April 1, 2009 - National Education Call (Darfuri Refugees in Chad)

STAND members had a fantastic opportunity to talk with the team of i-ACT in Chad!  Interactive-ACTtivism has been sending us the first hand stories of day to day lives of those who have suffered from genocide. The i-ACT 7 team is currently in Chad, visiting refugee camps for those displaced from their homes in Darfur, giving us a look into their lives and putting a face to the numbing statistics we hear every day about Darfur. Follow their journey by going to their website and checking out the day to day blogs.

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March 11, 2009 - National Education Call (Sri Lanka)

Learn about the escalating situation in Sri Lanka. We were joined by Nimmi Gowrinathan, the Director of South Asian Programs for Operation USA, a LA-based international relief organization and an expert on Sri Lanka.

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November 26, 2008 - National Education Call (STANDFast)

This call will bring you up to date on the Civilian Protection situation in Sudan and Burma just one week before STANDFast.

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November 5, 2008 - National Education Call (Year in Review)

It's almost the end of 2008, a year in which Darfur saw an unimaginable number of new challenges and continued to face the same spectre of genocide. Are you feeling overwhelmed between the ICC, JEM, Kalma, and the CPA? Help get yourself caught up with all the most important developments in 2008 on our "Year in Review" call on Sudan.

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October 22, 2008 - National Education call (Somalia)

Somalia has made major news headlines in the last few weeks, with NATO getting involved in fighting piracy off the Somali cfoast and with fighting between the internationally backed government and Islamist Insurgents intensifying. What role should the international community play, if any, in Somalia?

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September 10, 2008 - National Education Call (Burma)

Burma is one of the statistically poorest and most overlooked states on Earth. Many students only know that something bad is happening in Burma, but they have no comprehension of the causal relationships of any of the historical events in Burma that are the precursors to the current civil unrest.

This education call focused on the colonial history, the 1962 revolt, and the economic status of Burma as a developing country. Special attention is of course given to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her role in shaping the political stand off; along with the current military campaign against the Karen people of East Burma, of which is of special interest to STAND activists.

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September 9, 2008 - National Conference Call

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August 27, 2008 - National Education Call (Sri Lanka)

The education call on Sri Lanka featured Bruce Fein, a constitutional scholar, former associate deputy attorney general under President Reagan, Chairman of the American Freedom Agenda, and representative for Tamils Against Genocide, and Arvind Suguness, Communications Director for People for Equality and Relief in Lanka, an active member of the Tamil diaspora, and a student at Ohio State University currently applying to medical schools. The call covered:

• A brief history of Sri Lanka and the roots of its conflict
• Charges of genocide of Tamils
• Human right violations such as disappearances, colonization, bombing of humanitarian zones, etc.

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August 14, 2008 - National Education Call (Somalia)

The Somalia education call featured former Ambassador to Rwanda (79-81) and Somalia (87-90), Frank Crigler, and Bashir K. Sudi, a former Assistant Lecturer at Somali National University, active member of the Somali Diaspora Network, and currently an IT consultant in the US. Topics discussed in the call include:

• The way Somali history is manifesting itself in the current conflict
• Washington Policy to Somalia
• The role of the international community
• The role of clan conflict
• The presence of Ethiopian soldiers on Somali soil

Towards the end of the call, the former Ambassador was asked what we as college and high school students could do about the tragedy that is going on right now in Somalia, his answer was “Exactly what you’re doing right now, educating yourselves.”

Check out this British Documentary on You Tube for an in depth look at Somalia.

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July 24, 2008 - National Education Call (Burma)

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July 2, 2008 - National Education Call (Zimbabwe)

The current situation in Zimbabwe is all across international headlines: in an intense Presidential race, long-time president Robert Mugabe used state-sponsored violence and repression to intimidate supporters of the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change. The level of violence got to the point where the MDC candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, withdrew from the race, declaring it to be an unfair election process.

You've seen it in the headlines - now see it through STAND's eyes.  Learn about the critical situation in Zimbabwe and how we can ensure that the world does not stand by as the government of Zimbabwe continues to violate the rights of its citizens.

The call was run by STAND's Emerging Conflicts Education Coordinator, Will Cragin, with a guest spot by STAND's former Student Director, Scott Warren.

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June 26, 2008 - National Education Call (Khartoum Attacks)

In the wake of the May 10 JEM attacks on Khartoum, the capitol of Sudan, ethnic Darfuris living in the capitol have been rounded up and arbitrarily detained, and just this past week 36 were being put on trial. In the kind of quick mobilization that STAND prides itself on, 44 students got on a rapid response call about the current situation in Khartoum. A leader within the Darfuri diaspora and US activist community, Mohammed Suleiman, explained what was happening on the ground, while STAND's National Outreach Coordinator, Charlotte Hill, energized and mobilized the informed students to action.

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