Supporter Spotlight // Nina Fernandes
Nina Fernandes: electronic analyst and repair guru… political advocate…We think we’ve discovered what ticks in this inspiring 21-year old, and that’s her unique motivation to fix a broken system. Nina is an Electrical and Computer Engineering student and president of the Invisible Children club at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. When she isn’t taking […]
Which U.S. Representatives signed the letter to President Obama?
Total Signatures: 78 Our thanks to all of the U.S. Representatives who signed the letter to President Obama, urging him to attend a meeting on the LRA with regional governments and other international leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this fall. We appreciate that our leaders took the initiative by pledging their […]
Highlights from the congressional hearing
I had never been to a Congressional hearing before yesterday. The highlights: * The room was packed. It was standing room only by the time the event started. * Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), Chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, presided over the hearing. I got the feeling that he really cares about this […]