Not on Our Watch.

During the course of my senior year at Western, I've been introduced to things that I wish I had found years ago. Websites, blogs, other activists that feel the same way I do, hopeful and hopeless for a better future. Every penny I donate is backfired by the government's ability to cut off the flow of aid. But there is hope. By supporting the right groups and pressuring the right people. Nothing can stop the momentum of a movement driven by passionate people willing to do whatever it will take to stop genocide.

Some of the more proactive groups I've found to be well organized and determined to find solutions to the genocide in Darfur, Sudan are listed here:

www.EnoughProject.org -- Don Cheadle (played Paul Rusesabagina in "Hotel Rwanda") and John Prendergast have developed and maintained this organization that takes into account the reality of humanitarian aid difficulties and the problems getting dreams of peace into working methods of aid relief. They are normal everyday people who have dedicated their lives to this cause becuase there is nothing that can distract them from the mass atrocities that continue to occur on our planet. I applaud their dedication, becuase they are like any of us. Hopeful for the aid they can produce, and determined, no matter what funding issues arise. They despair in certain times and yet persevere becuase no matter how hard they have it, the refugees, internationally displaced persons and victims of mass atrocities and genocide will always be more important.

I strive to be as these men are. They are true unsung heroes.
See their work here:

http://www.notonourwatchbook.com/

This has links to the types of work and humanitarian aid that anyone can do to help. There are realistic and simple strategies for getting your home grown grass roots activism really going. :) Applaud at will.


Another group of activists I find work very hard at delivering facts to the people in a clear, concise, NOT overly emotional way that is very important when trying to deliver your message. Many activists fail becuase their emotions get in the way of what your trying to get people to understand and it either scares them, angers them or pushes them away to forget. This Video is one of many (and is available at any time on my website sidebar) that produce very real facts in such a manner.

NOT ON OUR WATCH