WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO INVITE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2007 -
to an extraordinary follow-ups to last year's Program on The People's Assembly, held during the 59th DPI NGO Fall Conference, and the ongoing work of the CCC/UN toward a People's Assembly at the United Nations, and daily assembling of the people through online (Internet) interactions in addition to the gracious benefits of face to face meeting at times. We spotlight currently: (1) A Global People's Assembly during the Septembner 5-7 DPI NGO COnference on the theme of "Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All." and
(2)
and to The "11 Days of Global Unity" Afforded to us by: We The World.
BACKGROUND RESOURCES:
Click HERE for The United Nations Home Page
Click HERE for the 2007 DPI NGO Conference
Click HERE for The Website of: Empower The U.N.
Click HERE for (a) The Website of: We The World (b)Chart of Schedule.
Tackles Climate Change
Joining the Voices of the People with
Vision and Actions for a Sustainable Future
Video: “A Quiet Revolution” narrated by Meryl Streep
Speakers ~ Open Dialogue ~ Q&A
Complimentary Lunch
Chair: Susan J. Zipp, Global People’s Assembly
Speakers: Lesley Vann, Earth Charter and Global Education
Harry Lerner, Medical Action for Global Security
Rob Wheeler, World Movement for Global Democracy
Joe Eger, Symphony Conductor and Activist
Ramu Damodaran, UN DPI Chair, Civil Society Division
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2007
12:30 – 2:30 pm
UN CORRESPONDENTS CLUB
3rd Floor - UN Secretariat
Sponsors: The Organizations of our Speakers
Communications Coordination Committee for the UN
Citizens for a UN People’s Assembly
Legacy of Lucile Green and Ruth Steinkraus Cohen
And the Organizations of our Speakers
Please visit our website: EmpowerTheUN.org
FOREGROUND EVENT:
11 Days of Global Unity Sept.
11-21
(www.wetheworld.org/11days) is
an annual promotion of peace, justice and environmental stewardship that
communities and organizations take part in around the world. It
culminates
on September 21st, the U.N. International Day of Peace,
In 2004, working with many supporters and allied organizations such as the CCC-UN, We, The World (www.WeTheWorld.org ) launched 11 Days of Global Unity as a breakthrough platform for linking local awareness and action campaigns into an inspiring international movement for peace, sustainability and transformation.
Supporters of the launch included Nobel Peace Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu and 11 Days Honorary Co-Chairs Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra, Irene Khan (Secretary General of Amnesty International), Marianne Williamson, John McConnell (the original Founder of Earth Day), Hazel Henderson, Ervin Laszlo, Jonathan Granoff, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Robert Thurman, Sally Fisher, Riane Eisler, Lynne Twist, Paul Winter, Nina Meyerhof, and New York City Councilman Alan J. Gerson.
11
Days now annually includes more than
500 concerts,
festivals, webcasts, and many other activities, in over 60 countries
around
the world. By combining artistic presentations, inspiration,
consciousness-raising and taking action, 11
Days
embodies our strategy of Inspire, Inform and Involve for moving
humanity off the path of catastrophe and towards creating a world that
works for all.
In 2006, 11 Days of Global Unity included a
celebration
of the 100 year Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's first nonviolent peace
action September 11th 1906 to raise awareness about Apartheid in South
Africa. Together with Gandhi's grandson, Arun Gandhi, we promoted Mahatma
Gandhi's 11 Practices of Satyagraha during the 11 Days of
Global Unity.
11
DAYS BACKGROUND
The U.N. International Day of Peace (IDP) was started
in 1981 as a day to announce and celebrate ceasefires in conflict areas
around the world at each year's new Session of the U.N. General
Assembly
in September. The IDP had a variable calendar date since it generally took
place on the second Tuesday of September - the opening day of the U.N.
General
Assembly. In 2001, the new Session of the U.N. fell on September 11th.
The U.N. General Assembly decided to permanently fix the International
Day of Peace on September 21st.
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