Musical benefit concert by Calgary locals to benefit Nicaragua
Click here to read the Calgary Sun article (PDF)
David signs on to Investors Against Genocide Letter
Click here to read the letter with signatories (PDF)
Students Plead for Their Olympic Dream
Students at Rideau High School in Ontario are getting involved to help rise awareness about the genocide in Darfur Sudan.
Click Here to read their press release and get involved!!
Click Here to print and sign the petition!!
David is constantly concerned about global peace and justice, and has been working for several years now on convincing the government of Canada to help stop the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. Would you like to get involved?
Call: 1-800-GENOCIDE (4366249) to register your concerns with the government (Click Here for a sample message or try using the materials below as templates for what you wish to say!)
Send a letter to the Prime Minister (Click Here for letter template you can use)
Click Here to send an e-mail to David letting him know you'd like to get involved
David has recently put together several documents relating to his proposed action to stop the genocide in Darfur. Click on the links below to read his statements and open letter. Print off the letter, or write one yourself, and send it to your MP, the Prime Minister and the Foreign Affairs Minister!
Call to Action: Christmas in Darfur
Open Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Read and listen to David's Private Member's Statement on Darfur that was made to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on November 7, 2007
Read the Statement: Regular - Printer Friendly
Listen to Statement:
David also made statements in 2005 and 2006, which can be read in PDF format below:
May 9, 2005: Private Member's Statement on the Conflict in Sudan
April 27, 2006: Private Member's Statement on the Conflict in Sudan
Where is Darfur?
Darfur is a region in Western Sudan adjacent to Chad. Darfur, roughly the size of France, is home to 8 million people, and dozens of different ethnic groups.
Learn More:
Report of the Secretary-General on the deployment of the
African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation
in Darfur
Save Darfur Website
Sarah Arthurs went with David to Ottawa and wrote about it in a three-part series!
Part I: David and Goliath (PDF)
Eric Reeves is a scholar from the US that has done great research into this struggle. Find out more: Click Here
Visit Eric Reeves' full website: Click Here
David Kilgour, former Canadian Parliamentatian, and ongoing human rights activitst has commented on the Darfur conflict Click Here
Please send a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper indicating that Canada must lead to stop the genocide in Darfur! Click Here
Click Here to send a letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier
Click Here to find out who is your MP
Click Here to read David's open letter to the Prime Minister. Feel free to use all or part of this letter when corresponding with the Prime Minister! (Use it as a template if you wish)
Click Here for a template letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper
CBC Television: Interview with "The Translator"
The Calgary Herald: Op-Ed by David Swann (PDF)
The Independent: Groups will use Holocaust Day to highlight mass murder in Darfur (PDF)
From the NDP: NDP Motion on Darfur Adopted (PDF)
Press Release: Parliamentarians Call for a renewed effort to achieve peace in the Darfur region of Sudan (PDF)
New York Times: Editorial: Delay, Obstruction, and Darfur (PDF)
The Independent: This UN Force won't end the tragedy of Darfur (PDF)
United Church Press Release: Suffering in Darfur Must End (PDF)
Issues & Action
Eric Reeves is a scholar from the US that has done great research into this struggle. Please read his most recent article from Feb. 10th 2007 on the Chinese Olympics.
I'm now a board member for the Child is Innocent Foundation. It is an organization that looks to help the people of Northern Uganda rebuild throught education after years of civil war. Please check out the website for more info.
Help other Canadians take action on Darfur now! External Link
Ban Nuclear Weapons Now! | printer friendly
First Nations Environment site | External Link
Global Peace and Justice Issues
E-mail David: calgary.mountainview@assembly.ab.ca
Before becoming a provincial politician I have been involved in a number of issues over the years related to anti-war, anti-nuclear, peace and development, and human rights or justice. I cannot sever my relationship with these vitally important values that have kept me sane and human and connected to people and organizations such as Physicians for Global Survival, Amnesty international, Doctors without Borders, and others. Yet, I find myself able to give as before and wish to keep some of these issues alive on my website for people to read and comment or become involved if they wish.
I welcome the opportunity to share these ideas and commitments to people and improving living conditions especially in areas of violence, environmental destruction and loss of civil society lest we forget our larger responsibility beyond the privilege and wealth of this province.
Obviously I cannot be as active in responding to all communications in these areas and do justice to my work for Calgary Mountain View citizens and my environmental critic role but I will try to communicate as I am able.
Thank you for your commitment to peace and human rights here and everywhere.
Sincerely,
David Swann
9 April 2005