GenocideIntervention.net provides tools and programs to stop genocide.
Genocide Intervention Network: Stop the Genocide in Darfur, Sudan
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About the Genocide Intervention Network
The Genocide Intervention Network envisions a world in which the global community is willing and able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. Our mission is to empower individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide.
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- Washington DC 20005 US
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Additional Information
Wikipedia: The Genocide Intervention Network was founded in October 2004 in the United States, by then–Swarthmore College students Mark Hanis and Andrew Sniderman, soon joined by Rwandan native Stephanie Nyombayire. As students of international politics and peace and conflict studies, they were convinced that the time had come for a more systematic response to the reoccurring problem of genocide — a response which could promote and support widespread government and citizen action to protect civilians from violence. GI-Net was formed in order to empower citizens with the tools to advance initiatives able to directly protect civilians from genocidal violence and stop genocide.
Although their focus was on direct forms of civilian protection explicitly, they realized the need to educate the public about the numerous possibilities for acting against genocide. In collaboration with other students and alumni of Swarthmore College, GI-Net began developing a website that would eventually host a broad variety of information about the most responsible means of preventing, responding to, and ending genocidal violence along with links to significant organizations whose missions focus on these aspects of genocidal crises.
By the end of summer 2005, GI-Net had raised over $250,000 for its efforts to support civilian protection while increasing their network of supporters, advisers, and concerned citizens. It received widespread notice in October after New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof lauded the organization in a column.
GI-Net has three official "representatives", Stephanie Nyombayire, Ronan Farrow and Bec Hamilton. The organization's most visible campaign has been the Darfur scorecard rating each member of the US Congress on his or her action on Darfur legislation, located at DarfurScores.org.
