Stop Genocide Now
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 videos spurred conversation and comments by those just learning that genocide still occurs today and seasoned activists who’ve been working for years to end the […]
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. Epstein and students went the extra mile to spark social awareness by using tools – like iMovie – to create short trailers to get the message […]
The other day Gabriel asked me to write a blog post about why I am interning with Stop Genocide Now for the summer and what kinds of projects I am going to be working on. Thinking it would be simple, I eagerly nodded and started thinking of what I wanted to write about. Oddly enough, […]
Today, we set up MY HOME: A Walk Through Children’s Memories of Darfur in Redding, CA at Turtle Bay Exploration Park. It was a long day, but at the end of eight hours of setting up fabric walls, assembling bamboo stands, and hanging drawings there were more than thirty volunteer docents from Genocide No More–Save […]
I have been working with Camp Darfur and host groups for several years now. Students, communities, faith groups and all around activist rock stars have all helped bring the camp to their community. Camp Darfur at ‘Iolani was by far one of the most meaningful and impactful on the local community that I have been […]
Last week kicked off five straight weeks of Camp Darfur on campuses and in communities from CA to Minnesota and all the way to Hawaii! Three years ago, hosting Camp Darfur was how I got hooked into the SGN community. It was at an event I helped organize back in Portland, OR with the Unitarians […]
‘To spread knowledge is to spread peace’. Those were the words inscribed by means of a Sharpie onto the inside of a linen tent. The message, surrounded by hundreds of other thoughtful messages, was inscribed on the canvas tents of Camp Darfur. Edina High School hosted the traveling exhibit on Monday, October 5, 2009. “Learning […]
I have been organizing and hosting Darfur events and action campaigns since I first heard Ruth Messinger from AJWS speak at Portland State University in Spring 2005. I have been traveling with Camp Darfur since September 2007. I can’t even count how many presentations I’ve given or conversations I’ve had over these years. Like many, […]
Last week the University of Idaho Center for Volunteerism and Social Action got in touch with Stop Genocide Now in hopes of bringing the Camp Darfur tents back to the campus as it was such an eye opening event last year. We arranged a FedEx pick-up and within a couple of days five large boxes […]
An interactive awareness and education event that brings attention to the ongoing genocide in Darfur, Sudan, and gives individuals the opportunity to discover their own power to make a difference. This traveling refugee camp raises awareness and examines Sudan’s Darfur region and its humanitarian crisis – genocide – by placing it in historical context with […]