Activism

Articles and Lectures

ARTICLES AUTHORED BY BRIAN LEBER

• "Trade Ban & Zimbabwe: Be The First To Say No"
  In Store, January 2010
  
  
• "Can a Burma Ban Make a Difference?
  Supporting a Ban: The Ethical Choice"
  Modern Jeweler, February 2008
  
  
• "A More Farsighted Approach to Burma"
  The Irawaddy, September 2005
  
  
• "Reaching the End of 'Business as Usual'"
  Professional Jeweler, May 2005
  
  
• "Colored Stones with a Conscience"
  humanrights.org, February 2005
  
  
• "Do One Little Thing"
  Professional Jeweler, August 2004
  
  
• "Banned: Burma Gems in the Crossfire"
  Ruby-Sapphire, October 2003
  
  
• "Burma: Conflict Ruby"
  Modern Jeweler, September 2003

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS AND INTERVIEWS

• Voice of America, “Zimbabwe and Conflict Diamonds.” January 21, 2010
  
  
• “Blood Diamonds in Zimbabwe,” Human Rights Watch, Chicago, IL, January
  20, 2010
  
  
• Chicago Public Radio, Worldview, hosted by Jerome McDonnell,
  “Blood Diamonds in Zimbabwe,” January 20, 2010
  
  
• National Public Radio, Tell Me More, hosted by Jacki
  Lyden, “Is Your Christmas Diamond Dirty?” December 22, 2009
  
  
• 60 Minutes, “A Blind Eye: Congo’s Conflict Gold,” November 29, 2009
  
  
• "An International Perspective: Natural Resource-Based
  Economies in the Coral Triangle," June 2009, Capitol Hill Oceans Week,
  Washington DC
  
  
• Al Jazeera English TV, “US Considers closing Myanmar
  Gem Loophole,” May 22, 2008
  
  
• Chicago Public Radio, Worldview, hosted by Jerome
  McDonnell, “Burmese Gem Ban Legislation,” May 8, 2008
  
  
• Chicago Public Radio, Worldview, hosted by Jerome McDonnell,
  Interview with Brian Leber, Aug 7, 2008
  
  
• Chicago Public Radio, Worldview, hosted by Jerome McDonnell,
  Interview with Brian Leber, Dec 4, 2007
  
  
• "Burma, Sanctions, and Gemstones," November 2007,
  US Congressional Human Rights Caucus, Washington DC
  
  
• "Greenwashing " (November 2007, Foresight Design, Panel Discussion
  
  
• "What is Ethical? The Jewelry Dilemma," October 2007, Washington, DC
  
  
• "The Hope of Responsibility; Ethics, Issues and the Jewelry Industry," March 2007, Washington, DC
  
  
• "Fair Trade: Is It Just an International Issue?" (March 2006, Foresight Design, Panel Discussion
  
  
• "Diamonds & Conflict: A Search for an Ethical Solution," February 2006, DePaul University, Lecture
  
  
• Advocacy trip to Washington, DC with Dr. Cynthia Maung of the Mae Tao Clinic , November 2005
  
  
• "Ethics and the Diamond Trade," November 2005, DePaul University, Lecture
  
  
• "Burma: The Case for Sanctions," February 2004, AGTA Tucson, AZ, Gem Conference