WHERE TO LEARN MORE & HOW TO HELP  

 

Conversations on Conflict Photography aims to get visitors thinking about the many issues explored in this exhibition and to take those thoughts forward into action.  

The curators and photographers in this exhibition have selected a few organizations that do important work. You are encouraged to learn more about them—to see the kinds of work they do and to donate, if inclined. This is one way of carrying the conversation forward. 

Masked woman praying at a cemetery at night illuminated by the candles in the gravestone

African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund

  • “Too often the places where significant African American history happened have been unrecognized for the important role they play in the fabric of American society. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is working to fill this gap through our African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.”
    https://savingplaces.org/african-american-cultural-heritage#.YOB5lxNKhfW



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Congo Kids Initiative

  • “Congo Kids Initiative (CKI) supports children impacted by the decades-long war being  fought in Eastern Congo. Working with local implementing partners, CKI provides financial and communications support for programs designed to allow children to enter adulthood with resources and tools. [...] Children who have lost their parents and communities to conflict need medical attention, nutrition, shelter, education, and love. CKI works with local partners who can provide these resources while navigating changing stability in the region.”  http://www.congokidsinitiative.org/ 


DirectRelief

  • “The organization is leveraging its global distribution infrastructure and financial resources to aid in the response, with emergency deliveries of protective gear and critical care medications leaving daily for medical facilities across the U.S. and world. Emergency funding is bolstering health facilities in hard-hit areas.”
    https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/ 


Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) 

  • This is an impartial, independent organization that works around the globe, providing medical aid where it is most needed. “Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) works in conflict zones, after natural disasters, during epidemics, in long-term care settings, and more. Our teams provide medical care for millions of patients every year in many different types of projects. MSF often hits the headlines when an emergency dominates the news, such as an earthquake, tsunami, or war. But we are constantly responding to urgent humanitarian needs, from disaster response to longer-term medical programs.” https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/  


The Enough Project

  • “The Enough Project supports peace and an end to mass atrocities in Africa’s deadliest conflict zones. Together with its investigative partner, The Sentry, Enough counters armed groups, violent kleptocratic regimes, and their commercial partners that are sustained and enriched by corruption, criminal activity, and the trafficking of natural resources. By helping to create consequences for the major perpetrators and facilitators of atrocities and corruption, Enough seeks to build leverage in support of peace and good governance. Enough conducts research in conflict zones, engages governments and the private sector on potential policy solutions, and mobilizes public campaigns focused on peace, human rights, and breaking the links between war and illicit profit. 
    https://enoughproject.org/ 

 

Fundación Gabo
(a.k.a Fundación Gabriel García Márquez para el Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano)

  • This organization aims to “promote better journalism and the stimulation of creativity, with an emphasis on the workshop method and on the memory of the founder Gabriel García Márquez.” Core value include: excellence, independence, respect, camaraderie, innovation, collaboration and communication.
    https://fundaciongabo.org/es 


Human Rights Watch

  • “Human Rights Watch investigates and reports on abuses happening in all corners of the world. We are roughly 450 people of 70-plus nationalities who are country experts, lawyers, journalists, and others who work to protect the most at risk, from vulnerable minorities and civilians in wartime, to refugees and children in need. We direct our advocacy towards governments, armed groups and businesses, pushing them to change or enforce their laws, policies and practices. To ensure our independence, we refuse government funding and corporate ties. We partner with organizations large and small across the globe to protect embattled activists and to help hold abusers to account and bring justice to victims.” 
    https://www.hrw.org/ 


 Magnum Foundation

  • “Magnum Foundation was conceived to empower independent, long-form visual storytelling on social issues. Our work is grounded in the belief that images are a powerful tool for engaging issues and ideas, and that stories told in creative new ways by image-makers working within their own communities have the possibility to transform how we see and understand the world.” 
    https://www.magnumfoundation.org/ 


Majority World

  • This photo agency “works with talented photographers from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. We specialize in sourcing high quality images from these diverse continents, which provide unique insights into local cultures, environments and development issues. [...] 

    There are many talented photographers from the majority world - Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. But until now, they have remained largely invisible to the global image market.” 
    www.majorityworld.com
           

Stand Proud Congo

  • “By providing free mobility-enhancing treatment and equipment, U.S., U.K., and Swiss Charity Stand Proud improves the dignity and social integration of impoverished children and youth with motor disabilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” 
    https://www.standproud.org/


UNICEF

  • “UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. UNICEF works with partners around the world to promote policies and expand access to services that protect all children.” 
    https://www.unicef.org/