STAND Statement on the Refugee Resettlement Cap
Today, world displacement levels are at an all-time high, with at least one person displaced for every 112 people around the world. With this as the reality, STAND is dismayed… Read more…
Today, world displacement levels are at an all-time high, with at least one person displaced for every 112 people around the world. With this as the reality, STAND is dismayed… Read more…
No one is safe in Yemen. Indiscriminate bombings wreak havoc on the citizens of this war-torn country, the latest of which resulted in the death of 51 people, including 40… Read more…
One year ago today, the Burmese military intensified a systematic campaign of violence against the minority Rohingya population, killing 6,700 and causing over 723,000 refugees to flee to Bangladesh. We,… Read more…
I was first introduced to student activism during my freshman year of high school. That year, there were several budget and contract disputes within my school district, and classes were… Read more…
In April, when Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega tried to cut pension benefits, Nicaraguans began peacefully protesting. Since then, at least 275 Nicaraguan civilians have been killed and over a 1,000… Read more…
One of the greatest developmental crises of the 21st century has been the mass exploitation and violence that has persisted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since colonial… Read more…
STAND’s Summer Conflict Updates come to you from STAND’s summer interns in Washington, DC. Throughout the summer, Charlotte and Elizabeth will be providing you with bi-weekly updates on everything you… Read more…
Last month, three years after conflict broke out in Burundi due to President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to run for an unconstitutional third term, the country voted on a referendum for… Read more…
“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, it has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks… Read more…
STAND student activists have completed another successful semester of advocacy and action! From advocating for ending arms sales to Saudi Arabia and fundraising for displaced Rohingya, to making calls and… Read more…