TIMES SQUARE, NYC – November 18th, 2012 – 2:15pm A grassroots Brooklyn based non-profit, Life Vest Inside, has orchestrated a WorldWide Dance for Kindness event on Nov 18th as part of the Global Celebrations that take place during World Kindness Week. The event will take place on the same day, to the same song and …
Check out these two videos on Human Rights. The first one shows the history of human rights in a concise and visual way… from the beginning of time to the present… in under 10 minutes. Si prefieres la version en español, se puede encontrarla aqui. Version française à venir bientôt. German and Arabic coming soon too! …
Grub Olympx (TM) is a user-friendly interactive app now available for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that provides you the opportunity to search and discover signature international dishes from around the world and also learn facts such as country population, GDP, famous athlete, landmarks and country soccer team nicknames. Released in time for the London …
On July 19th at First United Methodist Church, Community Alliance of Lane County (CALC) was awarded a $500 check, proceeds from an Emerald F.E.A.S.T. dinner event attended by about 50 people. The letters “F.E.A.S.T.” stand for Financing Eugene Area Sustainable Talent, and together they mean dinners which crowd-source instant cash grants to social entrepreneurs. Marion …
We’ve all heard the expression “if the walls had ears” and know that the walls could spread a lot of gossip if they had mouths to repeat everything they heard. Most of the time we don’t have to worry about the walls talking. But in Cyprus, the walls have plenty to say… and it’s being …
Conversation Peace is a project committed to transformation. It is a movement to bring together like-minded people with a passion for change. This project was born out of a dream for people to share their intentions about the change they want to see in our shared world and together create a cumulative art installation made …
This event took place 6 years ago, but it’s message is well worth repeating. On September 11, 2006, New Yorkers and Americans in 20 states marked the 100 year anniversary of Gandhi’s decision to use nonviolence. New Yorkers for a Department of Peace (NY-DOP), in cooperation with Sony Pictures, organized a one-day-only theatrical showing of …
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The BBC recently launched an exciting new series called Collaboration Culture in which 14 artists from 9 different countries are paired up to make exciting new artwork. The artists come from a variety of disciplines: music, visual arts, performing arts, design, cuisine… Episode 6 (to be aired on August 4, 2012) will feature Peruvian chef Gaston …
MUSAWWIRA – THE ORGANIZER Real Name: Abena “Liza” Dagate Home Country: Ghana Age: 18 Height: 183 cm Weight: 79 kg Eye Color: Brown Hair Color: Black Base of Operation: Himalayan Retreat Powers: Ability to intuitively organize anything, creating—forcing—order out of chaos in a wide variety of ways. RAFIE …
Emmanuel Jal, a former child soldier from Sudan, has taken his story and turned it into some serious beats: a song called “We Want Peace”. Featuring strings by non other than Peter Gabriel, the song, like the campaign, dedicates itself to the realization that peace, is possible. To date, South Sudan‘s referendum has been a …
