Statement on Board Member Jerry Weintruab's Passing

Not On Our Watch is deeply saddened by the loss of our co-founder and board member Jerry Weintraub. Jerry was a committed humanitarian, whose efforts through NOOW and other charities strove to help those in need and shine a light on atrocities. He was a tireless fundraiser even before we’d truly begun, and remained committed throughout to the many programs and initiatives our organization has had the good fortune to launch across the world.

NOOW will never replace Jerry, but his work and impact here live on. We humbly honor him by continuing on the path he helped to forge.

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Board Members George Clooney and John Prendergast CNN Op-Ed: "Sanctions not enough in South Sudan"

This op-ed was originally published on CNN, and co-authored by board members George Clooney and John Prendergast.

The scale of the crisis facing South Sudan is hard to comprehend -- 2 million people have been displaced as the country has tumbled back into a greed-driven war that has also left almost half the population without enough food to eat.

To stop the death spiral, the United States and South Sudan's neighbors must urgently fashion a new approach to peacemaking that creates a more effective peace process, one with serious, biting consequences for those South Sudanese government and rebel leaders who continue to fan the flames of war and who are completely insulated from the suffering of their people

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