Lisa Shannon, founder of Run for Congo Women and close partner of Raise Hope for Congo, appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show on October 1. Also, be sure to check out her upcoming book, A Thousand Sisters.

Enough, the anti-crimes against humanity project at the Center for American Progress, is joining with YouTube™ today in announcing the launch of the Come Clean 4 Congo video contest, which empowers individuals to create compelling messages that highlight the link between “conflict minerals” used in cell phones and the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – the deadliest since World War II.

Read the full release here.

Enough, the anti-genocide project at the Center for American Progress, and Global Witness, a campaign to halt the abusive exploitation of natural resources, today released a joint statement regarding U.S. Senate Bill S. 891, the Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009.

Read the statement here.

Russell Senate Office Building, Russell Rotunda
May 11 - 15 Exhibition on view
May 13 5pm-7pm Public Reception Hearing Room 332

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Your cellphone purchases might be fueling the world's worst sexual violence.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a place most of us will never go, and the war there is affecting people most of us will never meet. But the link between our demand for electronic products and mass human suffering is incredibly direct.

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Companies that produce electronics that could contain conflict minerals from eastern Congo have a responsibility to ensure that their business dealings are not inadvertently helping to fuel atrocities. This is not an easy task, but it is achievable.

Read the Enough Strategy Paper or download the PDF (4.8 MB)

 

 

Join us this Wednesday, April 22 at 6 PM EST/ 3 PM PST for the RAISE Hope for Congo Advocacy Training Webinar. Learn how to be an effective advocate for Congo, and how to engage your elected officials and electronics companies.

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The webinar will be moderated by:
*John Bagwell, Field Manager, The Enough Project
*Meghna Raj, Government Relations Associate, The Enough Project

VIEWPOINT: Conflict minerals and crimes against humanity in Congo

"Social Justice Meets Fashion Sense." Huffington Post. April 21 2009.