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Creating A World Without  Sexual Violence	Wake Up World A Tribute to UNICEF
A National Day of Truth Telling	w/ Vanessa Redgrave

These two programs address very fundamental social justice issues - the treatment of women and children.  

While we, as humans but particularly in industrial societies with grossly disproportionate effect on the rest of the world, like to think of ourselves as generous and compassionate, closer examination reveals how great a gulf exists between how individuals might respond to suffering and oppression and the government policies, corporate agendas, institutional inertia and cultural biases that perpetuate the appalling mistreatment of the majority of people on earth.

Independent Voices

is a media collective in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Creating a World Without Sexual Violence - A National Day of Truth Telling documents protests triggered by the Duke University lacrosse team rape charges.  The subsequent revelation of prosecutor misconduct where exculpatory DNA evidence was withheld - and all charges against the Duke students were withdrawn when revealed - gives cold comfort to a community sent reeling by the incident and sheds no light on the truth of the matter.  The underlying culture of sexual violence -  rooted in slavery and directed primarily against women but also against gay men - continues.  These women and men address that issue in their march and rally of 28 April 2007 in Durham, NC - home of Duke University

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Creating a World Without Sexual Violence

Wake Up World - A Tribute to UNICEF.  Featuring Vanessa Redgrave

UNICEF’s mission is to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided in doing this by the provisions and principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Vanessa Redgrave, widely respected and often revered actress, activist and humanitarian, is an official Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF.  Her commitment to serving children worldwide led to this collaboration with her son, London filmmaker, Carlo Nero.  This documentary chronicles the 60 year struggle - and victories - of UNICEF to make the world safe for the most vulnerable among us - the children.

Click here to watch Wake Up World at the UNICEF website.