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Somalia
"Hawo's Dinner Party" Video Module
Challenges Entered:
The New Face of Southern Hospitality
With tensions mounting between the U.S. and the Muslim world, integrating newcomers from those countries raises a whole set of sensitivities and challenges. That’s where “Hawo’s Dinner Party” comes in. This 20-30-minute DVD will serve as a tool for service providers, grassroots community groups and employers nationwide that are helping to integrate newcomers with unique needs, often against considerable obstacles. By focusing on the experiences of several Somali residents in Shelbyville — including Hawo, a former nurse who now works at a local poultry processing plant, and Mohamed, the local imam — the module puts a human face on the complex issues we face in this time of increasing globalization.
Anti-Genocide Action Tracker: Genocide Scores for Every Legislator and State
Challenges Entered:
GenocideScores.org would provide four main assets to the anti-genocide community: Aggregate anti-genocide data. Not only records on Darfur legislation, but on any anti-genocide bills relating to our areas of concern, or recognition of historical genocides such as in Armenia. Each state would also display its status on divestment and genocide education. Subsequent campaigns could also be added.Clear illustrations of legislative status. Instead of simply being an entry on a scorecard, each bill would have its own graphical timeline, and members would be able to track progress of a bill through e-mail alerts or RSS feeds.Most importantly, cross-indexing, allowing specific alerts to be generated for members based on location. When a bill is coming up for a vote in Congress and a senator from Connecticut is the key vote, Connecticut members automatically receive an alert. When a divestment or genocide education rally is planned at the Nevada statehouse, all Nevadans on the site know about it. This information — where geographical power lies in each case — is viewable on the bill's timeline, so members can notify their friends in CT or NV of the need to take action.Finally, embeddable badges to allow people to display the current genocide score of their state and district.
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Washington, DC
United States
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