Community on Conscience -- New Jersey
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Our local mandate is to work to halt acts of genocide and crimes against humanity. Our work is inspired by the national Committee on Conscience based in Washington, D.C.
Our primary objectives are to:
1. Alert the community conscience,
2. Educate our youth and adults, and
3. Influence our policy makers
We seek to work with other humanitarian organizations, regardless of religious, ethnic, or cultural affiliations.
The national Committee on Conscience bases its work on the definition of genocide found in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide approved by the United Nations in 1948 and ratified by the United States in 1988.
Announcements
Call 1-800-GENOCIDE to speak to the President, your Governor, Representatives, and Senators. Click here for talking points. Call 3 times a day! The White House pays attention when the number of calls per day is over a threshold. What's the threshold? Not sure, but keep on calling!
Divestment is working! Investors Against Genocide want financial institutions to commit to not invest in genocide. Send a message to these companies to draw the line at genocide. Learn about the 'Basic Principle of Ethical Investing.' Send an email to the biggest investors in PetroChina.
Visit Darfur Scores for a report card on your legislator. Get a summary of all Darfur-related bills and resolutions, see how your legislators voted, and send each of them an e-letter, all from this link!
Send an e-letter to US news producers to let them know that genocide is news and it must be covered. Click here to learn just how little coverage was given to genocide in 2005.
Educate yourself through images, audio, and video on Darfur. Learn about the people behind the statistics. View a short video mini-lecture.
Get the Latest News From Darfur. Read about Sudan on the US Dept of State website.
Click here to light a light on the Darfur Wall...
Read the Proclamation on Genocide delivered by Mayor William P. Neary to the Town Council of East Brunswick on October 23, 2006. Read what other US mayors have done to stand up against genocide. (Download the Word Version to modify the Proclamation for your community.)
Raise awareness about the crisis in Darfur. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. Click on 'Contact Us' to find an email address to the news editor or managing editor. To get started, here are direct links to the Star Ledger Editorial Page and The Home News Editorial page. For the East Brunswick Sentinel, send email to ebsent@gmnews.com
Read about a group of 12 college students called Journey for Humanity. They are raising awareness about genocide and Darfur by walking from Los Angeles to Washington, DC. Follow their journey across the US. Read their blogs to see what motivated them to take on this challenge. Their stories are fascinating.
Event Calendar
November 3, 2007. 9:15 AM. Sponsor-A-Road Program We will raise awareness about Darfur and clean up Summerhill Road, demonstrating that we can work globally and locally at the same time. Wear a Darfur T-shirt. We'll bring our A Call to your Conscience banner. Counts for community service credits. Location: 647 Bagel Cafe, Route 18 South, A&P Shopping Center, East Brunswick, NJ
Darfur Olympic Torch Relay in Your School Click here (pdf) for a 1-page set of guidelines on organizing a relay in your school. Document the planning and execution of your event on DVD. Submit your documentary to us. We will have them made into a single documentary film, which can eventually be screened for the public. This documentary can be an excellent teaching tool for future classes of students.
Resources: Sample Petition to President of China
Read our Letter in the East Brunswick Sentinel on why we should use the Olympics to end the genocide.
September 16, 2007. Global Day for Darfur 11 AM - 2 PM, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue. Visit 24 Hours for Darfur for details. Bring clothes and school supplies for Darfuri refugees in Chad.
September 9, 2007. NYC Olympic Torch Relay 2 PM, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue. Survivors of genocide from the past century will come together to light the torch in honor of genocide victims everywhere. Visit Dream for Darfur for details.
June 9, 2007 WOODLOT '07 Benefit Concert for Darfur Sponsored by the South Brunswick Human Relations Council and the South Brunswick HS Chapter of Help Darfur Now. Congratulations to our amazing teens who raised more than $16,000!! For more information on the concert, click here.
May 19, 2007. Sponsor-A-Road Program We raised awareness about Darfur and cleaned up Summerhill Road, demonstrating that we can work globally and locally at the same time. Co-sponsored by HOWE (Helping Our World from Edison, a student chapter of People To People International). Read about us in the East Brunswick Sentinel.
May 6, 2007, Justice Sunday. The Unitarian Society, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick, NJ Testimonies and images from "Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival" and "Smallest Witnesses" were featured along with a presentation that focused on things you can do to help, from postcard campaigns to divestment.
April 26, 2007, Judgment On Genocide As part of Global Days for Darfur, we performed the play "Judgment on Genocide." This play is a citizens' tribunal trying the President of Sudan. It educates the public about the work of the International Criminal Court in bringing the perpetrators of the genocide in Darfur to justice. The play is suited for youth groups and assembly programs. To download the script, click here (PDF) or here (WORD). Visit Judgment on Genocide to learn about the International Campaign for Justice in Sudan. Contact us at CoC-NJ@comcast.net for more information. Read about this event in The East Brunswick Sentinel.
March 10, 2007. Chain to China We formed a human chain connecting the Sudanese and Chineses Missions to the UN, in New York City.
January 28, 2007. Book Talk and Book Signing: "Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival." Immediately followed by screening of the documentary film: 'Darfur Diaries: Message from Home.' For information on the book and the associated education project, visit Darfur Diaries. Read about this event in The East Brunswick Sentinel.
A DVD presentation and lecture on the history of the genocide in Darfur, and the response of the US, the UN, and the international community. Poster display, letter-signing, resources for educators, green wristbands. Learn what you can do to take action. Download the slides, educate others and inspire them to take action. To download powerpoint slides, click here. To download pdf slides, click here. Contact us if you would like to schedule this event for your group.
October 23, 2006, Proclamation on Genocide. Mayor Neary signed and read a Proclamation on Genocide. It was a momentous event. (Download the Word Version to modify the Proclamation for your community.)
October 7, 2006. Sponsor-A-Road Program...Our event was a success! Read our impressions of the event in the Sentinel, Oct. 12, 2006, under 'Letters.'
Meetings
September 30, 2007, 3:00 PM, East Brunswick Public Library
Dream for Darfur Campaign: We will distribute guidelines on organizing a Darfur Olympic Torch Relay. Learn more at Dream For Darfur.
Tents of Hope: Calling all artists! Tents of Hope is a one-year project in which a community creates a tent as a work of art. Artists paint panels on the tent canvas, and the tent becomes a focal point for raising awareness about Darfur and the refugees.
General Information
Click Here For News for Teens and Students
Click Here For Genocide News From Around the World
To learn more about the humanitarian response to the genocide in Darfur, please click here.
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To join the Community on Conscience-NJ or help organize an event, email us at CoC-NJ@comcast.net
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