Causecast President Brian Sirgutz on Fairey's Suu Kyi Poster
by JONATHAN HARRIS, Managing Editor
We don’t necessarily like to toot our own horns over here at Causecast, but—
—OOPS— looks like I dropped a link right there. How silly of m—
—AGGHHH!!— there it is again! I’m so clumsy today.
Well, since the cat’s out of the bag, I’ll just go ahead and describe it to you.
As you all know, Causecast recently hooked up Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the iconic Obama HOPE image, with Causecast leader Jack Healey. The collaboration between the two culminated with a new image of imprisoned human rights leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The AFP has now picked up the story, detailing the creation of the image and including quotes Healey and Causecast president Brian Sirgutz.
From the AFP:
Fairey was approached to make the poster by prominent human rights activist Jack Healey, who met Aung San Suu Kyi a decade ago and promised to help her.
Healey, head of the Washington-based Human Rights Action Center, said he saw how Fairey’s Obama poster fired up young people.
“I thought he could create an iconic image and do internationally for her what he did nationally for the campaign,” Healey said.
Causecast, a US online social action network, is using the Internet in a bid to distribute the Aung San Suu Kyi portrait worldwide. The image can be downloaded at http://obeygiant.com.
Brian Sirgutz, the president of Causecast, hoped that the image would appear across social networking sites such as Facebook and spread via Twitter, the microblogging service instrumental to recent protests in Iran.
The portrait will also figure in concerts being planned across North America in the autumn to support Aung San Suu Kyi, Sirgutz said.
“The hope is that this image becomes the symbol of global solidarity for Aung San Suu Kyi to gain her release,” he said.
That’s right, baby! That’s what we call Causecast authori-tah! Let’s hope more international news organizations publish stories on this image and continue to cover the Aung San Suu Kyi trial with diligence and accuracy.
Visit Causecast’s FREEDOM TO LEAD page to learn more about Aung San Suu Kyi and learn how you can help make a difference and work toward her release.
- Posted by Causecast
Related causes: Human Rights
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