Year in Review 2016-2017
Thanks to our amazing STAND student activists, this past year was a great success! STAND activists across the nation have participated in numerous campaigns, a national conference, four regional conferences,… Read more…
Thanks to our amazing STAND student activists, this past year was a great success! STAND activists across the nation have participated in numerous campaigns, a national conference, four regional conferences,… Read more…
In June, there was a massive prison escape in the Congo, an accusation by Burundi’s government of the EU interfering with their regime, a vote in the US Senate on… Read more…
Since 2012, 120,000 Rohingya have fled from Burma in an ongoing humanitarian crisis that the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has described as involving crimes against… Read more…
Around the world, there are 65.3 million people who have been forced out of their homes, over half of them under the age of 18. According to the Center for… Read more…
Content Warning for discussion of sexual violence A twenty-two year old woman was beaten with sticks and raped in her own home. A seventeen year old watched her father be… Read more…
STAND’s Weekly News Briefs are compiled weekly by members of the STAND Education Task Force. This week’s update focuses on Aung San Suu Kyi’s refusal to allow an investigation… Read more…
To STAND’s graduating MC seniors – It’s been an incredible year with all of you, and we are absolutely in awe of your hard work and dedication to this movement…. Read more…
Bipartisan Bill Prioritizes U.S.-specific Tools to End and Prevent Genocide Washington, D.C. – The Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2017 was introduced yesterday by Senators Ben Cardin… Read more…
This summer, I had the opportunity to travel to Poland to learn about the Holocaust. During my trip, I went to different concentration and extermination camps, including Sobibor, a death… Read more…
STAND’s Weekly News Briefs are compiled weekly by members of the STAND Education Task Force. This week’s update focuses on the recent chemical weapons attacks in Syria, parliamentary elections in… Read more…