Back in May, we asked you to make videos demonstrating the connection between the "conflict minerals" used in cell phones and the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Matt Smith's winning video, voted #1 by the YouTube community, used spoken word to take a far-away, complex issue and make it understandable and compelling.

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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:

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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Posted on April 9, 2009 by David Sullivan on Enough Said

Coming Soon...

Let us know what you’re doing to take action and make an impact. Share your thoughts, photos and video in the Congo Challenge Forum and inspire others to get off the sidelines and challenge themselves!

Concert for Congo: A Benefit for RAISE Hope for Congo
February 19, 2009 @ 8:30pm At DC9 1940 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC
202.483.5000 | www.dcnine.com

Suggested Donation: $10

Featuring...
~ Elikeh ~
2007 Wammie-nominated Roots Afropop Band
www.elikeh.com | www.myspace.com/elikeh

02 | 13 | 09
Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street

Short Film Screening and Panel Discussion
2:00-4:00pm, Room 120

Featuring: Séverine Autesserre, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, Columbia University; Bryan Mealer, Author of “All Things Must Fight To Live: Stories of War and Deliverance in Congo”; Kambale Musavuli, Friends of the Congo; John Prendergast, Co-Chair, Enough Project; Peter Rosenblum, Lieff, Cabreser, Heimann & Bernstein Professor in Human Rights Law, Columbia Law School.

Warring Parties: Conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo

February 13, 2009

Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street

Short Film Screening and Panel Discussion 2:00 - 4:00 PM, Room 120

RAISE Hope for Congo in the News

"NIcole Riche Speaks Out Against Congo-Mined Minerals." April 29th 2009.

"'Blood Minerals' Tained Electronic Gadgets." Newsdesk.org. April 23rd 2009.

RAISE Hope for Congo In the Blogs

"The true cost of consumer electronics." Spartan Daily. April 21st 2009.

"Blood Coltan." New Haven Alliance for Congo. April 18th 2009.