Sunday, September 16, 2012
A Network of Nonviolence - A Plan to Spur Action
We found a special tool in the Keck/Sikkink reading "Activists Beyond Borders." When trying to generate an air of change, our greatest tool in the technology age will be to reframe the conversation about human rights violations in the global community. Creating a boomerang effect that jumpstarts an international conversation and initiates action and involvement from foreign aid is essentially the responsibility and mission of advocacy groups that have been sprouting since the 60's. The majority of these groups exist solely to defend human rights. Our goal as a group is to figure out concrete solutions, and with formulating an argument that roughly resembles the truth that Gandhi writes in "My Faith in Nonviolence" and sharing the information we have, we can hope to create a snowball effect of action and reaction. The most difficult barrier will be overcoming the trend of inaction by the world's powers in response to third world countries. But with a shrinking middle class that wants to see a real change in the global climate, we might find more willing advocates that will pressure those in power positions to create change.
Labels:
Darfur
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.