"Not to transmit an experience is to betray it."
- Elie Wiesel
This is a quick video report-back from Pledge2Protect's lobby day - which was the largest genocide prevention lobby day in U.S. history. Please watch the video, and see my latest post on the Pledge2Protect campaign and how students from our partner organization STAND, the student-led division of Genocide Intervention Network, ushered-in a new era of video advocacy!
**This post is part of an ongoing series that showcases users and videos from the Hub**
UPDATE 11.10.09: Watch this video report-back from lobby day, which features how STAND activists ushered-in a new era of video advocacy!
This past weekend I've been with over 800 youth anti-genocide leaders from around the country in Washington D.C. as part of Pledge2Protect, a conference designed to educate, empower and highlight the work of activists who are driving the movement to prevent and stop genocide and mass atrocities (see my last post to learn more about the conference and the campaign).
In August of 2008, we published Leaving Fear Behind on the Hub, a film made by a Tibetan filmmaker named Dhondup Wangchen. In the film, Tibetans living inside Tibet were interviewed and asked to share their feelings about the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In Tibet, merely speaking out against Chinese rule or worshipping the Dalai Lama are considered crimes (and subject to severe punishment), so we had to consider the safety risks before deciding whether to publish the video.
UPDATE 11.10.09: Watch this video report-back from lobby day, which features how STAND activists ushered-in a new era of video advocacy!
UPDATE 11.10.09: Watch this video report-back from lobby day, which features how STAND activists ushered-in a new era of video advocacy!
On 14 November in New York City, the 8th Annual Mahindra Indo-American Arts Council (MIAAC) Film Festival will screen Counterbalance, the co-production between WITNESS and our partner in Delhi, Chintan. After the screening of Counterbalance and two other films (see below), I will join Professor Lauhona Ganguly from the New School and film maker Sunil Gupta on a panel about Video for Change in India.
