Some Austin restaurants are doing their part to help folks in Sudan and Chad. To help raise funds for the American Jewish World Service's work for the people of Darfur, local restaurants are donating a percentage of their proceeds from today's sales. AJWS provides basic health care, water, therapeutic feeding centers, medicine, activities/programs for children, and education to many of the displaced and traumatized refugees who have been violently forced from their homes and are... more ›

A lot of folks have been talking about this past Wednesday's Oprah Show which put a spotlight on just a few of the atrocities occurring in Africa. It was an amazing show and what we saw haunts us still. Like many, we have the desire to do something, but feel a little powerless. After all, most of us aren't rich and powerful celebrities. And most of us don't have the resources to make a documentary or fund a trip across the world. But we can make a small difference and many small differences add up. more ›

Since 2003, an estimated 300,000 people in the Darfur region of Sudan have been killed, and millions more have been forced from their homes, through a government-sponsored genocide. For most of us, the horror is unimaginable. For Brian Steidle, it’s all too real. Steidle is a former Marine captain who served as the U.S. representative to the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Darfur from September 2004 to February 2005. Part of his mission was... more ›