TAKE ACTION: Preventing and Ending Genocide

There are a seemingly endless number of things we as individuals can do to help eradicate eliminationism and genocide from  our world.

1. Inform Your Network, Break Your Silence

This is a bold step. How do we get others to care about preventing genocide and ending current ones? How do we as individuals combat eliminationism? Step number 1 is to be informed yourself.

The next step is relatively easy. Tell everyone! Be loud and vocal and let people know you care!

2. Write Your Senator:

After the genocide in Rwanda, many U.S. Senators began receiving thousands of personal letters from concerned citizens about the United States’ disgusting stance of “inaction.” These Senators remarked that if they had received these letters before or during the genocide, THEY WOULD HAVE PUSHED FOR ACTION…

We must call on our government to prevent genocide before it begins, and intervene when genocide is committed. Write your Senator a PERSONAL letter. Tell them your concerns and what you expect of them. All it takes is a few minutes at the very most…make copies, send them to other Senators as well. Thanks to modern communication, you can even e-mail your Senators, or call them.

To find out how to contact your government representatives, please click here.

3. Take Action:

There are many things individuals can do to combat genocide and eliminationist policies. Here are a few examples:

• Sign the petition for Genocide Prevention efforts!
• Join or create a Street Team for your area! Learn more by clicking here.
• Do a fundraiser with us for one of our aid partners! Learn more by clicking here!
• Get your church involved: OBS Policy: A Call to the American Church.
• Point people you come in contact with that want to learn more about genocide and eliminationism to our website!
• Check your investment portfolio and make sure your funds are not supporting genocide. Click here to learn more.
• Live in Memphis? Come to one of our Community Conversations!

The possibilities to take action are endless and to many to list here. Take your creativity as far as you can with it!

4. Donate and Serve:

Donate money, raise money through fundraising events, and serve! Contact an aid organization or speak with your church about a possible medical, construction, or relief work mission trip to the area that concerns you.

For a list of trustworthy organizations to contact, just click on one of the links at the right-hand side of our website!