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Bono’s NAACP 2007 Speech
Bono received repeated standing ovations as he talked about the need to eradicate poverty in the world during his acceptance speech at the NAACP Awards last night. Tyra Banks awards Bono the the Chairman’s Award.
“Today the world looks again to the NAACP,” said Bono. “We need the community that taught world about civil rights to teach it about human rights.”
UPDATE :: Video added of Bono’s speech at the NAACP Awards 2007.
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Bono’s NAACP 2007 Speech
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Thanks Jared for posting the Bono speech. It was great.
For 2much:
The NAACP was founded in 1902 for the advancement of rights for minorities including Native Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, and Jews. It is not a racist organization. Can you honestly saw that these issues are not important or that we should no longer fight for equality for all people? You need to get your facts straight and stop sounding like Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
To those who want to know the truth and not the racist BS. The NAACP has always been open to everyone of any race for membership. The group started close to the turn of the 20th century to protest the lynching of black people by racist such as the ignorant poster. The organization invovled whites who were also against this racist behavior and hatred. Over the years the organization has included activism for all people of color in the US. Whites had and have the power and the government. They were not being lynched and terrorized therefore there was no need for a white activist group to protect whites. The group has always been to advance equality for people of color and not to suppress other people. Any one can go to their website and see the truth for themselves.
As for the racist “it” the organization you want is the KKK go there, you would be right at home.
Oprah is smarter than Bono, she BUILT something in Africa. She is
adopting/mentoring 100 girls..all the way thru college, not just adopting here
and there.
Bono goes around making speeches, starting websites, all PR work.
DO SOMETHING BIGGER that will LAST.
Bono gave a great speech. It is quite telling that the racist are attacking the white guy who got an NAACP award. The NAACP has always had white members. Who also had to fear for their lives. The organization was started due to the lynching of black people by racist. Whites were not the ones people raped, murdered and terrorized when the NAACP was started. But there have always been whites involved who worked to stop it. The NAACP includes all people of color in its activism. Now they also include poor people of any color. Those who want to know the truth can do the research themselves. Ignore the ignorance of the few sad and bitter losers.
Sorry for the double post, thought the other one had not uploaded:)
Thanks Jared for the Bono’s thread. I saw the award show and saw his speech, it was a great speech. Bono is such an inspiration, I adore him
to the opinionated and unaware comments that ask Bono to put his money/time where his mouth is…
Bono
Twenty million children have gone to school [last year] as a result of resources freed up from debt cancellation. “The world spoke out and the politicians listened,” said Bono, frontman for the ever-popular Irish band U2 and now an outspoken advocate for poverty eradication.
Bono, co-founder of (RED) The project, called “Red,” will market red-themed products from Converse footwear, Gap clothing and Giorgio Armani, as well as a red American Express card to be offered initially only in Britain, as of next month.
Products branded “Red” will include sports shoes, T-shirts and sunglasses — some produced in Africa, some with African materials. A slice of the revenue — numbers vary by company and product — will go to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The ONE Campaign is a non-profit initiative launched by Bono, the singer and social activist, to raise the voices of citizens to combat AIDS and poverty in Africa. The ONE campaign is a new effort by Americans to rally Americans — ONE by ONE — to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. The ONE Campaign is engaging Americans through a diverse coalition of faith-based and anti-poverty organizers to show the steps people can take to fight global AIDS and poverty. By joining the ONE Campaign, people will have the opportunity to make a difference, to commit themselves — one person, one voice, one vote at a time — to make a better, safer world for all.
Time magazine has named Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and rock star Bono as its “Persons of the Year” for 2005. All three won the illustrious accolade for their tireless commitment to public health and poverty relief and for their personal sacrifices and involvement in humanitarian issues, despite having their own glittering and mega-successful careers. They collectively attempted to eradicate disease and poverty in Africa and alleviate the effects of the devastating calamities that too frequently plague the continent. Editor-at-large Nancy Gibbs said Time wanted to honor the three “for being shrewd about doing good, for rewiring politics and re-engineering justice, for making mercy smarter and hope strategic, and then daring the rest of us to follow”.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the world’s wealthiest charity. It has a whopping $29 billion endowment, about 60 percent of which goes towards public health needs. Irish rocker Bono helped persuade world leaders at July’s G8 summit to double aid to Africa to $50 billion a year by 2010 and erase the debt of the 18 poorest African countries. He also helped arrange the “Live 8” musical and charity extravaganzas with fellow campaigner and philanthropist Sir Bob Geldof. Bono told Time about Bill Gates’ business acumen and his ability to save and change lives. He said: “When an Irish rock star starts talking about it, people go, yeah yeah…But when Bill Gates says you can fix malaria in 10 years, they know he’s done a few spreadsheets.”
this is the tip of the iceberg.. What have YOU done to fight poverty, injustice, prejudice, world economic inequity ?????
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drew Says:
March 4th, 2007 at 4:50 am
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Well said!
Bravo Bono
EVERYTHING he does is about self promotion. Why doesn’t he give some of his own substantial fortune to Africa etc., instead of moving it to Holland for finanacially stategic tax reasons. He and his group are SERIOUSLY WEALTHY - seems like just another case of don’t do what I do, just do what I say! Now he thinks himself not only an expert on poverty but also on race relations. Get a life Mister and stick to your job of singing badly!
HE IS TOTALLY AN AWESOME AWESOME MAN. IT IS THIS TYPE OF PEOPLE WHO YOU LOOK UP TO FOR NOT SHOWING OFF THEIR POWER TO DO THE WORLD JUSTICE. HE HAS BEEN DOING HUMANITARIN WORK SINCE I CAN REMEMBER 25 YEARS AND NEVER REALLY KNEW IT TIL THE ARTICLE CAME OUT IN TIME MAG W/ BILL GATES. YOU ROCK BONO.
If he wants to ban poverty then he should think about the country he came from. Ireland is one of the poorest countries in Europe. I do not appreciate his efforts, sucessful, to evade taxes in Ireland. Charity should begin at home.
Shitstirrer: Ireland is one of the wealthiest countries in Europe. Per capita GDP is higher than UK, Germany, France or Italy. Try doing some research… idiot!
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