Social media and news in recent times has been filled with hate and negativity. Just as you cannot fight darkness, only light lamps, Hate and Negativity cannot be fought. You need to bring Love and Positivity forward instead.
I bring to you the We Are the World Blogfest, along with these fabulous co-hosts:
Belinda Witzenhausen, , Eric Lahti, Inderpreet Uppal, Lynn Hallbrooks, Mary Giese, Michelle Wallace, Peter Nena, Roshan Radhakrishnan, Simon Falk, Susan Scott, Sylvia McGrath, Sylvia Stein, Dan Antion.
“We Are the World Blogfest” seeks to promote positive news. There are many an oasis of love and light out there, stories that show compassion and the resilience of the human spirit. Sharing these stories increases our awareness of hope in our increasingly dark world.
We will link to charities supported by the co-hosts, and you could choose to donate to some of them or add links to local charities you support, so we could all chip in to a good cause if we like.
Let us flood social media with peace and love, and “In Darkness, Be Light.” The first post for We Are The World Blogfest is on the 31st March 2017.
~~~GUIDELINES~~~
- Keep your post to below 500 words.
- All we ask is you link to a human news story on your blog on the last Friday of each month, one that shows love, humanity, and brotherhood. Something like this news, about a man who only fosters terminally ill children.
- Join us on the last Friday of each month in sharing news that warms the cockles of our heart. No story is too big or small, as long as it goes beyond religion and politics, into the core of humanity.
- Place the WE ARE THE WORLD Badge on your sidebar, and help us spread the word on social media. Tweets, Facebook shares, G+ shares using the #WATWB hashtag through the month most welcome. More Blogfest signups mean more friends, love and light for all of us.
- We’ll read and comment on each others’ posts, get to know each other better, and hopefully, make or renew some friendships with everyone who signs on as participants in the coming months.
Sign up in the WE ARE THE WORLD Linky List below and please help spread the word via the hashtag #WATWB.
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This is cool! I’ll join in this month.
This is a great initiative. You are right with all negative news, we all need rays of hope in stories about people who are working to bring a change. If I come across any such human story, I will gladly participate. I get to know about people from News or blogs.
I love the message, and the idea, and will aim to sign up to this at my first opportunity!
Please do!
How do you place We Are The World badge on your sidebar?
You first have to upload the badge picture to your media library and get the URL for the uploaded file. To do that, go to the media library, click on the title/file name of the picture. The URL should be on the right. Copy this and paste it into your HTML code.
Next go to Appearance > Widgets in your dashboard. Create a new text widget in your sidebar and paste the code into it. Save, and if your code is correct the image should appear on your blog.
Hi, I’m having a hard time getting the WATWB badge to show on my wordpress.com blog. Is there a place where I can get some help?
You first have to upload the picture to your media library and get the URL for the uploaded file. To do that, go to the media library, click on the title/file name of the picture. The URL should be on the right. Copy this and paste it into your HTML code.
Next go to Appearance > Widgets in your dashboard. Create a new text widget in your sidebar and paste the code into it. Save, and if your code is correct the image should appear on your blog.
Your piece on Manchester was beautiful. I have not stopped thinking about that community since the horribleness occurred. oxo
This is a wonderful idea.
Join in!
I’d love to take part!
Please do– all you have to do is enter your details in the linky list above.
A great idea and a timely one!
Damyanti, I plan to participate, but may not make it this month with the new grandbaby due and I’m on call to watch our granddaughter.
Thank you – I look forward to sharing positive news from around the world.
I will definitely join in. It is a beautiful cause! 🙂
Thanks, Shalini! Sign up now 🙂
What a vast list. I’ll be visiting!
it isn’t vast yet, but we hope to be the positivity we want to see in the world :). Help us spread the word, please?
Delighted to join in. There’s plenty of good out there that’s lost in the political mess.
I do have a story to share … I am in ?
Love the idea!
I actually did write a post last year based on a nice piece of news I read once.
Will try to do that more often and participate on your event on the 31st.
I’m in!!! This is a wonderful initiative.
Support this 100%! Haven’t completely decided but here’s my thinking today: http://eyesonlife-ginahunter.blogspot.com/2017/03/would-you-speak-for-peace.html. I may sign up and see how it goes…. No matter what I do, I think it’s absolutely great that this is happening, and the world needs more of it!
This is a fantastic initiative! Thanks so much for coming up with it 🙂
Join in! It isn’t a lot of effort, and we hope to spread a wave of positivity through it 🙂
That’s a great idea and also to know of NGOs that do some good work. Will be interested to read more from you guys.
I love the thought behind this. Will try to hop in for sure.
So… some weeks ago… I got this message about maybe a blogfest. I thought, yep! Here we are. Thank you for all your inspiration and advice, Damyanti. I await where these Fridays take us all! 🙂
This is a beautiful idea .I did submit my link but it’s not showing and I can’t submit it again (the linky says it already has my link)Don’t know what to do.
You’re signed in and are showing in the linky list. Welcome on board and thank you so much for joining us.
Thank you for showing the initiative to start this great BLOGFEST, I am very pleased and proud to be part of it. I look forward to meeting the other wonderful people in this group and help make a difference around the world..
Thanks for helping cohost this, Sylvia!
What can I say…so proud to be part of this! Thanks for starting that conversation! 🙂 Here’s to changing the negative landscape to something life affirming and positive…words have power when they are used the right way!
Such a nice idea! 🙂
Beautiful. Shared and will be reblogging D! 🙂 <3
Here’s to the start of something wonderful… cheers 🙂
This is a wonderful, brilliant idea.
Its a lovely idea of spreading Love to the needy. I am in.
Delighted to be a part of it!
Terrific Damyanti!
What a lovely idea.
Hi Damyanti – I signed up … and will get my head into gear for a suitable post … thanks for the invite – life goes on over here … well for me – I’ll certainly do what I can … and it’s good Alex has picked it up … cheers for now – Hilary
What a good start! I am glad to a part of this initiative, more power to light and love.
We have a lift off! Let us go forth and spread light, love and positivity! 🙂
What a great initiative. We need more stories that inspire and motivate people to do good.
Thanks! please sign up to spread the joy and love 🙂
Have done so
I will look forward reading about the positive because we need this now more than ever
Now that’s a worthy blogfest! What are the dates?
It’s a monthly blogfest Alex: the last Friday of each month. Just posting a link to a positive piece of news and an excerpt, and optionally writing about it. Would be great if you could share this in your news on your blog :).
I’m in! Thank you so much!
Thanks! Please add your name to the list 🙂