Support Us
There are many ways to support our efforts to end the destruction and suffering caused by genocide. You can donate to our organization, help us fundraise or join our team!
Donate
You can donate to Stop Genocide Now and Camp Darfur through i-ACT (interactive-activism), one of our projects. i-ACT is registering as a 501(c)3 non profit, and your donation is currently 100% tax deductible. Payments can be made through Paypal, credit card, or check.
Paypal or Credit Card
Click on the button below to make PayPal or Credit Card payments
Checks
Please make all checks payable to i-ACT:
i-ACT
1732 Aviation Blvd. #138
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
Thank you again for your generosity! Your gifts enable us to do all that is necessary to end and prevent the suffering that results from genocide.
Become an i-ACT Ambassador
Build Community, Connect Individuals, Raise Money
As an i-ACT Ambassador, your valuable time and energy is spent building a community that seeks to change the way the world responds to genocide. Now, this challenge may sound large, but by connecting to the personal voices and faces of the genocide in Darfur, our communities will be more inspired then ever to take quality action and make concrete changes, both locally and internationally. i-ACT (interactive-activism) begins with simple and small actions that connect you with an individual like Adam. Once you are connected, you introduce your friends and family to Adam, or Selma, or Ahmet. Through these relationships, change begins.
As an i-ACT Ambassador, you will reach out to your community to help financially support the growth of this global community. By becoming a member of this monthly donor program you will:
- Make a monthly contribution (via check, paypal or credit card) to ensure that i-ACT can continue our work;
- Receive monthly video updates and actions from i-ACT team members;
- Participate in live video conversations with refugees when the i-ACT team is on the ground in Darfur refugee camps;
- Form deep personal relationships with refugees, communicate with them using innovative technology, and send/receive video and photo messages;
- Be encouraged to share your relationship the relationship formed with Darfuris with your local community through informal conversations, events, presentations, and fund raising efforts.
As an i-ACT Ambassador, you are raising awareness and funds, but most importantly you are joining a community.
Click here to become an i-ACT Ambassador.
Fund-raising Ideas
Participate in the SGN/i-ACT network by raising money and creating community! To begin, contact our Director of Community Outreach, Katie-Jay Scott at ktj (at) stopgenocidenow.org.
In thinking about ways to help SGN and i-ACT fundraise, the best place to start is with you. What do you already spend your time doing? Do you belong to any clubs or organized groups who engage in an activity? How can you integrate your activities into raising awareness and money for Darfur? Sometimes the best gatherings are small and intimate rather than ones that draw a few hundred people. The most successful and creative fundraisers are those that integrate your life and advocacy. We will provide you with the tools you need: brochures, pictures and a DVD of our time in Chad, donation forms and anything else, just ask! Below are just a few ideas to get you started, but don’t let them hold you back, think outside the box!
- Host a small gathering at your house with close friends – a dinner or a cocktail party!
- Organize an ally-raiser at a local restaurant and ask them to donate all proceeds from one of their specials.
- Participate in or organize a city-wide 3k, 5k, or half-marathon run and ask for sponsorship for Darfur. Don’t run? What about a bike ride?
- Organize a Dine for Darfur in your community – engage local restaurants in donating a percentage of their proceeds in one day to Darfur.
- Host a film and discussion at a local cinema or house.
- Organize a concert, play or DJ jam at a local venue, park, or community center.
- Ask your place of worship to donate one day’s collection to Darfur.
- Sell t-shirts, stickers or wristbands.
- Coordinate a wine or beer tasting for happy hour.
- Organize an auction or art competition.
- Create a zine of local artists and writers supporting peace and sell it.
- In lieu of gifts for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah or wedding, ask people to donate to SGN.
- Have a portion of your sports pool (fantasy too!) or poker game go towards rebuilding Darfur.
- Host a mom and baby “Play Date” event with fun activities and food.
- Have a raffle at your school in conjunction with awareness events.
- Disc golf for Darfur tournament.
- Invite friends and family to organize a community garage-sale.
- Be creative! Find your own way to fund-raise.
As you do these activities, always use the opportunity to create awareness and action for the people of Darfur.
JOIN the Community
Support SGN with your TIME and SKILLS!
Stop Genocide Now is always looking for people like you to join our community and contribute your skills. Beyond hosting us at your school, place of worship or community center, you can actually help SGN create our outreach materials, work with our tech and web team, and help us edit hours and hours of video we have from Chad. Our current team currently communicates primarily via the internet and conference calls, you too can join! Not sure how you can contribute? What do you spend your time doing? What skills and interests do you have? We are a small team, so your help will go a long way to create an even larger impact on how the world reacts to genocide.
We are currently in need of:
- Interns at Stop Genocide Now: We are looking for interns who can spend at least 10 hours a week with our team working on various projects. Interns will help develop projects, manager on-going campaigns, create media materials, and learn how SGN works. We are happy to work with your university or college to arrange credit.
- Grant Research and Writing – As SGN expands, we need help funding our projects and new staff members. Currently we have a very small paid staff and would love to have the opportunity to hire some of our volunteers and expand our projects for greater impact. We have a few dedicated volunteers working on research and writing, but the more eyes on a document and the more minds for creative and concise proposals, the better! This can be done on your own time and from the comfort of your home! You will be supported by several team members in our joint efforts!
- Legal Advisor – i-ACT, Camp Darfur, and Stop Genocide Now are looking for legal advice surrounding non-profit status, IRS, partnership contracts, and general support for questions.
- Public Relations/Media Specialist – i-ACT, Camp Darfur, and other projects of Stop Genocide Now provide fantastic opportunities for the media to link people in the US and abroad to the refugees living in camps. We are looking for someone who can join the team long term and help with writing press alerts and releases, following up with media contacts, outreach, establishing relationship with media contacts, and help the voice of the refugees get out into the world. Ideally this would be someone who would join our core team and keep up with all our various projects, providing ideas for media outreach and features.
- General Team Members – we are looking for a few good sentient beings who can really help strengthen our team by taking on a more permanent role on the team. If you are interested in taking your Darfur activism to a new level and for the long term, please let us know.
- Join the Development Team – We are looking for a few volunteers to help us create long-term donor development plans and fundraisers. We have a small team of innovative and creative people who are dedicated to making the personal connection to refugees the center of the relationship between possible donors and SGN. With your help and ideas, we can expand SGN programming!
Let us know about any areas of interest or skills that you can offer. We are very open to being creative and finding the power to make a difference within each individual. If any of these opportunities peak your interest or if you have questions, please feel free to email Katie-Jay Scott, Director of Community Programming, at ktj[at]stopgenocidenow.org.
