Movie Trailers That Spark Activism from ‘Iolani School’s 7th Graders
A BIG mahalo to ‘Iolani School world geography teacher Mr. Epstein and his talented 7th graders. After Gabriel, KTJ, and Sara-Christine of Team i-ACT brought Camp Darfur to the ‘Iolani campus, Mr....
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editor’s note: this blog originally appeared on iactivism.org. I’m proud to announce the winner of October’s Movies that Spark Activism contest of videos created by ‘Iolani School 7th graders. The...
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The Disturbing Role – or Lack Thereof – of UNAMID in Darfur
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Abd Raouf* With international attention squarely on ISIS’s reign of terror in Iraq and Syria and very little recent reporting on the intra-governmental conflict that sprouted in...
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Add your Voice: No Impunity for Rape
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Abd Raouf* On November 1, 2014, residents of Tabit, Darfur, Sudan reported the mass rape of women and girls in the town by hundreds of Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) soldiers from a...
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UN AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY: WILL ANYTHING SHOCK YOU INTO ACTION IN DARFUR?
On Friday, December 12th, 2014, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, informed the UN Council she would be stopping the investigation into genocide, war crimes, and crimes...
View ArticleAmbassador Power: What will you do to support justice in Darfur?
Darfur Justice from stopgenocidenow on Vimeo. On Friday, December 12th, 2014, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, informed the UN Council she would be stopping the...
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MLK Day Action: Darfur Matters
MLK Day is a day of service, when people are called on to work together to make the lives of everyone better. Reverend King believed passionately in the power of speaking out and was willing to pay—up...
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Déjà vu in Darfur
The suspected is now known: a Human Rights Watch report confirmed the Sudanese army brutally attacked civilians in Tabit, a town in North Darfur, Sudan late last year. The assault, which involved three...
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Restore 2100 Calories
Darfuri refugees in eastern Chad are experiencing severe cuts in food rations. Of the World Food Program minimum standard of 2,100 calories per person, per day, they now only receive approximately 800...
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Ask Ambassador Samantha Power to Act to Stop a Problem from Hell in Darfur
Tweet Action .@AmbassadorPower: after 6 years with @BarackObama administration, is #Darfur better off or still a #ProblemFromHell? bit.ly/1Gqv8LT Facebook Action Before you post this message to your...
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Obama’s Trip to Africa: Help End the Culture of Impunity in South Sudan
This action was originally posted by Enough Project President Barack Obama boards Air Force One to depart Boeing Field in Seattle after making fundraising appearances Thursday May 10, 2012.Photo...
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SOUTH SUDAN URGENT ACTION
From our friends at Enough Project: Tell President Obama to Implement and Enforce a Strong “Plan B” During President Obama’s recent trip to Africa, the international community set a deadline of August...
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Teaching Genocide: Are US Students Learning the Valuable Lessons of Genocide?
This map denotes which states mandate Holocaust and Genocide education at some point during a student’s K-12 curriculum. What may strike many about this map is its distinct lack of uniformity. Only...
View ArticleDrumroll Please: Most Inspiring Genocide Education Video is…
editor’s note: this blog originally appeared on iactivism.org. I’m proud to announce the winner of October’s Movies that Spark Activism contest of videos created by ‘Iolani School 7th graders. The...
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The Disturbing Role – or Lack Thereof – of UNAMID in Darfur
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Abd Raouf* With international attention squarely on ISIS’s reign of terror in Iraq and Syria and very little recent reporting on the intra-governmental conflict that sprouted in...
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How Can We Focus on Preventive Action Rather than Reaction?
Syrian internally displaced people walk in the Atme camp, along the Turkish border in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, on March 19, 2013. Photo Credit: BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images In 2014,...
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Questions Remain in Call for Voluntary Repatriation of Darfuri Refugees
Twelve refugee camps line the eastern border of Chad, just miles away from the Sudanese region of Darfur. Together, these camps are home to approximately 300,000 Darfuri refugees who fled the...
View ArticleLetter Sent to the UN Security Council Urging Action
Submitted by admin on Wed, 18/11/2015 – 12:53pm Darfur Women Action Group’s Letter to the United Nations Security Council Re: 221 Tabit Women Raped October 2014 We, the undersigned, write today to...
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Protect the People of Darfur
On October 31st, 2014, government soldiers in Northern Darfur terrorized a village just a couple miles away from the United Nation-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) headquarters. The soldiers...
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The Arduous Road To Resettlement
Of the roughly sixty million refugees worldwide, a little less than 15 million work with the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR – the agency responsible for most of the refugee referral to third...
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