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    UST'S GENOCIDE INTERVENTION NETWORK CHAPTER RECEIVES GRANT

    UST Bulletin Today, MN
    University of St. Thomas, Minnesota USA
    Dec 6 2006

    The St. Thomas chapter of the Genocide Intervention Network has
    received a $5,000 grant from the Minneapolis Foundation. The funds
    will help support the chapter's spring-semester work in education
    about genocide, particularly about the situation in Darfur, Sudan.

    GI-Net plans to bring three major speakers this spring about genocides
    of the 20th century: Armenia in 1915, the Holocaust, and Rwanda
    in 1994.

    The chapter also will organize and sponsor a mini-conference in
    February for students, faculty and community leaders from throughout
    the Twin Cities to work collaboratively for genocide education,
    divestment of funds from businesses supporting the Sudanese government,
    and advocacy for nonviolent resolution to the genocide in Darfur.

    The Genocide Intervention Network is a national organization that
    envisions a world in which the international community is willing and
    able to protect civilians from genocide and mass atrocities. GI-Net
    has more than 600 chapters around the world; members educate their
    communities, advocate for action by their elected officials, and
    raise funds directly for civilian protection and human security.

    Learn more about the national Genocide Intervention Network. To learn
    about the St. Thomas chapter, contact Sarah Hogan, student president,
    or Dr. Ellen Kennedy, faculty adviser.

    http://www.stthomas.edu/bulletin/news/20 0649/Wednesday/Genocide12_6_06.cfm

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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