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Madeleine Albright speaking at UT Austin and Second Life (video)

Posted on September 10, 2008 by

Tonight, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin hosted an address by former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright. I got to watch and participate in this event at the GSD&M Idea City Island Amphitheatre in Second Life (teleport SLURL).  It was a good crowd for a foreign…

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My map of how I got to Global Kids

Posted on September 2, 2008 by

Today at Global Kids, as part of an orientation for new staff members, we did an exercise where we had to draw a visual map that represented five incidents or moments in our lives that led us to come to Global Kids.  Here’s the map that I drew. It starts in the upper right corner,…

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Merging my passions: global politics + virtual worlds + electronic music

Posted on August 14, 2008 by

Yesterday, August 13, I got to organize a really fun event in Second Life that brought together several of my interests — global human rights, virtual worlds and electronic music. Mr. John Washburn, convenor of the American NGO Coalition for the ICC, spoke at the International Justice Center in Second Life to an attentive and…

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REMINDER: Justice Jam Dance Party at the Second Life Justice Center tomorrow

Posted on August 12, 2008 by

Just a reminder that tomorrow, Wednesday, August 13, at 5PM PST,  the Second Life International Justice Center (teleport link) will be hosting our first Global Justice Jam. Catch real world / virtual DJ Doubledown Tandino spinning an eclectic mix of global grooves for your dancing pleasure. During the dance, we’ll also be asking for donations…

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Talk on stopping the genocide in Darfur with UN Rep today at Intl Justice Center in Second Life

Posted on July 21, 2008 by

Today at 12PM PST, the International Justice Center will be streaming into Second Life a conversation  on the situation in Darfur with Dr. Francis Deng, the UN Secretary Generals’ Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide. Dr. Deng is a remarkable individual: a Sudanese national who has served as a human rights officer at the…

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Happy International Justice Day!

Posted on July 17, 2008 by

Press conference in Rome held by the Coalition for an ICC, July 1998. Credit: CICC. Ten years ago today, the world took a historic step from impunity toward accountability by creating the International Criminal Court.  On July 17, 1998 in Rome Italy, 120 governments of the world signed into being the Rome Treaty on the…

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ICC Prosecutor slams Sudan for shielding ICC indictees

Posted on June 5, 2008 by

I had a frustrating time trying to watch the ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo present his report to the UN Security Council this morning on the situation in Darfur. (Curse you, Real Player!) But I managed to read the written text of his statement. In his report, the prosecutor heavily criticized the government of Sudan for…

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Fellowship Available for Global Kids International Justice Center

Posted on May 12, 2008 by

Global Kids is offering a fellowship to focus on event management for the International Justice Center (click here to teleport). The fellow will be expected to work with Global Kids staff to organize regular in-world events in that sim for SL residents, human rights groups, and the general public.  Since 2005, Global Kids has leveraged…

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“Justice for Darfur” campaign focuses on arresting 2 Sudanese indicted by ICC

Posted on April 25, 2008 by

Today the "Justice for Darfur" campaign launched with a bold call for the international community to arrest two Sudanese leaders accused of masterminding the devastation of Darfur.  The coalition is composed of 29 human rights groups from around the world, including some of the most prominent international organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International…

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Intro to ICC Event at DePaul & the International Justice Center a Success!

Posted on April 25, 2008 by

Yesterday, I was at DePaul University streaming a live video feed from a student-oriented event on the International Criminal Court to the web at JusticeCenter.net and Second Life to the International Justice Center.  This was the first time I had organized this largely on my own, which was somewhat stressful. Luckily, event organizer Liz Drew,…

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