Speak no evil

Hello All:

I'm shutting up.

But I'm not just shutting up randomly or permanently, which is what you all probably want.

I'm shutting up for Journalists for Human Rights' Speak Silence campaign, where group members and volunteers take a vow of silence and raise money for journalists who get shut up by force, shot, killed, threatened, coerced and so on. Essentially, all those who don't enjoy the freedom to make pretentious and highly public farces of themselves in their attempts to stick it to those with power and privilege.

Last year we - the Carleton University chapter of JHR - used money we raised to send equipment to Radio Izuba in Rwanda, a country whose media inflamed a terrible conflict. We also put on human rights-themed documentary screenings and organized speakers. We plan to continue sponsoring media in developing countries and increasing the ability of young journalists to report human rights issues responsibly.

Please find the time and pocket change to sponsor me. You can do so at this link, via PayPal and other sorts of online financial mumbo-jumbo.

https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/personalPage.aspx?EventID=4625&LangPref=en-CA&RegistrationID=153568

Also, at this link, is a goofy picture of me for your enjoyment.

Thanks.

Iain