What groups are trying to bring the world together (bonus points for through music)? I don't have the language skills or time to go through https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Category:CC_Affiliate_Locale and let everybody know about the Creative Commons Music Awards (CCMA), but I could certainly contact the English-speaking countries.

I'd like to get this done by April 30, but the sooner the better as the nominee deadline is April 30. I really don't want the awards to be English-centric, but so far everyone involved is white* (minus @edythemighty). We do have prominent female participation, but despite the fact my wife is of Asian descent my music network is almost entirely white. We've had CC #Japan on the Lawcast, but despite many efforts I haven't been able to get many #Asians or #Africans on #MusicManumit. We did have one #Indonesian, and one from #SouthAfrica. We've stopped doing Music Manumit at a time zone that works for Africans, Europeans, or those in the #MiddleEast, so the #CCMA is my way to try to bring people together. I guess we can only do by so much in year one, but I'm still disappointed.

Part of the problem is we are trying to stay away from blocSonic musicians so they can be nominated and not have conflicts being judges, but there's a great big world of non-blocSonic people, so I don't think it's a valid excuse.

*technically, I don't know about Rute, but she's #Portuguese.