STAND: The Student-Led Movement to End Mass Atrocities welcomes yesterday’s introduction of H.R. 5273, The Global Fragility and Violence Reduction Act of 2018 by Representatives Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ted Poe (R-TX),… Read more…
Radical Islamist groups desperately want more members to strengthen their forces. They target the most vulnerable people, including children, and offer false hope, guidance, support, and stability, often in unstable… Read more…
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 1, 2018 – Yesterday, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced the bipartisan resolution S.J.Res. 54 to end American support for the… Read more…
*Content Warning: The following piece includes graphic content, including descriptions of sexual violence* For the past 4 years, South Sudan’s violent civil war has raged the town of Yei, a small,… Read more…
On December 1, 1938, The Arizona Daily Star ran the story, “Nazis Order Secrecy as to Number Killed by their Policies.” In the matter of four short years, large-scale persecution… Read more…
On November 14, the U.S. White House announced that it was committing $2 million to a bloody drug war in the Philippines. Given that Philippine authorities have systematically shot and… Read more…
As 2018 begins, STAND is reflecting on the challenges of the last year, which included Zimbabwe’s rapid overthrow of former President Robert Mugabe, global attention towards an economic crisis and… Read more…
We have completed another eventful semester here at STAND, and we are excited to share our successes with you! From lobbying on the Hill for atrocities prevention legislation, rallying for… Read more…
East Timor, or Timor-Leste, is a small nation on the island of Timor, sharing land with Pulau Timor, a portion of Indonesia. Timor is one of the larger islands in Southeast… Read more…
The 2017-2018 STAND Managing Committee has issued a formal statement in response to the Supreme Court decision on the most recent iteration of President Trump’s Muslim Ban. Please find the… Read more…
