Dancing for Darfur

General Information
Dancing for Darfur was founded in September 2006 by Alex Adelman, Carey Carpenter, and Anne Browning in Charlotte, NC. Although no longer active, the website, dancingfordarfur.com was launched in October 2006. The immediate response was overwhelming. The idea started as a small dance, but due to community interest, it grew into a massive gala encompassing high school students from schools across the region. Dancing for Darfur raised over $16,000 at the Charlotte, NC dance alone. The organization has raised over $80,000 across the country. Dancing for Darfur hoped to inspire students around the world to organize their own Dances for Darfur. In 2008, the organization changed their name to Dancing for a Difference, using dances to raise money for the cause of the organizer's choice.

Goals

 * To raise awareness of the atrocities occurring in Darfur.
 * To provide students a fun and exciting dance that they will never forget.
 * To raise at least $1 for every life lost as a result of systematic violence in Darfur. Thus, if an estimated 400,000 people have been killed thus far, together we must raise at least $400,000!
 * Encourage policy-makers to do something about what is taking place in Darfur. The genocide has gone on for too long!

Related Links

 * SaveDarfur.org
 * DarfurGenocide.org