Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Tweet[IWS] ILO/Universitas: STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY--15,16 October 2006
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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ILO/Universitas
Stand Up Against Poverty; Stand Up for the Millennium Development Goals
http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/
See also --
Millennium Campaign
http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/site/pp.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=138312
On October 15th & 16th 2006, people from around the world, from
villages in Nepal to offices in Portland will join together in an
attempt to set the first world record for the greatest number of people
to Stand Up Against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals.
In the 24-hour period between October 15-16, the Campaign will be asking
people to physically stand up against poverty to remind governments of
their promise to achieve the MDGs. 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.
Events have already been planned across the world; from an entire
36,000 cricket stadium standing up before a match to small churches
conducting Stand Up moments before Sunday Mass. Based on our current
records, there are already one million people who have pledged to Stand
Up.
In order to truly communicate to world leaders that the world is
concerned about ending poverty, we need many more people.
ILO/Universitas ( www.ilo.org/public/english/universitas ) as a partner
in the global fight against poverty, supports the Stand Up Campaign and
hopes that your university will be able to do the same on Oct 15-16 when
we will join together with the UN Millennium Campaign and people around
the world to Stand Up Against Poverty!
Please find the flyer of the Stand Up Campaign at this URL:
http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/files/EventMaterial_Brochure_English_View.pdf
For more information, visit www.millenniumcampaign.org/standup
Thank you for your cooperation,
Jan Van Damme
ILO/Universitas
Geneva (CH)
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
ILO/Universitas
Stand Up Against Poverty; Stand Up for the Millennium Development Goals
http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/
See also --
Millennium Campaign
http://www.millenniumcampaign.org/site/pp.asp?c=grKVL2NLE&b=138312
On October 15th & 16th 2006, people from around the world, from
villages in Nepal to offices in Portland will join together in an
attempt to set the first world record for the greatest number of people
to Stand Up Against Poverty and for the Millennium Development Goals.
In the 24-hour period between October 15-16, the Campaign will be asking
people to physically stand up against poverty to remind governments of
their promise to achieve the MDGs. 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.
Events have already been planned across the world; from an entire
36,000 cricket stadium standing up before a match to small churches
conducting Stand Up moments before Sunday Mass. Based on our current
records, there are already one million people who have pledged to Stand
Up.
In order to truly communicate to world leaders that the world is
concerned about ending poverty, we need many more people.
ILO/Universitas ( www.ilo.org/public/english/universitas ) as a partner
in the global fight against poverty, supports the Stand Up Campaign and
hopes that your university will be able to do the same on Oct 15-16 when
we will join together with the UN Millennium Campaign and people around
the world to Stand Up Against Poverty!
Please find the flyer of the Stand Up Campaign at this URL:
http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/files/EventMaterial_Brochure_English_View.pdf
For more information, visit www.millenniumcampaign.org/standup
Thank you for your cooperation,
Jan Van Damme
ILO/Universitas
Geneva (CH)
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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