08/22/08

Olympic Handshake Ads - The London Look-Walkers

On August 8, the opening day of the Beijing Olympics, Avaaz had a team of people walking on foot through central London, with billboards calling for meaningful dialogue from the Chinese on Darfur, Burma, and Tibet. It was part of our Handshake campaign to spread a powerful, unambiguous message of peace, friendship and dialogue to the Olympics and countries around the world. The Look-Walkers walked through Chinatown and then headed up to Trafalgar Square where the launch of the 2008 Olympics was being shown on jumbo Tv screens. Check out the photos, below:


05/25/07

Avaaz is nominated for another award

We're really excited that Avaaz has been nominated for another award, this time in the UK. The New Statesman - a political magazine - runs an awards ceremony every year for people using new media to campaign for social change and boost democracy. Avaaz is nominated for an award in the Advocacy catagory, which is for an organisation that influences politicians and public opinion through the technology - exactly what Avaaz members do best.

So if you love Avaaz, get onto the nominations page and make sure that the judges know just how many supporters we have, all over the world. You can also rate Avaaz, using the stars at the bottom of the page. Let's show them what Avaaz is all about!