1992 - Michael Jackson's Heal The World Foundation airlifted
$2.1 million worth of relief supplies to Sarajevo. Inside a hangar at "John F.
Kennedy Airport" in New York, Michael Jackson monitored the loading of 43 tons
of medical supplies, blankets, shoes and winter clothing onto a cargo jet bound
for the children of Sarajevo, a war-torn zone in the former Yugoslavia. The
project was in conjunction with AmeriCares. In a press conference,
Michael speaks about children and raises understanding on his "HTWF" and on the
aids organized by his charity and himself for the war-stricken Sarajevo, Bosnia
Herzegovina:
"Children show me in their playful smiles
the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts.
Being with them connects us to the deeper wisdom of life. These children are a
reminder of the preciousness of all life, especially young lives untouched by
hatred, prejudice and greed. Now, when the world is so confused and its problems
so complicated, we need our children
more than ever. Their natural wisdom points
the way to solutions that lie waiting to be recognized within our own hearts.
Children are the world's foremost idealists and optimists. It is for that reason
that 'Heal The World" is organizing the World's Children Congress next year,
made up exclusively of delegates, aged 8 to 16. The world desperately needs
their innocent perspective on the world's problems. We have to heal our wounded
planet of the chaos, despair and senseless destruction we see today. The mission
of HTW, my mission, is healing. Pure and simple. To heal the world, we
must
start by healing our children. Today, we come bearing gifts for the children of
war-torn Sarajevo. In 1992, Sarajevo has become a symbol of so much that is
tragic, but avoidable in our world. Prejudice and ethnic hatred, the destruction
of the environment, the shattering of families and of centuries-old communities.
We are pleased to announce at this special time of year that we will
turn our
efforts home, to the plight of our American children. Towards this end, we are
planning "Convoy USA". This will be an effort to help all Americans work
together toward a single objective: to heal the children of our inner cities.
This Thanksgiving is particularly special to me, with the launch of the single,
"Heal The World". I wrote this song for everyone in our world, in an effort to
help bring
global harmony. All the proceeds of this song will go to the "Heal
The World Foundation". Thank you, all, for coming. Special thanks to AmeriCares,
for standing side by side to us at this project. To all of you who have
supported "Heal The World" with your time and donations, our prayers and
thanks."
1996 - Michael performs a concert at Melbourne
Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia attending 110,000 fans.
2003 - A video tape of Michael Jackson was offered
to several media companies. The tape was made on an XtraJet flight illegally.
The following day Jackson's lawyers filed a lawsuit to prevent the tape from
being made public.
2009 - In Crenshaw, California,
Jermaine Jackson, Louis Gossett, Jr., and numerous VIP cast
members from Michael
Jackson’s This Is It show, including Michael Bearden, Jonathan Moffett, Tommy
Organ, Ken Stacey and Judith Hill attended the Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait
event, the largest Michael Jackson homage, created and organized by Jerry
Biederman and David Ilan.
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