Stop Genocide NowGabriel co-founded Stop Genocide Now in 2005, which gave birth to i-ACT in 2009.
He became involved in the situation in Darfur out of a sense of personal responsibility. He believes the power of community and compassion, combined with personal empowerment, can bring about meaningful change.
N’Djamena 8:01pm We are down to the last few hours in Chad. I was just going over the stories we heard during our days at the camps, especially what the ones belonging to the young people. There was Muhammad, Ahmat, Farha, and Eisha. Muhammad we found making bricks. Ahmat is our English speaking friend. Farha, […]
9:38am It was an exciting, if unexpected, way to start the day. We thought that our flight to N’Djamena departed at 11:30am, so that we had time to leisurely get our things together. At 8:00am, the guesthouse guard came running, saying that there was a UNHCR car outside looking for us. The UNHCR staff told […]
5:50pm Title: Commenting back Hey Shelley: Thank YOU! I look forward to working with you back in California; there is so much we can do! Let’s start increasing the pressure and making some more NOISE, so that our representatives and the rest of the international community take true responsibility and ACT. Let’s start directly helping […]
11:40pm Concrete assistance Hello all: I’ve been looking for ways for us, through Stop Genocide Now (SGN), to get some direct assistance to some of the children and families we’ve met at the refugee camps. Some of you have asked, including Shelley from MSMC and Ray from O.net, and it was one my goals for […]
12/11 5:08pm Title: Commenting back Hello Tom! I’m sitting here in the middle of the yard of the CCF guesthouse, with the pc and satellite modem, reading your and other people’s comments. Thanks for helping out with the team back home and for staying in touch with us out here; it really makes a difference. […]
Commenting back 9:05 pm Chacho! No sabes el gusto que me dio leer tu comentario. Me saludas mucho a tu familia y a todos en Monterrey. Si, yo tambien me acuerdo mucho de nuestros tiempos juntos de jovenes (no que estemos viejos…para nada !). Le platicaba aqui a mi companero, Chris, que nos suviamos al […]
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In Africa it’s already 12/10 Day 20, Gaga and AU 10:20 pm It felt so good to just lose myself in between the tents of Gaga, with no guide or translator. Gaga is a small newer Camp, about an hour and a half east of Abeche. It was an interesting place for us because they […]
Please don’t stop ACTing Yesterday Gabriel wrote in his journal (blog), “Please don’t stop acting.” Today, scroll down this Action Page and see which action(s) you were not able to complete or would like to complete again (because you did them all!!!) and take action. In the December edition of National Geographic in their article […]
10:04pm More on security Yesterday, Chris and I briefed UNHCR about our trip, focusing mostly on security issues refugees and others shared with us. They told us that security is a complex issue, with politics (refugee leadership politics, local politics, and cross-border politics) having a great impact on it. My point was, and is, that […]