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Yesterday, Humanity United's CEO Randy Newcomb visited the California Central Intelligence Center at McClellan Air Force Base near Sacramento, Calif.
Shown here with the center's executive director, Tim Johnstone, Randy was given the opportunity to learn firsthand how the state's top-secret-level intelligence center plays a role in combating human trafficking.
Humanity United is one of only a handful of philanthropies in the United States to have a significant policy and government relations practice in Washington, D.C. In this post, our Vice President for Policy & Government relations shares his team's three primary priorities in the nation's capital.
Photo taken from a 2010 State Department discussion on Sudan, featuring David Abramowitz (left).
Today hundreds of protesters marched in Washington, D.C. to the Embassy of Sudan, demonstrating against the Khartoum regime's continuing refusal to allow humanitarian assistance into the Nuba mountains. Humanity United's David Abramowitz and Debi Kellerer were on the scene, and share their thoughts and pictures from the march in this post.
David is Vice President for Policy and Government Relations and Debi is Community Manager, working closely with Sudanese Diaspora.
Today, the International Criminal Court found Thomas Lubanga, a Congolese warlord, guilty of recruitment and use of child soldiers.
This is the first ICC trial to reach the judgment phase in the court's tenth year. Humanity United welcomes this decision and supports the court as part of our focus to strengthen institutions that promote peace, security, and justice.
Last week, one of Humanity United’s grantees launched what became the most viral video in Internet history. In the process, Invisible Children’s “Kony 2012” campaign triggered intense debate about the best ways to address complicated conflicts in Africa. It’s an important conversation and one in which a wide range of perspectives are both welcome and needed. Sadly, however, not all of the dialogue has been productive and some has even been misleading.
