The Save Yar Campaign is asking the University of Minnesota permission to send three U. of M. students to Juba, South Sudan, over Spring Break. Their purpose is to meet with local leaders and interview local researchers who can carry for this work on the ground over there long-term. See http://save-yar.org/our-mission/

The Campaign have gotten coverage and support from members of Congress for their work based in the U.S., but they say it's time to go to the place where rampant child abduction is occurring. In parts of South Sudan, bandits steal children from other communities like cattle. Hundreds of abductions in recent years have gone unpunished as these human-rights violations are overshadowed by other problems.

The Save Yar Campaign has been working hard from Minneapolis since October to stop this wave of abductions. "We took our campaign to Washington, D.C. and, with the support of Congress and federal departments, met with South Sudan's president. Now it's time to carry this campaign to the place where the change has to occur – South Sudan”. Team members said.

The Save Yar student organization is holding a fundraiser in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood on this Saturday to raise funds for the trip and hopes everyone to join them.

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Please, join the Campaign for lunch this Saturday for a fun and delicious way to contribute to this grassroots campaign!!
Come to Tam-Tam's African Restaurant in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood this Saturday, February 16, anytime from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to sample sensational East African cuisine at this cutting-edge eatery; mix and mingle with fellow Minnesotans concerned with Africa; buy a Save Yar T-shirt; and pledge a specific part of the students' trip.
Tam-Tam's is at 605 Cedar Avenue South. That's two blocks south of Riverside Ave. and the U. of M. West Bank campus. It's less than a block north of Interstate 94.

Directions: Coming from St. Paul on westbound I-94, take the Cedar exit north. Coming from the Minneapolis side on eastbound I-94, merge onto I-35W and take the 3rd Street exit 17C, then turn right onto Washington which becomes Cedar.
By bus: The 2C, the 22 and the 24 will get you there, and the 16 gets close.
For more directions, check out Mapquest or call Tam-Tam's at 612-339-0854.

This fundraiser is sponsored by The Wake Magazine and organized with help from the Amnesty International Legal Support Network at the U. of M. Law School. The Save Yar Campaign against child abduction in South Sudan, www.save-yar.org, is a coalition of University of Minnesota student groups including the Public Affairs Student Association, United Nations Student Association, Council of Graduate Students, and Graduate & Professional Student Assembly. Research support is provided by the U. of M. Human Rights Program.

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Photo: Save Yar Campaign team with Sen. Amy Klobuchar