Hey there.
We at Ask the Candidates want to create the most effective community possible to raise political will to end genocide in Darfur. To that end, we have a few conditions by which both we and our members need to abide in order to achieve our goals. We'll keep them short — but they're important.
Who are "we"? AskTheCandidates.org is operated by the Genocide Intervention Network, ENOUGH Action Fund, STAND and the Save Darfur Coalition.
The Genocide Intervention Network, STAND and the Save Darfur Coalition are each 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations in the United States. The ENOUGH Action Fund is a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization. As 501(c)(3) and (4) organizations, we are and must remain nonpartisan and maintain a nonpartisan website. We do not intend to either endorse or oppose any particular candidate. Thus, our first community guideline:
Members of AskTheCandidates.org will not use the website to explicitly endorse or oppose any candidate. Postings, comments and events with such content will be deleted. Additionally, you should recognize that by using any portion of this site, you are consenting to our Terms of Use. For our part, you won't see any endorsements from our staff — we're not building up to an announcement of "The Darfur Candidate." We want all candidates in all parties to make ending genocide a priority now, regardless of their past records.
We want our members to feel safe in this community, and able to pursue their anti-genocide activism without being attacked by other members. For that reason:
Members of AskTheCandidates.org will not harass one another, engage in illegal activity, or attempt to harvest or disclose private information. Members of AskTheCandidates.org agree not to post any information that is libelous, obscene, defamatory or which attacks a person due to their race, gender, political party, religion or creed, age or citizenship status, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender expression or military status.
We at AskTheCandidates.org have a pledge for you as well — this is a community, after all!
AskTheCandidates.org will not sell, lend or give private information about you to any other organizations without your explicit consent. AskTheCandidates.org will not send you unsolicited "spam" e-mail, and you will be free to unsubscribe from any mailing lists for which you sign up, or cancel your membership entirely, without repercussion. See our privacy policy for more information.
One final guideline we want to follow in this community — authorship:
Members of AskTheCandidates.org will not imply that AskTheCandidates.org endorses your posts or comments on this website. AskTheCandidates.org will not use members' postings in promotional material without members' explicit consent.
We hope these terms will help us to create an effective anti-genocide community — if you have any questions, please do contact us. And hey, thanks for reading this far! Show that kind of dedication in your anti-genocide work and we'll have this thing licked in no time!
Best,
Janessa, Jess, Lisa and the AskTheCandidates.org team
