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G20:Act Justly - Put People First

On Saturday 28th March 2009 more than 35,000 people took to the streets to call on world leaders to put people first as they gather in London for the G20 meeting taking place on April 2nd 2009.

Hundreds of Tearfund supporters were there, lending their voices (and feet and banner-waving arms) to the church's urgent call to put poor people and the environment at the heart of the global economic system.

Ben Niblett, Tearfund Campaigns Team Leader said he was 'Thrilled with the turnout at the rally and the diversity of the groups taking part. This deeply moving service combined with such a large demonstration asent a powerful signal. Thank-you to everyone who took part and who prayed'.
 
The day in pictures 

 

Speakers gather outside the Put People First Church Service

 

 

Tearfund's placards waiting to be collected by supporters and taken on the march

 

 

Superbadger made it all the way to the rally surrounded by a host of other organisations

 

 

 

 

People stream out of the church service to join the march - placards at the ready

 

 

A sea of faces at the Put People First Rally in Hyde Park - see anyone you recognise?
What next? 

The Put People First church service, march and rally were great events but it doesn't end here. Here are just a few things that you can do to continue to play your part in the church's fight against injustice:

 

Give thanks for the service and rally, and pray:

  • for wisdom and courage for world leaders to move beyond narrow self interest and old ideas and respond together to this crisis
  • that the voices of poor and vulnerable people would be heard and listened to, and the church will continue to speak out on their behalf 

For more detailed prayer points and related material, click here.

 

Mark December 5th 2009 in your diary today. this is the next big 'vote with your feet' moment that Tearfund is involved in. It's the Stop Climate Chaos 'March in December' on the eve of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen. Read more here.

 

To read Tearfund's Put People First press release click here

This page was last updated on 06 April 2009

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