September 2008
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“A couple of moments stand out. The ‘In My Name’ event with the new...”
– Open House: UN Summit diary: the pledge conveyor belt
We had an amazing launch. Visit inmyname.com for the video and photos from the day.
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“Let me quote from the Millennium Declaration they adopted. They vowed to “spare...”
– THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS— Ban ki-Moon (via jasonwhat)
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in my name - End Poverty Artists: will.i.am,...
The new york crew are still up and hoping to get some sleep before the launch tomorrow. Follow it live via twitter or inmyname.tumblr.com
it was night before launch and all through the house, everyone is stirring, even the mouse. Keep up with launch, via our tumblr and twitter feed tomorrow,
Micah Challenge USA Urges Focus on Global Poverty →
Responding to a call from their Third World counterparts, U.S. evangelical leaders are urging church members to pay greater attention to global poverty, saying increased advocacy is necessary in light of the current U.S. financial crisis.
Last month, 21 leaders of churches in Africa, Asia, and South America wrote that the U.S. church has preached the gospel in their lands but “has not also...
inmyname.com is starting to hit the blogs and real world media, and friends emailing me to telling me about this cool campaign, inmyname
Global financial crisis could hurt UN program - AP →
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said last week he was very concerned the economic slowdown and turmoil on Wall Street could have a negative impact on the ability of rich nations to help achieve United Nations goals to improve the lives of the poorest people who live on less than $1 a day.
Leaders were set to begin a week of meetings on Monday.
Before the U.S. financial meltdown rippled around...
inmyname.com is live go and add your voice now →
After a huge effort from a team of extrmemly talented people, working in different cities, countries and timezones inmyname.com is go.
with 5 sleeps left to go before the launch of inmyname.com in New York. Karina is hoping her computer compresses the video files.
says ahoy my mateys, get rid of the scourge of poverty that be plaguing the seven seas and put your inmyname.com into your looking glass
Rough Cut
Wow! A crazy week of editing and much more to come. We’ve had footage coming in from all over the world, which is amazing, and a technical nightmare. Still, things have been humming along and we will have a video called Be the Generation that should be released by Monday. If we can get it done any sooner I’ll post it up here for a bit of a sneak peek.
Most of the week I was in LA...
Just talked to a dozen NYC geeks about inmyname.com, and they liked it, then went home to talk to Aussie and Kiwi colleagues about it to.
in my name - Facebook Fan page is go →
As we inch closer to September 25, all the interactive elements are starting to go live. Make sure you add yourself as a fan of our Facebook page and tell all your friends about in my name
New York and London teams are anxiously waiting for the LA team to wing their way to New York with the precious digitized footage.
finishing up edits with the team in LA and getting ready for the website to go LIVE!
The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) is very excited about the kick off to 50 days of intense activity around key moments in the political calendar.
In the run up to the September 25th event on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in New York there have been poverty rallies, assemblies and hearings, with people coming together to tell their stories of living and fighting poverty.
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desktop tidy
I am hoping my new portable hard drive will be able to handle the amount of data my lovely computer is going to crunch, so we can get all the photos, flash and videos out to people who want them in time. Let us know if you want them too. blogs at inmyname.com