"If I die BASE jumping, please, and I cannot emphasize this enough, do everything you can to help end extreme poverty by 2030 and do your utmost to achieve sustainable development beyond that.  Don't waste time being upset about my dying; be upset about the seven million kids that die every year and don't even get a chance to live.  If you can, please use my death to advance sustainable development."   - Bryan Turner 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7neLoKY6yY

It's not every day one of the most important people in your life writes you a letter with instructions on what to do, should they pass away (doing one of the things they loved most), but our Bryan was an exceptionally spectacular human being. He did everything on a whole other level, and made sure it was done with purpose and preparation. This was one of the requests that he shared with a few of his closest friends a couple of years ago. We never imagined the day would come when we would actually have to use it, but we know how important his life mission was, and for anyone who cared about him, then we also know that the best way to honour his life and death, is to continue his work ten-fold, because God only knows how remarkably effective he was at truly changing the world.

This is our pledge to Bryan to do everything in our power to End Extreme Poverty by 2030, and to achieve sustainable development!

Bryan is a super human, a real-life super hero. A one-man army saving lives in the most significant way. He has accomplished more in his short life, than what the combination of all of us will probably accomplish in our entire lives.

Although he is no longer with us in person, he will continue to be with us in spirit advocating for us to do everything we can to end extreme poverty, but now it is up to us to carry on his legacy.

Please sign the petition and help to spread his message.

Also Check out the World-Changing Book List he created for more information, (He Would have wanted you to...)

In his words:

"Please do not give up. Please do not focus on one small part of the problem because it's easier. Please do not become cynical. Please keep learning. Please make it your life's work. And please, please, please don't stop until we end extreme poverty. This is the most important thing that humanity has ever taken on and not contributing my utmost to it is my greatest fear in the world."
- Bryan (End Extreme Poverty) Turner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onsIdBanynY

He lived every day of his life with such intensity, passion, drive, and purpose, and impacted millions along the way.

Bryan, you have already left a legacy, but we promise you, it will only continue to grow from here.

We love you very very much buddy. You are missed more than words could ever describe.

To Bryan's Parents, Sister, and the love of his life. In his words, you guys are rock stars. Your boy was a Legend who will never be forgotten, and he loved you with all of his heart soul spirit and being. You have always been his main priority, and he made sure to share that with us as well. Thank you for creating and shaping such an extraordinary human being. He is with you always. We love you, and are here for you through this heartbreaking time.
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Keynote Speech by Bryan -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7neLoKY6yY

Social Justice Book List - By Bryan Turner

Race Against Time by Stephen Lewis

Compelling analysis of the problems, unabashedly principled, call to action.  Note Stephen Lewis’ call on civil society to support the Millennium Village Project as one of the 10 things that you should and can do as a citizen. Must read.

The Life You Can Save: Acting Now To End World Poverty by Peter Singer

Excellent comprehensive introductory arguments on why we should all be doing something to help end global poverty. If everyone read this it would be a different world. Excellent for familiarizing ourselves with common arguments surrounding poverty and action. Must read.

http://www.thelifeyoucansave.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onsIdBanynY

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr Paul Farmer: A Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder

Tells a story about how you should never give up, written very accessibly and in story form so it’s engaging, informative, and entertaining. Farmer has probably done more to dispel myths and preconceived notions about what is and is not possible in ‘developing’ countries more than anyone else.

The End Of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for our Time by Jeffrey Sachs.

If you read this, after the first or third chapter, depending on how into it you are, you will probably want to skip to chapter 10 p188 the voiceless dying. Incredible centrist analysis of the issues and some of the solutions. Profoundly hopeful. A powerful call to action.

Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet by Jeffrey Sachs.

State of affairs of the planet from a holistic viewpoint. A true interdisciplinary approach to the interconnected nature of the world’s problems. Lays out a ten piece recommendation on what to do to make a difference – STEEP is doing 7.5 of them already!! Go Team!!

Globalization and it’s Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz.

Nobel Laureate in economics 2001. As cut and pasted from Wikipedia: Globalization and Its Discontents is a concise, devastating, and relentless indictment of the global economic policies of the International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, and World Bank.

Focuses solely on the problems, pays little attention to the solutions.

Making Globalization Work by Joseph Stiglitz.

Phenomenal. After being criticized for, in his words, complaining, a lot in globalization and its discontents, Making Globalization Work is filled with ideas for solutions. A book about economic and political solutions that is accessible and tremendously informative.

Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies by Noam Chomsky

20 years old and still excellent. Great overview on how the media distracts and can be used as a tool to further political objectives and take away from real issues. Geared more towards war related issues than poverty, but still a superb analysis of major flaws in our media and political systems.

A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright

The 2004 Massey Lecture, an overview of some of the most pressing issues confronting our planet. Very easy to read, engaging and even quite funny.

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

What makes issues go from the fringes to mainstream? This book tries to answer that question by picking apart some of the key components in spreading messages and, like the title says, how to get ideas and movements to reach a tipping point. Funny, interesting, engaging.

Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip and Dan Heath

I actually haven’t read this yet, but it’s top of my list as soon as the paperback version comes out which should be in the next week or so. Was recommended to me by a friend and colleague who has worked with Greenpeace’s focusing on online advocacy and now works at MPH as our online coordinator. Appears to be filled with important points about getting things to go viral and again with the critical mass