Not long ago when Thema Bryant-Davis, PhD, spoke about the importance of APA responding to the Darfurian genocide, a psychologist told her, “Well, we just helped out with the tsunami. There is such a thing as donor fatigue.”

“We can’t be tired of raising awareness because there are people at stake and we are all responsible as global citizens,” responded Bryant-Davis, an assistant professor of psychology at Pepperdine University and chair of APA’s Committee on International Relations in Psychology (CIRP).

Bryant-Davis recommends several ways psychologists can help the people of Darfur:

•  Read and comment on CIRP’s proposed APA Resolution Against Genocide, www.apa.org/international/cirp/gendraft.html.

•  Learn about the crisis by visiting Web sites, such as StopGenocideNow.org.

•  Read APA’s Resolution on Racism at www.psych.org/edu/other_res/lib_archives/archives/200603.pdf.

•  Write to those who have the power: The United Nations, President Bush and the U.S. Congress.

•  Host awareness programs on your campus or in your community.

•  Donate funds to organizations that help Darfurians.

And, above all, said Bryant-Davis, “stay a part of the solution.”

—S. Martin