By Margaret Teague
Staff Writer

“Enough: the project to end genocide and crimes against humanity” is focused on four areas: Sudan and South Sudan, the Eastern Congo, The Lord’s Resistance Army, and Somalia.

The Enough Project looks at areas of the world where unfathomable atrocities are occurring, and helps. The project attempts to create and implement sustainable solutions, pressure political leaders to contribute to intervention, and reminds Americans that people being murdered by the masses is not something we can be ok with.

Genocide, crimes against humanity, child soldiers; for most of us these are words we use in conjunction with “Invisible Children,” that movie we once saw in high school.

We read these words from a BBC headline some justice-minded person posted on Facebook, often an article quickly sighed at and forgotten in even less time.

Genocide, or ethnic cleansing, is the deliberate killing of people on a major scale. Many times the target is a particular ethnic or religious group.

Sudan, a nation on the east African coast, has experienced more violence than peace since gaining its independence in 1956 from Britain and Egypt. From Sudan’s establishment the Arab-dominated government has attempted to control African minorities.

Two civil wars in more than two decades were spurred by political unrest expressed by Sudanese civilians, in response to the exploitative Sudanese government.

This included the government’s intentional disparity between the rich and poor, its cruel misuse of power, and its permittance of brutal attacks on civilian groups.

In 2014 with an exceedingly corrupt Sudanese government, tensions within Sudan have only increased with time, resulting in devastating civil war that has claimed the lives of more than 2.5 million Sudanese people.

Last year marked ten years since the U.S. declared the violence and killings in Darfur to be genocide. Violence is ever-increasing in Darfur. Last year more than 300,000 Sudanese civilians were displaced. The government targets its own civilians and supports militia attacks.

The Enough Project is fighting for peace in Sudan by launching a new campaign, asking U.S. officials in Congress to co-sponsor and pass the Sudan Peace, Security and Accountability Act of 2013 (H.R. 1692).

The Enough Project believes that by passing U.S. legislation concerning Sudan, the U.S. government will feel pressure to address the deadly conflict in Sudan.

Whether you are a theist, an atheist, a humanist, or of another worldview, you may care about humanity. If not, no one will know if you bend the rules. Look past the North Atlantic Ocean, across cultures, and stare directly at the victims of the tribulation of war, and help.

Here is how to help the people of Sudan:

Schedule an in-district meeting with your U.S. Representative to discuss the Sudan Peace, Security and Accountability Act of 2013 (H.R. 1692), and ask them to cosponsor the bill. To pass, H.R. 1692 needs a bi-partisan effort. Currently it especially needs Republican co-sponsorship.

The bill’s statement is this: “To require the development of a comprehensive strategy to end serious human rights violations in Sudan, to create incentives for governments and persons to end support of and assistance to the Government of Sudan, to reinvigorate genuinely comprehensive peace efforts in Sudan, and for other purposes.”