Oxfam America

Coldplay Fans Make Trade Fair: '05 Tour Wrap Up

The Coldplay US concert tour has come to a close.

Over the course of two months and 33 Coldplay performances, 539 local Oxfam volunteers nationwide donned campaign t-shirts and grabbed clipboards to rally support for Make Trade Fair. With the help of Coldplay fans across the country, their quest was a tremendous success.

The numbers tell the tale:

  • 63,632 sign-ups to the Big Noise

  • 14,311 postcards to deliver to the US Trade Representative

  • 12 percent of total audience took action

  • 539 local volunteers canvassed with us

Also, with the help of Sun Microsystems, we created a new way to join the Big Noise–simply text your email address and send it to TRADE (87233).

We call the petition the Big Noise because–just by turning up the volume on unfair trade–we can help millions of poor people make a decent living.

There is still work to do!

Right now, the Big Noise has 8.8 million supporters worldwide. Help us reach 10 million signatures by December's world summit on trade.
Indy Volunteers

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A large group of Make Trade Fair campaign volunteers poise at the Indianapolis Coldplay concert stop.
photo: Brande Jackson
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