2010 is an incredible year of opportunity but we need as many voices as possible to make it the year our Prime Minister and leaders around the world can no longer ignore our collective voice in calling for a world without poverty.
Leaders will no longer be able to ignore our voices when millions of voices have come together and the noise, as Rev. Desmond Tutu famously said, “will be deafening. Politicians will have to listen.” Stand Up is our chance to do that. But we need your help.
Stand Up can be big or small events and actions and can focus on particular issues relevant to your community.
But our broad ask is for a Canada and a world without poverty. In doing so, we are demanding that Canada honour all its commitments to ending poverty in Canada and abroad. We want to see concrete plans that will show how our government will be taking steps towards ending poverty at home and abroad. And we want our government to be accountable to its plans.
Whether big or small, Stand Up events and actions are meant to raise awareness of these issues, show support for ending poverty and bring as many voices together so that we make the biggest noise possible.
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Get organized for your event with these handy resources:
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How to sign-on for Stand Up
Sign-on Online
Visit our website during September 17-19, 2010 and sign-on to Make Poverty History.
Download a sign-on spreadsheet
Stand Up events must submit all collected sign-ons in spreadsheet form. Unfortunately, we cannot accept printed and handwritten lists and we suggest you plan ahead to either use a computer at your event or arrange for a volunteer to enter the participant information into a spreadsheet.
