Well, it's been an eventful few months since I started my new job as Producer/Web Editor at Physicians for Human Rights, and I've been neglecting my online existence. So here's a quick-ish update, starting with the most recent events:
At the end of last week, McClatchy Newspapers broke the news of the several-years-long investigation by PHR's Campaign Against Torture into the cover-up of a mass grave in Afghanistan:
U.N. says Afghan graves were disturbed; physicians demand probe
Physicians for Human Rights Friday demanded an investigation in both Afghanistan and the U.S. of a McClatchy news report that a U.S.-allied warlord may have removed evidence from a mass gravesite in northern Afghanistan. » read more
Now the story broke several days before we expected it to, so I spent 15 hours on Thursday putting together a quickie quick-response video:
VIDEO: AFGHANISTAN'S MASS GRAVES
Physicians for Human Rights issued this video Friday in calling for an investigation of McClatchy's report that an Afghan warlord removed evidence of a war crime.
The story and video were also picked up by Daily Kos:
U.N. says Afghan graves were disturbed; security to protect site could happen tonight, if US approves.
"Removing evidence of an alleged mass atrocity is itself a war crime and must be investigated... . The Afghan Government, with the support of the U.N. and the international community, must move quickly to protect the site." However, without security assistance from NATO troops in Afghanistan, who're commanded by a U.S. general, the government in Kabul won't be able to secure the gravesite, Donaghue said in an interview with McClatchy Friday evening. Donaghue said that a NATO-controlled team was based less than three miles from the site, and that securing it is "something the ... team could do tonight if they wanted to."
Several days before that we launched the PHR Student Conference micro-site, capping off a few seven-day work weeks.
And a couple days before THAT, in recognition of World AIDS Day and the 60th anniversary of the UN's adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, PHR hosted a Town Hall event with John Kerry (via video).
The event started off with a video tribute to Senator Ted Kennedy, A Season of Hope. I worked some late nights to produce this, and I have to say, despite the short amount of time I had to work on it, it turned out pretty well. I even got to dust off my voice-over chops for the narration. In the week that it's been up on YouTube, it's gotten close to 8,000 views, and made PHR the ninth most-watched non-profit channel for the week! It even got a standing ovation at the event! (Yes, I know...they were applauding Kennedy, not me...but still...)
(Do you like very cool things? Watch this in High-Definition!)
The weeks before this event were crammed with unexpected activity with the complete collapse of Zimbabwe's health system.
While this was going on, we also had a team in Africa investigating conditions in the Darfuri refugee camps in Chad.
Prior to this flurry of activity, PHR's Health Action AIDS campaign hosted a West Coast Town Hall tour with Ugandan Parlimentarian Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye.
And prior to that...oh, yeah. I started this great new job at Physicians for Human Rights, producing websites and videos...and rock-musicals (maybe, someday...it could happen).
And on the lighter side of things:
BackStageBoston.com has continued to grow, although I must admit I've been a less-than-attentive publisher, developer, and blogger as of late (which is a shame, since BSB has been added to Boston.com's list of blogs to watch!)
And...the Ricky Gervais movie I'm in, This side of the Truth, should be coming out early next year, and Showtime's Brotherhood Season 2, with one fancy little episode starring yours truly as Roger Pullmocker, is available on DVD.
AND, Angela and I adopted our little Bacio Siam Solari Voss.
Coming soon: How Madoff Made Off with our Money!
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