Student Activism
“We find cause for hope as well in Protestant and Catholic children attending school together in Northern Ireland; in Hutus and Tutsis living side-by-side, forgiving neighbors who have done the unforgivable; in a movement to save Darfur that has thousands of high school and college chapters in 25 countries and brought 70,000 people to the Washington Mall, people of every age and faith and background and race united in common cause with suffering brothers and sisters halfway around the world."President Obama, Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony, April 23, 2009
STAND, the student-led division of Genocide Intervention Network, has been leading the national movement for an improved U.S. response to genocide.
With close to 1000 active chapters in highschools and colleges nationwide, STAND activists are raising the profile of genocide prevention as a national political priority. At its core, STAND envisions a world in which the international community protects civilians from genocidal violence.
To do so, STAND’s Student Leadership Team recruits, trains, organizes and mobilizes students around the world by providing materials, educational information, online resources, policy expertise, and a network of concerned and active peers.
Born out of the fight to stop the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, STAND is devoted to creating a sustainable student network that actively fights genocide wherever it may occur. STAND seeks to unite students around the world in a permanent anti-genocide constituency.
