On April 30 more than 1,000 demonstrators congregated at Queen’s Park to “Scream for Darfur.” The rally was organized by a few high school students who created a group called Project Equity in order to organize this rally, and other initiatives.
David Berkal MC’d the rally and is one of the people at the centre of Project Equity. He explained that the screaming motif was an attempt to counter the silence on the world stage that has surrounded the genocide in the Darfur province of Sudan since it began in 2003.
Berkal even read out Prime Minister Harper’s private office phone number and encouraged demonstrators to call and voice support for Canada’s immediate and active intervention to stop the genocide in Darfur. Speakers included members of the Toronto Sudanese community, youth activists, and prominent MP’s such as NDP leader, Jack Layton and prominent human rights lawyer Irwin Cotler.
