Youth Action Network, Genocide Awareness Month
Madalyn Minnick, Katherine Leonard, Luke Yang
How We Plan to Honor Genocide Awareness Month

While every day is the apt time to fight injustice in all its forms, Together We Remember intends to spend this April, or Genocide Awareness Month (GAM), inspiring education, action, and remembrance. GAM is a month where, as a united front across the world, we remember the lives lost to identity-based violence throughout history, and work harder than ever to prevent it from ever happening again.

How We Plan to Honor Genocide Awareness Month

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The Anfal Genocide: a Criminally Unknown Genocide that Needs Our Attention, Now.

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The Anfal Genocide: a Criminally Unknown Genocide that Needs Our Attention, Now.

In 1941, the world began to learn of the mass murder of Jewish people in what would become known as the Holocaust. In 1948, world leaders gathered, shocked by the events they had witnessed, and vowed that human rights atrocities would never happen again. In 1986, this promise was broken when 182,000 Kurds were killed during the Anfal Campaign in Iraq.

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The Selk'nam Tribe: A Resilient Community Demands Change

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The Selk'nam Tribe: A Resilient Community Demands Change

The Selk’nam tribe was thought to be extinct after years of violence, slavery, and genocide. Activist Hema’ny Molina resists the erasure of Selk'nam culture and fights to ensure that such atrocities will never happen again.

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How We Plan to Honor Genocide Awareness Month

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How We Plan to Honor Genocide Awareness Month

While every day is the apt time to fight injustice in all its forms, Together We Remember intends to spend this April, or Genocide Awareness Month (GAM), inspiring education, action, and remembrance. GAM is a month where, as a united front across the world, we remember the lives lost to identity-based violence throughout history, and work harder than ever to prevent it from ever happening again.

On This Day: The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Shooting

On This Day: The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High Shooting

In 2018, a school shooting in Parkland, Florida reignited America’s debate about gun control and violent extremism. Three years later, we reflect on how to practice collective memory in a way that uplifts the human aspects of tragedy.