Reflection task 3

I am a jury member of the committee choosing the person of the year. My candidate for this year is Lady Gaga. I am going to explain why we should choose her as the person of the year. This year maybe she didn’t make much contribution to music world, but she made a lot of contribution to the society and the world. Firstly, she supports a lot of charity organisations like Alzheimer's Association, American Foundation for AIDS Research, Artists for Peace and Justice. She also founded a charity organisation with her mother. It is called The Born This Way Foundation. It was named after Lady Gaga’s  second studio album “Born This Way” The cause for which Lady Gaga has assembled a chorus of support from such a dissonant bunch is to build self-esteem among young people. The Born This Way Foundation will seek to fight bullying and “inspire bravery” among young people, online and off. When the star first shared news of her foundation in December, more than 100,000 people signed up on its Web site to receive information. So now, in celebration of her tireless efforts to spread peace and acceptance through this material, she is to be honored with the ‘LennonOn0Grant For Peace‘ on October 9th, Iceland. One of five activists to receive the award Gaga is to be honored the work she has done via the ‘Born This Way Foundation’, the organization set up by the star to aid and provide a safe home for troubled teens, earlier this year. From March 28 to April 11, 2012, the BTWF ran a poster campaign "to inspire bravery" and encouraging supporters to submit images that answer the question "What does bravery mean to you?" with the 10 semifinalists selected by Gaga and her mother and leading to a prize for the winner(s), selected by fans. She also released a song called “Till It Happens to You”. A universal song about any kind of loss in life, highlighting pain of sexual assault. The song consists of an orchestral production with strings, and an emotional vocal delivery from Gaga. Lyrically it asks the listeners to stand in a victim's position and try to understand the turmoil she goes through. "Till It Happens to You" was later included as part of a public service announcement video, directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The video depicts various instances of violence against women and sexual assaults. It ends with a cautionary note about the effects of such distress, and the women finding solace with their close friends and relatives.  To sum up, Lady Gaga made lots of contribution to the world and the society. She wants to make a different world where is no discrimination, people live in peace, and people don’t accused of their choices. These are the reasons why we should choose Lady Gaga as the person of the year.