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In 1994 over one million men, women, and children died in the Rwandan Genocide.  Two weeks into this mass atrocity a journalist, aware of the slaughter, called congress woman Patricia Schroeder.  The journalist asked Schroeder point blank, why is our country not responding to this travesty?  Why is this not on the front page of the New York Times?  Schroeder responded honestly, “I have had over 100 phones calls to my office about the endangered ape population in Rwanda, I have had zero about the people.”   We have organized frequently and effectively to fight for the rights of … View Full Post