Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781401303358)

An Academy Award-nominated actor and a renowned human rights activist team up to change the tragic course of history in the Sudan -- with readers' help. While Don Cheadle was filming Hotel Rwanda, a new crisis had already erupted in Darfur, in nearby Sudan. In September 2004, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell termed the atrocities being committed there "genocide" -- and yet two years later things have only gotten worse. 3.5 million Sudanese are going hungry, 2.5 million have been displaced by violence, and 400,000 have died in Darfur to date. Both shocked and energized by this ongoing tragedy, Cheadle teamed up with leading activist John Prendergast to focus the world's attention. Not on Our Watch, their empowering book, offers six strategies readers themselves can implement: Raise Awareness, Raise Funds, Write a Letter, Call for Divestment, Start an Organization, and Lobby the Government. Each of these small actions can make a huge difference in the fate of a nation, and a people--not only in Darfur, but in other crisis zones such as Somalia, Congo, and northern Uganda.

Author: Don Cheadle, John Prendergast
ISBN-10: 1401303358
ISBN-13: 9781401303358
Publisher: Hachette Books
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 252
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.82w x 0.74d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/19/2007 pg. 54
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2007 pg. 203
Vanity Fair 05/01/2007 pg. 80
Booklist 04/01/2007 pg. 19