We are deeply shocked and disheartened to share that the Mt. Zion Church of God 7th Day’s church van has been stolen. This van is more than just a vehicle—it serves their community by transporting members to services, outreach events, and vital programs. Its loss is a heavy blow to the work we do and the people we serve.

We are appealing to the conscience of our community: If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of the van, please come forward. Contact 718-284-1097, your tip—no matter how small—could make a difference.

Early Voting: June 14 – June 22

Primary Election Day: June 24

Step 2:Elected officials shape the policies and funding that impact our work and community. When we show that our staff and community members are voters, it strengthens our voice. Visit the GodSquad office to register to vote! For questions, please reach out to Christine at Path@67clergycouncil.org.

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Join Not On My Watch, VIP Community Services, and SBH Health System, in proud partnership with Right To Be and L’Oréal Paris, for an unforgettable evening of empowerment, education, and action! Whether you’re a teen, adult, senior, parent, professional, or just someone who wants to make a difference—this FREE, interactive training will equip you with tools to stand up for yourself and others.

Be BronX Street R.E.A.D.Y.

Street Harassment Awareness Training & Resource Fair

 Tuesday, June 24, 2025 |  6:00 PM

 SBH Health System – 4422 3rd Ave, Bronx, NY

Click Here to Register

We Will Be Street R.E.A.D.Y., BronX Street READY:

R – Recognize the signs

E – Empower yourself and others

A – Act with confidence

D – Defend your rights

Y – You are not alone

 What to Expect:

•  Learn how to protect your safety in public spaces
•  Street Harassment Intervention Training using the powerful 5D’s:
• Distract. Delegate. Document. Delay. Direct.
•  Self-defense basics
•  Access to local resources and support services
•  Free giveaways & light refreshments
•  Open discussions with local providers

 Key Takeaways:

• Understand what street harassment really is—and isn’t
• Learn how to safely interrupt or respond when it happens
• Discover why reporting matters and how to do it safely
• Leave feeling confident, equipped, and never alone

Open to all genders, all ages, all communities. Because safety has no boundaries.

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The event, titled “2024 ANOBO ‘1 World’ Children’s Global Competence Education Panel Discussion at the United Nations Headquarters, New York,”was organized by the NO-BOundaries nonprofit organization in collaboration with various international schools, institutions, and artists. The 2024 annual children’s global competence education launch kicked off with a special exhibition featuring creative art pieces from children across the globe, conveying their vivid ideas and feelings. The exhibition hall displayed the artworks sequentially, with the children’s dynamic brushstrokes coming to life in vibrant colors, presenting a cross-cultural and artistic feast. The exhibition comprised two sections: “Growing Peace” and “1 Planet.”

“Growing Peace” featured collaborative art created by students from Beijing Montessori International School, Italian artist Jacopo Della Ragione, and New York youth. Children from Beijing and their peers in New York worked together to produce a symbolic piece of art. Young artists such as Feiyu Chen, Ziming Huang, Valerie Wang, Nova Wang, Jerry Zhang, Jay Wu, Joshua Minghong Li, Louise Roux, Lucas Wang, Lucien Wang, Vincent Liu, William Wu, William Zhang, Xinyang Qin, Xinyue Qin, Yitong Wang, and Zuzanna Pawlaczyk-Pan, guided by artist Jacopo Della Ragione, contributed to this creation. Their artwork conveys the ideas of cooperation and respect, aiming to promote awareness and pursuit of peace on Earth.

The art was drawn on paper cut into the shape of two hands coming together to form a peace dove. The children used colored crayons to freely depict their longing for world peace. These drawings were then attached to a “tree” outlined by the children, symbolizing the vibrant life of peace thoughts and the growth of children nurturing dreams of peace.

The “1 Planet” section emphasizes human connections, linking young artists from different regions to create collaboratively. Each child painted their vision of the world on a semi-circular paper representing half of a “planet.” These “half-worlds” were matched with another child’s artwork to merge into “1 World.” The process highlighted the diverse understandings of a single planet, showing how future developments are rooted in history, and how cultural respect and exchange enrich the macrocosm of our universe.

The fusion of art and education allowed the children’s boundless imaginations to be concretized and visualized, further stimulating their creativity. Through the artistic creation process, children actively discovered and explored the world, understood their connection to it, recognized its diversity, and developed an awareness of “unity in diversity” while expressing their hopes for peace and envisioning the future world. This unique educational approach enlightens the children’s minds, helping them build bridges between themselves and the broader world through exploration and discovery.

During the interactive session, host Wang Zaozao invited Khalid Sulaiman Ba Omar, Permanent Observer of the Gulf Cooperation Council to the United Nations, and Henry Ye, Director of the NO-BOundaries nonprofit organization, to interact with the children. Omar encouraged the children to fully utilize their artistic talents to contribute to world peace and become future peace ambassadors.

Subsequently, representatives from Beijing Montessori International School, China Soong Ching Ling Youth Science and Culture Exchange Center, ANOBO Global Sustainable Development Goal Ambassadors, and bloggers Guo Yushan, Michael Xiang, Du Kefi, Qian Kangming, Roger Eckner, and Allyana Filiault etc took turns giving speeches on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, expressing their understanding and hopes regarding environmental protection, poverty alleviation, and international cooperation.

The children’s speeches on sustainable development not only showcased their deep understanding of the topic but also reflected their valuable experiences gained through hands-on practice. On August 1 and 2, student representatives from the ANOBO “1 world” children’s global competence education program participated in the Educational Field Program at  Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. They collaborated with leading geologists, marine scientists, and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory team to explore the Hudson River field station and the Earth and Polar Sciences Department. Guided by researchers, the children learned about marine food chains, conducted water quality and clarity tests, compared glacier melting rates, and analyzed laboratory data to deepen their scientific understanding. This experience enhanced their scientific inquiry skills and deepened their environmental awareness, instilling a sense of responsibility for the future and driving them to become active advocates and ambassadors for sustainable development.

This special panel disscussion was not just a practice in art education but also an exploration of the world. It is believed that the event will nurture the children’s creativity and imagination, inspire their hopes for peace and visions for a sustainable future, and encourage them to broaden their horizons and strengthen their sense of social responsibility. Let us look forward to these hopeful seeds blossoming into brilliant flowers in the future, bringing more beauty to the world!

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Challenge around promotion: It has on the promo “For all who want to attend!”. The reasoning behind that is, what is going to be shared is for “general public” and those working in the fields; and for those working in the fields, it’s for all fields. Trying to find a simple way to bridge: for many people, when they see CEUs, and for some the language (since the description language must meet CEU standards), they think it’s not for them; if certified/licensed don’t see their CEU listed, they might not think it’s for them. However, there is also knowing, that we don’t have the resources, e.g., interpreters, for “All who want to attend!”.

The day includes:
Panel Presentation: The importance of each child and taking action: Panelists Kenneth Rogers, Jr., Marisol Acosta, and Shannon Crossbear, will share about cultural perspectives, trauma, resiliency, prevention, interdependence and interconnection.
Connect All Foundations training: This training provides the foundation for the Connect All approach, and includes the unique Five Through the Filter self-care framework. The Connect All approach: equips us individually to/try to do the best we can; equips us as a community to achieve our global needs; and is a measurable standard to hold ourselves and others accountable. The self-care framework synthesizes everything from addressing our basic needs, to our major issues from child abuse to the environment (which is child maltreatment), in a simple daily application. PDF of the workbook is provided. Trainer is Gwen Downing.
Registration and more information is on the Connect All website under the Events tab.

About Connect All:
Connect All is a global initiative based on goodness and logic – to address all that can be, for all life to have the most safety and hopeful possibilities. The Originator and Director is Gwendolyn Downing. Connect All received fiscal sponsorship from We, the World, December, 2021.
The Connect All approach:

Equips us individually to/try to do the best we can.

Equips us as a community to achieve our global needs.

Is a measurable standard to hold ourselves and others accountable.

The curriculum includes Five Through the Filter:

A self-care framework that synthesizes everything from addressing our basic needs, to our major issues from child abuse to the environment, in a simple daily application, each individual within functionality can do – adaptable across cultures and to age and functionality.

It came from Gwen’s two motivations:

I need the most safety and hopeful possibilities for myself, and for the individual I am attached to.

I both want to positively and don’t want to negatively, tell all innocents (people and other), “This is what I was doing this moment when you needed me.”

if anyone wants to support the training or initiative, there is a Donate link on the website, or they can text: ConnectAll to (202) 858-1233, and any amount will help.

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Here is more info:

https://www.sliceofemotion.com/

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Mexico : 09:00 am

Our next event is Nov. 20 World Children’s Day. We look forward to your participation
The Federation of World Peace and Love (FOWPAL) will host a virtual event in support of the International Day for Tolerance on November 16, 2020. Visionary leaders around the world are invited to speak about how conscience guides intrinsic human kindness, playing a positive role to foster understanding and inclusion.

Date: Nov. 16, 2020
Time:
3:00~4:30 pm GMT
11:00 am~12:30 pm EDT
7:00~8:30 am PST

You are cordially invited to watch the live stream on YouTube, FB, and Twitter (links provided below).
Please share it with your friends and family. Together we can change the world with CONSCIENCE!

Subscribe to International Conscience Day (ICDAY)

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MORE if time permits, on the March 2 Israeli elections:

1. Let’s move on to discussion about the March 2 historic elections in Israel. If not for the Coronavirus dominating world news, this election in Israel might be the lead story in world news. Can you summarize what’s at stake?
Answer: There have already been two deadlocked elections in the past year. Israel’s right-of-center Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and left-of-center former Army Chief-of-Staff Benny Gantz. Each control a voting bloc – Left (Gantz) or Right (Netanyahu), but due to the deadlock and the controversial centrist Avigdor Lieberman, who so far has refused to join with either side, neither voting bloc has been able to put together a majority coalition, which is, after all, a pre-requisite for forming a government.
1. Can you explain to our viewers/listeners the difference between the Israeli form of government and the U.S. government?
Answer: Of course. Israel has a rather unwieldy parliamentary system with a whole bunch of smaller parties. It’s a system in which the leader of the most popular party must form a majority coalition by appealing to smaller parties that will join his coalition. Of the smaller parties, Lieberman’s was a ‘major minority’ and he is insisting on a government without religious parties, a so-called “government without God”.
1. What are Netanyahu’s options in cutting a deal with Lieberman?
Answer: He and Lieberman have had a very shaky relationship in the past and if he were to cut a deal with Lieberman, it would likely involve forcing a bold compromise between Lieberman and the religious parties.
2. What are likely options for governing coalitions? Couldn’t Lieberman kiss and makeup, cut a deal, and join Netanyahu?
Answer: It is possible. Despite Liberman’s uncompromising style of speaking, he has made many political compromises in the past.
5. Tell us about the Trump Deal of the Century and the land annexation and the agreement to help the Palestinians?
Answer: The map looks a bit like a Gerry mandered congressional district, and if a Palestinian state were to be created, it would be a serious security threat for Israelis who travel those roads. Having said that, the plan will not be accepted by the Palestinian Authority, because it demands that they stop paying salaries to the families of imprisoned terrorists, it demands that they accept Israel as the Jewish state, and it demands that they disarm. These are all reasonable demands to create a true atmosphere of peace, but they won’t accept it.
1. Tell us about your book, “Trump and the Jews” and the parts that deal with what we’re seeing play out in the Israeli election scene.
2. Where can people get a copy of your book?
Answer: They can go to Amazon.com and simply type in the words, “Trump and the Jews”.

Bio: David Rubin, former Mayor of Shiloh Israel, is the author of the book, “Trump and the Jews”. Rubin is the founder and president of Shiloh Israel Children’s Fund, established after he and his then three-year-old son were wounded in a terror attack. He can be found at www.DavidRubinIsrael.com or at http://www.ShilohIsraelChildren.org

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Nokomis, FL, December 05, 2019 –(PR.com)– 5th Jayne J. Jones Book Released in Popular Children’s Series

“Drop the Puck: Hockey Every Day, Every Way!” Tells the Adorable Tale of a Girl with Cerebral Palsy and Her Relationships with her Special Hockey Teammates and Friends

A new book in The Official Adventures. www.officialadventures.org, series is melting hearts across the country with laugh-out-loud fun, playful hockey traditions, and long-lasting friendships among teammates. “Drop the Puck: Hockey Every Day, Every Way” is the fifth book in the wildly popular series by Jayne J. Jones, a Minnesota native now living in Florida.

The story tells the tale of Lila, a child with cerebral palsy, who moves to her new hometown and plays for the Minnesota Bears, a special needs hockey team. Lila is wheelchair bound and skates through technology assisted braces. In real life Lila, was one of the series’ first readers and was introduced to the author by Errin Hakstol, wife of NHL Assistant Coach, Dave Hakstol. Through Lila’s mom, the author did research on Lila’s skating ability, her challenges from cerebral palsy and her frustrations with never being invited to a sleepover to simply using a scissors. (Wise Ink Creative Publishing, Publication Date. Oct. 21, 2019)

More than 15 NHL superstars have endorsed the book series.

“Lila truly has a million-dollar smile,” says Jones, “and I call her the queen of grit and determination.”

The book has three other characters with special needs (Down syndrome, autism and sled hockey) and continues the series traditions of competitive play, joys of winning, lessons of losing and sportsmanship. At the end of the fifth book the children decide to start a community spirit award for inspiring kids making a difference, impact or sharing good will.

The sweet and remarkable tale of Lila’s move to Hockeytown, USA will have all readers cheering for victories big and small, on and off the ice. Grab your hockey stick and shoot for life’s wonderful goals!

Together, we win.

What Others Are Saying

“Keep on reading, kids! It’s important to learn something new every day!” – Matt and Bridget Cullen, three-time Stanley Cup Champion, played 21 NHL seasons

“You wanna be smart? Read!” – Brent Burns, San Jose Sharks

“Reading as a family is important.” – Rick Nash, three-time NHL All-Star player

“Work hard. Play hard. Keep getting better every day!” – Jack and Leslie Jablonski, Bel13ve Foundation

“I loved it! Hockey really is for everyone!” – Lila, Inspiration for ‘Lila’ character

“All our kids love these books! They really teach valuable lessons for life that go way beyond the game.” – Jordan and Jamie Leopold, American former professional ice hockey defenseman and community volunteers.

“I love the way this book celebrates individual differences, strengths and similarities. When children learn about themselves, others and the world around them, that is the ultimate hat trick.” – Aimee Jordan, Lila’s mom and fierce advocate for people with disabilities.

“It’s really cool to see my name as a character in a book, especially a children’s book. I hope it helps other kids to be inspired to think, create, and invent. It’s neat to think my name might motivate readers to get out there and do things and dream big like I did because I know what it’s like to be one of them.” – Tripp Phillips, President and Inventor, Le-Glue

“I grew up as the typical Minnesota kid. Hockey is my life. These books are a hat trick!” – Luke Delzer, Totino-Grace High School Varsity

“This is F-U-N! I met the author in NYC. Next thing we know, we are in her next book. We will be making dozens and dozens of hockey icing cookies!” – Tera Schmit, Burlap Baker

“This is a great book that inspires you to believe in yourself and you can achieve your dreams.” – William Stinson, Inspiration for “Will Stinson” character and Minnesota youth hockey player

About the Author

Jayne J. Jones is the captain of “Team Beehler” and wears many helmets, including college professor, lawyer, author, and entrepreneur of fun. Together with Christopher, her husband, she founded a nonprofit organization leading chaperoned adventures and trips for travelers with disabilities. “Team Beehler” enjoy a hockey game every night and are passionate advocates for special hockey, foster youth, and ensuring individuals with special needs are employed to their fullest potential.

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Listen to “Vanessa Valencia Aloha” on Spreaker.

Vanessa Valencia Aloha and Om from Amma’s Retreat.

What a blessing to meet you and to share with you my perspective on Love. I have attached the image of the cover of my children’s book “Mamma’s Planet Earth” and of myself.

Much Love and Light,

Vanessa Valencia

www.vanessavalenciahealings.com

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