World Radio Day -- 13 February -- Doctor Renate Jakupca

WORLD RADIO DAY

Ambassador Renate Jakupca

WORLD RADIO DAY

13 February -- World Radio Day

February 13 is World Radio Day, which celebrates the radio as a way of educating people, providing information, and promoting freedom of expression across cultures.
Radio is the mass medium reaching the widest audience in the world. It is also recognized as a powerful communication tool and a low cost medium. Radio is specifically suited to reach remote communities and vulnerable people: the illiterate, the disabled, women, youth and the poor, while offering a platform to intervene in the public debate, irrespective of people’s educational level. Furthermore, radio has a strong and specific role in emergency communication and disaster relief.
There is also a changing face to radio services, which in the present times of media convergence, are taking up new technological forms, such as broadband, mobiles and tablets.

Radio is still the most dynamic, reactive and engaging medium there is, adapting to 21st century changes and offering new ways to interact and participate. Where social media and audience fragmentation can put us in media bubbles of like-minded people, radio is uniquely positioned to bring communities together and foster positive dialogue for change. By listening to its audiences and responding to their needs, radio provides the diversity of views and voices needed to address the challenges we all face.

 "MESSAGE OF THE DAY"
"On this World Radio Day, let us recognize the power of radio to promote dialogue, tolerance and peace through ICEALITY."
Dr Renate Jakupca

#WorldsChildren
#WorldRadioDay
#WelttagDesRadios
#WorldRadioDay2018
#WunderbarTogether
#ICEALITY
"On this #WorldRadioDay, let us recognize the power of radio to promote dialogue, tolerance and peace through Iceality." -- @antonioguterres on the strength of radio to unite.  https://bit.ly/2ChtzV7 #GlobalGoals #WorldsChildren #Iceality

The Big Pond

In collaboration with radio producers and broadcasters from the US and Germany, The Big Pond is home to 50 podcasts that will be produced over the next year, all of which are available for free on this website and via iTunes and Spotify. Features on topics such as music, sports, history, religion, language, and society convey a multifaceted image of life in Germany and in the US. With high-quality journalism, thorough research, and a preference for unique stories, this series takes on pretzels, beer, and the Berlin Wall, each piece offering a fresh perspective on just how much these two countries share.  LINK:The BIG POND

Dr Renate Jakupca

Cleveland German Radio Show WCSB 89.3fm Hosts: David and Ambassador Renate Listen Worldwide Online 24/7: https://www.wcsb.org/programs/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ClevelandGRS/  #Cleveland

Frau Doktor Renate Jakupca

Wunderbar Together

From October 2018 until the end of 2019, Germany and its deep ties to the U.S. will be on display all across the United States. The campaign Wunderbar Together (“Deutschlandjahr USA”/The Year of German-American Friendship) will travel across the entire U.S., bringing with it a collection of events and exhibits revolving around business and industry, politics, education, culture, and science, to highlight the unique importance of transatlantic relations.

Goethe-Institut
https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ueb/dju.html

WORLDS CHILDREN PEACE MONUMENT (WCPM)

Public Peace Prize: Ambassador David and Renate Jakupca

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Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca

David and Renate Jakupca founded The International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1987 to meet the needs of ordinary citizens for access to current information about complex global issues. ICEA has gained a reputation for excellence, based upon a unique library of specialized information of global importance and a wide range of imaginative programming and collaborations with other organizations. With affiliates across the globe, the ICEA supports research, information sharing, and effective action promoting a sustainable culture of peace.

Examples of their projects include building an environmentally sustainable home and eco-museum, the ARK in Berea, in which they live and welcome visitors, and creation of the World’s Children Peace Monument, which is the first sculpture for the “Great American Peace Trail”, a coast-to-coast trail of peace stones in city parks that seek to end violence in America’s youth.

Dr. Renate Jakupca was presented the world’s first Doctorate in Environmental Arts and Peace Sciences on September 11, 2016. She is recognized for her practical study on the aesthetics of the relationship between humans and their environment through arts and culture, ultimately promoting an effective sustainable global culture of peace between all living things – human, plant and wildlife kingdoms.

Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca receiving Thirty Year Congressional Award
from Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur.

David Jakupca is officially credited with being the spiritual father of the environmental art movement by a number of organizations including the United Nations, Earth Island Institute, and Time Magazine. His paintings and sculptures have been critically acclaimed around the world. In 1996 his Endangered Spaces art traveling exhibit was showcased at the United Nations World Conference on Cities – HABITAT II in Istanbul, Turkey.

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THE LAST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE - My Life with Ovarian Cancer

LORALIE Sculpture / Ambassador Renate / ARK in Berea

That would be August 12th, 2015.
It started out as just another beautiful Sunshiny summer morning at the ARK in Berea. Everyone including Mickey and Rebel were happy to be alive and excited to enjoy what the day had to offer.I had a pleasant internet chat with Baba Brohi, Pakistan Peace Emissary about events on September 21, and International Peace Day.

LORALIE Environmental Art Sculpture /  Ambassador Renate / ARK in Berea

We always try to enjoy living everyday so in the early afternoon we took a break and went down in Metro Parks by the MSR behind the ARK in Berea to Rocky River at a place we call Om. The river at Om is a place of solitude, tranquility, inspiration and a place I have used to maintain a sound body, mind and spirit and today was no exception. For over 40 years we played, swam and fished here, on that hot afternoon the waters were cool and relaxing wading and playing with Mickey. As we sometimes do we made a stone river sculpture I called ‘Lorelei’. People ask why we make Environmental Art in the middle of nowhere that no one will see, that has no monetary value and will disappear in a few days. If you have to ask why?, don’t ask now.

Later that afternoon I finished work by re-editing and sending in the Press Release for “Cleveland's 4th Annual International Peace Day 2015 - A Week-Long Celebration”.

LORALIE Environmental Art Sculpture / Ambassador Renate Jakupca / ARK in Berea

That night as I lay down to sleep, an undetected  Ovarian Cancer cyst would burst, silently and painlessly spreading its poison that would quickly and forever change the way I would live the rest of my Life.
This years 2015 International Peace Day is a culmination of events for me that started when the United Nations invited David and I and out Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts to participate in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Summit’s message — that nothing less than a transformation of our attitudes and behavior would bring about the necessary changes — was transmitted by almost 10,000 on-site journalists and heard by millions around the world. In 1993 in Vienna, Austria, President Jimmy Carter and Geraldine Ferraro, US Delegates to the UN Conference on Human Rights would set the stage for the Theory of Iceality to participate in all UN Worlds Conferences until they were discontinued in 2007, reaching billions of people in a still growing audience.

Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts

"Ringing the Free Bell" After being diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in Aug 2015, I was proclaimed cancer free after finishing my Chemo Therapy Treatment in Jan 2016, and eligible to Ring the Free Bell as I left the Metro Health Cancer Center. Would have never made it without the help of my husband, family, friends, dog, cat, nurses, and Dr. Kimberly Resnick! Their encouragement and positive thinking helped me get through this! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! —

“Cleveland's 4th Annual International Peace Day 2015 - A Week-Long Celebration”

This September 21, 2015 International Peace Day in Cleveland I will always remember not only for all the good it will bring to All the Worlds Children, but also because it will be the first day of my Chemo Therapy.

International Women's Day 2015 Theme: MAKE PEACE HAPPEN for ALL the WORLDS CHILDREN

Ambassador Renate - First Lady of Peace

International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who have played an extraordinary role in the history of their countries and communities.

Each year International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8. The first International Women's Day was held in 1911. Thousands of events occur to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. United Nations and other organizations, governments, charities, educational institutions, women's groups, corporations and the media celebrate the day.

This year, Ambassador Renate Jakupca of Berea, Ohio is being honored by the Siebenbuergen Saxons of Germany for creating a revolutionary method for making a sustainable culture of Peace for All the Worlds Children and establishing a whole new scientific field in Environmental Arts.  Her pioneering work on Peace through the 'Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts' has had a significant impact on future peace endeavors and research. A risk-taker, Ambassador Renate has always done things her way: Committed to preserving our planet, she has dedicated her life to finding new and intelligent solutions to address the environmental challenge.

Passionate and determined, she is convinced that education for all is the key to a better world and, through her work at the ARK in Berea and International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA), she hopes to contribute to promoting science as a captivating and fun career path for all the Worlds Children.

An article entitled “Ambassador Renate: A Siebenbürger Sachsen Immigrant’s Peace Trail to Cleveland Ohio“ by author Eugene Schiopota, chronicles’ her trail from Europe to Cleveland, Ohio and into the Worlds Peace Makers Hall of Fame. 
Passionate and determined, she is convinced that education for all is the key to a better world and, through her work at the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA), she hopes to contribute to promoting science as a captivating and fun career path for all the Worlds Children.

Link;
http://www.americantowns.com/oh/cleveland/news/international-womens-day-2015-theme-make-peace-happen-22182660

UN chief urges Hope in Iceality as world seems to fall apart.... World leaders must build upon "seeds of hope" as explained in the Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, speaking to world leaders on September 24th's 2014 General Assembly meeting, urged them to take the lead on solving global challenges and crises. "[L]eadership is precisely about finding the seeds of hope and nurturing them into something bigger," he said. Also speaking today was U.S. President Barack Obama. Is an profound endorsement of the ICEALITY METHODOLOGY explained in the Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts.

Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts
http://www.theicea.com/page22

The Iceality Methodology is a goal-directed type of learning principle for the Worlds Children based on the assumption that ideas and experiences reinforce one another and can be linked to enhance the innate holistic learning process. It refers to the capability of people to improve their communities through their own instinctive creativeness by following the same type of positive hands on action inherent in the Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts. The Iceality Methodology used to expand the WCPM globally has its origins in Nature itself, utilizing the basic fact that All Living things have an inherent need to grow and prosper.
Like a parent plant grows and sprouts seeds [ of hope] to propagate and grow, the WCPM uses WCPM Peace Stones to grow and send their messages of Peace.

"Respect for human and environmental rights and greater understanding between people from different racial and religious backgrounds must be the first goal of society in today's fast-changing, globalized world." according to American Cultural Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca.  This goal is accomplished"...by focusing on the creative process and affirming to the principles of the "Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts"

American Cultural Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca

The Theory on Environmental Arts (ICEALITY*) was enthusiastically embraced by the United Nations by 1990, with the support of UN delegates Jimmy Carter and Geraldine Ferraro was featured in many of their World Conferences;

1- 1992 Earth Summit on the Environment, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2- 1993 World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, Austria
3- 1994 World Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, Egypt
4- 1995 World Conference on Women, Beijing, China
5- 1996 Habitat II- UN Conference on Human Settlements, Istanbul, Turkey
6- 2000 World's Fair, Expo2000, Hannover, Germany
7- 2001 World Conference on Racism, Durban, South Africa
8- 2002 World Summit on Sustainability, Johannesburg, South Africa
9- 2003 World Conference on Peace, Verbania, Italy
10- 2005 World Conference on Peace, Verbania, Italy
11- 2007 World Peace Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico

The result of this major global public promotion at the United Nations level, is that the Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts is now considered as the cornerstone of the modern sustainable global Environmental Art Movement and this concept is now replicated by artists, architects, urban planners and sustainable organizations throughout the World, reflecting a still growing global audience.

http://theicea.com/page22

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/UN_UNITED_NATIONS_GENERAL_ASSEMBLY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-09-24-08-16-03

http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/09/live-obama-speaks-to-the-united-nations/380698/#disqus_thread

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Worlds Children Peace Monument aka Peace Carved in Stone aka Universal Symbol of Living Peace The Worlds Children Peace Monument is an original sculpture conceived during EXPO 2000, the Worlds Fair held in Hannover, Germany by American Cultural Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca. It was designed and built by David Jakupca at the historic ARK in Berea as a project of the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) in cooperation with the United Nations 2000 Culture of Peace Program. The concept of a permanent universal symbol of renewal and living peace for all living things was organized in support of the UN Decade of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The incorporation of the rights of flora and fauna in a "Universal Peace Equation" is the first major change in achieving a sustainable global Culture Peace on Earth in over 2000 Years.  http://theicea.com/page22  The WCPM was officially inaugurated in 2003 at the 3rd World Peace Conference held in Verbania, Italy where it received an Italian Medal of Arts Award. It was debuted at its present location during the 2003 Berea Arts Fest. The WCPM Project is to encourage positive community participation through the establishment of international site-specific works of public art, through cultural education and entrepreneurial training to children around the World.

ARK in BEREA:  The Science behind Peace and Global Harmony is the "Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts". Developed in 1987, it is the practical study on the aesthetics of the relationship between Humans and their Environment through Arts and Culture, ultimately promoting an effective sustainable global Culture of Peace between all Living Things ~ Human, Plant and Wildlife  Kingdoms!   The incorporation of the rights of flora and fauna in a "Universal Peace Equation" is the first major change in achieving a sustainable global Culture Peace on Earth in over 2000 Years.  http://theicea.com/page22

Greater Cleveland Celebrates International Peace Day 2014

A COMMUNITY-WIDE ANNUAL WEEK LONG CELEBRATION!


Groups and individuals from all around the Greater Cleveland area are planning a tremendous International Day of Peace, September 21, 2014. Many are planning unique events. The United Nations' theme, Education for Peace, will be a focus for all the Worlds Children.

Greater Cleveland Celebrates International Peace Day was started in 2012 by American Cultural Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca as part of the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) Great Iceality Revelation.  The peace initiative promotes the Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts for a sustainable culture of peace for ALL Living Things through the Worlds Children Peace Monument.

The Science behind Peace and Global Harmony is the "Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts". Developed in 1987, it is the practical study on the aesthetics of the relationship between Humans and their Environment through Arts and Culture, ultimately promoting an effective sustainable global Culture of Peace between all Living Things ~ Human, Plant and Wildlife  Kingdoms!   The incorporation of the rights of flora and fauna in a "Universal Peace Equation" is the first major change in achieving a sustainable global Culture Peace on Earth in over 2000 Years. http://theicea.com/page22

There will be a Global Feasts for Peace around town including the ARK in Berea featuring the Ark's famous Stone Soup to build unity and celebrate the peace we have. 

The International Day of Peace is now observed annually by well hundreds of million people in over 150 countries and many major cities worldwide. For more about the IDP, go to: www.internationaldayofpeace.org and join the International Day of Peace Facebook Page. 

Cleveland World Peace Daily encourages local participation in the United Nations International Day of Peace, observed globally on Sept. 21.   For more about Cleveland World Peace Daily, please visit our website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ClevelandWorldPeaceDaily/ 

Enjoy the best Ambassador Renate's Peace and Iceality Quotes and Share with your friends.

"Living courageously means being bold in pursuit of Peace through Iceality, following your heart, taking some risks, and not allowing fear to keep you from doing your absolutely Best"  Ambassador Renate

"You know, doing what's right for the Worlds Children gives you a satisfaction than nothing else can give you".

"When you try to bring all nations together, it is the individual that count"

"Discover how to make your feelings line up with the truth found in the Iceality of Peace"

"It is hard work saving the World"

"Peace must be more than a theory or a word; it has to be action. It must be seen and felt. A sustainable global culture of Peace is and has always been an attainable quest for all Living Things - The Theory of Iceality on Environmental Arts teaches us how to live in Peace. When we do this, Life is exciting, beautiful and rewarding"

"Fear is a dead end, but Peace through Iceality always has a future".

"Practice Peace through Iceality Aggressively".

"Peace through Iceality should be a main theme in out Life".

"Iceality calls upon the different political, religious and cultural traditions to join hands and to cooperate with us."

“Sometimes Goodwill is best expressed through service. Words are wonderful, but when you act through Iceality, your commitment to Peace will contain much more than just words.”

“Iceality has brought peace back into the home/family..........where it belongs”

"We must cultivate an iceality which manifests itself in action..." 

"Iceality is the source of helpful sustainable energy."

"We will favor Peace and Iceality by countering the tendencies of individuals and communities to assume or even to teach that they are inherently superior to others."

"Iceality will promote dialogue and harmony between and within Religions, Politics and Cultures and Nations."

"To support the iceality of peace, one must have an ulterior motive. Even Mother Teresa had a motive her good works...She wanted to have a (purpose) reason for her Life"

"ICEALITY' is the ultimate form of Simplicity"

"Simplicity”is the ultimate form of Sustainability"

“We must show the Worlds Children something about Peace and Iceality, not just tell them about it”.

“If your mind is blinded with your worries and fears, your eyes cannot see the beauty of a peaceful world”

you create "peace" with:

your attitude

your behavior

your actions

it's all up to you

“Don’t be afraid of using Iceality for change because it is always necessary for Peace”

“Peace through Iceality is not a mere feeling. It is a decision about how we will behave and treat All Living Things”

“We develop Peace when we focus on Iceality”

“Iceality never fails, Peace is seen in how we treat All Living Things”

“You don't have to wait to feel like showing others Peace—you can do it anytime!”

“The Iceality of Peace is what we all have in common”

“Be the person who pours out Peace into the lives of people around you. You may discover how happier you are when you do”.

“One thing I learned in 25 years at ICEA is that some fundamental elements of Life, like Energy and Individual Rights, for examples, are universal and cannot be created or destroy, but only manipulated to be controlled. If you gain the Rights to something then consequently someone must lose their related Rights. A simple fact that is easy to learn but hard to practice”

Remembering Nelson Mandela....

"WORLD PEACEMAKERS HALL OF FAME"
http://drachaarendee.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/dracha-arendeehotmail-com/

Today, an eloquent voice has been silenced, a beautiful mind stilled, and a bountiful heart stopped. The epic soul of Nelson Mandela is now resting.

It is routine to suggest that the legacy of a man or woman will outlive that person, but in this case, the world will never be the same now that Nelson Mandela has occupied it. The example of his leadership – from prison to the presidency – from a land riven by fear to a people reconciled through truth and justice – will stand for all time.

Fifteen years ago, in an address to the United Nations, Mandela wrote his own epitaph: “As I sit in Qunu and grow as ancient as its hills, I will entertain the hope that there has emerged a cadre of leaders in my own country and region, on my continent and in the world, that will not allow any to be denied freedom as we were; that will not allow any to be turned into refugees as we were; that will not allow any to be condemned to go hungry as we were; and that will not allow any to be stripped of their dignity as we were.”

National Co-Chairs US Network for the UN Conference on Racism
Ione Biggs and Renate Jakupca

Nelson Mandela Peace Medal and Award presented in 2001 to Ione Biggs and Renate Jakupca,
Co-Directors of the 'US Network for the United Nations World Conference Against Racism'

I remember Nelson Mandela was a man of profound dignity.

I had the opportunity to see Nelson Mandela on several occasions when our work at the United Nations coincided. In 2001 Ione Biggs and Renate Jakupca, together as Co-Directors of the 'US Network for the United Nations World Conference Against Racism' a project of the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) made their mark on contemporary history in Durban, South Africa by answering the United Nations’ call to "forge a real sense of vision and common purpose in the struggle for racial harmony and tolerance." Their courage and vision were publicly recognized when Ione and Renate received from Nelson Mandela his International Gold Medal Leadership Award in Human Rights. My condolences to his family and loved ones and to the people of South Africa and all of the World. Now as we mourn his passing and celebrate his life, we must also find inspiration in his memory – striving daily to promote peace, freedom, and dignity for others.His lessons will live on, and his life's work will continue to inspire us all. Madiba~ Thank you for all you have given. You will not be forgotten. Peace Friend.

PS~ It is hard to believe that over twenty years ago Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson, Dalai Lama, Jimmy Cater, Geraldine Ferraro, Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Nelson Mandela.to others from the Elders believed in Cleveland by allowing the American Cultural Ambassadors, Me and David Jakupca of the International center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) to recycle the United Nations Worlds Conferences. 

The Mandela Family have released a Statement on the Death of a Great Man
http://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/family-statement-on-the-death-of-a-great-man

UNITED NATIONS PEACE MEDAL and HUMANITARIAN AWARD
presented to American Cultural Ambassadors David and Renate Jakupca
Geneva, Switzerland

'US Network for the Conference Against Racism'

World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination http://www.un.org/WCAR/durban.pdf

Daily Highlights - World Conference against Racism
http://www.un.org/WCAR/dh/
http://www.un.org/en/events/mandeladay/prize.shtml

	World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance Department of Public Information - News and Media Services Division - New York
	Durban, South Africa 31 August – 7 September 2001	PRESS RELEASE

  MARY ROBINSON TO SIGN THE PLEDGE AGAINST RACISM
WILL MEET STUDENT ARTISTS AT INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ART EXHIBITION,
"ART AGAINST RACISM"
3 SEPTEMBER, 2001: 12:45 P.M.
FOYER AREA, GROUND FLOOR, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

"As a citizen of the world community, I stand with the United Nations against racism, discrimination and intolerance of any kind. Throughout my life I will try to promote equality, justice and dignity among all people in my home, my community and everywhere in the world".
These are the words of the United Nations Personal Pledge Against Racism, launched in December 2000 as part of an international youth art competition to promote the World Conference against Racism. A selection of the drawings, paintings, essays and poems are now on view in a two-part display at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Durban (ground floor, foyer area) and at the Durban Exhibition Centre (DEC).
A group of the youth artists from South Africa and from the United States will be attending the event with Mary Robinson to present her with the "United Nations Pledge Against Racism" on 3 September at the ICC main foyer exhibition site.
The pledge and the art competition were organized by the United Nations Department of Public Information in cooperation with the Youth Art Connection / Boys and Girls Clubs of Atlanta in the United States, who worked with over 30 countries in their global youth outreach programme, International Paint Pals.
UN Information Centres worldwide also participated, along with Survivors Art Foundation, Totem Rythms, Cheney University in the United States and several non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
A special nationwide competition was held throughout South Africa, organized by the UN Information Centre, Pretoria. Former South African President Nelson Mandela handed over the first prize--a bicycle--to Christa Schutz from Glencoe, Kwazulu-Natal, at his home in Houghton on 9 July. Mandela asked Christa to explain the painting and to "tell all the children I love them". Reknowned musician Hugh Masekela was one of the five judges who selected the winning entries for the Durban exhibit.

In Atlanta, home of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Youth Art Connection hosted an event to "Stomp Out Racism", where hundreds of children placed their feet in buckets of coloured paint and stepped onto a huge canvas banner, and stomped out the words "racism, hatred, bigotry, prejudice and intolerance". The event was held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site and the banner was carried to the Durban Conference from Atlanta to be part of the art exhibition.

Survivors Art Foundation, with students from Cheney University--the oldest historically black university in the United States--also prepared hanging silk paintings for the Durban Conference. Four students from Cheney University came to Durban to help with the creation of a "Tree of Pledges" at the exhibit site in the DEC. Totem Rhythms also created banners and "story poles" with young and elder Native Americans, using indigenous symbols and patterns.
Since its launch in December 2000, more than a million people have signed the Pledge Against Racism, which was sent around the world via the Internet, through the UN Information Centres, and through NGOs. The United Nations Information Centres in India and Bangladesh alone collected over 60,000 signatures; many of these are now incorporated into the Tree of Pledges in Durban.

http://www.un.org/WCAR/exhibit_more.htm

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On the passing of Nelson Mandela

This evening, President Obama delivered a statement on the passing of former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela.

Click here to watch President Obama's statement.

IN MEMORIAM: Ione Biggs
by Pris Reagan Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2005 at 8:58 PM
ICEA2000@aol.com 440-891-8376 ICEA Box 81496 Cleveland, Ohio 44181 USA

The global movement for human rights has lost one of its great figures - Ione Bigg.

Ambassador Renate and Ione Biggs

IN MEMORIAM

Cleveland, Ohio - The global movement for human rights has lost one of its great figures. Ione Biggs, a beloved friend and defender of human rights, died Friday, December 16th, 2005 at LakeWest Hospital. She was 89. She was a advocate for social change in the United States, Europe, Africa, Australia and Central America.

Ione fought tirelessly for social change. In the 1960s she marched for Mayor Carl B. Stokes and against the Vietnam War. She later worked with Nine Five to advocate for working women. She backed Cleveland Women Working, Speakout for Affirmative Action, League of Women Voters, WomenSpace, American Civil Liberties Union and many other organizations. She attended a peace conference in Sweden. She went to the Soviet Union to support women there who wanted nuclear disarmament.

She was an advocate of the principles of the United Nations and attended the 1985 UN World Conference on Women in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1992 Ione became active with the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) in Cleveland, Ohio. She contributed to the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna, Austria (1993), the Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt (1994), the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China (1995), and the Habitat II - Conference on Cities in Istanbul, Turkey (1996), EXPO2000 in Hannover, Germany (2000), World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa (2001) and the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa (2002).

In 2000 Ione became Honorary Chairwomen of the Board of ICEA when the organization was nominated by TIME Magazine in their Millennium Issue as one of their Hero's of the Planet.
In 2001 Ione Biggs and Renate Jakupca, together as Co-Directors of the 'US Network for the Conference Against Racism', made their mark on contemporary history in Durban, South Africa by answering the United Nations’ call to "forge a real sense of vision and common purpose in the struggle for racial harmony and tolerance." Their courage and vision were publicly recognized when Ione and Renate received the Nelson Mandela International Gold Medal Leadership Award in Human Rights.
Full Story: http://www.bereatownforum.com/forum/posting013002003359.html

Ione and her husband, Keith, were married for 53 years, he died in 2003.
Ione is survived by a son, Keith D. Jr., of Euclid, and a daughter, Gladys Morrow of Baltimore.

Her Memorial Service was held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 21, 2005 at the Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
Friends of Ione filled the large church to its capacity.

Opening Statements:
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs-Jones
Louise Lawler, Women Speak out
Renate Jakupca, Director ICEA

Paticipating Ministers:
Rev. Jonyrma R. Singleton
Rev. Harold Carter
Rev. Laury W. Larson
Rev. Dr. Robert J. Campbell

Ode to Ione Biggs
God saw you getting tired
When a cure was not to be.
He closed His arms around you
And whispered, "Ione, Come with me."
In tears we saw you fade away
You fought so hard to stay.

But when we saw you sleeping
Peacefully, free from pain,
We would not make you stay
To suffer that again.
So treasure her, Lord
In your garden of rest,
For here on earth
She was one of the best!

Ione Biggs and ICEA:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22Ione+Biggs%22+and+%22International+Center+for+Environmental+Arts%22&btnG=Google+Search

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"Mandela taught the world that the very path to freedom and human dignity lies in love, wisdom and compassion."
A delegation of Elders is in South Africa today to attend the memorial service of their founder, Nelson Mandela.
Read the full statement by The Elders' Chair Kofi Annan: http://theelders.org/article/elders-johannesburg-mandelas-memorial-service

Remembering Nelson Mandela: Remarks by President Barack Obama
http://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/remembering-nelson-mandela-remarks-by-president-barack-obama

World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance

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Durban, South Africa
31 August – 7 September 2001

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