Global Candlelight Vigil for the Iraq Museum
Vigil tools
Use these tools and guidelines to help plan, publicize and record your vigil. You can also join a vigil on Facebook. With your help and participation, we can raise awareness to save the past for our future.
Use our press release template
Distribute commemorative Items to spread the word
Click on these e-cards to invite others to join the Global Candlelight Vigil for the Iraq Museum this April 10-12.
Download, add your own location, date and time where indicated, and print these flyers to publicize your vigil.
Customize this press release template with your local organization’s information, location, time and contact details for distribution to your local newspaper, radio station and other media outlets.
SAFE developed Remember Iraq's Heritage, Our Heritage, a brochure addressing the significance of ancient Mesopotamia, the impact of the looting of the Iraq Museum, the ongoing plunder of archaeological sites, how these situations relate to the rest of the world, and what we can do to preserve the past. Created in conjunction with the exhibition Catastrophe! The Looting and Destruction of Iraq’s Past at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, the brochure is an ideal companion piece to distribute to your vigil attendees.
Feel free to download the brochure here; professionally printed brochures are also available in our Vigil Toolkit for US $40 each*, which includes 50 brochures, 50 buttons and 50 postcards.
To ensure prompt delivery, place your order here NOW while supplies last, indicating in the "Comments" box how many toolkits you'd like at $40 each. We can ship internationally, and bill you separately for the extra postage. For smaller quantities of buttons and postcards, please order here.
*To defray the cost of developing, printing, production, shipping and handling within the US. The actual cost of each kit is US $70.
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April 23, 2003 Charlie Rose interview with Philippe de Montebello (Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), Dr. Timothy Potts (Director, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX) and Frank Rich (New York Times) in the aftermath of the Iraq Museum tragedy (running time: 27 minutes). |
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January 19, 2007 Charlie Rose interview with Dr. Donny George, former director of the Iraq Museum and former president of the Iraq State Board of Antiquities, who talks about the situation at the Iraq Museum and ongoing looting of archaeological sites across Iraq (running time: 18 minutes). |
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"Robbing the Cradle of Civilization: The Looting of Iraq's Ancient Treasures," a film by Robin Benger (CBC, 2003). The 43-minute DVD. This gripping documentary details the ransacking of the Iraq Museum and archaeological sites in Iraq. |
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"Thieves of Baghdad" (Al Jazeera, 2007) details the theft and smuggling of artifacts from Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War. To view "Thieves of Baghdad" in its entirety, sign up to host your Candlelight Vigil here, and SAFE will provide a URL enabling you to download and view this intriguing, rarely-seen documentary. |
These items are created with the contribution of students at the W. D. Ford Career-Technical Center. All proceeds will support SAFE projects and programs such as lesson plans and a teacher's manual for The World's Ancient Cultures in Danger Map. Click on image to order. If you anticipate needing large quantities contact us at least 3 weeks before your event.
Show others around the world how you participated in the Global Candlelight Vigil by sending us photographs and videos. Memorializing events in this way enabled SAFE to compile a video memorial in 2007, which we presented to the staff at the Iraq Museum. Help us do the same this year.
To send us photos:
1. Send your digital photos as attachments in an email to the21tin@photos.flickr.com
2. In the subject line, write the location of your event
3. In the body of the email, write a short description of your event
To send us videos:
Upload your video to YouTube and send us the link along with the location and a short description of your event. Or save your video on a CD or DVD and mail it along with the informatioin to:
SAFE/Saving Antiquities for Everyone Inc.
P.O. Box 231172
Ansonia Station
New York, NY 10023-0020
USA
Questions? Contact us.
