STAND: A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition has grown to over 600 high school and college chapters in America and around the world to fight genocide in Darfur. Started by college students at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., the charity educates students about past and current genocides, raises funds and advocates political action around the world.

STAND joined the Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net) to become their student division. Student groups are encouraged to set up a chapter at their school. STAND can provide technical expertise and assist in organizing local chapters in the USA and around the world.

It is estimated over 400,000 people have died and 2.5-million people have been displaced in the Darfur area.

Genocide may be described as actions to destroy a national, ethnical, racial or religious group. The Armenian genocide of 1915 is regarded as the first of the 20th century, followed by the Holocaust of WWII, and followed by the Cambodian, Bosnian, and Rwandan genocides. The Darfur region of Sudan is the area of the most recent genocide that began in 2003.

Over $130,000 has been raised by STAND. The majority of the funds go to programs that protect civilians in Darfur.