The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has 30 Articles.
Here is a distillation of each Article with one key word. These words not only sum up the Universal Declaration of Human Rights but also the work of Amnesty International as we strive to promote and protect the rights enshrined in this declaration.
Amnesty International marks the 60th Anniversary
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with
the ‘Small Places Tour’.
Inspired by Eleanor Roosevelt’s call for
‘concerted citizen action’ in her famous
“small places” speech in 1958, musicians
and fans will raise their voices in song and
action in venues, cities, towns, communities,
neighborhoods and workplaces. Through
hundreds of concerts held around the world,
we will draw attention to urgent human
rights concerns, recruit thousands of new
human rights activists and, hopefully, raise
much needed funds for Amnesty campaigns.
Amnesty’s 2008 priority campaigns include
working to stop violence against women,
stopping torture, ending the killing in Darfur,
controlling small arms, demanding the closure
of Guantánamo, challenging China’s
human rights record including its actions
in Tibet and working for the release of Aung
San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners
in Burma.
The following are just a few of the ways artists and bands can become involved with the
Small Places Tour and the work of Amnesty International. Nothing is too great or too
small. We just ask that you get involved:
• Designate a concert (or concerts) as a Small Places Tour event
• Donate all the proceeds from a concert
• Take part performing in a major Amnesty Hub Concert around the world
• Contact and recruit other artists to participate in Small Places events
• Auction off life experience events (have lunch with, get a guitar lesson from, win a pre-show sound check/acoustic performance for you and your friends, be band’s live
photographer, etc.)
• Auction off one of a kind items (autographed set lists, autographed guitar/drum heads,etc from actual gigs, handwritten lyrics, personalized gold/platinum record awards
• Auction off meet & greets in each city of their tour
• Auction off premium seats for concerts during their fall tour
• Designate a single, live tracks, non-LP track or a collection of bonus tracks exclusive to Amnesty and donate the proceeds from any downloads of the song(s).
• Booths / tables at concerts and festivals. While this won’t raise immediate money it will help annual membership drive numbers.
• Website links and banner ads from the artists’ website myspace pages to the Amnesty site.
• Promote the UDHR 60th Anniversary & Amnesty campaigns in blogs and urge fans to sign-up.
Dave Stewart will be the featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show ROCKLINE on Wednesday night August 20 at 8:30pm PT / 11:30pm ET. Fans are encouraged to call to speak with Dave at 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For a station near you and for information regarding how to log onto the Internet for the broadcast go to www. RocklineRadio. com The show will also include a live acoustic performance.
Last chance to make a difference during the Olympic Games - until 24th August 2008 - for as little as $1 or $2 you can help raise funds for Amnesty International's Small Places Tour and at the same take a relatively unknown award winning songwriter in the charts.
Two songs by award winning Scottish songwriter John Harley Weston have been chosen by Channel 7 Television Australia for their Beijing Olympics Playlist. That’s brilliant news for this hard working independent artist who moved to Australia 11 years ago!
One of the songs is the Australian classic ‘Waltzing Matilda’ which is already getting great reviews and been playlisted by several radio stations around the world. So we released it as a single on day one of the Olympics. But this is not just about John Harley Weston........it’s much bigger than that.
John says, ‘Now that my music is on the Olympic podium I’m putting my money where my mouth is. I support the Olympics and Human Rights and believe the spotlight on Beijing can only be positive – the world is watching. All proceeds made from iTunes downloads of my version of Waltzing Matilda during the Olympics will go to Amnesty International. They work tirelessly to protect Human Rights around the world.
For fans - this is your chance to make a small donation toward a better world and fire up the music industry at the same time. Why? Well, for example, in Australia we only need 5000 downloads (at $1.69 each) to get in the top 10 national charts. If you live outside Australia you can still buy it.......maybe we’ll top the charts in your country too'.
‘Waltzing Matilda is featured on John Harley Weston’s album ‘Welcome Back To Reality’.
Make a difference during the Olympic Games - until 24th August 2008 - for as little as $1 or $2 you can help raise funds for Amnesty International's Small Places Tour and at the same take a relatively unknown award winning songwriter in the charts.
Two songs by award winning Scottish songwriter John Harley Weston have been chosen by Channel 7 Television Australia for their Beijing Olympics Playlist. That’s brilliant news for this hard working independent artist who moved to Australia 11 years ago! Around 5 million of the 20 million Australians are expected to watch.
One of the songs is the Australian classic ‘Waltzing Matilda’ which is already getting great reviews and been playlisted by several radio stations around the world. So we officially released it as a single on day one of the Olympics. But this is not just about John Harley Weston........it’s much bigger than that.
John says, ‘Now that my music is on the Olympic podium I’m putting my money where my mouth is. I support the Olympics and Human Rights and believe the spotlight on Beijing can only be positive – the world is watching. All proceeds made from iTunes downloads of my version of Waltzing Matilda during the Olympics will go to Amnesty International. They work tirelessly to protect Human Rights around the world. For fans - this is your chance to make a small donation toward a better world and fire up the music industry at the same time. Why? Well, for example, in Australia we only need 5000 downloads (at $1.69 each) to get in the top 10 national charts. If you live outside Australia you can still buy it.......maybe we’ll top the charts in your country too'.
‘Waltzing Matilda is featured on John Harley Weston’s album ‘Welcome Back To Reality’.
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