On Monday, Condoleeza Rice will meet with high ranking officials from China, France, and other nations to discuss the situation in Darfur. The Save Darfur Coalition is encouraging people to send her a letter, and make letter-sending possible through an editable form at their site.
I included my letter below, a letter to a woman I continue to respect and wish success in the challenging work she is given.
Dear Secretary Rice,
I want to start by letting you know that I highly respect you and the work that you have done world-wide. You are an inspiration and a role model to me.
I suspect that you are getting a lot of letters from people around the world through the Save Darfur coalition. I am proud of people who are starting to raise their voices on behalf of those who suffer injustice.
I admit that the reality of ongoing injustice seems so overwhelming, almost unstoppable. So many people want change, but death and injustice continues. That seems to be the story of much of the world: injustice happens.
However, I know that is not the only story. We can make a difference. Injustice must bow its knee to justice. Change must happen. It will.
I believe that you need no convincing that the situation in Darfur must change. I only ask you, as a world citizen, to take courage and to continue to champion the people of Darfur. They are people. It seems to me that countries and individuals forget that fact and almost without thinking about the implications of their acts justify horrific behaviour because of financial interests in Sudan.
On Monday, I hope you have a significant talk with the representatives from France and from China. May all in the meeting have ears to hear the cries of dead, the cries of the displaced, the cries of the mutilated and raped. May all in the meeting also hear the cries of countless people world-wide who want injustice in Sudan to come to an end.
And may you be among those voices calling an end to the cruelty and violence in Darfur. God Bless you in your work.
Sincerely,
Andrew Kooman
