THE HOLLYSPRINGS DISASTER-FAREWELL TOUR / ORIGINAL LINEUP
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ARCHITECTS
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STRUCTURES
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With:
FOUNDATIONS
(Durham)

All Ages with 19+ Area
EP TAYLORS 2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa Ontario

Tickets:
$17 Dollars ADVANCED
$20 Dollars at The Door

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ON-LINE TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW
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MAPLE MUSIC VIP TICKET PACKAGES Check it out:
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Also from Promoters Gillian & Cam
Available June 19th 2010

Sponsors:
Promos4awareness
http://www.promos4awareness.com/

CHANGE FOR A CURE
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=142167031235
*ASHLEY WILL BE HAVING A BOOTH AT THIS SHOW*
SO BRING ALL YOUR LOOSE CHANGE TO HELP CHANGE FOR A CURE

This week, our not-for-profit organization comes to us for their efforts in defense of earth rights.  Through documentation, organization, teaching, and various other methods, they expose and publicize earth rights abuses through campaigns, reports and articles.

Ka Hsaw Wa, Co-Founder and Executive Director, is a member of the Karen ethnic nationality of Burma. He was one of the student leaders in the 1988 nation-wide student uprising for democracy and freedom, and has been a human rights activist since he fled Burma in 1988. As well as managing and directing the overall operations of EarthRights International, Ka Hsaw Wa coordinates a grassroots field staff that has successfully documented human rights and environmental abuses within Burma.

It’s time to act and focus on what’s right. Join Earth Right Internation on their fight. 

Mission Statement

EarthRights International (ERI) is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization that combines the power of law and the power of people in defense of earth rights. We specialize in fact-finding, legal actions against perpetrators of earth rights abuses, training grassroots and community leaders, and advocacy campaigns. Through these strategies, ERI seeks to end earth rights abuses, to provide real solutions for real people, and to promote and protect human rights and the environment in the communities where we work.

The Sea Shepherds are a activist group founded by Paul Watson who had been forced to part ways with Greenpeace in an 11 to 1 vote, the 1 vote being his own.  Sea Shepherds focus on the protection of underwater wildlife, mostly known for their protection campaign of whales against Japanese Whalers in the popular TV series Whale Wars which can be seen on Animal Planet. Armed with leading tactics and non violence, they plan on stopping the Japanese Whalers from killing nearly 1000 whales a year, in the name of, what the Japanese call “science”. It is without a doubt well known that Japanese culture can harvest a lot from whales, such as their meats being publicly sold in supermarkets for great profit margins.

Since World Ocean day is upon us, today was the ideal opportunity to introduce you all to The Sea Shepherds. Please follow up on them, and if you are interested in the work they do, make sure to check out Animal Planet’s series Whale Wars.

Sea Shepherd’s Mission Statement

Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization. Our mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species.

Sea Shepherd uses innovative direct-action tactics to investigate, document, and take action when necessary to expose and confront illegal activities on the high seas. By safeguarding the biodiversity of our delicately-balanced ocean ecosystems, Sea Shepherd works to ensure their survival for future generations.

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The first installment is a introduction to the idea of Promos4awareness Monthly Campaigns, and a introduction to the first campaign to join it’s ranks. June marked the launch of the Promos4awareness campaigns, and it launched with a bang; Vegetarian For A Month. This little video explains what I will be doing, and how to go Vegetarian if you so decide to. If you would like to be in a video with me; just contact me and I will gladly make a video with you!

Also shoutouts to everyone who asked for them.

The public to this day have shown me a lot of support, and so has the great bands I have been working with. All endorsed bands have made me feel loved, and so many of the new people I have met through Promos4Awareness have been really amazing, and I can’t thank them enough. The extent of this website is only in the mere beta stages, and much much more is to come with time. I would like to personally thank everyone who is showing support, and has helped me make it this far.

Which is where the campaigns come into place, my way of giving back to the community.

After much consideration, and careful planning, I have decided that the month of June is the launch of the Promos4Awareness Campaigns. As a sign of respect to a few of my fellow readers, I have decided to follow their idea for the FIRST campaign, which will be a challenge for myself. I will be going VEGETARIAN for the whole month of June. We all know my weakness for Chicken Burgers, Pulled Pork, and Bacon, so this will surely be a challenge.

To keep up with this campaign, I will be posting a picture of EVERYTHING I will be eating during the month of June (All meals per day) directly to FACEBOOK via mobile upload. If you are interested, please add me to FACEBOOK if you have not already and follow my campaign. This is promised to be fun, a challenge, and exciting. If you would like to see me post 1 update per day, per three days, or per week of the progress PLEASE let me know and I will get everyone involved.

Please support this campaign and show your support through the month of June! And remember I will always keep you posted on Facebook, Twitter,and  MySpace. So make sure to add those accounts if you have not already done so! I also ask that if you support this campaign, or this website to please repost this, retweet, blog, spread it in any which way possible.
Thank you all SO much!

More Information about going vegetarian can be found here:

ChooseVeg.ca
GoVeg.com
Vegetarian.org

Promos4Awareness: Hey Jordan how have you been?
Jordan Salmon: Man, I’ve been busy!

Promos4Awareness: Since the breakup of Amnesia Amnesia you seem to have been keeping yourself busy but before we get to all of that I have to ask what many people are asking. How would you rate the success of the last Amnesia Amnesia show?  Was the band pleased with it?
Jordan Salmon: Haha I knew this would come up. Last AA show was a blast. Tons of people came out.
Even more than I had expected. The crowd surfing was wicked.

Promos4Awareness: Would you care to introduce us to your new band Message Through Motion and tell us about your decision to join them?
Jordan Salmon: They’re the best guys! It was a pretty easy decision since I’ve always liked them. Being in a four piece again is going to be exciting that’s for sure.

Promos4Awareness: How did joining Message Through Motion come about?
Jordan Salmon: I had seen them play a couple shows in Belleville with my previous band, and every single time I was just blown away. For a while I was their manager because that is how much I believed and felt for their music. One day out of the blue I get a text from Derek saying that Matt quit and he was wondering if I’d consider joining and we went from there!

Promos4Awareness: When can we expect some new tracks from Message Through Motion?
Jordan Salmon: Mid June you’ll have some new stuff to hear! We’re recording at Newcomb studios and we could not be any more stoked about it.

Promos4Awareness: Any shows planed, or being looked into?
Jordan Salmon: Not at the moment. But as soon as the new set is finished, we will be playing a ton of shows.

Promos4Awareness: Are you still going to be promoting shows, or any plans to stop soon?
Jordan Salmon: I’ll probably always throw a show here and there.

Promos4Awareness: When will we get those pictures of you in leopard print done!
Jordan Salmon: Soon!

Promos4Awareness: When faced by a dangerous type of whale what advice would you give  someone who might want to to escape?
Jordan Salmon: Doesn’t matter to me. I am tougher than 70% of all whales.

I decided to browse to the Am I Number12.Org website, and found a wonderful site focused on Hepatitis! This is something many people are uneducated about (myself considered) so I thought I would feature it for you all to browse through!

Not entirely sure what Hepatitis is?

Hepatitis simply means inflammation of the liver and can be caused by a wide range of things. One of the most common causes of chronic (long-term) hepatitis is viral infection. Hepatitis B and C are two such viruses and together kill approximately one million people a year.

If you think you have been at risk it is important that you get tested.

Mission and Vision

The World Hepatitis Alliance provides global leadership and supports action that will halt the death toll and improve the lives of people living with chronic viral hepatitis B and C. Through better awareness, prevention, care, support and access to treatment, our ultimate goal is to work with governments to eradicate these diseases from the planet.

Our vision…. Seeking a world without viral hepatitis B and C.

In addition to the ‘Am I Number 12?’ campaign, the World Hepatitis Alliance and patient groups around the world are asking national governments to sign up to ‘12 Asks’ for 2012.

With the announcement of the great support from our new friends at Make Beats Not Beatdowns, they are offering an amazing offer. We know warped tour is rounding up around the corner here and we are all getting anxious but Make Beats Not Beatdowns needs your help to make it to WARPED TOUR! Help MBNBD make it to Warped Tour 30% off sale! Come on friends, help them out and pick up a shirt, or two!

Warped Tour is just a bit over 30 days away and we really need your help! By making a purchase you can help us pay for travel, supplies, freebies, get connected kits and information to give out at Warped Tour. Your purchase will go a very long way for us.

Use Code: WARPED get 30% OFF

at check out and receive 30% off your entire purchase. If you already have a tee why not buy one for a friend, family member or even a teacher?

2 New tees printed on American Apparel

STORE /// WEBSITE

I, myself, work in a building where I use TWO computers all day, in order to do my job. It can easily be done on one simple computer, but we have been provided with TWO. Some people are less fortunate, and it’s time we being them to the front of these operations.

Promos4awareness is glad to introduce to you Power Up Gambia.

Our Vision

Imagine a hospital without electricity, nurses having to tend to patients, deliver babies and set IV lines by candlelight. Emergency surgeries would be impossible. Children in respiratory distress would have no supplemental oxygen from oxygen concentrators. Drugs and vaccines dependent on refrigeration would be ruined. But solar power can change this. That’s the vision of Power Up Gambia.

Kathryn’s Story

In The Gambia, June 2006

At 4 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon, I was startled when the lights came on; the lights never came on after 2 p.m. on the weekends. The adrenaline really kicked in when I was invited to observe an emergency cesarean section – a first for me. When the infant emerged I felt my heart racing from excitement and awe!

This week out reafured not-for-profit is a little bit more of a mainstream organization and with some big names and corporations behind it, but I think it would still be worth a quick little mention this week.

We have all heard of thae activists at PETA, but did you know there is alsoa PETA2? PETA2 focuses more on the younger generation, and was started at the VANS WARPED TOUR a few years back.  With cute little sticker packs, and band endorsements to gain publicity, PETA2 is targeted towards the same targeted audience as Promos4Awareness, which is IDEAL for you readers to take a look at!

What’s peta2? We are an animal rights group that takes on anyone who abuses animals. From schools that don’t allow the choice not to dissect to fashion designers who won’t drop fur to fast-food giants that refuse to treat their animals right—if cruelty to animals is taking place, you can bet peta2 will be on it.

And not to brag, but we are the largest youth animal rights group in the world—maybe even the universe.* How did we get so big?