April is Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month Posted by Emily Brandon <http://www.enoughproject.org/blogs/emily-brandon>on Apr 01, 2014
[image: GenPrevCover] April is designated as Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month each year, as it marks important anniversaries for multiple acts of genocide in the 20th century. Throughout the month, individuals and organizations join together to commemorate and honor victims and survivors, educate the public about past and contemporary genocides, and advocate for prevention against future mass atrocities. Together, we seek to empower and amplify voices from across the world that have in one way or another been affected by past genocides or have taken up the challenge to combat mass atrocities in the future. To support activists as they take action in their communities this April, the Enough Project has teamed up with partner organizations i-ACT, Jewish World Watch, STAND, and others to create a Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month Toolkit<http://enoughproject.org/content/genocide-awareness-and-prevention-month-toolkit>. In addition to tips on planning events and utilizing media to raise awareness, the toolkit includes information on the ongoing conflicts in Burma, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria. Check out the toolkit for tips and guidelines<http://enoughproject.org/content/genocide-awareness-and-prevention-month-toolkit>, but here are just a few of the actions activists can take this April: - Plan a Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month or community service event - Pass a conflict-free campus<http://www.raisehopeforcongo.org/sites/default/files/Pass%20a%20Campus%20Resolution%20Tookit_0.pdf>or city <http://www.raisehopeforcongo.org/content/conflict-free-cities>resolution - Meet with your Member of Congress in-district - Visit Holocaust and human rights museums and memorials<http://darfurdreamteam.org/content/us-holocaust-and-human-rights-museums-and-monuments>in your area *Download the Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month Toolkit to learn how you can sponsor or support advocacy and remembrance activities in your community and globally this April. <http://enoughproject.org/files/GenocideAwarenessandPreventionMonthToolkit2014.pdf>* Special thanks to partner organizations supporting the 2014 Genocide Awareness and *Prevention Month Toolkit: Americans for Informed Democracy Ask Big Questions The Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation Carl Wilkens Fellowship Conflict-Free Campus Initiative Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools Program Hillel International i-ACT Investors Against Genocide Enough Project Jewish World Watch STAND United To End Genocide U.S. Campaign for Burma Voices for Sudan* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oqS9DCYcT8LrCzdSSuPegC3LYCfXVjvHhiKeUK2qUW1UA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
