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Mark Hanis
President, Genocide Intervention Network
Mark Hanis is the Founder and President of the Genocide Intervention Network. Genocide Intervention Network’s mission is to empower individuals and communities with the tools to prevent and stop genocide.
Several events in Mark’s life put him on a course of anti-genocide activism, including work with Columbian asylum seekers and torture victims. Mark also spent seven months in Sierra Leone at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), during which time he worked alongside many refugees which opened his eyes further to the conditions of the victims of atrocities.
Mark has been honored with Ashoka, Echoing Green and Draper Richards Fellowships and he is a 2009 World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Mark and Genocide Intervention Network have been featured in the New York Times, Christian Science Monitor and The New Republic as well have appeared on a number of media outlets, including CNN Headline News, NBC, MSNBC and NPR.