RECORDING ARTIST JON FOREMAN JOINS DARFUR FAST FOR LIFE TO END SUFFERING IN
DARFUR AND TO BRING LASTING PEACE TO SUDAN

FRONT MAN FOR SWITCHFOOT CONTINUES FASTING CHAIN FOLLOWING MIA FARROW AND
SIR RICHARD BRANSON

Recording artist Jon Foreman joined the DARFUR FAST FOR LIFE today following
activist-actress Mia Farrow and Virgin Group Founder and Chairman Sir
Richard Branson. A longtime activist and front man for multi-platinum
selling rock band Switchfoot, Foreman will undertake a water-only fast in
order to raise awareness of the humanitarian crisis currently taking place
in Darfur, as well as to encourage long-term U.S. Government actions to
bring lasting peace to the people of Sudan. Foreman begins his three day
fast today and is joined by U.S. Representative Donald Payne who is Chairman
of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health and
works tirelessly to end the suffering in Darfur.

Expressing his outrage at the situation in Darfur, Foreman said, ³Can it be
possible that right now, two and a half million people are waking up in
camps and refugee camps having been driven from their homes by violent
means? Under the same sun, could it be true that almost half a million
people have died of starvation, violence, and disease over the past six
years in Darfur? Is this true?! And if this is true, why has the media
remained almost completely silent on the issue? Why has our government
maintained it¹s current stance of inaction?²

Foreman follows Actress-Activist Mia Farrow and Virgin CEO and Founder Sir
Richard Branson and others in sharing their experiences during the fast
through video and blog posts at www.fastdarfur.org
.

The Darfur Fast for Life | We are leaders, activists and citizens around
the world who fast in solidarity with the people of Darfur because they do
not have a choice. We fast as a personal expression of outrage at a world
that has allowed the suffering of millions of innocent people. We fast
because as we simply watched, Darfur¹s defenseless people were forced into
wretched camps where today they are facing starvation and disease. We fast
because those in positions of authority who know what is right and just,
could and should do more to alleviate their suffering and bring peace,
protection, and justice to the people of Sudan.

We fast for Darfur¹s courageous people ‹because we yearn for a world where
human rights are respected and a life of dignity is the legacy for every
man, woman and child.