Successful activism in Washington, D.C.

I received this report from Marla Wilson, who organized the Dupont Circle rally for Sudan: Day of Conscience:

Thank you so much for publicizing my event. I gathered around 40 signatures for the petition I created, which I hope to send to the three parties it was directed toward: Secretary-General Annan, the Sudanese government (Pres. al-Bashir/Sudanese Ambassador), and Pres. Bush. I also got some e-mail signups for the Save Darfur Coalition’s listserv. After that, I proceeded to the rally at the Embassy and saw Danny Glover get arrested. I thought it was spectacular—even better than the one where Ben and Jerry got arrested. Apparently, the protests have reached such a fever pitch that they’ve closed the embassy indefinitely.