Paul Rusesabagina, general manager of the Hotel des Mille Collines during the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, spoke in San Francisco on Friday, April 21, 2006. He helped shelter over 1,200 people from slaughter by using his influence as general manager of the Hotel des Mille Collines in Kigali, Rwanda. Almost a million others were killed in about 100 days. His heroic and resourceful actions inspired the 2004 film "Hotel Rwanda." Campaigning for world action to help stop the ongoing genocide the Darfur region of Sudan, and in support of his new autobiography, Paul Rusesabagina spoke and took questions from the public.

There will be rallies across the nation on Sunday April 30th to demand action from US political leaders to bring pressure on those responsible for the genocide in Darfur to stop the killing. There will be a rally locally in San Francisco. The largest will be held in Washington, DC.

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