The Walk to End Genocide is a community event that brings together activists of all ages and backgrounds to rise up in one united voice to say: “We will not stand idly by while genocide and mass atrocities occur.” Event highlights include: 5k walk & rally starting at Pan Pacific Park Jump-A-Thon for kids of…
The second day of the Lemkin Summit was largely focused on developing advocacy skills, in preparation for meeting with policymakers on the Hill. Because, as JWW’s advocacy director, I’m pretty familiar with this, the highlight of my day was connecting with my friend Joseph Mulala Nguramo, who was a presenter on one of the panels…
I’m currently attending the Lemkin Summit at American University in Washington, D.C., organized by the Enough Project. Saturday was the first day of the conference, focusing on the importance of targeting ill-gotten gains and the networks of corruption as a means of preventing future mass atrocities. The highlight of the day was a simulation exercise…
In the last week alone, more than 10,000 Syrian civilians have fled the fighting in the ISIS-held areas of Hajin enclave in Deir ez-Zor governorate in northeast Syria for Al-Hol camp in the Syrian Kurdish YPG-controlled Hassakeh region. Those fleeing this last ISIS enclave — a sliver of land along the Euphrates River — report…
The protests in Sudan have entered their sixth week. Instead of fading into oblivion under the weight of President Al-Bashir’s iron-fisted response, they have gathered momentum, evolving into a countrywide social change movement. The protests began in several cities on the outskirts of Khartoum in response to the elimination of a bread subsidy, that caused the…