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The world needs many more human rights supporters.
Get involved in Amnesty's
Small Places Tour!
 Get creative for human rights. Involve your friends. Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this fall by participating in our 'Small Places Tour'.
Get involved. Choose an activity. Sign up.
Already, more than 400 music and arts events are being planned in 45 countries around the world - and more are being added everyday.
Visit Small Places on:
 Facebook |
 YouTube |  MySpace
 View Small Places Happenings in Canada
Register your own Small Places event
Read the press release
Canadian musicians help celebrate the 60th Anniversary on tour with Small Places
Jason Collett will be asking his audience to help Amnesty to bring Omar Khadr home
Amnesty is asking each artist to invite their audience to participate in an Amnesty action. Jason wants you to write for Omar Khadr.
 David Usher wants Canadians to join Amnesty International
"I have been a long time supporter of Amnesty International and am very excited to have Amnesty join me on this tour."
- David Usher
Eve Goldberg sings for justice
Eve wrote "The Streets of Burma" following the violent crackdown against peaceful protestors in September 2007.
 Alanis Morissette joins the Small Places Tour!
Ten years ago, Alanis Morissette participated in Amnesty International's concert to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration. We're thrilled to have Alanis join in 2008.
 The Small Places film crew hit the Vans Warp Tour, folk festivals and the Virgin Festival this summer to record messages of support from bands including Wintersleep (pictured left), Broken Social Scene, the Weakerthans, Katy Perry and Stars.
Upcoming concert dates
Watch for exclusive footage here
Canadian artists fill Small Places with large canvasses
Toronto artists cover the city with 30 murals illustrating each Article in the Universal Declaration.
Visit Urban Canvas website
In BC, an Amnesty film festival, as well as UDHR @ 60, a human rights painting project, are being organized. In the east, John Murphy is exhibiting paintings about Indigenous leader, Kimy Pernia, who ‘disappeared’ from Colombia. View events.
 Small Places Worldwide
Musicians are being asked by long-time Amnesty supporters, including Peter Gabriel and U2's The Edge, and REM's Michael Stipe to raise their voices in song and action in hundreds of concerts held around the world in the coming months.
See dozens of artists on Amnesty's Small Places YouTube channel
Win Prize Package
 Six Shooter Records is excited to contribute a Prize Package stuffed with tickets to their most electrifying live shows in Toronto this fall in support of Amnesty International’s Small Places initiatives.
Enter your bid to win 2 tickets to each of these sure-to-be sold-out shows:
 Martin Tielli w/ Jenn Grant – Hugh’s Room, September 27
Christine Fellows – The Music Gallery, October 16
Shout Out Out Out Out w/ Stereo Image – Lee’s Palace, October 30
Hawksley Workman – Massey Hall, November 28
The prize pack also include the following fancy Six Shooter swag:
- 2 Hawksley Workman “Fatty Says Dance” t-shirts
- A CD pack including all participating artists
- Other great Six Shooter gifts
Bidding for the prize package starts today and will close on Sept 20th.
> Click here to place a bid on eBay
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"Where do universal human rights begin? In small places close to home."
- Eleanor Roosevelt, a leading human rights advocate who helped draft the Universal Declaration 60 years ago.
 December 10, 1948 - Every nation signs the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ...
Article 3:
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4: No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5:
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Read all 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
We're all artists.
We write letters, we sing, cook, share ideas. We're people who live passionately for human rights.
How YOU can get involved in Small Places
  
1. Plan an artistic event or music gig in your school, livingroom, backyard, community centre or nearby restaurant. Tell us about your Small Places event.
2. Sign up - we'll keep you informed of events, volunteer opportunies, ideas for celebrating the 60th.
3. Invite your artist and musician friends to organize an event. Make use of the talent in your school.
4. Spread the word online:
YouTube | Facebook | MySpace
5. Attend public Small Places events in your community.
6. Tell us your ideas, ask questions, or volunteer to hand out Amnesty material at Small Places concerts and arts events - contact us at: smallplaces@amnesty.ca
Want to get involved but don't know where to start? Check out our Small Places planning guide.
Our goal: 6,000 new members by Human Rights Day.
The world needs more human rights supporters. Help Amnesty International build the human rights movement by fundraising at your event and through asking friends, fans and neighbours 'close to home' to speak up for human rights. Amnesty aims to celebrate the 60th Anniversary by raising $60,000 and attracting 6,000 new members.
 Have you joined Amnesty International?
Join now at $50 or more and receive a copy of Instant Karma, a 2-CD collection of top artists singing John Lennon songs to help raise money for Amnesty's work in Darfur. Join now
Hundreds of musical and artistic Small Places events this fall will help draw attention to the ultimate Small Places activity on Human Rights Day, Amnesty's global letter-writing event "Write for Rights". Registration coming soon.
During the Small Places Tour, artists will champion an individual or community whose rights are under attack. Join Jason Collett who is urging Canada to bring Omar Khadr home from Guantanamo Bay. |
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