Raise Hope for Congo

Why We All Have A Role in Congo's Conflict

Actress and activist Robin Wright recently traveled to eastern Congo with the Enough Project. Her op-ed reflecting on the trip and what advocates in the United States can do to promote peace originally appeared on Time.com.  Read More »

Highlighting Hope in Eastern Congo

Dancing in a village near Bukavu - Enough - John Bagwell

During a month when many Congo advocates are joining together to counter the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and corporate interests standing in the way of peace in Congo, a team from Enough and the Raise Hope for Congo campaign headed out to the region to document the work of our partners on the ground.

Our trip is focused on highlighting the personal stories of individuals through in-depth profiles about their lives and the challenges they face being change-makers in eastern Congo.  Read More »

Conflict-Free: A Growing Movement

The progress made by Congo activists earlier this month in the state of California, the city of St. Petersburg, FL, and most recently at the University of Colorado-Boulder, is part of a dynamic conflict-free movement that is spreading across the nation. While each of these efforts is unique in its approach, collectively they are making a strong statement to companies sourcing minerals from eastern Congo to clean up their supply chains, and they are strengthening the support behind the federal legislation.  Read More »

What a Conflict-Free Duke Means to Me

Stefani Jones

After interning for Enough, Stefani Jones returned to Duke this fall with the goal of kick-starting a conflict-free student group on campus. In her guest post she tells about the successes the Coalition for a Conflict-Free Duke has had so far.  Read More »

Clark Becomes First University to Commit to Conflict-Free Purchasing Policy

Guest bloggers Rachel Gore and Emma Craig, members of the STAND chapter at Clark University, recently marked a major victory in their Congo advocacy efforts and wrote this post to explain how they pulled it off.  Read More »

Riding to Raise Funds for Congo

Eric Daniel Metzgar

Our guest blogger is Eric Daniel Metzgar, who directed the documentary film REPORTER, chronicling a trip to Congo by New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof.  Read More »

CU-Boulder Student Government Adopts Congo Conflict-Free Resolution

Erin Musso and Genevieve Smith

Student activists Erin Musso and Genevieve Smith are proud to announce that the student goverment at University of Colorado-Boulder, where they're both seniors, has passed a conflict-free resolution, becoming the first public university to do so. Their guest blog post describes the effort made by their Conflict Free at CU group to advocate for the action.  Read More »

Emmanuelle Chriqui and Congo: Activism through Fashion

Fashion may not be the first thing that comes to mind when talking about the conflict in eastern Congo, but actress and activist Emmanuelle Chriqui—best known for her role on HBO’s series “Entourage”—uses her love for fashion as a way to highlight and support efforts to end the ongoing crisis.  Read More »

Gov. Brown Signs California’s Conflict Minerals Bill

CA Gov Jerry Brown - AP

Congratulations to California for being the first state to adopt a conflict minerals bill!

Governor Jerry Brown signed California’s SB 861 into law last weekend, and activists and those concerned about human rights issues should be proud.  Read More »

VICE Magazine Gives Gritty Glimpse into Eastern Congo

Ever creative and irreverent, VICE magazine recently ventured to eastern Congo to put together a five-part video series, The VICE Guide to Congo. The finished product explores the artisanal mining in the region and draws on Enough’s expertise in the field: Fidel Bafilemba, our Goma-based field researcher advised the crew on their trip, and our contract photographer from South Sudan, Tim Freccia, made many of the video and still images. Watch episode 1.  Read More »

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