30 Things You Can Do During Genocide Prevention Month

There are many ways to participate in Genocide Prevention Month – from sending an email or watching a movie to organizing a commemoration event or film series in April.

Join the movement and show your support for genocide prevention by taking an action every day in April. Here are 30 ways to get involved. We welcome your ideas: contact us with your suggestions for more ways to take action in April.

1. Join our Books Campaign and ask your local bookseller to display books about genocide and mass atrocities
2. Support humanitarian organizations working in Darfur and Eastern Chad – they are the lifeline of support for millions of civilians
3. Read the recommendations of the Genocide Prevention Task Force, co-chaired by Madeleine Albright and William Cohen, which set out a blueprint for US policymakers on genocide and mass atrocity prevention
4. Ask your friends and family to observe Genocide Prevention Month
5. Watch The Killing Fields, a movie about the Cambodian genocide (or organize a screening at a school, house of worship or library)
6. April 6 marks the anniversary of the siege of Sarajevo. Commemorate the Bosnian genocide and llearn about the massacre at Srebrenica by “visiting“ the Memorial Center Srebrenica-Potočari
7. Genocide in Rwanda began on April 7, 1994. Commemorate those lost in Rwanda by “visiting” the Kigali Memorial Centre
8. Print copies of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and give to friends
9. Follow Genocide Prevention Project on twitter
10. Invite people to your house to watch and discuss of a movie about genocide using our list of movies
11. Watch 20 Voices – stories of survivors of the Armenian Genocide
12. Encourage your school to adopt anti-genocide curricular materials. Facing History, And Ourselves has a range of resources
13. Watch Schindler’s List, a movie about the Holocaust (or organize a screening at a school, house of worship or library)
    
14. Learn how the global community can prevent genocide by reading our report: More than an Ounce Required
15. Watch Sometimes in April, a film about the Rwandan genocide
16. Learn more about the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the Enough Project
17. On April 17, 1975, the Khmer Rouge entered Phnom Penh. Commemorate the Cambodian genocide by "visiting" Tuol Sleng, the Khmer Rouge’s torture center
18. Order a green wristband to show your support for action on Darfur
19. Learn about what’s happening in Somalia from Human Rights Watch
20. Read The Cellist of Sarajevo, a novel about ethnic cleansing in Bosnia
21. Learn about how Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum in Israel commemorates Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day, April 21
    
22. Set up an information table at a local school or library
23. Learn about mass atrocities in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq from the International Crisis Group
24. Commemorate the Armenian genocide on April 24 by “visiting” Tsisernakaberd, Armenia’s Genocide Museum
25. Donate your Facebook status to Genocide Prevention Month
26. Join a community of advocates advocating a style of diplomacy championed by the late peace-maker Sergio Vieira de Mello
27. Do you know what is happening in Burma? Join the 1 Million Voices for Burma campaign
28. Watch The Devil Came on Horseback, a documentary about the Darfur genocide
29. Look at the history of genocide in photos "Never Again, Again, Again…"
30. Join an effort to require states to institute mandatory genocide curricular materials in middle schools and high schools by visiting Teach Against Genocide