Edwin Hawkings Spearheads Charity Song:
Gathers Smallwood, Burrell, Pace And Others For Single
Touting Environment.
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"United Nations, Together We Can," an environmentally-conscious gospel song written
by four-time Grammy winner Edwin Hawkins, will debut with a 500-voice choir on Sunday at
San Francisco's City Hall at the Closing Ceremony of the United Nation's World
Environment Day.
Hawkins, whose "O Happy Day" is the best selling gospel song in history, recruited
gospel luminaries Daryl Coley, Richard Smallwood, Walter Hawkins, Tramaine Hawkins,
Kim Burrell, Virtue, Three Bridges, LaShun Pace and the Williams Brothers for the song
executive-produced by Gerald Prolman, CEO of Organic Bouquet. The tune will serve as
the United Nation's Environmental Program's new theme song and will be presented to
UNEP Executive Director Klaus Toepfer, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and a host
of international dignitaries.
"For the sake of our children, we must heal the planet. The environment is God's gift to
us," said Hawkins. "We should take responsibility to maintain the natural resources we were
given. I contributed this song to help raise awareness of the need for change before it is too
late."
Sunday's ceremony caps a weeklong series of events showcasing environmental
solutions, which will culminate in the signing of the San Francisco Urban Environmental
Accords. Similar to the Kyoto Accords, these accords call for international cooperation to
reduce and reverse the human contribution to global climate change and environmental
degradation of air and water resources.
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