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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. April 6 Host a fundraiser house party for your favorite human rights organization with a viewing of Hotel Rwanda in memory of the Rwandan genocide's anniversary.

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Olympic Protest Campaigns: Which is More Effective?

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The Olympics open today in China to a multitude of emotions, including anger from Tibetan, Darfurian, and Burmese human rights activists about China's role in the conflicts in these countries. They are asking people to Switch Over to Darfur , and watch the webcasts when sponsors' commercials air.

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5 Reasons This Will Be The Best #BBCON Ever

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For the first year ever, we’re hosting a social media lounge where the focus is going to be about taking all of the amazing conversations that are happening within the convention walls and sharing them online. And we’ll be hosting some killer pop-up sessions throughout the conference: Cause for Change with Derrick Feldmann.

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