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Living Stories
Global Grassroots
believes that real human stories inform, empower and inspire others to act
in the name of equality and human rights. We connect our supporters
with the stories of perseverance on the difficult journey to freedom.
Global Grassroots profiles social entrepreneurs and the women they benefit
using multiple communications tools including books, documentary film,
essays and photography.
American Witness of Genocide
Global Grassroots is grateful for the
advocacy work of former U.S. Marine Captain Brian Steidle, who
served as a military observer in Darfur, Sudan under the African Union.
Brian has been an outspoken champion of our work and has dedicated himself
to raising awareness of the crisis in Darfur.
Learn More:
Brian Steidle
TAKE
ACTION NOW ON DARFUR
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In
Bookstores Nationwide
CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW
The
Devil Came on Horseback:
Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur
A
memoir written by Brian Steidle & Gretchen Steidle Wallace, founder of
Global Grassroots.
This intense, vivid report
and call to action from the heart of violent Darfur, by a former Marine
working as an unarmed military observer for the African Union, is a
powerful memoir of a young man's awakening to conscience and the first
extensive on-the ground account of the genocide in Sudan.
Praise
for The Devil Came on Horseback
"This impassioned memoir is a cry of conscience and an informative, if
politically and historically limited, analysis by a former U.S. Marine...
Steidle's personal and fluent account effectively channels an idealistic,
adventuresome young man's growing frustration and horror in the face of
ongoing crimes against humanity and international complacency." --Publishers
Weekly
The Devil Came on Horseback was recently
chosen as Noteworthy/Newsworthy among Hudson News' Best Books of 2007.
Learn More:
www.PublicAffairsbooks.com
For Interviews and Book-Related Queries:
Jaime Leifer,
Senior Publicist,
PublicAffairs
(a member of the Perseus
Books Group)
212-397-6666 x532
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We are
grateful for the work of
The Compound
for our film poster design
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The Devil Came on Horseback
A documentary film by Annie Sundberg &
Ricki Stern, an
International Film Circuit release of
a
Break Thru Films production in association with Global Grassroots and
Three
Generations, produced by Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern, Jane
Wells and Gretchen Wallace.
Having premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
in January 2007,
this
social-issue film chronicles the horror of the genocide as seen through
the eyes of a lone American witness, former U.S. Marine Captain Brian
Steidle.
All contributions to the film made through Global Grassroots are
tax-deductible. All profits earned by Global Grassroots will be
earmarked for charitable programs benefiting victims of genocide in
Africa.
NEW!
Organize a Screening:
Contact Global Grassroots
at
info@globalgrassroots.org if you are interested in arranging a
public screening at your campus, church, synagogue, organization or community
group.
Now on Netflix!
Buy the DVD
Find a Theater
Read
our Variety review
and
New York Times review
For Interviews and Film-Related Queries:
Andy Robbins,
International Film Circuit: 212-777-5690
Jamie Shor, Venture Communications: 202-628-7772 |
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Articles and Essays
Please enjoy our most
recent stories:
FIT YOGA MAGAZINE
August feature on Global Grassroots, by Mara McFalls coming soon
Jumping into the Abyss: 12th Anniversary of the
Rwandan Genocide
In the Southern Stretches of the Sahara: Darfur Refugee Camps of Eastern
Chad,
published by Her Circle Ezine, Fall 2006.
Topsy Sanctuary for AIDS Orphans, South Africa |
 Digital Photography Exhibit:
Darfur|Darfur
Global Grassroots is
fiscally sponsoring
Darfur/Darfur,
a traveling,
digitally-projected photography exhibit,
giving viewers a unique chance to experience the imagery of Darfur in a
multimedia environment that reveals the horrors of warfare and celebrates
a richly multi-cultural region. The exhibit has been designed and
produced by a group formed for the purpose of advocating peace in Darfur,
Sudan. Motivated by the death and injury of over 300,000 civilians since
2003 and using a photojournalism exhibit as a graphic tool, we are working
to educate the public on the culture and politics of the region so that
the gravity of the ongoing atrocities can be fully understood.
Darfur/Darfur's goal is
to prompt international support for the prevention of further humanitarian
destruction and to save lives.
Launching in New York on September 18th, 2006 the exhibit will travel to
24 cities internationally over 24 months, providing continuing attention to
the ongoing killing of innocent peoples and the devastation of their rich
cultural heritage. Funds raised in connection with Darfur/Darfur will be
used to provide public advocacy for solutions to the crisis in Darfur and
to assist NGOs providing on the ground medical and social care in the
region.
Learn More:
www.darfurdarfur.org
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