Did any of you catch the Live 8 concert yesterday? It was all over the place...MTV and VH1 had reports and concert footage all day. ABC had a special 2-hour highlight of the event. It was pretty cool.
The whole purpose of the Live 8 event was to raise awareness of the fight against poverty. The artists and organizers involved in the event hoped to draw the attention of the leaders attending the G8 conference...hoping they would take note that people are concerned with poverty issues. I'm all about it and think our world leaders need to know that many people around the world want them to take action to help eliminate poverty. The people behind one.org were really pushing this event.
So, throughout the event, various artists were making pleas for people, especially the G8 leaders, to become more aware of poverty issues. That's what gets me...This event wasn't doing anything to fight poverty issues...It wasn't doing anything to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, etc...This event was organized simply to raise awareness that poverty is an issue around the world...focusing especially on the African continent.
Anyway, I was just a bit disappointed in the event. It's great to make people more aware. But, give people some outlets of how they can make a difference...today! Sure, we can all put pressure on our governmental leaders...But, we can and should do more than that.
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