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13 Sep Ann Curry
| matisse Photo credit: David Turnley Ann Curry, Journalist Award-winning journalist Ann Curry, a former NBC News anchor and international correspondent, has reported on conflicts around the world, from the war in Syria to the massive 2010 earthquake in Haiti, where her Twitter appeal is credited for expediting humanitarian aid. She is the executive producer for a documentary series about transformative world events on PBS, a contributing writer for National Geographic, and the anchor of an upcoming live series crowdsourcing doctors worldwide. She has contributed groundbreaking journalism on climate change, documenting both glacial melt and drought. Ann has also reported from inside Iran, giving voice to its women and young people. She also first broke the news of Iran's interest in negotiating a nuclear agreement with the outside world. Ann’s long list of exclusive interviews includes Iran's President Hassan Rouhani; Syria's President Bashar al-Assad; Turkey's President Erdogan; as well as U.S. Presidents George Prescott Bush, Bill Clinton, George Walker Bush and Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama, Maya Angelou, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu among many others. Ann has won seven national news Emmys. She has also been given numerous humanitarian awards, including from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which awarded her a Medal of
13 Sep Border Network For Human Rights
| Border Network for Human Rights, WITNESS' Featured Partner WITNESS' featured partner at this year is the Border Network for Human Rights. BNHR, founded in 1998, is one of the leading human rights advocacy and immigration reform organizations located at the U.S./Mexico Border. BNHR has over 7,000 members in West Texas and Southern New Mexico. Fernando Garcia, the executive director, will join us and speak on behalf of BNHR.
13 Sep Enrique Acevedo
| Enrique Acevedo, Univision News Anchor Enrique Acevedo has been called "The Voice" of the Latino community and one of the "Top Latinos in American Newsrooms" by the Huffington Post, and a "Global Media Leader" by the World Economic Forum. Acevedo is the co-anchor of the award-winning Noticiero Univision late-night edition and a special correspondent for the Fusion Media Group. He moved to Washington to cover the first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration. He has also covered major news stories around the globe in English and Spanish for print, broadcast and online media, including three US presidential elections, the 2012 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the AIDS epidemic in Africa and the drug wars in Latin America. Acevedo has profiled and interviewed many world leaders like President Barack Obama, Kofi Annan, Melinda Gates and Desmond Tutu, among others. He holds a Master's in Journalism from Columbia University. His work in Japan was featured as part of the J-school's centennial celebration in a book commemorating the best one hundred stories during the last century. He is a frequent contributor on NPR’s “Here and Now” and on some of the most popular radio shows in Latin