Hello, welcome to our blog!  This is our first post and we didn't really know what to post here so we figured it'd be safe to just do an introduction.  We are obviously the Chase Upstanders and yes, we are against genocide.  We are part of the STAND organization.  We are one of the three middle schools that have a STAND chapter in the U.S.  It's mainly a group that is in high schools and colleges.

     We are trying to empower our young people to take action to change the world.  If our youth tries to stop genocide then it can be stopped.  It just takes effort to change something.  The world is in your hands, you just have to figure out what you want to do with it.

     The definition of genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people by the government, especially those of a specific ethnic group or nation.  Genocide can be classified as a type of suicide.  You're killing yourself when genocide is committed.  It hurts you, not only the people that you hurt.  It kills everything about you that makes you who you are.  It's a crime so you will be put in jail for it.  It hurts you too.

     Genocide is something that needs to cease in this world.  It will hurt the world in a way that cannot be repaired if it continues.  If we all give a little effort to help the cause then we can defeat genocide.  This is what the Chase Upstanders stand for.  We stand for all the people who have been affected by genocide.  We stand for defeating genocide.  We stand for peace.

- Chase Upstanders