As bloggers, we all have the power to speak out when we feel something is wrong. If we do it collectively, our voice becomes much louder, much stronger, and has more chance of being heard. And even if there’s only the slightest chance that someone somewhere with the power to effect real change will hear that voice, it’s always worth shouting.
As parents, it is impossible not to be affected by the reports of the full horror of the Houla massacre. This is from Wednesday’s Times:
‘The children of Houla were not killed by random shelling. The UN yesterday revealed that they were murdered one by one. The militia came in the night armed with knives and guns, and the young victims were executed with a bullet to the head or a knife to the throat.
One photograph shows a cherubic baby girl, no older than 2, with a tiny gold ear-stud. She is wrapped in a white shroud. Half her skull has been hacked or blown away. A saucer of bone juts from a bloody gash in what remains of her head. (You can read the full article on The Times)
Kofi Annan has said that the situation in Syria has reached a ‘tipping point’. BBC
Tomorrow, Friday June 1
Many of us are joining forces in protest against the killings in Syria. We’re blogging and tweeting and using our collective voice to make as much noise as we possibly can. If you’re on twitter, watch out for bloggers tweeting links to their posts using the hashtags #Syria #StoptheKilling and #tippingpoint, RT their posts and join in. It may not be much, but doing something is always better than doing nothing.
About Liz Jarvis
Liz Jarvis has been a journalist for more than 20 years and has been blogging since 2009. She was shortlisted for a 2010 Outstanding Achievement Award by British Mummy Bloggers, the precursor to BritMums. In 2012, she was shortlisted in BritMums' BiB Awards for the Outstanding Acheivement Award and was a finalist in the 'Go' category. You can find her at The Mum Blog, click on Blog below
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I’ll be putting my voice to this too and RT and sharing for all I’m worth. It is the very least we can do.
Inizialmente tutti osannavano The Conduit perch gli arutoi mostravano di avere l’intenzione di spremere fino in fondo le potenzialit grafiche della console : per la maggior parte degli utenti questo bastava a giustificarne l’acquisto, il gameplay, la trama e l’originalit non sono discussi nemmeno lontanamente in alcuno dei commenti qui elencati, il che equivale a dire “Purch non sfiguri graficamente, lo compro”.Poi nel corso dei mesi, grazie ai vari trailer si iniziato a delineare un magior spessore della struttura narrativa, nonch del gameplay, il che un bene ma non comunque fondamentale: “The Conduit” sar un immenso successo commerciale su scala planetaria a prescindere in quanto non esiste un possibile rivale a contendersi i soldi dell’utenza (Metroid Prime 3 ha gi un anno e mezzo sul groppone e gli appassionati lo hanno gi finito in tutte le salse), inoltre il 2009 si sta rivelando avaro di sorprese Insomma, faccio il tifo per High Voltage nella speranza che non deluda le nostre aspettative ma, siamo sinceri, in un contesto normale in cui i giochi di qualit non si facciano desiderare, probabilmente non lo avremmo desiderato a tal punto
I’ll be joining in too and will be writing a blog post for tomorrow.
If you want to add petitions to your posts here are two:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/syria_will_the_world_look_away_c/?tta
http://action.savethechildren.org.uk/ea-campaign/clientcampaign.do?ea.client.id=7&ea.campaign.id=15098&ea.param.extras=tracking:eafbounce&utm_campaign=SyMay2012&utm_medium=emailref&utm_source=SyMay2012eafbounce
Done – thank you
I would like to join in and do what I can – just another small voice.
I’ll do everything I can.
I’ve never been so affected by a news article. Ever. And I’m a journalist. I’ve written and scheduled my post. You’re right. Doing something is always better than doing nothing.
Just had to get involved, well done for organising this, I really hope it helps
Great initiative, well done to everyone who’s blogging about this.
For those who want to get a bit more involved – Save the Children is putting together a petition that we can all sign to help convince the government to take action on this issue:
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/stop-the-killing-in-syria/voices-of-syria
There’s also an organised protest in London on June 10 for families, organised by Louise Tickle:
http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/29/syrian-crisis-mum-plans-protest-to-stop-killing-children/
Brilliant initiative Liz and all the bloggers taking part. Having your say always makes a difference.
I have blogged about this too. Britmums, it would be much more effective if you could include the Save the Children’s petition address in the main post
http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/stop-the-killing-in-syria/voices-of-syria
There’s also an organised protest in London on June 10 for families, organised by Louise Tickle:
http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/05/29/syrian-crisis-mum-plans-protest-to-stop-killing-children/
Amazing response and some very thoughtful n thought provoking posts. Will add mine tonite wbdn home if kate hasnt already x
Done it!
thanks lovely just got in and turned around now! much appreciated the response is amazing! WOW!!!
I am a Syrian blogger and I really feel thankful for your sincere efforts to help my countrymen. The situation in Syria is deteriorating rapidly and we are no longer counting the individual deaths; we are now counting the massacres.
It’s not really my place to thank you for your comment but hearing from you is greatly appreciated. We don’t know if what we all did helped in any way, but it was our only way of showing that we are aware of what is going on in your country and are appalled and sickened by it.