2010 Dinner PledgeFORM

2010 LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON
MORAL COURAGE AWARD DINNER
MONday, May 3, 2010
Hilton Americas-Houston
6:00 p.m. Reception | 7:00 p.m. Dinner
___ PrESENTING SPONSOR $ 100,000
___ BENEFACTOR
$ 18,000
___ CHAMPION $ 50,000
___ Patron $ 12,000
___ underwriter
$ 25,000
___ Sponsor
$ 6,000
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For more information, call 713-942-8000, ext. 129.
BIO:
John Prendergast
John Prendergast is co-founder of the Enough Project, an initiative to end genocide
and crimes against humanity. During the Clinton administration, Prendergast was
involved in a number of peace processes in Africa while he was director of African
Affairs at the National Security Council and special advisor at the Department of
State. Prendergast has also worked for members of Congress, the United Nations,
humanitarian aid agencies, human rights organizations and think tanks, as well as
having been a youth counselor and basketball coach.
He has authored eight books on Africa, including “Not on Our Watch,” a New York
Times bestseller and NAACP non-fiction book of the year that he co-authored
with actor Don Cheadle. Prendergast is currently working on two new books for
publication by Random House, one that focuses on his 25 years in the Big Brother
program, and the other on human rights and peace activism.
Prendergast has helped create several documentaries including: George Clooney’s
“Sand and Sorrow,” Don Cheadle’s “Darfur Now,” Tracy McGrady’s “3 Points” and
Emmanuel Jal’s “War Child.” He also co-produced “Journey into Sunset” about
Northern Uganda.
Prendergast consults on scripts for movies and for television shows, including
an episode of NBC’s “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,” which focused on
child soldiers. He has taken a number of television news programs to Africa,
including “Nightline” and “The Lehrer Newshour,” and has been part of a series of
episodes of CBS’ “60 Minutes” which earned an Emmy Award for Best Continuing
News Coverage. Prendergast is currently working on an upcoming episode of “60
Minutes” on Congo.
With NBA stars Tracy McGrady, Baron Davis and Derek Fisher, Prendergast cofounded the Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools Program, which connects schools
in the United States with schools in the Darfurian 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 The NewYork Times, TheWall Street Journal, USA Today and
the International Herald Tribune, and he has been profiled in Vanity Fair, Men’s Vogue,
EntertainmentWeekly, GQ Magazine, Oprah Magazine, Capitol File, TheWashington Post,
Los Angeles Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Prendergast travels regularly to Africa’s war zones on fact-finding missions, peacemaking initiatives, and awareness-raising trips. He is part of a fellowship program
at St. Mary’s College in Maryland, and a visiting professor at the University of San
Diego, Eckerd College and the American University in Cairo.
Fact Sheet
Event
Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award Dinner
Honoree
John Prendergast
When
Monday, May 3, 2010 at 7 p.m. (Registration begins at 6 p.m.)
Where
Hilton Americas–Houston, 1600 Lamar St., Houston, TX 77010
Event Chairs
Heidi and David Gerger
Benefitting
The proceeds will be used to support ongoing educational programs of Holocaust
Museum Houston and enable the Museum to continue to offer free general
admission.
Mission
Holocaust Museum Houston is dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust,
remembering the 6 million Jews and other innocent victims and honoring the
survivors’ legacy. Using the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides, we
teach the dangers of hatred, prejudice and apathy.
HMH Highlights
Since opening on March 3, 1996, Holocaust Museum Houston has welcomed
more than 1 million visitors and impacted more than 2.3 million students.
Through teacher training; education and outreach programming; and changing
and traveling exhibits, Holocaust Museum Houston focuses on the Holocaust and
other more recent genocides to demonstrate the destructive power of prejudice
and hatred and the importance of moral courage and individual responsibility.
Contact
Pam Hamilton, Development Administrator
713-942-8000, ext. 129 or [email protected]
Development Contact
Susan Bell, Director of Development
713-942-8000, ext. 121
For more information about Holocaust Museum Houston, visit www.hmh.org.