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Stand Up, BE COUNTED, in your support to end extreme poverty

Started by United Nations Millennium Campaign

Be Counted and be a part of the Guinness World Record. Join millions of others in calling on world leaders to honor their commitments to end extreme poverty by 2015 and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. You can take the online action right here on Change.org anytime between 9pm GMT on Oct. 16th and 9pm GMT on Oct. 17th and be counted towards a Guinness World Record for the most people to Stand Up and Speak Out for a cause.

How to be Counted:

1. Read the short pledge and physically STAND UP wherever you are:

I am standing now with millions around the world to show my commitment to the fight against extreme poverty and inequality. I am standing because I refuse to accept more excuses in a world where 50,000 people die every day as a result of extreme poverty and the gap between rich and poor is getting wider. I am standing to ask the world’s leaders to keep their promises to meet the Millennium Development Goals. Today, and every day, I will stand up and speak out against poverty.

2. Click 'Make this Committment,' enter your information, click 'Submit' and you will be counted for the Guinness World Record.

Click here to share this action with friends outside the Change community.

To learn more go to http://www.standagainstpoverty.org

This is an ongoing pledge that should be fulfilled as often as possible.

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Casey Cox Three Rivers, MI @ 09:35PM PT Jun 30
Pledge fulfilled Jun 30!

Put this pledge on my Facebook. Grateful to be a part of this one!
Walt Vasco Portland, OR @ 12:16AM PT May 26
Pledge fulfilled May 26!

Thanks for the invite.
See the (About You) part of my profile
Aloha, Walt
Dana Dictus @ 08:55AM PT May 15

I feel it is important to come together and help our countrys' people in this hard times. We need to be united in our efforts to make sure our future generations have a chance to succeed.
LaWana Kelly @ 08:53AM PT May 07

Being counted is important. It lets the world know that as a world citizen, I care.
Nathan Banana Manchester, United Kingdom @ 06:39AM PT Apr 02

We need a more concerted effort on Zimbabwe as well the conditions in the prison environment is beyond human tolerance. http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/3882
Ali Canada Tulsa, OK @ 03:28PM PT Mar 24

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
Lee Dorsey SanLuisObispo, CA @ 10:26AM PT Feb 17

You all do know that these petition/internet things are effective.....Well, I guess you do...look who won the Presidency! As more evidence, MOVE ON did a petition drive to get questions for the BANK CEO's, those are what the Representatives used to grill them at the last hearing. (see the video of Rachel Maddow discussing that on her show.) Then having hundreds of thousands of citizen petitions, in hand, was the leverage Sen Dodd used to get Wall Street bonuses taken away inserted in an amendment to the Stimulus Bill, just on the last conference day last week. It' not just CEO's that must forego (even pay back) bonuses, all managerial levels cannot have bonuses, until the banks make profits...as it should be. .......So, keep signing all the real petitions you approve of. (By real I mean the ones on valid nonprofit sites... not on 'Petition' sites such as CARE2 which are only up to collect email addresses.) ... if you don't want mail back from the nonprofit sites, just be sure to uncheck their email boxes. That works fine, usually.
Joyce Mitchell @ 10:31AM PT Feb 02

I believe NAFTA is unbalanced. The town I live in may be small, but the parks are full of citizens that can not find work because the businesses in this area can hire from over the border, because they don't have to pay benefits. English speaking citizens are laughed at and sometimes nasty words, like Dumb American can be heard as the employees talk in their native language. I live 11 miles from Mexico and helped feed 1200 citizens on Thanksgiving.
jessica jacques @ 07:56PM PT Jan 26

Dear Mr. President,
         Hi my name is Jessica Jacques and I'm writing you to talk about giving back to the people. I think with this 825billion dollars that is being talk about should be given to we the people and to health care. I think that based on a persons income they should be given a nice amount. it not like its going to hurt anything the money will be going right back out into the economy with people buying houses and new cars etc it will be helping because than that will provide people with jobs again like construction etc. so it all will help everyone one out thanks for you time.

                                                     thanks,
                                                        Jessica
Joan Rose Castillo Cagayan De Oro, Philippines @ 11:50PM PT Dec 02
Pledge fulfilled Dec 02, 2008!

Poverty is a problem that many people are facing now. There those who are lucky enough who are not living in poverty, with that, I urge those who can do something about it to take action and do what they can to end poverty. This is a problem that needs solutions from everyone. By simply lending a helping, we can help solve and stand up to poverty.