- New Information on Khaled El-Masri A recently discussed cable released by WikiLeaks shows that American officials exerted pressure on Germany not to enforce arrest warrants against C.I.A. officers involved in the 2003 kidnapping of Khaled El-Masri.
- Peter Gabriel Contributes to The Voice Project In the spirit of his latest tour, Scratch My Back (on which WITNESS was invited to join the North American leg), our co-founder Peter Gabriel has just released another cover: "In My Neighborhood" by Tom Waits.
- Day Two continued This has been a great day. It’s exciting for WITNESS staff to see first hand how people react to hearing about the work WITNESS and WITNESS partners are doing. There is a real sense of gratitude from the people passing by, and a real interest in getting involved. I spoke on a panel about Arts […]
- Back in New York Hi Everyone, We’re back home in New York City and still reeling from the success of the event. Gillian said that as she walked down the aisle on the airplane headed back to NY, she saw lots of people reading articles about the event in the newspaper. It was heavily covered by the Mexican press. […]
- Mission Accomplished Well, we all did it. A major team effort. The CANANA event last night at El Museo Interactivo de Economia was a huge success. Tam and I were eating breakfast Sunday morning and the woman next to us had her newspaper open and was reading about our event! CANANA (Pablo Cruz, Diego and Gael) gave […]
- Press Conference in Mexico City WOW. About 80 members of the press corps packed the conference room at La Condesa DF Hotel this morning to hear Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna, WITNESS and our partner org in Mexico (La Comision) discuss the power of film and video to promote change, and to hear Paty Cervantes and Miguel David Meza speak […]
- Everyone is arriving Hello, The whole WITNESS team has arrived and preparations are steadily underway for tomorrow’s events. Tickets are still being purchased, seating arrangements are being made, and everyone is convening in Mexico City. Tomorrow’s day will begin with a press conference where Gael Garcia Bernal y Diego Luna along with WITNESS’ Tamaryn Nelson and Gillian Caldwell, […]
- Made it to Mexico City Hi, So it was touch and go for awhile, but I made it safely to Mexico City. Huge thunderstorms rolled through New York City early this morning wreaking havoc on the highways and subway system. I made it to the airport 20 minutes before my flight was scheduled to take off. In the end, we […]
- On the Road again…. Hi All, Tamaryn and I are busy preparing for our trip to Mexico City tomorrow (Wednesday August 8th). As you can see from the picture, the work is piling up! The actors Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna along with their production company CANANA and their film festival Ambulante are throwing a benefit dinner and […]
- The Final Day at Roo Becky says: It’s Sunday already. I wish I could say time flew, but it kinda creeped along, real southern style. The festival comes to an end this evening with Widespread Panic closing out the weekend. It’s been a great learning experience for us, and we’re still digesting all the pros of being here. Regina Specktor […]
- Manu Chao in the house Becky says: It’s Friday night and I finally found a little spot on the grass where our wireless works. It’s dark and I just came from Many Chao’s performance. It was hands down, my Bonnaroo highlight so far. Even better, I got to discuss WITNESS with Manu and the wonderful people working and traveling with […]
- Day Two Becky here: Hi Folks! Wireless is spotty at best, but we’ll do our best to stay in touch. Yesterday was really inspiring. We had HUNDREDS of people visit our tent to get materials, sign up for our free online newsletter and hear more about what we’re doing. Our volunteers are fantastic and it’s refreshing to […]
- Day One of Bonnaroo Becky here: The people are arriving. YAY. And our tent looks pretty beautiful (if we say so ourselves). Our team has been up and ready to roll since 7 AM. We’re camping with a bunch of other folks working at the festival and have about a 20 minute walk from our campsite to our WITNESS […]
