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Early-Warning Signs of Genocide were Identified in Burma Over Three Years Ago

In May 2015, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum published a report on early-warning signs of genocide in Burma. Read the report here: https://www.ushmm.org/m/pdfs/20150505-Burma-Report.pdf  

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On Psychic Numbing – Co-written by Paul Slovic & Nicole Smith Dahmen

  This article is a MUST read. Co-written by University of Oregon Professors Paul Slovic & Nicole Smith Dahmen, this article discusses the psychological reasons for why we don’t act in the face of human suffering. Click the link below to

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Symposium on Women & Genocide, Oct 21 & 22

The Darfur Women Action Group will be putting on the following symposium on Oct 21-22, 2016. We highly encourage anyone who can attend to do so. Gregory Stanton, founder of Genocide Watch, will be one of the speakers at this event, The

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Climate Change is Genocide for Island Nations

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“Beats of the Antonov” (Sudan) Movie & Discussion

Partnered with POV and sponsored by The Conflict and Dispute Resolution Master’s Program and the UO’s African Student Union, our Arab-Cultrual liason, Rudwan Dawood, and Intern Shashank Chauhan, have worked hard to bring the critically acclaimed movie, “Beats of the

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“Numbers and Nerves” A talk presented by Paul and Scott Slovic

On Tuesday, April 19th at 7pm, Paul Slovic and his son Scott Slovic will present, “Numbers and Nerves: Addressing the Arithmetic of Compassion and the World’s Most Urgent Issues”.

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New York Times Article by UO Professor Slovic

The Arithmetic of Compassion by Scott & Paul Slovic

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New York Times “The Next Genocide”

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