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prwizard · 9 months ago

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Celebrating "The Changemakers " at 5th Inspiring Women Achievers Awards 2024 .

Kolkata-

In the tumultuous journey of life, empowerment often feels like an elusive promise, a distant beacon amid the sea of challenges and expectations. It's a narrative that resonates deeply with those who juggle multifaceted roles and responsibilities while pursuing their dreams.

At times, the voices that promise to uplift and empower subtly change their tune behind closed doors. The closest relationships, which should ideally be pillars of support, can sometimes become unexpected obstacles on the path to success.

For many, especially women, society itself presents the most formidable challenge to pursuing dreams, desires, and daring to carve out one's unique path in life.

The most awaited award event of Kolkata the 5th Edition Inspiring Women Achievers Awards (IWAA) , an initiative by Shagufta Hanaphie , organized by Shagufta Hanaphie Events(SHE) in association with Universal Education Equity Foundation was unfolded at Rotary Sadan in Kolkata on 9th of March. 2024 . This year the award event received 197 applications accross the globe and only 11 categories with winners were chosen by erudite jury and conferedwith the title of " The Changemakers ". Most of these awardees have served over a decade .

" The key , I've come to realize, lies in understanding and nurturing personal relationships and responsibilities as the cornerstone of empowerment. I am grateful to the universe for blessing me with a family that not only supports but also propels me forward during the darkest moments. They have been the unwavering source of strength that fuels my journey, even in the face of adversity. I also owe a debt of gratitude to those who have stood by me unconditionally, offering unwavering support and encouragement. Their presence, devoid of volatile energies that seek to undermine our efforts, is a testament to the power of genuine connection and solidarity" says Shagufta Hanaphie, Founder Director SHE & IWAA.

Inspiring Women Achievers Awards ( IWAA) prides itself on its impartiality and transparency in selecting awardees, ensuring that deserving individuals are duly acknowledged. With its inception in 2020, IWAA has consistently celebrated women who have made significant strides in their respective fields, fostering positive change.Inspiring Women Achievers Awards ( IWAA) has gone global and has received nominations from women's triumphs beyond regional borders and globally.

An esteemed jury, comprised of professionals from diverse backgrounds, meticulously selected the awardees through a rigorous three-layer judging process. This process, devoid of bias, underscores IWAA's commitment to authenticity and credibility. The advisory board members and jury included notable figures such as Dr. Bratati Bhattacharyya - Founder UEEF & Mrs. Suman Sood , Director B

D. Memorial , Smt. Sheila Kapoor - Social Activist & Trustee to Radha Meera Charitable Trust ( Kolkata) , Guru Sanchita Bhattacharya - International Odissi Dancer and Internationally acclaimed Jute Revivalist & Director Rakshak Foundation Chaitali Das, ensuring a fair and comprehensive evaluation.

IWAA also would like to thank Goodwill Ambassadors to Best Friendz Society ngo & members of the The SHE Family Mrs .Shirin Ekbal, Mahtab Jabeen , Mrs Sulagna Mukhopadhyay, Md Atib Rahman & Seikh Sahil Islam for thier exceptional contributions to organize the event under the guidance of the founder Shagufta Hanaphie.

The award ceremony featured special performances, including a classical dance by Vidushi Sanchita Bhattacharya and a captivating performance by young girls from Save the Children's Home. Celebrity Influencer Adiwitiya Datta Banik anchored the event, adding to the grandeur to the occasion.

Several remarkable dignitaries from all walks of life were present as Guests of Honour like Masato Yausa- President & CEO of Nomura Research Institute Financial Technologies India Pvt Ltd; Yukiko Yuasa- Head of International Women's Book Club; Sr Sri S.K Singh - Ceo M.P Birla HS Foundation School ; Swati Saraogi- Director Swarnim International School; Rupkatha Sarkar- Principal La Martiniere School gor Girls ; Mr Sarfraz Mansur- Asst HR Social ; Prof Sujoy Biswas - Director of Techno India University and Techno India Group; Mrs Sucharita Roy Chowdhury- Principal Silver Point School; Neeta Kanoria- Director Wings ; Preet Walia Winner Mrs India Queen; Pritam Dutta- Founder , Asparagus Wedding Planner ; Advocate Calcutta High Court - Md Aammar Zaki ; Pranic Guru Payal Varma; Actress Papiya Adhikary; Music & Film Director Abhishek Basu; Vivek Pathak- Managing Director NIPS; Sarah Israr- COO Carney Technologies and many more .

Eleven remarkable women Awardees were felicitated with trophy , certificate of Honour and personalized gifts were Justice Samapti Chatterjee, Cultural Curator Oindrilla Dutt, WIM Saheli Dhar Barua, Chef Farah Kadir, Entrepreneur Swati Gautam, Creative Designer Kanika Gupta, Educationist Seema Bahri, Motivational Speaker- Mehuli Kamdar, Advocate Debjani Ghosh, Actress Kamalika Banerjee, and Blogger Anindita Roy Sanyal.

The award event aimed to shine a spotlight on women from all walks of life, attendees present as Guests witnessed an evening filled with dignitaries, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals, all coming together to celebrate women's accomplishments and to join the new club of networking 'The Family' by Shagufta Hanaphie.

The success of IWAA was made possible by the unwavering support of sponsors such as Universal Education Equity Foundation as Association Partner; Asparagus Wedding Planner as Trophy Partner, Shirin's & Zafar's Bakery as Food Partner; Education Hub & Rakshak Foundation as Knowledge Partners; The Family as Networking Partner; Friends FM as Radio Partner; Minu Fashion as Fashion Partner; JK Advertising as Outdoor Media Partner; Carney T as Social Media Partner; Baked n Berry as Cake Partner; Sew n Style & DUA as Gift Partners , Unicorn as Manpower Partner and above all Best Friendz Society as Charity Partner.

All our endeavors supports our ngo Best Friendz Society which is working for past two decades towards education through empowerment for women and children in Bengal .

Join the Legacy: Nominate for Next Year

Be a part of this incredible legacy by nominating deserving women for the 6th Inspiring Women Achievers Awards at www.iwaaglobal.com or email your detail along with your personal photo , your phone number / whatspp number at [email protected] .

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xtruss · 10 months ago

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Canceled Tribal Chief White Calf, Face of The Redskins, Generates New Support Nationwide

— Kerry Byrne | Tuesday February 6, 2024

Chief John Two Guns White Calf, left, served as the inspiration for the Washington Redskins logo, right — which represented the NFL franchise on the field for nearly 50 years, from 1972 to 2020.

"The Redskins were the only minority representation in the entire NFL and it was a real person, not a mascot," historian Andre Billeaudeaux of San Diego, California, the author of "How the Redskins Got Their Name," told Fox News Digital in an interview.

The NCAI counts among its benefactors the George Soros-funded Open Society Foundations. American taxpayers also fund the group.

It receives support from seven federal bureaucracies, including the Department of Defense, according to its own website, as Fox News Digital previously reported.

Beyond the removal of Native logos and representations in pro sports, the NCAI "has tracked the retirement of more than 200 unsanctioned Native ‘themed’ mascots since 2019, and has supported legislation banning the use of these mascots in multiple states," the group said in a statement last year to Fox News Digital.

Yet "these decisions never have popular support," said Eunice Davidson, a Dakota Sioux and president of the Native American Guardians Association (NAGA), to Fox News Digital last week.

Many of those images were founded up to a century ago to celebrate local Native heritage — and not all were mascots.

Top: Left, Native American Blackfeet Chief John Two Guns White Calf (1872-1934), is shown shaking hands with A. Aaron of Madras, India, as they met at the Twin Cities for the Rotary Convention, circa 1925. Bottom: Blackfeet dressed in full ceremonial traditional clothing, Browning, Montana, U.S., circa 1930.

Some — like the man who was the face of the Redskins — were real people who made a profound impact on America.

Even before his face was beamed from NFL football fields into millions of American homes each Sunday in the fall, Chief White Calf's name and image were familiar to people all across the United States and elsewhere.

"He provides one of the most readily recognizable images of a Native American in the world," the Native American Heritage Project website reported in 2012.

He was born near Fort Benton, Montana, in 1872, the site states. He was the son of White Calf, chief of the Pikuni Blackfoot.

He achieved international acclaim by fighting to preserve Native American culture.

"The chief headed a secret group known as the ‘Mad Dog Society’ whose purpose was to protect and sustain the Blackfoot Heritage," according to the Kansas City Public Library.

"The Crazy Dog Society Song," from an album of Blackfoot music, is held in the Smithsonian Institution's collection of Folkways recordings.

The Kansas City Public Library added, "Chief Two Guns was very outspoken about U.S. policies and the mistreatment of Native Americans."

He championed Native issues in Washington, D.C. — rubbing elbows with President Calvin Coolidge — and appeared to bridge cultures long at odds.

White Calf was, according to multiple sources, the inspiration for the face that appeared on the U.S. Mint's famous 1913 Indian head nickel.

This account of the story is disputed, but the image on the coin bears a striking resemblance to known portraits of White Calf.

The two sides of the first 24-karat pure gold coin one-ounce replica of the U.S. Mint's Buffalo Nickel of 1913. Blackfeet chief John Two Guns White Calf is reportedly the inspiration for the Native American portrait found on the coin. His portrait later served as the face of the NFL's Washington Redskins from 1972 to 2020.

White Calf became a spokesman for Glacier National Park in Montana, "where he posed with tourists," according to the Native American Heritage Project and other accounts.

White Calf was so prominent in the United States that his death in 1934 earned a New York Times obituary.

The tribute noted that he helped make President Coolidge "an honorary chief of the same Blackfeet tribe."

The Redskins of the National Football League were founded as the Boston Braves in 1932, playing on the same field as the Boston Braves of baseball's National League.

In the tradition of the era, the upstart professional football team adopted the name, image and color scheme of the more established Major League Baseball team.

The National League Braves were represented by the image of Lenni Lenape chief Tammany, dubbed "the patron saint of America" for his role inspiring colonial troops in the American Revolution.

Left: Blackfeet chief John Two Guns White Calf. Right: Lenni Lenape chief Tammaned, also known as Tammany, was dubbed the "Patron Saint of America" by the generation that fought for American independence. This is an idealized portrait by Fritz Bade from descriptions of the man, as it appeared in the 1938 book, "The Tammany Legend" by Joseph White Norwood.

The Boston Football Braves found a new hometown field at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, in 1933. The franchise changed its name to the Boston Redskins as a tribute to their hosts and to maintain their Tammany identity and uniforms.

The franchise then moved to Washington, D.C., in 1937 and for decades maintained its original indigenous identity.

In the 1970s, the Washington Redskins looked for a new Native American icon to represent the team. The image of White Calf was championed by Blackfeet tribal leader Walter "Blackie" Wetzel.

The Redskins stepped onto the field with a portrait of Chief White Calf on team helmets for the first time in 1972.

The similarities between White Calf and the face on the logo are unmistakable. The black-tipped white feathers and braided hair hanging down over the ear are also similar to those found in pictures of White Calf and other Blackfeet.

The proud, prominent face of White Calf enjoyed widespread support and input from Native communities across the country. Even the NCAI, for a time, appeared to be among those who favored the indigenous icon.

Wetzel, after all, was president of the NCAI from 1961 to 1964, before the organization changed its priorities.

But times have changed, noted Billeaudeaux.

While White Calf once fought against Washington, D.C., to preserve the heritage of American Indians, said Billeaudeaux — the NCAI now fights in Washington, D.C., to erase the heritage of American Indians.

The newer woke NCAI elevated its assault on Native American images in 2013, when it published a report dramatically called "Ending the Legacy of Racism in Sports & The Era of Harmful ‘Indian’ Sports Mascots."

The 29-page dissertation included a caustic 3,560-word history of the Redskins and its "legacy of racism."

Yet the NCAI Redskins' narrative is missing one notable name. It fails to mention Chief Two Guns White Calf — the face of the Redskins franchise for 48 years.

Top: Babe Ruth is shown signing autographs for fans while playing his last season for the Boston Braves. The National League Braves were founded by James Gaffney, a member of Tammany Hall, who adopted the image of Lenni Lenape chief King Tammany as the team logo, seen on Ruth's left sleeve. The Washington Redskins were founded in 1932 as the Boston Braves and adopted the same Tammany imagery.

Bottom: Donald Wetzel holds an autographed Washington Redskins football on June 27, 2014, in Great Falls, Montana. Wetzel, a member of the Blackfeet nation, was proud of the Washington Redskins logo that his father Walter designed in the 1960s and the team adopted in 1972.

Fox News Digital made several attempts to ask the NCAI to explain the oversight and to share its viewpoints — most recently on Monday, Feb. 5 — but did not receive a response.

The failure to mention the once-revered face of the Redskins franchise, in a history of the Redskins franchise, betrays the group's mission to promote a woke agenda over Native American heritage, Billeaudeaux charged.

The report even cites historical events of 1932, including a Tom & Jerry radio cartoon, to offer conflated support of its claims that the Redskins name was racist. Yet the NCAI failed to note that the team changed its name to the Redskins only after moving to Fenway Park, home of the Red Sox.

The study also did not mention Tammany, the original inspiration for the Braves/Redskins Native American imagery when the franchise was founded in 1932.

The NCAI report also argued, in a widely repeated claim, that indigenous mascots on sports teams have led to low self-esteem among Native Americans.

A source document cited in the claim was a brief study of 71 Native American children in Arizona in 2004.

But the claim that Native imagery creates low self-esteem is "a bald-faced lie," Walter "Red Hawk" Brown, chief of the Cheroenhaka Nottoway tribe of Virginia, told Fox News Digital.

The U.S. Army veteran said he was a fan of the Redskins until its history was erased. He added, "You take away self-esteem when you take away someone’s history."

He also said, "If things keep going the way they're going now, in 100 years there will be nothing left of our history."

Walter "Red Hawk" Brown, chief of the Cheroenhaka Nottoway tribe of Virginia, refuted claims by the National Congress of American Indians that Native American logos in sports harm the self-esteem of those in Native American communities. Brown spent 28 years as a U.S. Army officer.

Redskins historian Billeaudeaux called the NCAI's version of events a "misinformation campaign" and "information laundering."

The NCAI tacitly admitted in its own report that White Calf's omission was not a mistake.

"Mr. Wetzel was not president of NCAI at the time he took these reported actions and these actions were not taken on behalf of NCAI’s members," the organization claimed, connecting Wetzel with the Redskins portrait but failing to name the man it portrayed.

The NCAI's incomplete history had the intended effect. The accusations of racism against the Redskins organization caught the attention of congressional leaders and President Obama — and stoked public outrage

The 42nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was commonly known as The Tammany Regiment, in honor of the Lenni Lenape native who helped inspire the birth of the new nation. Tammany's image adorns a battlefield monument dedicated to the 42nd New York Volunteers at Gettysburg.

The Redskins erased the image of White Calf from the NFL seven years after the NCAI erased him from Native American history.

White Calf was not only scrubbed from the NCAI's 2013 history of the Redskins, but multiple searches on the organization's website also produced no mention of him.

"The whole thing has been a sham since the beginning," said NAGA president Davidson, expressing her viewpoint. "They don’t put out accurate information because they don’t want people to know the real story."

As recently as 2016, a poll by The Washington Post revealed that 90% of Native Americans supported the Redskins name and logo.

Over the past few years, communities across the nation have been stepping up to save their Chief White Calf Redskins heritage and other Native American images targeted by cancel culture and its woke proponents.

"They're trying to erase or eradicate Native American history," said Rick Spiegel, an activist in Sandusky, Michigan, who is leading a grassroots effort to reclaim the Redskins nickname and its White Calf portrait logo at the local high school.

Top: Residents of Sandusky, Michigan, were angry that the local high school was forced to erase its Redskins identity despite popular support. The Redskins image is not a stereotype or mascot, noted local activist Rick Spiegel, but the portrait of celebrated Blackfeet Chief John Two Guns White Calf.

Bottom: The digital display sign bearing the Redskins logo is seen outside Red Mesa High School on Oct. 15, 2014, in Red Mesa, Arizona.

Voters in Sandusky recently recalled three school board members who voted to eliminate the Redskins. They've since elected three new pro-Native American school board members who campaigned to bring the Redskins back to Sandusky High School.

Spiegel said that nearly 90% of registered voters in the town who responded to a mail-in survey (1,900 of 2,100) supported the traditional Redskins — as did 74% of students and 53% of teachers at the school in another survey.

Despite overwhelming public support for the Redskins, Sandusky teams are now called the Wolves.

High schools around the nation with Native-majority student populations have displayed recent public support for their White Calf-portrait Redskins.

The Red Mesa (Arizona) High School Redskins installed a new football field last year with their White Calf Redskins logo splashed across the 50-yard line.

And students at Wellpinit (Washington) High School voted to keep the school's Redskins mascot in March 2023, rejecting efforts to erase it.

"It’s a very powerful word for us," student Smokey Abrahamson told the Spokesman-Review last March, after leading the Welpinit Redskins boys basketball team to a state championship.

Red Mesa football player Kai Lameman mounted on a mustang horse cheers as he leads his Redskins football team during the homecoming parade at Red Mesa High School on Oct. 16, 2014, in Red Mesa, Arizona. Red Mesa is a small Navajo school in northeast Arizona.

Students also "proudly chanted ‘Redskins power’" at a parade to honor the championship team, the Spokesman-Review reported.

"The people that I’ve talked to — they have a sense of pride about our name, and about our mascot being the Redskins," Taylor Wiebener, athletic director at Native-majority Kingston (Oklahoma) High School, told KXII.com in 2020.

A Washington Redskins fan holds up a sign to keep the Redskins name before the team played the Jacksonville Jaguars at FedExField on Sept. 14, 2014, in Landover, Maryland.

And, according to activist and historian Billeaudeaux, students and residents of Donna, Texas, and McCloud, Oklahoma, also have repeatedly voiced support for their Redskins identity.

#Source: Yahoo.Com

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24x7newsbengal · 2 years ago

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Launch of Braille Display Stand for the Blinds & Announcement of Differently Abled & Senior Citizen Friendly Covid Safe Durgotsab Award 2022 organised by NIP NGO

NIP NGO - An Education & Cultural Centre for the Blind & other Differently Abled in collaboration with Forum for Durgotsab, Saini International School, Mamta Sumit Binani Foundation, Rotary Club of Calcutta Old City have come up with organizing awards for Puja committees who are taking an endeavor to make their Pandals friendly for Senior Citizens and the Disabled where 250 Durga Puja Committees would be participating for the same. They have also launched Braille Display Stand for the Blinds for three puja pandals - Hazra Park Durgotsab Committee, S B Park and Young Boys Club (Near Chitpur Crossing). The event was graced by the presence of a lot of eminent personalities like: Sri. Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, Minister of Agriculture, Govt of WB; Sri. Sayan Deb Chatterjee, Joint Secretary of Hazra Park Durgotsab Committee; CS (Dr.) Adv. Mamta Binani, Chief Patron of NIP NGO & President of MSME Development Forum WB; Sri. Tapan Pattanayak, CEO of Saini Group; Sri. Kalyan Bhaumik, Past President of Rotary Club of Calcutta Old City; Sri Sanjay Majumdar, Forum for Durgotsab; Sri. Debajyoti Roy, Secretary of NIP NGO along with many other eminent personalities. Speaking to the media, CS (Dr.) Adv. Mamta Binani, Chief Patron of NIP NGO & President of MSME Development Forum WB said, “Disability is not an attribute of an individual, but rather a complex collection of conditions, created by the social environment. When People with special needs don’t have to stand in long queues to enter the pandal and have direct access to the Puja premises it would really inspire the differently abled to visit the pandal and participate in the festive fervour. A little thoughtfulness can give an opportunity to people with varying abilities and disabilities to celebrate the festival with the same sense of belongingness and joy. It’s very encouraging to see many puja committees making an effort in this direction and others will soon follow. In today’s world some able people are sometimes more disable by way of their thinking, behaviour and adaptability.” Speaking about the event, Sri. Sayan Deb Chatterjee, Joint Secretary of Hazra Park Durgotsab Committee said, “At the beginning of this Puja season, when everybody desires to go with the impeccable mood of celebrations, we have decided to devote our self to support a unique fight for humanity, right & equality to enthral our social commitment. Even in the field of daily living activities, the Braille watch, Braille calculator, Braille thermometer, etc. have been developed with a view to provide independence to the sightless for daily use and now it's time for festive celebrations with Braille Display Stand for the Blinds. It's not only an event. It's not only an award ceremony or launch. Rather, it's a journey with a cordial promise to make a better society." Speaking on the occasion Sri. Tapan Pattanayak, CEO of Saini Group said, “Durga Puja is the biggest festival of West Bengal. The people of West Bengal enjoy the festival with great pomp. But people forget about the other part of the society who are differently able and also senior citizens. For their free access, a few arrangements must be done in the puja pandals. We request the Puja Committees to whole-heartedly support us in this mission.” Read the full article

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yankbarry · 3 years ago

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Renowned Canadian Philanthropist Yank Barry Awarded 2010 Gusi Peace Prize

Yank Barry, chairman of Global Village Champions Foundation, today was awarded the 2010 Gusi Peace Prize for International Humanitarianism and Philanthropy.

"Global Village Champions has become the undisputed world leader in private humanitarian aid," Mr. Barry said in receiving the award. "From the refugee camps in Ethiopia, to the exiled children in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, to orphanages in Morocco, to tsunami victims in Indonesia, to war-torn Sudan and, most recently, to the earthquake victims in Haiti, we will continue delivering food, water, medical supplies, crutches and wheelchairs wherever the need is and wherever the call is."

The Gusi Peace Prize is given annually pursuant to a decree of former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, whose second term ended June 2010. This year's prize ceremony took place at the Philippine International Convention Center before an audience of more than 10,000 diplomats, government officials, business leaders, artistic celebrities, civic activists and educators.

Mr. Barry, 62, is the first Canadian recipient. In 1990, Mr. Barry developed VitaPro, a multinational distributor of soy-based meat replacement products. He created Global Village Champions as VitaPro's philanthropic arm several years later, and with his Global Village Champions -- most notably, his close friend and three-time world heavyweight boxing title-holder Muhammad Ali -- has traveled to virtually every corner of the world to deliver 420 million free meals to the most needy and desperate. Its goal is to deliver a total of one billion free meals by the end of 2013.

In honor of the Gusi Foundation and its leader, Ambassador Barry Gusi, Mr. Barry and Global Village Champions donated one million free meals for poor children in Philippines. "There is no shortage of food in the world," Mr. Barry told the ceremony audience. Rather, market and political forces conspire to deny equitable distribution of food to those who need it most. "No one should go hungry in our world," he declared.

Prior to VitaPro, Mr. Barry enjoyed a 30-year career in the music industry as a singer, composer, arranger and producer, working with artists as diverse as The Kingsmen, Gary U.S. Bonds, Ben E. King, Charlie Rich and Engelbert Humperdinck. A native of Montreal, he also enjoyed success in the field of advertising jingles, including those for Kellogg's Raisin Bran, Dr. Pepper, Kodak, Red Lobster and General Motors.

Mr. Barry and Global Village Champions were among the very first aid workers to reach Port-au-Prince, Haiti, following the devastating earthquake there in January 2010. Chartering private planes from Nassau, The Bahamas, Mr. Barry personally accompanied donation shipments of food, water, clothing and medical supplies to make-shift hospitals and damaged orphanages in coordination, most notably, with the Haiti Disaster Relief team, the Haitian Red Cross, the Haitian Rotary Club, The Bahamas Red Cross and the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital.

Eighteen other leaders from across the globe also received awards in their respective specialties notably Dr. Michael Nobel of Sweden pictured in the accompanying photo with Yank and Yvette Barry for the area of Education & Humanitarianism.

For additional information: Kevin Rath at (305) 400-0415 or [email protected] or visit our website at www.globalvillagechampions.org

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onitshagra · 3 years ago

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I'll execute 7 projects during my tenure - 37th Nnewi Rotarian president pledges

I’ll execute 7 projects during my tenure – 37th Nnewi Rotarian president pledges

Newly installed president of Rotary Club of Nnewi, Anambra state, Rtn. Iloduba Aghanya has pledged to carry out projects in seven Rotary areas of focus during his tenure. He also promised to honour all the heroes who have made the world a better place through their substantive contributions to the club’s foundation. Aghanya made the pledge during his installation ceremony as the 37th president…

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phgq · 4 years ago

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Army thanks MVP for helicopter donation

#PHnews: Army thanks MVP for helicopter donation

MANILA – The Philippine Army (PA) on Friday said a local conglomerate's donation of a Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm Bo 105 multi-purpose helicopter will greatly help in the development of its rotary aviation capabilities.

"The PA is grateful for Mr. Manny V. Pangilinan’s donation of the said helicopter that will serve as a catalyst for developing Army’s future rotary aviation and a springboard to improve the capacity of army aviation in supporting government agencies in the face of disasters and calamities in the country," PA spokesperson Col. Ramon Zagala said in a statement.

The helicopter was turned over to the PA’s Aviation “Hiraya” Regiment by the business tycoon through the Metro Pacific Investments Corporation Foundation in a ceremony at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Thursday.

"The PA is pushing for additional mission-essential equipment to develop the 'Hiraya' Regiment’s capability of supporting combined operations through the acquisition of Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters, Medium Lift Multi-purpose Helicopters, and Special Mission Aircraft. In addition to its acquisition projects, the Regiment offers training under the Aviator Qualification Course and the Rotary Wing Transition Course to develop the capabilities of its aviation personnel," Zagala said.

The Aviation “Hiraya” Regiment was activated on Oct. 2, 2019 and at present commanded by Col. Andre B. Santos.

The Regiment was expanded from Army Aviation Battalion and has been instrumental in the PA's aerial reconnaissance and maritime patrols over Northern Luzon, Eastern Mindanao, and Western Mindanao Command. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "Army thanks MVP for helicopter donation." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1126733 (accessed January 09, 2021 at 01:11AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "Army thanks MVP for helicopter donation." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1126733 (archived).

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mindanaodailynews17 · 4 years ago

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RC Cagayan de Oro turns over global grant to Philippine Red Cross

THE Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro turned over a global grant to the Philippine Red Cross CDO-MisOr chapter in ceremonies held Wednesday.

Global grants support large international activities with sustainable, measurable outcomes in Rotary’s areas of focus. By working together to respond to real community needs, clubs and districts strengthen their global partnerships.

Global grants have a minimum budget of $30,000 and a maximum World Fund award of $400,000. Grant sponsors can use a combination of District Designated Funds (DDF), cash, and/or directed gifts and endowment earnings to fund a global grant. The Foundation will provide a 100 percent World Fund match for all DDF contributions.

In this case, the global grant was applied during the time of immediate past president Julino Dulfo in 2019.

Past RI District 3870 governor and district Rotary Foundation chair Manuel Along recalled that it was during a training among fellow Rotary Foundation district chairs in Clark last March 2019 that they were encouraged to apply for the global grant.

Along, who is organic to the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro, then met with Dulfo so they could apply for a global grant.

It so happened that Philippine Red Cross CDO-MisOr chapter chair Antonio Soriano also happened to be a member of the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro.

And so it was decided that the global grant, once approved, will be turned over to the Philippine Red Cross CDO-MisOr chapter.

The global grant that they applied for was to be used to install a blood bank refrigerator, a plasma freezer, an incubated platelet agitator, a tube sealer and a T-seal mobile. These are equipment that will increase capacity to store blood at the blood center and replace antiquated equipment.

Soriano is grateful to the Rotarians, saying the global grant is timely in the light of COVID-19.

Mindanao’s biggest club, also recognized as The Mother Club, was organized on April 22, 1948. From a small group 17 charter members, it has constantly grown over the years.

The Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro is made up of distinguished professionals, business and community leaders who share the common passion of serving the community selflessly. It is a non-religious, culturally diverse and non-political club that strives to promote equality and high ethical standards among men through project and activities that cater to various sectors of society advocating the importance of education, health improvement, and poverty alleviation are prioritized and regularly carried out by the club and its members.... THE Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro

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hitensethiandassociates · 5 years ago

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Presenting Platinum plaque at IGBC Green Existing Building award ceremony organised by CSMVS museum Mumbai “the first museum to be green certified” in August presence CSMVS Sh Eknath Kshirsagar, Sh Sabhya Sanchi Mukherjee, Sh T R Doongaji, Preeti Mehta ji, Jatia ji, Mr shah , Ajayji, Mr Bulsara, Sh. Rakesh Bhatia ji, Sh. Sandeep Taulikar, Mr. Vikram Singla and other dignitaries. Kudos to CSMVS trust , Rotary club and Tata Steel, Tata Chemicals and clean mumbai foundation for this noble endeavour. . . . #igbc #platinum #plaque #greenexistingbuilding #awardceremony #csmvsmuseum #mumbai #india (at Mumbai, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Ihe7mhGwR/?igshid=14di2mkfna2jr

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goodnewsjamaica · 6 years ago

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Health Minister Opens Paediatric Cardiac Centre at Children’s Hospital

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Health Minister Opens Paediatric Cardiac Centre at Children’s Hospital

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, has officially opened a new multi-million dollar state-of-the-art Paediatric Cardiac Centre at the Bustamante Hospital for Children.

The centre currently offers treatment and surgeries for children living with congenital heart defects. It is the only one of its kind in Jamaica, and it is complete with a 10-bed intensive care unit and a state-of-the-art biplane catheterisation lab.

The opening ceremony for the facility took place on Monday (April 15), on the grounds of the hospital, in Kingston.

Dr. Tufton said the centre will make a major difference in the lives of children who suffer from congenital heart defects.

“We have a responsibility to the next generation, and this demonstrates our commitment to carrying out that responsibility. There are about 400 or so children who are born in Jamaica with congenital heart-related diseases. Of that number, some 200 require some sort of surgical intervention. We have a waiting list of close to 200 currently in the country, so this facility is a response to that,” the Minister said.

He said one major goal within the first year after the official opening is to deliver a minimum of 100 heart surgeries inside the facility.

Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), hugs Dr. Venice Guntly-McKenzie (second right), inside the new Paediatric Cardiac Centre which was officially opened at the Bustamante Hospital for Children on Monday (April 15). With them are Senior Medical Officer, Bustamante Hospital for Children, Dr. Michelle-Ann Richards (left); and Chief Executive Officer, Sagicor Bank, Chorvelle Johnson.

“We’re going to be building that up until we get to the stage where we can satisfy the demand [for heart surgeries] that exist,” he added.

He also thanked the donors: Shaggy Make a Difference, Digicel Group, Digicel Foundation, Chain of Hope, Sagicor Group Jamaica, Rotary Club, National Health Fund and individual donors, for contributions they have made to the construction and equipment.

“Their contribution on this journey is unquestionable. In fact, we wouldn’t be here without them,” the Minister said.

He also noted that the Government and donors are currently paying the cost for the surgeries, which can cost families approximately US$5,500 for surgery for children or US$2,000 for other procedures that are offered at the paediatric cardiac centre.

“We don’t charge for surgeries currently. We’re asking for contributions, because that’s what it costs us and our partners,” Dr. Tufton said.

He said the Ministry of Health will continue to put strategies in place that prevent children from suffering from congenital heart defects.

“It’s in keeping with our thrust to not only push prevention, but there are so many cases when prevention is not sufficient. In this instance, our young kids who are born with these conditions need curative measures, and we have a duty to provide that,” the Minister said.

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Newspaper obituary: By Jack Williams UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

January 24, 2003

The first thing Jamie C. Tucker did after being diagnosed with advanced metastatic breast cancer was remove her watch.

Time doesn't matter, she told her friends and family. Quality of life, however brief, was her main concern.

"She was told she probably only had a couple of months left," said Jana Fortune, her daughter. "Then she set her sights on living another five years – each day to the fullest."

Busy with community service commitments and her role as president and chief executive officer of Combined Health Agencies of San Diego County, Ms. Tucker enjoyed 61/2 more productive years.

On Jan. 3, two days after the birth of her second granddaughter, Shelby Fortune, she went into the hospital as her condition worsened.

Ms. Tucker died Monday at her home in Tierrasanta. She was 55.

In 1983, in the midst of developing an academic program for kindergarten-through-fifth-grade pupils at Vista Grande Elementary School, Ms. Tucker took on an additional challenge.

"She had seen in a news report what the Make-A-Wish Foundation in Arizona had done for its first recipient," said Karen Krusen, a friend and former Make-A-Wish board member. "She said, 'We need to do this in San Diego.'

"So she gathered a few friends around her kitchen table and founded a San Diego chapter."

The foundation, which grants wishes to terminally ill patients from 2 to 18, became Ms. Tucker's vehicle for her stated goal: "making a difference in a child's life."

After the breast cancer diagnosis in May 1996, friends made sure Ms. Tucker was granted a wish of her own: visits to the rock 'n' roll, baseball and football halls of fame.

Although she resigned her leadership post at CHAD 11/2 years ago, she continued to attend board-of-directors meetings for a variety of community organizations.

"She personified giving back to the community," said Janie Davis, president and CEO of the American Lung Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties. "It gave her a thrill to know that she was doing something for the good of society. She understood the role of a board member and took it seriously."

Within the past year, there were a dozen organizations in which she held official positions, including LEAD San Diego Inc., United Way, the San Diego Blood Bank Foundation, the Rotary Club, the lung association, the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Greater San Diego & Desert Area.

Ms. Tucker, a native of Los Angeles, came to San Diego to attend U.S. International University, now known as Alliant International University.

She served as president of the school's Association of Women Students and graduated with a bachelor's degree in humanities in 1968. Then she began a 17-year teaching career in the San Diego Unified School District.

Among the honors she received as she tenaciously battled her disease and took on a wealth of leadership roles was the Courage Award from the San Diego Business Journal.

On Aug. 31, 2002, her beloved San Diego Padres named her "President for a Day."

"She got to tour the new ballpark under construction and sit in the president's box during a Padres game, even visit the locker room and dugout," Fortune said. "The Padres also issued her the first personalized brick from the new ballpark."

In May, Fortune is scheduled to accept an award from the Salvation Army honoring her mother in "Women of Dedication" ceremonies.

In addition to her daughter, a San Diego resident, Ms. Tucker is survived by two granddaughters.

A celebration of life is pending in the parking lot at Qualcomm Stadium, Section G3. Donations are suggested to the Jamie Tucker Endowment Fund, Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego, 5151 Murphy Canyon Road, Suite 110, San Diego, CA 92123.

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New world news from Time: The World Health Organization Declares Africa Polio-Free

Nobody will ever know the identity of the thousands of African children who were not killed or paralyzed by polio this year. They would have been hard to keep track of no matter what because in ordinary times, they would have followed thousands last year and thousands the year before and on back in a generations-long trail of suffering and death.

Instead, no African children were claimed by polio this year or last year or the year before. It was in 2016 that the last case of wild, circulating polio was reported in Nigeria—the final country on the 54-nation African continent where the disease was endemic. And with a required multi-year waiting period now having passed with no more cases, the World Health Organization today officially declared the entirety of Africa polio-free. A disease that as recently as the late 1980s was endemic in 125 countries, claiming 350,000 children per year, has now been run to ground in just two remaining places, Pakistan and Afghanistan, where there have been a collective 102 cases so far in 2020. That’s 102 too many, but there is no denying the scope of the WHO announcement.

“Today’s victory over the wild poliovirus in the African region is a testament to what can happen when partners from a variety of sectors join forces to accomplish a major global health goal,” says John Hewko, general secretary and CEO of Rotary International. “[It is] something the world can and should aspire to during these turbulent times.”

It was Rotary, an international nonprofit service organization, that kicked off the polio endgame in 1988 with the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). That program aimed to leverage the power of Rotary’s 35,000 clubs and 1.22 million members in 200 countries and territories worldwide to make polio only the second human disease—after smallpox—to be pushed over the brink of extinction. The job was made easier by the partners Rotary immediately attracted: the WHO, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and UNICEF. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation joined in 2007, followed by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, just last year. The 32-year initiative has depended on volunteer workers and charitable donations, which together have produced an army of 20 million field workers administering vaccines to over 2.5 billion children at a cost of $17 billion.

Some countries were a lighter lift than others. In the U.S. the disease was eradicated in 1979, well before the GPEI even began its work. Other nations followed: In 1994 the Americas were declared polio-free. Europe as a whole got a clean bill of health in 2002, when all 53 countries in the WHO’s designated European region were declared free of the virus. Massive vaccination efforts began in India in 1997, which eradicated the virus in 2014.

How Polio Was Eradicated from the African Continent

But Africa, with its vast sprawl of village populations, long distances to urban hospitals, spotty infrastructure like adequate roads and reliable “cold chains”—refrigerated transport networks to keep vaccines viable—was always going to present special challenges. In 1996, when the case count on the continent regularly reached 75,000 victims every year, South African President Nelson Mandela partnered with Rotary to launch the “Kick Polio Out of Africa” Campaign, and the group scrambled fast—or as fast as was possible with so many children to vaccinate on so vast a land mass. In 2000, the first synchronized campaigns began in 17 countries, with 76 million children being vaccinated by tens of thousands of volunteers. The work fanned out across the continent from there, including an especially heavy push from 2008 to 2010, when an outbreak in 24 countries in western and central Africa was met by a large-scale, multi-national vaccination of 85 million children.

Finally, Nigeria stood alone as the only African nation where the disease was still endemic, in part because of resistance by religious leaders in the northern part of the country who objected western interference in local affairs and claimed that the vaccine was unsafe. That opposition broke down, partly thanks to Muhammad Sanusi II, the Emir of the city of Kano—a hereditary leader descended from a ruling family—who appeared at a public ceremony before the kick off of a seasonal vaccination campaign in 2016, called for a vial of polio vaccine to be brought to the stage, and with the audience watching, broke its seal and drank down its entire contents. That year, the country recorded its last case of polio, and this year, Nigeria’s WHO certification is the reward for its efforts.

“The polio eradication program in Nigeria has gone through some difficult times, but I never once doubted that this day would come,” says Dr. Tunji Funsho, a former cardiologist who is the chair of Rotary International’s Polio-Plus Committee in Nigeria. “Any time that we’ve experienced a setback, Rotary and our partners have been able to find solutions and develop new strategies for reaching vulnerable children.”

The Next Steps Towards Global Eradication

Other challenges remain. For one thing there are still the stubborn polio redoubts of Afghanistan and Pakistan, but Funsho is cautiously optimistic. “Afghanistan and Pakistan have their own set of challenges in the fight against the wild poliovirus, but so did the African region and Nigeria,” he says. “I cannot put a time stamp on when wild polio will be eradicated in the two remaining countries. The lessons we’ve learned in Nigeria and the African region show that eradication can only be achieved through global commitment.”

What’s more, wild polio is not the only kind that causes disease. The oral vaccine contains a live but weakened virus, which in rare cases can mutate and lead to the very disease it’s designed to prevent. There have been 302 cases of vaccine-derived polio in both endemic and non-endemic countries so far this year—all localized and not widespread like wild polio can be. Again, that case count is small by earlier standards, but again too many by the standards of the children and the families who are its victims.

Stopping those infections means eventually supplementing the oral, live-virus vaccine with the injectable variety that uses a killed virus that can never cause the disease. The downside of the killed vaccine: it requires trained health care workers to administer the shots, as opposed to volunteers who can easily learn to place drops in a child’s mouth. That final round of vaccinations will be thus more expensive and labor-intensive than earlier rounds, but only after the handful of vaccine-derived cases are eliminated too, will the scourge of polio at last pass into history. Funsho and others are convinced that will happen.

“One thing I know for certain,” he says, “is if Nigeria could eliminate the wild poliovirus, any country can eliminate it.”

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of March 31

EVENTS

Business owners need to keep an eye on the date as the deadline to file property tax renditions approaches on Monday.

Property tax renditions need to be filed with the business owner’s county appraisal district. A rendition is a listing of the taxable inventory, furniture and fixtures, machinery and equipment, vehicles and other property a business owned or managed as of Jan. 1. This listing is used by the appraisal district to value the business property.

If more than one appraisal district appraises a property, the property owner should file the rendition in each appraisal district office. An extension may be granted by the chief appraiser on written request. Businesses who fail to render property can be penalized 10 percent of the total amount of taxes due.

For more information, call the Property Tax Assistance Division of the Comptroller of Public Accounts at 800-252-9121 or visit tinyurl.com/yyy63co2.

The Ector County Library, 321 W. Fifth St., has scheduled the following events in April.

Monday: 10:30 a.m., Toddler story time.Tuesday: 10 a.m., Storytime and craft (letter W).Wednesday: 2 p.m., Line dancing in the basement.Thursday: 10:30 a.m., Baby story time.Saturday: 3 p.m., Family movie time (call for title).April 8: 10:30 a.m., Toddler story time.April 10: 2:30 p.m., PowerPoint Basics.April 11: 10:30 a.m., Baby story time.April 11: 4:30 p.m., Easter crafts (age pre-kindergarten through sixth grade).April 13: 3 p.m., Family movie time (call for title).April 15: 10:30 a.m., Toddler story time.April 17: 2 p.m., Line dancing in the basement.April 18: 10:30 a.m., Baby story time.April 22: 10:30 a.m., Toddler story time.April 23: 6 p.m., Book Club (call for title).April 25: 10:30 a.m., Baby story time.April 27: 3 p.m., Family movie time (call for title).April 29: 10:30 a.m., Toddler story time.

For more information, call 332-0633 or visit ector.lib.tx.us.

The Odessa Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a luncheon in honor of the 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year and Business Hall of Fame inductees Thursday at the Odessa Country Club.

You do not have to be a Chamber member to attend the luncheon. Tables are limited.

For more information, to register or sponsor the event, call Lynn Van Amburgh at 333-7862, email [email protected] or visit www.odessachamber.com.

Adinvita: School of Design Thinking has scheduled a Permian Basin Storyland Book Character Parade from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday starting at Fourth Street and Lee Avenue and ending on Eight Street and Lee Avenue.

To participate in the parade, register at adinvita.org/school-store. Registration fee is $10.

Adinvita: School of Design Thinking, 619 N. Grant Ave., Suite 200, has scheduled Permian Basin Family Literacy Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Adinvita is looking for food trucks, local vendors, non-profits/for-profits, sponsors and volunteers to help create a fun filled day of literacy, games, train rides, STEM learning, local shopping, books to buy from Scholastic, food and more.

For more information, call Cindy Leal at 305-9566, email [email protected], or visit www.adinvita.org.

The Odessa Animal Control, 910 W. 42nd St., has scheduled a $30 Vaccination Clinic (cash only) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The event will include Bordetella, Rabies and DA2PPV shots and city/county license.

Micro chips will be available for $15.

Dogs and cats are welcomed. All dogs must be leased and cats must be in a carrier.

The third annual BBQ Cook-off and Fundraiser benefitting the Humane Society of Odessa has been scheduled Saturday at Woody’s Lounge, 2704 N. Dixie Blvd.

Judging starts at 1 p.m. Take out plates will be available starting at 5 p.m.

There will be drawings, a silent auction and fun for all.

Awards and prizes will be given for best chicken, pork ribs and brisket.

Registration fee is $45 for one meat and $100 for all three.

Take out plates are $10 each.

For more information, call DeAnn Wilson at 425-2416 or visit www.odessahumanesociety.org.

Ector County Senior Centers have scheduled a trip to Zia Park in Hobbs, N.M. on April 8.

The bus will leave at 9 a.m. from the Northside Senior Center, 1225 N. Adams Ave. Free breakfast will be served at 8 a.m.

Bring a sack lunch and eat on the bus or eat in a restaurant. Snacks and water will be provided for the bus ride.

Anyone 21 years of age and older is welcome.

Must sign up in advance. Cost is $25 to $40, depending on how many people sign up to go. Payment was due by March 29.

Raffle tickets are currently being sold for $1 for a chance to win a free seat on the bus.

For more information, call 337-5281 or 337-4531.

The Ector County Northside Senior Center, 1225 N. Adams Ave., has scheduled free AARP tax assistance for seniors from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, through April 11.

To schedule an appointment, call 337-5281.

Odessa Council for the Arts and Humanities has scheduled the second annual Black and White Ball: The Night Circus at 6:30 p.m. April 13 at the MCM Eleganté Hotel, 5200 E. University Blvd.

There will be cocktails, dinner, dancing and an awards ceremony to honor Ronald Bennett with the Friend of the Arts Award, as well as other volunteers.

Black Tie dress is optional but encouraged.

Tickets are $75 for members and $100 for non-members. Tables and sponsorships are also available.

Proceeds benefit the Odessa Spire Arts Project (old Cloth World sign).

For more information or tickets, call 337-1492, email [email protected] or visit odessaarts.org.

The sixth annual Bustin for Badges Clay Shoot has been scheduled April 25-26 at Windwalker Farms in Stanton.

The event benefits local law enforcement (OPD, MPD, ECSO & MCSO) and helps pay for much needed equipment and supplies.

Raffle tickets are available for a 2019 Polaris Ranger 500 UTV, a 24 Gun Safe and a 6.5 Creedmoor “American Flag Chassis” rifle.

Tickets are $20 each or six for $100, and can be purchased at the OPD front desk during regular business hours or by calling 335-3322.

The raffle drawing will take place on April 26.

For more information about the event, call 571-3462 or visit www.bustinforbadges.org.

A DEA National Prescription Take Back Day event has been scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 27 at the Odessa Police Department, 205 N. Grant Ave.

Turn in your unused or expired medication for safe disposal.

ALL prescription, over the counter and pet medication will be accepted. (Liquids must remain in their original bottles and needles/sharps must be safely stored.)

Each proper disposal will receive a ticket for a FREE item from Cliff’s Food Wagon.

The take-back program is anonymous and free.

The Education Foundation of Odessa has scheduled an Inspiration Showcase from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. April 29 at New Tech Odessa, 300 E. 29th St.

Come see the impact made in ECISD through donor dollars during the 2018-2019 school year.

For more information, call 456-7059 or visit tinyurl.com/y2bp24sp.

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs’ (GFWC) is now accepting applications for the annual Croly Award.

The Jane Cunningham Croly Award for Excellence in Journalism Covering Issues of Concern to Women, or simply, the Croly Award, recognizes journalists who best capture the courage, vision and spirit of Jane Cunningham Croly.

Deadline to apply is April 30, and the award will be presented later this year at the GFWC Annual Convention in Austin.

Electronic submissions will be accepted online at tinyurl.com/yc73fu7n.

For more information, visit tinyurl.com/yd6gfaqb.

Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans has scheduled Legal Clinics for veterans from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. May 28, Aug 27 and Nov. 12.

The clinics offer free legal advice to U.S. veterans and their spouses on civil matters including child support/custody, divorce, veterans’ benefits, landlord/tenant, wills/estate planning, federal tax issues, driver’s license restoration and expunctions.

Applicants must schedule an appointment and will be prescreened for financial eligibility.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 686-0647 or visit tinyurl.com/y3kchpx4.

CLUBS/OUTREACH GROUPS

Saturday Morning Club for families with children age 5 years old and younger has been scheduled from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays at the Boys & Girls Club of Odessa, 800 E. 13th St.

Family activities include crafts, games and food. Siblings of all ages are welcome.

Events may be held at other locations some Saturdays. Get weekly updates by texting BGC Odessa to number 313131, and receive a weekly update of time, location and activities.

Call 337-8389 or email [email protected].

The Permian Basin Genealogical Society meets at 10 a.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month, except for November and December, at Distinctive Funeral Choices, 1506 N. Grandview Ave.

Call Barbara Wilson at 332-8221 or visit www.permiangen.org or www.facebook.com/permianbasingenealogicalsociety.

The Permian Basin Community Service Organization meets at 11:45 a.m. on the second Thursday of each month at Mi Piaci Italian Restaurant, 2607 N. Grandview Ave. Call 210-7234.

The Monday Senior Bridge Club meets from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. each Monday at the Northside Senior Center, 13th Street and Adams Avenue.

Call 337-5281.

The Odessa Chapter No. 447 Order of the Eastern Star meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Monday of each month (first Monday only in November and December) at the Andy G. Vaughn Masonic Lodge No. 1421, 3017 Mercedes Ave. Call 557-2058 or visit www.agv1421.org.

Permian Basin Depression Glass Club meets at 7 p.m. every third Tuesday of each month at First Christian Church, activities building, 601 N. Lee Ave.

Call 580-5800.

The Odessa Optimist Club meets for lunch at noon Fridays in the community room on the second floor of Odessa College’s Student Union Building.

Visitors are welcome.

Call 362-1964.

Area Rotary Clubs meet at the following times:

The Odessa Rotary Club meets at noon each Wednesday at the Odessa College Joe Zant Community Room. Call 335-6684.The Odessa East Rotary Club meets at noon each Thursday at Ellen Noel Art Museum at 4909 E. University Blvd.

Call 559-0976.

The Greater Odessa Rotary Club meets for breakfast at 7 a.m. each Tuesday at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel, 5321 JBS Parkway. Call 559-9489.

Toastmasters International Club of District 23, Area 63 meets at the following time and place.

Odessa Toastmasters Club No. 7072 meets from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at BB&T, 618 N. Texas Ave., in the conference room on the second floor.

Call 638-1299 or visit tinyurl.com/ycnsd72m or tinyurl.com/yd9fuyfo.

Area Lions Clubs meet at the following times and places:

The Odessa Westside Lions Club meets at 11:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Westwood Baptist Church, 2600 E. Eighth St.The Grandview Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Monday of each month at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 401 N. West County Road.The Odessa Barrios Lions Club meets at 9 a.m. on the first and third Saturday of each month at Mi Casa Restaurant, 1301 N. West County Road.The Odessa Downtown Lions Club meets from noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays at the club building, 1101 N. Whitaker Ave.The Odessa Ante Meridian Lions Club meets at 8 a.m. Saturdays at Mi Casa Restaurant, 1301 N. West County Road.

The Midland/Odessa Dance Club offers country two-step from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and line dance from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Monday at the Moose Lodge, 2711 N. Dixie Blvd.

Cost is $1 per person.

Call 978-7722 or email [email protected].

West Texas Dance Club has scheduled dance nights with a live band from 7:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Mondays at 208 E. VFW Lane.

The following live bands have been scheduled to perform in April.

Monday: Johnny & Suzy.April 8: Lonesome Road.April 15: Black Gold.April 22: Lonesome Road.April 29: Showdown.

Bring sandwiches, chips, dips, soup or salad for the Birthday Night potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. on the last Monday of each month.

Admission is $5 for members and $6 for non-members.

The dances are alcohol and smoke free events.

Call Betty Berry at 528-6308.

Ector County Dance Club has scheduled dance nights with a live band from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fridays at the Northside Senior Center, 1225 N. Adams Ave.

Admission is $5. Visitors are welcome.

The dances are alcohol and smoke free events.

Call 337-5281.

CLASSES

Dogs n Action are currently conducting registrations for a Canine Good Citizen class set for 8 a.m. Saturday Optimist Park tennis court, corner of 37th Street and Grandview Ave.

Deadline to register is Monday.

Classes offered are in basic obedience/CGC and beginner tricks class (must have completed an obedience class or have a CGC title to attend this class).

The West Texas Food Bank, 411 S. Pagewood Ave., has scheduled Kids in the Kitchen classes from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and April 16.

The free cooking class is open to all elementary aged children. An accompanying adult is required to stay with the child or children for the duration of the class.

Kids will learn about healthy eating habits and fun dishes that they can make.

Giveaways will be offered for each child participant.

A meal will be served at the end of the class for the participants and their supervising adult.

Tuesday: Topic will be healthy snacks. The children will be making trail mix and apple pizzas. Chili and cornbread will be served as the meal after class.April 16: The topic will be ”Fast can be healthy too.” The children will make homemade guacamole to accompany the meal of tacos served at the end of class.

To register, visit tinyurl.com/y3xv8lhy.

For more information, visit tinyurl.com/yygya42f.

The Ellen Noël Art Museum, 4909 E. University Blvd., has scheduled Adventures in Art classes for children, ages 6 to 12 years, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days.

April 7: Oil Pastel: Kids will explore the vibrant work of Charles Edward Williams and learn how to work with oil pastels, $20 per child.May 5: Sculpture: Kids will tour the ECISD student show and make a sculpture from unusual materials, $20 per child.

The deadline to register is the Thursday before each class.

Scholarships are available through the Neely Hunter Palmer Memorial Fund.

For more information, call Annie Stanley at 550-9696, ext. 213, email [email protected] or visit www.noelartmuseum.org.

Interfaith Service (Sewing) Council, 910 S. Grant Ave., is inviting sewers and quilters to participate in open sewing and get assistance with sewing projects from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Sewing machines (Berninas), quilting rulers and cutters and scissors will be provided.

Thursday is primarily for quilters.

Call 332-4800 or email Mary Jane Malone at [email protected].

Yang Style Tai Chi classes have been scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Asbury United Methodist Church, 4001 E. University Blvd.

M.A.D. Children has scheduled classes from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays at 810 N. Dixie Blvd.

Call 272-5834 or 272-5812 or 325-455-4990.

Love To Dance Studio, 2817 JBS Parkway, Suite E-1, has scheduled Ballroom/Latin, Salsa, Bachata, Country Two Step, Belly Dance group and Zumba classes.

Private lessons are also available.

Call 349-1472 or visit www.lovetodancestudio.com.

Ballet Folklorico Viva Mexico Dance Studio, 333 S, Texas Ave., has scheduled Folklorico dance classes for all ages.

For the current class schedule, call 438-2590.

EVENTS

Silver Spur Gun & Knife Show has been scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 7 at the Midland County Horseshoe Arena, Pavilion & Amphitheater, 2514 Arena Trail, Midland.

Midland Senior Center, 3303 W. Illinois Ave., No. 18, Midland, has scheduled an Easter dance with DJ Frank Sandoval from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. April 12.

Admission is $5.

For more information, call 681-7636.

Kelly D. Kennedy Fine Art, 100 N. Main St., Suite 102, Midland, has scheduled a First Thursday Art & Wine Soirée from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. the first Thursday of each month.

There will be works from more than 30 artists, complimentary wine and lite bites.

The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available at the parking garage off Texas Avenue, behind Wall Street Lofts.

The Midland Humane Coalition will be administering microchips at Yappy Hour from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at The Beer Garden, 7112 W. Highway 80, Midland.

The cost is $20 per chip.

Profits go towards helping homeless pets find their forever homes.

The chip website to register pets is www.idtag.com.

For more information, visit tinyurl.com/y8k8w98z.

CLUBS/OUTREACH GROUPS

The Midland Palette Club, 907 W. Wadley Ave., Midland, has scheduled free watch and learn demonstrations from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. April 9, May 14 and June 11.

Call 699-3209 or 687-6854 or visit www.paletteclubmidland.com.

The Midland Quilters Guild has scheduled a meeting at 6:30 p.m. April 9 at Alamo Heights Baptist Church, 1305 N. Midland Drive, Midland, in the fellowship hall.

The topic will be Art Quilts and there will be a lecture and trunk show by Lola Jenkins, Master Quilt Artist from Omaha, Neb.

Call 425-3476 or visit www.midlandquiltersguild.com.

Midland-Odessa Dance Club has scheduled its annual dance workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 4 at St. Stephens Catholic Church, 4601 Neely Ave., Midland.

Love to Dance Studio will present Country Two Step and Waltz lessons.

Cost is $20. Lunch and door prizes are included.

The evening dance will feature Lonesome Road from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. at St. Stephen’s Ballroom.

Admission is $10 per person. Bring snacks for your table.

Alcohol and smoking are not allowed.

For more information, call Max King at 631-6125.

The Midland Gem and Mineral Society, 602 S. Main St., Midland, has scheduled “Open Shop Night” for members and the public from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays.

Guests can watch members cut rocks and work on lapidary projects.

The Midland Desk and Derrick Club, a member of the international Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs, meets the second Thursday of each month at Ranchland Country Club, 1600 E. Wadley Ave., Midland.

Social hour starts at 5:45 p.m. and dinner starts at 6 p.m., followed by the program.

Dinner is $20 and is optional. Reservations are required.

Programs are educational in nature and focus on the oil and gas industry. Annual dues are $60.

Call Joyce Nolly at 889-4426 or email Brenda Norman at [email protected].

Permian Basin Poetry Society meets for open mic night at 8 p.m. on the second Thursday Saturday of each month at Brew Street, 4610 North Garfield, Midland.

The society and others will be sharing poetry, spoken word, music and comedy. Admission is free.

Permian Basin Poetry Society meets for a writer’s round table at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month at the Brew Street, 4610 North Garfield, Midland.

Writers of all genres are welcome. Admission is free.

The Midland Palette Club, 907 W. Wadley Ave., Midland, meets at 9:30 a.m. to noon in the second Tuesday of each month. Local and area artists are welcomed to bring supplies and paint.

Overeaters Anonymous Meetings for all eating disorders (bulimia, bingeing, obsessive/compulsive eating or anorexia) have been scheduled in the portable building at Christ Church Anglican, 5501 N. Midkiff Road, Midland, at the following times:

Mondays: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., 12 Step Study.Saturdays: 8 p.m. to 9 p.m., Topic Meeting.

Admission is free and open to the public.

Toastmasters International Clubs of District 44, Areas 11 and 12 have meetings at the following times and places.

Odessa Toastmasters Club meets at noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays at BB&T Bank, second floor conference room, 618 N. Texas Ave.Permian Toastmasters Club meets at noon Thursdays at Midland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 208 S. Marienfeld St. Midland.Pop-Ups meets at 6:30 a.m. Tuesdays at First Presbyterian Church Family Life Center, room 228, 800 W. Texas Ave., Midland.Tall City meets at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. every two weeks alternating on Mondays and Thursdays at Chevron Corp Building, 6301 Deauville Blvd., Midland.West Texas Talkers meets at 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Thursdays at Pioneer Midland Claydesta, conference room, 3617 N. Big Spring St., Midland.

The Permian Basin Dance Club has scheduled dance nights with a live band from 7:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Tuesdays at the Downtown Lions Club, 200 Plaza St., Midland.

The following live bands have been scheduled to perform in April.

Tuesday: Lonesome Road.April 9: Tommy & The Boys.April 16: Johnny & Suzy.April 23: Black Gold.April 30: Showdown.

Admission is $8 for members and $10 for guests.

Call 631-6125 or email [email protected].

CLASSES

The Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, 1500 I-20 West, Midland, has scheduled Building Bots – Robotics and Engineering Fun Lab for students in kindergarten through sixth grade from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the following dates.

Tuesday and May 7: Kindergarten through second grade.April 16 and May 21: Third grade through sixth grade.

Equipment used includes Lego Robotics, Ozobots, Osmos, Spheros and NEW Tetrix Prime and Kubo.

The cost per student for each class is $25 for Petroleum Museum members and $30 for non-members.

Call 683-4403 or visit www.pbpetro.org.

The Midland Quilters Guild has scheduled a “Fantasy Collage” Quilt workshop taught by Lola Jenkins, Master Quilt Artist from Omaha, Neb., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 9 at Alamo Heights Baptist Church, 1305 N. Midland Drive.

Jenkins will discuss how to create a landscape or abstract art quilt and teach participants how to tap into their childhood imagination using the spontaneous side of their brain to make a spectacular fantasy landscape collage. There is no pattern for the class and no sewing machine is required.

Registration is limited to 20 students. A fee will be charged for the workshop.

For more information or to register, call Peggy Byrom at 528-9458, email [email protected] or visit tinyurl.com/y3zvk8zf.

West Texas Food Bank, 1601 Westcliff Drive, Midland, has scheduled a free Brown Bag Gardening Series from noon to 1 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month.

Drop by at noon, and enjoy an hour filled with a variety of information on gardening topics for vegetable gardens, lawns and trees, recycling and more.

For more information, call 697-4003 or visit www.wtxfoodbank.org.

The Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, 1500 I-20 West, Midland, has scheduled STEAM Sprouts, a new STEAM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Art-Math) educational program for children ages 4-5, on Mondays, through April 22.

There are two time options to choose from, 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Children may attend only during the time they are registered for.

The program will engage pre-school children in STEAM-based curriculum and challenges. The theme for this spring is Lego Steam Park. Kids will learn about artistic design, performing arts and probability in a carnival-themed experience building boats, ferris wheels, gears and guessing wheels.

Pre-registration is required. The cost per student for the six-week session is $80 for Petroleum Museum members and $100 for non-members.

Call 683-4403 or visit www.pbpetro.org.

Lacy J Pilates & Fitness Studio, 3211 W. Wadley Ave., Suite 13, Midland, has scheduled a variety of group classes including the original Chair30, Barre30, Core30, a variety of yoga and Zumba.

Classes are available for all levels and ages throughout the day.

For the current schedule or information, visit www.lacyjpilates.com.

The University of Texas Permian Basin Small Business Development Center has scheduled QuickBooks classes from 9 a.m. to noon every first and third Wednesday of each month at the SBDC office at the CEED Building, 1310 N. FM 1788, Midland.

Art Quest, 700 Andrews Highway, Ste. D, Midland, is offering classes for children and adults on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week.

Cost is $75 per month for each child (includes supplies) and $70 per month for adults.

Class schedules and descriptions are available online.

Call 682-2469 or visit www.artquesttx.com.

EVENTS

Andrews Senior Center, 310 W. Broadway St., Andrews, has scheduled a dance from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. April 15.

For more information, call 432-523-5911.

CLUBS/OUTREACH GROUPS

Helping Hands Support Group for the West Texas Desert Council of the American Council of the Blind meets at 1:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Senior Citizen Center, 1010 W. 14th St., Fort Stockton. Call 432-336-3648 or 432-290-2966.

CLUBS/OUTREACH GROUPS

The Rotary Club meets at noon Wednesdays at First United Methodist Church.

CLUBS/OUTREACH GROUPS

The Rotary Club meets at noon on Thursdays at the Pecos Valley Country Club.

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Promoting peace in our world

The PeaceJam Foundation, created back 22 years ago in 1996 by peacekeepers Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff, is an international organization whose divine mission is to promote peace in our world. PeaceJam encourage youth to become leaders of peace and committing to positive self-change, in their communities and by extension the world at large, through conscientious compassion programs and helped by the powerful inspiration of 14 Nobel Peace Prize Winners, who wholeheartedly share their skills, infinite knowledge and experience.

This year’s PeaceJam guest of honor was Betty Williams from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who was co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organization dedicated to promoting a peaceful solution to the troubles in Northern Ireland. Betty Williams is a member of PeaceJam.

Betty Williams was received by Prince Albert II in his Palace for a private audience. She was accompanied by Dawn Engle co-founder of PeaceJam and Claudia Abate.

Audience Betty Williams Prix Nobel de La Paix 2018.

Prince Albert II of Monaco with Dawn Engle, Betty Williams and Claudia Abate at the Prince’s Palace 2018@Gaetan LUCI / Palais Princier (2).jpg

Williams heads the Global Children’s Foundation and it’s the President of the World Centre of Compassion for Children International. She is also the Chair of Institute for Asian Democracy in Washington D.C. and a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Nova Southeastern University. She lectures widely on topics of peace, education, inter-cultural and inter-faith understanding, anti-extremism, and children’s rights.

Williams is a founding member of the Nobel Laureate Summit, which has taken place annually since 2000. In 2006, Williams became a founder of the Nobel Women’s Initiative along with Nobel Peace Laureates Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Jody Williams and Rigoberta Menchu Tum. These six women representing North and South America, the Middle East, Europe and Africa, bring together their experiences in a united effort for peace with justice and equality. It is the goal of the Nobel Women’s Initiative to help strengthen work being done in support of women’s rights around the world.

PeaceJam annual peace initiative in the Principality counts with the invaluable assistance of Claudia Abate-Debat, Founder and Executive Director of Post Conflict Development Association of Monaco. Claudia served on the Board of PeaceJam from 2008-2016 and was two-term Chair of the Board during which time she was able to introduce Monaco to PeaceJam programming and now she is the Monaco Coordinator for the organization.

Youth Conference in Monaco

Betty Williams inaugurated the annual PeaceJam Youth Conference at Lycee Technique and Hotelier of Monaco, supported by Isabelle Bonnal, Director of the Department of National Education, Youth and Sports of Monaco, on Saturday, June 16. The Nobel Peace Prize winner’s moving presentation was followed by an interactive and enthusiastic Q & A session from the students. The day after a Ceremony of Inspiration took place at the Lycee that commenced with Betty Williams sharing her inner sources of strength and inspiration for her longterm commitment towards peace, and continued with the students speaking about what inspires them. PeaceJam presented their projects for peace to the students.

Contagious Courage world premiered in Monte-Carlo

The film “Contagious Courage” that recounts Betty Williams’ unrelenting commitment to sustainable peace was premiered at the 58th Monte-Carlo TV Festival.

Dawn Gifford Engle – Writer/Director

Ivan Suvanjieff – Executive Producer

Dave Wruck – Cinematographer

Giacomo Bounafina – Sound Design

Zabe Holloway – Editor

Film Synopsis

Ireland in the 1970’s was defined by violence. Unionists faced off against Nationalists, known widely as the IRA, and the average Irish citizen was caught in the middle. Betty Williams was drawn into the public arena after witnessing the death of three children on 10 August 1976, when they were hit by a car whose driver, an IRA fugitive, was fatally shot by British police.Williams was so moved by the incident that, she went door to door obtaining 6,000 signatures on a petition for peace within two days and gained wide media attention. Williams soon organised a peace march to the graves of the slain children, which was attended by 10,000 Protestant and Catholic women. However, the peaceful march was violently disrupted by members of the Irish Republican Army, who accused them of being “dupes of the British”.

The following week, Williams led another march that concluded successfully without incident this time with 35,000 participants. In 1977 she and Mairead Maguire were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their peace efforts. Since then, Betty has dedicated her life to helping children across the globe. Betty Williams affirms: “We want to live, love and build a just and peaceful society. We dedicate ourselves to working with our neighbors day in and day out to create this peaceful society.”

<p><a href=”https://vimeo.com/266718113″>Betty Williams: Contagious Courage Trailer</a> from <a href=”https://vimeo.com/peacejam”>PeaceJam</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p>

PeaceJam 2018 Hero Award Winners Ceremony

The PeaceJam Foundation, Google, and many others have come together to create the “One Billion Acts of Peace” Campaign – an international global citizens’ movement designed to tackle the most important problems facing our planet. In less than 4 years, more than 48 Million Acts of Peace have been logged in over 151 countries.

Every March, Billion Acts reviews each Act of Peace that has been added to the PeaceJam website over the past 12 months. We look at the impact and scope of each Act, and 12 are chosen as the Billion Acts Hero Award semifinalists representing 6 categories:

Best Youth Act

Best Nonprofit Act

Best Community Act

Best University Act

Best Up and Coming Peacemaker Act

Best Social Enterprise Act

Each winner was honored by receiving their award from Betty Williams at the Hero Award Ceremony during the 58th Monte-Carlo TV Festival at the Grimaldi Forum.

Winner of Best Youth Act – Rethaka – A repourpose schoolbag gives a child dignity by day and doubles as a light to study by night. Location: South Africa

Winner of Best Nonprofit Act Rotary International

Since 1988, Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication initiative have helped reduce the number of polio cases from 350,000 in 1988 to 22 cases in 2017, and they remain committed until the disease is eradicated.

Winner of Best Community Act – Peace is a lifestyle – Providing at-risk inner-city youth, ages 13-24 years old, the valuable tools they need to stay in school and out of the criminal justice system.

Winner of Best University Act – Student action for refugees – STAR is a national charity of 27,000 students welcoming and supporting refugees in the UK through volunteerism, campaigns, fundraising and education.

Rethaka

Global Polio Eradication

Peace is a lifestyle

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Winners of Best Up and Coming Peacemaker

Ba Futuru – Domin Nakloke (Unlocking love) – Ba Futuru / For the Future is changing attitudes and behavior about pressing social issues like sexual assault, domestic violence and consent through its entertainment education film series that has gone viral on Facebook

We dine together – The We Dine Together Family is made up of schools from all over the country who are taking a seat at the table to create a more inclusive world.

Winner of Best Social Enterprise Act – Little Sun – What started as a humble idea to create a small, portable solar lamp for people without electricity in Ethiopia is now a global project that has changed over a million lives through the awesome power of the sun.

Divine Order and White Right winners of Annual PeaceJam Special Jury Prize

The PeaceJam Foundation awarded the prestigious 2nd Annual PeaceJam Special Jury Prizeto the films “Divine Order” by Zeitgeist Films and “White Right: Meeting Your Enemy” by Fuuse, at the Monte Carlo Television Festival June 19th, 2018 by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Betty Williams.

Max Simonischeck, The Divine Order @ Monte-Carlo TV Festival 2018

Deeyah Khan, White Right Meeting the Enemy @Monte-Carlo TV Festival 2018

The purpose of the PeaceJam Special Jury Prize is to recognize outstanding films that embody the spirit of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the prize is awarded alongside the famous Golden Nymph Awards. The PeaceJam Special Jury Prize adds a unique new humanitarian component to the Television Festival. This very special prize is sponsored by Ehthele LTD, a London based manufacturer of luggage, handbags and the like.

The prestigious list of Jury members tasked with selecting the awardees include: Dawn Engle, Co-Founder of the PeaceJam Foundation; Shirli Singh, Philanthropist and President of the Jury; Her Royal Highness Princess Camilla of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duchess of Castro who is designated as the Monaco Representative to the Jury by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco; Lara Isoardo, Representative of the Monte Carlo TV Festival; Genie Godula, Anchor at France 24; Raquel Bruno, President of Drive Entertainment Group represented by Russ Bruno; Chiara Sbarigia, General Director, APT, Associazione Produttori Televisivi; Calypso de Sigaldi, VP, AIDA, Association Internationale D’actions Artistiques, and Ivan Suvanjieff, Co-Founder of the PeaceJam Foundation.

“The Divine Order” is the story of a young housewife challenges the status quo by fighting for women’s suffrage in 1971 Switzerland.

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Film at the Tribeca Film Festival, The Divine Order is set in Switzerland in 1971 where, despite the worldwide social upheavals of the previous decade, women were still denied the right to vote. When unassuming and dutiful housewife Nora (Marie Leuenberger, winner of a Best Actress award at Tribeca) is forbidden by her husband to take a part-time job, her frustration leads to her becoming the poster child of her town’s suffragette movement. Her newfound celebrity brings humiliation, threats, and the potential end to her marriage, but, refusing to back down, she convinces the women in her village to go on strike…and makes a few startling discoveries about her own liberation. Uplifting and crowd-pleasing, this charming, captivating film is a time-capsule that could not be more timely.

“White Right: Meeting The Enemy” is the story of Deeyah Khan, who meets US neo-Nazis and white nationalists face to face and attends America’s biggest and most violent far right rally in recent years. Both films expertly represent issue areas outlined by the PeaceJam participating Nobel Peace Laureates

In this authored Fuuse documentary, Emmy Award-winning film-maker Deeyah Khan joins the frontline of the race wars in America, sitting down face-to-face with Neo-Nazis and fascists and marching with them at the biggest and most violent Far Right rally in recent years. Khan, who received death threats from the Far Right movement after giving a TV interview advocating diversity and multiculturalism, tries to get behind the hatred and the violent ideology, to try to understand the personal reasons why people embrace racist extremism.

In addition to the Special Jury Prize, PeaceJam also honored Stephane Valerie, President of the Conseil National of Monaco with the Peacejam Visionary Award and Parlamentarian Dr. Cristophe Robino, with the PeaceJam Leadership Award. Both were recognized for heir public roles in the Principality with work that embodies the 1 Billion Acts of Peace Campaign and the spirit of the Nobel Peace Prize.

(Photo: Nobel Peace Prize Betty Williams with Stephan Valerie, President of the Conseil National of Monaco with PeaceJam founders and supporters @PeaceJam Press)

Today’s Quote

“Peace in the world is everybody’s business, no matter where you live or what you do.” Betty Williams

Noble Peace winner Betty Williams PeaceJam 2018 guest of honor welcomed by Prince Albert Promoting peace in our world The PeaceJam Foundation, created back 22 years ago in 1996 by peacekeepers…

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