The 2nd Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala was held on June 02, 2004.
- Host - Diane Sawyer
- Honored - Desmond Tutu
- Attendees - Oprah Winfrey, Matt Lauer and Annette Lauer, Tina Brown and Harry Evans, George Stephanopoulos and talk show host Ali Wentworth, Cynthia McFadden and Deborah Roberts, Martha Stewart, Maria Bartiromo, Lesley Stahl and author Aaron Latham, actress Carol Kane, Heather Headley, artist Peter Max, Bob Kerrey (New School President and head of 9/11 Commission), publisher Mort Zuckerman and Judge Kimba Wood.
- Muppets - Elmo, Grover, Kami, Zuzu, Zikwe