Oxfam America
Project Title
For congressional education on armed conflicts, fragile states, and humanitarian crises
Date
Jun. 06, 2024
Duration
30 months
Description
Despite the role of Congress in foreign and national security policy, congressional members and the staffers who support them do not always come to Washington, D.C. familiar with the complexities of international relations. To help deepen their understanding of and inform their decisionmaking on foreign policy, a program of OXFAM America will educate congressional members and staffers about conditions in countries experiencing conflict or humanitarian crisis. Through a series of in-person briefings, OXFAM America, through its Oxfam Rights In Crisis Briefing Series, will expose key bipartisan and bicameral lawmakers to the perspectives of communities affected by crises. The series will aim to build congressional awareness of what is happening on the ground and identify U.S. governmental approaches that can best address them.