Notre Dame celebrates International Education Week

A group of N otre Dam e s tu ­ d e n ts h a s c o l l a b o r a t e d on c a m p u s to b u ild a w a re n e s s an d ta k e a c tio n a g a in s t th e a tro c itie s in Sudan. S e n io r S te p h a n ie A b e rg e r, o n e o f th e f o u n d e r s o f th e g roup , said th is g roup w as a co llabo ra tion of m any ideas. “ It w a s o r ig in a l ly a s u b com m ittee of Peace C ollation bu t grew into a bigger group d ra w in g from s tu d e n ts from g roups all over the cam p u s ,” A b e r g e r s a id . “W h a t h a p ­ p e n e d w as t h a t in d iv id u a ls w ith d i f f e r e n t id e a s a b o u t o r g a n iz in g S u d a n e v e n ts c a m e t o g e t h e r a n d d e t e r ­ m ined th a t th e re w as a need for an u m b re lla o rg an iza tio n to o v e r s e e a n d c o o r d in a te even ts re g a rd in g the S u d an .” The g roup has fo rm ula ted a tw o-step p lan , a w aren ess and ac tion , to b a ttle the s itua tion in Sudan. C urren tly the group is in th e a w a r e n e s s p h a s e w h ile f i n a l i z in g p la n s fo r action . “ T h e c a m p a ig n is n o w focused on ra is in g aw aren ess — m aking peop le aw are th a t g en o c id e is h a p p e n in g r ig h t now ,” A berger said . P a tr ic k C o rrig an , an o r ig i­ n a l m e m b e r o f th e N o tre D am e S u d a n S te e r in g