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TakePart: Participant Media – Waiting For ‘Superman’

By On July 10, 2010 In Human Rights With No Comments Permanent Link to TakePart: Participant Media – Waiting For ‘Superman’Permalink

I know this video is focused on the United States’ issue with education, but interesting how Canada is at the bottom too … this is very sad to see where the people who are running and going to run these countries are treated with this sort of distane. We spend billions on entertainment venues and keeping multi-national companies protected, but we just ignore the remainder …

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This trailer Waiting For Superman, is an upcoming documentary from the director of An Inconvenient Truth on the need to reshape education in America—animator Jorge R. Canedo Estrada of Buck engaged with some pretty sobering statistics. The results are powerful.

Also check out: http://buck.tv/library/take-part · http://blog.nau.com

The Human Experience

By On March 8, 2010 In Human Rights With No Comments Permanent Link to The Human ExperiencePermalink

From Grassroots Films of Brooklyn, New York comes THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE – the story of a band of brothers who travel the world in search of the answers to the questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What is the meaning of life? Their quest leads them to sleep on the streets with the homeless of New York City, comfort the orphaned children of Peru, and seek out the abandoned lepers in the jungles of Ghana, Africa.

[pro-player]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahLem-krZe4[/pro-player]

What they discover changes them forever. They are captivated by the joy and love that they encounter; they are awakened to the beauty of the human person and the resilience of the human spirit. Along with one on one interviews with experts and amateurs from all walks of life, THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE weaves both commentary and drama into a deep reflection on what it means to be human.

Read more on this at grassrootsfilms.com.

Earth Hour 2009

By On February 26, 2009 In Environmental With No Comments Permanent Link to Earth Hour 2009Permalink

Turn off your lights on Saturday March 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm. Millions of Canadians will turn off their lights on March 28th for Earth Hour in support of action on climate change. We hope to make Earth Hour even bigger this year but we need your help! Encourage your friends and family to participate. Get your business or workplace involved.

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And don’t stop at turning off the lights. Think about what else can be done to reduce your footprint like taking transit, unplugging unused electrical appliances and washing your clothes in cold water. The list is endless and your action will make a big difference. Make every hour Earth Hour with WWF.

Why Participate?

Earth Hour is a symbolic event. Turning off our lights for an hour won’t stop climate change but it does demonstrate that our individual action is important and adds up to make a big difference. More importantly, it sends a very powerful message to government and world leaders that people want policies and regulations put in place that can achieve meaningful emission reduction to help fight climate change.

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Blog Action Day 2008 – October 15th

By On August 15, 2008 In Human Rights With No Comments Permanent Link to Blog Action Day 2008 – October 15thPermalink

Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.

One Issue, Thousands of Voices

Global issues like poverty are extremely complex. There is no simple, clear answer. By asking thousands of different people to give their viewpoints and opinions, Blog Action Day creates an extraordinary lens through which to view these issues. Each blogger brings their own perspective and ideas. Each blogger posts relating to their own blog topic. And each blogger engages their audience differently.

What is the aim of Blog Action Day?

First and last, the purpose of Blog Action Day is to create a discussion. We ask bloggers to take a single day out of their schedule and focus it on an important issue.

…the blogging community effectively changes the conversation on the web and focuses audiences around the globe on that issue.

By doing so on the same day, the blogging community effectively changes the conversation on the web and focuses audiences around the globe on that issue.

Out of this discussion naturally flow actions, advice, ideas, plans, and empowerment. In 2007 on the theme of the Environment, we saw bloggers running environmental experiments, detailing innovative ideas on creating sustainable practices and focusing audience’s attentions on organizations and companies promoting green agendas. In 2008 we aim to again focus the blogging community’s energies and passions, this time on the mammoth issue of global poverty.

Mass Participation

From the smallest online journals, to huge online magazines, to EU ministers, to professionals and amateurs, Blog Action Day is about mass participation. Anyone is free to join in on Blog Action Day and there is no limit on the number of posts, the type of posts or the direction of thoughts and opinions.

Source obtained from Blog Action 2008.

32 Ways To Make Someone Happy

By On August 12, 2008 In Human Rights With No Comments Permanent Link to 32 Ways To Make Someone HappyPermalink

Just thought I’d give all of you a nice list of things to think about. This isn’t an in-depth post, but more of a thought for the day — is there someone you’d like to make happy today?

Making others happy is one of the best ways to have a great day yourself. It can brighten the world around you.

This list is just to spark some ideas, and please note that not every item on this list is appropriate for every person in your life. I trust you to figure out which actions go with which people.

Make someone happy today!

  1. Smile.
  2. Help them carry something.
  3. Send a thank-you email.
  4. Call just to see how they’re doing.
  5. Pick them flowers.
  6. Cook them a nice meal.
  7. Tell a joke and laugh your butts off.
  8. Clean.
  9. Write a love letter to a loved one.
  10. Give them a cherished book.
  11. Bake cookies.
  12. Praise them publicly.
  13. Thank them for a job well done.
  14. Listen.
  15. Be there when they’re in need.
  16. Give a free hug.
  17. Spend time with them, having fun.
  18. Do errands or chores for them.
  19. Say I love you.
  20. Help them get ahead.
  21. Be proud of them.
  22. Babysit if they need it.
  23. House sit if they need it.
  24. Buy them movie tickets.
  25. Create a care package.
  26. Coffee. Mmmm.
  27. List the things you love about them.
  28. Secretly leave them thank you notes.
  29. Give a back rub when appropriate.
  30. Deliver a nice lunch to them when they’re having a rough day.
  31. Love them, completely.
  32. Be happy yourself.

Source obtained from Zenhabits.net.

One World, One Dream. Free Tibet 2008

By On June 19, 2008 In Human Rights With No Comments Permanent Link to One World, One Dream. Free Tibet 2008Permalink

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June 18th Global Day Af Action

By On June 15, 2008 In Human Rights With No Comments Permanent Link to June 18th Global Day Af ActionPermalink

No Torch in Tibet! Stop the Crackdown! Media Access to Tibet Now!

On June 18th, Tibetans and supporters worldwide will participate in a day of action to protest the torch in Tibet, speak out against China’s ongoing crackdown, and demand immediate press access to Tibet. Join us.

Materials and Resources:
Download a poster for the June 18th Day of Action
View a sample media advisory for the June 18th Day of Action Get an image to post to your Facebook/Myspace/Hi-5 profile (right/control-click to save)
View confirmed locations and coordinators for the Day of Action
For more than a year, Tibetans and supporters have vigorously demanded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) do the right thing and cancel the torch relay through Tibet. But the IOC has stubbornly refused to heed our calls and hasn’t even pressed Beijing on the basic commitment it made to press freedom in its bid for the Olympic Games.

Even though we can’t stop China from provocatively parading the torch through Tibet under clampdown it’s critical that we SPEAK OUT when the torch arrives in Lhasa and display our solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet.

The torch is scheduled to arrive in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on June 18th or 19th. Chinese authorities have already escalated repression and tightened restriction of movement in and around Lhasa in order to prevent protests during the torch relay.

For the Global Day of Action:
We are encouraging protests and actions with a strong visual component to highlight what is happening in Tibet right now and what could happen when the torch goes there. Tibet activists are planning powerful political theater: Olympic torch runner over bloody bodies, die-ins, mock-beatings, people dressed as monks and nuns in chains, Chinese troops and police, and symbols such as the Olympic torch as torture device, Olympic rings as handcuffs, prison bars… click here for some helpful tips for staging your own political theater.

In New York in front of the Chinese Consulate, a group of New York-area Tibetan high school and college students are planning to ritualistically shave their heads in solidarity with Tibetan monks and nuns who have borne the brunt of China’s brutal crackdown in Tibet. Click here for a video of young Tibetans shaving their heads last month as part of a powerful solidarity ritual protest.

The torch will also stop in the following Tibetan areas:

  • June 11th: Shangri-la (formerly named Zhōngdiàn, a town in Dechen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture recently re-invented by Chinese authorities as a Tibetan tourist ‘paradise’)
  • June 18th or 19th: Lhasa, Tibetan Autonomous Region
  • June 20th-22nd (approx dates): Gormo and Kokonor (Ch: Golmud and Qinghai Hu – Tibetan regions in what China calls its Qinghai province) and the border town of Xining (only 2 hours drive from the town of Rebkong where on April 17th, over 100 monks were detained and beaten by Chinese authorities)

When the torch arrives in Lhasa, we want to make sure that we speak out strongly and in a compelling and powerful way. As Chinese authorities have pledged to be merciless to Tibetans in Tibet who dare to speak out during the torch relay, we must raise our voices even higher.

Day of Action Locations & Coordinators:
More locations, details, and Day of Action Coordinators will be listed soon but here some coordinators that are already confirmed. Get in touch with these people if you would like to participate in an event near you:

International:
Canada – Tsering: tsering@studentsforafreetibet.org
United Kingdom – Pema: pema@sftuk.org
India – Shibayan: shibayan@studentsforafreetibet.org
Jess: jessica@studentsforafreetibet.org
USA: New York – Kala: kala@studentsforafreetibet.org
San Francisco – Thupten: thupten@studentsforafreetibet.org
Boston – Jordhen: jorden00@hotmail.com
Washington DC – Rich: dalias@aerial.fx
Seattle – Karma or Tenzin Kalden: info@SeattleTYC.org
Los Angeles – Namgyal: namgyalkyulo@yahoo.com

Obtained from Students For A Free Tibet