About one dozen Cornell organizations have collaborated to organize "Darfur Awareness Week," March 26 to 30, in an effort to encourage activism on campus for the conflict in Darfur. A candlelight vigil on Ho Plaza, organized by the Cornell chapter of Amnesty International, started the week of events.

Darfur Awareness Week events include a March 27 screening of "Darfur Diaries," a documentary featuring interviews with Darfuri refugees, and a question-and-answer session with filmmaker Aisha Bain; a lecture by John Prendergast, a former policy adviser to Bill Clinton and currently senior adviser of the International Crisis Group and co-founder of the ENOUGH Campaign, March 28; a panel discussion on Darfur, March 29; and exhibits.

The student-organized, campuswide event was sponsored by Americans for Informed Democracy, Amnesty International, Cover Africa, Students for Tolerance, Awareness and Remembering Survivors, and numerous other groups.