Media Advisories

Though rivals on the basketball court, Georgetown and Duke universities are collaborating off the court to raise money in order to provide quality education to Darfuri refugee children.

CITIES NATIONWIDE – December 15, 2009 – Today 50 organizations representing Sudan advocates and Sudanese expatriates from around the country, together with actress Mia Farrow and Sudan expert Eric Reeves, sent an open letter to President Obama calling on him to impose immediate consequences on the Government of Sudan for public violations of human rights in advance of the elections and for the eroding situation on the ground.

The coming year represents a critical time for the people of Sudan, with countrywide elections scheduled for April 2010, and a referendum on the secession of southern Sudan in January 2011.

 The next 18 months represent a critical time for the people of Sudan, and release of the Obama administration’s policy review on Sudan is both crucial and overdue. To continue reading, click here.

Dear General Gration:

As a broad coalition of human rights, faith based and advocacy organizations dedicated to achieving peace in Sudan, we urge your immediate leadership to support the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) in its efforts to provide protection to the long-suffering Darfuri civilians and to ensure a safe and secure operating environment for humanitarian aid operations.

For more of the letter, continue reading here.

 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Joel and Benji Madden, leaders of the band Good Charlotte, will speak at the Campus Progress National Conference in a discussion with human rights activist John Prendergast, Co-founder of the Enough Project, a project at the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against humanity.

The Enough Project’s Co-founder, John Prendergast, will testify tomorrow at a 2:30 pm Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, “Confronting Rape and Other Forms of Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones, Spotlight: DRC and Sudan.”

APRIL 27: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, MIA FARROW, DARFUR ACTIVIST LEADERS TO PROTEST DARFUR’S DETERIORATING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, PARTICIPATE IN CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AT SUDANESE EMBASSY

At 9:00am EST, Wednesday, March 4, 2009, please join the Enough Project for a global press conference to discuss the International Criminal Court’s decision in the case of Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan. The ICC prosecutor has applied for an arrest warrant for Mr. Bashir on charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The Court has announced its intention to rule from The Hague, Netherlands, on March 4.

Congo/Women, Portraits of War: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is an international photography exhibition and educational campaign to raise awareness of the widespread sexual violence facing women and girls in the Congo. The exhibition features powerful life-size photographs that convey the strength and courage of Congolese women, with accompanying essays that describe the impact of the crisis from a range of perspectives. An advocacy partnership with the RAISE Hope for Congo campaign of the Enough Project at the Center for American Progress provides tools to demand action and involvement from activists all over the globe.
 

The Enough Project’s RAISE Hope for Congo Speakers’ Tour will make a stop at New York University’s Rosenthal Pavilion on Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at 6:00 pm. The speakers’ tour has been visiting college campuses and high schools around the country to educate students about the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the resulting epidemic of sexual violence against women and girls, and how students can be a part of a solution that will bring lasting peace to this central African nation.