TO THE JAPANESE FISHERMAN OF TAIJI FROM YOKO ONO LENNON, 20 JANUARY 2014. Dear Japanese Fishermen of Taiji, I understand how you must feel about the one-sided-ness of the West to be angry at your traditional capture and slaughter of Dolphins. But that tradition was made only when the world, and Japanese Fishermen did not [...]
YOKO ONO: Wish Tree for Tokyo (MoCA Tokyo, Japan) December 8, 2013 Wish Tree for Tokyo, first on view in YES Yoko Ono spring 2004 at MOT, has been planted in the museum's sculpture garden. The work has been donated by the artist to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo for its permanent collection. Each [...]
The groundbreaking interactive album app, JOHN LENNON: THE BERMUDA TAPES, is now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch in the Apple App Store! John Lennon: The Bermuda Tapes tells the story of John Lennon’s life changing journey sailing through a mid-Atlantic storm to Bermuda in June 1980, the profound creative discovery during his time on [...]
IMAGINE THERE'S NO HUNGER - 6TH ANNUAL CAMPAIGN Yoko Ono Lennon is teaming up with WhyHunger, Hard Rock International and thousands of supporters around the world for “Imagine There’s No Hunger,” a global campaign to fight childhood hunger and poverty through the support of sustainable agriculture education and nutritional feeding programs. HELPING COMMUNITIES in 22 [...]
IMAGINE Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today... Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace... You may say [...]
It’s been over a month since Gasland Part II premiered on HBO. I’ve spent a lot of time since then in my home in Milanville, thinking back on what an incredible journey these last five years have been. It would not have been possible without you. Thank you. Thank you for watching and sharing Gasland [...]
Dear Yoko, While listening to John’s Instant Karma in the spring of ‘70 I planted a single acorn in the ground in my front yard in St. Petersburg, Florida. I moved away for many years. I went back today and the people who now own this property are super cool. So there are pix of [...]
"Big Fish" honoree & fellow "frack"tivist Mark Ruffalo, Yoko Ono, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the Riverkeeper Fishermen's Ball on April 16, 2013 in New York. (Photo credit: Jimi Celeste/Patrick McMullan) Dear Friends, I was proud to be a part of the gathering of hundreds of clean water supporters at the recent [...]
Earth Day 2013 Today, 22 April 2013 is Earth Day! Over one billion people in 192 countries are participating from London to Sao Paolo, Seoul to Babylon City, New Delhi to New York, Rome to Cairo; people everywhere are taking action in their communities and helping depict The Face of Climate Change. How can you get [...]
Yoko Ono is joined by Senator José M Serrano, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Elected Officials and Advocates in encouraging all New Yorkers to participate in Earth Hour Elected officials and environmental advocates call upon all to turn off their non-essential lights and electronics during Earth Hour, tomorrow, Saturday, March 23rd from 8:30-9:30pm (New York, NY) [...]
Global Zero has emerged as one of the most remarkable social movements in history. Powered by a visionary group of 300 leaders and experts who support our bold, step-by-step plan to eliminate all nuclear weapons by 2030, the relentless creativity, energy and optimism of young people and half a million citizens worldwide, we're challenging the [...]
Dear Friends, My name is Stephen Barton, and I’m a survivor of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. I want to tell you about something important that happened last night. After months of debate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced a comprehensive gun reform bill and made it clear that any [...]
"Governor Cuomo, Since you haven't met with me about the dangers of fracking, I will show you now on TV: • Tap water too toxic to drink or bathe in • 60 percent of wells leak over time • And they're much too deep to fix • Keep our water safe • Keep fracking out [...]
February 3, 2013: New York, NY, USA: Yoko Ono Lennon presents her "2013 Courage Awards for the Arts" to Julian Assange of Wikileaks in absentia. Accepting the award for Assange are Michael Ratner (2nd from left) and Balthasar Garzon Real (2nd from right). Daniel Ellsberg (left) and Foreign Minister of Ecuador Ricardo Patino Aroca [...]
Video by Josh Fox of Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Susan Sarandon & Arun Gandhi's visit to Philadelphia on behalf of Artists Against Fracking to find out what Fracking and the Gas Industry has done to the homes and families in the area. Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Susan Sarandon hold water from Ray Kemble's [...]
Thank President Obama and Vice President Biden for Their Leadership by Mark Glaze, Mayors Against Illegal Guns Dear Friends, President Obama heard your call for leadership, and today he proposed a bold and comprehensive plan to address gun violence in America. Standing with Vice President Biden and a group of young children who wrote to him [...]
My husband, John Lennon, and I bought a beautiful farm in rural New York more than 30 years ago. We loved the tranquility and beauty of the area. Our son, Sean, spent many precious days there growing up. Our family still enjoys it now. Like the rest of our state, this peaceful farming community is [...]
Message from Yoko Ono Dear Friends I'd like to say thank you with all my heart to the six hundred guitarists who gathered and played IMAGINE together in India last week in protest to the terrible violence done to an innocent woman. You have used your creative skill to make a powerful statement. On New [...]
Dear Friends, It took only a few minutes for the shooter in Newtown, CT to kill a classroom of school children. And it will only take a few minutes for you to make your voice heard. Call your members of Congress RIGHT NOW and Demand A Plan to end gun violence. Yesterday, President Obama announced [...]
Please sign the petition to tell Governor Cuomo: "Don't Frack New York!" Thank you. love, yoko