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30 Days of Action in April |
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There are many ways to show support for genocide prevention. Here are 25 actions you can take to learn more and involved: - Visit the website of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and learn about the history of genocide.
- Learn how the global community can prevent genocide. Read More than an Ounce Required.
- Watch a movie about genocide using our list of movies.
- Print copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and give to friends
- Read the recommendations of the Genocide Prevention Task Force, co-chaired by Madeleine Albright and William Cohen, which set out a blueprint for US policymakers on genocide and mass atrocity prevention
- Learn about the massacre at Srebrenica, in Bosnia, by “visiting“ the Memorial Center Srebrenica-Potočari
- Commemorate the Rwandan genocide by “visiting” the Kigali Memorial Centre
- Organize an event at your local book store or library by using our list of books on genocide
- Watch Schindler’s List, a movie about the Holocaust (or organize a screening at a school, house of worship or library).
- Learn about how Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Israel commemorates Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day.
- Learn more about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the Enough Project
- Watch 20 Voices – stories of survivors of the Armenian Genocide
- Learn about what’s happening in Somalia from Human Rights Watch
- Read The Cellist of Sarajevo, a novel about ethnic cleansing in Bosnia
- Set up an information table at a local school or library with any of the materials on this website.
- Learn about mass atrocities in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq from the International Crisis Group
- Join a community of advocates advocating a style of diplomacy championed by the late peace-maker Sergio Vieira de Mello
- Do you know what is happening in Burma? Join the 1 Million Voices for Burma campaign
- Watch The Devil Came on Horseback, a documentary about the Darfur genocide
- Look at the history of genocide in photos "Never Again, Again, Again…"
- Ask a local bookstore or library to set up a table of books about genocide. Bring our list of books
- Commemorate the Cambodian genocide by visiting Tuol Sleng, the Khmer Rouge’s torture center
- Watch Sometimes in April, a film about the Rwandan genocide
- Support humanitarian organizations working in Darfur and Eastern Chad – they are the lifeline of support for millions of civilians
- Encourage your school to adopt anti-genocide curricular materials. Facing History, And Ourselves has a range of resources
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