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OCTOBER 17, 2007

They've organized an international Olympic Torch Relay which began on August 9 in Chad, near the Darfur border, and will finish in China in January. The Olympics belong to all of us, and in the face of genocide, anyone in a position of influence must try to act." olympics China human rights Tibet Burma Darfur

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MARCH 21, 2008

Two of their staff members recently returned from Darfur and are putting together a video to raise awareness about it. They are collecting questions from supporters about Darfur to include in the video. * Examples 76% of givers say they are influenced by friends and family.

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MAY 21, 2008

We also have a student division: STAND , which has more than 850 chapters around the world, and the students in those chapters actively organize and mobilize their communities and schools to pass legislation, to fundraise, and to really make more noise about genocide in Darfur and genocide in general.

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OCTOBER 22, 2007

She notes that people really rely on social networks for influence on decision-making. This shows the viral potential of raising awareness in the social networks. Tim says MySpace is not good for fundraising, although we have seen some examples of orgs running successful fundraising campaigns, such as Dollars for Darfur.

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MAY 23, 2006

In the US context, we are focused on building an awareness of issues involved in genocide and post-conflict peacebuilding as well as connecting American youth to our partners in other parts of the globe to plug them into cross-national, cross-cultural collaboration. The first step is to get educated. Use your voice!

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