Rally Against Genocide on the mall in DC.
The rally is on the mall, between 3rd and 4th Sts, from 2:00 to 4:30pm. It's a good diverse group of folks. Come on out...
Confirmed Speakers
Joe Madison, Emcee (host of The Black Eagle, syndicated radio broadcast)
U.S. Senator Barack Obama (Illinois)
U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (California)
U.S. Representative Tom Lantos (California)
U.S. Representative Frank Wolf (Virginia, co-chair Congressional Sudan Caucus)
U.S. Representative Donald M. Payne (New Jersey, co-chair Congressional Sudan Caucus)
U.S. Representative Michael E. Capuano (Massachusetts, co-chair Congressional Sudan Caucus)
Jendayi Frazer (U.S. State Department, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs)
Governor Jon Corzine (New Jersey)
Lt. Governor Michael Steele (Maryland)
Elie Wiesel (Nobel Prize for Peace [1986], Holocaust survivor)
George Clooney (Academy Award Winner)
Nick Clooney (Journalist)
Paul Rusesabagina (Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient whose story was depicted in the movie Hotel Rwanda)
Russell Simmons (Founder, Def Jam Recordings, Chairman Foundation for Ethnic Understanding)
Rabbi Marc Schneier (President/Founder, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding)
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick (Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.)
Rev. Al Sharpton (National Action Network)
Imam A. Rashied Omar (Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Notre Dame University)
Dr. Richard Land (President, Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberties Commission)
Joey Cheek (U.S. Olympic Team speed skater, Gold & Silver medalist, Torino, donated his winnings to Darfur charity)
Kweisi Mfume (Former Congressman, Former CEO of the NAACP)
Salih Mahmoud Osman (lawyer and human rights activist from Darfur)
Tragi Mustafa (Darfur refugee, founded Save Women-Sudan)
John Prendergast (Senior Adviser, International Crisis Group; U.S. State Department, 1996-2000)
Samantha Power (Pulitzer Prize winning auther, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide)
Gayle Smith (Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress)
Manute Bol (former NBA star, born in Sudan)
Crispian Kirk (NAACP)
Rev. Walter Fauntroy (New Bethel Baptist Church, Washington, DC)
James Zogby (Arab American Institute)
Rabbi Steve Gutow (Jewish Council for Public Affairs)
Rev. John L. McCullough (Executive Director and CEO, Church World Service)
Former Marine Captain Brian Steidle (advisor to African Union forces in Darfur)
Rev. Gloria White-Hammond (National Chairwoman, Million Voices for Darfur Campaign)
Marie Clarke Brill (Africa Action)
Geoff Tunnicliffe (International Director, World Evangelical Alliance)
Simon Deng (Sudan Freedom Walk)
Elvir Camdzic (Bosnian genocide survivor, San Francisco Bay Area Darfur Coalition)
Rabbi David Saperstein (Director, Religious Action Center)
Ruth Messinger (Executive Director, American Jewish World Services, former Manhattan Borough president)
Nesse Godin (Holocaust Survivor)
Erin Mazursky (S.T.A.N.D. - Students Taking Action Now: Darfur)
Arielle Wisotsky and Eric Messinger (Help Darfur Now)
Tony Kireopoulos (National Council of Churches)
David Rubenstein (Save Darfur Coalition)
Interfaith Invocation
Rev. Father Tateos Abdalian (Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church)
Zainab Al-Suwaij (American Islamic Congress)
Rev. Richard Cizik (National Association of Evangelicals)
Rabbi Richard Jacobs (Westchester Reform Temple)
Kavneet Singh (World Sikh Council)
Rev. Bill Sinkford (Unitarian Universalist Association)
Entertainment
"Big & Rich" (Country music stars, playing acoustic)
Berklee College of Music presents "Voices of Mercy" (performing original music written for the women of Darfur, with introduction from Linda Mason, Mercy Corps)
The River Nile (An upbeat fusion of instrumentalists and vocal performers. Sudanese, Ethiopian and Arabic influences - with a splash of reggae)
Maya Azucena (Soul meets HipHop and Funk, with Rock energy)
Wayna (Ethiopian-born, singer/songwriter)
The Davey Yarborough Quintet Featuring Esther Williams (Jazz)