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A new Documentary Film, based on Brian Steidle's experience as a military observer in Darfur, has been completed. "The Devil Came on Horseback" was just accepted to Sundance for this January! Check out the film!


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"How can I hope to move people from indifference if I remain indifferent to the plight of others? I cannot stand idly by or all my endeavors will be unworthy."-Elie Wiesel


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Genocide is a complex and often divisive issue. A week of events March 12-18, 2006, was our way of opening a community, grassroots dialogue in progress. This is our response to silence. Dissatisfied with media coverage of, and forums to learn about, issues surrounding genocide, a group of high school and college students, retirees, individuals, and organizations came together.

The result was an historical vision: a week of diverse events designed to examine genocide: the past, present and prevention; the atrocities, harms and hurts; and the overcoming, healing and hope.
All events were free and open to the public, were in several locations to include more communities, used a variety of medium to speak to more individuals, and always had an open invitation for anyone to participate. We wanted to reach beyond political, religious, racial, and geographical lines.
This was the Portland area's first event of its kind. It was an entirely grassroots effort. It was a way of saying these issues are important to us as community members, and they are more than just international concerns--they impact our country, our city, our community, and us as individuals.
The momentum from Genocide Awareness Week has continued to grow and encourage a more widespread commitment to raise awareness on these issues. Now, the Coalition for Genocide Awareness works as a network, as a community, as a coalition, to continue the work.
This is our response to the downplay of the atrocities of genocide for far too long. This is our way of saying, 'we will not sit idly by and watch our brothers and sisters be murdered.' This is a response to hearing 'no' from the media too many times, a response to hearing newsworthy stories should be local.
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Pictures from Genocide Awareness Week: A Call to Conscience, March 2006, Portland, Oregon Photos courtesy of Jonathan Kingston, www.kingstonimages.com

Native American Storyteller, Ed Edmo "Government Man"
Genocide Awareness Week, March 17, 2006, Portland, Oregon

Native American Storyteller, Ed Edmo "Hard Things"
Genocide Awareness Week, March 17, 2006, Portland, Oregon

Project BAIT Genocide Spot, 1min 7sec

Armenian Genocide Information, Canada, 1min 15 sec
Campaign Against Genocide, Nor Serount TV, 32 sec

My Interests

Raising awareness about the issues of genocide: the past, present and prevention, the atrocities, harms and hurts, the overcoming, healing and hope.



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Movies:

Darfur Diaries

Books:

Books
1. A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
ISBN: 0060541644 Author: Samantha Power Publisher: Harper Perennial Edition: 1st Perenn Date published: 2003-05-01
2. Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide
ISBN: 0801444500 Author: Gerard Prunier Publisher: Cornell University Press Date published: 2005-09
3. An Ordinary Man : An Autobiography
ISBN: 0670037524 Author: Paul Rusesabagina Tom Zoellner Publisher: Viking Adult Date published: 2006-04-06
4. American Holocaust : The Conquest of the New World
ISBN: 0195085574 Author: David E. Stannard Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Edition: Rep Date published: 1993-11-18
5. Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison
ISBN: 0520222474 Author: David P. Chandler Publisher: University of California Press Date published: 1999-12
6. Left to Tell : Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
ISBN: 1401908969 Author: Immaculee Ilibagiza With Steve Erwin Date published: February 2006
7. The Sunflower : On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
ISBN: 0805210601 Author: Simon Wiesenthal Harry James Cargas Bonny V. Fetterman Date published: May 1998
8. The Rwanda Crisis : History of a Genocide
ISBN: 023110409X Author: Gerard Prunier Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York, N.Y. Date published: June 1997
9. We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families : Stories from Rwanda
ISBN: 0312243359 Author: Philip Gourevitch Date published: September 1999
10. SPECTER OF GENOCIDE
ISBN: 0521527503 Author: Editor: GELLATELY ROBERT (CLARK UNIVERSITY MASSACHUSETTS) Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2003 Date published: 2003
11. The History and Sociology of Genocide
ISBN: 0300044461 Author: Chalk, Frank Jonassohn, Kurt Publisher: Yale Univ Pr 01/1// Date published: 1990
12. GENOCIDE
ISBN: 041535384X Author: JONES, ADAM Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD 2006 Date published: 2006
13. CRIMINOLOGY, CIVILISATION AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER
ISBN: 1904385125 Author: MORRISON, WAYNE Publisher: CAVENDISH PUBLISHING LTD 2006 Date published: 2006
14. When Victims Become Killers : Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda
ISBN: 0691102805 - Author: Mahmood Mamdani Publisher: Princeton University Press Date published: 2002-08-12
15. Genocide, War Crimes and the West: History and Complicity
ISBN: 1842771906 - Author: Adam Jones (Herausgeber) Publisher: Zed Books Date published: 2004-07-23
16. Pol Pot : Anatomy of a Nightmare (John MacRae Books)
ISBN: 0805066624 Author: Philip Short Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Date published: 2005-02-08
17. Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speak
ISBN: 0374280827 Author: Jean Hatzfeld Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Date published: 2005-06-15 Number of pages: 272
18. Facing Death in Cambodia
ISBN: 0231120524 Author: Peter Maguire Publisher: Columbia University Press Date published: 2005-03-05
19. Shake Hands with the Devil : The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
ISBN: 0786715103 Author: Romeo Dallaire Foreword by Samantha Power Date published: October 2004
20. War and Genocide : A Concise History of the Holocaust
ISBN: 0847696316 Author: Doris L. Bergen Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Date published: July 2003
21. A Plague upon Humanity : The Secret Genocide of Axis Japan's Germ Warfare Operation
ISBN: 064168438X A Plague upon Humanity : The Secret Genocide of Axis Japan's Germ Warfare Operation Author: Daniel Barenblatt Date published: January 2004
22. The Burning Tigris : The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
ISBN: 0060558709 Author: Peter Balakian Date published: October 2004
23. I Shall Bear Witness: The Diaries Of Victor Klemperer 1933-41 (FIRST EDITION WITH DUSTWRAPPER)
ISBN: 0297818422 Author: Klemperer, Victor Publisher: Weidenfield and Nicholson, London
24. Genocide: The Psychology of Mass Murder
ISBN: 071452977X Author: Du Preez Peter Publisher: Marion Boyars
25. Auschwitz Nazi Extermination Camp
ISBN: 8322320698 Publisher: Interpress, Warsaw
26. The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, 1963-1965 : Genocide, History and the Limits of the Law
ISBN: 0521844061 Author: Pendas, Devin O. Publisher: West Nyack, New York, U.S.A. Cambridge University Press 2005. Date published: 2005
27. The History of the Armenian Genocide: Ethnic Conflict from the Balkans to Anatolia to the Caucasus
ISBN: 1571810161 Author: Vahakn N. Dadrian Publisher: Berghahn Books
28. The Armenian Genocide: The Young Turks Before the Judgment of History
ISBN: 0943071143 Author: John S. Kirakossian Shushan Sltunian(Translator) Publisher: Sphinx Press
29. Journey Into Darkness: Genocide In Rwanda (Texas a and M University Military History Series)
ISBN: 1585444278 Author: Thomas P. Odom Foreword by Dennis J. Reimer Publisher: Texas A & M University Press,U.S.
30. The Massacre in History (Studies on War and Genocide, V. 1)
ISBN: 1571819355 Author: Mark Levene (Herausgeber) Penny Roberts (Herausgeber) Publisher: Berghahn Books
31. Journey Into Darkness: Genocide In Rwanda (Texas a & M University Military History Series)
ISBN: 158544457X Author: Thomas P. Odom Foreword byDennis J. Reimer Publisher: Texas A & M University Press,U.S
32. Long Shadows: Truth, Lies, and History
ISBN: 1582341567 Author: Paris, Erna Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, New York, New York, U.S.A.
33. Genocide and Settler Society: Frontier Violence and Stolen Indigenous Children in Australian History (War & Genocide S.)
ISBN: 1571814108 Author: Dirk Moses A. Dirk Moses (editor) Publisher: Berghahn Books
34. Genocide and Settler Society: Frontier Violence and Stolen Indigenous Children in Australian History (Studies in War and Genocide, V. 6)
ISBN: 1571814116 Author: A. Dirk Moses (Herausgeber) Publisher: Berghahn Books
35. Violence: Terrorism, Genocide, War
ISBN: 1862076146 Author: Sofsky, Wolfgang Publisher: Granta Books, London, United Kingdom
36. The History of the Armenian Genocide: Ethnic Conflict from the Balkans to Anatolia to the Caucasus
ISBN: 1571816666 Author: Vahakn N. Dadrian Publisher: Berghahn Books
37. Genocide in Rwanda: a Collective Memory
ISBN: 088258202X Author: Berry, John A. Publisher: Howard University Press
38. The Rwanda Genocide (At Issue in History)
ISBN: 0737719850 Author: Christina Fisanick (editor) Scott Barbour (editor) Publisher: Greenhaven Press
39. The Holocaust and Other Genocides: History, Representation, Ethics
ISBN: 0826514022 Author: Helmut Walser Smith (Herausgeber) Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
40. Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence
ISBN: 0807045063 Author: Martha Minow Deanne Urmy(Editor) Publisher: Beacon Press
41. Between Vengeance and Forgiveness : Facing History after Genocide and Mass Violence
ISBN: 0807045071 Author: Martha Minow Richard J. Goldstone Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
42. The Rwanda Genocide (At Issue in History)
ISBN: 0737719869 Author: Christina Fisanick (Herausgeber) Publisher: Greenhaven Press
43. Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide
ISBN: 0520219562 Author: Lorna Touryan Miller Donald Eugene Miller Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif.
44. A Land Without Evil : Stopping the Genocide of Burma's Karen People
ISBN: 1854246461 Author: Benedict Rogers Publisher: Lion Pub Plc
45. An Indelible Stain?: The Question of Genocide in Australia's History
ISBN: 0670912204 Author: Henry Reynolds Publisher: Viking Australia
46. War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust (Critical Issues in History S.)
ISBN: 0847696308 Author: Doris Bergen Doris L. Bergen Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
47. The Abuse Excuse: And Other Cop-Outs, Sob Stories, and Evasions of Responsibility
ISBN: 0316181358 Author: Dershowitz, Alan M. Publisher: Little Brown & Co, Boston
48. Fiction and the Social Contract: Genocide, Pornography, and the Deconstruction of History (Studies in Literary Criticism and Theory, Vol 9)
ISBN: 0820438499 Author: Larry L. Langford Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc
49. The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide
ISBN: 0465049052 Author: Robert Lifton Publisher: Basic Books
50. The Rwanda Crisis : History of a Genocide
ISBN: 0231104081 Author: Gerard Prunier Columbia University Press Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York, N.Y.
51. The History and Sociology of Genocide : Analyses and Case Studies
ISBN: 0300044453 Author: Frank Chalk Kurt Jonassohn Publisher: Yale University Press
52. Genocide in the Age of the Nation State
ISBN: 1850437521 Author: Levene, Mark Publisher: Published Aug 2005, I B Tauris & Co Ltd. Date published: 2005
53. A Witness to Genocide: The 1993 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Dispatches on the "Ethnic Cleansing" of Bosnia
ISBN: 0025467506 Author: Roy Gutman Publisher: Lisa Drew Books
54. Genocide on Trial 'War Crimes Trials and the Formation of Holocaust History and Memory'
ISBN: 0198208723 Author: Donald Bloxham Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, New York, N.Y.
55. HOLOCAUST AND ANTISEMITISM A SHORT HISTORY
ISBN: 1851683135 Author: HELLIG, JOCELYN Publisher: ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS Country = UK
56. The Armenian Genocide : History, Politics, Ethics
ISBN: 0312048475 Author: Richard G. Hovannisian(Editor) Foreword byGeorge Deukmejian Publisher: St. Martin's Press, New York, N.Y.
57. Self-Financing Genocide: The Gold Train - The Becher Case - The Wealth of Jews, Hungary - Hardcover
ISBN: 9639241539 Author: Gabor Kadar

Heroes:

Organizations, People, Resources, Events
Save Darfur Coalition
International Crisis Group
Nicholas Kristof
Students Taking Action Now: Darfur, STAND
Tualatin High School, Sudan Awareness Week
Genocide Intervention Network
Damanga Coalition
Power to Protect Campaign
Darfur Rehabilitation Project
Africa Action
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Committee on Conscience
Human Rights First, Hope for Darfur
American Jewish World Service
Genocide Watch
20 Voices, Remembering the 1915 Armenian Genocide, Araz Artinian
Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights
Armenia Genocide, Armeniapedia.org
The Cambodian Genocide Program, Yale University
Web Genocide Documentation Centre, Resources on Genocide, War Crimes, and Mass Killings
Afrobeat Sudan Aid Project: ASAP, Modiba Productions
Armenian Genocide: Recognize It

My Blog

Dream for Darfur event in Central Oregon

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11, 20071-5 PMTROY FIELDDOWNTOWN BEND, ORCORNER OF BOND ST. AND LOUISIANA-Camp Darfur-Get Involved! Action Tables-Kids and Family Art Station: items will be sent to Darfur and hand-del...
Posted by Coalition for Genocide Awareness on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:12:00 PST

Dream for Darfur Events in Portland

Dream for Darfur events - Portland, Oregon - Nov 7-11 2007Updated Dream for Darfur ScheduleNov. 7th - Nov. 11thWed. 11/7 - All day Camp Darfur for middle and high school students to visit hosted by Li...
Posted by Coalition for Genocide Awareness on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:07:00 PST

Finding Inspiration in Other People

It has been hard at times to find what I need to continue doing all I can to end genocide. Everything I need is not inside of me--I realize I must look beyond myself.Most recently, I came across someo...
Posted by Coalition for Genocide Awareness on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:05:00 PST

Darfur film in Sundance!

A new documentary film, "The Devil Came on Horseback" was just accepted to this January's Sudance Film Festival! That is a major accomplishment, and great timing to raise awareness about the genocide ...
Posted by Coalition for Genocide Awareness on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:33:00 PST

help plan Genocide Awareness Week

I want to ask you to be part of a grassroots effort here in Portland, putting together Genocide Awareness Week 2007. We are a group of individuals and groups from all walks of life, working as a coali...
Posted by Coalition for Genocide Awareness on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:26:00 PST

Portland meetings and events this week!

We are having a meetings this week for those who would like to be involved with the Portland Coalition for Genocide Awareness. We will be discussing events and awareness-raising efforts for Darfur. We...
Posted by Coalition for Genocide Awareness on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:55:00 PST

a week for darfur

Our desperation and vigilance nears monotony after so many days of trying so hard. It takes groups like the one below, to generate a new surge of conviction. If you are in the Portland area, think abo...
Posted by Coalition for Genocide Awareness on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:40:00 PST

New Darfur Events in Portland!

Following are listings for two special events regarding the crisis of genocide in Darfur, Sudan. AJC is a co-sponsor for both events. 1. PDX Voices for Darfur 2. "Darfur Genocide: An Assault on Surv...
Posted by Coalition for Genocide Awareness on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:22:00 PST

Kristof's latest article

Here is Nicholas Kristof's lastest editorial piece on Darfur, printed in Sunday's NY Times: Darfur: When Genocide WorsensThe latest Darfur-related column from Nick Kristof (from Sunday, but somehow I ...
Posted by Coalition for Genocide Awareness on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:42:00 PST

Check out this event: Darfur Ally-Raiser

Hosted By: Portland Coalition for Genocide AwarenessWhen: Thursday Jul 13, 2006 at 6:00 PMWhere: Proper Eats Market and Cafe8638 N. Lombard AvePortland, OR 97230USDescription:Portland Coalition for Ge...
Posted by Coalition for Genocide Awareness on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:29:00 PST