Thanksgiving Food for Thought

Last night I watched and episode of Frontline on PBS. This episode titled “On Our Watch” featured the tragedy of genocide in Darfur. At canvas we have dedicated ink to the cause, I have written the White House and we sponsored the UU Walk for Darfur last month. But you know what, as I watched the show I saw this was not enough. We’ll work to do more in the coming months.

As we sit down at our tables this year we should give thanks for what we have, but we should also think about what is still going on in Darfur, what has happened while our world leaders were saying “never again” referring to Rwanda and Bosnia. We need to speak out, act out and communicate to our leaders that a war based on lies can’t be more important then taking care of victims of genocide and attempted genocide.

Food for thought this Thanksgiving.
Tom Pellicane - Publisher, canvas Magazine

Note: You can watch the episode on line at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/darfur/