There are so many ways to raise awareness about Darfur. It may not be the traditional methods of communication, that get this message across. There are new and modern techniques which can reach out to a wide and diverse audience. Celebrities, advertisements, billboards, newspaper and magazine articles, charities, blogs, and even games are being used to raise insight on the conflict in Darfur.
The most interesting method of raising awareness that I have seen is the “Darfur is Dying” game. It is not a game for fun or for amusement, which is confused me at first, it actually allows you to “experience” what is happening to the people of Darfur. For every one of your actions in the game there is a consequence. In those consequences it describes what will happen to your people. The amount of people that have become mindful of the genocide because of the game is phenomenal.
In the beginning of the year I wasn’t exactly sure on what was happening in Darfur. As I looked and researched, I saw many different sources of information. I now have a better understanding of the conflict.
The question is, are all the techniques and methods enough to educate the world on the inhumanity in Darfur?
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Blauna,
A poll released on 2/2/07 by the Genocide Intervention Network (http://www.savedarfur.org/section
/newsroom), a member of the Save Darfur Coalition, shows overwhelming support for U.S. action on Darfur. The poll also showed a vast increase in awareness of the genocide in Darfur among Americans.
Conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner in December, the poll found that that 64 percent of voters say ending the genocide in Darfur should be a high priority in U.S. foreign policy, even considering Iraq and the war on terrorism. In addition, a majority of Americans now say they know “a lot” or “a little” about the crisis in Darfur; in 2004, the figure was 14 percent.
If these poll numbers are true, why do you think that the Darfur issue did not play a major role in the mid-term elections? Do you think that the poll numbers are true? Is there a chance that people who are asked the question feel that they SHOULD care, but don't really?
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