25th Anniversary Benefit
Red Carpet
Speakers & Performers
Guests
#WITNESS25
HONOREES AND FEATURED SPEAKERS
VIDEOS
25TH ANNIVERSARY
BENEFIT CHAIRS
Amy and Jeffrey Towers
HONORING
Peter Gabriel
MUSICIAN AND ACTIVIST,
CO-FOUNDER OF WITNESS
Syrian Archive
PRESERVING OPEN SOURCE DOCUMENTATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN SYRIA
Opal Tometi
CO-FOUNDER OF #BLACKLIVESMATTER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BLACK ALLIANCE FOR JUST IMMIGRATION
Joshua Mailman and Monica Winsor
LEADERS IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ENGAGED PHILANTHROPY
FEATURING
Yvette Alberdingk-Thijm
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WITNESS
Regan Ralph
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE FUND FOR GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS
Linda Sarsour
RACIAL JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, NATIONAL CO-CHAIR, WOMEN’S MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Raja Althaibani
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA SENIOR PROGRAM COORDINATOR, WITNESS
PERFORMANCES BY
David Byrne
Joan As Police Woman
Bounce Castle
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Adam and Martha Agensky
The Brook Foundation
Donal Daly and Cleona Duggan
Mika El-Baz
Helen and Mike Enright
Peter Gabriel
Steven Goldberg and Carolyn Lese
John Hass and Mary Frances Budig
Dr. Sam Herschkowitz and Jillian Gordon
Michael Hirschhorn and Jimena Martinez
Brown Johnson
Joshua Pickard
Amy Rao
Jim Salzano
Lekha Singh
Jeffrey Tarrant
Arjun Thimmaya
Liz and Todd Warnock
Nicole Wong
FRIENDS OF WITNESS
Christiane Amanpour
Alan Cumming
Feist
Anna Gabriel
Hassan Hakmoun and Chikako Iwahori
Angélique Kidjo and Jean Hébrail
Rebecca Lichtenfeld
John Lyons
Reyna Mastrosimone
Mira Nair
Annie Ohayon
Femi Oke
Izhar Patkin
Harry Pearce
Katie Pierson
Bonnie Raitt
Mary Robinson
Meg Ryan
Alina Slonim
Susan Sarandon
Fred Schneider
Gloria Steinem
Ai Weiwei
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