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Quote: John Prendergast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Campus Progress Conference Washington, D.C. July 2008 John Prendergast (born March 21, 1963, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a human rights activist and author. His current activism focuses on Sudan, Somalia, northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad and Zimbabwe. Activism Prendergast is Co-Founder of the Enough Project,[1] an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity. During the Clinton administration, he was involved in a number of peace processes in Africa,[2] while he was director of African Affairs at the National Security Council[3] and Special Advisor at the Department of State. Prendergast has also worked as a youth counselor[4] and basketball coach.[5] He has authored eight books on Africa, including Not On Our Watch, a New York Times bestseller[6] and NAACP non-fiction book of the year that he co-authored with actor Don Cheadle.[7] Prendergast is currently working on two new books for publication by Random House, one that focuses on his 25 years in the Big Brothers program and the other on human rights and peace activism.[8] He has helped create several documentaries, including George Clooney's Sand and Sorrow,[9] Don Cheadle's Darfur Now,[10] Tracy McGrady's 3 Points[11] and Emmanuel Jal's War Child.[12] He also co-produced Journey Into Sunset, about northern Uganda.[13] Prendergast consults on scripts for movies and for television shows, including an episode of NBC's Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,[14] which focused on child soldiers. He has taken a number of television news programs to Africa, including Nightline[15] and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer [16] and has been part of a series of episodes of CBS 60 Minutes,[17][18] which earned an Emmy Award[19] for Best Continuing News Coverage. In his most recent collaboration with 60 Minutes, Prendergast took them to the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate how the mining of precious minerals in eastern Congo and our demand for electronics helps fuel the violence that contributes to the world's deadliest war since WWII.[20] [21] With NBA stars Tracy McGrady, Baron Davis and Derek Fisher, he co-founded the Darfur Dream Team: Sister Schools Initiative, which connects schools in the United States with schools in Darfuri refugee camps. He also helped create the RAISE Hope for Congo Campaign, aimed at ending violence against women and girls in the Congo and is currently helping to produce a series of videos highlighting the issue of Congo’s conflict minerals. His op-eds have appeared in various news outlets, including The New York Times,[22] The Wall Street Journal[23] and The International Herald Tribune.[24] He has been profiled in, among others, Vanity Fair,[25] Men's Vogue,[26]Entertainment Weekly,[27] O, The Oprah Magazine[28] The Washington Post,[29] the Los Angeles Times[30] and The Philadelphia Inquirer.[31] Prendergast travels regularly to Africa's war zones on fact-finding missions, peace-making initiatives and awareness-raising trips.[32] He is part of a fellowship program at St. Mary's College of Maryland[33] and a visiting professor at the University of San Diego,[34] Eckerd College[35] and the American University in Cairo.[36]