Corrie Hulse

Letter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…” Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as f…

"I am afraid because I am a naturalized US citizen. I came here at the age of six. I came as a refugee child whose whole world was a refugee camp right up until leaving for America. At forty-five, I am still the size of a child. Easy to shove, to push, to take."
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YouTube video by AMPLIFi Network Coffee with Love: From Djabal

Here is their most recent story, sharing about Sudanese coffee culture in Chad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXLO...

AMPLIFi | iACT (Powered by Donorbox) SUPPORT COMMUNITY-LED CITIZEN JOURNALISMThe communities iACT partners with have consistently told us there are real barriers to citizen journalism. However, what team members do not lack is a desire t...

Citizen journalists in Chad with @iact.ngo's AMPLIFi program are hoping to travel out to families who are living outside the refugee camps to tell their stories. Can you pitch in to fund their trip? We only need $76 more to make it happen.
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Yes.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

"In chants of ICE out now
Our city’s heart and soul persists
Through broken glass and bloody tears
On the streets of Minneapolis"

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I feel like working in nonprofit comms while your country is heading toward fascism should at least come with unlimited free coffee or something. I mean...

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

Protester in Minneapolis just before disappearing in gas: "Fuck you! Stop. Damn! I'm 70 years old and I'm fuckin' angry!"

I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity

I just feel so heavy. How many times can I open my phone and see a murder flash across my screen?

Ringing the Alarm Bells: Rising Authoritarian Practices and Erosion of Human Rights in the United States One year into President Trump’s second administration, the United States of America is showing a recognizable pattern of authoritarian practices and erosion of human rights that Amnesty International ...

"At stake are the rights that enable people to defend all other rights and live without fear from the arbitrary exercise of power and discrimination...When these rights are weakened, the harms do not stay contained – they spread."
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ICYMI: we're hiring! Come join our team at @iact.ngo!!

Stephen Miller sent a chilling message to ICE just days after an agent killed Renee Good. trib.al/82KBLQk

“To all ICE officers: You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties."

It's fine...everything is fine...

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

Hiring: Development Manager Join iACT as our new Development Manager.

Excited to share this new #job announcement from @iact.ngo. We are hiring a Development Manager. Come help us continue to resource and partner with conflict-affected communities!

I can't say enough about working for this org. Message me if you want to know more. #hiring
www.iact.ngo/post/hiring-...

U.S. unveils new plan for humanitarian aid after pausing contributions earlier this year The U.S. has pledged $2 billion in humanitarian aid to the United Nations, as part of a deal that will also overhaul how the U.S. funds foreign aid work going forward. The move comes after the U.S. pa...

"So, if this $2 billion is the end of the story and it's all the U.S. is going to provide, that is catastrophic, frankly." - Jeremy Konyndyk @refugeesinternational.org

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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.

"Worldwide, this year is the first in decades that early childhood deaths will increase, the Gates Foundation recently reported. Researchers said a key factor is the cuts to foreign aid."

I am so proud of this team and the AMPLIFi program. Please take a moment to watch their story on Sudanese coffee culture.

Man in black t-shirt filming a group using wooden tools to pound grain.

Guys, have I mentioned just how amazing the projects are that are coming in from the @iact.ngo AMPLIFi Citizen Journalists?! Here is just a glimpse of part 3 in their series on refugee farming in eastern Chad. #Chad #Sudan #citizenjournalism #refugee

Enough with sports-washing. Enough with funding genocide.

YouTube video by The Marshall Project ICE pepper sprays protesters in Tucson taco shop raid

Federal agents tossed tear gas canisters, released pepper spray and fired pepper balls at protesters, journalists and other observers during an operation Friday at a taco shop on the west side of Tucson, Arizona. See video from the scene:

Oh, well then…

EU rethinks UAE trade deal over alleged arms sales to Sudan – DW – 11/26/2025 Members of the European Parliament demand that the EU end talks with the UAE over a trade deal. The UAE is suspected of sending arms to a Sudanese paramilitary accused of war crimes, which the Emirati...

"If we fail to confront those who are financing and arming this war, we are only treating the symptoms and not the causes." #Sudan #RSF #UAE #SpeakOutOnSudan

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Refugee Voices: Why I Keep Working for Justice and Peace in Darfur and Sudan A message from Oumda on why he continues to work for justice and peace for the people of Darfur.

Thinking today of Al Fateh's article @iact.ngo posted almost exactly a year ago...

"The innocent civilians of Sudan are suffering, the kind of suffering that cannot truly be described."

#ElFasher #KeepEyesOnSudan #Darfur

www.iact.ngo/post/refugee...

Is anyone using Starlink, or debated using Starlink for internet services for their NGO? I have...thoughts...but I would be curious how people dealt with the benefit of the technology vs. the dilemma of the company.

Trump wants the military to use American cities as "training grounds" and Hegseth thinks rules of engagement are too strict. If these two--plus Miller and Homan--could get away with death squads, they would so do it. 1/2

girls on the soccer field in chad practicing mindfulness

boys on the soccer field in chad practicing mindfulness

Following the example of @iact.ngo soccer players today and taking a moment for mindfulness.

Breathe in, breathe out.

#RUSA #Chad #Sudan #Soccer #Mindfulness