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Where Do I Sign? From Tragedy to Resilient Triumph is a moving, motivational memoir by David A. Dodd—A global leader in economic resilience, dynamic speaker, and survivor of extraordinary adversity. Through deeply personal storytelling, David reveals how a life shaped by trauma and setbacks became one defined by purpose, innovation, and unshakable resilience.

After a near-fatal auto crash left him with life-threatening injuries and a long road to recovery, he had every reason to give up. Instead, he leaned into five core principles that had guided him from childhood, resulting in personal resilience, faith, and a commitment to service. Along the way, he founded the International Sustainable Resilience Center and helped reshape how communities worldwide recover from disaster and build lasting strength.

This book is a compelling blend of life story and practical principles that will inspire readers from every walk of life. Whether you’re seeking encouragement during hard times or a framework for long-term growth, Where Do I Sign? offers hope, clarity, and an empowering message: you are stronger than you think.

Sign your name to your future. Conquer tragedy with resilience.

Here are the five principles of personal resilience.
1. Learn something, something that interests you
2. In learning about that something, find your passion
3. Pursue that passion, continue to learn about it and experience it
4. Develop a strategy, with specific actions to realize results from that passion
5. Measure your progress and celebrate success, focusing on the future not the past

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Eco-Logic Moving Day.
Moving from 6AM Saturdays to 10AM Wednesdays.
Starting Wednesday, July 19th

Eco-Logic at 6 . . . am!
Saturday, July 15, 6:00am to 7:00am
radio & internet www.ecoradio.org
WBAI, 99.5FM & https://wbai.org/listen-live/

“EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY”
When your air or water are clean,
thank an environmentalist

We love to hear from our listeners! We always welcome your calls, but we especially want to hear from you this week. We hope you will move with us to Wednesdays at 10am, starting July 19th!

Before we take your calls, we have information about how power strips can save you money, about an NJDEP boondoggle, return of bipartisanship on the environment, the use of air conditioning, organic pesticide use in NYC parks, New York City and New Jersey’s Hudson Canyon Marine Reserve, cleaning toxic coal ash, a beekeeper’s lament and request to be more aware, a report Green Amendment Day, and a good decision on the Mountain Valley Pipeline!

We also have environmental songs: Pete Seeger, Dar Williams, David Bernz, and the Rivertown Kids singing “Solartopia” and Tom Chapin singing “Pretty Planet.”

Eco-Logic.wbai.org is where you can go to get our DVDs and CDs. Get great information and entertainment and support our show – its a win-win!

You can always find us archived at www.ecoradio.org or https://wbai.org/archive/

WBAI, 99.5FM & www. wbai.org

And …
Join us next Wednesday, July 19, at 10AM, in our new time slot

Check our web site for further details.

Stay tuned,
Ken Gale, Donna Stein, Sally Gellert, and Charlie Olson/TheEnvironmentTV

When the air or water are clean, thank an environmentalist. If not, become one! Nuff Said!

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A car ahead was moving like a turtle and not giving me way inspire of my continuous honking!   I was on brink of losing my cool when I noticed the small sticker on the car’s rear!

“Physically challenged; Please be patient.”

And that changed everything!!

I immediately went calm & slowed down!!

In fact,  I got a little protective of the car & the driver!!!

I reached home a few minutes late, but it was ok!

And then it struck me.

Would I have been patient if there was no sticker?

Why do we need stickers to be patient with people!?

Will we be more patient & kind with others if people had labels pasted on their foreheads?

Labels like ——

“ Lost my job” ,

“Fighting cancer”,

“Going through a bad divorce”,

“Suffering Emotional abuse “, “Lost a loved one”,

“Feeling worthless”,

“Financially broken”

….and more like these!!

Everyone is fighting a battle we know nothing about.

The least we can do is to be patient ,kind & compassionate

Let us respect the Invisible Labels !

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10:30am – 11:00am
Announcements, 2020 Sizzle Reel

Truth Seeker Recipients
Jack Baxter & Fran Strauss-Baxter
Coffee and Light Refreshments are on us.

This event is made possible in part by funding from
New York City Council Members:
Jimmy Van Bramer and Danny Dromm
and the Department of Youth and Community Development

This event is made possible (in part) by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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Not to be Missed 8th Annual Queens World Film Festival (QWFF) Announces 2018 Line up – “Spirit of Queens” Honorees, Venues + Sizzle Reel with Special Guests. 189 films to be screened over the course of this year’s Extended Festival.

When-Wednesday, Feb 14th, 9:30-11:30am (Valentines, coffee and light refreshments will be served!)

Where- Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, Queens, NY

Who- Queens native and this year’s “Spirit of Queens” Award winner Jan Oxenberg, along with Sandra Schulberg and the Festival Directors will be in attendance joined by over 50 filmmakers from this year’s festival, Investors Bank, NY Community Bank, Jacob Riis Settlement House and Central Queens NY.

QWFF Artistic Director Don Cato will introduce special guests (filmmakers, honorees, Sponsors and partners) and reveal this year’s Sizzle Reel for The 8th Annual Queens World Film Festival (QWFF) at the Museum of the Moving Image‎ (MoMI), in Astoria, Queens, NY.

This year the Festival has an extended schedule to run for two weeks March 15-25, 2018. Don Cato ‎states that “This year’s submissions increased by 43% and QWFF programmers screened hundreds and hundreds of films from 48 nations. This year we have 189 incredible films from 36 nations with 19 world premieres including CRUISE, by Robert D. Siege (American screenwriter: The Onion Movie and The Wrestler, as well as the writer and director of Big Fan) There are films from all 5 boroughs and a ground breaking 65 films by women, 14 LGBTQ themed films, 14 films by Asian filmmakers including the award winning Queens filmmaker and QWFF alumni Patrick Chen who is returning with his short Confucius Plaza.“

Each year, the Queens World Film Festival pays tribute to an outstanding filmmaker for his or her body of work. This year’s “Spirit of Queens” Award goes to Jan Oxenberg and the festival will screen her genre-busting Thank You and Good Night. Oxenberg is a Queens native and grew up in Bell Park Gardens in Bayside, where the neighbors included Richard Dreyfuss and Estelle Getty! On March 21, QWFF will give another 2018 “Spirit of Queens” Award to Artist, Activist, Filmmaker Vincent Gagliostro, not only for his insightful and riveting After Louie, starring the stunning Alan Cummings, but for the actions he has continuously taken on behalf of so many in the artistic community.

The Queens World Film Festival engages audiences with targeted outreach to the diverse communities that comprise the borough of Queens.‎ QWFF Artistic Director Don Cato ‎states that “this year’s submissions increased by 43% and programmers screened 611 films from across the globe—including Spain, Argentina, Canada, German, Iran, Japan, Switzerland, Ireland, France, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Iran, Ireland, Dominican Republic, Italy, Australia, Nepal, Netherlands, Turkey, UK and the US – with 37 submissions from Queens!

Festival Sponsors include Investors Bank, Kaufman Astoria Studios, Queens Council on the Arts, New York Community Bank, Investors Bank Foundation and Queens Tourism. This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralized Program, a re-grant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Queens Council on the Arts.

Tickets are now on sale for all films at the Zukor Theatre via queensworldfilmfestival.com. Films screening at MoMI should be live Feb. 14.

The Opening Night event for the Eighth Annual Queens World Film Festival will be presented by Investors Bank and will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2018, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Museum of the Moving Image, located at 36-01 35th Avenue in Astoria, Queens. The evening’s program will feature a block of stirring six, short films grouped under the title of “Emotional Punch.” The films are Atomic Mother, directed by L.E. Salas; You Deserve Everything, directed by Goran Stolevski; Bricklayer’s Poet, directed by Gino Cafarelli; Backstory, directed by Joschka Laukeniks; (Out) Caste, directed by Shilpi Shikha Agrawal; and Our Wonderful Nature, the Common Chameleon, directed by Tomer Eshed.

On March 25, ‘Best of’ Awards’ will be given in each category including Best Feature, Best Director, etc. with Honorable Mention awards in many categories along with two special awards from our new partners, The KODAK AWARD and The inktip AWARD.

The Queens World Film Festival is a program of the Queens World Film Initiative, Inc., a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization.

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We are moving the Headquarters Office to Florida.

One of the main reasons for this move is to support the significantly large and growing “senior population” in the state of Florida.

Over the past several months, we have had very encouraging conversations with our major sponsors and state agencies — who all support this relocation.

There will be NO changes in the SeniorNet mission, objective, focus, or operations.

The effective date of this move is — January 1st, 2014.

The new address and phone number are posted on the SeniorNet website – front page.

We wish all of you and those you love a happy and safe holiday.

Leslie M. Smith
Chairman

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Moving Families Forward…

Founded in 1960, the Ackerman Institute for the Family is one of the premier institutions for family therapy and one of the best-known and most highly regarded training facilities for family therapists in the United States. The Institute serves families from all walks of life at all stages of family life.

The Ackerman Institute’s mission is to provide:

• Innovative couple and family therapy services through its on-site Clinic (licensed by the State of New York Office of Mental Health).
• State-of-the-art training programs for mental health and other professionals on-site, in community settings and internationally.
• Cutting-edge research initiatives that focus on the development of new treatment models and training techniques.

Through this dynamic interaction of treatment, training and research, Ackerman helps families, serves mental health care professionals and brings innovative perspectives to a broad array of community service agencies and other health care facilities. For more info, go to www.ackerman.org

A Tribute To Families Gala

Hosted by

Natalie Morales, NBC News’ Today Anchor Benefiting

The Ackerman Institute For The Family

Monday, October 22nd at the Waldorf=Astoria in NYC

WHAT: A Tribute to Families Gala benefiting The Ackerman Institute for the Family

The Ackerman Institute for the Family will host $B!F (BA Tribute to Families $B!G (B Gala to honor Gregory T. Rogers, of RayLign Advisory LLC, and Baron Davis, Veteran NBA Point Guard and Founder of Rising Stars of America. Gregory T. Rogers will receive the Ackerman Corporate Partner Award, while veteran NBA Point Guard Baron Davis will receive the Ackerman Distinguished Service Award. Natalie Morales, news anchor of NBC News $B!G (B TODAY & Co-Host of the third hour, will host the evening for the second year in a row to  benefit the vital programs and ongoing services for children and families at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. Board members Martha Fling & Alice Netter will Co-Chair the event.

• Special Performance by Chris Gillespie from the renowned Carlyle Hotel

WHO:

$B!| (B     Natalie Morales – News Anchor, NBC News $B!G (B Today | Co-host, The Third Hour

$B!| (B     Gregory T. Rogers – Founder & Managing Partner, RayLign Advisory LLC

$B!| (B     Baron Davis –  Veteran NBA Point Guard and Founder,Rising Stars of America

$B!| (B     Lois Braverman – President & CEO, Ackerman Institute for the Family

$B!| (B     Cheryl Wills – Award winning Anchor, NY1 News Television

$B!| (B     Chris Gillespie, from the renowned Carlyle Hotel

$B!| (B     Marie Wilson – Founder & President Emeritus, The White House Project & former President of The Ms. Foundation

$B!| (B     Tamsen Fadal – Anchor, WPIX News & Best Selling Author

$B!| (B     Camilla Barungi – Project Runway & founder of African Moringa

$B!| (B     Timothy Mandala  – Star of the hit Vin Diesel series The Ropes

$B!| (B     Stacey Tisdale – Correspondent, PBS $B!H (BNeed To Know $B!I (B & Founder of Winning Play$ for women $B!G (Bs financial literacy

$B!| (B     Wendy Diamond – Correspondent, The Today Show, Philanthropist & Publisher of Animal Fair Media

$B!| (B     Javier Gomez – Noted Photojournalist with upcoming exhibits in Paris, Madrid, Tokyo, and Panama

$B!| (B     Tim Morehouse – U.S. Olympic Champion

$B!| (B     Rachael Kun – Associate Producer, 60 Minutes & CBS Evening News (national edition)

$B!| (B     Lori Sokol – The Huffington Post & Publisher of Work Life Matters

$B!| (B     Blair Brewster – Partner of Bear Rock, an internet printing business. Founder of Electromark, and XpressMyself.com

$B!| (B     Ben Tapper – Senior Director, Eastern Consolidated

$B!| (B     Al Feliu – Esq., Vanderberg & Feliu, LLP

$B!| (B     Martha Fling –  Event Co-Chair | Founder, Drake Libby LLC

$B!| (B     Alice Netter – Event Co-Chair | Trustee of Continuum Health Partners, Inc. and Beth Israel Medical Center

$B!| (B     John O $B!G (BNeill – Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal (Global professional services firm) | Co-Chair, A Tribute to Families

$B!| (B     Steve Schwartz – Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

$B!| (B     Jonathan Adelson – Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal

$B!| (B     Robert Ruckh – Ernst & Young

$B!| (B     C. Hugh Hildesley – Executive Vice President, Sotheby $B!G (Bs | Auctioneer, A Tribute to Families

RSVP is required as space is limited. To cover A Tribute to Families Gala, please contact: Christopher M. Vicini or Carolyn Gitomer at JGPR: christopher@jamesgrantpr.com or carolyn@jamesgrantpr.com  (917) 626-1300

About Ackerman Institute for the Family

Since 1960, the Ackerman Institute for the Family has achieved international prominence and earned national awards for the development of innovative models of family therapy, professional training, and community programs for families facing major life challenges.  One of the first training institutions in the United States committed to promoting family functioning and family mental health, Ackerman is dedicated to helping families at all stages of family life.

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