Update on Jubilee 2000 events which are of interest to some Colleagues. IF
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> Dear Friends,
> 
> We are pleased to announce a huge range of online activities that will
> accompany global chain reaction events in the run-up to Cologne.  Please
> do
> keep a regular eye on the following websites and link your sites to the
> relevant sites so that your supporters can receive the latest information.
> If you are organising your own web activities on the two days, please let
> us
> know.
> 
> Drop the Debt Special
> 	http://www.dropthedebt.msn.co.uk
> 
> *	Bono will go online in support of the Jubilee 2000 on Thursday June
> 10th at 9.00pm BST.  You can email questions to him before and during the
> event - and read the transcript afterwords.  The questions and answers
> will
> be simultaneously translated into eight languages.  
> *	The Jubilee 2000 Petition will be the central feature of the Drop
> the Debt Special.  Events such as Bono's interview will attract people to
> the site where they can sign the petition and learn more about the
> campaign
> with links to news, features, actions and more information on the
> campaign.
> It also provides clear links to getting involved in Jubilee 2000 campaigns
> around the world
> *	On the 4/5th June, Comic Relief (one of Jubilee 2000 Coalition's UK
> partners) held a gig consisting of two nights of comedy, dance and music
> at
> the Brixton Academy on the 4th and 5th of June. The site covered the event
> with a web camera and included chats with some of the participating
> celebrities.  Go to http://www.dropthedebt.msn.co.uk to read the chats.
> *	Ewan McGregor has donated a unique signed Phantom Menace poster and
> Muhammad Ali has donated signed photos as prizes for the best questions
> put
> to Bono.  After the interview with Bono, the site will have coverage of
> the
> Human Chains in London on June 13th and Cologne on June 19th.   It will
> also
> feature an interactive interview with Thom Yorke of Radiohead on 15 June. 
> *	MSN have done a great deal of publicity through their networks with
> adverts to 40 million hotmail users and 23 million link exchange users,
> MSN
> sister sites and online/offline press work
> *	Nickie Smith, marketing manager at MSN said: "This is a UK
> originated initiative supporting Jubilee 2000 and Comic Relief and it
> builds
> on our work for Comic Relief 'Red Nose Day'.  We are confident
> http://dropthedebt.msn.co.uk will show how quickly the Internet can back
> important campaigns such as this by adding millions of signatures to the
> petition.   People are continually surprised by the sense of humanity and
> community spirit among the global Internet community. This is another
> opportunity for the Internet to 'do a Live Aid' with this initiative"
> *	The site will shortly preview a special film produced for Comic
> Relief by Anthony Minghella (who made English Patient) in support of
> Jubilee
> 2000's Drop The Debt's campaign
> 
> Jubilee 2000 UK Site and Human Chain events in London and Cologne
> 
> http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/main.html
> 
> Jubilee 2000, will be showing all the highlights from all the websites
> with
> live and interactive coverage of Human Chains in London on June 13th and
> Cologne on June 19th.   For those who are unable to go in person, all you
> will need to do is log on and it will be as if you are there!
> 
> Jubilee 2000 will be working with UK Coalition Organisation Tearfund and
> MSN
> UK to provide you with interactive and exciting coverage of both days 
> 
> London, Sunday 13 June
> 
> *	Latest news with pictures and live film footage from events around
> the chain and the link up of the Human Chain at 3pm on the river Thames,
> co-ordinated by Tearfund web team
> *	Interviews with key speakers and participants
> *	Web chats with celebrities joining the Human Chain
> *	News and reports of Human Chain in Edinburgh on 12 June
> *	Highlights of press coverage in Britain and beyond.
> 
> Cologne, Saturday 19 June
> 
> *	Tearfund are planning an exclusive online interview between
> campaigners in a Zambian village and representative of the G8 governments.
> It is hoped this will take place on the 18th June, however the timing of
> this is not yet confirmed. It is going to be a very significant and
> newsworthy event as the latest technology links up a prominent government
> official of one of the most powerful nation in the world with ordinary
> people from one of the most impoverished and indebted countries, Zambia.
> Further details on this will follow.
> *	Latest news, pictures, interviews with participants, and live film
> footage from events around the chain, and link up of the Human Chain,
> co-ordinated by Tearfund web team
> *	Live edited film footage of the whole day including petition
> handover put together by Erlassjahr 2000
> *	Possible web chats with celebrities joining the Human Chain
> *	Latest news on the G8 Summit discussions with Jubilee 2000's
> response to the G8 Communique.
> 
> 
> BBC online feature "The burden of debt"
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/debt
> 
> To coincide with the broadcast of Comic Relief's Debt Wish Tour, as well
> as
> a number of news pieces and features on debt, the BBC will be running a
> feature on the burden of debt.  
> 
> This will include:
> *	Online interviews with Gordon Brown, UK Chancellor and Tony
> Robinson, prominent comic relief supporter and campaigner on debt and
> renowned for his role as Baldrick in TV comedy series blackadder
> *	Background on the issue of debt,  a case study of Mozambique's
> experience, features of people in support of and against the Jubilee 2000
> campaign
> *	Article by British comedian, Lenny Henry on why he backs the Drop
> the Debt Campaign
> *	Links to Comic Relief's site which includes features on debt
> (http://www.comicrelief.org.uk)
> 
> Guardian Feature on Debt
> 
> http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/debt
> 
> The Guardian has supported Jubilee 2000 Coalition for over a year and has
> an
> excellent documentary section of their website on debt and the campaign.
> They will be increasing the profile of the debt site and running a number
> of
> stories and features on debt during the week 12-19th June.  They will also
> be hosting an interactive interview with Ann Pettifor, Director of the UK
> Jubilee 2000 Coalition - this has been provisionally arranged for
> Wednesday
> 16th June.
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> 
> Nick Buxton
> Communications and Networks Executive
> 
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