Xpose: Action No. 1

Museveni Visit to White House

On Tuesday, October 30, 2007 President Museveni of Uganda met with President Bush at the White House. Museveni also gave a public address at the Mayflower hotel in Washington DC (1127 Connecticut Ave.).

Advocacy surrounding his visit centralized with a letter, phone and email awareness campaign surrounding the visit.

Action Steps:

> WHAT YOU CAN DO:

1. Expose President Museveni for committing crimes against humanity with impunity in Uganda, as well as in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Read the US State Department's press release regarding Museveni's visit below.)
   
   
2. Ask President Bush to stop honoring a despotic leader like President Museveni by inviting him to the White House. Email the White House at comments@whitehouse.gov.
   
   Concerned readers can call The White House at 202-456-1414 and ask Spokesperson Dana Perino why Bush is hosting Museveni. Readers can also call: their Senator or Congressperson, Senator Joseph Biden, Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations committee to register their views at 202-224-5042, Senator Hillary Clinton 202-224-4451 and Senator Barack Obama 202-224-2854. (Info. Courtesy BlackStarNews.com)
   
   
3. Ask Congress and Presidential candidates to hold Museveni responsible for his poor governance and embezzlement of funds meant for: children's vaccination programs, HIV patients, and the rehabilitation and reconstruction of war-ravaged Northern Uganda.
   
   

4. Urge your religious leaders to appeal to their members to take action as part of their moral obligation towards fellow human beings.
   
   

5. Urge students at all levels to organize activities to bring awareness about the crisis in Northern Uganda and the Great Lakes Region in general.

4 Steps to Expose Uganda's Genocide

1. Become informed beyond what is in the popular public media.
   
   
2. Call, fax or email your member of Congress. Find your Congressional representative here
   (you can also email them directly from the congress.gov website.)
   
   
3. Write to your Congressional representative, your newspaper, opinion leaders, and other local, national and international media outlets. Use the suggested script or you may create your own.
   
   
4. Send this website to your network; encourage them to join you in Xposing Uganda's Genocide.