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The Obama administration has unveiled a long-awaited Sudan policy review, for the first time outlining a comprehensive, coordinated U.S. strategy toward the region. The words contained in the strategy, however, are only a first step. Please urge President Obama to implement the new strategy by raising the issue with Chinese President Hu Jintao on his upcoming visit to China.

In advance of the upcoming World Summit on Food Security, November 16 to 18 in Rome, we need you to call on our leaders to recognize food as a human right. The Rome meeting is a key opportunity for the U.S. government to intervene on behalf of people suffering from hunger and poverty worldwide. Please ask U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to endorse the principle that food is a human right.

U.S. foreign assistance programs provide vital services to peoples around the world. However, conflicting goals, lack of coordination and an increasingly burdensome bureaucratic system limit the effectiveness of our foreign aid. Now is the time to reform U.S. foreign assistance, reducing red tape and redundancy and putting the focus where it belongs, on alleviating poverty and hunger and promoting human rights.

The government of Sudan recently expelled 13 international aid organizations from Darfur, putting the lives of millions in danger. The situation is dire and will require the entire international community to come together to avert rapid and substantial loss of life. AJWS is asking people of conscience to send a letter to their representatives in Congress.

President Barack Obama's opportunity to turn his promises into action has come. And our opportunity to hold him accountable has begun.  Help us ensure that Darfur is a priority from Day One for his administration.