by
SRI KUEHNLENZ
| 10/17/2006
Student leaders of Positive Foundations, an activist club aiming to change the world through a set of goals set by the United Nations, brought a crowd of about 350 people to its feet on the Great Lawn Sunday afternoon as part of a worldwide campaign to fight poverty.The focal point of the event occurred at 4:40 p.m., when participants at rallies in over 100 countries stood up in unison in an attempt to achieve the Guinness World Record for the most people standing up against poverty.From the steps of the Shapiro Campus Center, Sam Vaghar '08, a Positive Foundation coordinator, led attendees in chanting "unity stops poverty" ten times before rising from their seats on the wet grass."We wish to set a record today for the number of people standing up to demand action on poverty," Vaghar told the crowd, "but the record we really want to break is the world's record of breaking promises and just ignoring the poor."Vaghar spoke of the importance of achieving the Millennium Development Goals, a set of objectives established by the United Nations six years ago.
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