NEW YORK TOLERANCE CENTER HOSTS STUDENT PROGRAM WITH ACTOR DON CHEADLE & ACTIVIST JOHN PRENDERGAST, AUTHORS OF NEW 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 Prendergast joined 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 May 1^st at Simon Wiesenthal Center’s New York Tolerance Center.

Both shocked and energized by this ongoing tragedy, Cheadle teamed up with Africa expert and activist John Prendergast to 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 Watch recounts 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 practical strategies 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.

L-R: John Prendergast, Ann Curry, Don Cheadle	L-R: SWC Trustee, Marc Utay; John Prendergast, Don Cheadle, Ann Curry, SWC NY Executive Board Member, David Jacobs & Robin Jacobs.