[Discussion-AZC] Fwd: Will Ferrell Video Kicks Off 30 Day Campaign for Burma!

[Barbara Kohn]

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> From: United States Campaign for Burma  
> <uscampaignforburma at mail.democracyinaction.org>
> Date: May 1, 2008 8:57:43 AM CDT
> To: kohnbarbara at austin.rr.com
> Subject: Will Ferrell Video Kicks Off 30 Day Campaign for Burma!
> Reply-To: uscampaignforburma at mail.democracyinaction.org
>
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> Will Ferrell Video Kicks Off 30 Day Effort
> for US Campaig for Burma
>
> Dear US Campaign for Burma Supporters,
>
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> We are thrilled to announce that today, a video by actor Will  
> Ferrell is kicking off a 30-day campaign to help the US Campaign  
> for Burma build one million voices of support for human rights and  
> democracy in Burma.
>
> Every day for 30 days you will be able to tune into our website  
> www.uscampaignforburma.org orwww.burmaitcantwait.org (or YouTube,  
> Myspace, and many more sites) to watch a new celebrity video about  
> Burma.  Instead of watching one single video with limited  
> information, viewers will be able to learn a great deal about the  
> people of Burma's courageous struggle for human rights and  
> democracy.  Each video is different -- some are deadly serious  
> while others have a light touch.  Most of these are meant to be  
> different than a typical public service announcement -- more like a  
> short movie or skit.
>
> The videos include many of the top actors in Hollywood and others  
> in music, such as Jennifer Aniston, Woody Harrelson, Sylvester  
> Stallone, Julie Benz, Eric Szmanda, Anjelica Huston, Ellen Page,  
> Sheryl Crow, and more.  Make sure you come back each day to find  
> out who are all the celebrities helping us.
>
> Since you already know about Burma, can you tell as many people as  
> possible to watch the videos and join our effort?  They are a  
> fantastic tool to educate people and spur them to take action.
>
> Every single video closes by encouraging viewers to join the US  
> Campaign for Burma's one-million person effort for Burma.
>
> Why do we want one million people to sign up?  Here is why: we are  
> facing a military regime that has locked up the world's only  
> imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi, brutally  
> cracked down against hundreds of thousands of peaceful monks and  
> civilians, recruited more child soldiers than any other country in  
> the world, and destroyed 3,200 ethnic villages -- bordering on  
> genocide.  Yet, too few people have taken action to stop these  
> abuses, and not enough have basic knowledge about Burma.
>
> We have seen in history what happens when not enough people take  
> action.  Nelson Mandela was locked up in near-obscurity for nearly  
> two decades before millions of people rallied to the cause of  
> freedom for South Africa.  We shouldn't wait that long to build a  
> strong effort for Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi has called on us to help,  
> saying "Please, use your liberty to promote ours."  Just as  
> millions of people -- including celebrities -- came together to  
> help free Nelson Mandela and South Africa in the 1980s -- we are  
> asking for your help now.
>
> Tell your friends about these videos, watch them on one of dozens  
> of sites on the internet, including our website  
> www.uscampaignforburma.org or at www.burmaitcantwait.org.  Then,  
> encourage them to sign up to be one of the million.  After they  
> sign up, they will receive timely alerts from us asking them to  
> email people in the US Congress or United Nations, host film  
> screenings, and consider organizing events for human rights in  
> Burma.  Working together, we can be a powerful force for change.
>
> As Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Our lives begin to end the day we  
> become silent about things that matter."  Supporting human rights  
> does matter, and together we will do our part to help Aung San Suu  
> Kyi and the people of Burma. It can't wait.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Aung Din, Jeremy Woodrum, Jennifer Quigley, Thelma Young
>
> Support 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi and the  
> struggle for freedom and democracy in Burma.
> Become a member of the United States Campaign for Burma today.
>
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