Nearly 400,000 people were destroyed by violence, disease, and malnutrition in the Darfur Genocide that continues today. Proof’s book Darfur: Twenty Years of War and Genocide in Sudan traces the conflict through a series of photographs that commemorate those who have died and those who have survived. The exhibition “Darfur: Photo Journalists Respond” includes thirty photographs taken in Darfur. These images represent the reality of the genocide. It is time to allow the photographs not only to inform viewers but also to inspire them to take action against the ongoing violence …

During the last 20 years, countries around the world have been torn apart by ethnic, religious, and political violence. Shattered social relations, mutual distrust, unhealed wounds, and narratives of hatred and revenge devastate communities, leaving them vulnerable to future outbreaks of violence …

Nearly half a million children have been engaged in more than 85 conflicts worldwide. As armed conflict proliferates, an increasing number of children are exposed to the brutalities of war. Boys and girls around the world are recruited to be child soldiers by armed forces and militant groups, both forcibly and voluntarily …