support.

If you would like to be involved with this powerful awareness event, please email USC Fight On for Darfur at fightonfordarfur AT gmail.com. We would love nothing more than to see as many diverse student groups at USC as we can come together in support of the people of Darfur.

Thanks so much for your support -- we look forward to seeing you at Camp Darfur!!