The Truth About Darfur

The Sudan Divestment Bill has been introduced to the Montgomery County Council. Now, we need to show them that we, as Montgomery County students, care about getting this Bill passed!Targeted divestment is an effective and safe venture to end the genocide in Darfur. On February 27, 2008, Montgomery County student activists will lobby their repsective members of the County Council to urge them to support divestment from Sudan. Students will pressure their elected officials to end the atrocities in Darfur through face to face meetings with Council members or their respective staffers.Below is a list of schools that have agreed to lobby, the Council member who they are targeting, and the time for the appointment.George Leventhal (At Large)- Northwest High School 2:00 pmRoger Berliner (District 1) - Bethesda Chevy Chase High School 2:00 pmNancy Floreen (At Large) - Montgomery Blair High School 1:30 pmPhil Andrews (District 3) - Quince Orchard High School; Gaithersburg High School 2:00 pmDuchy Trachtenberg (At Large) - Magruder High School 1:30 pm Council Members Marc Elrich (At Large) and Valerie Ervin (District 5) have already pledged their support for this bill, so there will be no need to lobby them.Council Member Michael Knapp (District 2) has not openly declared his support for the bill, however his staffer has said that she doesn’t think he has any objections to it. However, we could not secure a meeting with him, but schools that are in District 2 (Northwest), please feel free to write him letters.If you have questions about what District you are in, you can visit http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/planning/PDF/CIP09%20App%20N.pdf.