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Stand Up Against Poverty
Stand Up Against Poverty
16 - 18 October 2009
What is Stand Up?
Stand Up is the world’s largest mobilisation. It
is a worldwide initiative seeking to end poverty, address its causes
and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In 2008, 117
million people worldwide joined together through Stand Up (a Guinness
World Record), including over 207,000 Australians who participated in
Stand Up events around the country.
The 2008 Stand Up
participation led to direct action and policy changes in many
developing countries, where leaders saw that people in their country
were passionate about ending poverty. Many more steps need to be
taken. This year join us as more and more people come together to urge
world leaders to keep their promises and do their fair share to end
poverty and climate change. You can Stand Up in your school,
university, workplace, church or community group to add your voice to
the growing world-wide movement that will not remain seated in the face
of poverty.
Why Stand Up?
While you are at work or school today, about 8,000 children will die of easily preventable and treatable causes. Millions of people all over the world are living in extreme poverty. We can either stand by and watch or stand up, show that we care and make a difference.
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), agreed in 2000 by 191 heads of government, set out the pathway and promises of all to reach poverty reduction targets by 2015. Progress towards the MDGs is slowing and will slow even more unless climate change is also urgently addressed.
This October, join with millions calling on world leaders to take urgent action towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
How You Can Stand Up!
Stand Up is a simple yet powerful idea. Get a group of people together, take a pledge to act against poverty, choose an action to take, count the number of participants and register that number at
www.standupagainstpoverty.com.au
Attend an Event
Public events are being organised in each Australian capital city. Visit
www.standupagainstpoverty.com.au to find one near you. Alternatively, you can organise your own event in your school, uni, workplace, place of worship or community group. To qualify for the Guinness World Record count, all events must be held be held between 6am Friday, 16th October and 11pm Sunday, 18th October.
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Choose a location |
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Insert a Stand Up moment into an existing event |
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Choose an event leader |
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Promote your event |
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Be counted! |
It is essential that your event is registered on the Stand Up website and that you report your numbers after the event.
Register: www.standupagainstpoverty.com.au
Stand Up Resources
Stand Up Video
Watch this inspiring video clip and then use it to get others involved
