Angelina Jolie @ Global Action for Children

Angelina Jolie Launches Global Action for Children, an Advocacy Organization Dedicated to Orphans’ and Children’s Issues

WASHINGTON, April 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Angelina Jolie appeared at a press conference today to announce the formal launch of Global Action for Children (GAC). GAC is a nonpartisan advocacy organization focused on increasing funding by $2.5 billion per year by the US government for programs that support orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and provide free primary school education in developing countries.

GAC was formed in 2003 as a campaign organized by faith-based, nongovernmental and student organizations dedicated to OVC and the communities that care for them. GAC’s unique strength lies in the diversity of its partners and allies and its ability to mobilize a broad range of constituencies to advocate for children. Today’s announcement by Ms. Jolie marks the establishment of GAC’s new headquarters in Washington, DC, and formalization of the organization and staffing.

The press conference followed meetings between Ms. Jolie and GAC Executive Director Jennifer Delaney and senior officials at the U.S. Department of State to discuss policies and funding that will support OVC programs and access to education.

Ms. Jolie said, “The numbers associated with this problem are staggering. It is overwhelming and the scale of the problem seems to give many an excuse for inaction. In many ways it is better to think of these children one by one — each deserving of our care and attention, each being of equal value, and each being a test of whether justice — or injustice — will prevail.”

Speakers joining Ms. Jolie and Ms. Delaney at the press conference included Rev. Mpho Tutu, Chairperson of the Global AIDS Alliance Board, and director of the Tutu Institute; Gene Sperling, Director of the Center on Universal Education at the Council on Foreign Relations; Kay Warren, Executive Director of Saddleback Church’s HIV/AIDS Initiative, and wife of Pastor Rick Warren.

Jennifer Delaney, Executive Director of GAC added, “Angelina Jolie is a global leader on children issues. We are thrilled to have her as the honorary chairperson of the GAC Board. Her support of GAC helps us to ensure that orphans and vulnerable children in developing countries and the communities that care for them get the support they need.”

sj says you boreed then step away from your pc, why log in here

ohwell and company never change, they just keep on coming here to spread their better souls

angie has save so many lives,being from Africa am so greatful,great woman great mother,she has achieved so much at such a young age

Why are people acknowledging posters you’re fully aware are here for no other purpsoe than to bait and pull you into not only empty arguments, but who’s goal is to take your attention away from the subject of this thread.

Is it that hard to ignore them and use the time constructively? Why not focus on the positive of this news instead of that seemingly never ending silliness some of you help perpetuate by engaging those who want to disrupt? Don’t you get it by now that their jealousy, envy, and the fact that nothing has panned out for them where predictions of Angelina & Brad’s end has panned out, on top of feelings of guilt that they do nothing to assist anyone with anything, and it kills them that Angelina never stops doing for others.

Please don’t help sully up this great news. Let those obviously here on that mission work harder to that end.

jpf

I will never understand why people flock to something positive only to try and find fault in it. My gawd you people are truly unhappy. “She’s too thin, too glassy eyed, too dull, too ugly, too something, not happy, not healthy. If any of you are the reverse of any of these things then get up and do what she is doing. If as you say she is any of these things then she should be applauded for continuing to do what she believes in.

Who doesn’t think that if it weren’t for Angelina, Oprah, Brad and Bono last nights American Idol would have happened? Did Ryan Seacrest even know where Africa was located? Speaking of photo ops wasn’t it convenient that Simon and Ryan just happen to be there to take that woman to hospital where she died. Had that been AJ/BP haters around the world would have yelled it was rigged and she was exploiting that poor woman. I haven’t heard any outcries. I am happy that they raised the money, but without AJ/BP, Oprah, and Bono some of these things would not be happening. That is why she is on Time’s 100 Most Influential Peoples list. She doesn’t have to be first. She just has to be on the list.

I think she looks beautiful, inside and out. Peace.

See her like this breaks my heart, I hope she gets better.

I apologize. I didn’t follow my own advice about responding to the haters. Peace. :)

i hope angie and brad keep on doing the good that they started, ignore their critics,love each othe and their children

She looks like she’d been up late and just in need of more sleep plus a good breakfast, that is all. Not a lot of makeup on but she is still gorgeous. Angie’s trying to look really simple and not glam probably because she wants to be taken seriously as an activist and not as a HW star.

#s: 1,8,10,13,15,18,24,26,29 = all negative comments and it’s only the first page. Wow, can’t wait to find more faults on the next two or three.

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Original jpf Says:

April 26th, 2007 at 5:21 pm - flag comment
Why are people acknowledging posters you’re fully aware are here for no other purpsoe than to bait and pull you into not only empty arguments, but who’s goal is to take your attention away from the subject of this thread.

Is it that hard to ignore them and use the time constructively? Why not focus on the positive of this news instead of that seemingly never ending silliness some of you help perpetuate by engaging those who want to disrupt? Don’t you get it by now that their jealousy, envy, and the fact that nothing has panned out for them where predictions of Angelina & Brad’s end has panned out, on top of feelings of guilt that they do nothing to assist anyone with anything, and it kills them that Angelina never stops doing for others.

Please don’t help sully up this great news. Let those obviously here on that mission work harder to that end.

jpf

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Thank you, thank you jpf and ICAM.

I rather express my admiration for what Angie is doing instead of responding to haters with an agenda. Some people are doners and some are just whiners, which we all know which category haters fit in.

Rock on Angie!!!!

“I am here to simply ask you to think about orphaned children not as a burden but as a great opportunity,” Jolie said at the event. “Their education is an investment in our future. … They have had to work very, very hard to survive, but when they are given a chance, they grow strong, stronger than most. … The Lost Boys of Sudan are a great example.”
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20036908,00.html

i will try not to respondse to haters, is hard but i will try, thanks for those thoughtful comments

hi susie so excited to see some regulars, we have being bombarded by trolls