1. LET’S STOP genocide!
By: Mrs. Oakes
10/12/12
P3456

2. What is genocide?
Genocide is the persecution or destruction of a specific group of people based on national, racial, or religious reasons.

3. Did you know…?
During the Holocaust in World War II, 11 million people were killed, of which six million of those victims were Jewish. The Nazis persecuted the Jewish people, torturing and killing two-thirds of those living in Europe.

4. Did you know…?
Since 2003, over 400,000 Darfurian civilians have been killed, which means about 150 people lose their lives every day. In Darfur, 90% of the targeted ethnic villages have been destroyed.

5. Did you know…?
Refugees are people forced to flee their country because their homes have been destroyed or they fear harm to themselves. This can be due to natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, but in many cases it is due to fighting, religious or racial persecution, and genocide.
There are around 10.6 million refugees in the world, 1 million asylum seekers who seek a home in another country, and 25.8 million internally displaced people who are people who cannot leave their homeland but who have to live in another area in temporary shelters with inadequate necessities.

6. So, what might be a solution…?
One solution that we can do right at home is to be and become educated on the issue of genocide and the plight, or hardships, that refugees go through.

7. Some movies you should check out are Hotel Rwanda, The Killing Fields, Darfur Now and Schindler's List.
Some books you should read are A Problem from Hell, Zlata's Diary, A Long Day's Dying, Forgotten Fire, Children of the River, Say You're One of Them, and The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank.

8. How can you get involved?
One way we could get involved is to host a movie screening of one of the movies I mentioned before. This is an easy and effective way to spread the word about human rights issues while keeping students engaged at the same time. Let the film do the talking for you.

9. Get permission from your principal.
Set up the time and date.
Have interested students get parental permission to see the movie.
Hold a whole group discussion after. Talk about the points of the movie and if there is any further community and service action that could happen.

10. WHAT IF YOU CAN'T GET PERMISSION FROM YOUR SCHOOL?!?!?
Instead of a movie screening, why not try a book club where students choose one book I mentioned before, read, discuss, and get involved.

11. Get Active, Stay Educated!
One thing I plan to do this year around my cause, genocide, is try to plan a movie screening to inform students about my issue.
I hope by having this plan, I can change my community, and my world, for the better.

12. Citations
go.grolier.com
dosomething.org
wikipedia.org
amazon.com