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Perhaps the best known part of the movement was the global campaign created to engage the music and entertainment industries called Drop The Debt. Among the supporters were Bono of rock band U2, Quincy Jones, Willie Colón, Muhammad Ali, Bob Geldof, Youssou N'dour, Thom Yorke, N.T. Wright and others. [9] [10] [11]
So I was here representing a group that believed that all such debts should be cancelled in the year 2000. We called it Jubilee 2000. A fresh start for a new millennium.
Jan 20, 2011 · In the late ’90s, when the Jubilee 2000 campaign which aimed to cancel the debts that the poorest nations owed to the richest asked me to help in the United States, I called on the Shriver...
In September 2000, the Irish rock star Bono met with North Carolina's Senator Jesse Helms and urged the conservative head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to support developing country debt relief.
We called it Jubilee 2000. A fresh start for a new millennium. It was based out of London--with huge support from Africa. It was taking off. But we were way behind in the U.S. We had the melody line, so to speak. But in order to get it on the radio over here, we needed a lot of help. My friend Bobby Shriver suggested I knock on the good ...
Jun 29, 2007 · Why do some advocacy efforts succeed where others fail? Through a case study of the Jubilee 2000 campaign for developing country debt relief, this article offers an account of persuasion based on strategic framing by advocates to get the attention of decision-makers.
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We called it Jubilee 2000. A fresh start for a new millennium. It was headed up by Anne Pettifor based out of London -- with huge support from Africa and the [unintelligible].
