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The Long Walk to Justice
Schedule of Events
July
1-July 8
Listed below is a schedule of events starting on July 1, 2005
- leading up to the Long Walk of Justice
July 1
(White Band Day)
On
July 1,2005, we will see millions of people around the world as well as famous
buildings and icons wearing white bands demanding that world leaders take the
decisions that will put and end to poverty.
People across the globe are asked to show solidarity
by wearing some sort of
white band. The white band is the global symbol of the Global Call to
Action Against Poverty, of which Make Poverty History is a part.
The "official" white band is made of neoprene or cloth, but any type of material
is acceptable. Make sure you wear your white band on 1 July in support of
Make Poverty History. People are being asked to wear a white band on the
following days:
- July 1st - just before the G8 meeting of world leaders
- September 10th - just before the UN summit
- December 10th - just before the World Trade Organization meeting in Hong Kong.
July 2*
(Make Poverty History Rally)
On this day,
people are asked to gather in Edinburgh.
On this day, world leaders gather for the annual G8
summit in nearby Gleneagles to discuss trade and economic issues.
Hundreds of thousands of people from across the globe will make their way by
land, sea and air to Edinburgh, to show the G8 leaders that they must act to
stop the scandal of extreme poverty.
The Make Poverty History Rally is a series of scheduled marches beginning at
The Meadows. The rally will start in a park in Edinburgh and have two
stages on which speakers, bands and films will be shown.
Speeches will begin
at 11 am and marches will begin at 12 pm, 1 pm and 2pm.
By mid afternoon, the event organizers hope that there will be a
complete human white band (made up of all the walkers wearing white T shirts)
around Edinburgh castle and the centre of town.
A festival will be held in The Meadows with fair trade stalls, activities,
food and drink and live music. The event starts at 11am and
finishes at 7pm.
Click here to download the
.pdf file outlining all the details.
*Note: During this same time, the Live 8 events around the globe will
be underway. Footage of this Rally may be made available via
satellite at the Live 8 events around the globe.
July 3-6
(The Long Walk to Justice)
People from around
the world will begin to arrive in Edinburgh on the 3rd to participate in the
Long Walk to Justice. Events are planned for Monday and Tuesday in Edinburgh,
including speeches, rallies and debates about debt, aid, trade justice and
governance with perspectives from the national campaigns. GCAP currently has
50 representatives of the coalitions confirmed to come to Edinburgh for the
Long Walk.
A media briefing for the GCAP Long Walkers will be held in the GCAP Centre in
the morning of July 4.
The Long Walkers will all come together at an event in the Edinburgh rugby
stadium (Murrayfield) on the evening of the 6th. The event will be the “send
off” of the delegation to meet the G8 leaders on the evening of the 6th to
present the people's petition to the leaders to end poverty. More on this
concert event here.
GCAP will be represented on the stage in Murrayfield and the event will
include singers and well known speakers.
After the Murrayfield event, the event organizers are planning to launch a
vigil on 7-8 July, waiting for the G8 decision.
The communiqué detailing the decisions of the G8 meeting should be published in the late evening of the 8th or the morning of the 9th. GCAP media people will be working on coordinating a response to this in Edinburgh.