Taking a break from the extraordinary and absolutely wonderful filibuster by Sen. Wyden!! You Go, Ron!! to let the DailyKos community know the currently *confirmed* list of presenters at the Rally to Stop Genocide on Sunday afternoon, April 30th, in Washington, DC. Here you go -- and more to come!!
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.)
--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)
--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)
--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)
--Geoff Tunnicliffe (International Director, World Evangelical Alliance)
--Simon Deng (Sudan Freedom Walk)
--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)
--David Rubenstein (Save Darfur Coalition)
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)