Day of action as a tool

Today I'm taking part in the "Bloggers unite for human rights 2009" action day. For me that's not only a chance to show how easy it is to organise such an event in an online environment but also to promote human rights.

You probably heard of rape, censorship, slavery, torture, war, random killing, authoritarian governments, police violence and oppression. What most people don't notice is that it's not happening in some countries that we don't even know the name of - it happens right next door.

Can you remember that guy who was beaten to death by the police just because his skin was too dark for their taste? Ever heard of the fact that about 3 out of 5 women have experienced sexual abuse? These are cases that happen all the time - they're just as normal as going to the supermarket buying products produced by children in China.

So what do you need to do for a day of action like this? Just think about the opportunities you have. You can create a small campaign site explaining the basics and linking to every other place on the web that has to do with it. Bloggers unite let's you upload a whole "event" with pretty much everything you need. A little Facebook Cause will enable you to collect donations and using twitter, a facebook fan-page as well as a blog should be standard by now anyway.

Alright, let's face it. The video for the day of action didn't exactly succeed but you can also see that it wasn't a big afford. If you don't have a lot of money I would still think it's good to have one. Even if it looks like that: