Brad Pitt, New Orleans Residents Launch Rebuilding Campaign
December 3, 2008
National Fundraising Effort to Help City Recover Starting with Lower 9th
Make It Right Project Starting with 150 Homes
NEW ORLEANS(RushPRnews)12/03/08–Brad Pitt and residents of the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans today launched a national fundraising campaign to help the city recover from the lasting devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, starting with the Lower 9th Ward.
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Travis Barker & DJ AM To Headline NY’s New Year’s Eve Party
December 3, 2008
NEW YORK(RushPRNews)12/03/08-Travis Barker and DJ AM will reunite on stage to headline the New Year’s Nation (NYN) celebration live from NYN’s Los Angeles New Year’s Eve Party at The Lot. The Barker/AM set will be streamed live in high-definition (HD) quality on the Internet at newyearsnation.com, and broadcast live to NYN parties across the U.S. through NYN-TV. Through NYN-TV, guests at NYN parties in Atlanta, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, New York City, Portland and Seattle will be able to see the performance and dance to their music.
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2008 International Film Festival Summit To Begin Dec. 7
December 3, 2008
LAS VEGAS,(RushPRnews)12/03/08– The 5th Annual International Film Festival Summit (IFFS) announces that the Tribeca Film Festival, Indie Memphis and Enta USA will take part in a panel discussion that will help to get the best out of ticketing as well as companies that would be beneficial to your festival, at the summit taking place December 7-9, 2008 in Las Vegas.
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Homeless Moving In Foreclosed Houses
December 3, 2008
Homeless people are being encouraged to move into foreclosed properties as squatting levels rise across America.
By Tom Leonard
NEW YORK(RushPRNews)12/03/08-In Miami, an anti-poverty activist group called Take Back The Land not only matches up the homeless with empty properties but provides them with second-hand furniture, cleaning supplies and gardening assistance.
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VOA Marks World AIDS Day With Special Programs
December 3, 2008
Washington, D.C., (RushPRnews)12/03/08- - The Voice of America (VOA) marked World AIDS Day with programming on the prevention and treatment of the disease with special attention focused on Africa, home to two-thirds of all people living with HIV.
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ACLU To Extend Honor To Jermaine Dupri
December 2, 2008
By Erin T. McMillon
Los Angeles(RushPRNews)12/02/08-The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) is set to honor music producer Jermaine Dupri in Southern California next week. According to reports, Dupri will be honored with the Bill of Right Award alongside Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
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Celebrities Join 4th Annual BID 2 BEAT AIDS Charity Auction Honoring World AIDS Day
December 2, 2008
New York, NY (RushPRnews)12/02/08– Bidding begins at noon EST Monday, December 1st (World AIDS Day) on eBay for BID 2 BEAT AIDS, an annual auction of rare and autographed items and meet-and-greets from stars in music, film, Broadway, sports, and television. Concert-goers can snag VIP seats and backstage meet-and-greets with the Jonas Brothers, Tony Bennett, Jewel, Bernadette Peters, Aimee Mann, Duncan Sheik, Harry Connick Jr, Estelle, Hairspray’s Harvey Fierstein, Joan Rivers or Michael Feinstein; sports fans can bid on meet-and-greets with Olympic champion Michael Phelps or skateboarder Tony Hawk. There are even a tour of the Howard Stern Radio Show studio and a meet-and-greet with Paul Shaffer at The Late Show with David Letterman on the auction block.
What’s going on the Poland climate talks? Talk, and hopefully, some action!
December 2, 2008
by Dan Bloom
POZNAN, POLAND(RushPRNews)12/02/08– As the the COP14 climate talks got underway this week in Poznan, Poland — in anticipation of next year’s pivotal 2009 meeting in Copenhagen — some 9,000 people at the climate confab sat, listened, napped, strolled around, noshed on sandwiches, twittered, emailed, iPodded and got ready to give it all their best shot. Much is riding on these climate talks, and much is expected.
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Environmentalist Suing National Governments for Crime Against Humanity
November 28, 2008
Environmentalist suing national governments for $1 billion on behalf of humanity in the International Criminal Court in The Hague
by Mitchell Anderson
VANCOUVER(RUSHPRNEWS)11/27/08 –Ballsy. That is perhaps best word to describe a class action lawsuit filed this week in the International Criminal Court in The Hague in Holland against national governments refusing to act on reducing carbon emissions. The suit was filed by climate activist and RushPRnews reporter Dan Bloom, 60, who is asking for “US$1 billion dollars in damages on behalf of future generations of human beings on Earth - if there are any”.
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