An Evening with Don Cheadle and John Prendergast May 5, 2007

Save the Date: May 5, 2007
An Evening with Don Cheadle and John Prendergast

Join us on Saturday, May 5, 2007 for an evening with Don Cheadle, star of Hotel Rwanda and Crash, and John Prendergast, Senior Advisor at the International Crisis Group, who will discuss the genocide in Darfur and the mounting humanitarian crises throughout the world. The two have recently co-authored the highly anticipated book, Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond (Hyperion, May 2007).

This free, ticketed event will be held at 7:00 p.m. at the State Theater at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. For more information, please contact [email protected].

This event is part of the Facing History and Ourselves and The Allstate Foundation?s Community Conversations series, which invites prominent scholars, authors, filmmakers, and policy leaders to speak about issues of civic engagement, individual and collective responsibility, and
tolerance.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Facing History and Ourselves is an international educational and professional development organization whose mission is to engage students of diverse backgrounds in an examination of racism, prejudice, and antisemitism in order to promote
the development of a more humane and informed citizenry. By studying the historical development and lessons of the Holocaust and other examples of genocide, students make the essential connection between history and the moral choices they confront in their own lives.

Official Website: http://giving.facinghistory.org