Sending a Message - The Genocide Awareness Project

 GAP event in Knoxville, TN. Image taken from generationsforlife.org.

If you happened to be walking between the campus bookstore and Peterson Hall buildings any time last week, it is likely that you stumbled upon the large display of photographs demonstrating the seriousness of abortion in regards to genocide. The display was put on by a group known as The Genocide Awareness Project, which travels to various universities across the country bringing awareness to individuals about the seriousness of abortion in comparison to historically recognized forms of genocide. Although the displays are not pleasant, the GAP holds that they represent an injustice that words alone fail to tell.

Jared Ramirez, a 30-year-old volunteer with the program, says that "sometimes it takes such shocking pictures to make people stop and think." Having been with the program for two years now, Jared works full-time as a general contractor and decided to volunteer with the program after seeing their display in Berkeley. He liked their message and purpose and became a financial supporter of the cause. Soon after he came on-board in helping with the construction and set-up of the displays, and also helps to inform and talk with students about the project.

 "Having a mother and father both born into very unfavorable conditions for their time, I'm glad that they weren't simply aborted as 3,600 others are every day," Ramirez says. "People don't realize that just as 2,403 were killed in Pearl Harbor, and 2,937 were killed on September 11, even more are killed every day in the United States through abortion alone."

The projects main goal is helping to raise individuals awareness and knowledge about the magnitude of this issue and what pro-choice really means. For more information or ways to get involved with the project you can visit http://abortionno.org/index.php/the_genocide_awareness_project_gap.