Ruth Messinger, Executive Director of the American Jewish World Service, will speak at the Rally to End Genocide in Darfur this Sunday on the National Mall. She has traveled to the Darfur region twice and has been leading the Jewish community's movement for Darfur.
On April 30th, rallies to end genocide in Darfur will take place in Washington, DC, San Francisco, and around the country. Olympic speedskating gold medalist Joey Cheek and former U.S. Marine Brian Steidle will be among the speakers. They talk with Jerry Fowler about their speaking tours around the country, the public's reaction to their decisions to speak out for Darfur, and the future of the Darfur movement.
Update: The April 30 rallies are starting to get press coverage nationwide -- including the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Oregonian, and (drumroll) People Magazine. But maybe DCist put it best: "demonstrations for causes as compelling as stepping up to save the people of Darfur deserve what little pimping we can give them."
Erin Mazursky, the Executive Director of STAND: Students Taking Action Now: Darfur and a Georgetown University student talks with Jerry Fowler about why she became active on Darfur and the Power to Protect Campaign that STAND is running in conjunction with the April 30th rally on the National Mall.
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum historian, Edna Friedberg, and Case Western Reserve University law professor Michael Scharf discuss the meaning of justice in the context of Nuremberg, the international tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, and the International Criminal Court with regard to Darfur. Edna created the Museum's exhibition, "The Nuremberg Trials: What is Justice," and she speaks about the limits of justice and the limits of the law. Michael discusses the deterrant effect of the existence of a permanent International Criminal Court.
This April marks the 12th anniversary of the beginning of the Rwanda genocide. Bridget Conley-Zilkic, Project Director of the Committee on Conscience, recently talked to Louise Mushikiwabo about her new book, Rwanda Means the Universe: A Native's Memoir of Blood and Bloodlines. [33:02]
Chris Padilla, Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, discusses the obstacle that China creates for peace in Darfur, diplomacy at the United Nations aimed at creating an international peacekeeping force, the recent demonstrations against the United Nations in Khartoum, and the controversy the U.S. government faces in balancing counter-terrorism intelligence with negotiating peace in Darfur. [30:48]
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