"Back in June I met a remarkable young man called Gabriel Majok, a Sudanese teenager who a few years ago had walked from his burning village through Northern Uganda with his ’auntie’ and sister. When he
was younger his parents had been killed at the hands of rebels and his own life almost cut short when his joy for running led him into the path of a landmine.

Today a surgeon in Gulu removed shrapnel from under his ear, and in his words he is ‘so happy’. He will be back in school in Kampala in a few weeks on his long quest to become a doctor. Meanwhile, back in the Sudan, his sister has restarted primary education and is getting married.

Gabriel is the gentlest, happiest and most loving person I have ever met. This I find hard to understand.

But his hope for the future is shared by many of the young people that I met in Northern Uganda. Their fervent desire is for the war to finally end, their plea for stability and a chance to rebuild their culture and society.

Last times peace talks failed it was devastating for kids like Gabriel.
We cannot let this happen again."

We launched our series “What’s at Stake in the Juba Peace Talks?” as a reminder to the Ugandan government, LRA and international community that the stakes are too high in Juba to risk a collapse of the peace process and return to violence. But we want to hear from YOU about what you think the stakes are in Juba. Send your stories, reflections and ideas (please no more than 200 words) to pquaranto@ugandacan.org and we'll feature them here.

Here's what YOU've written about what the stakes are in the Juba peace talks:
Cate Johnson | Courtney Howard | Name Campaign's Cori Stern | Stephen Okello | Simon Goff | Who's next?

We finalize our series on "What's at Stake in the Juba Peace Talks?" by examining what's at stake for YOU in this peace process. Over the last two or three years, so many of YOU have come to deeply care about the situation in war-torn northern Uganda. Maybe you visited Gulu and were touched by the people you met there. Maybe you were moved by the story of two Canadians who walked 12km and slept outside each night for a month to tell the story of the child "night commuters." Maybe you saw Invisible Children or Uganda Rising, or maybe you saw the feature story on northern Uganda in the LA Times. Whatever your story, it's become connected with the stories of families in northern Uganda.

As more and more of YOU have come to care, we've joined together to demand attention and lobby our political representatives to help end this war. Tens of thousands of YOU in cities around the globe walked in GuluWalk Day in 2005 and 2006. Over 60,000 of YOU slept outside last April in the Global Night Commute. Thousands of YOU have participated in Uganda-CAN's political action drives. Thousands more of YOU have bought name tags with The Name Campaign or hosted screenings for Invisible Children at your school, church or community. Together, we've overcome international neglect and built momentum for a final end to this horror.

Last summer, we all cheered when the Government of Uganda and LRA agreed, under the mediation of South Sudan, to participate in peace talks. We called this "the best opportunity in over a decade to end the 20-year war in northern Uganda." Hundreds of YOU joined us in Washington D.C. for the Lobby Day to press the U.S. Government to support the peace process. Thousands more of YOU have called or written your political officials to urge them to strengthen the talks. Your hard work has made a difference, and northern Uganda has finally had hope that this war is coming to an end. Yet now our resolve is being tested. Peace talks are stumbling and may collapse without strong international backing to build confidence in the process. Our hard work of two years has brought us to this point. And so now, more than ever, we ask YOU: what's your stake in ending the war in northern Uganda?

In the coming weeks, we need YOU to tell your family, friends and especially political representatives what's at stake in the Juba peace process. Even with all the stakes we've explained over the last seven days, the peace talks remain a low priority for the international community. Only one thing can change that: YOU.

We continue our series on "What's at Stake in the Juba Peace Talks?" by looking at United States Government (USG) interests and investments in the region. Dating back to the Clinton Administration, the USG has seen Uganda as a strategic ally in a hostile region. This relationship was only strengthened after September 11, 2001 when President Museveni became one of the first African leaders to pledge his support of the Bush Administration and the U.S. invasion of Iraq. As a result, in the last five years, U.S. foreign military financing (FMF) and international military education and training (IMET) to Uganda have increased. The USG has also established a military air base at Entebbe airport. In addition, direct U.S. arms sales to East Africa and the Horn of Africa countries have increased from under one million dollars in 2003 to over $25 million in 2006. Weapons sales by authorised private weapon companies have also soared. Uganda leads the region with nearly $9 million in purchases from US authorised private arms dealers.

The relationship described above would seem very militarized, however there is more to US-Uganda relations. U.S. development assistance to Uganda has increased significantly over recent years: from $68.82 million in 2001 to $111.35 million in 2002 to $174.02 million in 2003. In 2006, according to The State Department, the USG provided "nearly $90 million in assistance to address the humanitarian crisis, peace initiatives, rehabilitation and development needs in northern Uganda." The USG has further given large amounts of assistance to democratization efforts in neighboring DR Congo, implementation of Sudan's CPA and humanitarian relief to Darfur. These have been investments for a more stable Great Lakes Region and Horn of Africa; peace could spark invigorated counter-terror efforts and expanded trade (incl. oil in southern Sudan and recently discovered in Uganda's Hoima district).

A successful peace process would not only save the USG money, but also provide a much better return on investments. Peace in northern Uganda will bolster the fragile CPA in Sudan and deescalate tensions in DR Congo. This will greatly benefit regional counter-terrorism initiatives, democratization and trade. However, with all this potential, the USG has remained largely silent on the Juba peace process and unwilling to provide needed support. This is irresponsible given the breadth of USG investments and involvement in Uganda. Especially now with the talks nearly collapsing, the USG could pressure Kampala to control UPDF activity in south Sudan, strengthen the Cessation of Hostilities Monitoring Team, and provide technical assistance to the mediator. The stakes are too high for the region and USG interests to allow this opportunity to slip away.

We continue our series “What’s at Stake in the Juba Peace Talks?” with a look at the influence of the peace process on the simmering conflict in Karamoja, the northeastern region of Uganda. Karamoja’s conflict is rooted in a history of arms proliferation, politicized ethnic conflicts and cattle rustling and fiercely-resisted disarmament programmes launched by the Ugandan military. Since the summer of 2006 the latest wave of military “cordon and search” operations have destroyed homesteads and granaries and resulted in the death of thousands of cattle. Resistance to the program crystallized in late October after a fierce battle between military forces and Karamajong warriors.

Civilians in northern Uganda have born the brunt of the suffering caused by the violence. The insecurity, combined with uncommonly bad droughts, have severely stressed food security and forced many to flee the region. Less than 20% of children in Karamoja are in school, compared to a national average of more than 80%. UPDF soldiers and Karamajong warriors have been implicated in gross human rights abuses during the fighting, including extrajudicial executions, rape, illegal arrests and detentions, torture, forced labor and extortion of money. The Ugandan government has denied allegations that its disarmament programme is heightening insecurity in the region.

The proliferation of arms in the region from conflicts in northern Uganda, southern Sudan, and Somalia has also fueled Karamajong cattle raids in the neighboring Iteso and Acholi regions of Uganda, undermining the Juba peace talks by making northern Uganda less secure and safe for IDPs to begin returning home. If the Juba peace talks succeed in bringing stability to northern Uganda despite this, the Ugandan government might be encouraged to seek a peaceful solution to the violence in Karamoja. However, a failure of the parties to the Juba talks to come to an agreement would greatly hamper efforts to address the arms proliferation, political tensions and humanitarian crisis in Karamoja.

We continue our series on "What's at Stake in the Juba Peace Talks?" by examining the impact of the talks on peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Toward the end of 2005, the LRA crossed over into northeastern DR Congo from southern Sudan. Based in Garamba National Park, a group of the rebels killed eight UN peacekeepers in January 2006. This fighting caused over 20,000 Congolese refugees to cross into Uganda. Since, there have been few accounts of LRA attacks in the area, but LRA presence in DR Congo has reignited hostility between Kinshasa and Kampala, along with adding another potential source of instability to DR Congo's conflict-laden eastern region.

Since 1998, more than four million people have been killed in eastern DR Congo as a result of rebel fighting, and invasions made by the armies of Uganda and Rwanda. A ruling in late 2005 by the International Court of Justice requires Uganda to pay $10 billion in reparations for crimes committed and resources plundered in Congo. Officials in Kinshasa have remained worried that the Ugandan army may again cross the border to access the rich resources. Fortunately, the presence of the UN Mission in Congo (MONUC) and a fragile peace process have brought some stability to the region in recent years. Last summer, Congolese went to the polls in an election hailed as the most important for Africa since South Africa's elections in 1994. Though there were minor instances of violence, the election was declared "fair and free." On 6 December, Joseph Kabila was sworn in as the first democratically elected president of the country.

Now as the DR Congo seeks to consolidate peace and democracy within its borders, the presence of active LRA rebels in Garamba poses a significant threat. In addition, the UPDF has already made plans to attack the rebels there if peace talks collapse. Such cross-border fighting has the potential to reignite a wider Great Lakes conflict. The Juba peace process has the potential to deescalate these hostilities and bring a peaceful resolution to this insecurity. If the talks collapse, it would be no overstatement to say the LRA will pose a deadly threat to regional peace and security.

The success or failure of the Juba peace talks has implications not only for northern Uganda, but also for the surrounding region. Two years ago, Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) agreed to a pact to end the decades-long civil war in southern Sudan. The pact, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), also boosted hopes for an end to the LRA rebellion in northern Uganda, which has been fuelled for over a decade by the military support and rear bases in southern Sudan provided by the NCP.

However, implementation of the CPA has been sporadic, and it remains uncertain whether the agreement will hold. The SPLM/A, which now leads the semi-autonomous Government of South Sudan (GOSS), lacks the institutional strength needed to implement the pact and rebuild the war-torn region. The NCP does not seem committed to the agreement, instead fearing that national elections in 2009 and referenda in 2011 could lead to the secession of South Sudan, which has vast oil deposits. The NCP depends on oil revenues from South Sudan to fund its security forces – including the janjaweed militias that are currently terrorizing the western region of Darfur.

The LRA rebels’ presence in southern Sudan is further weakening the CPA. They continue to destabilize the region, making it more difficult for the GOSS to rebuild institutions and communities. The NCP may also try to maintain its monopoly on political power and access to oil revenues by renewing its support for the LRA in an attempt to destabilize the south and prevent its secession. However, success in the Juba peace talks would help consolidate the gains towards peace and democracy in South Sudan initiated by the CPA over the past two years, which in turn are crucial to the hopes for the stabilization of Darfur.

part 3 in our series.... coming soon!

We launched our series "What’s at Stake in the Juba Peace Talks?" as a reminder to the Ugandan government, LRA and international community that the stakes are too high to risk a collapse of the peace process and a return to violence. Nowhere are the stakes higher than in northern Uganda. When the Juba peace talks began in July 2006, over 1.6 million internally displaced persons (IDPs)were living in camps in the north, and nearly 1,000 were dying every week from violence, disease, and malnutrition. Though progress in finding a political solution to the conflict has been slow, the talks have led to much-improved security. Access to the camps for humanitarian groups has increased greatly, and over 230,000 IDPs have returned to their homes.

However, the failure of the talks to gain momentum has forced 1.4 million northerners to remain in IDP camps. Because of lingering security concerns, often those who do return to rebuild homes are the heads of households, leaving disproportionate numbers of vulnerable people, such as elderly, handicapped, women and children, to remain in the camps. There they face pervasive gender-based violence, fires that damage homes, and poor access to proper water and sanitation services. A failure of the talks and return to violence would cause a massive increase in the number of IDPs and exacerbate the poor living conditions in the camps.

The Juba peace talks have the potential to end the humanitarian crisis and displacement in the northern Uganda, and are only the first hurdle northerners must face to address the monumental post-conflict challenges – reconciliation, land and food insecurity, HIV and AIDs and a failed economy – that await them. On January 25th, Cate Johnson wrote about Johnny, a former child soldier in northern Uganda who is deeply afraid of what the consequences of failure at Juba are. For him and millions of other northerners, they are too high for the world to allow the talks to fail.

humanitarian crisis in the north | Uganda's political future | implementing Sudan's CPA | stability in the eastern DR Congo | peace in Karamoja | US regional interests | YOU (who's next?)

With increasing concern that the historic Juba peace talks may collapse, humanitarian organizations and Uganda-CAN have been urging members of the international community - the US and UK governments, the United Nations, the African Union, IGAD - to step up action to rejuvenate confidence in the process. However, while these bodies recognize the fragility of the talks, the issue has remained a low priority. It is hard to understand this neglect, but perhaps the stakes are just not high enough to necessitate decisive action. Yet, we believe the stakes have never been higher. Resumed violence will not only reignite the suffering of northern Ugandans, but may threaten democratization in Uganda, international counter-terrorism initiatives and broader regional peace and security.

To highlight the dangerous consequences of collapsed talks, Uganda-CAN is launching an 8-day blog series, titled "What's at Stake in the Juba Peace Talks?" Each day, we will examine one area that will be greatly impacted by the future of the peace process: from displacement in Acholiland to implementation of Sudan's CPA to stability in Karamoja. As we post the series, individual posts will be available on this web page (see top of page). At the end of our series, we'll be launching an action for YOU to tell your political representatives why they have a stake in strengthening the Juba peace talks.

However, there's more that YOU can do: we want to hear your stories and ideas of what's at stake in the Juba peace talks. Do you know people in northern Uganda who will be greatly affected? Do you have ideas on why supporting the peace talks is in the interest of our governments? Do you have reflections on what you have at stake in the Juba process? Send your stories, reflections and ideas (please no more than 200 words) to pquaranto@ugandacan.org and we'll feature them here.

JoAnne Wu is a junior at Boston College, majoring in Elementary Education with a minor in Faith, Peace, and Justice Studies. She's passionate about issues surrounding children and social justice, so when she first heard about the night commuters in Uganda in the spring of 2006, her heart was immediately broken. Her involvement with the Uganda student movement began as JoAnne helped bring the Invisible Children Tour to BC and organized other on-campus screenings of the documentary. Besides doing everything she could to create awareness of the injustice and mobilize her campus and greater communities, she helped organize the Boston Global Night Commute as well. Thanks in large part to JoAnne's efforts, 300 Boston College students attended Boston's GNC! This past fall she attended the Uganda Lobby Day in DC and also helped organize GuluWalk in Boston. As her involvement has grown, so has her heart and passion for Uganda, and they continue to grow. She will be the head organizer for Invisible Children's event in Boston this Spring, and hopes to be able to teach in Uganda someday.

Below is the contact information of student coordinators working at Universities in your region. If you would like to join the movement, please contact the coordinator at your school to become involved. If your campus is not listed below and you’d like to find out how to get involved in your area or start a group on your campus, contact Patrick at pcorriga@nd.edu.

Alabama
Birmingham Southern College
Maria Presley
mspresle@bsc.edu

University of Alabama
Kristin Robinson
krobinson@aalan.ua.edu

Arkansas
Harding University
Jillian Lemons
jlemons@harding.edu

Florida
University of Florida
Mary Endreson
Me3385@ufl.edu

Georgia
Emory University
Betsy Cohen
elcohen@learnlink.emory.edu
Tricia Vannatter
Tricia.Vannatter@gordon.edu

University of Georgia
Lesley
Les619@uga.edu

Indiana
Depauw University
Sharon Crary
scrary@depauw.edu

Indiana University – Bloomington
Sandra Arao Ameny
amenysa@uindy.edu

University of Indianapolis
Kristen Siebert

University of Notre Dame
Christine McGlinchy
cmcglinc@nd.edu
Katie Mounts
kmounts@nd.edu
Lindsay Hero
lhero@nd.edu
Nicole Steele
nsteele@nd.edu
Patrick Corrigan
pcorriga@nd.edu

St. Mary’s College
Meagan Walerko
Mwaler01@saintmarys.edu
Rachael Stowe
Rstowe01@saintmarys.edu

Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Melanie Beckwith
beckwithmelanie@uky.edu

Missouri
College of the Ozarks
Devin McClelland
DevinDMcClelland@student.cofo.edu

Washington University of St. Louis
Reynolds Whalen
lrwhalen@artsci.wustl.edu

North Carolina
Duke University
Amin
Aa13@duke.edu
Corey Sobel
Cps13@duke.edu
Sharon Obialo
sso@duke.edu

East Carolina University
Jacek Teller
Jt0409@ecu.edu
Neil Klinedinst
NOK0421@ecu.edu

North Carllina AT&T
Moses Ochola
moochola@ncat.edu

University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Erica Bonana
elbodane@uncg.edu
Katie
standuncg@yahoo.com

North Carolina State University
Mariesa Carrow
mrcarrow@ncsu.edu

University of North Carolina
Bridget Basirico
brigb@email.unc.edu
Jennifer Monroe
jmmonroe@email.unc.edu
Jonathan Pourzal
pourzal@email.unc.edu

South Carolina
Clemson University
Sarah Sorachek
sworach@clemson.edu

Furman University
Caitlyn Griffith
Vivaciousno1@juno.com

Tennessee
University of Tennessee
Chris Martin
Cpm1107@gmail.com
Erin Bernstein
ebernste@utk.edu
Mona Sheth
nocturnalchika@yahoo.com
Sarah Graham
sgraham@utk.edu

Vanderbilt University
Angela Howard
Angela.c.howard@vanderbilt.edu
Grace Lago
Ulea.lago@vanderbilt.edu
Grafton Day
Grafton.e.day@vanderbilt.edu

Virginia
George Mason
Erin Neff
ziggydraven@hotmail.com
Kathleen Mackin
kathleenmackin@gmail.com

Liberty University
Jenn Hill
Jhill3@liberty.edu

University of Richmond
Genevieve Goulding
Genevieve.goulding@richmond.edu
Megan Sebasky
Megan.sebasky@richmond.edu

University of Virginia
Kate Meehan
katealyce@gmail.com

West Virginia
Marshall University
Jennifer Gail Bird
Bird36@marshall.edu

Below is the contact information of student coordinators working at Universities in your region. If you would like to join the movement, please contact the coordinator at your school to become involved. If your campus is not listed below and you’d like to find out how to get involved in your area or start a group on your campus, contact Beth at beth.tuckey@gmail.com.

Arizona
Arizona State University
Cortney Hale
Cortney.Hale@asu.edu

University of Arizona - Tucson
Shelley Green
mgreen@email.arizona.edu

California
Azusa Pacific University
Amber Oda
amberoda@apu.edu

University of California – Davis
sthardy@ucdavis.edu
shaharney@ucdavis.edu
zjredus@ucdavis.edu
mbreagh@ucdavis.edu

University of California – Santa Barbara
Erin Larive
elarive@gmail.com

University of California – Santa Cruz
Cole Cottin
ncottin@ucsc.edu
Theresa Ngoc Huynh
tnhuynh@ucsc.edu

California State – San Bernardino
Lindsey Haussaman
lindseyhaussamen@hotmail.com

Pepperdine University
Tiffany S. Gee
Tiffany.Gee@pepperdine.edu

University of San Diego
Ali Wolters
Awolters-09@sandiego.edu

University of Southern California
Pat Horan
pdhoran@gmail.com

Stanford University
Michael Wilkerson
mwilkers@stanford.edu
Selena Simmons-Duff
selenasd@stanford.edu

Illinois
University of Chicago
Grant Gordon
gmgordon@uchicago.edu

DePaul University
Amber Sylvester
Asylves2@STUDENTS.DEPAUL.EDU
Stephanie Photakis
sphotaki@students.depaul.edu

Dominican University
Mary Petrosko
petrmary@dom.edu

Illinois State University
Kevin Solarte
ksolart@ilstu.edu

Northwestern University
Keith Weghorst
k-weghorst@northwestern.edu
Sara Larson
s-larson@northwestern.edu

Olivet Nazarene University
Ryan Quanstrom
rquanstr@olivet.edu

Trinity Christian College
Esther Peters
Esther.Peters@tmty.edu

Wheaton College (Illinois)
Jenna Slagter
Coramdeo274@gmail.com

Kansas
Bethany College
Kimbery Streit
streitk@bethanylb.edu

Kansas State
Katie Whitney
kwhitney@ksu.edu

Kansas University
Caitlin Davies
Sanity4sale@gmail.com
Jenn Farwell
jenybeny@ku.edu
Nathan Mack
fordrlang@gmail.com
Terri Pohl
idance@ku.edu

McPherson University
Jessica Foulke
jessicafoulke@gmail.com

Michigan
Calvin College
Andrew Vanstee
Ajv28@calvin.edu

Central Michigan University
Amanda Meredith
Mered2aa@cmich.edu

University of Michigan
Kate Hensel
hensel@umich.edu

Grove City College
Kory Kaye
Kayeks1@gcc.edu

Hope College
Hana Wicks
Hanassa.wicks@hope.edu
Jason Shirk
Jason.shirk@hope.edu

Spring Arbor University
Drew
Rewfio@gmail.com

Minnesota
University of Minnesota
Erica Schwartz
Erica.n.schwartz@gmail.com

Texas
Baylor University
Carmen Jimenez
Carmen_Jimenez@baylor.edu
Rebecca Dutton
Rebecca_Dutton@baylor.edu
Stephanie Howe
Stephanie_Howe@baylor.edu

University of North Texas
Hanna Schwing
hschwing@gmail.com
Ryan
Rms0062@unt.edu

Utah
Brigham Young University
Chris Ward
chris@aintnosoldier.org
www.aintnosoldier.org

Washington
Seattle Pacific University
Matthew Behart
matador@spu.edu

University of Washington
Catherine Borden
cborden@u.washington.edu

Whitman College
Gabe Gill-Austern
gillaugm@whitman.edu

Wisconsin
Marquette University
Caleen Kennedy
Caleen.kennedy@marquette.edu
Greg St. Arnold
Gstarbp43@yahoo.com

University of Wisconsin
Meredith Sax Bourne
bourne@wisc.edu

Below is the contact information of student coordinators working at Universities in your region. If you would like to join the movement, please contact the coordinator at your school to become involved. If your campus is not listed below and you’d like to find out how to get involved in your area or start a group on your campus, contact Meghan at meghan.battle@gmail.com.

Alfred State College
Eric Wilmot
WilmotEJ@alfredstate.edu

Amherst College
Nora Lawrence
Nlawrence10@amherst.edu

University of Baltimore
Paul Chandler
Paul.chandler@ubalt.edu

Boston College
Meghan Battle
Meghan.battle@gmail.com

Boston University
Brandon Stinchfield
brandons@bu.edu

Brown University
Adam Perry
Adam_perry@brown.edu

Buffalo State College
Bradley Mazon
mazonbk@buffalostate.edu

University of Cincinnati
Rwebiita Atucungwiire
rwebiia@email.uc.edu

Colgate University
Courtney Richardson
crichardson@mail.colgate.edu
Henoch Derbew
hderbew@mail.colgate.edu
Marcelina V. James
mjames@mail.colgate.edu

University of Dayton
Emily Nohner
nohnerea@notes.udayton.edu

University of Delaware
Uganda Untold
Sarah Graham and Jessica Lyons
ugandauntoldud@gmail.com

Dickinson College
Erin Cass
casse@dickinson.edu

Eastern University
Daniel Leonard
dleonard@eastern.edu

Elizabethtown College
Megan Lippincott
lippincottm@etown.edu

Fairfield University
Mike Curran
09_mcurran@stagweb.fairfield.edu

Gettysburg College
Allison Caras
Acaras18@yahoo.com

George Washington University
Gina Lee
hanilee@gwu.edu
Lauren Waterhouse
Ljw@gwu.edu
Matt Vincent
mvincent@gwu.edu
Stephanie Pierce
Nybaby83@yahoo.com

Georgetown University
Alicia Dagny Chin
Adc25@georgetown.edu
Amber Callaway
Amc2221@yahoo.com

Harvard University
Robbie Ross
rjross@fas.harvard.edu

Houghton University
Jane Brown
Jane.brown@houghton.edu
Jenna Barnett
Jenna.barnett@houghton.edu

Howard University
Masake Kane
tabaara@yahoo.com
Msia Kabona Clark
Mikibonaclark@earthlink.net

Ithaca College
Kate Levinson
Klevins1@ithaca.edu

Johns Hopkins University
June Tibaleka
SLAMAIDS@jhu.edu

Kenyon College
Beth Tuckey
tuckeyb@kenyon.edu
Charlotte Nugent
Charlotte_nugent@gmail.com

Lesley University
Allison Mitchell
Amitche3@lesley.edu

University of Massachusetts – Amherst
Michelle Woodford
mwoodfor@student.umass.edu

Northeastern University
Olga Feingold
Feingold.o@neu.edu
Rebecca Collins
Collins.re@neu.edu

Oberlin College
Anne Horrman
Anne.hoffman@oberlin.edu

Ohio State University
Kenny Ferenchak
Ferenchak.1@osu.edu
Scott Hawksworth

Pepperdine Program (in DC)
Lindsay Joiner
Lindsay.joiner@pepperdine.edu

University of Pittsburgh
Janet Checkley
Jcc39@pitt.edu

Point Park University
Kelsey Kradel
Kelc2704@gmail.com

Providence College
Kevin Johnson
KevinRPJ@gmail.com

Saint Anselm’s University
Samantha Calhoun
scalhoun@anselm.edu

St. Bonaventure University
Carol Ann McCauley
Mccaulca@sbu.edu

St. Michael’s College
Margaret Rowlands
mrowlands@smcvt.edu
Melissa Goldberg
mgoldberg@smcvt.edu

St. Peter’s University
Christopher Kozlowski
ckozlowski@spc.edu

SUNY Stony Brook
Patrice Patterson
Trice365@yahoo.com

Swarthmore College
Katie Ashworth Chamblee
Matherine.chamblee@gmail.com

Syracuse University
Alexandra Moore
Aemoor01@syr.edu
John Mary Kiweea
jmkiweew@syr.edu

Towson University
Jengo Musa
Jmusa1@towson.edu

Tufts University
Lyle Friedman
Lyle22@hotmail.com

University of Vermont
Allyson Black-Foley
ablockfo@uvm.edu

Villanova University
Julia Kalloz
Juliz.kalloz@villanova.edu

Wellesley College
Alexis Frank
Afrank2@wellesley.edu
Elizabeth Biermann
Elizabeth.biermann@gmail.com
Pamela Hu
phu@wellesley.edu

Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
De Jordan
Mysticalstar5682@yahoo.com
scotthawksworth@gmail.com

Xavier University
Katie Labarge
labargeka@xavier.edu

The Uganda Conflict Action Network (Uganda-CAN) student movement is a nation-wide community of college-aged advocates in partnership with the people of Uganda who are united in their effort to inspire more responsible U.S. policy towards the conflict in northern Uganda.

The movement encompasses Uganda-CAN student groups at various Universities along with all students and student-organizations working for peace in northern Uganda. Our goal is to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis in northern Uganda and to take informed and effective action at the grassroots level to promote sustainable peace and development in the region. The Uganda-CAN student movement unites these groups so that with one voice, American college students can call for peace in Northern Uganda.

This website is primarily intended to facilitate communication and advocacy efforts by students. It serves to inform, network, coordinate, and empower students who share our passion and commitment to peace in northern Uganda in our mission of advocating. We encourage you to use the resources here and to communicate with each other so that together we can be effective advocates for peace in northern Uganda.

Beth Tuckey is a senior International Studies major at Kenyon College in Ohio. With a focus in Political Science and Africa area studies, she found the facilitation of an end to the war in northern Uganda to be an issue of particular interest. Beth first learned of the conflict during a semester abroad program with the School for International Training (SIT) in Uganda. Upon returning, she began work in Uganda-CAN’s Washington, D.C. office. Currently, Beth is pursuing a senior thesis topic on internally displaced persons (IDP’s) in northern Uganda and the role of international, national, and local governments in mitigating the IDP crisis. You can reach Beth at bethtuckey@afjn.org.

Patrick Corrigan is a senior at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana majoring in the Program of Liberal Studies and Peace Studies. He became involved in advocacy on behalf of the people of northern Uganda through studying the crisis in Darfur and seeing the conflict in a regional context. In the summer of 2006, Patrick taught secondary school in Jinja, Uganda. A research trip to Lira and Gulu in the north fueled Patrick’s advocacy efforts when he returned to America. He is writing a senior thesis on dilemmas posed by the involvement of the International Criminal Court in northern Uganda. You can reach Patrick at pcorriga@nd.edu.

Meg Battle is a sophomore at Boston College, majoring in International Studies and Human Development. She was especially drawn to work on the crisis in northern Uganda because of the way that this conflict has affected the region’s children. In the summer of 2006, Meg worked as an intern with Uganda-CAN in Washington, D.C. She looks forward to studying abroad in Uganda in the spring of 2007. You can reach Meg at meghan.battle@gmail.com.