Closing Ceremony for Obama Global Message Board to Feature World Children's Choir

Closing Ceremony for Obama Global Message Board to Feature World Children's Choir

250,000+ People Worldwide Congratulate Obama and Urge Him to Take Action on Iraq, Global Warming, World Poverty

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Opera-trained children from The World Children's Choir, ages 5 to 15, will sing at the closing ceremony for Avaaz.org's 24-foot Global Message Board to President-Elect Obama at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday, Nov. 11 at 2:00 p.m. EST. The Global Message Board erected in Washington, D.C. and online at www.avaaz.org is serving as a magnet for 250,000+ messages of hope and congratulations from 224 countries and territories to President-Elect Obama and the American people. Examples include:

"Congratulations, I am so happy for your victory, we are expecting a lot from you, we want you to return back peace to Iraq. God bless you." -- Badria R., Iraq

"I hope America is able to stand up and lead other countries in solving the various problems the world is facing now. Global warming, economic crisis, nuclear problems and all sort of problems. Your win represents hope has risen again for America and the world." -- Tan K., Singapore

"The world needs you and your leadership, we will be behind you, please let this world be a place where no threats, discrimination, terror would be around ... God Bless you President Obama." -- Khin S., Myanmar

On Veterans' Day, The World Children's Choir will sing songs of hope for a peaceful world, including "America, The Beautiful," "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," and songs of love, freedom, and peace from Ghana, South Africa, Turkey, and other countries.

Messages continue to pour into Avaaz.org at the rate of 10,000 per day. Avaaz.org plans to present the messages to the Obama Administration prior to Inauguration Week. The actual message board may find a permanent home in The Smithsonian.

Who: The World Children's Choir which has performed at The White House,
the U.S. Supreme Court, the Kennedy Center, and national and
international television broadcasts.

Avaaz.org, a new global online movement of 3.4 million people
committed to addressing climate change, human rights, peace, and
poverty.

What: Closing Ceremony for Washington, D.C.'s Global Message Board to
Obama with messages of hope from 250,000+ people from 224 countries
and territories.

When: Tuesday, November 11, at 2:00 p.m. EST

Where: Lincoln Memorial, under the steps, next to the Reflecting Pool

Avaaz.org, a global online movement of 3.4 million people, was launched in January 2007 and has rapidly grown into the largest online activist community in the world with subscribers in all 193 countries. "Avaaz" means "voice" in many languages, and has a simple democratic mission: to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people want, on the environment, human rights, poverty, war and democracy. The BBC says Avaaz is "breathtaking in its ambition," the Economist warns Avaaz is poised to "deliver a deafening wake up call to world leaders," and UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband calls Avaaz "the best of the New Diplomacy."

The World Children's Choir serves as a voice for children worldwide - giving voice to the interests of all children, celebrating cultural diversity through music, promoting positive international relations, and asking people to work together to create a peaceful, healthy world for children. Through singing, WCC members explore musical content, and use music, art, and special activities to mediate cross-cultural differences and become peacemakers. The children learn how music and art expresses emotion, creates shared experiences, bridges differences, tells stories, produces beauty and enriches others.

Source: Avaaz.org

CONTACT: Margot Friedman, +1-202-330-9295 or Valerie Holford,
+1-301-926-1298, both for Avaaz.org

Web Site: http://www.avaaz.org/

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