Drop Debt is the slogan of the late 1990s campaign for international debt cancellation led by the Jubilee 2000 organization.
The phrase was coined by filmmaker Mike Christie. He and Jamie Drummond of Jubilee 2000 set out to create a major campaign to engage major figures in the entertainment and music industry including Bono, and in turn the wider society. The slogan Drop The Debt gets global recognition and is often regarded as the name Jubilee 2000.
The slogan was later used as a name for a short-lived British NGO formed after the dissolution of Jubilee 2000. Drop Debt is there to work in run-up to the G8 summit in Genoa, Italy, and ensure that debt relief is on the agenda at the meeting. The founding staff included Jamie Drummond and Lucy Matthew who later formed DATA with the support of Bono, Bobby Shriver and other high profile figures.
Jamie Drummond and Bono later founded One.org.
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