World Without Genocide Inc
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Summer Institute for Educators, Leaders, and Students
This annual program increases civic engagement with human rights and civil rights on local and global levels. Each summer the theme focuses on a different genocide or conflict and related human rights issues through education, service, advocacy, and the development of leadership skills. Programming engages students, community members, educators, and elected officials in critical public policy, giving participants access to civil society in action.
The Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Human Rights and Law
Law students are chosen annually to receive support to engage in human rights and policy development at state, national, and international levels. Current initiatives include raising awareness about the persecution of ethnic and religious minorities in Burma and Bhutan and supporting federal legislation to expand human rights in those countries; expanding policies to mitigate violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; preparing documents for US ratification of the International Criminal Court; and developing legislation in Minnesota to sanction Minnesota-licensed health-care professionals who are complicit with torture anywhere in the world
Tents of Witness: Genocide and Conflict
'Tents of Witness' is a traveling exhibit, comprised of ten large canvas tents similar to those used currently in some refugee camps, provides education about the causes and consequences of genocide and highlights challenges faced by diaspora communities today. ‘Action stations’ provide opportunities for viewers to learn about critical issues and to engage in human rights advocacy.
Advocacy
We advocate at the local, state, and national levels for human rights legislation, policies, and programs. Advocacy interests addressed include, but are not limited to: human trafficking, anti-torture regulations, conflict-free electronics purchasing, women's rights, support for international tribunals and the International Criminal Court, the rights of persecuted minority groups.
Documentaries
World Without Genocide has produced two documentaries with Twin Cities Public Television, 'Children of Genocide: Five Who Survived,' 2010 (nominated for a regional Emmy award), and 'Genocide Again: Darfur,' 2008. The documentaries are regularly broadcast on public television and have been distributed to 1,500 educators throughout the country. 'Starvation: A Weapon of Genocide,' planned for 2014, will be the third TPT documentary partnership.
Educational events
World Without Genocide offers educational opportunities for lawyers, law students, high school and college students, human rights advocates, and the general public. Many programs offer continuing education credits for people in various professions.
Scholars, lawyers, survivors and other experts educate about genocides and other mass killings and raise awareness about related crises such as child soldiers, torture, gender violence, resource-based conflicts, and human trafficking.
Programs emphasize ongoing efforts to end impunity through international tribunals and the International Criminal Court.
Study trips to New York and Washington, DC
For the past three years, we have coordinated study trips for law students to meet with leaders at the UN, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and other organizations to explore internships and careers in human rights law.
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Minnesota Ethical Leadership Award 2014
Synergy and Leadership Exchange
Certificate of Recognition 2012
Office of the Minnesota Governor
Tikkum Olam Award 2012
Haiti Jewish Refugee Legacy Project
President's Community Partner Award 2011
Minnesota Campus Compact
Outstanding Community Service Organization Award 2010
University of Minnesota
Social Action Award 2009
Midwest Sociological Society
Minnesota Youth Pilanthropy Award 2007
Minnesota Society of Philanthropy
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We have two goals: education and advocacy. Through education in all its forms (classes, films, workshops, exhibits, books, study tours, etc.) we develop an informed and engaged citizenry that advocates for human rights legislation and policies at local, state, national, and international levels.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our strategies include broad ‘reach’ to educational, faith, civic, governmental, professional, and other organizations to inform about genocides and mass killings in the past and those occurring today. All education is designed to generate support for critical laws and policies to prevent genocide and other forms of hate and discrimination, protect innocent people, prosecute perpetrators, and remember those whose lives and cultures have been affected by violence.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have educators, policy-makers, and elected officials on staff and on the board; we have dozens of law students who work on our advocacy agendas every year; and we partner with faith, educational, arts, human rights, civic, governmental, and other organizations to expand our geographic and demographic reach very broadly.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Please see the first question about our effectiveness in reaching our goals. Areas for future progress include both education and advocacy: 1) We would like to replicate our summer institute for high school and college students in other regions of the country OR to expand student participation more widely in the program run in Minnesota; 2) We would like to expand the Ferencz Fellowship program by doubling or tripling both the number of students and their funding; 3) We want to expand our legislative agendas widely to other states, a process we have begun successfully in New Hampshire and Wisconsin; 4) We would like permanent representation in Washington, D.C. to better support key national legislation; 5) We would like greater opportunities to work in-country on critical work in places like Bhutan and Burma(Myanmar); we have begun to address ethnic conflicts in these areas through programs held in Minnesota and advocacy for bills at the national level, but we also have begun to work with law schools in both those countries. All of these efforts take added expertise, staff, and time.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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World Without Genocide Inc
Board of directorsas of 07/08/2019
Mr. Jack Rendler
Amnesty International
Term: 2011 -
Sandy Pappas
Minnesota Senate
Term: 2013 -
Randi Markusen
Rwanda Reads
Monica Booe Chowdhury
Ramsey County Correctional Facility
Fred Amram
University of Minnesota
Eve Bassinger
Youth Performance Company
Floriane Brown
Nibakure Children's Village, Rwanda
Bunkhean Chhun
Minneapolis Public Schools
Barbara Forster
Phebe Haugen
William Mitchell College of Law
Douglas Heidenreich
William Mitchell College of Law
Natalie Johnson Lee
John Matthews
Grace Lutheran Church of Apply Valley
Mariam Mohamed
Government and nonprofit agencies
Nicholas Webb
William Mitchell College of Law
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes