Darfur Now and Not On Our Watch Project
- provide an introduction to the genocide in Darfur
- help students identify how activists have responded to violence in the region
- encourage students to think about the complexity of activism and lastly,
- ask students to connect this material to their own experiences and ideas about activism, genocide, and conflict resolution.
In September, a limited number of copies of the film Darfur Now and the book Not on our Watch will be given to educators in the Facing History network who visit and register on our website.
About the Partners
About the ENOUGH project
ENOUGH is a
project of the Center for American Progress to end genocide and crimes against
humanity. With a focus on the crises in Sudan, Chad, eastern Congo, Somalia and
northern Uganda, ENOUGH's strategy papers and briefings provide sharp field analysis
and targeted policy recommendations based on a "3P" crisis response strategy:
promoting durable peace, providing civilian protection, and punishing
perpetrators of atrocities. ENOUGH works with concerned citizens, advocates,
and policymakers to prevent, mitigate, and resolve these crises. To learn more
about ENOUGH and what you can do to help, go to www.enoughproject.org.
Coming in fall 2008 from ENOUGH,
an exciting new initiative to link U.S. students directly with students from
Darfur:
The ENOUGH Project, UNHCR, Participant Media, the NBA and
others will launch a sister schools initiative, in which schools across the
U.S. will partner with sister schools in the 12 refugee camps in Chad. The
program will support specific educational initiatives in the refugee camps by
means of an online registry in which schools in the U.S. commit to fund
specific items in the refugee camp schools-everything from books, to teachers' training, to the
school structure itself. Students in the U.S. will be able to communicate
directly via video with students from Darfur in the refugee camps.The
Initiative will also provide a new online community forum that will allow U.S.
sister schools to create profile pages through which they will be able to blog,
upload photos, movies, and join groups. U.S. sister schools will also be able
to highlight their fundraising efforts and encourage friends to support the
initiative.
Funding for this project was generously provided by Participant Media and the Righteous Persons Foundation.
About Participant Media
Participant Media is the leading
provider of entertainment that inspires and compels social change. It is a Los Angeles-based production company
that focuses on socially relevant, commercially viable feature films and
documentaries. Participant Media is
headed by CEO Jim Berk and President Ricky Strauss and was founded in 2004 by
philanthropist Jeff Skoll, who serves as Chairman. For information about current
projects and initiatives, visit www.participantmedia.com.
About the Righteous Persons Foundation
The Righteous Persons Foundation was founded in 1994 by
Steven Spielberg to support efforts to build a diverse and vibrant Jewish
community in the United States. Facing History is thankful for its support of
our work with innovative film projects. For more information, visit www.righteouspersons.org
