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Whomp The House Tour 3: Fatigue, Surrogate Families, and The Future of Wizard Rock
Note: This blog was written 36 hours ago, which can be an eternity in tour time. I’m not exactly sure why it’s been impossible for me to write a second tour blog until now. Probably has something to do with the fact that I’m more or less braindead and have been for weeks. Maybe braindead [...]
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more live blogging: Imagination as an Advocacy Tool, Bringing the Arts back into the picture
This is a panel that I am thrilled to be at and speaks to some of the larger missions of the HPA. Rebecca Davis: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” -Martin Luther King Jr. Rebecca Davis Dance Company: An organization based on narrative stories of history, [...]
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liveblogging: back to Sudan, carrots and sticks
The most important thing is really to multilateral-ize pressure. We need to find ways that other countries cannot break into Sudan. We need to go to our European allies. While sanctions are an effective tool, they are not a silver bullet. The Obama administration needs to make the sanctions more effective by multilateral-izing them. We [...]
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liveblogging: Congo 101
Major Hurdles 1- The current government is barely in control of the conflict areas. It can neither contain nor take appropriate action. 2- Spillover effect; conflicts in neighboring Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Chad, and Sudan ease rebels’ access to arms 3-DR Congo is a very big country with a wide range of languages and culture, [...]
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Live Blogging Two: Breakout session Carrots and Sticks
Jerry Fowler: John Prendergast and others put together a door one, door two policy for Sudan. If Sudan acts good, then they get door one: rewards. Or what we call carrots. If Sudan acts bad, they get door two: punishments. Or in other words, sticks. Fowler, the Head of Save Darfur is the moderator. Prendergast [...]
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Live Blogging from Pledge 2 Protect (part one)
Just got here to the conference. Got here later than I wanted to, to plenary session. Am writing as fast as possible. Excuse any inaccuracies. Michelle Gavin, National Security Council; Senior Director for African Affairs
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Mr. Slack Goes To Washington
I just arrived in DC where I’ll be speaking at the Pledge 2 Protect conference about how anti-genocide activists can create viral videos, and of course promoting the HPA. I feel as though I have been slightly disconnected from the anti-genocide movement for a bit – in part because the HPA has been focusing on [...]
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"WaldeMart" runs into LGBT issues
Many of you know this video that I produced a few years back: A story just came out about Wal-Mart banning a couple from shopping from Wal-Mart for life, even though they didn’t actually shoplift. The most distinguishing thing about this couple is that they are gay. So some are wondering if Wal-Mart was bullying [...]
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Discussing Propostion One Tonight at 8:30 pm EST
The results appear to be in. We’ll be discussing marriage equality and Proposition One on livestream.com/pottercast tonight.
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Equality Update II
Nate Silver now isn’t so sure. This race is neck and neck and it may not look good. Please keep hope alive!
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