Tag: amnesty international

Dancing in the streets

Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al are look­ing to recruit street per­form­ers to sup­port human rights as part of Free­dom Week 2006(their annu­al aware­ness and fundrais­ing week 31 july — 6 august)

Mon­ey col­lect­ed on the streets this year will sup­port their cri­sis cam­paign­ing work, in par­tic­u­lar their work to stop human rights abus­es in Dar­fur, Sudan.

To help raise the pro­file of Free­dom Week, and boost pub­lic dona­tions, for the first time this year, they’re ask­ing artists, buskers and per­form­ing arts stu­dents to give up half an hour or an hour of their time to busk on Free­dom Day, their street appeal day. In Welling­ton that’s Thurs­day 3rd August.

This is an invite to dance for love in the street to sup­port Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al’s Free­dom Day.

What: Free­dom Day street per­for­mance with Welling­ton Batu­ca­da (for Amnesty Inter­na­tion­al’s Free­dom Week)

When: Thurs­day 3rd August, between 5 and 6pm

Where: Cor­ner of Lambton Quay and Feath­er­ston St (in front of Old Bank Arcade)

Cos­tumes: To be advised

Oth­er: There will be no prac­tices, so you will need to be con­fi­dent in fol­low­ing carnival/samba reg­gae moves as lead by a teacher and freestyling as well.

Shake it for a good cause, or just go along and show your sup­port.