About Invisible Conflicts

Invisible Conflicts is a student organization started at Loyola University Chicago devoted to exposing the conflicts which are neglected by most western media and governments. We tell the stories of these invisible conflicts through the use of film, music, and conversations. It is the mission of IC to build relationships between communities of power and privilege to communities of poverty and oppression.

IC Plunge


On December 5 we will gather at Hartigan beach located at Albion St. & Lake Michigan near the Loyola University Campus where we will sprint into freezing cold Lake Michigan to raise money for the children of The Dwan Madiki Partnership in Northern Uganda, and ELIMU in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and to raise awareness about the two oldest humanitarian conflicts in Africa.

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Global Witness


http://www.globalwitness.org

Global Witness exposes the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and international trade systems, to drive campaigns that end impunity, resource-linked conflict, and human rights and environmental abuses.

IC Plunge


On December 5 we will gather at Hartigan beach located at Albion St. & Lake Michigan near the Loyola University Campus where we will sprint into freezing cold Lake Michigan to raise money for the children of The Dwan Madiki Partnership in Northern Uganda, and ELIMU in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and to raise awareness about the two oldest humanitarian conflicts in Africa.

From Rebel-Held Congo to Beer Can


By Thomas Fessy and Mark Doyle, BBC News, Mwenga

High in the mountains of South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a Congolese miner caked in sweat and dust hacks at rock in search of precious minerals.

Some of his fellow miners in the region look for coltan, a mineral used in the manufacture of mobile phones. Others search for gold.

This man is using an iron stake and a simple shovel to dig for cassiterite, or raw tin.

Much of the final product from the efforts of cassiterite miners like him ends up as the microscopically-thin layer of tin which lines metal food and drink cans.

Poverty-Stricken Father of Slumdog Millionaire Child Star Rubina Ali Plans to Sell His Nine-Year-Old Daughter.


By Mazher Mahmood, 19/04/2009 - Huffington Post

Father tries to cash in on daughter's fame

By Mazher Mahmood, 19/04/2009

THE poverty-stricken father of Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina Ali plans to become a millionaire himself-by SELLING his nine-year-old daughter.

In a bid to escape India's real-life slums, Rafiq Qureshi put angel-faced darling of the Oscars Rubina up for adoption, demanding millions of rupees worth £200,000.

Free The Slaves


http://www.freetheslaves.net/Page.aspx?pid=183

Free The SlavesFree the Slaves is a not for profit organization made up of people who don't want to live in a world with slavery. And they're willing to do something about it.

We don't waste time debating which kind of slavery is worse -- brick kilns or carpet looms, sex or domestic, new or old -- it's all horrible. Slavery is a dark slash across the heart of all humanity.

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