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GoodNewsLetter: Earth Day NEW Media Alert & Run of Show: April 22nd – IT’S NOT TO LATE TOBE INVOLED * DISCOUNT for Montauk Manor Summer Rental…

Austin Tang — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:57:04 +0000

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55th ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY IN TIMES SQUARE

Free Live Concert & Environmental Exhibition | April 22, 2025

WHAT:

Join us in celebrating the 55th Anniversary of Earth Day and the 400th Anniversary of New York City with a dynamic free concert & sustainability exhibition in the heart of Times Square.

WHY:

Because the Earth—and New York City—deserve a party with a purpose. This Earth Day, we unite to honor our planet, amplify environmental action, and celebrate the good being done for Mother Earth in NYC and beyond.

WHO:

Presented by Good News Corporation (nonprofit) and OMMM, in collaboration with EarthDay.org and their global campaign “Our Power, Our Planet,”—which inspires over 1 billion participants annually.

Featured guests include:

Jarvis Smith, sustainability pioneer
Antonique Smith, Grammy-nominated artist, environmental activist, and ambassador for EarthDay.org
AY Young, UN Global Ambassador for the Sustainable Development Goals
OMMM’s “Love Your Mother” 2+ Hour Special Performance
Virtual appearances from global peace and planet champions: Ringo Starr, Dr. Jane Goodall, Leonardo DiCaprio, Stevie Wonder, and Shakira (for UNICEF)
Participation from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Equator Initiative, both advancing global sustainability and Indigenous-led climate solutions

Hosted by Reverend Paul Sladkus, Founder of Good News Corporation and producer of Earth Day Times Square, International Day of Peace, and Climate Week Kickoff events. Co-hosting is Mariya Spartalis – International Financial, Banking, and Sustainability Expert & Host.

Also Partnering is Sustainable: * Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine

NYC Commissioners from DOT (announcing Car-Free Earth Day on April 26), DCAS (Solar Schools Initiative/Fleets), and in cooperation with NY Parks, SAPO, Times Square Alliance, and Faith-Based communities
Talent: Giorgia Fumante, Katya Grineva, Barbara Nadis, Bruce Stephen Foster, Reid Stowe (World’s Longest Sailor at Sea), Blue Planet Foundation, Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love & HOPE Movie & Pop Nation Movie Trailers, Peace Parrots
Special guests to be announced

WHEN:

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 | 11:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Free & open to the public

WHERE:

Times Square Pedestrian Plaza

Between 46th & 47th Streets, along 7th Avenue

DONORS & SUPPORTERS:

Grateful thanks to: Good News Corporation, OMMM, Valley Bank, Swift Rails, American Oriental Arts Foundation, Hugg A Planet, Andronik Kardashev, PEP Real Estate/Tribeca Records, Necromantic Brew Co. and more to come.

BROADCAST LIVE ON:

YouTube.com/GoodNewsBroadcast

EarthDay.org

We Don’t Have Time

Rebroadcast via UNIFY.org, MNN, and more

CONTACT (Press & Interviews):

Paul Sladkus | paul.sladkus1@gmail.com | 212-647-1212

This is an upbeat, unifying Earth Day celebration. We’re all in this together—let’s do good for Mother Earth.

Run of Show for Earthday – Apr 22, 2025

Segment 1

11:30 AM

OMMM

Michelle Countdown Video

11:32AM

OMMM

Jarvis

Introduce Earth Day 55th Anniversary

11:34 AM

OMMM + Good News Corp/Producer Pause the World for Peace – Earth Day/Clergy for Safe Cities

Jarvis + Paul

Jarvis introduce Paul, If pastor is there, Paul introduce, Pastor Monrose who will do a Short Prayer TBD, thanks sponsors, Paul intro Mark Levine

11:39 AM

UN PEACE Messenger

Dr. Jane Goodall Video

Mother Earth No Peace, UN Peace Messenger Virtual

11:39 AM

Manhattan Borough President

Mark Levine + Jarvis

Discussion with Mark Levine, Sustainable President…

Segment 2

11:42 AM

OMMM

Jarvis

Intro OMMM, Love Your Mother, Sister Jenna, intro sister jenna

11:43 AM

OMMM

Sister Jenna

Brief Meditation, Love Your Mother – video?

11:53 AM

OMMM

Jarvis

Introduce Earth Day involvement intro Aidan and Founder video,

11:53 AM

EarthDay.org

Aidan Charron

Opening Earth Day comments

11:56 AM

EarthDay.org

CEO (in video)

CEO video Our PLanet Our Energy (talks about renewables)

11:58 AM

Hip Hop Caucus

Rev Yearwood

Intro himself and Intro Antonique Smith

12:01 PM

EarthDay.org

Antonique Smith (and Jarvis at end)

Perform Living For Love; Love Song To The Earth; Here Comes The Sun, Jarvis ask Q&A

12:16 PM

OMMM

Hope Water + Jarvis

Jarvis speaks with Hope Water- speaker tbc, video

12:19 PM

OMMM

Jarvis

Intro Geraldine & Xiye

12:20 PM

OMMM

Geraldine Patrick Encina & Xiye Bastida (video)

Video of Xiye, Love Your Mother, Intro Dr. Lyla June (G speakers 3-4min)

12:28 PM

OMMM

Dr. Lyla June

Speak and perform “All Nations Rise”

12:38 PM

OMMM

Jarvis

Intro Anna, Equator Initiative, UNDP, and Panel (part of 20 min below)

12:38 PM

UNDP / Equator Initiative

Anna Medri, 3-4 indigenous youth leaders (Maggie Musanje Bukowa, Dayana Blanco, Stanley Kimaren, Taily Terena)

Panel with 2 film screenings from Uru Uru Team and ILEPA

12:58 PM

OMMM

Jarvis

Intro Jason, The Arena and Rove

12:58 PM

The Arena/Rove

Jason Desimone

Intro Rove and THe Arena

1:03 PM

OMMM

Jarvis

Intro Belouga, discuss good work and content partnership

1:03 PM

Belouga/EarthDay.org

Evin Schwartz + Jarvis

Intro Belouga, Jarvis in convo, and Earthday.org kids’ video

1:08 PM

OMMM

Jarvis

Intro Cosmic Rhapsody, Jarvis stay on stage and intro Reachel Singh after video

1:11 PM

OMMM

Cosmic Rhapsody

video, set up Reachel’s platform

1:11 PM

OMMM

Reachel Singh

Sing “Warrior” and “Lev Tahor”. Jarvis to also talk to her about the Fivth.

1:21 PM

OMMM

Jarvis

Intro Ocean Bottles

1:21 PM

Ocean Bottles

Video

1:24 PM

OMMM

Jarvis

Intro Sweta Chakrborty, NorthAmer CEO WDHT

1:25 PM

WDHT

Sweta Chakrborty

Intro plus video.

1:30 PM

OMMM

Jarvis or Sweta

Intro AY

1:30 PM

Battery Tour

Perform

1:45 PM

OMMM

Jarvis

Intro John

1:45 PM

Earth Day NY

John Oppermann

Intro Earthday Initiative

1:48 PM

OMMM

Jarvis

Intro Mandy

1:48 PM

OMMM

Mandy Mayhem

Perform “Shine”

1:52 PM

OMMM

Jarvis Smith/Dan Bailey/Mandy Mayhem

3 Marley songs No Woman No Cry, One Love, Redemption Song TBD

2:05 PM

OMMM

Jarvis Intro Kunal Sood + Women

2:05 PM

Kunal Sood + Women

Kunal with women speakers, song to be played at end

2:25 PM

OMMM

Jarvis close

Segment 3

2:25 PM

Pause the World for Peace

Paul Sladkus

Paul, thanks OMMM over and Kunals’ women, and intro Georgia Fumante

2:26 PM

Georgia Fumante

2 Songs

2:34 PM

Pause the World for Peace

Paul Intro Corporate and Intro Mariya

thank sponsors, Intro Mariya

2:36 PM

Brooklyn Story Lab

Lance Gould

Lance Gould (TBD) Mention New Book, Intro Blue Planet Foundation

2:37 PM

Blue Planet Foundation

Blue Planet Foundation Video with Hank, (and Hello, Maybe Live Feed Dallas Earth X)

2:42 PM

Valley Bank

Video and speaker

2:46 PM

Swift Rail

SwiftRail + Video

Video and speaker

2:49 PM

Hugg a Planet

holds a hugg a planet, maybe throw some out to the audience?

2:51 PM

Andronik Yoga?

2:54 PM

Pep Reality/Tribeca Records/Soho Johnny

PEP Realty/Tribeca Records/Soho Johnny

Intro Tribeca Recods and PEP Realty

2:58 PM

Necromantic Brew Co

video?

3:00 PM

Ivy Ma Intro Alice

3:01 PM

American Oriental Arts Foundation

Alice Lui American Oriental Arts Foundation + Video

speaking + UN video and Peacetree times sq

3:05 PM

Pause the World for Peace

Paul Intro Govnt

Intro Govt, Paul into Louis Molino

3:07 PM

NYC Citywide Administrative Services

Commissioner Louis Molino

– Solar NYC Schools, Vehicles… , show video (1:54)

3:12 PM

Pause the World for Peace

Paul Sladkus

Paul intro Ydanis Rodriguez

3:13 PM

NYC DOT

Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez

video?, Car-Free Earth Day, No Cars Streets, All 5 Boroughs April 26. 2025

3:18 PM

Pause the World for Peace

Paul Intro Woodstock and Pop Nation Movie

Paul intro Richie Havens and Movie

3:19 PM

Peace, Love and HOPE Movie and Pop Nation Movie

Richie Havens from the 1989 Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love and HOPE Movie Video, Juma Sulton, Jimmy Hendrix Drummer and Pop Nation Movie

3:24 PM

Mars Space Odyssey – Maxine Hoover speaking for Reid

Longest Sea Voyage, Reid Stowe, world record, 1152 at sea. 5 times in ny times, London papers, Greatest Sailor ever Www.marsoceananalogs.org

3:25 PM

Pause the World for Peace

Paul/Mariya Intro Entertainers

Paul intro Mariya as cohost, Paul+Mariya intro Stephen Foster

3:26 PM

Bruce Stephen Foster

Performer, 2 songs

3:34 PM

Pause the World for Peace

Paul / Mariya Intro Entertainers

Paul and Mariya Intro entertainers

3:35 PM

Parrots

3:38 PM

Barbara Nadas

3:42 PM

Pause the World for Peace

Paul intro Katya

3:43 PM

Katya

Piano song

3:48 PM

Pause the World for Peace

Paul Sladkus

Thanks Katya

3:49 PM

UNICEF, UN PEACE

Stevie Wonder video, Shakira video, Annie video

Virtual message

3:55 PM

Producer Pause the World for Peace – Earth Day

Paul Sladkus closes

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GoodNewsLetter: Earth Day Media Alert: April 22nd – 55th Anniversary of Earth Day, Concert, Broadcast & Exhibition in Times Square & * Montauk Manor Summer Rental…

Austin Tang — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:44:17 +0000

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Dear Friends and Members,

Pray all is well.

Let’s get right to our Media Alert. If you can donate and support our efforts to help make the world more aware of the Good Happening for Mother Earth and Peace, NOW IS THE TIME WE NEED YOU. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

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55th ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY IN TIMES SQUARE

Free Live Concert & Environmental Exhibition | April 22, 2025

WHAT:

Join us in celebrating the 55th Anniversary of Earth Day and the 400th Anniversary of New York City with a dynamic free concert & sustainability exhibition in the heart of Times Square.

WHY:

WHO:

Featured guests include:

Jarvis Smith, sustainability pioneer
Antonique Smith, Grammy-nominated artist, environmental activist, and ambassador for EarthDay.org
AY Young, UN Global Ambassador for the Sustainable Development Goals
OMMM’s “Love Your Mother” 2+ Hour Special Performance
Virtual appearances from global peace and planet champions: Ringo Starr, Dr. Jane Goodall, Leonardo DiCaprio, Stevie Wonder, and Shakira (for UNICEF)
Participation from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Equator Initiative, both advancing global sustainability and Indigenous-led climate solutions

Also Partnering is Sustainable: * Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine

NYC Commissioners from DOT (announcing Car-Free Earth Day on April 26), DCAS (Solar Schools Initiative/Fleets), and in cooperation with NY Parks, SAPO, Times Square Alliance, and Faith-Based communities
Special guests to be announced

WHEN:

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 | 11:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Free & open to the public

WHERE:

Times Square Pedestrian Plaza

Between 46th & 47th Streets, along 7th Avenue

DONORS & SUPPORTERS:

Grateful thanks to: Good News Corporation, OMMM, Valley Bank, Swift Rails, American Oriental Arts Foundation, Hugg A Planet, and more to come.

BROADCAST LIVE ON:

YouTube.com/GoodNewsBroadcast

EarthDay.org

We Don’t Have Time

Rebroadcast via UNIFY.org, MNN, and more

CONTACT (Press & Interviews):

Paul Sladkus | paul.sladkus1@gmail.com | 212-647-1212

This is an upbeat, unifying Earth Day celebration. We’re all in this together—let’s do good for Mother Earth.

Please Donate here and possibly win a trip to the Montauk Manor: https://goodnewsplanet.com/pausetheworld/peace-day-donations/

Ann is BRILLIANT, AND YOUR MONEY IS BRILLIANT, AND YOU ARE BRILLIANT IF YOU ARE SMART ENOUGH TO PROTECT IT.

Ann-Margaret Carrozza,

Asset Protection Lawyer,

STAY WELL

Please support our nonprofit, 501 C 3, Good News Corporation at http://goodnewsplanet.com/peacedayparty/peace-day-donations/

LET’S GROW TOGETHER. GOOD NEWS MOTTO: “All we are is what we are with each other.” Zeal

With Respect. Love and May Peace Prevail on Earth, For Information Contact:

Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths and Spiritual,

Founder, Good News Corporation 501 C 3 212 647 1212 paul.sladkus1@gmail.com and our Good News and Peace Worldwide Team who make our Peace Day 9/21 happen.

www.pausetheworldforpeace.org,www.goodnewsplanet.TV, www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast

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LET’S GROW TOGETHER. GOOD NEWS MOTTO: ALL WE ARE IS WHAT WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER. ZEAL

For more information contact:

Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths and Spiritual 212 647 1212

New York, NY, Montauk, NY

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Young Friends Of Save Venice Celebration In Houston Funds Venetian Masterworks Restoration-Post

Austin Tang — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 15:58:54 +0000

Young Friends Of Save Venice

Celebration In Houston Funds

Venetian Masterworks Restoration

Lizzie Asher, Counselor Federico Ciattaglia, Skylar Pinchal

Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

50th Anniversary Fete Begins ‘50 Celebrations for 50 years’ Worldwide

In celebration of the 50^th Anniversary of Save Venice, the leading American nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the artistic heritage of Venice, commemorative events are being organized worldwide to support important restorations of masterworks of Venetian art and architecture. In place of the annual Un Ballo in Maschera held in New York each year, Save Venice is hosting “50X50,” in a global scale with 50 parties in 50 cities across the globe to toast its accomplishments.

Host and Houston Native, Skylar Pinchal, along with the Young Friends of Save Venice, led by Chair of the Young Friends Steering Committee, Lizzie Asher, held a cocktail party at the Cohen House at Rice University in Houston, TX. Steering committee members, Casey Kohlberg, Christina Senia and Mercedes de Guardiola joined Lizzie and Skylar, as well as Counselor Federico Ciattaglia, Consul General of Italy in Houston, who spoke during the event.

The cocktail party was attended by approximately 70 guests who donned their most festive cocktail attire worthy of a Venetian Palazzo. Lizzie Asher, Consul General Federico Ciattaglia, and host Skylar Pinchal each gave speeches, in which Consul General Federico Ciattaglia remarked, “Houston much like Venice knows about the experience of being ravaged by floods.”

Notable attendees included: Benjamin Sardavi, Ashland Hines Odom, Blake Odom, Peter Herff, Ann Ayre, Brian McCulloch, Lauren Reckling, Gillian Sarofim, Robert McNiel, Claudia Lederer Saenz, Anne Marie Soza, Catherine Montague, Sofia Leon, Christina Reckling, Peyton Easley, Mike Gassman, Grace Easley, Wilson Prioleau, Harris Pritchard, Lanie Markham.

Rice University’s historic Cohen House was transformed into a Venetian palazzo. Elaborate accoutrements for the “Masks & Martinis” evening included vast murals of Venice, oriental carpets, damask-covered furnishings, profusions of candles, and towering candelabras that surrounded guests as they sipped on various themed cocktails. The event was guarded by The Winged Lion of Venice – the iconic bronze statue of the Piazza San Marco of Venice – and guests mingled and showcased their Carnevale themed masks with the backdrop of damask patterned furniture and harlequin patterned tablecloths.

The Young Friends of Save Venice is an energetic group of young professionals who share dual passions for art and preservation in Venice. Initially established in the early 1990s, the group was responsible for sponsoring specific restoration projects and for the growth of what is today known as Un Ballo in Maschera, held annually in New York.

For more information and about Save Venice and 50 Celebrations for 50 years, including how to be involved, please visit www.savevenice.org/50×50.

For more information about Save Venice and to discover the work of the organization, please visit www.savevenice.org.

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Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

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Casey Kohlberg, Christina Senia, Counselor Federico Ciattaglia, Lizzie Asher, Skylar Pinchal, Mercedes de Guardiola, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Christiana Reckling, Elizabeth Carl, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Lizzie Asher, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Lauren Reckling, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Mindy Choate, Lanie Markam, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Ashland Hines Odom, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Daniel Harrison, Sophia Smith, Will Beard, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Mercedes de Guardiola, Casey Kohlberg, Christina Senia, Lizzie Asher, Skylar Pinchal, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Atmosphere, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

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Yes, America, There Is (Some) Hope for the Environment

Austin Tang — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:43:37 +0000

Yes, America, There Is (Some) Hope for the Environment

Wildlife bridges, plastic-eating bacteria and drones that plant trees remind us that we are as good at repairing as we are at destroying.

Peter Marlow/Magnum Photos

NASHVILLE — I’ve been keeping a collection of links to good news about the environment as a hedge against despair when so much of the news from nature is devastating. Rolling pandemics. The near annihilation of birds and insects. Even the end of sharks. In short, a “ghastly future of mass extinction, declining health and climate-disruption upheavals,” according to a recent report in Frontiers in Conservation Science.

It’s so bad that I’ve begun to mutter darkly about the end of humanity. So bad that sometimes I wonder if the end of humanity would be such a bad thing. Once we’re out of the way, the earth might have a chance to recover before everything is gone.

Y’all know it is bad when pondering the death of humanity cheers up a person who is really hoping to have grandchildren someday.

In honor of the spring equinox, which falls this coming weekend and brings with it the return of longer days, I offer some news that might bring you, too, a glimmer of light in all this darkness. I share these stories with the usual caveat attached to any kind of climate optimism: Hope is not a license to relax. Hope is only a reminder not to give up. As bad as things are, it is far too early to give up.

Creatures we thought we’d lost forever still have a chance. It’s true that we are in the midst of a mass extinction, with as many as one million species at risk of disappearing forever, but sometimes a tiny bit of happy news appears among the grim headlines. Conservationists recently discovered a female Swinhoe’s soft-shell turtle, the rarest turtle in the world, in a lake in Vietnam. The Cantor’s giant soft-shell turtle, once thought extinct, is nesting again in Cambodia. And scientists have confirmed the existence of a black-browed babbler — a bird not seen alive since 1850 — in Indonesia. These so-called Lazarus species suggest that recovery can sometimes be possible even when all seems lost.
Creatures we’ve never seen before keep turning up. New species, and previously unknown populations of rare species, are constantly being discovered: a bright orange bat with black wings in Guinea, a new clan of blue whales in the Indian Ocean, a new species of monkey in Myanmar, a spectacular green snake in India. Newly identified species tend to belong to populations that are vanishingly rare, endangered from the moment of their discovery, but they remind us again of how urgent it is to save as much as we can save as quickly as we can save it, while species diversity remains rich.
Renewable energy is edging out fossil fuels. Coal, the dirtiest of all fossil fuels, is on the way out, and the shift away from coal power, particularly during the pandemic, has had a significant impact in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants. Meanwhile, solar power is the cheapest electricity we have, which means that capitalism is now on its side, and even Big Oil is beginning to pivot from extracting carbon to storing it. The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects that “renewables’ share of the electricity generation mix will more than double by 2050” as coal plants go offline and are replaced with renewable energy sources that are rapidly becoming more economical. Doubling isn’t enough, not nearly enough, but at least we’re heading in the right direction. Now we just need to pick up speed.
We have finally started to plan for what we can’t stop. Addressing climate change, ecosystem loss and diminishing diversity requires more than simply finding ways to halt the worst damage before it arrives. We also need to mitigate the damage from what can’t be undone, and the human ingenuity being brought to bear on this problem can be breathtaking. Wildlife bridges and tunnels that address ecosystem fragmentation. Bacteria that eat plastic. Drones that plant trees. Lab-grown meat.

Some of these efforts won’t work, some are years away from widespread use, and none will solve this overwhelming crisis by itself, but a vast array of them can help. Above all, they demonstrate that we are as good at building as we are at destroying, as good at healing as at hurting. It helps to remember that.
Conservation nonprofits are winning in court. For four years environmental nonprofits fought hard against Trump administration policies, and almost always won. Thanks to their efforts, courts recently stopped a Trump-approved oil-drilling project in Arctic waters, ordered the reinstatement of a red-wolf restoration effort in North Carolina, halted plans to allow trophy hunting of grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and forced a reconsideration of oil drilling on federal land in five Western states. These and dozens of other examples reinforce the importance of supporting conservation nonprofits with every penny we can possibly spare.

People are waking up. We knew this crisis was coming decades ago, but we squandered urgent warnings from scientists because oil companies successfully turned climate change into a politically divisive issue. Finally, that’s changing. According to the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, more than half of all Americans now characterize themselves as either “alarmed” or “concerned” about climate change, numbers that are growing. Americans who are either “doubtful” or “dismissive” now represent only 18 percent of the population, and those numbers are falling.

Much about this issue can still be contentious, but nobody, neither Republican nor Democrat, wants to breathe polluted air or drink polluted water. Nobody wants to lose the insects that pollinate their crops or the birds that sing in their trees. Nobody wants to watch their forests go up in flames or their beaches wash away or their fellow human beings lose their homes and their livelihoods. We are a big-brained, big-hearted species, and we are finally waking up. And that’s what gives me the most hope of all.
Article reprinted from The New York Times

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Way Through COVID19 By: Stuart Shanker

Austin Tang — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:44:09 +0000

Listen to “Way Through COVID19 By: Stuart Shanker” on Spreaker.
http://goodnewsplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/stuart_shanker_1.mp3

For Stuart Shanker, the possibility of a truly just and free society begins with how we see and nurture our children. www.self-reg.ca.

Stuart Shanker is renowned for using cutting-edge neuroscience to help children feel happy and think clearly by better regulating themselves. In his new book, Reframed, Shanker explores self-regulation in wider, social terms. Whereas his two previous books, Calm, Alert, and Learning and Self-Reg, were written for educators and parents, Reframed, the final book in the trilogy, unpacks the unique science and conceptual practices that are the very lifeblood of Self-Reg, making it an accessible read for new Self-Reggers.

What is self-regging and how can it get you through COVID19 behaviors including:

Panic Buying, Hope, Comfort Foods, Care Mongerin, and much more

Only a society that embraces these principles and strives to practice them, argues Shanker, can become a truly just society. The paradigm revolution presented in Reframed not only helps us understand the harrowing time we are living through, but inspires a profound sense of hope for the future. Shanker shows us how to build a compassionate society, one mind at a time.

“What if there existed a book with a masterful integration of contemporary neuroscience, research on human development, educational theory, and philosophical thought? What if this knowledge was reinterpreted from the perspective of stories about children and what fosters or holds back their developmental potential? And what if the journey led to the conclusion that it is possible to create a genuinely just society? That book is in our hands now, and it is up to us as a society to make the choice to follow its wisdom.”

―Alan Fogel, Professor of Psychology Emeritus University of Utah and author of Body Sense: The Science and Practice of Embodied Self-Awareness (W. W. Norton, 2013))

“This is a beautiful book, brimming with hope. Through Self-Reg principles and vivid real-life examples, Shanker explains what a Blue Brain/Red Brain balance is and how parents, educators, and coaches can help young children and teens achieve it.”

―Barbara J. King, Department of Anthropology, College of William & Mary, Author of How Animals Grieve

“In Reframed: Self-Reg for a Just Society we join Stuart Shanker on his personal journey to redefine age-old questions related to the capacity of humans to regulate their behaviour.”

―Stephen W. Porges, PhD, Distinguished University Scientist, Indiana University, Professor of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, and originator of the Polyvagal Theory

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SPRING FLU ALERT: IT’S NOT OVER!!!!

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Jim Morelli, Registered Pharmacist and Nationally Recognized Health Expert Provides Important Tips On What You Need to Know to Get Through The Resurgent Flu Season!!

BREAKING NEWS:

Flu is making a late-season comeback… and you may be at risk. It’s spring – and that’s supposed to mean the end of flu season. But just as everyone is easing back on precautions comes word of an enormous spike in spring flu cases.

In New England, flu cases are up 67% over the same period last year – with nearly 85,000 new cases reported last week. In the Midwest, it’s even worse. Cases are up an astounding 225% over the same week last year, with more than 380,000 affected.

Jim is available to discuss:

What’s behind this sudden spike in flu cases?

What role is the weather playing?

How can you protect yourself from a late-season infection?

Why altering your lifestyle may be the single best way you can stay well

How do you know it’s the flu?

The spring cold and allergy season?
Jim Morelli:

Jim Morelli is a registered pharmacist, author and television personality, and a national spokesperson for a number of consumer health products. Morelli began his pharmacy career in the Boston area, after graduating from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. He went on to earn a Master’s degree in civil engineering from Tufts University. As a pharmacist, Morelli worked in retail and hospital settings, as well as for a pharmaceutical firm and in two major poison control centers. Morelli began his journalism career as a newspaper reporter in Atlanta, Georgia. His work has also appeared in such publications as Men’s Fitness, USA Today and Men’s Health. He is the author of Poison! How to Handle the Hazardous Substances In Your Home, which was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Morelli began his television journalism career at the CNN Airport Network, where he worked as a producer and writer. He was promoted to weekend anchor at Headline News and also worked in several other CNN divisons, including CNN Radio and CNN International. Morelli also worked as a local news reporter for WGCL, the CBS affiliate in Atlanta, as well as at WCVB, the ABC affiliate in Boston. Morelli splits his time between Boston and Atlanta.

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Paulette Everett – Norman

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Public Speaker
President of The McKay Foundation
Oil and Gas Landperson
Educational Consultant
Author and Artist
Retired Elementary School Teacher

EDUCATION

M. S. 1977 Education Mississippi State University
B. S. 1972 Education Mississippi College

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Public Speaker. Single Source Speakers. June 2010 – Present.

Oil and Gas Landperson. Management Position. Kellam, Magee and Company. May 2007 – Present.

Educational Consultant. Product development and evaluation of products. Rock ‘n Learn. 2006 to 2009.

Commercial and Residential Loan Officer. May 2006 – January 2007.

Project Director of grant from the U. S. Department of Education. Study the efficacy of a safety education program as it relates to ethnic background. 2004.

President of The McKay Foundation, Advocate for The McKay Foundation, Advocate for Samuel McKay Everett during criminal proceedings, Cofounder and Director of The McKay Foundation. Responsibilities include management of 501 C (3) nonprofit corporation and fundraiser of majority of budget of The McKay Foundation. www.protectingchildren.org. 1996 – Present.

Teacher, Second Grade, Willis Independent School District, Willis, Texas. Responsibilities included teaching all subject areas in second grade. 1999 – 2006.

Designer of gift items for IVAN’S, gift manufacturer and distributor. Company based in U. S. and Monterey, Mexico with gift items in 9 showrooms in the U.S. Worked internationally and published catalog through Mexico catalog publication company. 1997 – 1998.

Montgomery College. The Woodlands, Texas. Taught College Level Writing. 1998 – 1999.

Co-Owner, Landperson, and Office Manager of S. Carl Everett & Associates, Inc., Oil and Gas Land Work and Oil and Gas Properties and Homebuilding Company. 1983 – 1995.

First Grade Teacher, Conroe Independent School District, Conroe, Texas. Responsibilities included teaching all subject areas in first grade. 1980 – 1983.

Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grade Teacher, New Waverly Independent School District, New Waverly, Texas. Reading Coordinator. Conducted workshops for School Administrators for Region VI, Huntsville, Texas. 1978 – 1980.

First Grade Teacher, Crawford Elementary School, Lowndes County, Mississippi. Responsibilities included teaching all subject areas in first grade. 1974 – 1978.

First and Fifth Grade Teacher, Perryman Elementary School, Terry, Mississippi. Responsibilities included teaching all subject areas. 1973 – 1974.

LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY

Amber Alert. Attended White House ceremony and signing of Amber Alert into law. Presidential invitation from President George W. Bush. April 2003.

White House Summit on Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children participant. White House Invitation. October 2002.

Texas Education Committee on Safe Schools. Testified on behalf of the mission of The McKay Foundation and the importance of safe schools. 2002.

U. S. Congressional Children’s Caucus. Washington D.C. Presenter. Congressional Children’s Caucus provides an organized and effective forum in which to address the daunting challenges confronting our nation’s children. 1997.

FUNDED RESEARCH ACTIVITY

Research the efficacy of “McKay’s Legacy School Safety Program” for 4th graders in Guatemala. Project Director is Dr. Yetilu de Baessa, Director of Psychology Department, Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Psicologia). 2005.

Research the efficacy of “McKay’s Legacy School Safety Program” for 4th graders in Peru. Project Director is Sheyla Blumen, Ph. D. in San Isidro, Lima 27 Peru. 2005.

Research the efficacy of a safety program , “McKay’s Legacy” as it relates to ethnic background. Partnering with Houston Independent School District, Houston, Texas. Funded by the U. S. Department of Education. $270,000.00. January 2004 – December 2004.

Mother to Mother/Mother to Child Project. Funded by The Houston Endowment, Children’s Safe Harbor, National Children’s Alliance, First Data/Western Union
and The McKay Foundation. Principal Investigator – Paulette Norman. Co-Principal Investigator – Dr. Victoria Constance. $25,000.00. 2003.

FUNDED ACTIVITY

Expand “McKay’s Legacy” Safety Curriculum and forward the ministry for children, women, business people and sharing of Paulette’s testimony. Funded by Shepherds for the Savior. $10,000.00. 2010.

Expand “McKay’s Legacy” Safety Curriculum to Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, First and Second Grade through animation and production of DVDs. Funded by Shepherds for the Savior. $10,000.00. 2009.

Expand “McKay’s Legacy” Safety Curriculum to Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, First and Second Grade through animation and production of DVDs. Funded by First Data Foundation. $25,000.00. 2007.

Expand “McKay’s Legacy” Safety Curriculum to Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, First and Second Grade through animation and production of DVDs. Funded by Veritrust. $10,000.00. 2006.

Expand “McKay’s Legacy” Safety Curriculum to Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, First and Second Grade through animation and production of DVDs. Funded by Meyer Family Charitable Foundation. $10,000.00. 2006.

Expand “McKay’s Legacy” Safety Curriculum to Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, First
and Second Grade through animation and production of DVD for the “ABC’s of Safety”. Funded by Shepherds for the Savior. $10,000.00. 2006.

Expand public awareness campaign to prevent the abduction, assault, and murder of children for Spanish speaking families and families living in shelters. Funded by First Data/Western Union/Telecheck. $25,000.00. 2005-2006.

Public Awareness. Funded by Simmons Foundation. $10,000.00. March 2005 – February 2006.

Public Awareness. Funded by Allstate Foundation. $500.00 yearly. 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003.

Public Awareness. Funded by First Data/Western Union/Telecheck. $5,000.00. June 2003 – May 2004.

Conroe Independent School District, Conroe, Texas. Furnished safety education materials. Funded by The McKay Foundation, Woodforest National Bank, and others. $80,000.00. 6 year partnership. 1998 – Present.

Conroe Independent School District, Conroe, Texas. Furnished safety education materials. Funded by Woodforest National Bank. $25,000.00 of $80,000.00 budget. 1998.

Willis Independent School District, Willis, Texas. Furnished safety education materials. Funded by Montgomery County Community Development. $15,000.00. 2001 – 2004.

Splendora Independent School District, Splendora, Texas. Furnished safety education materials. Funded by Montgomery County Community Development. $14,000.00. 2002 – 2004.

Magnolia Independent School District, Magnolia, Texas. Furnished safety education materials for pilot research program with Dr. Rebecca Robles-Pina of Sam Houston State University. Funded by The McKay Foundation and Woodforest National Bank.
2003.

Public Awareness. Funded by Burlington Foundation. Houston, Texas. $10,000.00. 1996.

Foundation site:
http://www.protectingchildren.org/

You can find her book at:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Walts+with+Insanity%2C+Paulette+Norman&x=14&y=19

Also see this book written by Paulette and several attorney’s documenting the judicial process:

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