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“We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one.”
— Jacques Yves Cousteau

Inspired by the UN Water Action Decade (2018-2028) along with the UN 2023 Water Conference, young innovators, researchers, and artists from around the world submitted projects that highlight the importance of clean water and sustainable water management.The J.U.C. Awards, initiated in 2020, aims to foster the next generation of leaders. By providing a platform for young people to share their ideas and solutions, the program empowers them to make a positive impact on the world.

A Brief Introduction Of The 2025 J.U.C. Awards ~
Distinguished Evaluation Committee Of Experts:

Co-Chairs:
Ambassador Mr. Rodrigo A. Carazo of Costa Rica to the United Nations (2018-2022); Member, UN Human Rights Committee (Geneva)
Prof. Olcay Ünver, Arizona State University; Vice-Chair of UN-Water and Senior Water Advisor at UN FAO.
Members:
• Ambassador Mr. Yogendra Kumar of India (Retired) & Author of two books & Editor another
• Prof. Victor Lawrence, Director of the Center for Intelligent Networked Systems (iNetS), and former Associate Dean and Bachelor Chair Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey); Secretary General, LMGlobal.Org
• Prof. Günay Smith, Professor of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Southside Virginia Community College (Retired.); Adviser, LMGlobal.Org
• Dr. Dahlia Sabri, Chair, IWRA-Egypt Chapter
• Ms. Ilknur Boray, V.P. Ataturk Society of America & The Atatürk World Platform
• Ms. Bircan Ünver, M.A., Author and Project Director, LMGlobal.Org
Youth:
Mr. Ren Jie, Ph.D. Candidate (2029), School of Marxism, Environmental Politics and Ecological Civilization, Peking University

– Evaluation process will begin mid of January 2025.

Global Participation and Impact

The 2025 J.U.C. Awards received submissions from students at several schools and organizations around the world, including:
Darüşşafaka High School (Istanbul, Türkiye)
Whyteleafe Performing Arts Academy (Colombo, Sri Lanka)
The Institution of Green Engineers (IGEN) (Chennai, India)
Association of Young Leaders United for Sustainable Development (Burundi)

The program’s success is also due to the dedicated efforts of its student coordinators:
Ms. Duru Büyükbaşaran (Türkiye)
Ms. Rukhshana R.A. (India)
Mr. Lyonga Jewis (Cameroon)
Ms. Mimoza Irtem (Türkiye / U.S. – Outreach Coordinator)

The 2025 J.U.C. Awards will announce the winners around the World Water Day in March 2025. The winning projects will be recognized for their creativity, innovation, and potential to inspire positive change.

A Brief History of the J.U.C. Awards

The J.U.C. Media, Research, and Writing Awards were initiated in 2020 by the Light Millennium, a global humanitarian organization. The program was inspired by the legacy of John Unver Culkin and aims to empower young people to address global challenges through creative expression and critical thinking. By providing a platform for students to showcase their talents and ideas, the J.U.C. Awards fosters a new generation of global citizens committed to sustainable development.

“In Loving Memory of J.U.C.”; the 2025 J.U.C. Media, Research, Writing & Innovation Awards designed for international High School students by The Light Millennium, Charitable Global Human Advancement Organization (LMGlobal.Org, 2001, New York) With Tax-Exempt Status#501(c)3.

The submissions received based on the GUIDELINES of the 2025 J.U.C. Awards, which is available via the following link:
https://www.lmglobal.org/2024/03/14/call-to-high-school-students-for-entries-to-the-2025-j-u-c-awards-the-water-cycle-and-the-life-cycle-are-one/
Guidelines – Booklet#4

INTERACTIVE SESSION > Interview with Bircan Ünver on the Guidelines of the 2025 J.U.C. Awards | Conducted by Duru Büyükbaşaran

For more information, please visit: www.lmglobal.org
Contact: JUCAwards(at)lightmillennium.org

Hashtags: #lightmillennium, #LMGlobalOrg, #TheLightMillenniumTV, #HopeNeverFades, #JUCAwards2025, #JUCAwards, #WaterActionDecade, #WorldWaterDay2025, #WaterAction, #SDG6, #JUCAwardsEvaluationCommittee, #UNWithCivilSociety

• Special Thanks To: Ambassador Mr. Ramu Damodaran, Permanent Observer of the University For Peace to the United Nations.

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Grammy Award Winner Alicia Keys and Niche Media CEO Jason BinncelebratedGotham Magazine’s Annual Gala and Alicia Keys’ March 2010Cover at Capitale on March 15, 2010.

The evening, presented by Bing, brought together New York’s elite to toast the cover of Gotham Magazine’s Spring Fashion Issue.Guests of the evening were treated to a performance by violinist Miri Ben-Ari and enjoyed dinner and speciality cocktails including Sapporo beer, as they dancedto the sounds of DJ Cassidy.Decor for the evening was created bySwank Productions.

Celebrities and guests included:Alicia Keys, Grammy Award Winner, Singer; Alessandra Ambrosio, Victoria Secret Model;Brianna Birtles, Gotham Publisher;Jason Binn, Niche Media CEO; Saffron Burrows, My Own Worst Enemy;Kelly Choi, Emmy Nominated Actor;Jeff Gordon,Nascardriver;Erin Lucas, The City;Julie Ordon, Victoria’s Secret Model;Reshma Shetty, Actress/ Singer;Peter Som,Fashion Designer; Jessica White, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model;Miri Ben-Ari, Grammy Award Winner; Phillip Bloch,Stylist/ TV Personality; DJ Cassidy, Entertainer; Bethany Frankel, TV Personality; Dylan Lauren, Owner of Dylan’s Candy Bar; Tim Morehouse,Olympic Silver medalist; Amber Rose,Model; Dancer; Irina Shayk, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model; James Tupper, Men In Trees, Mercy;and Samantha Yanks, Gotham Editor-in-Chief.

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“AARP has a strong history of leading innovation by changing the marketplace,” said Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO of AARP. “Our members are disrupting aging in a variety of ways and so is AARP. The AARP Innovation Fund is the next evolution of our ability to fulfill our social mission by making sure that the needs and interests of those 50-plus are well represented by products and companies.”

The AARP Innovation Fund will make direct investments in early- to late-stage stage companies developing innovative products in three healthcare related areas:

Aging at Home—The fund will encourage the development of products and services that leverage technology to enable older adults to continue living in their homes safely and affordably such as: home sensor activity tracking; hearing and vision health; mobility assistance; meal plan/delivery/cooking solutions; social communities; physical augmentation devices.

Convenience and Access to Healthcare—The fund will support the advancement of products and services that enable 50-plus consumers to adopt positive health behaviors that they welcome into their lives such as: telemedicine; consumer diagnostics; consumer care transparency tools.

Preventative Health—The fund will seek to expand the market for products and services that help 50-plus consumers prevent the onset of serious health conditions such as: diet and nutrition management; stress and emotion management/therapy; fitness apps and programs; integrated health engagement incentives; cognitive and brain health.

In addition to financial support, some companies receiving these investments will have access to AARP’s knowledge and distribution channels to help 50-plus consumers have the opportunity to benefit from these innovative products and services.

“We look forward to working with AARP on this fund that will invest in and support innovative companies creating solutions for the people in this powerful and growing key demographic and their families,” said Kathy Rosa, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager in J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity Group. “Our knowledge of the market, combined with AARP’s expertise on the wants and needs of those 50-plus, is a powerful combination that will help the AARP Investment Fund invest in innovative companies in the consumer healthcare space.”

People 50-plus are online, connected and make use of technology that is intuitive and consumer friendly. They have tremendous buying power – responsible for at least $7.1 trillion in annual economic activity – a number that is expected to grow to $13.5 trillion by 2032. Companies working with the AARP fund have a great opportunity to grow the double bottom line: They can increase revenue and improve the lives of Americans as they age.

Jenkins concluded: “The Innovation Fund showcases AARP’s ability to generate bigger, bolder solutions that will disrupt aging, increase our impact on and drive relevance for the 50-plus population.” B-roll/video about the AARP Innovation Fund can be found here: https://vimeo.com/aarpbroadcast/review/140975010/c07b26a4df.

If you have a relevant product/company that we should consider for the AARP Innovation Fund, please click on this link: AARP Innovation Fund.

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About AARP
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a membership of nearly 38 million, that helps people turn their goals and dreams into real possibilities, strengthens communities and fights for the issues that matter most to families such as healthcare, employment and income security, retirement planning, affordable utilities and protection from financial abuse. We advocate for individuals in the marketplace by selecting products and services of high quality and value to carry the AARP name as well as help our members obtain discounts on a wide range of products, travel, and services. AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to political campaigns or candidates. The AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. AARP has staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Learn more atwww.aarp.org.
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#DisruptAging

About J.P. Morgan Asset Management
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, with assets under management of $1.8 trillion, is a global leader in investment management. J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s clients include institutions, retail investors and high net worth individuals in every major market throughout the world. J.P. Morgan Asset Management offers global investment management in equities, fixed income, real estate, hedge funds, private equity and liquidity. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), the parent company of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, is a leading global asset management firm with assets of approximately $2.4 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available atwww.jpmorganchase.com.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is the marketing name for the asset management businesses of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and its affiliates worldwide.

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and is currently the President of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, NY (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards). His distinctive storytelling, production skills and award-winning international reporting have added a unique dimension to WABC-TV’s coverage of metropolitan New York. In September 2001, after the two airliners struck the World Trade Center, N.J. and WABC-TV photographer Marty Glembotzky narrowly escaped the subsequent collapse of the South Tower. Their work was later seen on television news broadcasts across the nation and around the world. He spent nearly three months covering the war in Iraq.  In the metropolitan area, he has reported on everything from crime, and state and local politics, to commercial plane crashes, hurricanes, blizzards, wildfires and Nor’easters on Long Island. N.J.’s work has been honored with several of the most prestigious awards in American television news, including the coveted Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association. He shared the George Foster Peabody Award with his colleagues at ABC News for his reporting on the September 11th attacks. In March 2003, N.J. was awarded the Emmy® for Outstanding On-Camera Achievement from the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, his third Emmy®. His full name is Newton Jones Burkett, and he grew-up in New Jersey. Before joining Eyewitness News, N.J. was a correspondent for WFSB-TV.

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2012 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place this Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5
The annual, free 2012 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place this Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5, features the New York Dragon Boat Championships and the U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship Races, at Meadows Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of the 1964 World’s Fair.  Good News is one of the sponsors the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY 2012

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Good News Sponsors the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY 2012
The annual, free 2012 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place this Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5, features the New York Dragon Boat Championships and the U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship Races, at Meadows Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of the 1964 World’s Fair.

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York is the largest multi-cultural festival in the New York metropolitan area and the biggest festival of its kind in the U.S.

The 22nd annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York looks to be the largest and most-successful ever, with over 170 teams participating, encompassing more than 2,000 crew members from across America and Canada. Also featuring 2 days of family friendly Multi-Cultural performances on the  MAIN STAGE, with 60,000 spectators expected.
This years Sponsors include;  Title Sponsor the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, NY; Corporate Supporter HSBC Bank USA; other major sponsors include; Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Con Edison, J.P.Morgan Chase, New York Community Bank, Shanghai Commercial Bank, Resorts World NYC, Wells Fargo, Standard Chartered Bank, CLEARWIRE, Flushing Saving Bank, New York Hospital Queens, Panda, Sheraton La Guardia East Hotel, Vallo Transportation, Ltd., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Office of the Queensborough President, Helen Marshall, NYC &Co, and Discover Queens. Media &Creative Partners: WNBC TV 4, The New York Times, Sing Tao Daily News, The Queens Courier, GoodNews Broadcast.com, RNN, MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.(AM1480, Sino Television, Sinocast, M-Weekly Magazine), Fusia Communications, Inc., Inak Design, Time Warner Cable and RCN. Additional support provided by the Times Ledger Newspaper Group, Foxwoods and the NY Daily News.

The tradition of Dragon Boat Racing is an annual Chinese rite commemorating the idealistic poet and reformer Qu Yuan who drowned himself in the third century B.C. to protest against his emperor’s policies. The locals raced in their boats in an attempt to rescue the poet. To prevent fish and water dragons from eating his body, the locals beat their drums and splashed their paddles. This was the beginning of Dragon Boat Racing. For further information, please visit “www.hkdbf-ny.org”; (Source: The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York).

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2012 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place this Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5
The annual, free 2012 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place this Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5, features the New York Dragon Boat Championships and the U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship Races, at Meadows Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of the 1964 World’s Fair.  Good News is one of the sponsors the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY 2012

Good News Sponsors the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in NY 2012
The annual, free 2012 Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, taking place this Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5, features the New York Dragon Boat Championships and the U.S. Dragon Boat Open Championship Races, at Meadows Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, home of the 1964 World’s Fair.

The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York is the largest multi-cultural festival in the New York metropolitan area and the biggest festival of its kind in the U.S.

The 22nd annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York looks to be the largest and most-successful ever, with over 170 teams participating, encompassing more than 2,000 crew members from across America and Canada. Also featuring 2 days of family friendly Multi-Cultural performances on the  MAIN STAGE, with 60,000 spectators expected.
This years Sponsors include;  Title Sponsor the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, NY; Corporate Supporter HSBC Bank USA; other major sponsors include; Verizon, Time Warner Cable, Con Edison, J.P.Morgan Chase, New York Community Bank, Shanghai Commercial Bank, Resorts World NYC, Wells Fargo, Standard Chartered Bank, CLEARWIRE, Flushing Saving Bank, New York Hospital Queens, Panda, Sheraton La Guardia East Hotel, Vallo Transportation, Ltd., Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Chamber of Commerce, Office of the Queensborough President, Helen Marshall, NYC &Co, and Discover Queens. Media &Creative Partners: WNBC TV 4, The New York Times, Sing Tao Daily News, The Queens Courier, GoodNews Broadcast.com, RNN, MultiCultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.(AM1480, Sino Television, Sinocast, M-Weekly Magazine), Fusia Communications, Inc., Inak Design, Time Warner Cable and RCN. Additional support provided by the Times Ledger Newspaper Group, Foxwoods and the NY Daily News.

The tradition of Dragon Boat Racing is an annual Chinese rite commemorating the idealistic poet and reformer Qu Yuan who drowned himself in the third century B.C. to protest against his emperor’s policies. The locals raced in their boats in an attempt to rescue the poet. To prevent fish and water dragons from eating his body, the locals beat their drums and splashed their paddles. This was the beginning of Dragon Boat Racing. For further information, please visit “www.hkdbf-ny.org”; (Source: The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York).

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For photos and video of the bell ringing, connect with NYSE Euronext on Facebook (NYSE Euronext-Official Site), Twitter (@NYSE_Euronext) and YouTube (nysetv1).  Follow tweets at hashtag #NYSEBell

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Alicia Keys Hosts Niche Media’s Annual Gotham Magazine Gala & Spring Fashion Issue

Grammy Award Winner Alicia Keys and Niche Media CEO Jason BinncelebratedGotham Magazine’s Annual Gala and Alicia Keys’ March 2010Cover at Capitale on March 15, 2010.

The evening, presented by Bing, brought together New York’s elite to toast the cover of Gotham Magazine’s Spring Fashion Issue.Guests of the evening were treated to a performance by violinist Miri Ben-Ari and enjoyed dinner and speciality cocktails including Sapporo beer, as they dancedto the sounds of DJ Cassidy.Decor for the evening was created bySwank Productions.

Celebrities and guests included:Alicia Keys, Grammy Award Winner, Singer; Alessandra Ambrosio, Victoria Secret Model;Brianna Birtles, Gotham Publisher;Jason Binn, Niche Media CEO; Saffron Burrows, My Own Worst Enemy;Kelly Choi, Emmy Nominated Actor;Jeff Gordon,Nascardriver;Erin Lucas, The City;Julie Ordon, Victoria’s Secret Model;Reshma Shetty, Actress/ Singer;Peter Som,Fashion Designer; Jessica White, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model;Miri Ben-Ari, Grammy Award Winner; Phillip Bloch,Stylist/ TV Personality; DJ Cassidy, Entertainer; Bethany Frankel, TV Personality; Dylan Lauren, Owner of Dylan’s Candy Bar; Tim Morehouse,Olympic Silver medalist; Amber Rose,Model; Dancer; Irina Shayk, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model; James Tupper, Men In Trees, Mercy;and Samantha Yanks, Gotham Editor-in-Chief.

It was a GALA night.

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