A team of eight high school students and alumni from Wichita will make a stop in Lawrence on Wednesday during their 1,300-mile relay to Washington, D.C., to raise awareness about the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.

The students, five Wichita High School East seniors and three alumni, are trying to raise $100,000 to promote the Genocide Intervention Network’s civilian protection program through the relay called “Never Ignore, Never Forget.”

The relay begins Monday and will end June 20. Each student will run 13 miles each day in a relay format.