Dear [[First_Name]],

Wow. It's hard to believe that the Congo Challenge is coming to an end. In the past three months, we have accomplished quite a lot. In March, thousands of people became aware of the crisis in Congo because of you, and the "RAISE Hope for Congo…On the Road" speakers' tour traveled to 10 universities all across the country, from New York to Oregon.

In April, we raised our voices to call for an end to the scourge of conflict minerals in Congo. You sent over 55,000 emails to the 21 biggest electronics companies, and you succeeded in getting the Congo Conflict Minerals Act of 2009 introduced in the Senate.

This past month, you have sent letters to the editor, blogged and twittered about Congo, and you helped us launch the COME CLEAN 4 CONGO video contest to raise the profile of the crisis through video.

Thanks so much to all of you who took the Congo Challenge this spring. Not only did you meet our challenge, you surpassed it. You truly are raising hope for Congo!

Sincerely,

Candice Knezevic
RAISE Hope for Congo Campaign Manager, The Enough Project

come clean 4 congo video contest

Design the best video that raises awareness about the link between our cell phones and the violence in Congo, and we will fly you to LA (from within the U.S.) where your winning video will be screened at a red carpet event to mark the occasion. The winning video will also be featured on the Enough Project's websites and YouTube's contest page.

Submit your video today!

Watch CNN's coverage of Congo's conflict minerals and the COME CLEAN 4 CONGO contest!
Check out Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) raising awareness about the crisis in Congo!
Rep. John Boozman (R-AR) raises awareness about Congo on Twitter and Facebook!

raise hope for congo in the blogs

Enough's blogger, Laura Heaton, gives an overview of the three-month Congo Challenge in "Congo Challenge Celebrates Success of Activism Blitz."

The Enough Project's Executive Director, John Norris, announces the Come Clean 4 Congo Contest on Huffington Post.

Congressman John Boozman (R-AR) highlights the Come Clean 4 Congo video contest.

Check out "Cell Phones, Celebrities, Congo & You." YouTube's Ramya Raghavan provides insight on the YouTube Video for Change contest and how Come Clean 4 Congo can bring meaningful change to eastern Congo.

Q & A with New York Times' Jeffrey Gettleman - Enough's Maggie Fick recently sat down with Jeffrey Gettleman in Nairobi, Kenya, where he is based for the New York Times, to talk more about how journalism can contribute to better understanding of conflicts like the one in Congo, and ultimately stimulate pressure and help mobilize the political will necessary to begin resolving these deadly conflicts. Click here to read some excerpts from the interview.

Update from the Field: Read Enough policy advisor Colin Thomas-Jensen and field researcher Rebecca Feeley's blog, "The Next Catastrophe in Congo," in the Huffington Post.

In "Dispatch from Bukavu, Congo," Lee Ann De Reus, associate professor of Human Development & Family Studies and Women's Studies at Penn State, guest blogs about her experience on the ground.

Congress RAISES Hope

Watch Enough's John Prendergast testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on "Confronting Rape and Other Forms of Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones. Spotlight: DRC and Sudan." Prendergast was one of eight witnesses, including Congolese journalist Chouchou Namegabe Nabintu, playwrite and activist Eve Ensler, and Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues.

Read Prendergast's Testimony.