On October 16, 17 and 18, millions of people around the world will unite to show global solidarity, break a world record for the largest coordinated mobilization of civil society, and demand leaders live up to their commitments to meet and exceed the Millennium Development Goals – essentially to halve global poverty by 2015.

Can’t make it to an event? You can still be counted by going online!
On October 16, 17 or 18, take action on Make Poverty History’s STAND UP widget and be counted for the official Guinness World Record attempt.

Last year, close to 80 000 Canadians stood alongside almost 117-million world-wide. But we can do better than this. The more people that STAND UP, the more our government leaders see citizens care and the more likely they are to take action on the issues. Let’s send a strong message to our government that hundreds of thousands of Canadians want bold action taken to make poverty history both globally and here in Canada.

STAND UP can be a big or small event but it can also be a short moment inserted into any event taking place on one of these 3 days. Essentially, it is a moment when individuals, either separately or in a gathering agree to stand up and read the STAND UP pledge.