Over 70 Team Darfur athletes are headed to Beijing to compete in the 2008 Olympic & Paralympic Games. Over 300 other elite athletes have signed on to Team Darfur's mission to raise awareness about and bring an end to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. 
And you can help!
Take the steps below to show your support for this amazing group of talented and compassionate athletes.
1. Send a message of support to the athletes headed to Beijing.
2. Sign up in support of an Olympic Truce for Darfur.
3. Purchase Team Darfur gear to proudly wear your support on your sleeve.
4. Send a postcard to world leaders asking them to save the children of Darfur.
Comments
Blackmailing China Proven Counter Productive
Joey, I question your approach in linking 2008 Olympics with Darfur.
There is a huge distinction between "China can do something" and "China is responsible" - this has been ignored in your misguidded effort to blackmail China and denigrate a billon people.
Is that any way to ask the Chinese to help? By hurting them?
Espeically given the fact we Americans have repeatedly failed Darfur over the years. I would suggest looking at the root cause of Darfur - the negative consquences of American power in Africa, starting with us training John Garang at Fort Benning 20 years ago.
Disappointed,
Darfur Olympics
Check out Dream4Dafur on YouTube for a painfully ironic take on the Beijing Olympics and Sudan.Fairplanet supports Switch over to Darfur and calls everyone to sign their pledge against the olypmic sponsors.More on the campaign´s background.
China
It is no secret that China doesn't care one bit about human rights. Here we are the "defenders of human rights" yet we continue to purchase products from China!
A. We continue to build American supervised factories in China.
B. We continue to export jobs to China
IF we are so serious about human rights, why do we keep doing A & B???
Solution:
Boycott China, don't buy anything made in China, don't buy anything from American companys who manufacture in China.
Trust me when the $$$ stops coming in, opinions change. The question is, are we ready to make a REAL commitment to Darfur, Tibet, etc.?
Short of the above, the rest is rhetoric, wishful thinking, and talk. Action is what is going to make this happen, not blogging or talking about it.
Chinese leaders deny visa to Joey Cheek
They have done in Tibet for 60 years as the US did with Indians, and soon there will only be a few Tibetans left, perhaps also in reserves, as proof of the “superiority” of the Chinese race, who are mostly nice people, but now misled by crazy, arrogant, powermaniac leaders following Hitler’s path. Now misled, but not forever. Everything has a beginning and an end, like Hitler learned too late.
I also feel happy a process has begun in Spain to name and shame those who deserve it for the Tibet genocide. Among so many selfish, ignorant, indifferent leaders in this world, there are also some persons as valuable and brilliant as diamonds.raising awareness about darfur crisis in Sudan
To all members of Team Darfur who are competing in the olympic, I would like to say best of luck. It is very unfortunate that the Chinese government has blocked Mr. William J. Cheek from competing. Until today (08-06-08) I never knew who Mr. Cheek was, so I applaud Mr. cheek for being a man and standing-up for something that he firmly believes in. The moment that I was reading about the "visa issues," it prompt me to immediatley join Team Darfur and to help shed light on the tradegy that's taking place in Sudan and how the Chinese government is helping to sustain genocide in Darfur. So to Mr. Cheek and all Team Darfur members, love you guys and keep up the good works.
P.S. maybe one or two atheletes should hold up a banner or make a certain gesture to shed more light on the issue IMMEDIATELY AFTER they finish their race or something. get my drift?