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Creating an Impact in Human Rights
May 17, 2007
John Prendergast special advisor, International Crisis Group

John Prendergast, a Clinton administration adviser and avid human rights activist, discusses his involvement in a number of peace processes throughout Africa.

Politics & Public Affairs
Activism | Darfur | Human Rights | Military & Warfare
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Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I
Malik Neal
00:50:40
CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part II
Hill Harper
01:31:12
CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol
The Obama Year
Michael Porter
00:43:20
Harvard economist and business guru Michael E. Porter, pundit and advisor to presidents past David Gergen, Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier, and Atlantic Monthly senior editor Jack Beatty mix it up with a frank assessment of the President Obama's progress on his new agenda.
Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the 21st Century
James Orbinski
00:59:29
Physician and humanitarian James Orbinski discusses his new book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action for the Twenty-First Century.
Change Haiti Can Believe In: Part I
Paul Farmer
00:45:19
Paul Farmer, co-founder of Partners In Health; actor and activist Matt Damon, who recently visited Haiti to assist victims devastated by hurricanes; Massachusetts State Representative and Haitian-American Linda Dorcena Forry; and Brian Concannon, Jr., director of the Institute for Justice and Democr
Thomas Ricks: General Petraeus and the American Military in Iraq
Thomas E. Ricks
00:45:21
Washington Post correspondent Thomas E. Ricks discusses his newly in paperback exploration of the Iraq war, The Gamble: General Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq.
Image of Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond
Author: John Prendergast, Don Cheadle
Publisher: Hyperion (2007)
Binding: Paperback, 272 pages
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