For this week’s current events blog you will exploring an exhibit about the current genocide happening in Darfur at this moment.
1. Watch the Youtube video “Sudan at a Crossroads,” created in 2010. Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NziZwhbv1qE
The video was first shown on the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's exterior walls for three evenings in November 2010, a short film and dozens of photographs opened a window into the lives of the people of South Sudan. The images were taken by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Lucian Perkins, who joined Mike Abramowitz, head of the Museum's genocide prevention program, and Andrew Natsios, former US Envoy to Sudan, on a recent Museum-sponsored bearing witness trip to assess conditions in South Sudan, as the region prepares for a referendum on its independence.
2. Read about current event links below in questions 1 and 2. Your entire post should answer the following 3 questions.
Questions:
1. Explain the current conflict in Darfur (including the March 16 update) in 3-5 sentences. Include who, what, where, when and why. Use the link below to fill in details from the video.
2. Is the violence in Darfur, Sudan genocide? Why or why not? Use the definition here to help you determine if it is and explain why. BBC Article from August 2010 on BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11108059
3. What do you think should be done about the conflict in Darfur?
