Posts in ‘Artists in Action’ Category

 

causes: A United Voice for Human Rights

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TheCommunity.com is launching a three year campaign to raise awareness on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — the UDHR. Drafted in 1948 and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, the UDHR outlines 30 fundamental human rights. It says that these rights form the very foundation of freedom, justice...

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video: The Killers meets human rights.

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causes: George Clooney on Sudan

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Building Democracy Salon

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In February, 2009, TheCommunity.com co-hosted a salon with Nobel Laureate and President of East Timor Jose Ramos-Horta to introduce the Zones of Peace program to the Hollywood community. At the private salon, at the home of actress and human rights activist Anne Archer, President Ramos-Horta spoke to approximately 75 artists,...

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events:
The Congo Salon

On January 14,2009, thecommunity.com co-hosted a private salon in Los Angeles in support of the Raise Hope for Congo campaign. We produced the event with our partner organization Enough, the project to end genocide and crimes against humanity, with support from Enough Envoys Javier Bardem, Emile Hirsch, Robin Wright Penn,...

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George Clooney and Don Cheadle receive Summit Peace Award

On five different occasions, thecommunity.com has been a partner in the annual World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. Actors George Clooney and Don Cheadle were selected by the World Summit of Nobel Laureates to receive the 2007 Summit Peace Award, for “their efforts in favor of pacifying...

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

udhr_smThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes that every Human born has Rights Equal to the Rights of other people.

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greatest hits:
Paul Simon in East Timor, Day 2

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After the Manatutu distribution, we headed into the mountains to Hatubelico with Dr. Dan Murphy, an American doctor who has been running a clinic in East Timor since 1998. Click on any image to open gallery. Click on image to close. The day started with a drive into the mountains...

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