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Jack Healey

Founder, Human Rights Action Center

http://www.humanrightsactioncenter.org/Jack Healey has confronted the human rights abuses of governments for over 50 years, and is still actively campaigning through Human Rights Action Center, (HRAC) a nonprofit he founded in 1994. His new memoir, Create Your Future is now available. In addition to raising millions of dollars to stop world hunger, Healey helped move the topic of human rights from closed-door diplomatic negotiations to widespread awareness, public debate, and direct citizen action. As Executive Director of Amnesty International USA for 12 years, he produced with Bill Graham some of the largest musical events in our time, all over the world; from Turkey to Chile to Zimbabwe, using over 130 musicians to spread the message of human rights. John G. (Jack) Healey has received many accolades across industries: Named "Mr. Human Rights" by U.S. News and World Report --ABC World News Person of the Week --6 entertainment industry awards --7 honorary degrees from Universities in the US For a full list of Healey's distinctions, please visit Human Rights Action Center

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