Dear Friends and Friends who are also Relatives, I am writing again about the war in Sudan, which grinds on, largely off-camera, with its attendant, horrific human suffering. I attach a recent column by Nicholas Kristof on the carnage. His is a strong but almost singular voice calling attention to the Sudanese catastrophe. He refers to the heroic, grass roots efforts of the mostly young Sudanese, often women, who are running the Emergency Response Rooms that offer local help to the suffering: food, medical care, spaces where young children can be children. These are the people for whom I asked your support in my last message, through the Mutual Aid Sudan organization. I attach also that message. Their work has not gone completely unnoticed. They have just won the Rafto prize for their work, awarded by a Norwegian human rights organization. Previous laureates of this prize included Aung San Suu Kyi, Jose Ramos-Horta, Kim Dae-Jung and Shirin Ebadi, who went on to win the Nobel Peace Pri...