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International Human Rights Acadmic Conference #2

 Mission: The mission of the Anti-Defamation League is to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike.

Civil rights

The lesser known accomplishments of the ADL are so much broader than the public is lead to believe.

research question:
How and why did the mission of the ADL evolve to address needs of multiple groups of people?
Fact questions that I need are: What was the role during the Holocaust?
What are the lesser known (or under reported) accomplishments of  the ADL?

International Human Rights Acadmic Conference #1

I am interested in researching a topic about a Jewish Human rights organisation, like the ADL or the JNF. The links is posted at the bottom of the blog post.  This topic interests me because they fight antisemitism and religious freedom.  This is an important issue to me.

http://www.adl.org/?s=topmenu
http://www.jnf.org/

Questions:

Is the JNF considerd to be a Human rights orgaisation or do they help other rights?

Congo articles

article # 1
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Rusesabagina-Welcomes-Congo-Report-Warns-of-Another-Genocide-in-Rwanda-104427048.html

 This article talks about how the UN anounced that the Congo could had a genocide after the Rwandan genocide.  The document said that the Tutsi, in 1994, forced the Hutu out of Rwanda and into the Congo, after the Rwandan genocide. There were many rapings from the year 1993 to 2003. It said that one reasons for the genocide is because of the minerals that the Congo provides for the world.  There are still Rwandan refugees in the Congo.

I find it amazing that the UN just announced this connection of the possibility now of a genocide in Congo.  It seems like that if they are just figuring out that their was a genocide, then they would have made it official sooner. It makes me question, why hasn't this not caught attention, like the Rwandan Genocide, when the focus was on Rwanda and not Congo, if the same types things were going on?

after small discussion sept. 20

I feel like I have gotten in to the habit of when I have an idea I need to talk right away when others are still talking otherwise I will be unable to say what I want to say or I will forget it. Otherwise than that the disscusion went well for me. I think that everyone had a chance to say what they want. I need to work on in both small disscussions and full class discussions to not to interrupt others right away as soon as I have an idea.

King leopold's ghost pg. 1-60

Select two of the following questions to which you will respond using a thesis statement and support from the text, which can be quoted or paraphrased. Use pages 1-60 as your support. Write at least a long paragraph for each response using multiple pieces of evidence from the text.

If you have another question that you would like to consider further based on this reading, please write down your question and then answer it. Follow your curiosity. You may do this for one of the questions you answer.

Was it a good decision for Stanley to explore with men who had no experience as travelers? Why or why not?

  It was a bad idea that Stanley to travel with men who had no experience as travelers. As much as I want to be an optimist, I am unable to be.  Many of the men decided to leave the mission. Stanley commented that they were "unfaithful" (50).  It is possible that the men who did this would have stayed along and help to complete the mission. Instead,the men ended up in terrible conditions.  Even if they would be able to complete it they still may had died. (51-52). The mission would have been more successful, if Stanley would have chosen a better choice for the mission

King Leopold's ghost pgs. 1-32

Why I liked the reading or not?

 

I like the reading so far because it is a historical non-fiction peice. I have always enjoyed books about historical events. I  am interested in how the Europeans explore th Africans lands and there reactions by what they have found.

 

2 questions about the reading

It seems like that Afonzo and Cao have a close relationsip and call eachother "brother". Then why in the letters, do they argue with eachother?

 

What do the Europeans want to find in the inner parts of Africa?

class thoughts

learned or question
 I learned about the types of imperialism and the difference of colonialism and imperialism.

interested for more
  
I enjoyed the part of class where we defined the colonized countries, colonizing countries etc.