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Posted by Ivan Boothe, 28 March 2008NetSquared interview on the Genocide Intervention Network
25 October 2007
Our experience, overall, has been that local people are really out in front on organizing [the anti-genocide] issue, and we're just creating the tools, putting the tools in their hands, and giving them the resources to take action. For instance, the 1-800-GENOCIDE Hotline, the Darfur Scorecard, things like that are giving people the resources to take action.
In our experience, they're already out there doing a lot of stuff. I know when we began a couple of years ago, and were just sort of starting our outreach on Facebook, we found there were already dozens of Facebook groups around the issue and working on these issues. It was just about networking them, giving them resources, giving them support in the work they were doing. That's what we've been trying to do since then.
EchoRadio: Have a hand in stopping genocide
26 April 2006
This weekend, tens of thousands of Americans will rally in front of the U.S. Capitol — and in dozens of other cities across the country — to send the message to Congress that it's time for America to step up and help end the systematic slaughter of more than 400,000 civilians in Darfur.
Yesterday, we caught up with two dynamic leaders at the forefront of this movement — Mark Hanis and Ivan Boothe of the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net). Hear how GI-Net is using technology to rapidly mobilize hundreds of campus leaders and thousands of college and university students across the country.
And find out why celebs like Nick Kristof, Angelina Jolie, and Oprah are all asking their their audiences to head over to GI-Net to take action.
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This interview chronicles the Genocide Intervention Network's use of social networking and social media in the arena of anti-genocide advocacy. And it touches on a key point of mine — the usefulness of these kinds of tools in organizing rather than mobilizing, that is, developing long-term social movements rather than single-issue campaigns.