Guide to the Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition Records, 1985-2017 AIS.2015.03
Arrangement
Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition Records
Creator
Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition
Collection Number
AIS.2015.03
Extent
5.17 Linear Feet(5 cartons, 1 Hollinger box, 2 oversize folders)
Date
1985-2017
Date
2004-2011
Abstract
The records of the Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition are composed of textual and audiovisual documents about the group's activities to promote awareness of war and genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. These records date from 2004-2017.
Language
English
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Author
Amy Brunner.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System Archives & Special Collections Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Business Number: 412-648-3232 (Thomas) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman) Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
History
A non-profit organization affiliated with the Thomas Merton Center and Global Switchboard, Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition (PDEC) was founded in August 2004 by David Rosenberg, Molly Rush, Wanda Guthrie, and Sister Barbara Finch. The Coalition was an informal group with no known officers aside from Rosenberg, who was the Coordinator. According to its website, the PDEC's goal was to "mobilize public support for our aims and translate them to policy by organizing public events and generating media coverage." To further that mission, PDEC coordinated petition drives, marches, and informational installations intended to educate the public about the War in Darfur and resulting genocide of non-Arabic Darfuris in southwestern Sudan.
PDEC worked with several other organizations, including Save Darfur Coalition and local chapters of Students Taking Action Now: Darfur to pursue their shared mission. PDEC hosted several conferences on contemporary events in Sudan. These conferences brought together members of the Sudanese community in western Pennsylvania with policy experts, such as Jendayi E. Frazer and Scott Gration, to discuss past issues and present possible solutions to the genocide in Darfur. The group was represented in national rallies and marches through bus trips to New York City and Washington, DC. At one of the marches, PDEC members presented thousands of petition signatures to elected and appointed officials.
Beginning in 2007, PDEC began work on the Destroyed Villages Project. The project consisted of marches and installations of hundreds of signs, each listing the name of a Darfuri town or village destroyed by the Sudanese military or its allies. The ultimate presentation of the Project was at the 2009 G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. After the creation of South Sudan in 2011, PDEC supported mission work in the new country and also worked to bring regional members of the Sudanese diaspora in contact with non-profit organizations and U.S. diplomats in a series of forums.
In the same year, Save Darfur Coalition merged into another organization and changed its mission to pursue an end to all genocides worldwide. PDEC continued its mission to bring awareness and support the needs of Sudanese diaspora members within the Western Pennsylvania region until 2017.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically within intellectually determined series. The intellectual arrangement is based upon Dr. Rosenberg's initial organizational scheme.
Those series are:
Series I. Administrative
Series II. Events
Series III. Informational Handouts
Series IV. Petitions
Series V. Research Materials
Series VI. News Clippings
Series VII. Proclamations
Series VIII. Media and Realia
Preferred Citation
Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition Records, 2004-2017, AIS.2015.03, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Acquisiton Information
Gift of David Rosenberg, 2015. Additional materials were donated in 2017 by Dr. Rosenberg and in 2018 by Mary Dawn Edwards.
Related Material
Thomas Merton Center Records, 1962-2009, AIS.1982.19, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
David Rosenberg Papers, 1983-2007, AIS.2009.01, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Scope and Content Notes
Records include a variety of textual and audiovisual documents which reflect the Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition's (PDEC) administrative practices, research practices, communications, and demonstrations. Included in this collection are meeting agendas, financial records, petitions, news clippings about the group's activities, and publications consulted by the PDEC.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Amy Brunner in 2018.
Copyright
The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
Subjects
Corporate Names
Global Switchboard
Save Darfur Coalition
Thomas Merton Center (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Pittsburgh Darfur Emergency Coalition
Students Taking Action Now: Darfur
Personal Names
Rosenberg, David Lee
Edwards, Mary Dawn
Occupations
Activists
Genres
Correspondence
Financial records
Petitions
Clippings (Information artifacts)
Postcards
Pamphlets
Notes
Mailing lists
Digital images
Color prints (Photographs)
Photo CDs
Other Subjects
Social advocacy -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Societies, etc.
Protest movements
Human rights -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Associations, institutions, etc. -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
