John has been awarded seven honorary doctorates. He was also part of peace processes for Burundi (led by President Nelson Mandela), Sudan (led by Lazaro Sumbeiywo) and DR Congo. John is the author or co-author of eleven books.ĭuring his time in government, John was part of the facilitation team behind the successful two-year mediation led by Anthony Lake which ended the 1998-2000 war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, the deadliest war in the world at the time. He has been a big brother in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program for over 35 years to ten different boys, as well as a youth counselor and basketball coach. John has worked for the White House, the State Department, two members of Congress, the National Intelligence Council, UNICEF, Human Rights Watch, the International Crisis Group, and the U.S. John Prendergast is a human rights and anti-corruption activist as well as a New York Times best-selling author, and is the Co-Founder of the Sentry. He also helped organize the March for Our Lives in the aftermath of the Parkland school shooting. ![]() He has a unique position and ability to galvanize people around human rights issues, and over the years, he has also raised hundreds of millions of dollars for causes such as the Haiti earthquake victims, Indonesian tsunami and 9/11 victims. In 2019 he led a successful boycott of nine hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei following the country’s attempts to enforce the death penalty for homosexuality. The pair, along with John Prendergast, were also arrested in 2012 when they were part of the delegation that peacefully demonstrated in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., calling worldwide attention to the human rights violations being committed in Sudan. His first trip was with his father, Nick, after which they spoke at the rally for Darfur on the Washington Mall, which attracted 100,000 participants. He has traveled to active war zones in Darfur, the Nuba Mountains, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He also co-founded two other human rights initiatives, Not On Our Watch and The Satellite Sentinel Project, which joined together with the Enough Project to become The Sentry. ![]() George has advocated for peace in African conflicts directly with numerous heads of state and legislators around the world. ![]() He has testified at the UN Security Council as well as before the US Senate on multiple occasions about the need for accountability for atrocities committed in Darfur. George has been deeply involved in creating accountability for genocide and other atrocity crimes in Africa and beyond for nearly two decades. George Clooney is the co-founder of the Clooney Foundation for Justice, as well as the Co-Founder of the Sentry.
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