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Michael McConnell was the Regional Director of the American Friends Service Committee. He organized protests, vigils and marches in the name of peace.

While the vote to determine whether southern Sudan becomes an independent country continues, Jerome and Radio M host Tony Sarabia examine the work of one of Sudan’s most celebrated young artists.

For decades now, Ada Deer has been fighting for the rights of American Indians.The activist and educator has even taken on the powers that be in D.C. to reinstate federal recognition of her own tribe, the Menominee of Wisconsin.Deer was later named Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs at the U.S.