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Mahatma Gandhi, "You Must Be the Change You Wish to See in the World." It may be surprising that Gandhi's philosophy somehow got embedded into a club kid from LA with an otherworldly voice and a dream. Physicist will tell you that because of the connectiveness of all things when you move a grain of sand you change the universe. As many in Lambert's fandom know it is not just Adam Lambert's colossal talent that is admired and loved, it is Lambert's ability to move hearts and minds to a state of bliss. Adam Lambert is not preaching on a soapbox but because of his strength of character and courage to love himself in a world full of hate he is transforming perceptions. Lambert' powerful weapon is that he fights hate with love. It is an energy so powerful that you can feel it in his presence. To the casual observer Lambert is not exposing deep thoughts or spiritual convictions but this grandson of a physicist has a lot more to him then what readily meets the eye. Adam Lambert has a high degree of spirituality and intelligence. In his Rolling Stone Burning Man confession Lambert claims that somewhere in that desert he realized that one cannot sit back and wait for life to happen; you have to initiate that change you wish to see. Lambert: " I realized that we all have our own power, and that whatever I wanted to do, I had to make it happen. It is not just his career that Lambert is making happen he is starting to be recognized as a celebrity who uses his fame to shed light on charitable causes not only as a humanitarian but for causes that effect social change. Lambert is not a newcomer to giving back. His charitable inclinations are not just a public relations ploy. Long before American Idol when his was not a household name Lambert lent his prodigious talent to numerous events. Not only has Adam Lambert always engaged in charity he has chosen his causes very intelligently. Both Donors Choose and Charity: Water allow the donor to actually see the benefit of their donations. When my aunt recently had a cow donated in her name in lieu of a Christmas present she was dismayed to learn that she would be unable to actually trace her particular cow and learn of how it benefited the receiver. Not so with Lambert's chosen charities. Lambert made wise choices. There are many in the mainstream media that prefer to sensationalize Lambert's every misstep so my birthday gift to him is to bring attention to his charitable and compassionate heart. Here is a look at some of Adam Lambert's past and current charitable endeavors. When Lambert took the stage to perform for charitable events he didn't just show up he put his octave-defying vocal range on full display giving donors more than their monies worth of entertainment. Heaven On Their Minds Click Here Adam performed at the Valley Musical Theater charity event a few years ago. The song is Heaven On Their Minds from the musical, Jesus Christ Superstar. The music geeks over at Digital Dream Door rank this song as Adam Lambert's best live performance ever. I also agree with DDD that A Change is Gonna Come was Adam's best live performance on American Idol. Paula Abdul and the geeks agree with me. By they way I call them the "geeks" in the most respectful way. Ranking Adam Lambert's Best Live Performances 1. Heaven On Their Minds 2. How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore (Upright Cabaret) 3. Crawl Thru Fire (Zodiac Show 2008) 4. You Can't Win (Upright Cabaret) 5. A Change Is Gonna Come (AI live 2009) IS ANYBODY LISTENING? Click Here Adam Lambert sang at a 2004 Chabad L'Chaim - To Life! Telethon. This charity benefits all people regardless of race or religious affiliations. Sans make up and strikingly handsome 22-year old Lambert wowed the crowed. In fact the MC, Mindy Sterling, asked Adam if he performed at weddings and Bar Mitzvahs suggesting that she might be calling him to perform ather son'sBar Mitzvah. CRAZY Click Here Art 4 Life 2 was a star-studded event benefiting the American Cancer Society. Lambert sangGnarls Barkley's Crazy and danced to the choreography of his friend, Brook Wendal. Red haired Lambert gave one of his most sexually provocative performances ever in his now legendary tight red pants. The highest rated comment at this YouTube was by TheWickedWomen. Her grammar is not perfect but you know what she thinks and feels. "If you saw this and didn't know ADAM was gonna be mega talent, then you wasted your time. This is why ADAM performed the way he did at the AMAs...because he hugely talented and sexually expressive, creative and mostly passionate. You can't watch this and not get sexually excited unless your dead and hey, I'm almost 60 honey and I ain't dead yet. I love ADAM pre-Idol, Idol and post-idol because all three phases are true to who he is. What do I want from him? Only what he's giving us!" You've Got a Friend Lambert performed Carole King's You've Got a Friend in a duet with Eden Espinosa who played the evil green witch Elphaba in Wicked at the One Night Only Cabaret at the Marines Memorial Theater in San Francisco on September 8, 2005. This fundraiser event was for the Richmond / Ermet AIDS Foundation. Review: Her contralto R&B sound combined with his mellifluous high tenor made for a righteously riveting duet. I love that word mellifluous! Audio recording: Click Here At the end of the performance you can hear voices in the audience talking about Lambert, calling him amazing and asking where he came from. The Star Spangled Banner Click Here (I have been unable to find the complete performance. Does anyone know of one?) Adam Lambert sang a crystal-shattering version of the National Anthem at the Anti-Defamation League's L.A. dinner honoring renowned director Steven Spielberg for his humanitarian work.Spielberg was awarded the America's Democratic Legacy Award for being a "true champion of human rights" and for his philanthropic efforts. The star-studded event was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 9, 2009. Steven Spielberg on twitter the night of the event: Steven Spielberg twittered that Adam Lambert is one of his heroes and that his kids will be most impressed that he met Adam Lambert. Steven Spielberg thanked Adam for singing and said that @adamlambert has an amazing gift. Charity: Water Now that Adam Lambert's 29th birthday is coming up on January 29th many of you already know he is asking that in lieu of gifts he prefers that donations be made in his name to a humanitarian organization called Charity: Water. It is not surprising that Lambert surpassed his original goal of 29,000 in less than 6 hours. Scott Harrison the founder of Charity: Water is handsome, articulate and charismatic. Thirtyish with an easy grin and a heartfelt sincerity that is palpable, he tells his story of a successful young man that was living the "life". As a nightclub and fashion event promoter he was in the fast lane of New York City's nightlife. He describes how his selfishness and arrogance caused him to feel desperately unhappy and spiritually bankrupt. Harrison volunteered his services for a year on a floating hospital with a group called Mercy Ships. These ships take doctors who volunteer their services to the poorest parts of the world to operate on thousands who otherwise would never have medical treatment for facial and cranial abnormalities. After that stint Harrison came back to New York with a renewed spirit and a determination to start his own humanitarian organization. Those of you who have not taken the time to learn about Harrison's organization can be assured that this is charity done the right way. Harrison divides donations so that you can donate entirely to the humanitarian activity or to administrative expenses. You can also donate to both. His organization is entirely transparent. Water wells are drilled at locations that you can track with GPS so that donors can see the projects accomplished with their donations. Adam Lambert is not the first celebrity to lend his name to Charity: Water. In September of 2010 Will and Jada Smith asked for donations in lieu of birthday presents. The Smiths far exceeded their goal of $50,000 and raised $108,628.42. Alyssa Milano had donation projects for both her 38th and 39th birthdays and raised a total of $132,129. There are many others that see the value in this humanitarian cause. Keep in mind that although Lambert's birthday is on January 29th the charity has 77 days left as of today and has raised over $91,000 of the $290,000 goal. Keep those donations coming! Click here to donate. Donors Choose Adam Lambert started his affiliation with Donors Choose while he was on the American Idol Tour. Lambert was being overwhelmed with gifts. He suggested to his fans that rather than give him gifts he would prefer that donations be made to this cause. Charles Best the founder of Donors Choose was a 28-year-old teacher at Wings Academy, an economically depressed South Bronx high school, when he saw that teachers needed more supplies than public schools would fund. Best states on the Donors Choose blog: "What began as a philanthropic experiment has since channeled $57 million in materials and experiences to classrooms across the country. Over 3 million students are now learning more each school day, and over 100,000 teachers are flourishing as they see their classroom dreams realized. All thanks to you." Teachers submit proposals for classroom supplies. In Lambert's case he focuses on funding the arts, which are usually cut first. Donors can browse the projects and pick out the ones that appeal to them. I was very impressed when I received a thank you letter from the teacher and a picture of the classroom using the art supplies I helped fund with a group called Adam Lambert, Second to None. Adam Lambert working in conjunction with DonorsChoose.org has raised over $500,000 for his Glam a Classroom projects. Lambert has even personally delivered supplies. See Adam Lambert interacting with a classroom: Click Here A sweet video made by a group of donors inspired by Lambert. Click Here. Adam Lambert went a few steps further. Not only did he sponsor a competition among his fans to raise money for Donors Choose, Lambert teamed up with a company called Pennyroyal Silver and designed two limited edition pendants for charity, The designs are based on Lamberts Eye of Horus and Infinity tattoos.The infinity project raised $43,000 for Donors Chose. Lambert said this of the tattoo during the Glam Nation Tour: "My infinity tattoo really represents what life is like for me at this stage. It is all about energy and the energy I get from my fans. When I am onstage and the fans feed me their enthusiastic energy, I am able to feed off of it and give it right back to them. It's all about the energy flow." Click here to donate to Donors Choose. MusiCares The Eye of Horus pendent is stamped on the back with the words 'Protect Your Light and Energy'. That is interesting since Lambert got that tattoo while he was competing on American Idol. The $30,000 profits were donated to benefit MusiCares, a Grammy Foundation that assist musicians and those in the music business in times of personal, medical and financial crisis. Haiti I see London, I see France, How much money was raised with Adam's Underpants? The answer to that question is $8,500, a mere pittance of what they would have been raised if Lambert were still in them.The bidders wanted the sweaty pair but had to settle for fresh ones. Lambert was on Ellen and presented her with his autographed portrait to be auctioned for Ellen's fundraiser for Haiti. Lambert topped that with: "I wore my special Ellen underwear," he told DeGeneres, as the audience cheered. They might be a little sweaty, but these are up for auction, as well." Click Here American Foundation for Equal Rights Adam Lambert recently attended an Elton John fundraising performance for the American Foundation for Equal Rights. The organization is the official sponsor of the federal court challenge to Proposition 8. The minimum donation for attendance was $1,000 from each of the 750 patrons who raised over 3 million dollars. Elton said: "I think I have it all, I have a wonderful career, a wonderful life. I have my health, I have a partner of 17 years, and now I have a son. I don't have everything because I don't have the respect of people like the church or like politicians who tell me that I'm not worthy, that I'm lesser because I'm gay, well f**k you!" As a lesbian I, like Adam, have a stake in promoting civil liberties for members of the LGBT community. Sometimes when you focus of the small picture you miss the big one. My take on this is that marriage is none of the government's business no matter if you are straight or gay. What gives the government the power to define what a marriage is? It is certainly not in the Constitution. We should take the power back from the government and not allow politicians to have any say whatsoever in deciding whom we can have as a life partners. I would prefer that we had civil or religious ceremonies with contracts and tell the government to shove it. A little anarchy would do this country a lot of good. FCKH8 & NO H8 Campaigns Lambert Twittered support for FCKH8 a LGBT suicide prevention charity campaign. Lambert Twittered his picture to promote this organization that is against Proposition 8. http://adamlamberttv.blogspot.com/2010/10/adam-lambert-no-h8-campaign-photo-shoot.html It Gets Better! Adam Lambert produced an "It Gets Better " video against bullying. Click Here "Even someone like me, someone that has recently come into some success in his career...I'm touring the world, I have a cd out, I do music videos, I'm living my dream. Even I get bullied...I'm singled out and it's all gay, gay, gay, gay, gay, even though there is so much more to me than just who I choose to sleep with." More of Lambert: "Don't let those bullies and those ignorant, fearful, small-minded people prove you wrong. You have to be strong and you have to pay attention to the positive. And in doing so, you will push through and you will rise up and you will live your life to the fullest. It gets better, but it's up to you." RCA should have released Aftermath as an anthem to inspire the LGBT community as well as anyone who feels alienated. Watch Adam Lambert sing Aftermath at the end of his Glam Nation Tour: Click Here This is not an all-inclusive summation of Adam Lambert's charitable endeavors. Recently Lambert Twittered his over 800,000 followers to bring awareness to the victims of the floods in Australia just like he did for the victims of the earth quake in Haiti. If any of you know of any more of Adam's causes post them and they will be added to the article. Conclusion Not so long ago I wrote, " There is an irresistible compulsion to brag about witnessing history in the making. Prophesying Adam Lambert's fame and success is now out of the realm of fan fiction and into predictable reality". The icons of the past and present have in common the ability to generate feelings of love from masses of people. That ability transcends language and culture. Adam Lambert is a phenomenal talent on that iconic path because he loves the human race and we love him back. It is as simple as that. This article is my way of saying thank you for all the good that you do and the light you bring to the world. Happy Birthday Adam Lambert! Post your comments below and follow me on Twitter @kmkolsch! Update! This beautiful story came to my attention just yesterday. "Jessi Kimsey, a child selected for the 2011 Bert's Big Adventure Trip, has experienced a devastating turn of events. She came down with pneumonia, stopped breathing, and had to be Life Flighted to the hospital, where she is still in intensive care. Adam took the time to leave a voice mail for one of his young fans in a medical crisis. This is another unheralded display of his kind heart. http://thebertshow.com/berts-big-adventure-child-jessi-gets-a-surprise-from-adam-lambert/ Eden Espinosa Mp3 Download (A bit better quality You've Got A Friend) http://mp3skull.com/mp3/eden_espinosa.html PS Do not forget Operation Platinum. Find the details at Adamofficial.com. References: charitywater.org The Espinosa and Adam Lambert Review DonorsChoose.org http://www.popeater.com/2011/01/20/elton-john-gay-marriage/ |
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