New York Tolerance Center Hosts Student Program

NEW YORK TOLERANCE CENTER HOSTS STUDENT PROGRAM WITH ACTOR DON CHEADLE & ACTIVIST JOHN PRENDERGAST, AUTHORS OFNEW BOOK NOT ON OUR WATCH

-NBC News Anchor Ann Curry Moderates the Q&A Portion of the Program-

Academy Award^TM-nominated actor Don Cheadle and leading human-rights activist John Prendergastjoined high school students from the New York metro area to discuss their mission to end genocide in Darfur and beyond as well as their new book Not On Our Watch on May1^st at Simon Wiesenthal Center’s NewYork Tolerance Center.

Both shocked and energized by this ongoing tragedy, Cheadle teamed up with Africa expert and activist John Prendergastto focus the world’s attention and write an empowering new book, Not On Our Watch. Beginning with each writer’s story of how they came to activism, Not On Our Watchrecounts a brief history of the atrocities in the Sudan, explains the politics behind U.S. involvement in the region, describes successful efforts of citizen action, and gives practicalstrategies that every one of us can adopt to help bring about change.

NBC Today news anchor and Dateline NBC co-anchor Ann Curry moderated the Q&A discussion with the authors and the students. A book signing and photo-op followed the discussion.