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Do What You Can: National Week of Action for Darfur April 6-13

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I just have to do what I can. " -- Jerry Fowler, Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition , during an interview on the Voices on Genocide Prevention Podcast. Tell China to, "Extinguish the Flames of Genocide in Darfur." activism Darfur genocide human rights I don't have to solve the problem. What can you do?

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How Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions Going?

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We're half way through 2008, so I thought I'd share how mine are going, and check in on yours. Read Darfur Diaries by Aisha Bain, Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro. Watched Darfur Now. Challenge for the rest of 2008: I'm feeling a bit discouraged about what feels like a lack of progress in the situation. I do one per month.

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How Can Changebloggers Make a Greater Impact Online and Offline?

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October 15th was Blog Action Day , a day for bloggers, podcasters and vloggers to write about and raise awareness about an issue. I'm interested in exploring how Changebloggers, people who want to use their blogs, podcasts and vlogs to change the world, can make a greater impact through longer online events, and face-to-face meetups.

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What Are Your 2009 Have Fun Do Good Resolutions?

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My six 2008 Activist Resolutions went so-so: I did. Continue learning about why genocide happens and how I can take action by following blogs like the Genocide Intervention Network , ENOUGH , Stop Genocide on Change.org , Darfur: An Unforgivable Hell on Earth , and Human Rights Now. It stayed about the same. Donate 5% of my income.

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What Can I Do About Genocide? An Interview with Janessa Goldbeck

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On April 15, 2008 I talked with Janessa Goldbeck, the Director of Membership at the Genocide Intervention Network, about what we can all do about genocide. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation on the Big Vision Podcast. this past Sunday was the Global Day for Darfur. Can one person really make a difference?

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