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Action takes many forms, and every action counts. Read what people are doing to help combat genocide.

  • Taking Genocide Prevention on the Road: 1,500 Miles and Counting

    Taking Genocide Prevention on the Road: 1,500 Miles and Counting

    Roz Duman
    Denver, Colorado

  • Teaching from the Stage: A Play That Tells the Stories of Survivors

    Teaching from the Stage: A Play That Tells the Stories of Survivors

    Zoey Bond
    Glencoe, Illinois

  • Operation Broken Silence

    Operation Broken Silence

    Mark Hackett
    Memphis, Tennessee

  • Reaching out to Sudan from Idaho

    Reaching out to Sudan from Idaho

    A.J. Fay
    Boise, Idaho

  • Dancing toward Peace

    Dancing toward Peace

    Rebecca Davis
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Breaking the Silence: Speaking out for Peace in the Congo

    Breaking the Silence: Speaking out for Peace in the Congo

    Kambale Musavuli
    Greensboro, North Carolina

  • Kathleen Kardon

    Pledge2Protect: What Can You Do to Help Build a Different Future?

    Kathleen Kardon
    San Antonio, Texas

  • Chrissie Lam

    Painting a Brighter Future in Rwanda

    Chrissie Lam
    New York, New York

  • Raising Money for Darfur One Donut at a Time

    Raising Money for Darfur One Donut at a Time

    Danny Sexton
    Loveland, Ohio

  • Meeting the Challenge: Jewish World Watch

    Meeting the Challenge: Jewish World Watch

    Jewish World Watch
    Encino, California

  • Spare Change for Change

    Spare Change for Change

    Julie Brenner and Jenn Rangnow
    Skillman, New Jersey

  • Gabriel Bol Deng

    Hope for Ariang: Improving Lives with Clean Water and Education

    Gabriel Bol Deng
    Ariang, Southern Sudan

  • Gabriel Stauring

    Helping the World to Connect with Darfuri Refugees

    Gabriel Stauring
    Redondo Beach, California

  • Layla Amjadi

    The First Step to Action Is Education

    Layla Amjadi
    Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Michael Pertnoy and Michael Kleiman

    Righteous Pictures

    Michael Pertnoy and Michael Kleiman
    Miami, Florida, and New York, New York

  • Art Works Projects

    Portraits of War

    Art Works Projects
    Chicago, Illinois

  • Jeff Smith

    Bringing Awareness of Darfur to the Democratic National Committee

    Jeff Smith
    Denver, Colorado

  • Connecting to the Past by Aiding Those in Need Now

    Connecting to the Past by Aiding Those in Need Now

    Triangles of Truth
    Boca Raton, Florida

  • Sharing Letters and Experiences

    Sharing Letters and Experiences

    Herndon High School French Students
    Herndon, Virginia

  • Helping Sudanese Citizens to Achieve Long-Term Development

    Helping Sudanese Citizens to Achieve Long-Term Development

    Banaa.org
    Washington, DC

  • With a T-shirt and a Plan, Two Students Make a Big Delivery to Darfur

    With a T-shirt and a Plan, Two Students Make a Big Delivery to Darfur

    Rachel Robichaux and Carly Knaff
    Fort Collins, Colorado

  • Restitching a Life: A Brother Helps His Sisters Heal

    Restitching a Life: A Brother Helps His Sisters Heal

    Amani Matabaro Tom
    Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Bringing Lessons from the Holocaust to the Community

    Bringing Lessons from the Holocaust to the Community

    Maia Boitano
    Irvine, California

  • Students Begin a Mission to Help Women in Congo

    Students Begin a Mission to Help Women in Congo

    St. Catharine Academy High School
    Bronx, New York

  • Writing a Novel to Raise Awareness about Realities in Darfur

    Writing a Novel to Raise Awareness about Realities in Darfur

    Elizabeth Hankins
    Houston, Texas

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Lest You Forget the Things Your Eyes Saw

    Lest You Forget the Things Your Eyes Saw

    Paul Clay-Rooks
    Lynchburg, Virginia

  •  Transforming Experience into a Call for Action

    Transforming Experience into a Call for Action

    Ntama Jacques Bahati
    Silver Spring, Maryland

  • Change the World. It Just Takes Cents.

    Change the World. It Just Takes Cents.

    Change the World. It Just Takes Cents Organization
    Denver, Colorado

  • Lessons in Peace Inspire Active Future

    Lessons in Peace Inspire Active Future

    St. Francis of Assisi Middle School
    Louisville, Kentucky

  • Using Museum Resources to Find Common Ground

    Using Museum Resources to Find Common Ground

    Brenda Butler and La Amistad Learning Academy
    Orlando, Florida

  • A Short Documentary and a Large Impact: The Power of Education

    A Short Documentary and a Large Impact: The Power of Education

    Tim Salem
    Danbury, Connecticut

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