Q2: Is citizen advocacy at its most effective when it generates maximum “noise” on an issue , or do citizen advocates need to attach particular policy prescriptions to the noise they make?

In today’s posts, Eric Reeves and Erin Mazursky both argue forcefully that “noise” is not enough. In contrast to Marc Gustafson’s post yesterday, which suggested that SDC advocates may have transitioned from noise-making to policy recommendations too quickly, Reeves argues that they didn’t move quickly …

Q2: Is citizen advocacy at its most effective when it generates maximum “noise” on an issue , or do citizen advocates need to attach particular policy prescriptions to the noise they make?

Q2: Is citizen advocacy at its most effective when it generates maximum “noise” on an issue , or do citizen advocates need to attach particular policy prescriptions to the noise they make?

Last week I gave a seminar for the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. There were about 50 teachers in attendence – most of whom do genocide education in Chicago’s schools. Illinois is one of just four states in the U.S. that is mandated to …

In today’s posts, both Marc Gustafson and Esther Sprague point to the evolution of activism on Darfur from being focused on generating noise (what Gustafson terms “awareness campaigns”) to calling for specific policies (what Gustafson calls “advocacy campaigns”). Certainly when it comes to the SDC …

Q2: Is citizen advocacy at its most effective when it generates maximum “noise” on an issue , or do citizen advocates need to attach particular policy prescriptions to the noise they make?

Q2: Is citizen advocacy at its most effective when it generates maximum “noise” on an issue , or do citizen advocates need to attach particular policy prescriptions to the noise they make?

I am Mekdes Mezgebu. I am now working with the UNDP in Addis Ababa,

I sat in the gallery to watch his appearance – more poised and relaxed than any defendant I have seen in the ICC dock. The hearing itself was the usual formalities that go with a first appearance. The suspect gives his name, date of birth …