On 5/10/06, Steven G. Cameron <stevecam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
**Four members of my family made the long trek to Washington, DC last weekend to participate in the Darfur protests. Will it have any effect?? Can individuals, even gatherings similar to last weekend's, bring about change -- cause appropriate actions?? Is raising awareness adequate or even satisfactory?? I DON'T KNOW. What options or alternative courses of action do we as citizens possess??
Steven,
Just want, first, to say thank-you. Second, I'd like to add a word of encouragement. Things looked pretty depressing when Martin Luther King started his crusade, and it took quite a while before the anti-Vietnam War movement gained traction. Change may happen too slowly to make it easy to attribute to any particular act, but change does happen.
-- John McCreery The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN
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