Here's a link to an organization that we have started supporting this year. They are called 'Clear Thinking' and their focus is on Youth Mental Health. Check them out and lend your support. Mental health is a serious issue, highlighted by recent events in the U.S.A. that really needs greater attention and action.
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As a band we've been planning to tour Canada (via our home of Australia) for some time now. We have a number of friends, family and fans over there who we want to perform for but none moreso than our cousin Roxy who has only been given a short time to live thanks to the insidious disease 'Cancer'.  |
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All of us in the band have been affected by friends and family taking their own lives. |
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What Comes First the Children or the Eggs?
It's been a while since i've posted on here and this is going to be a short one as all I have to say is this: Please, please, please - Think Thrice BEFORE purchasing chocolate this Easter. Ask yourself "Could this be 'Blood Chocolate'? Could this have been sourced from slave-worked plantations?" The best way to know that your chocolate has originated from a plantation where workers are paid a fair wage rather than having been forced to work for free, often suffering beatings, scant to no …
Help for Haiti
Those that know us and/or have read through this 'Causes' page know that we regularly raise funds for a charity in Haiti called 'Theo's Work' who maintain an awesome community called 'Hope Village'.
I know that they amongst many others of course, have been hit hard by this latest Haitian disaster and so if you do raise funds but are still considering exactly who to send aid to please consider 'Hope Village' as potential recipients of your generosity. They have a very 'open-book' policy concerning where their funds go and you can know that they wont be used wrongfully. You can learn more about them via the 'freethekids' link on this page. I know that it sounds like we're soliciting and, to be honest we are but it's something we're passionate about. Craigs List - Porn, Escorts etc. Not Harmless
(This is from the website of the Not For Sale Campaign.) by Katherine Chon Executive Director & Co-Founder Polaris Project: I'm sure most of us are familiar with Craigslist, an online Web community where people post job opportunities, items for sale, and find activity partners. Over the past years, Craigslist has grown by leaps and bounds and now has Web sites representing over 300 U.S. cities. Many of us have used Craigslist to find a garage sale or buy a used couch. However, despite its millions of …
Blood on our Chocolate
Blood On Our Chocolate The topic is CHOCOLATE and the cost involved. I'm not talking about the coins we pull out of our pockets to exchange for this sweet cocoa treat. I'm talking about the cost on HUMAN LIFE . I'm talking about child exploitation including forced labour (ie. Slavery), in horrific conditions. I'm talking about 'BLOOD ON OUR CHOCOLATE.' Picture a typical 12 year old boy in western society. He wakes, showers, eats a good breakfast, jumps on a bus for school, plays some ball etc. Now head …
A Simple Way to Become a Fighter
22 million people in Slavery. 1/2 of them children! Many more people in 3rd world countries utilised as extremely cheap labour. Many of them forced to live like unwanted dogs, begging for scraps, tied to their work stations, abused verbally, physically, sexually... Why ? To appease the demands of Western consumption (our consumption). Buying Fair Trade products can help eradicate such injustices. Below is a cut 'n' paste copy of a request that YOU can use to promote the stocking of Fair Trade …
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