Albert Lea students write to Walz about Darfur

In Sophomores are telling people about Darfur, Albert Lea sophomore Abbey Arends writes about a history project in the local high school:

Sam Sickels, one of Vogt-Erickson’s students, along with her fellow group members took action by writing a letter to U.S. Rep. Tim Walz of Minnesota. Along with the letter they sent a petition with 152 signatures urging Walz to spread awareness about the genocide.

“It makes me want to donate more time and tell more people about,” Sickles said. “A lot of people don’t know about Darfur.”

We think the students' petition and letter will meet with a receptive audience in Congressman Walz, who wrote his master thesis about teaching genocide studies and who has been talking publicly about Darfur since early in his term. He is a member of the Sudan Caucus.