Daniel Pearl World Music Days

WHEREAS, Daniel Pearl World Music Days is an international network of concerts that utilize the power of music to reaffirm our commitment to tolerance and humanity; and

WHEREAS, Daniel Pearl World Music Days was created in response to the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl at the hands of extremists in Karachi Pakistan; and

WHEREAS, Daniel was a talented musician, who joined musical groups in every community in which he lived, leaving behind a long trail of musician-friends spanning the entire world; and

WHEREAS, after Daniel’s death,  his family and friends came together to work towards a more humane world, forming the Daniel Pearl Foundation, with the mission of promoting cross-cultural understanding through journalism, music and innovative communications; and

WHEREAS, in commemoration of Daniel’s October 10th birthday, World Music Days uses the universal language of music to encourage fellowship across cultures and build a platform for harmony and humanity; and

WHEREAS, Since 2002, Daniel Pearl World Music Days has grown to include the participation of more than 6,700 performances in 111 countries:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert Bentley, Governor of Alabama, do hereby proclaim October 1 through 31, 2011, as

The 10th Annual

Daniel Pearl World Music Days

in the State of the Alabama .

 

Given Under My Hand and the Great Seal of the Office of the Governor at the State Capitol in the City of Montgomery on the 30th day of September 2011.

 

                                                                                 Governor Robert Bentley