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Memorial: Remembering Your Roots

by sifa November 27, 2012 1 Comment

In memory of our dear friend and partner Sifa Nsengimana, who was recently killed in a car accident, we would like to bring this post back to your attention. Sifa was an amazing woman, and an incredible activist. She lost her entire family to the Rwandan genocide, and went on to become one of the [...]

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Comics Show the Way to Equal Rights

by Kara O'Brien June 3, 2012 Leave a comment

I’ve never paid much attention to comics in any form. Okay, honestly, I’ve never paid any attention to comics. (Yeah, yeah, so I went to see The Avengers…but, really: LOKI. That’s all I’m gonna say). However, two articles have recently come to my attention which make me wonder if I haven’t been missing some hugely [...]

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Violence Sells. Literally.

by Kara O'Brien May 25, 2012 Leave a comment

A Virginian brewery uses references to the Belgian Congo regime to sell beer. The Horror!

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Sudan: A 21st Century Hunger Games

by Becca Simpson March 16, 2012 Leave a comment

In honor of United to End Genocide’s day of fasting, Becca recounts the history of the modern Genocides, and how they began.

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Remembering Your Roots

by sifa March 2, 2012 5 Comments

Sifa Nsengimana is an influential Human Rights Activist and one of the founders of the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, a residential community in Rwanda that helps to enable orphaned and vulnerable children to become socially responsible citizens in Rwanda and around the world. “Mom, you’re definitely the coolest aaand bestest mom ever. I mean, ever!” [...]

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URGENT: Ugandan Death Pentalty for Gays.

by Kara O'Brien May 10, 2011 4 Comments

Remember that Make It Better Oath we all signed? Now, if ever, is the time to stand by it. In the next 48 hours, conservative Ugandan leaders are attempting to make it a crime to be LGBTQ–a crime punishable by death.

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Darfur for Dummies

by Heather Huston October 14, 2010 3 Comments

As the HPA celebrates its fifth anniversary we think it’s only fitting to look back at some of the wonderful causes and campaigns that we have been a part of over the last five years. The situation in Darfur is one of them and it’s one that HPA continues to take a part in as [...]

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World Refugee Day – Please Take Action!

by Andrew Slack June 19, 2010 3 Comments

Janessa Goldbeck at the Genocide Intervention Network is one of the greatest friends that the HPA has ever had. She writes the following (with meetings all over the world, please go in person and/or sign the letter!): “Vice President Biden recently returned from a trip to Africa, where he met with other heads of state [...]

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Vice President Biden, Please Help Darfur!

by Heather Huston June 16, 2010 1 Comment

This week Vice President Biden is in Africa and the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur is asking us to remind him to make Darfur a high priority during his trip.  Over the last several years during his service in the U.S. Senate, Vice President Biden has been very vocal on the need to act on [...]

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Dancing In Rwanda

by Andrew Slack January 8, 2010 Leave a comment

I strongly encourage you to read this short and powerful piece by Rebecca Davis who will hopefully be partnering with us in the near future, about her experience with a Rwandan orphan in Rwanda. It is both heart breaking and inspiring. Below is a video of some of the kids Rebecca works with dancing to [...]

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