Hi Charlie.
Your email is a godsend. Ever since I moved to New York City the second half of May, I have thrown myself more fully into working for the cause of democracy in Nepal.
By the way, are you someone famous? Because I remember your name from somewhere. I guess I can Google your name real quick and find out. I just wanted to send you a real quick reply asap.
I give you full cooperation. I seek full cooperation. Let's talk on an ongoing basis and shape this baby.
Let's rumbo!
Paramendra Bhagat.
From: "Charlie Szrom"
To: paramendra@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 19:07:30 -0400
Subject: Worldwide democracy movement requests your help
Dear Paramendra Bhagat,
I am contacting you because, having written about democracy movements or democracy promotion in the past on your blog, you may be interested in an organization that I lead.
Two months ago, Nepali activist Jyoti Gartaula spent 31 days in a 5 x 3 meter (14 x12 feet) prison cell with 29 other people. The king's security forces put him behind bars for the 'crime' of organizing a peaceful demonstration to demand democracy and a future for his people that included neither the dictatorial rule of the monarch nor the violence of the Maoist insurgency. But the punishment only hardened Jyoti: days after his release he began traveling around the mountain nation to further strengthen the democracy network and organize more pro-freedom demonstrations.
Jyoti does not tread his path alone, however, because he leads the Nepal chapter of Students for Global Democracy (SGD), a nonpartisan international organization founded last year to support nonviolent democratic dissidents in authoritarian nations. Besides aiding Jyoti, SGD has supported democrats in Belarus, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Burma, and Ukraine through actions of moral support, fundraising, awareness efforts, and by lobbying governments to support pro-democracy policies.
SGD is organizing a Worldwide Walk for Democracy this October that will highlight the crisis of democracy in Belarus, give moral support to dissidents there, and raise funds for pro-democracy activities in the East European nation. In order to make this event a great success and show the world just how strongly its citizens support freedom, SGD is calling for new recruits everywhere to add to its current roster of a dozen chapters.
Bloggers like you can play a critical role in this recruitment drive. We request that you consider taking an active role in fighting worldwide oppression by blogging in support of SGD and its activities. If you mention us frequently, the international democracy movement will strengthen as more democratic adherents put their beliefs into action by joining up with us and increasing the scope of nations that we deal with.
I ask that you please do one or more of the following if you are interested in helping us:
1) Post about our recruitment drive on your blog and call for new members to the movement. To bolster a blog post, you can get information on the Walk from http://sfgd.org?wwdb and information on recruiting from SGD's manifesto and mission statement, also located on the site. Also, consider placing our button (http://sfgd.org?button) in a prominent place on your blog and link to the SGD website at http://www.sfgd.org.
2) Pass this message on to fellow bloggers, co-workers, friends, and/or family who may be interested in SGD and its work.
3) Consider joining the movement yourself, either by starting a local chapter or by lending assistance in such areas as fundraising, publicity, or grant-writing.
If you do any of these, I ask that you please email me so that I can add you to the SGD-friendly blogs list.
Please check out our website, and if you would like to speak more with me, either for your own personal interest or in relation to a blog post, please email me at studentsforglobaldemocracy@gmail.com to set a conversation up.
Thank you for your time and consideration of our efforts.
Sincerely,Charlie Szrom
President
Students for Global Democracy
http://www.sfgd.org
Mary Joyce
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