John Bagwell's blog

The stories we heard at Synergie, a hospital and counseling center for victims of sexual violence, ran over and over again in my mind throughout the night, keeping me awake. Nevertheless, I woke up with an energy I hadn’t yet felt on our jetlagged journey thus far.  Read More »

Here at Enough, we’ve been partnering with our friends over at Resolve over the past few weeks in a campaign called “Start Something to Finish It” – or S2F – which calls on members of Congress to ensure that President Obama’s strategy to stop the Lord’s Resistance Army is funded in next year’s budget and can be fully implemented in the coming months. Considering that the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act was passed with an historic level of bi-partisan support, we wish that we could just assume that the strategy that resulted from the bill would be funded. But such is not the case in Washington these days.   Read More »

Tune in today at noon EST for a Sudan policy call aimed at advocates, featuring updates from Enough, SDC/GI-Net, and Human Rights Watch.  Read More »

This weekend and throughout the next couple of weeks, activists will be taking actions aimed at encouraging the U.S. to implement a strong policy and be a proactive force for peace during a fragile moment in Sudan. Here's the line-up.  Read More »

You might not think that anti-genocide activists and avid Harry Potter fans would naturally have a lot in common at first glance, but the Harry Potter Alliance is working to change this. Vote for them now in the Chase Community Giving Challenge on Facebook.  Read More »

This week, we're asking you to participate in our Change the Equation for Congo campaign which aims to build pressure on the electronics industry to support conflict minerals legislation and sign on to a letter clearly stating their position. BlackBerry maker RIM used the classic PR tactic of only answering the question you wish you'd been asked instead of the one you were given.  Read More »

With conflict minerals legislation moving quickly through Congress, we're revamping our Change the Equation for Congo campaign so that activists can target leading electronics companies all week on Facebook.  Read More »

After a year of dedicated advocacy efforts, the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act is scheduled for a final vote in the House of Representatives tomorrow.  Read More »

The voices of activists from across the country are growing louder amid increasing reports of fraud and vote manipulation coming out of Sudan in past weeks.  Read More »

Throughout the month of February, Enough and our partners at Resolve Uganda and Invisible Children have been leading a campaign in Oklahoma targeting Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), who is single-handedly blocking the passage of a bill to halt the Lord’s Resistance Army in central Africa. Tomorrow, the campaign by Oklahoma constituents to influence Coburn comes to a crucial point as activists gather for a demonstration in front of Oklahoma's State Capitol building, calling on the senator to allow this bill to pass.  Read More »