To mark World Refugee Day over the weekend, 20 June 2020, Unhcr's Goodwill Ambassadors and high profile supporters from across the globe used their platforms to bring attention to the many refugees contributing on the frontlines of the response to Covid 19 and calling for action and solidarity #withrefugees in the time of this global pandemic.
Through a series of animations, films, poetry and live events across the globe this week, well-known actors, sports people, musicians, writers and other high profile supporters of Unhcr, the Un Refugee Agency, are reaching out to their supporters and the public, calling for everyone to play their part in the global fight against the virus. Their message this year is clear: Everyone can make a difference. Every action counts.
Today, Ambassadors and supporters are helping launch Unhcr’s powerful new World Refugee film called ‘Refugees in the time of Covid’ The film celebrates the inspiring and...
Through a series of animations, films, poetry and live events across the globe this week, well-known actors, sports people, musicians, writers and other high profile supporters of Unhcr, the Un Refugee Agency, are reaching out to their supporters and the public, calling for everyone to play their part in the global fight against the virus. Their message this year is clear: Everyone can make a difference. Every action counts.
Today, Ambassadors and supporters are helping launch Unhcr’s powerful new World Refugee film called ‘Refugees in the time of Covid’ The film celebrates the inspiring and...
- 6/23/2020
- Look to the Stars
A new social media campaign launched today by Unhcr, the Un Refugee Agency, celebrates the strength, resilience and skills that refugees can bring to their new communities.
The social campaign, which went live as the Global Refugee Forum gets under way today, is backed by Goodwill Ambassadors, high-profile supporters, refugee advocates and mayors across the globe who are sharing the positive stories and voices of refugees on their social media channels, building a momentum of action and solidarity. The campaign rallies support behind the core message that “everyone has a role to play” in helping refugees and highlights how we can all help to counter xenophobia, intolerance and fear and empower refugees to rebuild their futures.
The campaign kicks off with a powerful multi-voice video in which refugees are joined by celebrities and advocates to rally support around the core message of the Grf – that everyone has a role to play in helping refugees.
The social campaign, which went live as the Global Refugee Forum gets under way today, is backed by Goodwill Ambassadors, high-profile supporters, refugee advocates and mayors across the globe who are sharing the positive stories and voices of refugees on their social media channels, building a momentum of action and solidarity. The campaign rallies support behind the core message that “everyone has a role to play” in helping refugees and highlights how we can all help to counter xenophobia, intolerance and fear and empower refugees to rebuild their futures.
The campaign kicks off with a powerful multi-voice video in which refugees are joined by celebrities and advocates to rally support around the core message of the Grf – that everyone has a role to play in helping refugees.
- 12/18/2019
- Look to the Stars
Probably some of you were a little too busy with, er, other things on your mind while reading Fifty Shades of Grey to realize author E.L. James was giving you the perfect playlist for your very own, um, enjoyment. Or if you’re that great a multi-tasker, in between buying that complete set of restraints and riding crops, you’ve already downloaded all the Thomas Tallis, Bach and more that accompanies Ana and Christian’s adventures in and out of the “Red Room of Pain,” For the rest of us, Emi has actually compiled a bunch of those songs into Fifty Shades of Grey – The Classical Album (alas, that means no Britney Spears or Kings of Leon will be included).
“I am thrilled that the classical pieces that inspired me while I wrote the Fifty Shades Trilogy are being brought together in one collection for all lovers of the books to enjoy,...
“I am thrilled that the classical pieces that inspired me while I wrote the Fifty Shades Trilogy are being brought together in one collection for all lovers of the books to enjoy,...
- 8/7/2012
- by Sabrina Rojas Weiss
- TheFabLife - Movies
Opera soprano and Unhcr ambassador Barbara Hendricks is currently in Ethiopia to raise awareness of the 140,000 refugees in the country.
“I hope my visit can increase awareness of this often forgotten refugee situation,” said Hendricks. “In my 24 years working on behalf of Unhcr I have rarely come across such powerful stories as I heard here in the camps here.”
Most of the refugees – around 80,000 – have escaped from violence in Somalia. However, Ethiopia struggles to provide the fresh water, health care and necessities of life for the refugees.
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“I hope my visit can increase awareness of this often forgotten refugee situation,” said Hendricks. “In my 24 years working on behalf of Unhcr I have rarely come across such powerful stories as I heard here in the camps here.”
Most of the refugees – around 80,000 – have escaped from violence in Somalia. However, Ethiopia struggles to provide the fresh water, health care and necessities of life for the refugees.
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- 10/28/2010
- Look to the Stars
BRUSSELS -- The music industry will launch a new bid Tuesday to persuade the European Union to slash VAT on recorded music, as it uses the glitz of star players to make a political point. In recent days, Tom Jones, Sir Elton John and Julio Iglesias have joined some 1,150 artists putting their names to a petition appealing to ministers to cut the taxes, which range from 15% to 25% on CDs. Other high-profile names include Coldcut, Chris De Burgh, Zucchero, Axelle Red, Lords of Acid, Nana Mouskouri, Andrea Bocelli, Laura Pausini, Johnny Hallyday and Barbara Hendricks, as well as European music sector lobbies the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and independent label group Impala. The campaign emphasizes the musical and geographical range of the signatories, from international to local artists and from classical and pop to techno and rap.
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