Welcome to Congo Action Now (CAN), a Massachusetts and New Hampshire based advocacy group working to support the Congolese people in their efforts to end the conflict and the violence associated with it, to expose the illegal mining of conflict minerals, to pressure the multinational companies that trade in them to stop, and to ensure that US policy supports these goals.
What's New
CAN is currently focused on supporting the Conflict Minerals Bill in the Massachusetts Legislature. For more information on the bill and how you can get involved, please see the Take Action section of our website.
Click on the tabs to learn more about the conflict in the DRC, the effects on women and children, and how the war is fueled by the trade in conflict minerals. Here you will also find information about who we are, what we are doing, and how you can help.
In October 2009, Congo Action Now drafted a resolution that was passed by the Cambridge City Council. Read it here.
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Congo Action Now partners with U.S.-Congolese for Peace, Unity, and Development, with the Shalupe Foundation, and with Villages Cobayes (VICO) in Bukava, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
CAN is a project of the Boston branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. For more information about WILPF’s peace and justice work, visit www.boston.wilpf.org.
What's New
CAN is currently focused on supporting the Conflict Minerals Bill in the Massachusetts Legislature. For more information on the bill and how you can get involved, please see the Take Action section of our website.
Click on the tabs to learn more about the conflict in the DRC, the effects on women and children, and how the war is fueled by the trade in conflict minerals. Here you will also find information about who we are, what we are doing, and how you can help.
In October 2009, Congo Action Now drafted a resolution that was passed by the Cambridge City Council. Read it here.
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Congo Action Now partners with U.S.-Congolese for Peace, Unity, and Development, with the Shalupe Foundation, and with Villages Cobayes (VICO) in Bukava, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
CAN is a project of the Boston branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. For more information about WILPF’s peace and justice work, visit www.boston.wilpf.org.
