The presidential race this year is as tight as any election in memory, but one thing is for sure: Whoever moves into the White House in January, he’ll be getting a stern message from Orange County for Darfur.
The grassroots group, dedicated to raising awareness about the ongoing crisis in Sudan, plans to stage a photo shoot Saturday morning on the beach in Corona del Mar. Organizer Barbara English has asked that at least 100 residents gather on the sand wearing dark clothes and spell out the words “End Genocide Now!” with their bodies. The group then plans to take a photo of the demonstration, enlarge it into a poster and mail it to the next U.S. president.
“Both presidential candidates vowed to make ending genocide in Darfur, Sudan a high priority,” the group wrote in a release. “We want to make sure that promise is kept.”
