Weekly Education and Policy Update

1/27-2/2

Syria Bill, Girifna Action, Syria, Libya, Sudan, South Sudan, DRC

Syria Bill 

 Weekly Education Update

1/20-1/26

Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Libya, DRC

Sudan and South Sudan

The Sudanese defense minister, General Abdul Rahim Mohamed Hussien, has declared that his country is planning to start producing heavy weapons after it already ended dependence on purchases of small arms from outside.

By Regional Organizer Kaelee Krege

 Weekly Education Update 

1/13-1/19

DRC, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria

DRC

By Media Coordinator Alix Neenan

I’m a very opinionated person. So perhaps this was why my African studies teacher assigned me to be the Sudanese government in a Darfur simulation. Or maybe she just hates me and enjoys seeing eighteen other students yell at me asking why I was allowing the Janjaweed to murder the citizens of Darfur.

 Weekly Education Update 

1/6-1/12

Sudan, South Sudan, DRC, Syria

Sudan, South Sudan

South Sudan has launched official passports and identity cards for the first time since the country’s independence in July.

By Swarthmore upSTANDer Danny Hirschel-Burns

    Our STAND chapter at Swarthmore, like our college, is small.  You can count our members on one hand.  Therefore, we have to focus on small scale actions.  Our recent experiences holding a call-in on Syrian sanctions, however, demonstrated that even our undersized chapter can hold events that engage other students and have a national impact.

 Winter Break Education Update II

Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, DRC

Check out STAND's Twitter and Facebook for more information

Syria

 Winter Break Education Update

Syria, DRC, Sudan, South Sudan

Sign STAND's petition to end the SMS text messaging ban in post-election DRC here

Syria 

A Creative Way to Showcase Your Chapter’s Support

by Lily Mathias and Ellie Hamrick
Ohio University STAND