Actress Quincy Tyler Bernstine delivers a monologue from "Ruined, Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play that is set in the DRC and concerns women as human battlefields in civil war. Bernstine portrays Salima, as she remembers how she was raped by soldiers.

PLEASE...be sure to watch video of today's BRILLIANT (second panel) Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing, "Confronting Rape and Other Forms of Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones - Spotlight:  DRC and Sudan".  You will laugh and cry and be moved to ACT!

http://tinyurl.com/o9b5up for hearing and transcripts, and read Enough's Laura Heaton's post of May 15 on Enough's blog.

Congo's ecosystem does not escape the grotesque savagery inflicted upon the people of Congo, nor does the wellbeing of mankind. Some gentle giants...

April 27th, 2009 at 6:35 pm.

Marcel Stoessel’s brief journey through war-torn eastern Congo reveals desperate need on a huge scale that the world must not ignore.

As you may know, April is Genocide Prevention Month, and the American Booksellers Association is encouraging the participation of independent booksellers.  Details and suggestions can be found at www.genocidepreventionmonth.org.

I would like to add to the suggested list of books: Out of Exile: Narratives from the Abducted and Displaced People of Sudan