Release. Revive. Right on Time.
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Submit
Just clicked “Submit” on my DTS and Southwestern apps.
I winced as my finger went down…
It’s all you now, God!
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Look At This Resilient Dog of the Day: A Welsh Corgi named Ole, who managed to survive the avalanche that killed one of his...
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What If This Year Was Different?
The New Year rolls around and most of us find ourselves making promises to improve our lives from the previous year...
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“The victim’s smart phone did not have service to call out when she...
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The Resolutions of God (Tyler David/Austin Stone)
God is going to do 2 things this year:
- Exalt His name
- Work everything out for His people’s good...
Thanks everyone for coming out to my ALBUM RELEASE show! Sorry for the belated thanks/update—moved out to Astoria shortly after my release, and it has been crazy but exciting!! For those of you who missed it, enjoy this live performance of Calling Out to You (Pour L’Haiti)!
TAKING A STAND just won the 2012 Campus MovieFest Elfenworks Social Justice award! THANKS and congratulations to director, Gisella Gutierrez! Click here to read the article!
Several years in the making… Finally, ALBUM RELEASE SHOW!! July 21st 9pm at The Stoop (417 W57th bet 9th & 10th)! COME CELEBRATE!!!! Also featuring Melanie Penn and The Welcome Wagon!
First official music video! And for one of my most treasured originals “Taking a Stand”—addressing the issue of human trafficking or modern-day slavery in our world today. It will be released with my album on July 21st! Mark your calendars!
I’m taking a stand to end modern-day slavery.
Please look into the great work that these organizations are doing to fight human trafficking.
Opening for Coia’s EP release at the Brooklyn Lyceum this Saturday 7pm! Come celebrate with us! :)
Deirdre Mars: Beyond Fair Trade Durability, Part 1
World of Good on eBay
Eco Fashion World
Worldstock Fair Trade on Overstock
Featuring my original song: Taking a Stand
Please subscribe to my channel & check back next month! This is the 7th video in my series of anti-slavery or anti-human trafficking videos. Over this next year, I hope to inform and intrigue those who know very little about or may have never even heard of human trafficking. This series is launching with NYC Urban Project’s LoGOFF campaign to explore what it means to live Local, Green, Organic, Fair (trade) and (slave) Free.
Ten Years Into the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement Brutal Sweatshop Conditions Endure
Major American Brands Silent on Alleged Rights Abuses at Overseas Factories
Inspection Report of the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s (INS) efforts to combat harboring and employing illegal aliens in sweatshops.
US Trafficking In Persons Report 2011
Do Something: Background on Sweatshops
Do Something: 11 Facts About Sweatshops
Courtney Wong, Singer/Songwriter/Worship Leader
Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | CDBaby | Tumblr | Twitter: @CourtneyBWong
PSYCHED because I just finished recording my album last weekend! Can’t wait to share it with you guys next month! Release party ideas, anyone?
And here’s a little preview. More Than Conquerors—inspired by Romans 8:35-37: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”
Enjoy! And GET EXCITED!!!!!
In the meantime, find me on:
Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | CDBaby | Twitter: @CourtneyBWong
Sign the petitions to tell companies we want to wear clothes free of child slavery and abuse!:
Featuring my original song: Taking a Stand
Please subscribe to my channel & check back next month! This is the 6th video in my series of anti-slavery or anti-human trafficking videos. Over this next year, I hope to inform and intrigue those who know very little about or may have never even heard of human trafficking. This series is launching with NYC Urban Project’s LoGOFF campaign to explore what it means to live Local, Green, Organic, Fair (trade) and (slave) Free.
© Courtney Wong 2012
Sources:
International Labor Rights Forum
Global clothing brands boycott Uzbek cotton
Responsible Sourcing Network videos
US Department of State Trafficking In Persons 2011 Report
Courtney Wong, Singer/Songwriter/Worship Leader
Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | CDBaby | Tumblr | Twitter: @CourtneyBWong
Thanks to the second video in my anti-human trafficking series about conflict mineral mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo that produces our electronics, my video series and I garnered enough interest to be featured on MTV Act! Check it out!
I’ve released my 5th stopmotion video in my anti-slavery youtube series. This month, we’re discovering how children in Cote d’Ivoire are impacted by our demand for chocolate–just in time to respond by how we make our Valentine’s Day chocolate purchases!
Slave- and Child-Labor Free Chocolate
Fair Trade Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
Featuring my original song: Taking a Stand
Please subscribe to my channel & check back next month! Over this next year, I hope to inform and intrigue those who know very little about or may have never even heard of human trafficking. This series is launching with NYC Urban Project’s LoGOFF campaign to explore what it means to live Local, Green, Organic, Fair (trade) and (slave) Free.
© Courtney Wong 2012
Sources:
Ivory Cocoa Farms Child Labor: Little Change
Cocoa Campaign: International Labor Rights Forum
2011 Tulane University Report: Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana
ILO and Chocolate and Cocoa Industry Forge New Partnership to Combat Child Labour in West Africa
US Department of State Trafficking In Persons 2011 Report
Hershey’s $10 million Pledge to Improve West African Cocoa Farming & Fight Child Labor
Slavery In the Supply Chain (video discussing how to find fair trade chocolate)
Courtney Wong, Singer/Songwriter/Worship Leader
Facebook | Youtube | iTunes | CDBaby | Tumblr | Twitter: @CourtneyBWong
