This op-ed was co-authored with Rep. Barbara Lee and originally appeared on the Huffington Post.
As we gather to mark April as Genocide Awareness month, to recognize atrocities across the world and throughout history, it's important not just to recognize the past, but to learn from it.
Ten years ago this month, the international community joined together to bring the world's attention to brutal attacks that led to the deaths of 300,000 men, women, and children, and the displacement of a further 4 million. These attacks were perpetrated by the regime headed by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir against his own people in Sudan's Darfur region
We have called attention to these atrocities for years, but the nightmare for the people of Darfur isn't over.
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