During October 17-19 the record for the biggest mass mobilization on a single issue was broken when over 116 million people participated in the Stand Up and Take Action Campaign to end world poverty. Stand Up and Take Action mobilizes people to contact their government, donate blood, plant trees and a variety of other actions that help end poverty and inequality.

Stand Up and Take Action is a global movement to demand that world leaders keep their promises to end poverty and inequality – in 2000, leaders of 189 countries signed the Millennium Declaration agreeing to end extreme poverty through achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. takepart and visit http://www.standagainstpoverty.org/ for ways you can take a stand against poverty.