The free hug campaign
Submitted by mac on 21 October, 2006 - 11:46.
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I found this story inspiring, especially thinking to the fact that the "all different - all equal" campaign wants to be a "positive" campaign rather than an "anti-" one...
The videoclip about the free hug campaign.
The interview with Juan Mann (pr. "one man"), the inventor of the campaign.
A short article providing some background story.
Long live the campaign!
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Great!
This is a great example of how to campaign today! It's these kind of examples we're looking for to inspire young people in our country. I will put it on our website, thanks for letting us know!
We were thinking about applauding for people in the streets...
free hug
Simple, clear and effective.
Could be an funny way for all of us to carry out the campaign in the streets...
I see this working
Me like this!
Thanks for inspiration Mac, it was very much needed.
It will work in Finland, we will absolutely add it to the next year tattooing summer tour. I see it happening: tattoos and free hugs! last summer when ADAE-touring all the major rockfestivals and tattooing some thousands of young people I got some free hugs, but know I know how we can have more of them! All I need is the sign!
We will rock and hug the cities next summer. In winter time this just won't work here up north! But I will put the video clip on our web-pages, so people will know what to wait for...Lovely, lovely idea!
Hugs,
Riikka, NCC Finland
The campaing was there!
Hello Riikka,
guess what? I am now (on holidays) in Sydney, and I brought over a few of the finnish tattoos to be given to young people I meet over here... who knows... maybe the finnish ADAE campaign will hit Australia before the Australian free hugs one will hit Finland! :)
All the best...