We Are The World 25 For Haiti Please donate today to help our global family in Haiti.
Recorded on February 1st, 2010, in the same studio as the original 25 years earlier (Henson Recording Studios, formerly A&M Recording Studios) "We Are The World 25 For Haiti", in which Jones and Richie serve as executive producers and producers, was created in collaboration with executive producers Wyclef Jean, Randy Phillips and Peter Tortorici; producers Humberto Gattica and RedOne; and co-producers Rickey Minor, Mervyn Warren and Patti Austin to benefit the Haitian earthquake relief efforts and the rebuilding of Haiti.
Academy Award-winning writer-director Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby), whose own personal efforts as well as those of Artists for Peace and Justice have already saved countless lives in Haiti, filmed the private recording session to create the accompanying video and behind-the-scenes production, and serves as Film Director and as an Executive Producer with Jones, Richie, Jean, Phillips and Tortorici.
The 25th Anniversary recording features over 80 artists and performers. The recording of We Are The World 25 For Haiti embodied the same enthusiasm, sense of purpose and generosity as the original recording 25 years ago. Every one of the artists who participated, regardless of genre or generation, walked into the room with their hearts and souls completely open to coming together to help the people of Haiti.
Martin Luther King Day of Service
Martin Luther King lived his life by serving others. January, 18th 2009 is yet another remainder that we need to treat each other right, care and respect each other, no matter what race, creed or religion. As we assess our lives and how we live - what have you done to help others, lately?
I know that the entire International News Inc. family plans on being involved in various community service.
We would also like to hear from you, write back to us and let us know how YOU plan, your Monday remembrance of Dr. King.
...I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood...
...This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring. "
...And if America is to be a great nation this must come true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the might mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
...When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "free at last! Free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last ! "
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Calls for Haiti Donations Spread Thru Social Web
Calls for Haiti Donations Spread Thru Social Web
Calls for donations spread through social media sites Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday as users asked their friends and strangers to help the victims of Haiti's earthquake.
On Twitter, "Yele" was the most popular topic Wednesday afternoon, as people tweeted and retweeted messages to donate $5 to singer Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti Foundation. They could do this by sending the text message "Yele" to the number 501501.
To donate $10 to the Red Cross — the second most popular topic on Twitter — cell phone users can text the word "Haiti" to 90999.
On Facebook, Juliette Joseph asked her 316 friends — many of whom recently posted the color of their bra as their status message to raise cancer awareness — to donate by texting.
"I found out about it this morning when I was watching Channel 11 news," said Joseph, 26, who works as a project manager for an education company and lives in New Jersey. "I did it right away and got a response text saying, `Yes, your donation was made. Here is your confirmation.'"
She said she's gotten four text messages from friends saying that they are donating, along with six Facebook messages. She also saw that seven or eight of her friends have reposted the call for donations.
"I would have donated anyway, but I probably would have let it sit there for a while," she said. "This was so easy, because everybody is text messaging."