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Community Producer Mukund Menda doubles your dollars!
By Katherine DoddsOff the Couch Attracts International Support!
We've had contributions from all around the world -- Switzerland, Austria, Germany ... and now Dubai! We were thrilled when long-time fan of the film, Mukund Menda, contacted us about being a Community Producer. Based in Dubai, he's contributed greatly to our campaign and is already planning how he's going to help us get the film in schools in the UAE where he lives and works.
And, we're delighted to say that thanks to Mukund, (pictured on the left through his new avatar), you can double your dollars while also helping to get The Corporation free into 1,000 schools. All gifts given this weekend will be matched! Get your gift matched now & you could win a prize!
We asked Mukund about a cool project he founded - Care For Laborers. Here's what he had to say:
"Care for Laborers is a platform to exchange and implement ideas to improve the quality of life and happiness of workers in the G.C.C. & South Asia."
I asked him what inspired him to do this work:
"When I started my efforts to spread awareness and to improve the quality of happiness and thus lives of lower income workers in 2007, an expatriate told me that I shouldn’t bother helping the laborers in Dubai and rather to go and do charitable activities in the countries of origin of these workers. That I should go to the towns where these workers come from and where people don’t even have any opportunity for a source of income and future for their children. I was also told it is better to do charity quietly and not make any publicity about it."
"We must all truly ‘be the change we wish to see in the world’ the famous words of Mahatma Gandhi. ‘Everything is possible’ the mantra of the great leader, humanitarian and visionary ruler of The Emirate of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, HRH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. A mantra proven on countless occasions."
"Charity starts at the home and my home is in Dubai in the Arabian Gulf. Dubai is a city I love, and I have a great affinity for all the people who call it home (long term expatriates and U.A.E. nationals alike). Dubai cares about the world and has amazing initiatives like Dubai Cares. Yes, people are working here and making money to support their families of course. Although many a time they live a life of loneliness away from their families, friends and loved ones, the community as a whole should organize more activities and take the time out to help those less fortunate than themselves."
"If you chose to promote any fair and just cause without offending anyone or breaking any laws, you will garner more support and more change and awareness only by doing so more openly. As more people become aware about something and are reminded as often as possible, a critical mass of people with awareness can be reached; only then can real and permanent improvement occur for just and righteous causes." ~ Mukund Menda
PRIZES! Givers of any amount will be entered into a prize draw to win The Corporation nostalgia gift pack of vintage posters, collectors item buttons, stickers & other swag, plus an Occupy Your Future sweatshirt - 100% sweatshop free!
NEW PERK! We've also added a new gift at the $150 level that includes the popular download of the new cut of the film licensed for unlimited public screenings, PLUS a community supporter credit in the film AND the new book by our ally Cinema Politica, Screening Truth to Power: A Reader on Documentary Activism.
Do you think the film still has the power to inspire people to get up off the couch and do something about corporate harm? If so, please support our campaign.
Tag(s): #OffTheCouch, 10 Year Anniversary, The Corporation
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