Congo Global Action

Congo Global Action "began simply, with a few conversations in early summer of 2006. While grassroots movements for Darfur and for Uganda gained worldwide constituencies to raise the public's awareness of these two crises, conflict in the DR Congo remained relatively unknown to the general public. In response, representatives of a few NGOs in Washington, DC decided that something had to be done to create a similarly active grassroots movement for the Congo."

Congo Global Action :Member Organizations

Also see Connect for Congo: Working for Hope and Peace in the DRC

Executive Committee Members

Accessed August 2008:

• Chair: International Rescue Committee Shannon Meehan
• Vice Chair: Coalition Pluraliste de Patriotes Congolais Nita Evele
• Africa Faith and Justice Network Rocco Puopolo
• Friends of the Congo Carrie Crawford, Maurice Carney
• International Rescue Committee - Europe Herve deBaillenx
• Regional Outreach Coordinator Antonio Carvahlo

Executive Committee Members

Accessed August 2008:

• Rocco Puopolo - Africa Faith and Justice Network
• Carrie Crawford - Friends of the Congo
• Nita Evele - Coalition Pluraliste de Patriotes Congolais
• Jan Sullivan - Congo Coalition of Chicago
• Nicky Smith - International Rescue Committee

Working Groups

"There is a working group for each of the three pillars:"

• Pillar I: Saving Lives
• Pillar II: Keeping People Safe
• Pillar III: Ending Economic Exploitation

• Pillar I and II Chair: Gerry Marton, International Rescue Committee
• Pillar III Chair: Roxanne Lawson, Friends of the Earth

Contact

Web: http://www.congoglobalaction.org