Do you sing in public – or only in the shower?
Ready for our February social media for social justice contest?
You can win this nifty OneJustice water bottle!
Yep, it’s the beginning of the month again – Happy February! And you know what that means, right? It’s time for our next OneJustice contest. (January was all about your favorite justice movies – did you miss the list of all “must watch” justice flicks? No worries, you can still get it on the blog here.)
This month we’re asking you to post your favorite song relating to equality, fairness, peace, love – however YOU interpret the concept of justice. Everyone who posts is entered in a drawing to win a super awesome OneJustice water bottle. Extra points if you post a video of YOU singing the song! You can post your favorite justice-related song on any of our social media sites:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OneJustice
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/onejustice
Or by commenting on this blog post.
Post now, post often – the contest closes at midnight of February 8th. Happy Singing, all!
We’ll start the list by posting “One Day” by Matisyahu. (Sorry, no video of any OneJustice staff singing, yet. Maybe we’ll have a brave soul volunteer next week!)
“Truth” by Ruthie Foster! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q3vyCgty2E
“Justice” by Cassandra Wilson. I think we all agree that we “want some of that (justice)”!
Awesome fun! Okay… “Imagine” by John Lennon comes to mind immediately. Then there’s Eric Clapton’s “Change the World”. “Equal Rights” by Peter Tosh. “Get Up, Stand Up” by Bob Marley. And, of course, “We Shall Overcome” (That was my mother’s favorite song). I’m stopping now. 🙂
Fantastic, Linda! Thank you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzD7tGDmROI
Terrific suggestion – thank you!
Thank you Claire – such great songs! Thanks for posting! You can fool some people sometimes, But you can’t fool all the people all the time. So now we see the light,
We gonna stand up for our rights! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7iXcKKpdx0
Thanks so much for the Pingback, Claire! Love it!
How about Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Going to Come”?
Oh, such a great posting, Mike Winn! Thank you for adding to the list! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaNzxniXxYE
“Behind the Wall” by Tracy Chapman. We used it with a video for our domestic violence clinic years ago, and the checks we got all came tear stained.
“One” U2 (Bono megalomania aside, gets me every time) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWdG8NoFXY0
“Strange Fruit” performed by Billie Holiday and written by Abel Meeropol. It’s a defiant song that protests cruelty and humanizes the victims of lynchings by using visual imagery. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZyuULy9zs
Thanks Natasha! Great suggestion, great song! Thanks for posting!
Thank you so much Toby – we had totally forgotten about this song – so powerful! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iUoqTaowaI Thank you for sharing!
Ron – you are so right, this is such a powerful song. Thank you so much for posting – and for being part of the California legal services community and OneJustice network!
Bob Marley “Get Up, Stand Up!” http://youtu.be/X2W3aG8uizA
Yes, fantastic song post, Margaret – thank you so much!
Thank you for the pingback, ABA Center for Pro Bono Exchange! We love the great collaboration!
My FB nation is leaving a pretty serious song pile on my wall. Check ’em out & feel free to poach/repost.
Awesome Just Adventures (aka Cristin) – we will check it out and poach them ALL! Thank you!
Andre Cabtree posted on a board member’s facebook wall this great suggestion! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYjZKNgWgNc (Rage Against the Machine: WAKE UP (LIVE))
And from another board member’s facebook page: “I Am Woman” http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Woman#section_2 and http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=V6fHTyVmYp4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DV6fHTyVmYp4
Congratulations to our winners – including Claire Axelrad – who posted John Lennon’s “Imagine”! Check out the full justice playlist on the blog here: http://wp.me/p2iJHJ-mu