In the Washington D.C. area? Then join us tomorrow at Stir Lounge for a celebration of hope. We'll be raising money for Actions for the Welfare of Women and Children in Kivu, a Congolese organiztion dedicated to providing dignity and opportunity for the survivors of sexual violence in eastern Congo.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 at the door, or $15 if you register today.

Musical stylings by DJ Bikram Keith and a raffle with prizes including:

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WASHINGTON, D.C., and SAN BRUNO, CA - Enough, the anti-crimes against humanity project at the Center for American Progress, today announced the three semifinalists of its Come Clean 4 Congo video contest and is inviting the public to begin voting to choose the winner. The contest, launched in May with YouTube, 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.

Watch Enough co-founder John Prendergast discuss the Obama administration's interest in engaging Darfur activists with Daljit Dhaliwal on PBS' Foreign Exchange

It's easy to forget how the products we use are tied to stories of the hands that made them.

The buttons on our jackets, sewn on by a teenage girl from China's Sichuan Province who works 16 hours a day to pay for her younger brother's school fees.

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