Thursday, November 22, 2007

Global Community - The Show Me Campaign

John Legend is one of my favorite musicians - he's a talented pianist, songwriter, singer and so much more. John Legend, having been inpsired by Jeffrey D. Sach's book The End of Poverty, is launching the Show Me Campaign to "fight economic and spiritual poverty" around the world.

In a way, we all have been desensitized to the sufferings all around us - living in such the global community, somehow we have become extremely selfish and have chosen to turn our eyes and pretend that poverty doesn't exist. I appreciated John Legend's speech in the video clip below - many celebrities are using their fame to ignite awareness, which is the first step in bringing solution to global concerns. I respect John Legend and others like him who are committed to embark on this difficult but honorable journey - to make the world a better place.


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