Taking it to the street
One of the biggest creative challenges we face is finding ways to adequately express the spirit and strength of our amazing membership — And more than this, to maximize the impact of member voices to push for the positive changes we are all seeking to achieve. Combine this scenario with a message-saturated G8 Summit and you’ll understand why we’ve had to find something extraordinary to do next week… Ahem, cue Tweet the Street…
We have been hard at work with some tech wizards to create the ONE Street Tweeter – a clever robot that can print short tweets, tweetetes if you will, (40 characters or less) on road surfaces. Yes – we want to take your messages on the road. Better still, if we print your message we’ll even send a pic of it back to you to share it with your friends.
So, what are you waiting for? You guys are more creative than any of those Mad Men types. Just tweet a message in your own words (no more than 40 characters including spaces) to encourage, rouse, and hustle the G8 to act now on hunger and poverty.
Tweet your message to @ONEStreetTweet or if you don’t do that sort of thing then you can type your message into the box below.
Let’s hit the road and get heard.
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14/05/2012 at 1:58 am
For people & their children to be hungry and suffering in the 21stC in this affluent world is indefensible. Stop the waste, protect these people, do something decent, earn your big dollars and feed these people.
14/05/2012 at 6:44 am
Just because you have the power, Doesn’t mean you have the right!
14/05/2012 at 7:20 am
I don’t think there’s a problem with standing up for the rights of other people, even if your own rights aren’t directly infringed.
14/05/2012 at 7:45 am
We have to reinvent a new global economic system that is not based on exploiting the weak and the poor
14/05/2012 at 8:17 am
Did YOU have your breakfast? Mil. in Africa didn’t.
14/05/2012 at 8:48 am
And now, we have to think at the other children like they are our children…
14/05/2012 at 9:14 am
Let poor countries get enough education and support to be able to provide for themselves! This Earth has enough of everything for everyone. Open your eyes and hearts and a biggest change in centuries. I trust the truth in your hearts. YOU CAN DO IT!
14/05/2012 at 9:29 am
If we shared all the resources across the world,not one person would go hungry.
The earth started off full of everything we needed to sustain life and it was there for free. Greedy, grabbing moneymakers cornered everything of any worth and in any country they felt like,to create what we have today – a failing world with millions starving to death. Now we have foodbanks and soup kitchens in the West and not just for the homeless either. Shame on every government on the globe.
14/05/2012 at 10:39 am
Distribute it among the deserving people what the nature have awarded u so it may be recycled and returned back.
14/05/2012 at 11:09 am
i find the human race bizarre. how can you sleep at night knowing you have taken food out of a starving childs mouth. get of your pompous high horses and show a lot of compassion.
14/05/2012 at 11:56 am
To all the leaders at the G8 summit .I wish to inform you that you never do what is right for the people of the world. There is enough food to feed every single person on planet earth but all you care about is yourselves. There is no need for people to be starving or to be homeless or to struggle to pay for heating bills. The most important is healthcare and care of the elderly and all those who need looking after. You need to do the right thing for once because you don`t have much time. Time is running out, so do the right thing.
14/05/2012 at 12:09 pm
G8,
Walk along the streets of hunger and pain and missery . Look in the eyes of children of Africa and awake, start acting, now!
14/05/2012 at 12:10 pm
With wealth and power comes the responsibility to care for the suffering and poor of this world. Use your wealth and power wisely.
14/05/2012 at 12:13 pm
The time is now to make a change to end all unnessesary sufering, to see all as diffrent but equal, for our busineses to be cooperatives, for our countries to be run with honesty, transparency, compassion, to reward those who are in the caring profession and see the value of life instead of valuing money and power, to put all money and energy resoures that are used for war to be put towards peace, to end and counter act all animal sufering.
14/05/2012 at 12:54 pm
You have for lunch today?
Missed someone?
14/05/2012 at 2:55 pm
Fome Hambre Hunger Jī’è it doesnt matter in which language, it means sadness and cowardice. Let’s erase these words from our World
14/05/2012 at 3:33 pm
This is the scenario in Africa. I know it better for it is my home. A poor man sits on immense resource but he does not know what it is although he may or may not be seeing it. He has no use for it and therefore to him it is valueless. It is therefore not a resource. He cannot even call it by name. What he wants is rain so that his crops will grow and that he may eat. Rains are not forthcoming and he cannot make some for himself so he continues to wait and in his long wait an explorer passes by. He sees what looks like diamond or gold or even tanzanite where the poor man stands and he takes a sample abroad. Yes the explorer’s guess is correct, he has discovered tanzanite. He sells the sample and buys a truck which he will use to scoop the entire resource away and leaves the poor guy still waiting for the rains.
Another passer-by discovers the ignorance in the poor man and offers to sell him some education. Although he has some sense and he can see it in getting an education the cost bars him. However if a little rain has come by, he buys some modest education and speaks as I do for mine is also a modest education with no hope of progression. Chances are he may not be heard by any one. We in Africa are therefore sentenced to a lifelong jail term of poverty. Some of us use the same little education to exploit the ignorance of the majority. If we follow the precept of Democracy, where majority are seen as movers of the day, in Africa it means the ignorant moves or carries the day. It further means that poverty surfaces above everything and what other people see when they observe Africa from above is poverty floating like a deadly water hyacinth suffocating it oblivion. You can hear or ignore me but I know what I speak of.
14/05/2012 at 3:46 pm
Is it one world for one man or one world for all of us. One world for one nation or one world for all nations. Is it one world for one continent or one world for all continents. OR rather one world for ME and not for you !
14/05/2012 at 4:31 pm
Earth, Mother nature never thought that ours species “human” would be so cruel other wise she would not have created us, but here is a chance to change everything around. We’ve been begging you, We protested in ours streets, we’ve been helping ours brothesr as much we could but YOU hold the money, You greedy, heartless, G8 people who sleep in silk, eat in luxury on our account, on our money that we would like to choice where it can be spend on, YOU thief of our society, feeding banks for more more “dollars, live sterling, euro” bang jack pot = Bonus is on the way!! STOP STOP RIGHT THERE, We will not let you doing what you doing ANYMORE, Watch us we will fight, we will solve we will destroy YOU if you do not do what you are supposed to do : Help each other, support each other, love the human race and respect Earth so far YOU FAILED US
14/05/2012 at 5:39 pm
If You can do anything about this, then do it. Otherwise there won’t be any excuse for not taking an action to help. You are privileged to influence the world and make it better.
14/05/2012 at 6:27 pm
vamos levar junto de quem pode e deve fazer mais e não o faz. Todos juntos podemos construir um mundo muito melhor.
14/05/2012 at 7:43 pm
Al G-8: Asuman su responsabilidad y con valentía actúen para terminar con la pobreza en el mundo, por el bien de la humanidad entera ¡YA!
14/05/2012 at 8:07 pm
When take decisions see the poor parents as your self and their hungry children as yours.
14/05/2012 at 9:45 pm
It is time for the media to constanlty cover stories regarding the starving children, people and families in our rich country, People have to stop pretending it is not happening. People need to be educated and go to these locations to help!
14/05/2012 at 9:46 pm
As a MAID in abroad of the RICH people, I pity every food that they let me throw because if I could only send it to my starving family back home, they would never have to sleep with empty stomach at night.
14/05/2012 at 11:11 pm
G8 que Dios se apiade de ustedes cuando finalice su tiempo en esta Tierra, porque saben como, saben donde, saben quienes…saben. Salud y Buen provecho en la cena de gala.
15/05/2012 at 1:39 am
To the G8, create the means to tackle poverty, injustice, financial speculation, stop profiting from the drug trade, decrease military spending, create education, prevent health, promote healthy productive methods, protect the environment. We want to live in a liveable world for all, stop your abuses.
15/05/2012 at 3:12 am
…the answer is blowing in the wind… and it is yours if you move towarth to…
15/05/2012 at 5:53 am
I think that it’s very important to take consciousness about what’s happening in the world, not only we see a greater population but we are seeing it growing a lot, nature is adapting to us, and we should help it, instead of destroying it, with nature we can help people, all over the world, with food and with many other resources. With your help we can change the world.
15/05/2012 at 8:27 am
В наш век, мир может изменится в результате совместного усилия в помощи бедным развивающимся стран, и одна из важнейших задач – энергоснабжение населения, новый технологии в области источник чистый энергии. Будет дешёвая энергия, будет вода для сель-хоз угодий и жителем этого региона, более того развитие промышленность для их процветание.
15/05/2012 at 9:17 am
Technology has progressed but man has not. The rich get richer and the poor poorer.
Why can he ( Man) not see world gains are fleeting and can not be taken with him, when he dies.One world to be shared by us all and enough for everyone. HE (man) has not learned this. Who says he is intelligent ?
One man however is trying to lead the way Bill Gates………he has opened the “gate”…..and hopes others will enter and join him. He honors the word intelligent.
No one should go hungry in body or mind.
United we can change things……. alone we fall.
Lets unite …..power to change is in our hands.
Maybe if we get a message going ..for everyone using EMAIL to donate whatever they can (even a penny)….would be a start…..
15/05/2012 at 9:55 am
STOP THE GREED
MEET THE NEED
LEAD FEED!
15/05/2012 at 10:04 am
Do you know that some people have hungry
15/05/2012 at 10:55 am
We are all one. If you feed them they too in turn will you.One hungry person is too much. Abundance is ours to share.Everything is possible, do good onto all.
15/05/2012 at 2:59 pm
Você come e bebe enquanto Eles morrem.
15/05/2012 at 3:22 pm
Salvad vidas ya y no hablad tanto
15/05/2012 at 5:08 pm
Let us stand together and deeply love and care for one another by providing for the physical and emotional needs of so MANY poor people worldwide, helping them to break out of the never – ending cycle of HORRIFIC famine, drought, disease and death; POVERTY.
GREED is a KILLER.
The earth is the LORD’S and EVERYTHING in it. WE are ALL created individually; in HIS OWN image and we are here to love Him, love and care for each other and be stewards of the earth – caring for the natural world.
This world is FULL of sin, greed, strife, all kinds of evil.
We can be CHANGE – MAKERS; standing up for the poorest poor and making a HUGE difference to the lives of many, many people.
MALNUTRITION is one of the world’s BIGGEST killer and many MILLIONS of children in Africa lose their lives each DAY, due to the simple fact that they don’t have any basic food to eat. Did you know, there is MORE than enough food for EVERY person on this planet, the problems are the issue of wealth, greed and a refusal to not SHARE.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
The injustice in poverty which has been going on for CENTURIES is only going to get a lot WORSE if leaders and governments and people are just not willing or bothered to STAND UP for the poor.
We ALL have a decision to make to either help or hinder the lives of those living in poverty – stricken countries.
If you feel strongly about the issue of poverty, PLEASE pray with me and ask God to work a miracle in this situation and at the G8 Summit. Lets work together and STOP people from going hungry – for future generations to come.
As it says: “Do not be overcome by evil, but over – come evil with good.” – Romans 12:21
15/05/2012 at 5:36 pm
Todos somos responsables de eliminar el DOLOR, en todas sus formas, que hay en el mundo…..
Cada uno de nosotros tiene pequeña parte de la solución…hacer OÍR a las personas que tienen la capacidad REAL de dar SOLUCIÓN al HAMBRE, LAS GUERRAS, LAS ENFERMEDADES….HOY y AHORA, es NUESTRO DEBER.
Ellos son responsables de dar solución….nosotros responsables de Hacerles notar la importancia de estos cambios.
15/05/2012 at 6:16 pm
G8 LEADERS COMMIT AND HONOR YOUR WORD, GOD KNOWS YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MANIFEST REAL CHANGES FOR THE WELL BEING OF THE POOR AND HUNGRY.
15/05/2012 at 7:26 pm
Everyone wants you to end hunger and poverty. It´s high time you act to improve the lot of so many people.
Just do it!
15/05/2012 at 8:49 pm
Ye may not have it all together but as one you can do ALL.
15/05/2012 at 10:11 pm
Thank you every one for your money/donation etc. It will buy anything, think twice but it won’t buy food & water both are in far more in short supply in many countries of some developed & many under developed countries for the very simple reasons. Many people prefer city life ,moved to the cities. People must be put to work by what ever means to work on the land to produce FOOD. A lot of arable land is available in many countries lying idle & nothing on them.I think it is very very important. Thank you.
15/05/2012 at 10:22 pm
Do you believe in GOD!All of us are human beings including poor people! Be humans!!
16/05/2012 at 12:25 am
“Food & Roof” we all deserve it!
16/05/2012 at 12:50 am
G8 leaders – your job is to listen to the people, and the people want compassion, equal human rights, access to food, water and safety for all. we also want clean air, water, soil and a healthy planet. It is your job to do as we ask not decide what to do by yourself. You are where you are because of privilege not right, and you have responsibility in your roles. This is not a game, this is life, this is people’s real, actual lives.
16/05/2012 at 6:01 am
I am 82yrs. old. I have worked for peace and to try to improve the lives of others all my adult life. At present I feel that matters are getting worse – not better. The rich are just getting richer and life for the low socio economic groups is worse than it was when I was a child in the years of the depression. Children in New Zealand foraging in pig bins looking for food. This is supposed to be a land of milk and honey!
The suffering in other parts of the world is almost just to terrible to contemplate. The politicians must wake up and take action to bring about a better society for all.
16/05/2012 at 4:29 pm
LA MISERE EST LA MERE NOURRISIERE DU TERRORISME INTERNATIONAL ET DU RACISME
L’occident investi énormément dans l’industrie de l’armement, ce qui est une très bonne chose pour la sécurité du monde. Tout est à leur honneur. Cependant, l’humanité serait encore plus heureuse et mieux sécurisée, si en parallèle, les efforts similaires à ceux de l’armement étaient consentis pour la sécurité alimentaire en faveur de l’homme.
Nous encourageons les Chefs d’Etats des pays de G8 au sommet de Camp David aux Etats- unis d’Amérique à prendre des mesures en faveur d’un investissement massif pour le développement de l’agriculture des pays Africains.
Un pays comme la République Démocratique du Congo, peuplé aujourd’hui de plus de 72 millions d’habitants, avec ses 80 millions d’hectares des terres arables peu à elle seule nourrir 2 milliards de personnes à travers le monde.
Daniel MBENGA MEKATA NKUMU LIKITA
Ingénieur Civil des Constructions
16/05/2012 at 7:12 pm
To all the G8 leaders just think about this for a moment. What if the roles were reversed?. How would you feel?.
17/05/2012 at 12:58 am
World leaders who sit by while millions of children suffer and die will take their rightfull place in history along with Hilter, Mussolini and Stalin. God have mercy on their souls.
17/05/2012 at 4:21 am
I left comments earlier today, What happened to my post?
Can you please contact me and explain it was removed?
Thank-you