I wish I could say there was an epiphany that lead me to start 3 Generations. The summer of 2004 was beautiful and I hiked a lot. I also surfed the internet daily and gradually became aware that a genocide was unfolding in Darfur. With the growing awareness came a growing urge, then conviction, and finally an obsession with going to Darfur myself to see (and understand) what was really happening. The problem was I couldn’t figure out how I would get there: I was living in a sk... More

Jane Wells discusses her experience as a producer of the film, The Devil Came on Horseback, and that of her father, Sidney Bernstein, who documented the liberation of the concentration camps at the end of WWI Download the audio podcast or read the full transcript here. More

At our inaugural event, New York Times columnist Roger Cohen discusses his experience bearing witness in Iran, and the power of personal storytelling to both reveal atrocities and move an audience to take action. That message drives the film The Devil Came on Horseback, co-produced by 3G and produced by 3G founder Jane Wells. Chronicling the experience of Brian Steidle as an African Union observer... More

I am a reader and writer, and I believe in the transformative power of literature. I have been changed by books I’ve read and stories I’ve heard: stories have the power to shake people, to wake people up, and I don't want to live in a culture that sleeps while genocide continues. When I first encountered oral history as a grad student at Sarah Lawrence, it captivated my imagination. Oral history can be a canvas for voices that wouldn’t otherwise be read, and a vehicle for raising stories that must be told. In my work on oral ... More