What If Everyone Cared??
What would happen is everyone cared?
1984- Bob Geldof, music journalist turned punk rock frontman was INSPIRED by a news report about Africa’s famine epidemic and began his fight against world hunger. Geldof organized the worlds first global charity concert, LIVE AID. Performances by 100 artists around the world were viewed by 1.5 billion people. LIVE AID raised 150 million in just ONE DAY.
1976- Betty Williams, a receptionist and mother of two, witnessed three children killed during the political turmoil in Northern Ireland. Within two days of the tragic event, Williams obtained 6,000 signatures petitioning for peace. She then led 10,000 people on a peace march to the children’s graves. The peaceful march was disrupted by protesters. One week later, Williams organized another march. This time the march was 35,000 strong. Betty Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976.
1961- Two students in Portugal raised their glasses in a toast to freedom. They were imprisoned for 7 years. British lawyer Peter Benenson was shocked by the events. To rally support for the boys, he wrote a letter to his local paper. The response was so overwhelming that a committee was formed to organize the campaign. It quickly grew into a world-wide movement known today as Amnesty International.
1920′s- A boy from a small south African village dreamt of a day when equality would prevail over his country. After years of activism, he was charged with “political treason” and sentenced to life in prison. His dream of equality never died. In 1990, after 27 years in prison, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was finally released. Mandela then led South Africa to it’s first ever Democratic presidential election. Nearly 19 million people voted. Nelson Mandela won the election, ending the racist apartheid regime that divided South Africa for 46 years.
“Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead
If everyone cared and nobody cried,
If everyone loved and nobody leid,
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride,
Then we’d see the day when nobody deid.
~Nickelback (From the video of “If everyone cared”)
The song video really throughly explains and gives wonderful examples of the real people in this world who care. It tells many stories throughout history when a single person has started a foundation or movement that changed the world that we live in today.
In a world where 1% of worlds population owns 40% of planets weath. In a world where 34000 children die every single day from poverty and preventable diseases, and, where 50% of world’s population lives on less than 2 dollars a day, One thing is clear something is very wrong, and in this world who give their part of life for others are the heroes, not those who are in power of these political, religious, and monetary institutions and use the manipulating game based on patriotism , welfare and faith of our “own” people to rule us.
We should learn the power of giving, even to the “looters” .That’s the power of difference and change, it ignites a revolution.
I love rock songs they are just so non filmy and realistic…..
~Yogi
Superb instances to support your inspirational view.
The one thing which is evident is that these wonderful examples provide us with the much needed ingredient of Hope for all the change waiting to happen..!
Change is inevitable…it is gonna come and it has started showing its signs…I want to be a part of community which brings change not sitting somewhere with my family and getting lost in the crowd…that will be the worst i can imagine..i feel i can’t just do one kind of work all time i want to do evrything, learn everything, see evrything, visit all the places in this world…and contribute to evrything existing i wish that for me..
remember steve jobs saying “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”