Standing Up Across the Globe
Yesterday we blogged about this year’s Stand Up Take Action events that will begin on Friday. Many of you will be hosting Stand Up events, big and small, in your local communities—and you won’t be alone! Check out some of these great events occurring around the world:
In Spain, thousands of people are expected to gather to march against poverty in Madrid on October 17 under the “Rebélate contra la Pobreza” initiative. Simultaneous anti-poverty mobilizations will occur on October 17 and 18 in more than 20 cities, including Palma de Mallorca, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Donosti, Bilbao, A Coruña, Badajoz, Cuenca and Valencia.
In Santiago, Chile there will be a walk between Arms Square and Constitution Square on October 17 featuring a moving wall on which people can take action by writing messages. At the event, citizens will ask municipal candidates to sign a commitment against poverty.
In Italy, 80,000 people are expected to take part in 10 simultaneous Stand Up events in 9 cities including Venice, Bologna, Florence, Milan and Rome on October 18. Nine huge chairs without seats will be installed simultaneously in 9 squares to signify that people will not remain seated until their government delivers more and better aid. On October 19, 300,000 supporters are expected to Stand at the Italian Premier League football match.
In Delhi, India, members of the National Conference of Dalit Organizations and Amnesty International, India will meet with Parliamentarians on October 17 to demand resources for the most vulnerable and socially excluded groups. Also in Delhi, celebrities and more than 10,000 people are expected to gather for a mass mobilization on Parliament Street.
In Lagos, Nigeria, 100,000 people are expected to gather on October 17-19 for a concert by Fema Kuti to commemorate the life of renowned Nigerian Musician Fela Kuti and demand that the government pay closer attention to the country’s poor people by investing more petro dollars in education, healthcare and other pro-poor development programs.
Also be sure to check out some pictures from last year’s Stand Up event here.
Learn more about Stand Up here.
-Chris Scott
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October 15, 2008 at 7:17 am
I encourage my fellow ONE members (of which we are over 2.5 million people) to continue to voice your support of ONE here in this Blog and not to be intimidated by the voices who would like to silence us on behalf of the world’s poor.
What will you do for STAND UP Day?
October 15, 2008 at 11:42 pm
I would like to stand up today and support the end of global poverty by other means than the implimentation of laws requiring socializing the monetary holdings of the United States of America which would subject it’s citizens to excessive taxation.
October 16, 2008 at 7:57 am
That is the brilliance of the USA – that people with differing viewpoints should be able to co-exist & voice their opinions respectfully.
We, as an organization of over 2.5 million Americans, disagree with your ideas….and we are TOO STRONG as an organization to crumble in the face of a few dissenters in our midst.
October 16, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Oh wow…. LOL!
I’m sitting here in laughter. First you call me an ass. Then you want argue. Then you want to change the subject to argue about something else because arguing my issues with One.org and it’s policies is too difficult for you(or you don’t have any footing to justify socializing the U.S.A.’s financial system and increasing taxation of the citizens to fund the end(s) of an organization that supports fairness and equality by legalizing theft and making the country that you purport to live in bow to the UN…(2nd thought, maybe there’s a bit of morality in you yet suggesting that I hold out hope for your eventual return to a rational thought stream…..)) Then you don’t have time to debate. Now you are coming back with that hollow statement of belief? That’s no more than attempt to say that my beliefs and your beliefs share equal footing. They don’t. I respect your entitlement to your wrong opinion. You also have every right to voice it.
Let me lay this out plainly for you. I’m aware that you and “One.org” disagree with my ideas. I know that you and One.org support socializing my money and making my country a UN puppet. We both know that…so we can both move that out of the way. All I want you to do is simply justify to me increasing my taxes, socializing the collected funds, and selling out my country to the UN. That should be really simple for you to do. I don’t want to debate. I just want that simple question answered by you. Why are you unwilling to have a simple conversation and just state your justification?
Food for thought: Did you know that your unwillingness to even attempt to answer those questions in a calm and rational manner erodes the credibility of One.org? This is a public forum. What people see is your inability and trepidation.
October 16, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Sir, I wish you well but I will not be involved in a devolution of this forum.
October 16, 2008 at 11:54 pm
That’s unfortunate. We could have discussed something. After that, I probably would have thought you had helped the forum evolve, not that it matters to me as I would hope that it would for you. After all, you are supporting their principles. I am open minded enough to understand One.org’s cause, and your purpose on this message board. It really is a shame you know…