Candice Knezevic, Congo Campaign Manager

Candice Knezevic is the RAISE Hope for Congo Campaign Manager for Enough, a project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity. She is responsible for directing the advocacy, communications, and activism efforts of the campaign, which seeks to protect and empower Congo’s women. These efforts include an initiative to combat the illicit trade in “conflict minerals” responsible for fueling the ongoing violence in the region. As campaign manager, she has spoken extensively at conferences and on college campuses across the country about the crisis in Congo and how activists can take action. She launched a three-month Congo Challenge to engage activists and initiated the COME CLEAN 4 CONGO video contest, in partnership with YouTube, to inspire dialogue and creativity in communicating the scourge of conflict minerals.

Candice has spent her entire career in human rights advocacy, outreach, and communications. Prior to joining Enough Candice was assistant director of the Washington, D.C. office of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, where she managed the grassroots and congressional advocacy efforts in support of immigrant and refugee protection legislation. Her major accomplishments included leading the organization's efforts to restore Supplemental Security Income eligibility for refugees and enhancing the faith-based community's role in the broader debate over U.S. immigration policy and legislation. Previously, Candice was the program associate for Human Rights First's Washington, D.C., Asylum Program. In that post, she coordinated the Asylum Legal Representation Program, which places asylum seekers with pro bono counsel, and she also assisted the program's congressional and administrative advocacy efforts.

Candice holds an M.A. in international human rights from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, and a B.A. in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.

Email: cknezevic@enoughproject.org