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title: Desmond Tutu Leads Copenhagen Vigil for Survival
date: 2009-12-13T00:05:56Z
modified: 2009-12-13T00:05:56Z
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status: publish
excerpt: Tonight has been truly inspiring already and the sun has yet to set on much of the world.
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Tonight has been truly inspiring already and the sun has yet to set on much of the world. Here in Copenhagen, I just returned from an inspiring candlelight "vigil for survival" — one of thousands around the world — lead by Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu and joined by Bill McKibben and Avaaz.org Director, Ricken Patel. Take a look at this great video:

As Archbishop Tutu said, "We marched in South Africa in Berlin and the wall fell. We marched in Johannesburg and apartheid fell. We marched in Copenahgen … and we’ll get a Real Deal!"