Legacy Files July 22, 2010 [Updated June 2012]Welcome to the new Michael's Angels section!  To see the information from the original launch of Michael's Angels, including our first contest and the first set of members' stories, please click here.The Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait has an opportunity, with members worldwide and celebrity support, to really make a difference - to really carry on Michael's legacy. Through you, our MJTP family, The Michael Jackson Tribute Portrait project in its entirety can consistently work to make sure we, as some of his true "soldiers of love," carry on his legacy, to continue to focus on love as our message, with love as our mission.  We can share and express Michael's message of love through taking action to help change the world in Michael’s name.  We are Michael's Angels.Michael Jackson wasn’t just the greatest entertainer in the world; he was also a great humanitarian. Passionate...

July 24, 2010MJ fans we have an opportunity to help a young girl named Bethany who is working to raise money for a U.K. children’s hospice in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England called Martin House. It was brought to my attention by dot member MJsHeart, and as she said, "this has Michael written all over it."Bethany decided to create a short film (yes, she calls it that) dressed up as Charlie Chaplin, the legendary silent-movie comic that Michael loved so dearly. She added the song "Smile" (Michael’s favorite song) to the video. Unfortunately, a copyright claim was made and she was forced to take the song off of the video, so this very smart young girl decided to make it into a silent movie instead.As MJsHeart said in her email to me, and I agree with her, "I really believe Michael would have reached out to her if he were here." Since he is not, we must do it in his name!Please visit the Just Giving website to view her video and if you feel inspired to do so, please make a...

Legacy FilesAugust 14, 2010Please watch this video brought to us by Valmai Owens, our Director of Publications.  People just like you are making a positive difference to make this world a better place.  We hope this video will inspire you to do something - anything - to help.  Whether helping the homeless, the elderly, the poor, the hungry, the lonely, animals, victims of abuse, or the planet, no act is too small."Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person." ~Mother Teresa"It starts with us. US. Or else it'll never be done." ~Michael Jackson"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history." ~Mohandas GandhiThank you for continuing to do Michael's good work! Read more here about becoming one of Michael's Angels.                                              ...