SSAGE Starts Strong With Congo Crisis Talk

This semester, College third-year Afrina Maruf founded STEM Students Against Genocide and for Ethics with the goal of educating people on the influence STEM fields have on humanitarian crises. The organization’s efforts officially began Oct. 30. They hosted a teach-in about the ongoing humanitarian crisis and genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and how tech companies like Apple have contributed to it. For Maruf, Friday’s event represented multiple years of research into the dark side of STEM. “Ever since I gained interest in STEM, I noticed that a lot of the community had trouble with ethical or moral issues,” Maruf said.

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