Some of the first actions in the 1970s and '80s were to advocate for justice in the Vietnamese Boat People/Refugee crisis in Hong Kong, and to help save lives in Ethiopia during the 1984 famine.
Vietnamese Boat People) — беженцев, прибывавших Гонконг из Вьетнама, — и выступления за оказание помощи и спасение жизней людей в Эфиопии во время голода 1984 года.