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A Love Letter to Life: Yongzheng and His Porcelain When Civilization Blossomed Like a Flower – Reported by Dr. Jeannie Yi

Austin Tang — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:00:09 +0000

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Reported by Dr. Jeannie Yi

The Yongzheng era (1722–1735) was not an age of display, but of restraint. Power turned inward, sharpness softened into gentleness. In only thirteen years, it achieved a rare concentration of political efficiency, economic stability, and cultural refinement. It was a peak moment when civilization chose elegance over dominance.

Politically, governance was streamlined and centralized.

Economically, the treasury was restored, paving the way for the prosperity of the Qianlong era.

Culturally, imperial kilns, enamel painting, and court aesthetics reached an extreme of precision and restraint.

History is clear: only a prosperous civilization can produce great art and technology.

Yongzheng aesthetics were a national project of condensed civilization, completed in just thirteen luminous years.

In New York, I first saw a coral-red famille-rose enamel bowl from the Yongzheng imperial kilns. It was so beautiful it almost took my breath away. This was not beauty “painted” onto porcelain; it was beauty forged in fire, born through extreme heat and mastery.

The bowl felt alive.

Pink and violet held a shy gaze.

Gold carried a quiet inner light.

The petals seemed to breathe, ready to drift away with time.

I asked the collector why it looked so new.

He said: true value lies not only in age, but in craftsmanship, glaze, body, reign mark, and preservation. An old object that appears new is a treasure. For masters, its perfect Yongzheng reign mark alone confirms its imperial origin. It stands as the highest example of the saying:

“For Ming, look to Chenghua; for Qing, look to Yongzheng.”

None of us could afford such a bowl. But love always comes before price.

We may be newly free from poverty, yet we are rich in awe.

This bowl returned me to Dream of the Red Chamber.

Like the Twelve Beauties, it transformed object into life, collectible into destiny.

It reminded me that true beauty is fragile, gentle, and dignified. It knows life will pass, yet still chooses perfection.

This is the soul of Yongzheng enamel:

civilization refined into tenderness.

Red is the color of empire.

Flowers are its heartbeat.

Many look at antiques and see only price, authenticity, and provenance.

I saw life—and the long journey that life took to arrive before me.

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On January 22, at the World Speakers Series in Trump Tower, collector Jeff Ye brought ancient civilization into dialogue with the present.

He said:

“True antiques find their owners. Owners do not find them.”

And:

“Let the object speak for itself.”

From relics to lost imperial kilns, from jade to porcelain, his presentation showed that civilization is not history—it is a living conversation across time.

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What I learned is simple:

First, Yongzheng porcelain was a national aesthetic project. Choosing “flowers” to represent the empire was a choice of compassion, femininity, and quiet strength. It was a civilization expressing power through tenderness.

Second, China’s modern engineering achievements are not sudden miracles. They are the awakening of an ancient engineering civilization gene.

This bowl, born of fire centuries ago, already carried that spirit.

The Middle East uses oil to build the height of cities.

China uses ancient artifacts to preserve the depth of time.

Let cities tell their own stories.

Let wealth find its true source.

Let civilization travel again.

Holding this bowl is like holding a love letter from the Yongzheng era to the world:

A prosperous China,

like standing in a sea of blossoms.

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Testimonials

Michael Daly shares personal thoughts upon seeing the powerful art.

Jeannie,

This moved me deeply, because I recognized myself in the moment you described standing before that bowl.

I’ve had that same experience—when an object stops being an object and quietly becomes alive. Not because of its price, or its rarity, but because it carries the emotional intelligence of a civilization that once knew how to pause, refine, and listen.

What touched me most is your understanding that Yongzheng beauty is not loud. It doesn’t announce power. It assumes it. In a world that often confuses dominance with strength, this porcelain feels like a reminder that the most confident civilizations express themselves gently.

When you describe the bowl as breathing—its pinks holding back, its gold glowing inward—I felt that. That sense that perfection doesn’t need to prove itself. It simply is. And perhaps that is why it looks new: not because time spared it, but because it was made without anxiety.

The line about love coming before price stayed with me. None of us may ever own such a piece, but ownership isn’t the point. Awe is. To stand before something like that and feel poor in money but rich in reverence—that is a kind of wealth few people ever experience.

Your reflection also made me think differently about modern China. What looks like sudden engineering brilliance isn’t sudden at all. It’s a memory returning. That bowl already knew how to master fire, chemistry, patience, and restraint centuries ago. Today’s achievements feel like the same hand, simply working at a different scale.

And the idea that antiques find their owners—I believe that. Some things arrive not to be possessed, but to remind us who we are and where we come from.

In the end, this didn’t read to me as an essay about porcelain. It felt like a quiet conversation with history. A moment where civilization leaned forward and whispered—not about power, but about care.

A love letter/post, yes. And one I’m grateful you shared.

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So deeply in love, holding them like a precious treasure, kissing them.

Reverend Paul Sladkus All Faiths and Spiritual is Special Advisor to Jeff Ye, Founder of the The Jeff Collection

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Earth & Water Day Concert and Exhibition, Run of Show & Marketing Deck As of March 4, 2026

Austin Tang — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:27:34 +0000

2026 Earth & Water Day Marketing Benefits 4/22/2026 and Peace Day Weekend 9/18,19, 20, 21

“Treat every day of the year as Earth Day.” Dr. Jane Goodall

New Donor/Sponsor Letter as of March 22, 2026

Dear xxx,

Our 24th Annual, Earth & Water Day, April 22, 2026, TIMES SQUARE 5-Hour LIVE CLEAN ENERGY CONCERT BROADCAST & Exhibition, Public Relations and Sales opportunity is closing April 1, 2026.

Don’t miss this important opportunity to show your care for Mother Earth and Peace, speak on our Times Square Major Stage with Logo on LED Screens all day, have an Exhibition Table all day, and be included in public relations. Good News Corporation, a 501 (c) (3), will work with you to make this a major WIN for YOU.

Join our Tribute to Dr. Jane Goodall, Pete Seeger and our FUTURE GENERATIONS. Here is the link for our Earth and Peace Day Marketing Deck, which includes our Run of Show.

https://pausetheworldforpeace.org/2025/10/09/earth-water-day-concert-and-exhibition-run-of-show-marketing-deck-as-of-03-04-26/

Our event is a partnership with the NYC Comptroller, the Founders of Earth Day, OMMM & Good News Corporation

Can we meet in person or on Zoom?

Peace on and with Mother Earth,

Paul Sladkus, Founder, Good News Corporation, Nonprofit, est 2002, Www.pausetheworldforpeace.org

Here is a Press Release from the 23rd. 2025 International Day of Peace Concert on the weekend of September 19th.

https://pausetheworldforpeace.org/2025/10/08/4-million-impressions-viewers-and-live-times-square-attendees-at-the-un-international-day-of-peace-2025-nyc-climate-week-kick-offs-september-19-20-21/

Run of Show Love Your Mother Earth & Water Day April 22, Times Square

Participants in the show as of March 22, 2026.

2:00 PM – 2:15 PM? NYC Governor, NYC Mayor, NYC Comptroller, Manhattan Borough President, Earth Dignitaries TBD, Paul Sladkus MC

2:16 PM – 2:23 PM? OMMM, Earth Day Founders, WDHT, Sponsors?

224-231 Dr. Jane Goodall Tribute, Rick Ulfic, We The World, Jonathan Granoff Global Security Peace Messenger Jane video… maybe longer, last video of Jane?

232 – 237 Pete Seeger Tribute, Donna Stein, President, NYC Friends of Clearwater. Video

238 – 243 Our Next Generations Tribute, Hudson Henley, Co-Star Son to Kate Hudson & Hugh Jackman in Song Sung Blue Movie, Mia Narciso, Singer/ Performer/Writer NYC Scools, Paul Sladkus and Michelle NarcIso, Producers, Earth Day

244 – 259. Aware Jeremy Allen Broadway Illusionist & Story Teller

3:00 PM – 5:30 PM: OMMM, Sister Jenna, Rachel Singh, Vinay Vyas, Sanjeev Verma, Abuela Martha, United Nations, NY City School Entertainers (Mia Narciso & Friends), Grammy Nominated Antonique Smith, Climate Week/Earth Day, Aaron Ableman, Young Joe, Tess Catchettori, David Arquette with Harlem and Brooklyn Students OMMM Sister Jenna, Rachel Singh, Vinay Vyas, Sanjeev Verma, Abuela Martha, United Nations, NY City School Entertainers(Mia Narciso & Friends) Grammy Nominated Antonique Smith, Climate Week/Earth Day, Aaron Ableman, Young Joe, Tess Catchettori, David Arquette with Harlem and Brooklyn Students

531 – 537 Pinkalicous – 30 Years children’s book, cartoon and Broadway Show – Green Food

538 -540 Leonardo DiCaprio Peace Messenger video

541 – 547 Pat Boone Tanzania Water Video with Lee Greenwood, Alabama, Deborah Allen, Larry Gatlin, Vince Gill, Pat Tillis…

548 – 554 George and Down Syndrome, Mother Whose Child Passed

555 – 6 pm Pamela Peeters – Environmentalist Broadcaster

6 01- 606 Katya Grineva – Piano Extraordinare

607 – 627 Neha Nature Fashion Show and Conversation

628 – 635 Chinese Opera Legend Yushuang coming from China, and a Chinese Rock Star

636 – 643 Julliard Jazz & Dance Group Copelands Appalachian Spring

644 – 653 Giorgia Fumante – Cross Over World Renowned Canadian Italian singer

654 – 657 Shakira UNICEF IMAGINE video – Edit all three videos

658 – 659 Stevie Wonder, Peace Messenger video

659 – 7 pm Annie, Broadway Show singing Tomorrow video

7 pm to 8 pm POWER OF LOVE CTW Route 66 Series? TBD Need lighting?

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GoodNewsLetter: JOIN US and BE HAPPY – LIVE IS SHORT, September 19, 20, 21….Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence for Peace & Plant Peace Pole

Austin Tang — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:57:34 +0000

https://youtu.be/JKQM81AE-GU

Dear Friends and Members, NOTE: NEW www.pausetheworldforpeace.org website, please check it out!

Extra, Extra 2025 International Day of Peace & NYC Climate Week NEW POSTER is growing, as we just added a Peace Pole in the middle of the world. May Peace Prevail on Earth? We also have a NEW QR Code to go directly to our www.plantpeace.worldpeace.org page to plant your Virtual Peace Tree. Note: We are still tweaking the page.

Once again, we will email you the poster and appreciation certificate for free, a SPECIAL INVITATION TO THE STEPS OF NYC CITY HALL on Friday, September 19^th, for a HISTORIC RINGING OF THE FOWPAL PEACE BELL BY MAYOR ADAMS, HOLD SIGNS OF PEACE AND MOTHER EARTH, and/or YOUR COMPANY. WE ARE FINISHING WITH THE SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK CITY FOR THEM TO TAKE A MOMENT/MEDITATIVE MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR PEACE. Your tax-deductible donation to our UNITED Peace & Mother Earth Movement can surely help us pay for this very expensive production weekend. IMPORTANT NOTE: A few donor/sponsor opportunities are still available, and our goal is NOW $15,000 in total, which is a tax-exempt deduction, for direct production expenses to create our NETWORK QUALITY LIVE CLEAN ENERGY BROADCASTS.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

UN International Day of Peace

2025, September 21, Expands to

a Global Weekend To Pause the

World for Peace Worldwide,

Moment/Meditative Minute of

Silence, Plant Peace Pole

Virtually/Physical at Noon in 24

Regions (Time Zones). A World

Cease Fire, Peace Acts, Unity,

Music, & Climate Week Action.

New York City Leads the Call.

Lastly, if you care about your money, please tune in to WOR 710 Radio on Sunday at 10:30 AM. Here you can listen and call in to Legal Expert and Elder Care Lawyer, 14 Year NYS Representative and Dr. Phil, ET, Good Morning America…Guest Lawyer, Ann-Margaret Carrozza, ESQ.

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

Paul Sladkus is Ann’s Co-Host. Email me paul.sladkus1@gmail.com if you want me to ask her a question, or just call in (800-321-0710) and listen; it might be one of the most important programs in you and your family’s life.

Ann-Margaret Carrozza,

Asset Protection Lawyer,

STAY WELL

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

Social Networks: www.Facebook.com/PaulSladkus, LinkedIn Paul Sladkus, Twitter/X Good News to Go, Instagram PausetheWorld

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

PS – SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FRIENDS AND MEMBERS: Looking for a vacation rental, SHORT TERM, in Montauk, this year and or entire summer in 2026, here is our listing https://pausetheworldforpeace.org/2025/04/16/36000-2br-one-of-a-kind-summer-rental-opportunty-historic-montauk-manor-montauk/ call me. Paul 917 687 1790

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UN International Day of Peace 2025, September 21, Expands to a Global Weekend To Pause the World for Peace Worldwide, Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence, Plant Peace Pole Virtually/Physical at Noon in 24 Regions (Time Zones). A World Cease Fire, Peace Acts, Unity, Music, & Climate Week Action. New York City Leads the Call & Run of Show

Austin Tang — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:36:40 +0000

New York, NY & Worldwide — PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION:

This year, one day of peace simply isn’t enough, as declared unanimously by the UN, 193 Member Countries & Good News Corporation & Partners for the International Day of Peace Requests. As the world faces urgent calls for peace, connection, compassion, and climate consciousness, Peace Day 2025 unfolds across a global weekend of action and awareness, beginning Friday, September 19, 2025, in tandem with the UN International Day of Peace on Sunday, September 21, and Climate Week NYC starting on September 22. McKinsey Co. states 2 Billion People are aware of Peace Day.

The weekend begins with a citywide meditation and Moment of Silence at Noon EST, hosted at NYC City Hall with Mayor Eric Adams, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, and leadership across key departments — from youth, seniors, veterans, police, and education to community, and faith-based services, and for all NYC & Worldwide to join in. Together, we’ll pause in collective stillness and activate a wave of intention to ripple across the globe.

This year’s message is clear: Peace is not passive. It lives in our choices, our communities, and our care for one another and the Earth. All armies, cities, schools, organizations, and individuals around the world are invited to join in through serious and simple meaningful acts on September 21, 2025, at noon in your local 24-Hour Time Zone, as the International Day of Peace 193 Countries requests, including planting a Virtual Peace Pole at: www.plantpeace.worldpeace.org

Cease Fire and Violence Everywhere, killing fields, schools, streets, homes…everywhere
Host your own moment of silence at noon in your local time zone on September 21, and honor the day’s request:
Participate in human peace signs, prayer, sound healing, community cleanups, or intergenerational kindness actions
Share messages of hope and love on social media using #PeaceDay2025

WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 | 12:00 PM NOON EST for the Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence
Peace Day & Climate Week 2025 Press Conference & Global Meditation, Event 10:30 AM – NOON. NYC City Hall. Featuring: Mayor Eric Adams, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Pastor Monrose, and Executive Director Faith-Based sharing a Prayer, Ringo Starr (Virtual), UN Peace Messenger, symbolically virtually requests the Moment of Silence for the UN. UN Representatives, Peace Poles & Flags, World Madam, Global Silent Minute, Parrots for Peace, Hugg-A Planets, AY Young (UN SDG Global Ambassador), Jarvis Smith OMMM Ambassador/Antonique Smith Earth Day Ambassador, Sister Jenna, NYC Praise Youth Dancers. Giorgia Fumanti, Stevie Wonder (Virtual), UN Peace Messenger, virtually requesting the world to go out and create peace. A citywide Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 | 11:30 AM – 5:00 PM EST
23rd Annual International Day of Peace & NYC Climate Week Kick-Off Concert
Times Square (46th–47th Streets). World’s largest Peace Day Concert & Broadcast.
Free, family-friendly gathering featuring live performances, spoken word, youth voices, and calls to climate action. A global broadcast on www.youtube.com/goodnewsbroadcast, www.pausetheworldforpeace.org, social media, requesting for the Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence — Led virtually by Peace Messengers: Ringo Starr, Dr. Jane Goodall, then Peace Messengers Michael Douglas, Stevie Wonder, Shakira join in. Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths and Spiritual, OMMM, AY Young and over 75 entertainers perform, honoring peace, music, Mother Earth and our shared humanity including World Peace Pole Ceremony.

Presented by Good News Corporation with partners including OMMM, AY Young & the Battery Tour, Climate Group, NYC Mayor’s Office and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine. Human Peace Sign/Flags.
and more. Go to: www.pausetheworldforpeace.org

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 | 12:00 PM EST – 12:05 PM EST (24 Time Zones Worldwide)
Official International Day of Peace AI Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence for Peace, Worldwide Virtual and Physical Creation/Installation of Peace Poles throughout the Globe, Cease Fire, Acts of Peace including a World Opportunity to Plant a Peace Pole anywhere in the world VIRTUALLY. Go to: www.plantpeace.worldpeace.org, https://www.worldpeace.org/#VirtualMap.

SEPTEMBER 22–29, 2025
NYC Climate Week. Events across the city focused on solutions, sustainability, and collective care. https://www.climateweeknyc.org/

PRESS CONTACT:
Paul Sladkus | paul.sladkus1@gmail.com | 212-647-1212
www.pausetheworldforpeace.org NOTE: ALL EVENTS WILL BE BROADCAST WORLDWIDE LIVE

Presenters Background:

Good News Corporation – A nonprofit, est. 2002, producing the International Day of Peace and Earth Day Concerts since 2002 in Central Park and Times Square. www.pausetheworldforpeace.org. Our 2025 Earth Day Concert had 1.5+ million live views, https://pausetheworldforpeace.org/2025/05/14/earth-day-sizzle-reel-from-times-square-april-22-2025/ WE SEEK 8 BILLION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE.

OMMM, a global platform for elevating consciousness, continues as a key partner, supporting moments of reflection, resonance, and collective healing throughout the weekend. www.ommmpresents.com

AY Young & Battery Tour…Soon to hold the World’s Record for Battery Clean Energy Powered Concerts and Worldwide Sustainable Talent. https://www.aymusik.com/

NYC Climate Week: Climate Week NYC is a charity event that takes place in New York City every year. Its purpose is to promote climate action by appealing to “business leaders, political change makers, local decision takers and civil society representatives”. Climate Week NYC is run by Climate Group.^[¹^] It is the largest of the organization’s annual flagship international events, and the largest annual climate event of its kind according to the organizers. www.climateweeknyc.org

May Peace Prevail on Earth: The May Peace Prevail On Earth movement is a grassroots global movement to inspire, and re-awaken the inherent consciousness of love, peace and harmony which exists in every one of us. It is a movement to bring inner peace of mind and to foster peace in the world at large. www.worldpeace.org

Run of Show for Peace Day – Sept 20, 2025

Segment 0 – Before Broadcast

Start	Speaker/Artist	What
11:00 AM	Master Sha Teacher	Breathing Meditation with Master Sha’s Calligraphy

Segment 1 – Opening

Start	Speaker/Artist	What
11:30 AM	Paul Sladkus	Live stream starts – Opening
11:32 AM	Manhattan Borough President + FOWPAL	Mark Levine introduces the event and rings the FOWPAL
11:47 AM	UN Special Embassy and Department of Transportation	Talk about Special Envoy of UN Road and show video
11:53 AM	Church of Assumption – Video	Virtual performance of Handel’s Messiah Hallelujah

Segment 2 – OMMM

Start	Speaker/Artist	What
12:00 PM	Ringo Starr Video	Ringo Starr honoring the Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence
12:01 PM	Yogini Jaima – Host	Intro to Peace Starts Within, Intro to OMMM, chant
12:05 PM	Yogmata Keiko Aikawa	Intro Video followed by her opening remarks and meditation
12:18 PM	Reachel Singh	Performance – Om Bhur Bhuva Svaha – Warrior – Kintsugi
12:34 PM	Evin Schwartz w/ Divya Alter, Yogi Cam, Yogini Jaima, Eric Kussin, Jarvis Smith	Sharing from OMMMbassadors, announcement of co-created conscious content on Belouga platform
12:51 PM	Mia Narciso-Krutz and friends	Performance of Stay Awhile
1:00 PM	Jane Goodall – video	Peace remarks
1:11 PM	Tenzin Seldon w/ Yogi Cam	Sharing about investing in high-growth climate technologies
1:21 PM	Laura Carisa Gardia w/Stefania Passamonte	Performance of COPera Aria
1:28 PM	Caz Coronel	Performance
1:37 PM	UNDP – Anna Medri and Leonardo Cerda	Video and sharing about rights against illegal mining in Ecuador
1:47 PM	Eden Energy – Jonathan Appel, Joyous Appel, and Gözde Appel w/ Jarvis Smith	Interview with Eden Energy
1:58 PM	Rebecca Irby – Video	Video intro to Pause for Peace
2:01 PM	Antonique Smith	Performance and Intro to SUN-Day
2:12 PM	Dr. Scilla Elworthy – Video	Peace remarks
2:18 PM	Sister Jenna	Conversation on inner peace and its role in global peace
2:26 PM	Sister Jenna with Dust of Soul	Closing Meditation with performance

Segment 3 – AY Young

Start	Speaker/Artist	What
2:32 PM	Intro Video	AY Intro Video
2:33 PM	AY Performs	AY performs and joined by Andrew James and Mim Nicole

Segment 4 – Pause the World For Peace/Good News Broadcasting

Start	Speaker/Artist	What
3:20 PM	Reverand Paul Sladkus	Intro
3:22 PM	Giorgia Fumanti	Performs
3:30 PM	Wood Stock Forever – video	Segment from Wood Stock Forever movie
3:34 PM	Paul McCartney Video	Baby you can drive my car video
3:37 PM	Douglas Quarteze and Eric Stoller	Eric Stoller speaking, Douglas Performance – Man on a Mission/Land Air and Sea Mesh
3:41 PM	Jonathan Gross	Performance – Byzantine
3:45 PM	Irene Michaels	Performance – Feeling Free
3:49 PM	Tirlok Malik	Peace laughing comedian
3:51 PM	AJ Raggs	Performance – Kind Song
3:55 PM	Prince Parker	Performance – Star Spangled Banner (Jimmi Hendrix rendition)
4:01 PM	Flag Ceremony, NYC Dance School, Katya Grineva- Piano	During the Flag Ceremony, the NYC Share Dance School Students perform in the Peace Circle, Katya Grineva plays the piano
4:21 PM	Human Peace Circle	Peace Circle Singing Imagine to Shakira singing via video
4:27 PM	Stevie Wonder video followed by Jane Goodall Video	Videos
4:28 PM	NY Climate Week + Adam Lake, Jarvis Smith, Reverand Paul Sladkus, AY Young	NY Climate Week Kick-Off
4:29 PM	Closing w/ Annie video	Paul’s closing remarks, Annie video

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GoodNewsLetter: Labor Day Doesn’t Stop OUR PEACE EFFORTS, JOIN US…September 19, 20, 21….Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence for Peace & Plant Peace Pole, DOGS in PAIN?

Austin Tang — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:44:28 +0000

https://youtu.be/g-JieNLhctc

Dear Friends and Members, NOTE: NEW www.pausetheworldforpeace.org website, check it out!

Extra, Extra 2025 International Day of Peace & NYC Climate Week NEW POSTER is growing, as we just added a Peace Pole in the middle of the world. May Peace Prevail on Earth. We also have a NEW QR Code to go directly to our www.plantpeace.worldpeace.org page to plant your Virtual Peace Tree. Note: We are still tweaking the page.

We will email you the poster and appreciation certificate for free, a SPECIAL INVITATION TO THE STEPS OF NYC CITY HALL on Friday September 19^th, for a HISTORIC RINGING OF THE PEACE BELL BY MAYOR ADAMS, HOLD SIGNS OF PEACE AND MOTHER EARTH, PRAY THAT OUR NYC SCHOOLS TAKE A MOMENT/MEDITATIVE MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR PEACE. Your tax-deductible donation to our UNITED Peace & Mother Earth Movement can surely help us pay for this very expensive production weekend. IMPORTANT NOTE: A few donor/sponsor opportunities are still available, and our goal is $19,000 in total, which is a tax-exempt deduction, for direct production expenses to create our NETWORK QUALITY LIVE CLEAN ENERGY BROADCASTS.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

UN International Day of

Peace 2025,

September 21,

Expands to a Global Weekend To

Pause the World for Peace

Worldwide, Moment/Meditative

Minute of Silence, Plant Peace

Pole Virtually/Physical at Noon

in 24 Regions (Time Zones).

A World Cease Fire, Peace Acts,

Unity, Music, & Climate Week

Action. New York City Leads the

Call.

YOUR DOG MIGHT BE IN PAIN

Subtle Signs to Watch For & How

to Help September is Pain

Awareness Month

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

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

Social Networks: www.Facebook.com/PaulSladkus, LinkedIn Paul Sladkus, Twitter/X Good News to Go, Instagram PausetheWorld

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

The post GoodNewsLetter: Labor Day Doesn’t Stop OUR PEACE EFFORTS, JOIN US…September 19, 20, 21….Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence for Peace & Plant Peace Pole, DOGS in PAIN? appeared first on Good News!.

UN International Day of Peace 2025, September 21, Expands to a Global Weekend To Pause the World for Peace Worldwide, Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence, Plant Peace Pole Virtually/Physical at Noon in 24 Regions (Time Zones). A World Cease Fire, Peace Acts, Unity, Music, & Climate Week Action. New York City Leads the Call.

Austin Tang — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 15:44:08 +0000

New York, NY & Worldwide — PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION:

Cease Fire and Violence Everywhere, killing fields, schools, streets, homes…everywhere
Host your own moment of silence at noon in your local time zone on September 21, and honor the day’s request:
Participate in human peace signs, prayer, sound healing, community cleanups, or intergenerational kindness actions
Share messages of hope and love on social media using #PeaceDay2025

Presented by Good News Corporation with partners including OMMM, AY Young & the Battery Tour, Climate Group, NYC Mayor’s Office and Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.
and more. Go to: www.pausetheworldforpeace.org

SEPTEMBER 22–29, 2025
NYC Climate Week. Events across the city focused on solutions, sustainability, and collective care. https://www.climateweeknyc.org/

PRESS CONTACT:
Paul Sladkus | paul.sladkus1@gmail.com | 212-647-1212
www.pausetheworldforpeace.org NOTE: ALL EVENTS WILL BE BROADCAST WORLDWIDE LIVE

Presenters Background:

OMMM, a global platform for elevating consciousness, continues as a key partner, supporting moments of reflection, resonance, and collective healing throughout the weekend. www.ommmpresents.com

AY Young & Battery Tour…Soon to hold the World’s Record for Battery Clean Energy Powered Concerts and Worldwide Sustainable Talent. https://www.aymusik.com/

GoodNewsLetter: Times Square, NYC City Hall, Worldwide Peace Pole Plantings….JOIN US…September 19, 20, 21….Moment/Minute of Silence for Peace at Noon

Austin Tang — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 19:15:39 +0000

Here is our Newsletter on YouTube as of 08/23/25:

https://youtu.be/7b9paLwpS5A

Dear Friends and Members,

NOTE: NEW www.pausetheworldforpeace.org website, check it out!

Extra, Extra 2025 International Day of Peace & NYC Climate Week NEW POSTER is available. We will email you the poster and appreciation certificate for free, with any donation amount to our WORLDWIDE Peace & Mother Earth Movement. IMPORTANT NOTE: A few donor/sponsor opportunities are still available, and our goal is $25,000 in total, which is a tax-exempt deduction, for direct production expenses to create our NETWORK QUALITY LIVE CLEAN ENERGY BROADCASTS.

Let’s www.pausetheworldforpeace.org on September 19^th in NYC City Hall, September 20^th in Times Square, and September 21, The International Day of Peace Virtually & Physically Worldwide Plant Peace Poles and at all three events at NOON in 24 Time Zones create your own Moment/Meditative Minute for Peace.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

Here is a link to make a donation to our nonprofit Good News Corporation, who is working very hard to find the donors/sponsors to support our mission.

https://goodnewsplanet.com/pausetheworld/peace-day-donations/

UN International Day of Peace 2025, September 21, Expands to a Global Weekend To Pause the World for Peace Worldwide, Moment/Meditative Minute of Silence, Plant Peace Pole Virtually/Physical at Noon in 24 Regions (Time Zones). A World Cease Fire, Peace Acts, Unity, Music, & Climate Week Action. New York City Leads the Call.

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Aug. 30 & 31

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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.

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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:

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New York, NY, Montauk, NY

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Thought for the Day…07/15/25

Austin Tang — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:29:12 +0000

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Tulips of Joy…Summer Coming…Enjoy Every Moment

Austin Tang — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:44:46 +0000

Listen to “Tulips of Joy…Summer Coming…Enjoy Every Moment” on Spreaker.

#tulips #summer

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Carnegie Council and Uehiro Foundation Establish the Carnegie Endowment for Future Generations

Austin Tang — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:57:35 +0000

The endowment empowers a new generation of professionals committed to values-driven leadership at this pivotal moment in world affairs

New York, NY – January 16, 2025 – Today, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs announced a transformational gift from the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education to establish the “Uehiro–Carnegie Endowment for Future Generations.” The Uehiro Foundation gift builds upon the Council’s recent project to establish its Global Ethics Hub in New York City. The new Uehiro endowment will create novel educational programs and global-scale engagements for next generation leaders. This vital work furthers Carnegie Council’s over 100-year legacy of empowering ethical reflection, analysis, and action.

“Humanity has never been more connected yet more fractured,” said Joel Rosenthal, president of Carnegie Council. “New ethical issues are emerging rapidly, fed by intense polarization, the development of novel technologies, and concern for the core principles of democracy and international cooperation. We are grateful to the Uehiro Foundation for this extraordinary gift, which will inspire a new generation to use the power of ethics to build a better world.”

The grant enables a renewal of Andrew Carnegie’s vision for mobilizing the world’s intellectual and financial resources in the service of peace, education, and moral leadership—a vision that has guided Carnegie Council for more than a century. Such work is essential today as an old order fades, and a new order is struggling to emerge.

In response to this moment, the endowment will focus on applied ethics as a tool for the professional and personal development of next generation leaders. Together, Carnegie Council and Uehiro Foundation fellows, staff, and global partners will provide access to ethics-focused education and programming to assess key moral questions, navigate difficult decisions and tradeoffs, and examine values and interests in an interconnected world.

The endowed partnership builds on a twenty-year collaboration between Carnegie Council and the Uehiro Foundation dedicated to international convenings, ethics, and education. The following statement released today by the Uehiro Foundation touched on the deep history between the two organizations: “Over the years, we have become genuine partners as ‘the voice of ethics’ in international affairs. The Uehiro-Carnegie Endowment for Future Generations will enable us to work together more effectively, with united strength, in pursuit of our common mission.”

About Uehiro Foundation:

Founded in 1987, the Uehiro Foundation on Ethics and Education is a nonprofit foundation committed to the advancement of moral education in Japan. The Uehiro Foundation is a benefactor of the Uehiro Oxford Institute at the University of Oxford and the Uehiro Center for Advancement of Oceanography at University of Hawaii at Manoa. The Uehiro Foundation has also supported ethical research at higher education institutions in Japan such as University of Tokyo, Kyoto University, Tohoku University, and Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.

About Carnegie Council:

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs is an independent 501(c) (3) nonprofit institution that works to empower ethics globally by identifying and addressing the most critical ethical issues of today and tomorrow. Founded by Andrew Carnegie over a century ago, Carnegie Council sets the global ethical agenda by convening leading experts, building active communities, producing agenda-setting resources, and catalyzing the creation of ethical solutions to global problems. For more information, please visit CarnegieCouncil.org, subscribe to the Carnegie Ethics Newsletter, and engage with us on social media.

Read a web version of the announcement

Contact:

Kevin Maloney

Director of Communications, Carnegie Council

kmaloney@cceia.org

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11:00 AM

Master Sha Teacher

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Segment 1 – Opening

Start

Speaker/Artist

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11:30 AM

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11:32 AM

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11:47 AM

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Speaker/Artist

What

12:00 PM

Ringo Starr Video

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Yogini Jaima – Host

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1:00 PM

Jane Goodall – video

Peace remarks

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Rebecca Irby – Video

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Dr. Scilla Elworthy – Video

Peace remarks

2:18 PM

Sister Jenna

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