I encourage everyone to check this out – this came up on my facebook newsfeed. I thought it very fitting in light of the film shown this past week, The Greatest Silence.

http://standnow.org/valentine

STAND is encouraging people to stand up “as part of the revolution against sexual and gender-based violence” in the eastern DRC. They are urging students to hold an event on their respective campuses on Valentines Day, “having participants…send a valentine to President Obama encouraging him to prioritize the crisis in the eastern DRC.”

A question to the class: what is your immediate reaction to this?  Is there anything oxymoronic about sending Valentines Day cards to Obama? What else can/should be done to tackle this issue?

Also as a side note – if you scroll down the page to where it offers suggestions for holding an event on campus, you’ll notice the 4th suggestion: “Screen The Greatest Silence”…