• by Fix Our World
• 09/02/2008 At 01:29

Please join us we are asking people across the world to hold a fix our world event on May 18, 2008 to unite and educate the world especially youth in the areas of Poverty, HIV/AIDS/Global Health, Environment/Climate Change, and Peace/Conflict

FIX OUR WORLD FESTIVAL is a Nonpartisan, Nondenominational Event and is currently being held Hamilton Ontario, Lethbridge Alberta, Fort McMurray Alberta, Newcastle Australia, Kisumu Kenya, more to be announced.  We are hoping to have Universities, Organizations, Bands and individuals across the world  hold an event in their area.                                                                                      Please SIGN ON TO www.makepovertyhistory.ca & one@one.org

Mission of Organization: Fix Our World. To organize events and initiatives to engage and educate the public especially youth on the issues of Environment/Global Warming,  Extreme Poverty, World Peace/Conflict, HIV/AIDS/Global Health, locally and globally and to let the G8 leaders (Canada, US, UK, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Russia), their invited leaders (Brazil, China, South Africa, Mexico, India), and all international organizations renew their commitments to the following:                                                                     MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, ENDING DISEASE - HIV/AIDS, TB, MALARIA, MORE BETTER AID, EDUCATION, CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION, TRADE JUSTICE, DEBT CANCELLATION, MATERNAL AND CHILD,HEALTH, CORRUPTION, CONDITIONALITY, FOOD, ORPHANS, HOUSING, and CLIMATE CHANGE

Event Description: FIX OUR WORLD FESTIVAL will be Canada's largest benefit festival showcasing over 100 musical talents nationally and around the world. With genres from funk to gospel, hip-hop to metal, world music to alternative, it is a plethora of diverse sound all supporting a great cause. It is a weekend opportunity to bring all groups together who are making a difference and teach everyone what needs to be done to " Fix Our World".
In addition to the concert various McMaster Clubs, Business local and International Organizations such as The Jane Goodall Foundation, The Nelson Mandela Foundation, World Vision, Make Poverty History,  World Wildlife Fund,  Amnesty International, War Child, Unicef, Oxfam, Free the Children,  International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, 46664, Save Darfur, Stephen Lewis Foundation, and all who wish to participate will be represented in this event through information kiosks and sign-up sheets.

Guest speakers, celebrities, and politicians are invited to speak on stage in between sets on the issues of Poverty, Climate change, Peace, and HIV/AIDS and their view on how to fix our world locally and globally.
Guest Speakers will include 4 speakers per day one each on subject of Peace, Poverty, AIDS, and Environment.
In the spirit of Live 8 and Live Earth, We hope to have this event broadcast nationally with a link to presently 8 venues across Canada and Internationally if possible. We hope to have Live feeds from all the 8 Venues, as well as 30 to 60 spots from various organizations mentioned will be seen on LCD screen in between sets.
The 25th Annual International AIDS Candlelight Memorial will be held May 18, 2008 Sunday evening at 8pm.  We will start the memorial with a Guest Speaker from The Stephen Lewis Foundation will be leading us to Light candles Uniting with the World to Honour Those who have died, Those who are suffering, and All who are affected by HIV/AIDS where every second counts. 

Event Objective: The objectives of the event are the following:
To raise awareness of the crisis of Extreme Poverty, Climate Change, HIV/AIDS, Peace Locally and Globally. To place pressure on the G8 leaders to keep their commitments to End Poverty, HIV/AIDS, Conflict, and Global Warming. To support the efforts of various organizations mentioned, with some of the proceeds for this event donated to these organizations respectively. To engage all citizens to take an active role in creating a more just future. To fix and restore our planet.

Date of Event: May 17-18th, 2008
We are involving local schools asking them to make a school banner for the issue/issues of their choice to be placed around the Venue, signed by the school staff and students

Each event will be linked on our Web page to show the struggles and accomplishments of each area. We are focusing heavily on youth in order to educate and protect them of the dangers of HIV/AIDS locally and globally, and gain them as citizens who will not only care about the future of our Planet but also help in it's conservation.

The Sponsorship/Support is greatly appreciated. Please help us to make this an amazing event, where our communities will want to come back year after year and be updated and educated by the achievements that are being made and the new technologies available in all areas.

The Website, fixourworld.ca, will have a Global, National and Local page, linking all the Venues. The world can virtually see what is working and where help is needed in all areas of Environment, Peace, Poverty and HIV/AIDS.
This is a powerful event, all involved will be proud to participate in a World Changing Movement. If We Believe We Will Achieve

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN OR HOLDING AN EVENT CONTACT US

All are invited to add to my friends on www.myspace.com/fixourworld
FixOurWorldFestival group(Facebook)
Hamilton event- www.myspace.com/fixourworldhamilton www.FixOurWorldFestival group(myspace)
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Linda Lannigan                                                                                          Together We Will Fix Our World