{"product_id":"speak-truth-to-power-human-rights-defenders-who-are-changing-our-world-9780812930627","title":"Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpeak Truth to Power presents an inspiring rainbow of heroes from more than thirty-five countries and five continents. In searing and uplifting interviews  veteran human rights defender Kerry Kennedy Cuomo examines the quality of courage with women and men who are dramatically changing the course of events in their communities and countries.  Imprisoned  tortured  and threatened with death  they speak with compelling eloquence on subjects to which they have devoted their lives and for which they have been willing to sacrifice -- from free expression to the rule of law  from womens rights to religious liberty  from environmental defense to eradicating slavery  from access to capitol to the right to due process.  Accompanying the interviews are a powerful series of portraits by world-renowned photographer Eddie Adams. This is his first book  representing two years of crisscrossing the globe to make these deeply felt and insightful images of courageous individuals  including the internationally celebrated  such as Vaclav Havel  Baltasar Garzn  Helen Prejean  Marian Wright Edelman  and Nobel Prize Laureates the Dalai Lama  Desmond Tutu  Elie Wiesel  Oscar Arias Snchez  Rigoberta Mench Tum  Jos Ramos-Horta  and Bobby Muller. But the vast majority of the defenders are unknown and (as yet) unsung beyond their national boundaries  such as former sex slave and leading abolitionist Juliana Dogbadzi of Ghana  domestic violence activist Marina Pisklakova of Russia  mental disability rights advocate Gabor Gombos of Hungary  and more than thirty others.  Speak Truth to Power is accompanied by a major exhibition opening at The Corcoran Gallery of Art  Washington  D.C.  then traveling nationally  beginning in January 2001 at the Newseum  New York. The authors also plan a fully integrated Web Site as well as an education and advocacy campaign by Amnesty International.  In addition  a theatrical presentation  written by Ariel Dorfman  based on the stories featured in the book  will be performed by internationally known actors  including Glenn Close  Edward James Olmos  Sigourney Weaver  Alfre Woodard  and others  opening at the J. F. Kennedy Center  September 19  2000.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953169555509,"sku":"ByrdShop_0812930622","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780812930627.jpg?v=1788180584","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/speak-truth-to-power-human-rights-defenders-who-are-changing-our-world-9780812930627","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}