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        <title>Voices on Genocide Prevention</title>
        <link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/C9</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Stay up-to-date on a bi-weekly audio series and podcast service, hosted by Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, that brings you the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates, and government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity's most vital issues. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.]]></description>
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        <copyright>Copyright 2005 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.</copyright>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 15:43:23 -0500</pubDate>
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        <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Stay up-to-date on a bi-weekly audio series and podcast service, hosted by Committee on Conscience Project Director Bridget Conley-Zilkic, that brings you the voices of human rights defenders, experts, advocates, and government officials. Vital voices addressing one of humanity's most vital issues. The opinions expressed in these interviews do not necessarily represent those of the Museum.]]></itunes:summary>
        <itunes:keywords>Darfur, Sudan, genocide, Holocaust, USHMM, Committee on Conscience, museum, voices, human rights, African Union, ICC, International Criminal Court, refugees</itunes:keywords>
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<item><title>Joel Charny: Well-founded fear of persecution</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/653</link>
<description><![CDATA[Joel Charny, of Refugees International, discusses the challenges of today's refugee response system.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joel Charny, of Refugees International, discusses the challenges of today's refugee response system.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>16:29</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>John Norris: Can genocide and crimes against humanity be ended?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/651</link>
<description><![CDATA[John Norris, Executive Director of the Enough Project discusses how his organization is working to end genocide and crimes against humanity.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[John Norris, Executive Director of the Enough Project discusses how his organization is working to end genocide and crimes against humanity.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>15:59</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Carl Wilkens: Walking the Walk</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/644</link>
<description><![CDATA[Carl Wilkens was among the few internationals who stayed in Rwanda during the genocide to help people in need. Today, he speaks about his experiences in Rwanda to audiences across the country in the hopes that he can inspire others to stand against genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Carl Wilkens was among the few internationals who stayed in Rwanda during the genocide to help people in need. Today, he speaks about his experiences in Rwanda to audiences across the country in the hopes that he can inspire others to stand against genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:23</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Anne Aghion: My Neighbor, My Killer: Rwanda's gacaca process</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/642</link>
<description><![CDATA[Award-winning filmmaker Anne Aghion discusses the three short films and one feature-length film she has produced and directed on a community-based justice process in Rwanda called <i>gacaca</i>. Her films present an intimate view of how Rwandans are living together after the genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Award-winning filmmaker Anne Aghion discusses the three short films and one feature-length film she has produced and directed on a community-based justice process in Rwanda called <i>gacaca</i>. Her films present an intimate view of how Rwandans are living together after the genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:15</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Nick Gaw: STAND-ing up against genocide</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/640</link>
<description><![CDATA[Across the country and around the world, students with STAND, an anti-genocide coalition, are making their voices heard. Learn what they've been doing this Spring and how the organization remains strong from current student director, Nick Gaw.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Across the country and around the world, students with STAND, an anti-genocide coalition, are making their voices heard. Learn what they've been doing this Spring and how the organization remains strong from current student director, Nick Gaw.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>16:42</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Leo Melamed: In honor of Holocaust Days of Remembrance</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/632</link>
<description><![CDATA[In honor of next week's commemoration of the Holocaust, we are returning to an episode with Leo Melamed, who fled Nazi-occupied Poland as a child. He speaks about why he, as a survivor, feels that preventing and responding to genocide today is a critical part of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's mandate.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In honor of next week's commemoration of the Holocaust, we are returning to an episode with Leo Melamed, who fled Nazi-occupied Poland as a child. He speaks about why he, as a survivor, feels that preventing and responding to genocide today is a critical part of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's mandate.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:01</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Peter Uvin: A people's view of peace in Burundi</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/630</link>
<description><![CDATA[After 12 years of civil war marked by atrocities against civilians, what does peace mean for the people of Burundi? Peter Uvin, author of <i>Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi</i>, discusses what Burundians across the country told him about their hopes for the future and their views of each other and the state.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Apr 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[After 12 years of civil war marked by atrocities against civilians, what does peace mean for the people of Burundi? Peter Uvin, author of <i>Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi</i>, discusses what Burundians across the country told him about their hopes for the future and their views of each other and the state.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:04</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Adam Smith: An international justice skeptic</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/629</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adam Smith, who comes from a family of Holocaust survivors and trained as an international lawyer, discusses his book <i>After Genocide: Bringing the Devil to Justice</i>. The book is critical of the current system of international justice.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adam Smith, who comes from a family of Holocaust survivors and trained as an international lawyer, discusses his book <i>After Genocide: Bringing the Devil to Justice</i>. The book is critical of the current system of international justice.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:40</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Gabrielle Kirk McDonald: Wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/627</link>
<description><![CDATA[On March 4, 2009, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir. Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, formerly a judge and president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, discusses the significance of the ICC's decision.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[On March 4, 2009, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir. Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, formerly a judge and president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, discusses the significance of the ICC's decision.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:22</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jerry Fowler: Save Darfur in 2009</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/608</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jerry Fowler, president of the Save Darfur Coalition, provides an overview of what international activists have done on Darfur and what issues they are currently focusing on.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jerry Fowler, president of the Save Darfur Coalition, provides an overview of what international activists have done on Darfur and what issues they are currently focusing on.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>16:29</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Kelly Askin: Gender-based violence and genocide</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/604</link>
<description><![CDATA[Kelly Askin, an expert on international law, discusses the increasing attention paid to gender-based violence in genocidal situations.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Kelly Askin, an expert on international law, discusses the increasing attention paid to gender-based violence in genocidal situations.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>17:20</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Eddie Thomas: Why Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement Matters</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/603</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sudan analyst Eddie Thomas discusses the vision behind Sudan's 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement and why it remains central to the country's future.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sudan analyst Eddie Thomas discusses the vision behind Sudan's 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement and why it remains central to the country's future.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:46</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jose Pablo Baraybar: Uncovering the evidence</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/602</link>
<description><![CDATA[Forensic anthropologist Jose Pablo Baraybar has exhumed mass graves in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Kosovo. He discusses this work and his current mission, to find and identify the 15,000 missing in his native Peru.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Forensic anthropologist Jose Pablo Baraybar has exhumed mass graves in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Kosovo. He discusses this work and his current mission, to find and identify the 15,000 missing in his native Peru.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>27:08</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Anne Heyman: A place where tears are dried</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/599</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adapting an Israeli model for helping orphans, Anne Heyman is leading efforts to create a youth village for Rwandan orphans. She discusses the inspiration for the project and how she has managed to make it a reality.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adapting an Israeli model for helping orphans, Anne Heyman is leading efforts to create a youth village for Rwandan orphans. She discusses the inspiration for the project and how she has managed to make it a reality.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:38</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Heffernan and Lawrence Woocher: A blueprint for improving U.S. government response to threats of genocide and mass atrocities</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/598</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Museum's John Heffernan and U.S. Institute of Peace's Lawrence Woocher discuss the newly released report of the Genocide Prevention Task Force. The Task Force was convened by the Museum, USIP and the American Academy of Diplomacy.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Museum's John Heffernan and U.S. Institute of Peace's Lawrence Woocher discuss the newly released report of the Genocide Prevention Task Force. The Task Force was convened by the Museum, USIP and the American Academy of Diplomacy.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>17:48</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Rose Mapendo and Sasha Chanoff: The courage to forgive and to bring hope</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/596</link>
<description><![CDATA[In 1998, Rose Mapendo was swept up in the ethnic battles inside Democratic Republic of Congo and was sent to what she describes as a death camp. Despite enormous suffering and loss, she found the courage to forgive her jailors and became the inspiration for a new organization, Mapendo International, that provides emergency help to refugees.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In 1998, Rose Mapendo was swept up in the ethnic battles inside Democratic Republic of Congo and was sent to what she describes as a death camp. Despite enormous suffering and loss, she found the courage to forgive her jailors and became the inspiration for a new organization, Mapendo International, that provides emergency help to refugees.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>28:47</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Adeeb Yousif: Update from a Darfurian human rights activist</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/594</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adeeb Yousif is from Darfur, Sudan and has worked to document the genocide there. He first spoke with us in 2006. Now he returns to tell us about Darfur's current most pressing issues.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/11/2008-11-13.mp3" length="23099392" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adeeb Yousif is from Darfur, Sudan and has worked to document the genocide there. He first spoke with us in 2006. Now he returns to tell us about Darfur's current most pressing issues.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:03</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Michael Graham: A school in the crosshairs</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/591</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Museum's Michael Graham tells us about a Congolese school he visited in June that was right on the front lines between rebel and government forces, protected by a few peacekeepers. With new rounds of fighting beginning in August, these civilians, and hundreds of thousands of others are at risk today.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/10/2008-10-16.mp3" length="13166592" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Museum's Michael Graham tells us about a Congolese school he visited in June that was right on the front lines between rebel and government forces, protected by a few peacekeepers. With new rounds of fighting beginning in August, these civilians, and hundreds of thousands of others are at risk today.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>13:42</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Candice Knezevic and Colin Thomas-Jensen: Ripples of Genocide: An Update on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Part Two</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/589</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Museum teamed up with policy analyst John Prendergast and actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie to create an online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo, detailing their trip to Congo in 2003. In this interview, Prendergast's colleagues, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic, of the Enough Project bring us up to date on the issues explored in the online exhibit. Part Two of this interview focuses on regional and international responses to Congo, including how you can get involved.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Oct 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/10/2008-10-02.mp3" length="20431872" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Museum teamed up with policy analyst John Prendergast and actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie to create an online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo, detailing their trip to Congo in 2003. In this interview, Prendergast's colleagues, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic, of the Enough Project bring us up to date on the issues explored in the online exhibit. Part Two of this interview focuses on regional and international responses to Congo, including how you can get involved.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:16</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic: Ripples of Genocide: An Update on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Part One</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/588</link>
<description><![CDATA[The Museum teamed up with policy analyst John Prendergast and actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie to create an online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo, detailing their trip to Congo in 2003. In this interview, Prendergast's colleagues, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic, of the Enough Project, bring us up to date on the issues explored in the online exhibit. Part one of this interview focuses on the situation on the ground in Congo.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/09/2008-09-18.mp3" length="11408384" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Museum teamed up with policy analyst John Prendergast and actress and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie to create an online exhibit, Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo, detailing their trip to Congo in 2003. In this interview, Prendergast's colleagues, Colin Thomas-Jensen and Candice Knezevic, of the Enough Project, bring us up to date on the issues explored in the online exhibit. Part one of this interview focuses on the situation on the ground in Congo.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>11:52</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Salih Osman Mahmoud: In opposition: the work of Sudanese human rights lawyer Salih Osman Mahmoud</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/586</link>
<description><![CDATA[Salih Osman Mahmoud has risked his life to improve the human rights situation in Sudan. A native of Darfur, he worked on human rights issues in that region before joining Parliament as a member of the opposition.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/09/2008-09-04.mp3" length="18126848" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Salih Osman Mahmoud has risked his life to improve the human rights situation in Sudan. A native of Darfur, he worked on human rights issues in that region before joining Parliament as a member of the opposition.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:52</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Joey Cheek: More than a sporting event</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/585</link>
<description><![CDATA[Olympic Gold winning speed skater Joey Cheek talks about why he believes the Olympic Games are more than a sporting event.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/08/2008-08-21.mp3" length="11795456" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Olympic Gold winning speed skater Joey Cheek talks about why he believes the Olympic Games are more than a sporting event.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>12:17</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Hasan Nuhanovic: The arrest of Karadzic: a Srebrenica survivor's perspective</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/582</link>
<description><![CDATA[Hasan Nuhanovic's family was killed by Bosnian Serb forces when they overran the UN declared safe haven of Srebrenica in July 1995. He speaks today about the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb wartime leader.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/08/2008-08-07.mp3" length="19473408" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hasan Nuhanovic's family was killed by Bosnian Serb forces when they overran the UN declared safe haven of Srebrenica in July 1995. He speaks today about the arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serb wartime leader.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:16</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>William Schabas: Arresting a President?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/578</link>
<description><![CDATA[International law expert William Schabas discusses the decision of the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court to request an arrest warrant for President Bashir of Sudan. The Sudanese president is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/07/2008-07-24.mp3" length="22912000" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[International law expert William Schabas discusses the decision of the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court to request an arrest warrant for President Bashir of Sudan. The Sudanese president is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:51</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>David Ngaruri Kenney and Philip Schrag: Asylum Denied</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/576</link>
<description><![CDATA[When David Ngaruri Kenney fled persecution in Kenya he had no idea that his quest for asylum would takes years. He and his lawyer, Philip Schrag, co-authors of Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America, discuss the many hurdles they faced in this quest.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/07/2008-07-10.mp3" length="22074368" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When David Ngaruri Kenney fled persecution in Kenya he had no idea that his quest for asylum would takes years. He and his lawyer, Philip Schrag, co-authors of Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America, discuss the many hurdles they faced in this quest.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:59</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Leo Melamed: Memory: A Vibrant Message to the World</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/574</link>
<description><![CDATA[A boy of seven when the Nazi German army captured his home town of Bialystok, Poland, Leo Melamed fled with his parents, eventually coming to the U.S. Among the incredible successes in his life, Melamed also devoted his time to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, serving on the Museum's Council from 1991 - 2005. He played a leadership role in the creation of the Museum's Committee on Conscience, which addresses on-going threats of genocide and related crimes against humanity. He speaks about why he, as a survivor, feels the COC is a critical part of the Museum's mandate.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/06/2008-06-26.mp3" length="17965056" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A boy of seven when the Nazi German army captured his home town of Bialystok, Poland, Leo Melamed fled with his parents, eventually coming to the U.S. Among the incredible successes in his life, Melamed also devoted his time to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, serving on the Museum's Council from 1991 - 2005. He played a leadership role in the creation of the Museum's Committee on Conscience, which addresses on-going threats of genocide and related crimes against humanity. He speaks about why he, as a survivor, feels the COC is a critical part of the Museum's mandate.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:42</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Roger Winter: Abyei destroyed</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/572</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sudan expert, Roger Winter, has been documenting the threat and now destruction of Abyei in a series of reports published by the Enough Project. In this interview, he discusses how, in mid-May of this year, the Sudanese military burnt this North-South border town to the ground.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/06/2008-06-12.mp3" length="20787200" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sudan expert, Roger Winter, has been documenting the threat and now destruction of Abyei in a series of reports published by the Enough Project. In this interview, he discusses how, in mid-May of this year, the Sudanese military burnt this North-South border town to the ground.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:39</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Julie Flint: The Road to Omdurman</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/570</link>
<description><![CDATA[Julie Flint, co-author with Alex de Waal of Darfur: A Short History of a Long War, discusses some of the preliminary information coming out about the Darfur rebel attack on the Sudanese city of Omdurman.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/05/2008-05-29.mp3" length="18466816" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Julie Flint, co-author with Alex de Waal of Darfur: A Short History of a Long War, discusses some of the preliminary information coming out about the Darfur rebel attack on the Sudanese city of Omdurman.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:14</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>David Buchbinder: The Road to N'Djamena</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/567</link>
<description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch researcher David Buchbinder analyzes the conflict in Chad and how it relates to violence across the border in Sudan.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/05/2008-05-15.mp3" length="17398784" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch researcher David Buchbinder analyzes the conflict in Chad and how it relates to violence across the border in Sudan.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:07</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Elizabeth Powley: Women changing Rwanda's future</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/566</link>
<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Powley with the Initiative for Inclusive Security discusses how women are playing leadership roles and changing the political landscape in Rwanda.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 May 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/05/2008-05-01.mp3" length="17748992" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Elizabeth Powley with the Initiative for Inclusive Security discusses how women are playing leadership roles and changing the political landscape in Rwanda.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:29</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Bob Kitchen: 5.4 million and counting</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/564</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bob Kitchen discusses the series of mortality studies that his organization, the International Rescue Committee, has conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The most recent study found that 5.4 million people have died in DRC since 1998.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/04/2008-04-17.mp3" length="15983616" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Bob Kitchen discusses the series of mortality studies that his organization, the International Rescue Committee, has conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The most recent study found that 5.4 million people have died in DRC since 1998.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>16:38</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Alex de Waal: Darfur in Sudanese and regional contexts</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/563</link>
<description><![CDATA[Alex de Waal discusses recent upsurge in fighting in Darfur, how it connects to events in Chad, and what to watch for in southern Sudan.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/04/2008-04-03.mp3" length="18614272" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alex de Waal discusses recent upsurge in fighting in Darfur, how it connects to events in Chad, and what to watch for in southern Sudan.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:23</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Rebecca Feeley: Gender based violence in eastern Congo (transcript)</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/562</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Feeley, a field researcher for the ENOUGH Project discusses the current situation in Congo, particularly the massive problem of gender based violence.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.ushmm.org/conscience/podcasts/details/2008-03-20/transcript.pdf" length="20480" type="application/pdf"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebecca Feeley, a field researcher for the ENOUGH Project discusses the current situation in Congo, particularly the massive problem of gender based violence.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration></itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Rebecca Feeley: Gender based violence in eastern Congo</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/562</link>
<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Feeley, a field researcher for the ENOUGH Project discusses the current situation in Congo, particularly the massive problem of gender based violence.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/03/2008-03-20.mp3" length="15966208" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Rebecca Feeley, a field researcher for the ENOUGH Project discusses the current situation in Congo, particularly the massive problem of gender based violence.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>16:37</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Alison des Forges: The impact of the Rwandan genocide on Congo</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/561</link>
<description><![CDATA[Alison des Forges, senior advisor to the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, was one of the few people drawing attention to the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Here she discusses the impact that event continues to have on its neighboring country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/03/2008-03-06.mp3" length="20834304" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Alison des Forges, senior advisor to the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, was one of the few people drawing attention to the Rwandan genocide in 1994. Here she discusses the impact that event continues to have on its neighboring country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:42</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Mvemba Dizolele: Mobutu's legacy and Congo today</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/560</link>
<description><![CDATA[Congolese journalist and writer, Mvemba Dizolele, joins us again to discuss the legacy of long-time ruler of then Zaire (now Congo) Mobutu Sese Seko.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/02/2008-02-21.mp3" length="21057536" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Congolese journalist and writer, Mvemba Dizolele, joins us again to discuss the legacy of long-time ruler of then Zaire (now Congo) Mobutu Sese Seko.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:56</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Gregory Shvedov: Violence in the Northern Caucasus</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/544</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gregory Shvedov of the Caucasian Knot and International Memorial discusses the current situation in Chechnya and how violence is spreading throughout the Northern Caucasus.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/02/2008-02-07.mp3" length="20604928" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Gregory Shvedov of the Caucasian Knot and International Memorial discusses the current situation in Chechnya and how violence is spreading throughout the Northern Caucasus.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:27</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jerry Fowler: A fond farewell</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/542</link>
<description><![CDATA[As he prepares to take on his new role as Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition, Jerry Fowler, former Voices on Genocide Prevention host and Committee on Conscience Staff Director, reflects on his time at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/01/2008-01-31.mp3" length="34854912" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As he prepares to take on his new role as Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition, Jerry Fowler, former Voices on Genocide Prevention host and Committee on Conscience Staff Director, reflects on his time at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:09</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jill Savitt: Rattling the Big Cage</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/541</link>
<description><![CDATA[China has recently appeared rattled by efforts to link the upcoming Beijing Olympics to China's strong support for Sudan's genocidal government.  Dream for Darfur's Jill Savitt explains why.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/01/2008-01-17.mp3" length="19948544" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[China has recently appeared rattled by efforts to link the upcoming Beijing Olympics to China's strong support for Sudan's genocidal government.  Dream for Darfur's Jill Savitt explains why.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:46</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Prendergast: Update on Protection, Peace and Punishment in Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/540</link>
<description><![CDATA[ENOUGH! Co-Chair John Prendergast returns to the program to provide an update on the situation in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/01/2008-01-10.mp3" length="23234560" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[ENOUGH! Co-Chair John Prendergast returns to the program to provide an update on the situation in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:12</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Adam Sterling: What's in Your Portfolio?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/536</link>
<description><![CDATA[Adam Sterling, director of Genocide Intervention Network's Sudan Divestment Task Force, discusses the growing divestment movement, which received a boost with passage of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA).]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2008/01/2008-01-03.mp3" length="23632896" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adam Sterling, director of Genocide Intervention Network's Sudan Divestment Task Force, discusses the growing divestment movement, which received a boost with passage of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA).]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:36</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Michael Ignatieff: Lemkin's Legacy (repeat)</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/535</link>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Ignatieff on Raphael Lemkin and the word genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/12/2007-12-27.mp3" length="25572352" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Michael Ignatieff on Raphael Lemkin and the word genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:38</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Daniel Serwer: Arriving at a final status for Kosovo</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/530</link>
<description><![CDATA[Daniel Serwer, vice president of the Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations and the Centers of Innovation at the United States Institute of Peace, speaks with guest host, Bridget Conley-Zilkic, about impending decisions on Kosovo's final status.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/12/2007-12-20.mp3" length="18844672" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Daniel Serwer, vice president of the Center for Post-Conflict Peace and Stability Operations and the Centers of Innovation at the United States Institute of Peace, speaks with guest host, Bridget Conley-Zilkic, about impending decisions on Kosovo's final status.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:37</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Dragan Popovi&#263;: Tending the youth movement in Serbia</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/528</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dragan Popovi&#263;, program coordinator with the Serbian non-governmental organization, Youth Initiative for Human Rights, discusses youth involvement in human rights issues and the impending final status decision for Kosovo.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/12/2007-12-13.mp3" length="14091264" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dragan Popovi&#263;, program coordinator with the Serbian non-governmental organization, Youth Initiative for Human Rights, discusses youth involvement in human rights issues and the impending final status decision for Kosovo.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>14:40</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Victoria Holt: The impossible mandate</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/523</link>
<description><![CDATA[Victoria Holt, senior associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center, discusses the challenges that peacekeeping forces have faced in genocidal situations, and what that implies for the hybrid UN-AU force in Darfur and for the future.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/12/2007-12-07.mp3" length="17548288" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Victoria Holt, senior associate at the Henry L. Stimson Center, discusses the challenges that peacekeeping forces have faced in genocidal situations, and what that implies for the hybrid UN-AU force in Darfur and for the future.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:16</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>James Dawes: Narrating Atrocities</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/514</link>
<description><![CDATA[James Dawes is a professor of English at Macalester College and the author of That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity. He discusses with guest host Bridget Conley-Zilkic the role that storytelling plays in making atrocities known to the world.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[James Dawes is a professor of English at Macalester College and the author of That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity. He discusses with guest host Bridget Conley-Zilkic the role that storytelling plays in making atrocities known to the world.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:00</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Roth: Memory and Ethics (repeat)</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/511</link>
<description><![CDATA[Having spent the majority of his career teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy, John Roth, shares his thoughts on the ethical responsibility that memory imposes upon human beings.  As discussed in &quot;The Holocaust and the Common Good,&quot; an essay in his book, &quot;Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau,&quot; John discusses how memory shapes our values and our choices.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/11/2007-11-22.mp3" length="22256640" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Having spent the majority of his career teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy, John Roth, shares his thoughts on the ethical responsibility that memory imposes upon human beings.  As discussed in &quot;The Holocaust and the Common Good,&quot; an essay in his book, &quot;Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau,&quot; John discusses how memory shapes our values and our choices.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:10</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Dr. Mohammed-Ahmed Abdallah: Amel Means Hope</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/502</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Mohammed-Ahmed Abdallah, medical director of the Amel Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Darfur, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current situation on the ground in Darfur.  He is visiting the United States to receive the 2007 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/11/2007-11-15.mp3" length="23976960" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dr. Mohammed-Ahmed Abdallah, medical director of the Amel Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in Darfur, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current situation on the ground in Darfur.  He is visiting the United States to receive the 2007 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:58</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Tim Nonn: Tents of Hope</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/491</link>
<description><![CDATA[Darfur activist Tim Nonn discusses his latest national campaign, Tents of Hope, and the challenge of maintaining hope and bearing witness in the face of genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/11/2007-11-08.mp3" length="22922240" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Darfur activist Tim Nonn discusses his latest national campaign, Tents of Hope, and the challenge of maintaining hope and bearing witness in the face of genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:52</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Christine Karumba: Women for Women in the Congo</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/489</link>
<description><![CDATA[Christine Karumba, country director for Women for Women International in the Democratic Republic of Congo, talks with Jerry Fowler about how conflict in the DRC has changed her life and how Women for Women is working to counter the shattering effects of widespread violence against women.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/11/2007-11-01.mp3" length="22056960" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Christine Karumba, country director for Women for Women International in the Democratic Republic of Congo, talks with Jerry Fowler about how conflict in the DRC has changed her life and how Women for Women is working to counter the shattering effects of widespread violence against women.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:58</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Donald Bloxham: Due Process and Denial</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/487</link>
<description><![CDATA[Do war crimes trials help create a shared historical understanding?  Historian Donald Bloxham, this year's J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Senior Scholar-in-Residence at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the effect of the Nuremberg trials of top Nazis on attitudes of the German public and of post-World War I trials of top Ottoman officials on attitudes of the Turkish public.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/10/2007-10-25.mp3" length="22710272" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Do war crimes trials help create a shared historical understanding?  Historian Donald Bloxham, this year's J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Senior Scholar-in-Residence at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the effect of the Nuremberg trials of top Nazis on attitudes of the German public and of post-World War I trials of top Ottoman officials on attitudes of the Turkish public.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:39</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>William Schabas: Letter of the Law</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/485</link>
<description><![CDATA[Legal scholar William Schabas, director of the Irish Human Rights Centre and author of Genocide in International Law: The Crime of Crimes, discusses the history of genocide in international law and its relationship to the overlapping concept of crime against humanity.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/10/2007-10-18.mp3" length="24966144" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Legal scholar William Schabas, director of the Irish Human Rights Centre and author of Genocide in International Law: The Crime of Crimes, discusses the history of genocide in international law and its relationship to the overlapping concept of crime against humanity.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:00</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Eric Reeves: Obstacles to Peace and Protection in Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/484</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sudan analyst Eric Reeves, author of A Long Day's Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide, returns to Voices on Genocide Prevention to give his perspective on the current situation in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/10/2007-10-11.mp3" length="20877312" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sudan analyst Eric Reeves, author of A Long Day's Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide, returns to Voices on Genocide Prevention to give his perspective on the current situation in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:44</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Becky Erbelding: Perpetrators at Play</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/481</link>
<description><![CDATA[Archivist Becky Erbelding speaks with Jerry Fowler about an important new addition to the Holocaust Museum's collection--a personal photo album with pictures chronicling the lives of SS officers and other Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.  The rare images capture Nazi officials relaxing and enjoying time off while Jews were being murdered at rates as fast as anytime during the Holocaust.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/10/2007-10-04.mp3" length="43634688" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Archivist Becky Erbelding speaks with Jerry Fowler about an important new addition to the Holocaust Museum's collection--a personal photo album with pictures chronicling the lives of SS officers and other Nazis at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.  The rare images capture Nazi officials relaxing and enjoying time off while Jews were being murdered at rates as fast as anytime during the Holocaust.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:43</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Benedict Kiernan: From Sparta to Darfur: A Long History of Genocide</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/479</link>
<description><![CDATA[Benedict Kiernan is the founding director of the Genocide Studies Program at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies and has been named the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History. Ben talks to Jerry Fowler about his new book, Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur and how genocide, in practice, is not a recent phenomenon.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/09/2007-09-27.mp3" length="20267008" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Benedict Kiernan is the founding director of the Genocide Studies Program at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies and has been named the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History. Ben talks to Jerry Fowler about his new book, Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide and Extermination from Sparta to Darfur and how genocide, in practice, is not a recent phenomenon.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:06</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Mossaad Mohamed Ali: Darfur's Defender</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/477</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mossaad Mohamed Ali, a lawyer, an environmentalist and a human rights defender based in Nyala, South Darfur, is the coordinator of the Amel Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture. In an interview with Jerry Fowler, Mossaad talks about his involvement to provide legal advice and representation to hundreds facing human rights violations in Darfur and the situation there as it exists today.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/09/2007-09-20.mp3" length="21414912" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mossaad Mohamed Ali, a lawyer, an environmentalist and a human rights defender based in Nyala, South Darfur, is the coordinator of the Amel Center for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture. In an interview with Jerry Fowler, Mossaad talks about his involvement to provide legal advice and representation to hundreds facing human rights violations in Darfur and the situation there as it exists today.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:18</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jane Wells: Like Father, Like Daughter</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/475</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jane Wells, a freelance writer and a producer of the film, The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur, has traveled to Sudan, Chad, northern Uganda, Rwanda to witness and document atrocities. Jane, the daughter of movie producer Sidney Bernstein, speaks to Jerry Fowler about her father's film about Nazi concentration camps, and the parallels between two silenced atrocities: the Holocaust and Darfur. Also, she is the founder of Three Generations, an organization based on her father's legacy to educate and archive acts of genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/09/2007-09-13.mp3" length="21463040" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jane Wells, a freelance writer and a producer of the film, The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur, has traveled to Sudan, Chad, northern Uganda, Rwanda to witness and document atrocities. Jane, the daughter of movie producer Sidney Bernstein, speaks to Jerry Fowler about her father's film about Nazi concentration camps, and the parallels between two silenced atrocities: the Holocaust and Darfur. Also, she is the founder of Three Generations, an organization based on her father's legacy to educate and archive acts of genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:21</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Brian Steidle: Man on a Mission</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/473</link>
<description><![CDATA[Brian Steidle, a former Marine, served as an unarmed military observer and a United States representative to the African Union where he took photographs documenting the atrocities of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. He recently published a book about his experiences in Darfur called A Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to Genocide in Darfur and featured in the documentary of the same title. Brian speaks to Jerry Fowler about his experience in Darfur and his mission to bring awareness through multimedia.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Sep 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/09/2007-09-06.mp3" length="19592192" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Brian Steidle, a former Marine, served as an unarmed military observer and a United States representative to the African Union where he took photographs documenting the atrocities of the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. He recently published a book about his experiences in Darfur called A Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to Genocide in Darfur and featured in the documentary of the same title. Brian speaks to Jerry Fowler about his experience in Darfur and his mission to bring awareness through multimedia.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:24</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Shannon Meehan: A Journey of Hard Work and Dedication</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/471</link>
<description><![CDATA[Shannon Meehan is the Director for Advocacy for the International Rescue Committee and has spent more than 17 years working in conflict zones around the world. The former Peace Corp volunteer speaks to Jerry Fowler about the mission and involment of the International Rescue Committe and her work with refugees around the world. Shannon discusses her recent trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and her mission to increase grassroots awareness in the United States regarding Congo.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/08/2007-08-30.mp3" length="20926464" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Shannon Meehan is the Director for Advocacy for the International Rescue Committee and has spent more than 17 years working in conflict zones around the world. The former Peace Corp volunteer speaks to Jerry Fowler about the mission and involment of the International Rescue Committe and her work with refugees around the world. Shannon discusses her recent trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and her mission to increase grassroots awareness in the United States regarding Congo.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:47</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Joey Cheek: Put Your Medal Where Your Mouth Is</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/469</link>
<description><![CDATA[Joey Cheek is a 2006 Olympic gold medalist speed skater. Recently, he has turned in his skates to bring an end to the crisis in Darfur Sudan through his organization Where Will We Be?.  He speaks to Jerry Fowler about convening an international coalition of athletes with a shared common belief to make the world better by raising awareness of the genocide in Darfur and other countries facing a dire humanitarian crisis.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/08/2007-08-23.mp3" length="22596608" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Joey Cheek is a 2006 Olympic gold medalist speed skater. Recently, he has turned in his skates to bring an end to the crisis in Darfur Sudan through his organization Where Will We Be?.  He speaks to Jerry Fowler about convening an international coalition of athletes with a shared common belief to make the world better by raising awareness of the genocide in Darfur and other countries facing a dire humanitarian crisis.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:32</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jen Marlowe and Sameul Mayoul Garang: From Boys to Men</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/466</link>
<description><![CDATA[In May 2007 filmmaker, Jen Marlowe and journalist, David Morse accompanied the southern Sudanese &quot;lost boys&quot; back to their homes. In 1987 they were forced to flee from Sudan as children because their villages were attacked. Jen Marlowe, the award winning filmmaker of Darfur Diaries, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current political landscape of southern Sudan and the connections to the crisis in Darfur. Samuel Mayoul Garang, one of the &quot;lost boys,&quot; highlights his experience as a refugee living in the United States, his reunion with his family after 20 years of separation, and his future plans to start a school in southern Sudan focusing on health care and education.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/08/2007-08-16.mp3" length="22446080" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In May 2007 filmmaker, Jen Marlowe and journalist, David Morse accompanied the southern Sudanese &quot;lost boys&quot; back to their homes. In 1987 they were forced to flee from Sudan as children because their villages were attacked. Jen Marlowe, the award winning filmmaker of Darfur Diaries, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current political landscape of southern Sudan and the connections to the crisis in Darfur. Samuel Mayoul Garang, one of the &quot;lost boys,&quot; highlights his experience as a refugee living in the United States, his reunion with his family after 20 years of separation, and his future plans to start a school in southern Sudan focusing on health care and education.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:22</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Roger Winter: Darfur and Southern Sudan: Similar Obstacles to Achieving Peace</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/462</link>
<description><![CDATA[Roger Winter is one of the leading voices on Sudan.  He worked for several years as the Executive Director of the United States Committee for Refugees.  In 2001, Roger became a high ranking official for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) where he was involved in negotiations to end the conflict in Southern Sudan.  Roger speaks to Jerry Fowler about the common threads between the issues of Darfur and Southern Sudan. ]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 9 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/08/2007-08-09.mp3" length="24511488" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Roger Winter is one of the leading voices on Sudan.  He worked for several years as the Executive Director of the United States Committee for Refugees.  In 2001, Roger became a high ranking official for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) where he was involved in negotiations to end the conflict in Southern Sudan.  Roger speaks to Jerry Fowler about the common threads between the issues of Darfur and Southern Sudan. ]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>25:31</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Collin Thomas-Jensen: Congo: Beauty and Destruction</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/455</link>
<description><![CDATA[Collin Thomas-Jensen is a Policy Advisor to Enough.  In an interview with Jerry Fowler, he discusses the current situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the vast contrast between its beauty and tragedy and response of the international community.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/08/2007-08-02.mp3" length="21507072" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Collin Thomas-Jensen is a Policy Advisor to Enough.  In an interview with Jerry Fowler, he discusses the current situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the vast contrast between its beauty and tragedy and response of the international community.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:24</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Michael Graham: A Thousand Days in Refuge</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/453</link>
<description><![CDATA[Michael Graham is the coordinator of the Museum's Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative, which launched Crisis in Darfur, a joint effort with Google to illuminate the genocide in Darfur using Google Earth. He speaks to Jerry Fowler about his recent trip to Eastern Chad as well as the Museum's unprecedented online mapping initiative.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/07/2007-07-26.mp3" length="20937728" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Michael Graham is the coordinator of the Museum's Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative, which launched Crisis in Darfur, a joint effort with Google to illuminate the genocide in Darfur using Google Earth. He speaks to Jerry Fowler about his recent trip to Eastern Chad as well as the Museum's unprecedented online mapping initiative.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:48</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Dr. Eric Reeves: Who Will Lead the Way?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/451</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Eric Reeves is a Sudan analyst and researcher.  He is also a Professor at Smith College and author of A Long Days Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide.  Eric speaks with Jerry Fowler about the declining situation in Darfur and Eastern Chad, the prospects of a hybrid force, and the ownership of the peace process.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/07/2007-07-19.mp3" length="22814720" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dr. Eric Reeves is a Sudan analyst and researcher.  He is also a Professor at Smith College and author of A Long Days Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur Genocide.  Eric speaks with Jerry Fowler about the declining situation in Darfur and Eastern Chad, the prospects of a hybrid force, and the ownership of the peace process.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:45</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Dr. Gerard Prunier: Unfinished Business</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/448</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Gerard Prunier, is a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research.  He joins us from his office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss with Jerry Fowler his recent trip to Southern Sudan and the progress in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/07/2007-07-12.mp3" length="21194752" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dr. Gerard Prunier, is a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research.  He joins us from his office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to discuss with Jerry Fowler his recent trip to Southern Sudan and the progress in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:04</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Elie Wiesel: Special Episode: Memory and Witness (repeat)</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/446</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel discusses the importance of remembering and bearing witness.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel discusses the importance of remembering and bearing witness.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:52</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Susan Shirk: China's rocky road to popularity</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/438</link>
<description><![CDATA[Susan Shirk is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego and Director of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs and author of the new book, China: Fragile Superpower, Dr. Shirk joins Jerry Fowler to discuss China's complex global rise as it attempts to maintain stable internal affairs. Professor Shirk examines how China's preoccupation with its international reputation relates to the 2008 Olympic Games and accusations of the country's complicity in the Darfur genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Susan Shirk is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego and Director of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. The former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs and author of the new book, China: Fragile Superpower, Dr. Shirk joins Jerry Fowler to discuss China's complex global rise as it attempts to maintain stable internal affairs. Professor Shirk examines how China's preoccupation with its international reputation relates to the 2008 Olympic Games and accusations of the country's complicity in the Darfur genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:11</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Jill Savitt: Bringing the Dream to Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/436</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jill Savitt, director of the Olympic Dream for Darfur campaign, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the contradiction between Beijing hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, having chosen the slogan &quot;One World, One Dream,&quot; and China's close economic relationship with Sudan during the Darfur genocide. Savitt explains the goals of the campaign, why Dream for Darfur does not advocate a boycott of the Olympics, and how citizens can become involved.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jill Savitt, director of the Olympic Dream for Darfur campaign, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the contradiction between Beijing hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, having chosen the slogan &quot;One World, One Dream,&quot; and China's close economic relationship with Sudan during the Darfur genocide. Savitt explains the goals of the campaign, why Dream for Darfur does not advocate a boycott of the Olympics, and how citizens can become involved.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>19:48</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Pendergrast and Alex de Waal: Part 2:  What to do about Darfur? A Debate between John Prendergast and Alex de Waal</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/434</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sudan analysts John Prendergast and Alex de Waal continue the debate about how best to resolve the conflict in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sudan analysts John Prendergast and Alex de Waal continue the debate about how best to resolve the conflict in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:05</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Pendergrast and Alex de Waal: What to Do About Darfur? A Debate Between John Prendergast and Alex de Waal</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/431</link>
<description><![CDATA[Two of the leading analysts on Sudan, John Prendergast and Alex de Waal, debate solutions to the crisis in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/06/2007-06-07.mp3" length="17734656" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Two of the leading analysts on Sudan, John Prendergast and Alex de Waal, debate solutions to the crisis in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>18:28</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Mia Farrow: Borders Without Boundaries</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/426</link>
<description><![CDATA[Mia Farrow is an American Actress who is a Golden Globe recipient and has  appeared in more than 40 films.  She is known for her extensive humanitarian work as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.  Mia Farrow has traveled at length to areas where there are humanitarian crisis as well as genocide.  In addition, she has written many articles regarding the situation in Darfur, including an article published in the Wall Street Journal, the Genocide Olympics, which she co-wrote with her son, Ronan Farrow.  Mia speaks with Jerry Fowler about her recent trip to east Chad, east Central African Republic, her views on the Chinese Olympics and the Fidelity Out of Sudan Campaign.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/05/2007-05-31.mp3" length="26636288" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mia Farrow is an American Actress who is a Golden Globe recipient and has  appeared in more than 40 films.  She is known for her extensive humanitarian work as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.  Mia Farrow has traveled at length to areas where there are humanitarian crisis as well as genocide.  In addition, she has written many articles regarding the situation in Darfur, including an article published in the Wall Street Journal, the Genocide Olympics, which she co-wrote with her son, Ronan Farrow.  Mia speaks with Jerry Fowler about her recent trip to east Chad, east Central African Republic, her views on the Chinese Olympics and the Fidelity Out of Sudan Campaign.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>27:44</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Paul Slovic: Mass Murder versus Individual Tragedy</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/424</link>
<description><![CDATA[Paul Slovic is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon and a founder and President of Decision Research.  He studies human judgment, decision making and risk analysis.  Paul has received many distinguished awards, among one of them, the Outstanding Contribution to Science Award from the Academy of Oregon of Science in 1995.  In addition, Paul has received honorary doctorates from the Stockholm School of Economics and the University of East Anglia.  Paul speaks with Jerry Fowler about a case study he conducted.  He explains people's response to mass murder and genocide versus individual tragedy.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Paul Slovic is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Oregon and a founder and President of Decision Research.  He studies human judgment, decision making and risk analysis.  Paul has received many distinguished awards, among one of them, the Outstanding Contribution to Science Award from the Academy of Oregon of Science in 1995.  In addition, Paul has received honorary doctorates from the Stockholm School of Economics and the University of East Anglia.  Paul speaks with Jerry Fowler about a case study he conducted.  He explains people's response to mass murder and genocide versus individual tragedy.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:53</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Scott Straus: Naming Genocide</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/422</link>
<description><![CDATA[Scott Straus, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison teaches classes on genocide, violence, human rights, and African politics.  His book, The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda, won a prestigious award in 2006 for Excellence in Political Science and Government from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.  Scott speaks with Jerry Fowler, using Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) as a case study, to discuss the causes and the dynamics that must be in place to propel a situation towards genocide and mass violence.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Scott Straus, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison teaches classes on genocide, violence, human rights, and African politics.  His book, The Order of Genocide: Race, Power, and War in Rwanda, won a prestigious award in 2006 for Excellence in Political Science and Government from the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers.  Scott speaks with Jerry Fowler, using Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) as a case study, to discuss the causes and the dynamics that must be in place to propel a situation towards genocide and mass violence.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:12</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Omer Ismail: Growing up in Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/418</link>
<description><![CDATA[Omer Ismail, co-founder of the Darfur Peace and Development organization, and native Darfurian speaks with Jerry Fowler about the social and cultural factors surrounding the conflict in Darfur. Omer highlights the move from a tolerant society to one with a high level of violence centered on group identity, the effect of global warming, and the role of the Sudanese government.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Omer Ismail, co-founder of the Darfur Peace and Development organization, and native Darfurian speaks with Jerry Fowler about the social and cultural factors surrounding the conflict in Darfur. Omer highlights the move from a tolerant society to one with a high level of violence centered on group identity, the effect of global warming, and the role of the Sudanese government.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:40</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Dr. Steven Kull: Listen to the People</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/395</link>
<description><![CDATA[Dr. Steven Kull, Director of the Program for International Policy Attitudes and Editor of WorldPublicOpinion.org speaks with Jerry Fowler about the recently released public opinion poll on the United Nations' Responsibility to Protect in general as well as specifically in the case of Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 May 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/05/2007-05-03.mp3" length="21284864" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dr. Steven Kull, Director of the Program for International Policy Attitudes and Editor of WorldPublicOpinion.org speaks with Jerry Fowler about the recently released public opinion poll on the United Nations' Responsibility to Protect in general as well as specifically in the case of Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:10</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Gayle Smith: Plan B... Not enough?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/416</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gayle Smith, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a founder of the ENOUGH Project, responds to President George W. Bush's speech at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum last week where he announced several policy options the United States will pursue to stop the genocide in Darfur; what has become known as Plan B.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/04/2007-04-26.mp3" length="21782528" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Gayle Smith, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a founder of the ENOUGH Project, responds to President George W. Bush's speech at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum last week where he announced several policy options the United States will pursue to stop the genocide in Darfur; what has become known as Plan B.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:41</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>President George W. Bush: President George W. Bush Speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/408</link>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum about the importance of Holocaust remembrance and the urgent need for action to end genocide in Darfur. In his remarks, the President states that if the Sudanese government does not meet the demands of the international community, the United States will pursue several policy options. These include increased U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan, targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for violence in the region, and that the U.S. would propose a United Nations Security Council resolution to apply new sanctions, impose an expanded arms embargo, and prohibit Sudan's government from conducting offensive military flights over Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/04/2007-04-19.mp3" length="20139008" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum about the importance of Holocaust remembrance and the urgent need for action to end genocide in Darfur. In his remarks, the President states that if the Sudanese government does not meet the demands of the international community, the United States will pursue several policy options. These include increased U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan, targeted sanctions against individuals responsible for violence in the region, and that the U.S. would propose a United Nations Security Council resolution to apply new sanctions, impose an expanded arms embargo, and prohibit Sudan's government from conducting offensive military flights over Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:58</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Ken Bacon: Humanitarian Aid, Broken Promises, and an Irritated President</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/403</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ken Bacon, President of Refugees International, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current vulnerable status of humanitarian aid efforts to Darfur, his experience with recent peace negotiations, and the effect groups like Save Darfur are having on President al-Bashir.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/04/2007-04-12.mp3" length="19306496" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ken Bacon, President of Refugees International, speaks with Jerry Fowler about the current vulnerable status of humanitarian aid efforts to Darfur, his experience with recent peace negotiations, and the effect groups like Save Darfur are having on President al-Bashir.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>20:06</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Ambassador Morton Abramowitz: Independence for Kosovo?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/387</link>
<description><![CDATA[Ambassador Morton Abramowitz, Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and a former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, speaks with Jerry Folwer about the current situation in Kosovo and the United Nations' Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari's, drafted plan to resolve the region's so called final status.  Ambassador Abramowitz recently had an article in Newsweek International arguing that it is time to decide about Kosovo.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Apr 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/04/2007-04-05.mp3" length="21656576" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ambassador Morton Abramowitz, Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and a former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, speaks with Jerry Folwer about the current situation in Kosovo and the United Nations' Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari's, drafted plan to resolve the region's so called final status.  Ambassador Abramowitz recently had an article in Newsweek International arguing that it is time to decide about Kosovo.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:33</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Diane Orentlicher: Justice in the Courts</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/380</link>
<description><![CDATA[Diane Orentlicher, professor of International Law at Washington College of Law at American University, discusses recent decisions related to impunity made in the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court and how these decisions will play out over the next few months.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/03/2007-03-29.mp3" length="25312256" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Diane Orentlicher, professor of International Law at Washington College of Law at American University, discusses recent decisions related to impunity made in the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court and how these decisions will play out over the next few months.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:22</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Bec Hamilton: Advocacy and Activism</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/386</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bec Hamilton, co-founder of the Harvard Darfur Action Group and a representative of the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net), discusses the movement to prevent genocide in Darfur, especially in regard to student activism, and her work to build a permanent political constituency against genocide and mass atrocity.  Bec highlights two of GI-Net's newest initiatives, Darfur Scores, which provides report cards for all members of Congress dependent on their level of action on the Darfur issue; and 1-800-GENOCIDE, a genocide hot-line that will connect you directly with your representative's office.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/03/2007-03-22.mp3" length="22333440" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Bec Hamilton, co-founder of the Harvard Darfur Action Group and a representative of the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net), discusses the movement to prevent genocide in Darfur, especially in regard to student activism, and her work to build a permanent political constituency against genocide and mass atrocity.  Bec highlights two of GI-Net's newest initiatives, Darfur Scores, which provides report cards for all members of Congress dependent on their level of action on the Darfur issue; and 1-800-GENOCIDE, a genocide hot-line that will connect you directly with your representative's office.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:15</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Shattuck: Genocide Prevention Roadblocks</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/323</link>
<description><![CDATA[Former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights from 1993 - 1998, and the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 1998 - 2000, John Shattuck now heads the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston.  In this interview, he discusses the politics of responding to genocide and the roadblocks encountered and caused by government agencies, the syndromes of past interventions gone bad, the public opinion stalemate, and the conflict resolution paradox.  Mr. Shattuck concludes with ideas for bursting through these roadblocks and responding to low level conflicts before they turn into genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/03/2007-03-15.mp3" length="25176064" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights from 1993 - 1998, and the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 1998 - 2000, John Shattuck now heads the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in Boston.  In this interview, he discusses the politics of responding to genocide and the roadblocks encountered and caused by government agencies, the syndromes of past interventions gone bad, the public opinion stalemate, and the conflict resolution paradox.  Mr. Shattuck concludes with ideas for bursting through these roadblocks and responding to low level conflicts before they turn into genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:13</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Omer Bartov: The Legacy of Raphael Lemkin</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/346</link>
<description><![CDATA[Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History at Brown University, details the legacy of Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer from Poland who coined the term genocide.  He also discusses whether mass violence is different today than earlier in human existence as well as the significance of the codification since the Holocaust of international prohibitions against genocide.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/03/2007-03-08.mp3" length="21645312" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History at Brown University, details the legacy of Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer from Poland who coined the term genocide.  He also discusses whether mass violence is different today than earlier in human existence as well as the significance of the codification since the Holocaust of international prohibitions against genocide.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:32</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Nicholas Eberstadt: Refugees Are Inconvenient People</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/363</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute and United States Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Board Member, discusses the situation of North Koreans who have crossed the border into China.  He examines the roles that China, South Korea and the United States have played and what they can do now to reverse this refugee crisis.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
<enclosure url="http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.ushmm.org/media/audio/conscience/2007/03/2007-03-01.mp3" length="23438336" type="audio/mpeg"/>
<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute and United States Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Board Member, discusses the situation of North Koreans who have crossed the border into China.  He examines the roles that China, South Korea and the United States have played and what they can do now to reverse this refugee crisis.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:24</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Prendergast: Back from the Field: A Report of Uganda, Congo and Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/361</link>
<description><![CDATA[Just back from Northern Uganda and Eastern Congo, John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group, returns to the program to talk with Jerry Fowler about his trip, the new ENOUGH campaign, his upcoming book, and the ongoing Darfur peace talks in Tripoli.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Just back from Northern Uganda and Eastern Congo, John Prendergast of the International Crisis Group, returns to the program to talk with Jerry Fowler about his trip, the new ENOUGH campaign, his upcoming book, and the ongoing Darfur peace talks in Tripoli.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:09</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Carl Wilkens: Faith and Trust in Rwanda</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/360</link>
<description><![CDATA[Carl Wilkens, the only American known to stay in Rwanda throughout the genocide, discusses the choice he made in 1994 to remain in Kigali, the challenges Rwandans faced in resisting participation in the massacres, and how his faith and trust in God allowed him to take action.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Carl Wilkens, the only American known to stay in Rwanda throughout the genocide, discusses the choice he made in 1994 to remain in Kigali, the challenges Rwandans faced in resisting participation in the massacres, and how his faith and trust in God allowed him to take action.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:38</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Susan Bachrach: The Nazi Olympics</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/342</link>
<description><![CDATA[As debate stirs over China hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum historian Susan Bachrach discusses a similar controversy that took place when Nazi Germany was slated to host the Games in 1936.  Amid protests by athletes and others, Germany convinced the world that it was fit to hold the Olympics, and as Susan explains, used the Games to boost its image in the international community.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[As debate stirs over China hosting the 2008 Olympic Games, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum historian Susan Bachrach discusses a similar controversy that took place when Nazi Germany was slated to host the Games in 1936.  Amid protests by athletes and others, Germany convinced the world that it was fit to hold the Olympics, and as Susan explains, used the Games to boost its image in the international community.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>26:13</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>David Buchbinder: Violence Continues to Spread in Eastern Chad</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/331</link>
<description><![CDATA[A pattern of cross-border attacks continues to threaten civilians on the border of Eastern Chad and Darfur, reports David Buchbinder, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, after three trips to the region.  Noting the bureaucratic impasses associated with deploying a United Nations force to the region and the lack of security for humanitarian operations, David believes that the prospects for peace and security are far off.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A pattern of cross-border attacks continues to threaten civilians on the border of Eastern Chad and Darfur, reports David Buchbinder, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, after three trips to the region.  Noting the bureaucratic impasses associated with deploying a United Nations force to the region and the lack of security for humanitarian operations, David believes that the prospects for peace and security are far off.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:52</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Michael Gerson: Former White House Aide on Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/328</link>
<description><![CDATA[Former White House Aide and current Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Michael Gerson, talks about his experience in the administration working on the Darfur crisis as a top adviser to the President.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Former White House Aide and current Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Michael Gerson, talks about his experience in the administration working on the Darfur crisis as a top adviser to the President.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>22:39</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Lee Feinstein: The United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/324</link>
<description><![CDATA[Jerry Fowler speaks with Lee Feinstein of the Council on Foreign Relations about Ban Ki-moon, the new Secretary General at the United Nations and the idea of the responsibility to protect.  Lee details how Ban Ki-moon came to the position, how this will affect his role and legacy at the United Nations, and where Darfur fits into the larger picture.  He also defends the notion of the responsibility to protect and explains how it will change the fundamental principles of sovereignty at the United Nations.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Jerry Fowler speaks with Lee Feinstein of the Council on Foreign Relations about Ban Ki-moon, the new Secretary General at the United Nations and the idea of the responsibility to protect.  Lee details how Ban Ki-moon came to the position, how this will affect his role and legacy at the United Nations, and where Darfur fits into the larger picture.  He also defends the notion of the responsibility to protect and explains how it will change the fundamental principles of sovereignty at the United Nations.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:30</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Sayre Nyce: The Central African Republic: An Unknown Conflict</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/315</link>
<description><![CDATA[Sayre Nyce, Congressional Advocate at Refugees International, traveled to the Central African Republic (CAR) in late 2006 to evaluate humanitarian conditions in northwest CAR and refugees in southern Chad.  She talks with Jerry Fowler about the conditions of life, political tensions, the role of ethnicity in CAR, and the exacerbated violence in the country as a result of the conflict in Darfur.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Sayre Nyce, Congressional Advocate at Refugees International, traveled to the Central African Republic (CAR) in late 2006 to evaluate humanitarian conditions in northwest CAR and refugees in southern Chad.  She talks with Jerry Fowler about the conditions of life, political tensions, the role of ethnicity in CAR, and the exacerbated violence in the country as a result of the conflict in Darfur.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:26</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Howard Wolpe: Post Conflict Reconstruction: A Training Program</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/296</link>
<description><![CDATA[Howard Wolpe, Director of the Africa Program and Leadership Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, speaks with Bridget Conley-Zilkic about the a post conflict training program he has instituted in Burundi, and plans to continue with in Congo and Liberia.  By working with both political leaders and civil society, Howard believes this program will create lasting peace and stability in areas of past and current conflict.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 4 Jan 2007 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Howard Wolpe, Director of the Africa Program and Leadership Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, speaks with Bridget Conley-Zilkic about the a post conflict training program he has instituted in Burundi, and plans to continue with in Congo and Liberia.  By working with both political leaders and civil society, Howard believes this program will create lasting peace and stability in areas of past and current conflict.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:12</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Adeeb Yousif: Promoting Human Rights Inside of Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/293</link>
<description><![CDATA[Human rights advocate for Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO), Adeeb Yousif, speaks with Bridget-Conley-Zilkic about his work in Darfur, the changes that have taken place since he began working with SUDO, and what he believes are the next steps toward peace.  He specifically focuses on uniting the rebel groups to find a lasting political solution to the conflict.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Human rights advocate for Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO), Adeeb Yousif, speaks with Bridget-Conley-Zilkic about his work in Darfur, the changes that have taken place since he began working with SUDO, and what he believes are the next steps toward peace.  He specifically focuses on uniting the rebel groups to find a lasting political solution to the conflict.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>23:41</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Luis Moreno-Ocampo: Justice for Darfur?</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/194</link>
<description><![CDATA[Having recenlty reported to the Security Council about the International Criminal Court's progress on the Darfur case, Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo explores the challenges he faces with this investigation and the possibility of extending the investigations into Chad.  He also discusses where the Court stands in the cases of Congo and Uganda, and shares his thoughts on the death of Augusto Pinochet.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Having recenlty reported to the Security Council about the International Criminal Court's progress on the Darfur case, Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo explores the challenges he faces with this investigation and the possibility of extending the investigations into Chad.  He also discusses where the Court stands in the cases of Congo and Uganda, and shares his thoughts on the death of Augusto Pinochet.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>24:09</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>John Roth: Memory and Ethics</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/295</link>
<description><![CDATA[Having spent the majority of his career teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy, John Roth, shares his thoughts on the ethical responsibility that memory imposes upon human beings.  As discussed in &quot;The Holocaust and the Common Good,&quot; an essay in his new book, &quot;Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau,&quot; John discusses how memory shapes our values and our choices.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Having spent the majority of his career teaching about the Holocaust and genocide, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Philosophy, John Roth, shares his thoughts on the ethical responsibility that memory imposes upon human beings.  As discussed in &quot;The Holocaust and the Common Good,&quot; an essay in his new book, &quot;Ethics During and After the Holocaust: In the Shadow of Birkenau,&quot; John discusses how memory shapes our values and our choices.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:15</itunes:duration>
</item>

<item><title>Gloria White-Hammond: Global Activism for Darfur</title>
<link>http://blogs.ushmm.org/COC2/280</link>
<description><![CDATA[Co-pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston as well as a pediatrician at Boston South End Community Health Center, Gloria White-Hammond returns to Voices on Genocide Prevention.  Having recently returned from Southern Sudan, she discusses the fragile humanitarian situation in the South as well as some of her new initiatives for Darfur such as &quot;Judgment on Genocide,&quot; a citizen tribunal that put Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on trial, a Global Day for Darfur and a conference of Sudanese women.]]></description>
<author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 7 Dec 2006 09:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<itunes:category text="Politics" />
<itunes:category text="Education" />
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<itunes:author>United States Holocaust Memorial Museum</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Co-pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Boston as well as a pediatrician at Boston South End Community Health Center, Gloria White-Hammond returns to Voices on Genocide Prevention.  Having recently returned from Southern Sudan, she discusses the fragile humanitarian situation in the South as well as some of her new initiatives for Darfur such as &quot;Judgment on Genocide,&quot; a citizen tribunal that put Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on trial, a Global Day for Darfur and a conference of Sudanese women.]]></itunes:summary>
<itunes:duration>21:13</itunes:duration>
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<item><title>Ann Curry: Tod