Ryan Gosling Takes Photos for New Book, 'Congo Stories'
For their new book released this week, 'CONGO STORIES', NY Times bestselling author John Prendergast, Congolese activist Fidel Bafilemba, and Ryan Gosling traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo to document by turns shocking, enthralling, inspiring stories of individual heroism.
Kean Human Rights Institute to Screen THE GOOD LIE, 10/8
John Prendergast, Kean University's Human Rights Senior Fellow, will present a screening of The Good Lie on October 8 at 7:15 p.m. in the state-of-the-art STEM Auditorium, located in Kean's STEM Building. The premiere will be attended by Mr. Prendergast, an internationally acclaimed human rights activist, who appears in the film and has a longstanding relationship with the University.
George Clooney Expands Human Rights Satellite Project
During a speech yesterday, May 20, at the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity dinner, George Clooney announced a significant expansion of the Satellite Sentinel Project, an initiative he co-founded three years ago. While it will continue to use satellite imagery to monitor and warn against human rights abuses in war-torn Sudan and South Sudan, the Satellite Sentinel Project will expand its focus to undertake forensic investigations to reveal how those committing mass atrocities are funding their activities and where they are hiding their stolen assets.
Photo Coverage: Goldberg, Rashad, Perez and More at the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts
William Ayers, Jimmie Briggs, Ruby Dee, Alvin Epstein, Melissa Fitzgerald, Maxine Greene, Margie Gillis, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill T. Jones, Herbert Kohl, Francis Lucerna, Leonard Lopate, Winter Miller, Tom Oppenheim, Rosie Perez, John Prendergast, Phylicia Rashad and Anna Deavere Smith are among the many artists that participated in the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts.
Mira Sorvino & Jeffrey Wright Open Harold Clurman Festival
Kicking off the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts, the Stella Adler Studio hosts Art and Social Activism Spotlight on Africa, a panel discussion with Melissa Fitzgerald (actress, The West Wing, activist, Voices of Uganda), John Prendergast (author, Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond, chair of ENOUGH Project), Mira Sorvino (Academy award-winning actress, Mighty Aphrodite, ambassador Amnesty International), Winter Miller (playwright, In Darfur) and Jeffrey Wright (actor, W., Angels in America, spokesperson for All for Africa), on Friday, October 17 at 7pm at Cooper Union's Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street, New York, NY.
Goldberg, Perez, Rashad and More to Participate in Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts
William Ayers, Jimmie Briggs, Ruby Dee, Alvin Epstein, Melissa Fitzgerald, Maxine Greene, Margie Gillis, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill T. Jones, Herbert Kohl, Francis Lucerna, Leonard Lopate, Winter Miller, Tom Oppenheim, Rosie Perez, John Prendergast, Phylicia Rashad and Anna Deavere Smith are among the many artists that will be participating in the upcoming Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts.
London's Donmar to Present Staged Reading of 'In Darfur'
The Public Theater has announced that The Donmar Warehouse in London, in association with producer Arielle Tepper Madover, will present a staged reading of Winter Miller's In Darfur on July 9, the same day that The Public will host a reading of the play at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.