I was scanning through the Net2 news aggregator today for Bay Area nonprofits using the social web (big thanks to Emily for tagging the SF Zoo podcast, the Rainforest Action Network blog,  the Sierra Club blog and the Electric Frontier Foundations's blog), and saw the link for a new blog, Bloggers for Darfur.

On April 30th, there will be a huge rally in Washington DC, and smaller gatherings in other cities, to raise awareness about the genocide in Darfur. Bloggers for Darfur is trying to raise awareness about Darfur, and organize online for people who can't attend the rallies.  

Here are some of the things they suggest that you can do to get involved virtually:

• Email networks to ask why genocide doesn't get the news coverage it deserves.
• Send a Million Voices for Darfur e-card to Bush.
• Post a photo of a candle on your blog with a link to Bloggers for Darfur, and to their Flickr Group.
• Post a Bloggers for Darfur badge on your blog (pictured above).
• Add yourself to the Bloggers for Darfur Frappr map.
• Join the Bloggers for Darfur Yahoo Group.

Coincidentally, I heard Paul Rusesabagina (inspiration for Hotel Rwanda) speak today to promote his book An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography.  Over and over he talked about the "power of words" and gave examples of how he negotiated with soldiers not to kill people.

Let's use our words, bloggers, to write about what really matters.