Apply for an internship at the Genocide Intervention Network

From our friends at the Genocide Intervention Network:

GI-NET is still seeking interns for our Development and Operations internships for this fall. We’d love your help in passing this announcement around.

The internship descriptions can be viewed on our website. They are open until filled. Please see our website for application procedures. All completed applications should be submitted to internships@genocideintervention.net.

Genocide Intervention Network (GI-NET) is changing the way the United States and the international community respond to the world’s worst crime by empowering individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide. GI-NET’s aim is to build the first permanent anti-genocide constituency. Internships are available for undergraduates or recently graduated students who are available for at least 20 to 40 hours per week for at least 2-3 months.

If you have any questions, please let me know or e-mail internships@genocideintervention.net.

Thank you very much,
Lindsey Woolf
Executive & Operations Assistant
Genocide Intervention Network

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Senators McCain and Obama — Tell Voters Your Darfur Plan

From one of our allies: The Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur has launched a new Facebook page designed to encourage the US presidential candidates to tell voters their Darfur plan BEFORE the election. Our goal is to grow to 100,000 members. By doing so, we will demonstrate to the candidates and to the press corps that Darfur is an issue that deserves frequent and specific attention on the campaign trail. We are now working to quickly ratchet up the numbers and need your help.

We hope that this page will be joined by people from around the world so that the candidates see that the international community cares about their stand on this issue.

For those of you with a Facebook profile, we hope you will become a “fan,” use the “share” button to post to your profile, and send the page to your friends. Click here to go to the page.

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Take Action: Write to Senators Obama and McCain

Senate Resolution 632 urges the governments of the China and the international community to use the upcoming Olympic Games as an opportunity to push for the parties to the conflicts in Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic to cease hostilities and revive efforts toward a peaceful resolution of their national and regional conflicts. The resolution also encourages the United Nations Secretary-General and other international leaders to publicly promote the principles reflected in the Olympic Truce among all the warring parties in the region.

Click here to urge the Senators to take action by announcing their co-sponsorship of Senate Resolution 632 and speaking publicly in support of the Olympic Truce for Darfur

A cessation of hostilities during an Olympic Truce period –- such as that called for in Senate Resolution 632 -– could allow much-needed humanitarian aid to reach those people who have been out of reach of food, clean water, and medical care for years.

Both Senators McCain and Obama have raised their voices in support of the people of Darfur and have called on China to take action. The Beijing games represent a unique opportunity: an Olympic Truce could help restore peace and stability to Darfur. Click here to urge the Senators to take action by announcing their co-sponsorship of Senate Resolution 632 and speaking publicly in support of the Olympic Truce for Darfur

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