We’re Expanding!
We have posted many of these the past few years, but this is by far the most important one yet.
The Sudan3 Campaign
During his campaign, President Obama made it clear on multiple occasions that his administration would make Sudan a priority. Thus far, this promise has been "fulfilled" with a failed policy that does not implement the full leverage the United States has.
The Street Team
We are the people that end and prevent genocide in different ways. We are visionaries, fundraisers, event planners, recruiters, advocates, thinkers, and doers. We are a movement.
What’s All the Hubbub Concerning Clean Water About?
Over one billion people are without access to safe, clean drinking water. The obvious health consequences of this extremely high number was made even more apparent by a recent United Nations report, which stated that lack of clean water and basic sanitation claims more lives than violence every year.
Sudan
Jake Tapper Questions Biden on SudanBiden: ‘Legitimate Concern’ Over Sudan Referendum
From the AFP: The United States is working “full-time” to ensure Sudan’s January referendum...
Ocampo: “Now End This Darfur Denial”
Internationl Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo wrote this recent article that appeared in...
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Congo
Judges Order the Release of Thomas LubangaFrom All-Africa: Today, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court ordered the release of Thomas...
Congress Passes Conflict Mineral Legislation
From the Enough Project: Today, Congo activists, U.S. consumers, and the people of Congo won an incredible...
Senator Corker: Please Say Yes!
In the coming days, critical language requiring conflict minerals accountability will be part of the...
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Elsewhere in Africa
TAKE ACTION: Combatting the World Water CrisisWater can change everything when it comes to rebuilding communities and providing clean drinking water. We’ll let charity:water explain that part from the community standpoint: 1. The walk for water that used to take everyone here three hours, now takes 15 minutes. And the water is safe to drink. 2. A hygiene worker teaches your village the importance of sanitation. Your community builds latrines...
Africa Readies Troops for Somalia
From the AP: African leaders are pledging thousands of new troops for Somalia to fight al-Qaida-linked militants responsible for the twin World Cup bombings that killed 76 people, and the U.S. says it will help bankroll the military campaign. But internal documents obtained by The Associated Press show that that African Union forces and Somali troops don’t trust one another, and that Somalia’s...
Worse Than War Recap
Yesterday, we had an opportunity to sit down with a large number of Memphians to do two things: Watch the documentary film Worse Than War Discuss what Memphis can do to confront genocide The Good, the Bad, and the Obvious For those of you who have not seen Worse Than War, it is an engaging documentary that takes the complicated and overwhelming topic of genocide and breaks it down into a way that...
Zero to Sixty: The Rapid Evolution of the Movement to End Genocide
Rebels Assault Main Army Base in Barao CAR
From the AFP: The army in the Central African Republic claimed control Monday of the northern town of Birao, following an attack by rebels on its military base there. “Units of the Centrafrican Armed Forces (FACA) at the moment control the town of Birao, and we are in a position to say that this morning’s attack was the work of dissidents of the Movement of Centrafrican Liberators for Justice...
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