Students Taking Action Now: Darfur will hold its first walk for Darfur Saturday at 2 p.m. The walk will start at the statue of Cornelius Vanderbilt and continue around the perimeter of campus.

To participate in the walk, supporters donate $10, which will go toward the Darfur refugee population in Nashville. Registration will begin at 1:30 p.m.

In recent years, the death toll in Darfur has reached 400,000, and the number of refugees totals more than 1 million.

STAND co-organizer, freshman Lindsey Smith, said she hopes the walk will make her peers more aware of the current situation in Darfur.

"Over the years the situation in Darfur has only worsened, and for any change to be made, people need to become more aware about it," Smith said.

"All proceeds from the walk go to the Lost Boys of Nashville Foundation (which is a center that helps provide guidance to young male refugees from Darfur)," Smith said.

Another co-organizer, freshman Kelley McIlhattan, urged students to attend.

"I think coming to this event is just really important in order to raise awareness and help people to really understand what is happening," she said. "Hopefully, it will raise awareness about all the suffering that people in Darfur, and all over Sudan, are going through."

The Lost Boys Foundation of Nashville was established in 2004 by a small group of volunteers. There are currently approximately 150 lost boys living in the Nashville area.

The mission of the center is to reunite and enhance the living conditions of the Lost Boys of Nashville by funding a community complex for their convenience.