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Stand Up Against Poverty and for the MDGs, Worldwide, Oct 15-16
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Stand Up Against Poverty and for the MDGs, Worldwide, Oct 15-16
What is STAND UP?
STAND UP is a global advocacy effort to set an official Guinness
World Record - the greatest number of people ever to STAND UP Against
Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals - on October 15-16
2006. Within a 24-hour period, a minimum of 10,000 people must
physically and symbolically "STAND UP" to communicate their desire to
fight poverty and to hold their governments and leaders accountable
for promises to end poverty by 2015. The purpose of this action is to
raise awareness of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to
publicly demonstrate to policy makers the growing global support for
the achievement of the MDGs and for the strengthening of development
policies in both Northern and Southern countries.
STAND UP is a mobilization initiative designed to coincide with
global mobilizations around the International Day of Poverty
Eradication and the White Band Day of the Global Call to Action
against Poverty. It relies fully on citizen participation in that it
mobilizes all individuals, everywhere, to take part in local, group
events around the world through which they use their bodies (rather
than their voices) as concrete symbols of MDG advocacy. To ensure the
inclusion of those not physically able to stand up, a symbolic act of
raising a hand, wearing a white band (the symbol of the global fight
against poverty), or holding up a banner with the "Stand Up Against
Poverty" message will also be counted.
What are we doing in Aus?
In Australia, we will be having lots of local actions - in schools,
universities, workplaces and churches around the country. There will
also be a large-scale lunch-time event in Martin Place, Sydney, which
is being coordinated through the Sydney working group. Updates will
be added to the Make Poverty History website on a weekly basis to see
where the local events will be taking place.
Stand Up Resources:
We will be providing central resources for those who wish to organise
their own STAND UP event. There will be:
=B7 guides to how to run a stand up event in your school, workplace,
university or church - downloadable from the website this week
(www.makepovertyhistory.org.au)
=B7 flyers (A5) and posters (A4) which you can update with specific
details on your local event then download and photocopy - this week
=B7 generic printed flyers available for distribution - from next week
=B7 other resources such as promotional DVD's, MPH brochures etc -
available soon
HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?
Monitored by Guinness World Records the STAND UP challenge will take
place between 8pm (AEST) 15 October to 8pm (AEST) 16 October. During
this time thousands of people will be standing up all over the world.
In schools, universities, offices, churches, town halls and at
sporting events and concerts. Either join one of these events or
gather your friends, colleagues and family and create your own STAND
UP event.
HOW CAN I ORGANISE MY OWN EVENT?
1. Identify a local public space which is in a central location -town
or village square, city hall, marketplace, park, school, office,
university campus, etc.
2. Decide on event theme: e.g. music concert, theatre group, dance
performance, carnival, rap concert, street theater, film screening or
just a simple gathering of friends, family and colleagues.
3. Decide on who will lead the event. A person from within your group
or a high profile person/celebrity from the community. They can be
asked to be master of ceremonies at the event.
4. Inform everyone via e-mail, letter, fliers, posters etc about this
mobilization day. Invite them to come and join this global challenge.
5. Where appropriate inform relevant local or national media that
event is taking place.
I have an existing event on the 15-16 October, can I still be
involved in STAND UP?
YES, the STAND UP moment has been designed so that it can also be
inserted into existing events that are already taking place.
Some examples of this could be:
=B7 Sunday Church Services or other faith based gatherings after 8pm:
Engage faith leaders to lead their congregations in a STAND UP Moment
during Church service;
=B7 Football and other sports matches: Insert a STAND UP moment into
half time at football and other sports events;
=B7 Clubs and student groups: Gather your members and have a STAND UP
moment during your regular events and meeting;
Schools and Universities: Engage schools to hold a Stand Up moment on
Monday morning;
=B7 Corporations: Engage your company to gather their employees on
Monday and hold a Stand Up moment.
HOW DO I ORGANISE A STAND UP MOMENT?
The actual STAND UP moment must be coordinated to take place at a
suitable time during your event. The following steps should be taken:
1. A celebrity, mayor, group leader, society president, CEO or other
relevant figure ("an announcer") will ask everyone gathered to come
together and sit/kneel down.
2. The announcer gives a brief explanation of the STAND UP
initiative. Why we are doing this: A world record attempt to STAND UP
Against poverty, in support of the MDGS, for promises that must be
kept to end poverty by 2015
3. The announcer asks the gathered crowd to count down from ten with
them and then at "0" everyone will STAND UP together for one minute.
(Disabled people can perform any appropriate action to show they are
taking a stand or just be present).
4. During this one minute the "announcer" or other appropriate figure
reads the STAND UP pledge on behalf of those gathered - the pledge
will be available on the website soon.
5. After the STAND UP moment and the reading of the pledge the
"announcer" informs the audience that "x" number of people have Stood
Up at this event and their efforts will be logged as part of the
record setting attempt and total numbers of people Standing Up around
the world against poverty.
6. After this the event can continue as scheduled. Although don=B4t
forget to take pictures and register your event so that it is counted
for the world record attempt!
HOW DO I REGISTER MY EVENT?
Please e-mail us at mph (at) acfid.asn.au if you are planning to organize
an event with the following information:
Your name
Organisation
Contact information
Location and date of event
Brief outline of event
Estimated number of people that will STAND UP
HOW CAN I BE COUNTED FOR THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ATTEMPT?
If you are attending an existing event, you will automatically be
counted and registered by event organizers. If you are organizing
your own event you will need to register your STAND UP numbers online
for them to be counted.
Numbers can be submitted by completing the registration form at the
Make Poverty History web-site by 8pm AEST on Oct 16th:
Who=B4s involved with STAND UP?
For the STAND UP challenge the Millennium Campaign will be joining
forces with a wide range of partners across the world, including the
Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP), Make Poverty History,
trade unions, faith based groups, local governments, youth groups,
Parliamentarians, sporting associations, media and other key actors.
The STAND UP challenge is designed to coincide with global
mobilizations around the International Day of Poverty Eradication and
the White Band Day of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty on
October 17th.
Why do you want people to STAND UP?
The act of Standing Up Against Poverty is a strong symbolic
statement. We hope to have a strong political impact by telling our
leaders and the world that hundreds and thousand of people, all over
the world have mobilized publicly to demand that poverty eradication
and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals are a
political priority and that there are no excuses for not achieving
these Goals by 2015.
Can disabled people be included in the STAND UP challenge?
To ensure the inclusion of those not physically able to STAND UP i.e.
disabled people, a symbolic act of raising a hand, wearing a white
band or holding up a banner with the "Stand Up Against Poverty"
message on it will also be counted. In these cases, rather than
rising from a sitting position, symbolically "standing up" will also
be taken to mean "taking a stand" against poverty.
What time does the STAND UP challenge start and finish?
The STAND Up challenge will start at 8pm (AEST) on Sunday 15 October
and finish at 8pm (AEST) on Monday 16 October. We only have 24
hours!
My event falls out of this time slot, can it still be counted?
No, the above time period can not be changed to accommodate
individual events. However the STAND UP challenge is part of a month
of mobilization around poverty eradication ending on October 17th so
please let us know about your events so your initiative can be logged
as part of this wider month of action.
For more information, please visit www.makepovertyhistory.com.au
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