Stamp Out Violence Against Women and Girls of the Congo
- 15 years ago
Mary Fanaro, founder of humanitarian fashion brand OmniPeace, and new media veteran/award winning director Adam Cunningham, have released a powerful and thought provoking viral video addressing the crisis in Congo that is responsible for killing over 5.2 million people over the past decade.
With the goal of raising awareness of the use of “conflict minerals” in our everyday electronics, Fanaro’s goal is to educate the American public on how to help stop the violence in Congo. The purchase of conflict minerals - minerals found in all our laptops, computers, cell phones, mp3 players, video game consoles and other electronic appliances - is funding the world’s worst conflict since World War II.
Though the brainchild of Fanaro, a team including director Adam Cunningham, producer Shab Azma, cinematographer Ben Kufrin, editor David Saperstein, choreographer Liz Sroka and even original iPod commercial star Sixx Carter worked together to bring the call-to-action video to life.
Fanaro points out that this video is not an attack on the consumer electronics companies, many of whom are already taking steps to help address the issues. “We are reaching out to the biggest and best technology companies in the world who are the only ones who can help stop the violence. They are the ones who can make the change and end the suffering of millions of women and girls who are needlessly caught in the middle of this vicious war.”
OmniPeace hopes that this viral video reaches, educates and inspires people to take action and be moved to pass it along to friends, families and colleagues. Ways to take additional action like reaching out to our government leaders, consumer electronics companies and communities to take a stand against the continuing trade and use of conflict minerals from Congo can be found at www.omnipeace.com.
With the goal of raising awareness of the use of “conflict minerals” in our everyday electronics, Fanaro’s goal is to educate the American public on how to help stop the violence in Congo. The purchase of conflict minerals - minerals found in all our laptops, computers, cell phones, mp3 players, video game consoles and other electronic appliances - is funding the world’s worst conflict since World War II.
Though the brainchild of Fanaro, a team including director Adam Cunningham, producer Shab Azma, cinematographer Ben Kufrin, editor David Saperstein, choreographer Liz Sroka and even original iPod commercial star Sixx Carter worked together to bring the call-to-action video to life.
Fanaro points out that this video is not an attack on the consumer electronics companies, many of whom are already taking steps to help address the issues. “We are reaching out to the biggest and best technology companies in the world who are the only ones who can help stop the violence. They are the ones who can make the change and end the suffering of millions of women and girls who are needlessly caught in the middle of this vicious war.”
OmniPeace hopes that this viral video reaches, educates and inspires people to take action and be moved to pass it along to friends, families and colleagues. Ways to take additional action like reaching out to our government leaders, consumer electronics companies and communities to take a stand against the continuing trade and use of conflict minerals from Congo can be found at www.omnipeace.com.