Yesterday, President Obama gave a speech at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, where STAND housed its first National Student Conference in 2007. Throughout the course of the speech, President Obama cited inspiring acts of bravery and selflessness that had saved lives during the Holocaust, instances where regular people put their lives in jeopardy in order to hide those who were seeking refuge.
Tomorrow, Secretary Clinton will appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss the foreign policy priorities of the Obama administration. Call members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and urge them to ask questions of the Secretary about Darfur. Here are some sample questions below:
In this week’s issue: Senator John Kerry travels to Darfur, leaders call for the release of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma, and former Congo rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda faces trial in Rwanda
Featured: Massachusetts Congressman Michael Capuano urges us not to forget about Southern Sudan in a guest post on the ENOUGH Project’s blog.
I know being on the STAND leadership team can seem quite intimidating, but for me it has been one of the best experiences of my life! The leadership team is full of AMAZING people, many of whom will turn out to be your new best friends. Apart from just meeting really really cool people, the leadership team also has great resources that you can use for your own chapter.
According to Senator John Kerry (D-Mass), who is Khartoum this week meeting with Sudanese government officials, the government of Sudan has indicated its willingness to allow the resumption of “some aid” in Darfur.
In recent weeks pirates operating off the coast of Somalia in the strategic Gulf of Aden and further south towards Kenya have caught the attention of the international community. But following the rescue of an American merchant captain that resulted in Navy Seals killing three pirates, the pirates have continued their attacks on ships sailing in the region, and many doubt the US navy can win the fight.
To be completely honest: when we were hired as the Southwest Regional Outreach Coordinators we weren’t entirely sure what our jobs entailed. We knew it had something to do with implementing STAND’s national campaigns on a local level, but beyond that we had no idea what we would be doing on a day-to-day basis.
On the final day of my 7th grade class on the Holocaust, our religious school teacher unexpectedly announced that we would be taking a final exam. As he passed out the exam face down, I became nervous that I would be unable to conjure up all of the information that we had learned throughout the year. However, when I turned over single sheet of paper, I realized with relief that it was not a typical final exam. Instead, it consisted of a single paragraph we had to read that simply stated: Your final exam in ho
When I applied to be NY State Outreach Coordinator last year, I was apprehensive. For some reason, as a chapter leader who had never really had contact with the national STAND organization, I though that STAND only wanted superheroes to participate in things like chapter retreats and apply for SLT positions.
In this week’s issue: Khartoum continues to defy calls for the resumption of international aid in Darfur, the Obama administration reconsiders sanctions on Burma, and UN peacekeepers face growing challenges in Congo
Featured: In an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal, ENOUGH’s John Prendergast and Jim Wallis of Sojourners discuss the need for US engagement to address the situation in Darfur.
