Gabriel, Katie-Jay, Joshua and Jeremiah are still in N’djamena. Fighting has broken out in the capital, it looks like a revolution is happening. Some humanitarian staff have been evacuated, and we’re waiting for more news. UNHCR vehicles were stolen and the capital is under attack. Amidst all the chaos, our team is still uploading video and journals.

Read more of the story at stopgenocidenow.org and check out the latest on their Flickr stream.

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If you're in DC, come join us tonight at 6:00 for a Happy Hour at Timberlakes in Dupont. Get all the deets here, and hopefully we'll see you there!

"The Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War join forces with Survivors of Hurricane Katrina and The Great Flood to march from Mobile, AL to New Orleans, LA. On this day we departed Bayou Liberty Relief in Slidell, LA to later arrive in New Orleans East's Vietnamese Community."

Find more on this event at The Voice of Eye photostream and, of course, veteransforpeace.org

"Plungers run (screaming) out of the Bay" is the caption under this week's photo. Hundreds gathered on the beach of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for CCAN's Polar Bear Plunge...brrr!

You can donate to your favorite plunger on their website, as well as read up on CCAN's activities on their blog.

This weeks picture comes from the Ella Baker Center, taken at Silence the Violence Day in Oakland. Read more about this project and others!

It's a new year and we're happy to announce that we're opening yet another round of DIA Empowers Grants. Since the inception of the grant program, the response from our community has been phenomenal! Over the last year we've awarded 8 grants to very worthy groups from a wide range of issue areas within the progressive movement who are now successfully using the DIA platform, Salsa, to bolster their online efforts. Given this success, we're happy to again offer grants to 5 worthy organizations.

If you've been thinking about trying Salsa, or are already a DIA member with a tight budget, you should apply! You'll receive one year of Salsa free-of-charge (a value of up to 10k).

This week's photo comes from our own photo stream. It's April, Chris and Marc toasting the staff at our holiday dinner.

Hope you're finding some time in between year-end fundraising appeals to celebrate. Here's to the new year!

This image, titled The Power of Onesie, comes from a set highlighting Momsrising.

Sign their petition on lead-free toys and get more info about their wonderful campaigns.

"Students at Georgetown University participated in a candlelight vigil as a part of the international DarfurFast on October 6, 2006. Participants at high school and college campuses across the country and abroad gave up one luxury item for the day and donated money to civilian protection for Darfurian civilians. The event was sponsored by STAND, a
student anti-genocide coalition, which is the student division of the Genocide Intervention Network."

- Photo submitted by Dawit Beru to benefit the Genocide Intervention Network.

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We're constantly amazed by the work our community is doing to further the progressive movement. You've adopted Salsa as the megaphone for your causes, and the result has been inspiring.

We hear through the grapevine that some really amazing work has been done by our members using Salsa over the past year. What are some of YOUR success stories? Grab a cup of fair trade, organic coffee and tell us all about it.

Please submit your story here by January 1st to be eligible.

To make it interesting, we're giving out prizes for the 5 most compelling stories. We've gathered up a bunch of goodies we're calling Salsa in a Box. You can leave your computer chips behind -- this box contains tortilla chips, margarita mix and many other ingredients for a real salsa fiesta.