UST’S GENOCIDE INTERVENTION NETWORK CHAPTER RECEIVES GRANT

UST Bulletin Today, MN
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota USA
Dec 6 2006

The St. Thomas chapter of the Genocide Intervention Network has
received a $5,000 grant from the Minneapolis Foundation. The funds
will help support the chapter’s spring-semester work in education
about genocide, particularly about the situation in Darfur, Sudan.

GI-Net plans to bring three major speakers this spring about genocides
of the 20th century: Armenia in 1915, the Holocaust, and Rwanda
in 1994.

The chapter also will organize and sponsor a mini-conference in
February for students, faculty and community leaders from throughout
the Twin Cities to work collaboratively for genocide education,
divestment of funds from businesses supporting the Sudanese government,
and advocacy for nonviolent resolution to the genocide in Darfur.

The Genocide Intervention Network is a national organization that
envisions a world in which the international community is willing and
able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. GI-Net
has more than 600 chapters around the world; members educate their
communities, advocate for action by their elected officials, and
raise funds directly for civilian protection and human security.

Learn more about the national Genocide Intervention Network. To learn
about the St. Thomas chapter, contact Sarah Hogan, student president,
or Dr. Ellen Kennedy, faculty adviser.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress