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...having passed the role onto Kwame Owusu-Kesse ’06, the organization stood behind its former leader’s convictions. BMF joined with the other black organizations on campus and formed a strong black presence at the silent protests against the genocide in Darfur. BMF members were not only embracing their identity as black men but also as citizens who of the world...
...eyes of the alums are trained on the future of the BMF, but they’re not the only ones looking. Because of its strong presence in campus-wide action such as Take Back the Night, the curricular review, and the Darfur divestment campaign, the BMF now has a lot to live...
...takes a political turn with Vote or Die, curricular review response, and Darfur divestment campaign...
Harvard’s divestment from PetroChina marks a victory for activists aiming to end the genocide in Darfur. It is hoped that Harvard’s decision will lead other investors to reconsider their holdings in companies doing business with El Bashir’s genocidal regime. But divestment, with its effect of taking money from the war-waging regime, is but one angle of the campaign. On Friday, the UN special representative on Sudan and the African Union (AU) released a joint statement condemning the recent attack on a small village in southern Darfur where 305 militiamen descended...
...Darfur remains the foremost ranking humanitarian crisis on the UN “watchlist,” the new buzzword amongst activists is the Genocide Intervention Fund (GIF), launched on Thursday. April 7 by Swarthmore college students, Mark Hanis and Andrew Sniderman. The premise behind GIF is that AU forces on the ground in Darfur should be provided with funds to cover their non-lethal weapon needs. At a conference organized in February by the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, the Swathmore undergrads sold their idea to students from 92 colleges around the country, who reviewed and reworked this...