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GENOCIDE PREVENTION LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

The Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum cosponsored the Genocide Prevention Leadership Summit on March 24th-25th with the Genocide Intervention Network and STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Constituency.

The Summit brought together top activists working on preventing genocide to network with one another; discuss the current situation in Darfur and what can be done to bring an end to the violence; receive training on best practices and genocide education; and begin looking at other areas of conflict.

SATURDAY, MARCH 24

CONFERENCE OPENING

John Heffernan, Committee on Conscience
Charlie Clements, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

DARFUR: A WAY FORWARD

Kenneth Bacon, Refugees International
Mohammed Yahya, Damanga Coalition for Darfur

WORKSHOPS:

Ending the Violence: Obstacles and Opportunities for Women in Building Peace in Darfur
Facilitators: Evelyn Thornton, The Initiative for Inclusive Security; Karen Hirschfeld, Physicians for Human Rights
Student Board Reporter: Martha Heinemann Bixby

Organizing for Global Days for Darfur (April 23rd – April 30th)
Facilitators: Ben Prochazka, Save Darfur Coalition

On the Ground: A Humanitarian’s Perspective
Facilitators: Carolyne Siganda, World Vision
Student Board Reporter: David Gethings

Activism and Scholarship: Why (Sometimes Boring) Research and Analysis Matters
Facilitators: Scott Straus, University of Wisconsin
Student Board Reporter: Alexa Woodward

Darfur from a Sudanese Perspective
Facilitators: Mohammed Yahya, Damanga Coalition for Freedom and Democracy
Student Board Reporter: Geoffrey Bridges

Media Advocacy
Facilitators: Ken Bacon, Refugees International
Student Board Reporter: Christopher Tuckwood

Community Organizing Within Faith-Based Communities
Facilitators: Shelley Moskowitz, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Student Board Reporter: Amber Hoskins

Constructing a Durable Peace Process
Facilitators: Colin Thomas-Jensen, International Crisis Group
Student Board Reporter: Sara Weisman

Building an Online Community for Darfur
Facilitators: David Klevan, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Noah Heller, Save Darfur Coalition
Student Board Reporter: Christopher Tuckwood

Teaching Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Facilitators: Jerry Fowler, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Warren Marcus, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Student Board Reporter: Joel Portman

Op-Ed Writing: Making Your Voice Heard
Facilitators: Justin Zorn, The George Washington University; Elizabeth Conlan, Cornell University
Student Board Reporter: Hannah Baldwin

Where's Your Money Going?
Facilitators: Adam Sterling, Sudan Divestment Task Force
Student Board Reporter: Ana Halper

Darfur and After Darfur: Institutionalizing Genocide Prevention
Facilitators: Scott Straus, University of Wisconsin
Student Board Reporter: Jeanne Segil

Dissecting the Policy
Facilitators: Sam Bell, Genocide Intervention Network; Alex Meixner, Save Darfur Coalition
Student Board Reporter: Matt Felzke

How to Organize Your Local Community on Darfur
Facilitators: Ben Prochazka, Save Darfur Coalition; Coby Rudolph, Save Darfur Coalition
Student Board Reporter: Hannah Baldwin

The United Nations and Peacekeeping
Facilitators: Joshua Smith, The Stimson Center
Student Board Reporter: Christopher Tuckwood

Terrorism vs. Genocide
Facilitators: Ken Silverstein, Harper's Magazine
Student Board Reporter: David Gethings

Darfur on the International Stage
Facilitators: Sean Brooks, Save Darfur Coalition
Student Board Reporter: Amber Hoskins

Whose Responsiblity to Protect
Facilitators: Marie Clark Brill, Africa Action; Julia Fromholz, Human Rights First
Student Board Reporter: Jeanne Segil

Defying Genocide Screening
Facilitators: Bridget Conley-Zilkic, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Student Board Reporter: Sara Weisman

Genocide Education Beyond the Holocaust: What Students Aren't Learning in American Public Schools
Facilitators: Patrice Hutton, Genocide Intervention Network
Student Board Reporter: Elizabeth Milligan

Responsiblity to Protect
Facilitators: Sapna Chhatpar, World Federalist Movement-Institute for Global Policy's R2P-Engaging Civil Society Project; Jerry Fowler, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Fundraising for Darfur
Facilitators: Allison Schmidt, Save Darfur Coalition
Student Board Reporter: Sara Weisman

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Omer Ismail, Darfur Peace and Development

SUNDAY, MARCH 25

BEYOND DARFUR

Jerry Fowler, Committee on Conscience
Anita Sharma, ENOUGH

CONGO OVERVIEW

Lisa Shannon, Run for Congo Women
Shannon Meehan, International Rescue Committee

WORKSHOPS:

Central African Republic and Chad: Investigating the Humanitarian Impact of Regional Instability
Facilitators: Rick Neal, Refugees International
Student Board Reporter: Scott Moore

Genocide Watch: Chechnya
Facilitators: Bridget Conley-Zilkic, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Student Board Reporter: Christopher Tuckwood

Beyond the Heart of Darkness: Hope for War Ravaged Congo
Facilitators: Shannon Meehan, International Rescue Committee; Lisa Shannon, Run for Congo Women
Student Board Reporter: David Gethings

The Human Rights Crisis in North Korea
Facilitators: Suzanne Scholte, North Korea Freedom Coalition
Student Board Reporter: Jeanne Segil

Persecution of Ethnic Minorities in Burma
Facilitators: Christopher Koettl, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Student Board Reporter: Ana Halper

The Challenges of Media Coverage During the Rwanda Genocide
Facilitators: Donatella Lorch
Student Board Reporter: Geoffrey Bridges

The Words We Use and the Ways We Respond
Facilitators: Michael Poffenberger, Resolve Uganda
Student Board Reporter: Jeanne Segil

CLOSING SPEAKER

Clemantine Wamariya, Survivor of the genocide in Rwanda