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10 Jan Omotade Akintola
| WITNESS Omotade Akintola, Accounting & Finance Manager Omotade is a finance and accounting professional with over 15 years of experience in financial analysis and reporting. At WITNESS, she oversees the accounting and financial administration of the organization, including day-to-day accounting and general ledger, fiscal analysis, A/P08 Oct Adebayo Okeowo
| WITNESS Adebayo Okeowo (Ph.D), Associate Director of Programs, Regional & Partner Engagement Adebayo Okeowo is a human rights lawyer with over a decade’s experience working around issues of socio-economic rights, environmental justice, and international criminal accountability. His current focus is on exploring, through research and practice,
15 May Claire Wardle
| WITNESS Claire Wardle Claire is co-founder and co-director of the Information Futures Lab, and Professor of the Practice at the Brown School of Public Health. She is considered a leader in the field of misinformation, verification and user generated content, co-authoring the foundational report, Information Disorder:
02 Nov Jason Samuels Smith
| Jason Samuels Smith Jason Samuels Smith is an established leader for tap who is a choreographer, performer, and humanitarian. Over the course of his extensive travels, he has influenced the culture of tap dance to audiences of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. Accolades include a
01 Nov Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
| matisse Prince Zeid, Former UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein is the former UN human rights chief who has been recognized worldwide as a leading and outspoken defender and promoter of universal human rights. He was also awarded the Stockholm Prize for Human Rights
01 Oct Kat Cunning
|Kat Cunning crafts songs blending pop, soul and Baroque arrangements, drawing from her study of dance as well as her time on stage.
30 Sep 25th Anniversary Benefit
| BENEFIT HIGHLIGHTS 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
13 Sep Bassem Youssef
| Bassem Youssef, Comedian Bassem Youssef is an Egyptian comedian, writer, producer, surgeon, physician, media critic, and television host. His groundbreaking political satire YouTube show, AlBernameg, eventually became the first online series to make its way to national television in the Middle East becoming the most