What Can She Do

Aug 1st – Aug 8th

CC — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:34:52 +0000

Meeting with a few Not For Profits. Trying to find shoes for Congolese children. Making progress!

July 1st – 31st

CC — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:09:30 +0000

Reading King Leopold’s Ghost. Reading Conflict Minerals Bill.

Sent all major electronic manufactures letters insisting they use conflict free minerals in their products.

Working with various organizations on getting children of Eastern Congo shoes.

June 18th – 30th

CC — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:04:55 +0000

Still working with IMC and different Not For Profits on a sustainable shoe source in Eastern Congo.

Met with Helen Bartlett and Anna McDonald and her amazing son, Eliot, on creating more awareness and funds for the Man Up Campaign.

Lobbied various Senators to pass the Conflict Minerals Bill.

Reading King Leopold’s Ghost.

June 10th-17th

CC — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:37:12 +0000

Coordinated with IMC to provides shoes to 200 orphans in the Congo. Worked on the Shoe Project– trying to create a sustainable shoe distribution by supporting local vendors and shoe makers in cooperation with Tom’s Falling Whistles, and IMC. Wrote and made calls to a number of Senators to garner support for keeping strong language in the Conflict Minerals Bill. Posted information/videos on Congo on FB.

May 23rd – June 9th

CC — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:03:05 +0000

Trying to create a sustainable shoe source in Eastern Congo. Telling one new person a day about the conflict in the DRC. Doing follow up on Man Up.

May 6th – 22nd

CC — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:39:51 +0000

Man Up Event follow up.

May 5th

CC — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:38:41 +0000

Raised almost $45,000 for Man Up– a global initiative to mobilize youth from more than 50 countries to stop violence against women and girls. This is enough money to support the Congolese delegates for 4 of the 5 years of the campaign.

March 31st – May 4th

CC — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:36:43 +0000

Working on Man Up event– http://www.manupcampaign.org/

March 30th

CC — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:10:10 +0000

Worked on Man Up event.

March 29th

CC — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:33:06 +0000

Had conference call with Jimmie Briggs, Jessica, and Kristin to talk about Man Up event.

Read:

BBC – DR Congo Needs New Strategy, UN Chief - 28 March 2010

Times Online – Lord’s Resistance Army Killed 321 People in Democratic Republic of Congo – 29 March 2010

VOA – MONUC Official Says Regional Cooperation Could Counter LRA Atrocities – 28 March 2010