Never Ignore, Never Forget: A 1300 Mile Relay Against Genocide

The relay, entitled Never Ignore, Never Forget, is an initiative of eight students from Wichita, Kansas to raise awareness of past and on-going genocides. The team left Wichita, KS on June 2, 2008 on a 1,300 mile course to Washington D.C. Averaging 104 miles daily, the team took only two weeks to reach the Capitol City. In addition to raising awareness of genocide, the group has also set a goal of $100,000 to aid the civilian protection program in Darfur, Sudan sponsored by the Genocide Intervention Network. The two main objectives of the relay team are to: (1) never ignore ongoing genocides and (2) never forget past genocides. They believe these two ideals are important in any effort to save human lives.