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November 15
- 18 - Miles Per Hour
November
16 - Make Poverty History Forum
November 17 - Make Poverty History Concert
November 18 - Make Poverty History Festival
November 18 - Micah Challenge Church Service
November 15 - 18 - Miles Per Hour
How far will you go to Make Poverty History? Jump on a bus, train, plane, boat or
tram and yourself down to Melbourne to be part of the biggest advocacy event of
the year..3 Days to Make Poverty History - the Forum, Concert and Festival. Register
now on the website and send out the word to your supporters http://www.theoaktree.org/milesperhour
November 16 - Make Poverty History Forum
Bring on the debate. Make Poverty History has invited international speakers to
take part in this forum at the Melbourne Town Hall. Final speakers are yet to be
confirmed but keep checking the website for the latest. For more information contact
Jo Pride
November 17 - Make Poverty History Concert
The concert you've all been waiting for! Featuring some of Australia's most popular
music acts, the biggest advocacy concert Australia has seen will be held at Melbourne's
Myer Music Bowl to an audience of 30,000. Can't get there? Go to one of the many
live sites we will be setting up around the country. Keep an eye on the website
for updates.
Australia's leading bands will come together to Make Poverty History in an unprecedented
free concert being staged in Melbourne in the lead up to the G20 meeting in November.
The Make Poverty History Concert will take place on Friday, 17 November 2006 at
the Sidney Myer Music Bowl with an additional live site at Dockland's Waterfront
City. It is expected to draw crowds of more than 25,000 and is being touted as Australia's
biggest youth-run music event. Other live sites may yet be organised but there will
also be a live broadcast on Nova FM and MySpace.com. A delayed telecast will air
on Channel 10 the next day.
The concert, the first of its kind to be staged in Australia, follows on from the
phenomenal success of the Live8 concerts, which took place around the world in 2005,
and which saw world leaders make progress in the fight against poverty.
The high profile Australian acts performing on the night will be Sarah Blasko, Eskimo
Joe, Evermore, the Hilltop Hoods, the John Butler Trio, Paul Kelly, David Bridie
and Telek and Kev Carmody.
Although the concert is free to the public, it will be a ticketed event. Tickets
will be available through concert partners and full details will be available on
the Make Poverty History website, www.makepovertyhistory.com.au,
by Friday, 20 October.
The event has received the generous support of several leading Australian organisations.
The principal sponsor of the concert is Optus and major sponsors include the Herald
Sun, mX, Nova 100, MySpace and Network 10.
November 18 - Make Poverty History Festival
So what's it all about? Come and find out at the Make Poverty History Festival
to be held at Alexandra Gardens. Bring your family and friends, take time out to
learn about the campaign, grab some fair trade goodies, feast at the international
food fest and find out how you can be part of the campaign to Make Poverty History.
To get involved, email
November 18 - Micah Challenge Church Service
Join inspirational preacher and social justice campaigner, the Archbishop of Cape
Town, in a creative, challenging, and hopeful church service on "God's prosperity
for all" during the G20 Forum. Organised by Micah Challenge, Make Poverty History's
Christian counterpart, all are welcome. Sat Nov 18th, 5-6:30pm, St Paul's Anglican
Cathedral, Flinders St, Melbourne. Enquiries:
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