This week's photo comes from a protest against "the new imperialist", China, in London. Protesters demand justice for Tibet and focus on the new Olympic games.

China holds unrivaled influence with the genocidal regime in Sudan. China must immediately use that influence to persuade the Sudanese government to allow a full and robust civilian protection force into Darfur.

If China does not act, in its role as Olympic host and world leader, Beijing will go down in history as the host of the "Genocide Olympics": China will be sponsoring the Olympic Games at home and the genocide in Darfur -- in which it is complicit -- abroad.

Do you have an organizational page, Cause, or petition to share with the DIA community? Be a fan...cuz we're on Facebook, too!

It's here! In the spirit of providing the best learning opportunities, networking possibilities and progressive leadership for 2008 and beyond, we've been working hard on preparing our first ever community conference.

We're talking two days of hands-on, interactive training from DemocracyInAction staff and your colleagues in other member organizations!

The conference will take place in Washington, D.C. on June 26-27th at the Hotel Palomar. If you haven't checked the location out yet, it's a sustainably developed hotel in the heart of Dupont Circle with fabulous conference space (think windows in every room) and delicious meal plans (vegans and veggies, rejoice!)

A Petition Fish! Oceana's Seafood Campaign thought outside the petition box, and let supporters get creative in their protest for mercury warnings at Giant.

Find out tons more about this campaign to "hold the mercury". Is your supermarket on the green or red list?

Here's Jon and Charles tabling at the NTC conference in New Orleans last week. Check out the entire photostream here!

Wednesday, March 19th...time to topple the pillars of war and empire.

Get the deets on nonviolent action happening around your city at 5yearstoomany.org.

China holds unrivaled influence with the genocidal regime in Sudan. As Beijing prepares to host the 2008 Olympics, join Dream For Darfur in urging China to use its leverage to persuade the Sudanese government to consent immediately to a civilian protection force in Darfur.

In this week's photo, Mia Farrow and an 8 year old Darfurian refugee walk into a sandstorm near the Sudan-Chad border at the commencement of the Dream for Darfur torch relay.

"Beautiful Bandit poses for her 31st birthday" reads the caption of our photo of the week. Bandit lives with our DIA member group, Friends of the National Zoo.

Read up on Spectacled Bears and the other creatures at FONZ.

Is your tooth achin' just thinking about chocolate hearts and teddy bears? Try these low fat, non-material alternatives.

First, some double click action to get warmed up.

Send a thank you to jewelers who've pledged to protect the Bristol Bay watershed from large-scale mining, including the proposed Pebble gold mine.

Send Congress a Valentine and ask your member to support the legislation to establish a Department of Peace to help end violence against women.

Games and Valentines don't mix, but try this MomsRising wishing game and share your healthcare wishes.

Send these adorable Oceana e-cards to your friends and fam. They even have some for the kids- Cute!

Bikes for the World collected and shipped 5,601 bikes in 2005, another 7,697 bikes in 2006, and through the end of 2007 expected to ship another 8,400 bikes, making it the largest bicycle re-use program in the United States. Awesome!

Here's the skinny on how to donate your bike or sponsor a collection.