STAND (A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition) at the University of South Florida is a student anti-genocide advocacy group under the National STAND organization.
We wish to:
1) Educate and inform the USF community (as well as the Tampa Bay community) about the crisis in Darfur (and genocides, in general)
2) Lobby our elected officials to take political action for a sustainable solution to the crisis
3) Raise funds for Darfur campaigns
STAND @ USF CONTACTS
Community Members: We welcome any and all individuals who wish to use their passion and dedication to help our cause! If you would like to participate in events or help plan events, please email STANDatUSF@gmail.com.
STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition, formerly known as Students Taking Action Now: Darfur, serves as umbrella organization for student groups active in promoting awareness advocating for an end to the current genocide in Darfur, Sudan and working to create a permanent anti-genocide student movement. It serves as a guide for student groups in high schools and colleges, helping them to develop their grassroots efforts for Darfur and anti-genocide activism, to unify their message and to coordinate efforts. STAND has become a student movement that encompasses over 600 college, university, and high school chapters across the United States and around the world. Each new STAND chapter is formed independently by students at their respective institution. STAND national seeks to unify, resource and empower all of these chapters so that, together, these individuals and communities can prevent and stop genocide.
Each STAND group is comprised of dedicated and energetic students concerned
with raising awareness, fundraising, and advocacy for the genocide and humanitarian
issues in Darfur, and the world. The coordination of these groups by STAND national
helps improve the impact students across the globe can make on government policy,
the situation on the ground in Sudan, and the permanent prevention of genocide
in our world.
STAND is headed by a student Executive Director and a Managing Committee comprised
of student leaders in schools across the US who work on the issue’s different
elements such as programs, resources, media, advocacy and outreach.
Through an extensive outreach network, comprised of six outreach coordinators on both the college and high school levels, STAND national works to coordinate, unify and stay in touch with the vibe of the student movement so that it can best provide strategic guidance and resources. A Student Coordinator works as a full-time staff person and supports STAND’s efforts to promote consistent, effective student action.
STAND is the
student division of the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net).