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Speakout: A Benefit to Promote Human Rights, June 2, 2011

Breakthrough hosted Speakout: A benefit to promote human rights
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Juju Chang, Anchor

Juju Chang is an Emmy Award-winning correspondant for ABC News and currently serves as a special correspondent and fill-in anchor for Nightline. Previously she was the news anchor for ABC's Good Morning America from 2009–2011. She also hosts "Moms Get Real," a digital show for ABC News NOW aimed at cracking the facade of perfect More...

Salman Ahmad, Professor, Author and Performer

Salman Ahmad, one of South Asia's most influential cultural figures, is a musician, physician and United Nations goodwill ambassador. With his wife, Samina, he launched an NGO called the Salman & Samina Global Wellness Initiative, focused on interfaith and cross-cultural dialogue, global health and wellness, and music education.

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Rachel Lloyd, Author, Executive Director & Founder, GEMS

“One of 50 Women Who Change the World” – Ms. Magazine

In 1998, with only a computer and $30, Ashoka Fellow, Reebok Human Rights Award winner and leading child sex trafficking advocate Rachel Lloyd established GEMS: Girls Educational and Mentoring Services to support American girls and young women survivors More...

Devonte Rosero, Performing Artist

Performing artist Devonte Rosero is quickly establishing himself as one of the hottest upcoming stars in entertainment. He is presently the head of the nonprofit organization Magicians without Borders chapter in El Salvador, where More...

Nilaja Sun, Artist and Performer

Nilaja Sun is the solo performer and writer of the Off-Broadway smash No Child..., which concluded its run at the Barrow Street Theatre in June 2007. For her creation and performance of No Child... and its subsequent national tour, Nilaja garnered 17 awards including: an Obie Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, two Outer Critics Circle More...

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Host Committee
Marissa Benetsky
Sarita Choudhury
Teresa Clarke
Patricia & Madhav Dhar
Abigail Disney
Robin Epstein
Bridgit Antoinette Evans
Sue Ann Evans
Kamal Fizazi
Tula Goenka
Tom Johnson
Mahira Kakkar
Anu & Ranjan Lall
Bill Gardiner, Jr. & Judy Larson
Nankika Madgavkar
Michael J. Hirschhorn & Jimena P. Martinez
L. Camille Massey
Nasser Ahmad & Romita Shetty
Francesca Simkin
Margaret Abraham & Pradeep Singh
Dr. Robert Detweiler & Dr. Leslie Sokol
Preethi Krishna & Ram Sundaram
Tamseela Tayyabkhan
Michael Urie
Geoffrey Coll & Alexandra Viets
Salim Ismail & Lily Yacobi