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February, 2008 - KENYA, DARFUR, RWANDA… What is happening?

As the year 2008 began we were exposed to scenes of tribal conflict — this time in postcard perfect Kenya. These scenes vividly reminded us of Darfur, the "anarchy" of Rwanda and other the genocides and religiously motivated wars that bathed the last century with the blood of millions of innocents. Images appear in the media briefly, but soon we were either numbed or of necessity distracted by yet other crises, diversions — or football games. Few of us are prepared to keep the flames of Kenya fresh in our minds, much less be able to do anything to assist Kenyans directly — even if we knew what to do. Will Kenya’s Luo tribesmen go the way of the Tutsis of Rwanda? What will eventually come of UN intervention? Will it be an effete useless effort? How far and wide will such "fires" spread?  MARCH NEWSLETTER PREVIEW

“There are no silver linings when a cloud this dark visits any community.” The words are those of a former New Jersey US Senator regarding the senseless deaths of Dashon Harvey, Terrance Aeriel and Iofemi Hightower in Newark, New Jersey, August 4.