Saturday, July 02, 2005
Long Walk to Justice - Live 8
Attention: USA, Canada, Great Britain, France,
....Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia.
Hopefully you have been catching one of the Live 8 concerts wherever you live... the Canadian one is pretty cool... so far they have shown some performers from London as well. I am hoping they will show some of the other countries too.
If you don't know, this concert is being held to try to pressure the G8 countries who are meeting this week. It is the 20th anniversary of the Live Aid concert which was held to raise money for Ethiopia during a huge drought.
8 world leaders, gathered in Scotland for the G8 summit, will be presented with a workable plan to double aid, drop the debt and make the trade laws fair. If these 8 men agree, then we will become the generation that made poverty history.
Today, 8 countries are holding huge free concerts to raise awareness about poverty in 3rd world countries. Many recording artists as well as actors and other people in the entertainment industry are getting involved in this activism. You may have noticed the commercial that's been on for the past few weeks with people snapping their fingers. The "a child dies needlessly every three seconds" one. It is connected with these concerts.
Bruce Cockburn performed today at the Canadian concert. He is one of my favorite all time artists. I saw him perform years ago onstage with just an acoustic guitar and soem acapella songs.
The whole point is to get the citizens of these 8 countries sign an online petition to get their own governments to commit a certain percentage of their budgets and to forgive any debt for the most poor countries, especially in Africa where the toll of AIDS has caused the death of most adults... so that right now, 58% of the current population in Africa is under 16 years old.
Take a moment and check out the web site for Live 8. It's really important to sign the petition or contact your own government about this issue. It is a well put together site with links for each country to see what's up there. The site in Canada is www.makepovertyhistory.ca.
....Germany, Italy, Japan and Russia.
Hopefully you have been catching one of the Live 8 concerts wherever you live... the Canadian one is pretty cool... so far they have shown some performers from London as well. I am hoping they will show some of the other countries too.
If you don't know, this concert is being held to try to pressure the G8 countries who are meeting this week. It is the 20th anniversary of the Live Aid concert which was held to raise money for Ethiopia during a huge drought.
8 world leaders, gathered in Scotland for the G8 summit, will be presented with a workable plan to double aid, drop the debt and make the trade laws fair. If these 8 men agree, then we will become the generation that made poverty history.
Today, 8 countries are holding huge free concerts to raise awareness about poverty in 3rd world countries. Many recording artists as well as actors and other people in the entertainment industry are getting involved in this activism. You may have noticed the commercial that's been on for the past few weeks with people snapping their fingers. The "a child dies needlessly every three seconds" one. It is connected with these concerts.
Bruce Cockburn performed today at the Canadian concert. He is one of my favorite all time artists. I saw him perform years ago onstage with just an acoustic guitar and soem acapella songs.
The whole point is to get the citizens of these 8 countries sign an online petition to get their own governments to commit a certain percentage of their budgets and to forgive any debt for the most poor countries, especially in Africa where the toll of AIDS has caused the death of most adults... so that right now, 58% of the current population in Africa is under 16 years old.
Take a moment and check out the web site for Live 8. It's really important to sign the petition or contact your own government about this issue. It is a well put together site with links for each country to see what's up there. The site in Canada is www.makepovertyhistory.ca.
