CFCI Students Deliver Open Letter to U.S. Special Envoy Feingold
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I was touched by the sincerity of U.S. Special Envoy Feingold as I watched Georges and Jake hand him an open letter from 73 campuses ...
Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale Release Joint Statement on Conflict Minerals
Not only do universities educate students on issues of social justice, but they also serve as venues for students to organize around these issues and generate substantive change in society. Today, student leaders at Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale are seizing their opportunity to stimulate change by releasing a joint statement calling for responsible investment policies in relation to conflict minerals sourced from eastern Congo. Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale all participate in the Conflict-Free Campus Initiative, or CFCI, a network of more than 150 campuses worldwide, in this rising call for action ...
New Amendment Bars Non-Humanitarian U.S. Aid to Countries Hosting Sudan’s Bashir
Despite being wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide and crimes against humanity, Omar al-Bashir remains comfortably in power as the president of Sudan. In an effort to boost international pressure to have him arrested, the House Appropriations Committee recently adopted an amendment which would cut off all non-humanitarian aid to countries that allow Bashir to travel within their borders. The amendment was offered by Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) who has a longstanding history of championing Sudanese issues on the Hill ...
Profits vs. People: House Subcommittee Debates Costs of 1502
As the saga of Dodd-Frank section 1502 drags on, last Thursday, May 10, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade held a hearing to debate the following questions: What are the costs for American businesses to start disclosing supply chain details for minerals sourced from Congo and its neighboring countries? How would this industry change affect people in eastern Congo? And, most importantly, what are the consequences for people in eastern Congo if the provisions are not implemented? ...
Share This: Sudan—Stop Weapons of Mass Starvation
This weekend, our partners at United to End Genocide, or UEG, are hosting a series of online and offline events to mark the end of genocide awareness month and bring attention to the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan and South Sudan. Beginning today, activists across the U.S. and abroad will begin spreading the word on Facebook and urging people to take action ...
Enough Project Briefs House Members on Recent Developments in Sudan
Last Thursday, the Enough Project's John Prendergast and Omer Ismail were on Capitol Hill to brief House members and staff on the current situation in Sudan, to bring the members up-to-date information and solicit bipartisan support for the Sudan Peace, Security and Accountability Act of 2012 ...
President Obama to Launch First-ever Atrocities Prevention Board – Stay Tuned for Live Updates
In an effort to fulfill the pledge of “never again,” the APB will be charged with setting up better early warning systems for detecting mass atrocities around the globe and creating cooperative, comprehensive strategies for responding to these signals in order to intervene and stop the atrocities before they occur ...
French Advocacy Group Collectif Urgence Darfour Debuts New Films Calling for Arrest of Sudan’s Bashir
As the world slowly begins to focus its gaze on the rapidly escalating tensions in Sudan, more and more groups are calling for the arrest of indicted war criminal President Omar al-Bashir as a key component to bringing an end to the violence. Joining in this global outcry with some clever new advocacy films is the Paris-based organization “Collectif Urgence Darfour.” ...
‘A New Generation of Justice’: KONY 2012 Part II Addresses Criticisms and Goes Beyond Making Kony Famous
The goal behind last month’s release of KONY 2012 wasn’t to make it the most viral video of all time—though it did achieve that distinction—but to create global momentum that would lead to the apprehension of Joseph Kony and bring an end to the brutality of his Lord’s Resistance Army. The goal of making him famous was achieved in record time, and now Invisible Children is working to focus these massive amounts of energy and willpower by releasing KONY 2012 Part II: Beyond Famous ...
Congressional Letter to Obama and Clinton Asks the U.S. to Make Sudan a Priority at Upcoming High-level Meetings
As the two Sudans remain locked in vicious border clashes, the humanitarian costs are piling up. On March 30, Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) along with 67 of her fellow members of Congress sent a letter to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton highlighting several upcoming opportunities the U.S. has to address the urgent situation in Sudan ...
