Second Life Takes on Darfur Conflict

A virtual world rally against the Darfur conflict was held in Second Life Tuesday, with actress Mia Farrow speaking on the importance of educating residents about the struggle in Sudan and what could be done to end the crisis.

Cambridge, Mass.-based Lichtenstein Creative Media, an independent media production company, organized a Second Life exhibit entitled "Our Walls Bear Witness -- Darfur: Who Will Survive Today?"

The exhibit was unveiled by Farrow, who works as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador; John Heffernan, director of the Genocide Prevention Initiative for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's Committee on Conscience; and Ron Haviv, the award-winning photojournalist whose images of Darfur were on display. ...