International Alert’s Post

Do you have some level of expertise on the ongoing crises in Palestine, Congo, Sudan, or elsewhere? Have you thought about making videos about it? 🤳 I want to help you get started. Why? Because I believe the more informed voices we have speaking up, the better off we all are. I'm going to be sharing some tips I've learned that helped me grow on social media over the past few months. Interested? Be sure to follow along! #peacebuilding #contentcreation #changetheworld

🚨 SUDAN NEEDS YOUR HELP! Our hosts Romain Muhammad and Kaishelle Paterson speak on the ongoing conflict happening in Sudan. Lets continue to spread awareness about the atroaicities taking place across Africa. WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO: Share this post (CRUCIAL) Save this post (IMPORTANT) Comment on this post (GOOD) Like this post (APPRECIATED) Comment #FreeSudan below 👇🏾 #WhatsHappeningInSudan #BlackMindstate

Every year, from April 7th, Rwanda observes 100 days of commemoration for the 1994 Genocide. During the first week, there are specific activities that are not allowed: 1. No Music and laughter in public places 2. No Weddings and Other Marriage Ceremonies 3. No Mass celebrations 4. No Sports Competitions - Except for individual sports 5. No Playing Non-Commemorative Music- in public places like bars, restaurants, and barber shops, only commemorative music is allowed. 6. No Public Entertainment - Concerts, comedy nights, movies, and games not related to commemoration are prohibited. 7. No Betting Games - Activities like gambling are not allowed. 8. No Projecting Football Matches- Public viewing of football and other sports is prohibited. 9. No Nightclub Activities - No concerts or nightlife entertainment that isn't related to the commemoration. 10. No Mass Gatherings - Unrelated to commemoration events are discouraged to maintain the solemnity of the period. This period is supposed to be a time for reflection, education, and unity, honoring those who were lost while reinforcing the commitment to prevent such atrocities in the future.

As a marketing/media professional (or any kind of professional you are on here), you should really really really TRAIN yourself to hold multiple truths you see/are exposed to in modern-day news/media. You can talk about Usher's superbowl performance and Beyonce's new ad/songs WHILE talking about the ongoing slaughter in P@lestine and displacement in Congo and Sudan (that have been ongoing for months). Please stop pretending like you are unaware or uneducated about global events. The more you learn, the more you research about several events around you (whether local or global) the more you will develop critical and analytical skills that will encourage you to engage in conversations that can help make impact/change in different environments. Keeping your advocacy narrowed down to limited social or relevant topics is NOT effective. #EducationIsLiberation

$0 to the UNRWA They do not care. That doesn’t mean we stop. Free Palestine forever. Updates to the resource guide to support Palestine for March 25th include: - Palestine updates: March 24th - Gaza needs eSIMs (urgent) - $0 in aid to UNRWA: actions to take to make your voice heard - Shades of Anger: a newsletter to help you take daily action for Palestine - People’s Conference for Palestine: Detroit Mar.24th - 26th (open to everyone) - Every 36 hours in Palestine… This resource is updated regularly. If you’ve found it useful and want to send a small contribution of support, please use the “buy me a coffee link” below. Online activists live in the same awful capitalist society as you. Your support for our work makes such a difference to us. *links in comments (click “most recent” if you can’t see it) Liberation to the oppressed.✊🏽🍉 {Brown fist of solidarity emoji and watermelon emoji} #FreePalestine ALT TEXT: In bold black faded letters it reads Resources for Palestine. The subtitle reads take the space and grace you need, but then tap back in.The image is of 24 year old Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda who documents her personal experience of the genocide in Gaza. The image is of a smiling Bisan wearing a green jacket over a Black hoodie with a bright blue sky in the background. The hashtag at the bottom says collective liberation.

African Americans like Melvin Foote and Donald Payne, Sr. are examples of individuals who I know personally played a role in advocating inside and outside of the US government for the U.S. to take action in 1994 when it mattered. It is unfortunate that in the United States, more research has not been done by African nations and intellectuals to illuminate the differentiated approach to US foreign policy toward Africa that comes with the presence of African Americans. I want the foreign affairs and foreign policy world to see this as an additional data point. The Department of State may want American Africans to be more American than African when it comes to upholding the national agenda, but in that an urgent call is put forth to question whether the thoughts of the entire civilian population are important to US foreign policy or simply those stakeholders who exert leverage of public officials through financial contributions. We do not see this desire to be placed upon Israeli-Americans or upon Ukrainian-Americans. I’m seeing a complication to US foreign policy when it relates to Africans in the Continent that extends from the treatment of Africans since the inception of the United States and its legitimation. France is to the Rwandan Genocide what the United States is to the Palestinian genocide. The United States could have done more in 1994 in Rwanda or to challenge Hutu Power and French intervention. The United States can do more in 2024 in Palestine or to challenge Israeli occupation and bombing. We must continue as African Americans in the United States to implore upon the nation’s ethnically diverse community of communities that crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide are deplorable, intolerable, and nothing with which this nation should take part as the nation is in fact indebted to the genocide of the members of the First Nations and to the Africans killed during and after chattel slavery in the United States. If we divorce ourselves of the past to project a present with amnesia, then all cries of “Never Again” shall remain lip service. The first time crimes against humanity was used in the United States has been said to be coined by an African American rebuking Leopold in Congo Free State. Let us remember Leopold as we remember Hitler and the architects of the Rwandan genocide who studied them. Let us remember the Spanish Inquisition. In remembering them, we shall see today a replication of strategy and tactics.

🌟🔍Explore the critical role of documentation in transitional justice with the latest episode of Transforming Transitional Justice by the Global Initiative for Justice, Truth, and Reconciliation. Learn how documentation protects human rights and aids justice, with insights from Cynthia Ibale, Senior Lawyer at Project Expedite Justice (Sudan) and Dario Colmenares Millán, Program Director for GIJTR (Colombia, Myanmar, Bangladesh). ➡️Listen to the podcast here: https://ow.ly/1bYM50SsPt3 #HumanRightsDocumentation #Uwazi Image from GIJTR

Here is a resource for those seeking some clarity.

This is wholesome indeed.