Actors Come Clean for Congo

Mary Louise Parker, Sandra Oh, Brooke Smith, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Saffron Burrows speak out about conflict minerals and the crisis in the Congo.

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5 months ago
Agree

This is really fantastic, I think more awareness needs to be brought up in the western world regarding these conflict materials, and the companies like Debeers who create artificial shortages of diamonds to keep demand high, while working conditions in developing nations (who extract these minerals) are at the lowest levels imaginable.

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