Jen from the newly created group Alliance Guinea (www.allianceguinea.org) writes:
(Notes: The name was changed from the former Guinea Solidarité which was similar to an organization that already existed. Le site est également disponible en français ici)
Calling all lawyers, educators, students, politicos, journalists, humanitarians
We've got our Facebook page, we have our website/blog, and now we need YOU to take these tools and *run with it*!
Following the call we had yesterday, we've identified the following areas of action, as stated on the website:
Advocate to governments, international organizations and agenda setters in support of human rights and a peaceful, democratic transition in Guinea. Serve as a resource to human rights organizations, law clinics, and international agencies investigating human rights abuses in Guinea. Serve as a resource and nonpartisan, multiethnic forum for activists, journalists and victims of human righs abuses in Guinea. Conduct outreach and provide resources for educators and student groups to raise awareness and promote activism in support of human rights and democracy in Guinea.
To acheive these things, we need you. Specifically:
• If you are a lawyer, law student, human rights clinic, pro-bono clinic, or human rights organization staffer: please email the new head of our law/human rights subcommittee, Rachel Cherington, at rcherington@yahoo.com, for more information and to get connected.
• If you are a high school or middle school teacher - or high school/middle school student - and want to work on discussion guides/lesson plans or anything else cool that you think of, please email ... me (jbsfela@yahoo.com) - until I can confirm our new education head -- or tell me if you want to be that person!
• If you are a university student or faculty member and want to help organize information and advocacy sessions at your school, please email our campus organizing heads Ataoulaye Fela Bah (afb21232@columbia.edu), Susan Martonosi (smartonosi@yahoo.com), and Lisa Mueller (lmmueller@ucla.edu)
• If you are are following the policy options very closely and/or have links to lawmakers and other decision-makers and want to be involved in our policy/advocacy subcommittee, please email me at (jbsfela@yahoo.com).
• If you are are following the policy options very closely and/or have links to lawmakers and other decision-makers and want to be involved in our policy/advocacy subcommittee, please email me at (jbsfela@yahoo.com).
• We are also looking for someone to take the lead on victim support efforts that people want to do, i.e. possibly connecting to Medecins Sans Frontiers to channel donations, etc. Please let me know if you are interested in this angle.
• Finally, we need people to be regular bloggers posting on our site, getting the discussion going on what’s going on in Guinea in general. If this is you, let me know.
We are now nearly 500 strong on Facebook – and I haven’t had a chance to count the number of letters that have been flying out but it’s got to be dozens (and that’s only the ones I know about). At this time, it’s about everyone making the most of these tools we have to start taking whatever initiatives you think would be helpful to further our collective goals.
In solidarity,
Jen
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