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Sometimes the quietest actions create the loudest response. In 1930, Gandhi led a peaceful 240-mile, 24-day trek through India in protest of British taxes, signaling the beginning of the end of British colonial rule. In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged two "bed-ins" inside Amsterdam and Montreal hotel rooms to promote world peace, capturing the attention of media around the world.

The Vow of Silence campaign is meant to do just the same—attract as much attention as possible to raise awareness and create real social change. Each year, youth around the world pledge to stay silent for 24 hours to support children who are silenced by the denial of their basic rights.

Participants can collect donations for each hour, minute or second they stay silent, or for the day as a whole. Silence can mean no speaking, or it can mean no communicating at all: no e-mailing, no social networking, no instant messaging, no note-writing. You can join the movement by taking the Vow this year on November 20 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Alternatively, you can choose another date that suits you better. However you choose to take the Vow, you stand up for the voiceless.