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Philip Reissman and Carol Ostrow Present:

A Meaningful Monday Special Series
at The Actors’ Temple

Also, Paul Sladkus to perform!

Monday, February 12th, 2024 • 6:30-8:00pm

Please join us for:
“An Homage to the Visual and Performing Arts”

with readings, monologues, original musical performances, all from our professional community and absolutely magnificent, and original paintings & photographs for your enjoyment and sale.

Please bring your family and friends!!! This will be a fabulous experience into the talented and beautiful world of the arts that only New York can offer.

Tickets are $35 per person.

Buy Tickets Now!

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Performing at The Actors’ Temple
339 West 47th Street

NY, NY 10036

More info: 212-245-6975

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#carolostrow #homage #performingarts #visualperformingarts #actorstemple #paulsladkus

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Chamber Ensembles.

Where/When:

Christ & St. Stephen’s Church – 120 West 69th Street, New York NY 10023

Today, June 12th, 2022

What time:

6:30 – 9:00 PM

Tickets: Tickets/Donations at the door appreciated.

RSVP: www.classicalhugs.com/events-1

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The Semifinal of the 5th Gershwin International Music Competition features participants from 20 US States and 11 countries around the world. You will hear the most exquisite performances of works in all music styles from J.S. Bach to Philip Glass.

#gershwininternationalmusiccompetition #michaelbulychev-okser #founder #anastasiayaskova #brooklynborough #director #communityaffairs #performance, #jsbach #philipglass

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If you have spent any time on social media in the past several years, you will have seen harassment and hate in all its ugliness. Social media platforms, initially touted as mechanisms to bring the world together, have grown into petri dishes breeding hostility, harassment, and hateful discourse. Hate and antisocial behaviors are also increasingly prevalent offline.

http://www.pmi.com/letstalk or https://mariansalzman.com/
One corporation which has long experienced hostility is Philip Morris International (PMI). The company says that comes with being a prominent player in an industry viewed unfavorably by much of society because of its core product: cigarettes.

Today, even as the company is working to deliver a smoke-free future thanks to science-based, better alternatives for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke —moving ever closer to the time when it will completely end sales of cigarettes in the international markets where they operate—vestiges of that hate remain, impeding an open and fact-based dialogue on the potential these innovative products represent for smokers and public health.

The consequences of hate and polarization transcend industry sectors and impede progress across society. That’s why the company wants to elevate the conversation around some solutions to the problem of what they are calling “hate in the air.” PMI has conducted a survey and developed a report from the survey responses, to try to find some answers to this growing problem in society and understand what factors have led to the rise in hate and misinformation and the loss of civil discourse and respect for objective truth.

PMI surveyed 5,000 adults in five markets: Brazil, France, South Africa, South Korea, and the United States. 70% reported that the level of hate and hate speech in their country has increased in the past two years and 52% worry that hate, and hostility are hampering progress in society.

Marian Salzman, senior vice president, global communications at Philip Morris International (PMI), discusses the survey results and the company’s report and recommendations on the rise of hate.

Salzman says while hate globally is on the rise, this trend should not surprise us. She says our modern culture of news consumption too often cages us within echo chambers self-constructed to affirm our beliefs and push out conflicting data and perspectives.

She’ll also offer ways to begin engaging in constructive dialogue. Salzman is considered one of the world’s top trendspotters and throughout her career has been at the leading edge of the rapid revolution in technology and social change.

Company officials say their report is intended to contribute to the conversation around hate and division and encourage more individuals and organizations to work toward resolving these critical challenges. Some recommendations include:

Engage, engage, engage: Relentlessly seek out opportunities for interaction, dialogue, and debate, even with—perhaps especially with—those who consider you the enemy.

End exclusionary policies and practices: Among survey respondents, 77% agree that society’s biggest challenges will never be solved if we demonize and exclude those with whom we disagree.

Champion the primacy of science and fact: Using data and proof points as anchors, companies must use their full voice to show up in conversations and counter the noise created by those seeking to confuse or mislead.

WE’VE ALL SEEN THE GROWING ATTITUDES OF ANGER IN SOCIAL MEDIA AND OFFLINE – WHAT DID YOUR SURVEY SHOW?

2. AFTER REVIEWING THE SURVEY RESULTS WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS DRIVING THIS RISE IN HATE?

3. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CORPORATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS TO MOVE BEYOND HATE?

4. WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO CONDUCT THIS SURVEY?

5. WHAT OTHER KEY TAKEAWAYS DO YOU WANT THE AUDIENCE TO BE AWARE OF?

Bio

Marian Salzman heads global communications at Philip Morris International (PMI), where she is helping the company to fulfill its mission of delivering a smoke-free future.

She has been named one of the world’s top five trendspotters and is among the most-awarded communications executives, including having been listed in PRWeek’s Global Power Book and as a PR News Top Woman in PR. Throughout her career, she has been at the leading edge of the rapid revolution in technology and social change. She co-founded the first online market research company a quarter century ago and remains a go-to source on trends emerging in the digital space. She joined PMI in 2018 after a decade as CEO of Havas PR North America and the Havas PR Global Collective (30+ markets).

In 2003, Marian introduced the world to “metrosexuality” and was later a driving voice in the concepts of local as the new global and chaos as the new normal. She presents across the globe on topics ranging from cultural trends and branding to generational differences and more. She is the author or co-author of 16 books, including Buzz, the first big business book on viral marketing, and Agile PR: Expert Messaging in a Hyper-Connected, Always-on World. Her newest book, The New Megatrends: Seeing Clearly in the Age of Disruption, will be published by Crown in 2022.

#marian #salzman #hate #speech #rise #hateful #help #philip #morris #international #pmi #smokers #engage #science #facts #social #media #attitudes #audience #embrace

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EVENT:   Brooklyn, NY– May 4, 2014

Bishop Jefferts Schori was elected Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in June 2006. She serves as chief pastor and primate to the Episcopal Church’s members in 16 countries and 110 dioceses. She joins with other principal bishops of the 38-member Provinces of the worldwide Anglican Communion, seeking a common cause for global good and reconciliation.

Over the course of her nine–year term, Bishop Jefferts Schori is responsible for initiating and developing policy for the Episcopal Church and speaks on behalf of the church regarding the policies, strategies, and programs authorized by General Convention. She has been vocal about the Episcopal Church’s mission priorities, including the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, issues of domestic poverty, climate change and care for the earth, as well as the ongoing need to contextualize the gospel. The Presiding Bishop is charged to speak God’s word to the church and to the world. 

About St. Philip’s Church:

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church has a long history in the Weeksville/Bedford Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. Just at the turn of the 19^th century, a group of African- Americans residing in Brooklyn, having experienced less than acceptance at an Episcopal church not far from where they lived, decided that it was time for them to establish an Episcopal Church near home, then the Weeksville area of Brooklyn. And so, they met at the home of one of their group, Mrs. Esther Reese, for that purpose.

Within a short period of time, they had obtained store-front space at 1887 Pacific Street and in May of 1899, the first service of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church was held. The church became a mission church in the diocese of Long Island. It attracted many Blacks: from the Caribbean, from Virginia and the Carolinas, and native Brooklynites.

In 1926, St Philip’s obtained full status as a parish of the diocese of Long Island and the Reverend Nathaniel Peterson Boyd became its first rector. Today, 115 years laterthe church continues its operations in the community and programs of outreach – among which are a food pantry, AA Program, home to one of the oldest boy’s troops (#263) in scouting, an active girl’s scouting troop, and a program of beautiful music, often shared with the community. It is looking forward to again housing an early childhood center.

For further information please visit our website at www.stphilipsbklyn.org or call us at 718-778-8700.

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In Desert Hot Springs, California with a Mission Statement mandate to develop a successful Public Awareness Campaign dedicated to protecting and ensuring the fundamental right of access to safe drinking Water for All People.

On February 26, 1999 Desert Hot Springs won the coveted Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting contest 1st Place Gold Medal for the world’s best tasting Municipal Tap Water.

That moment in water history was the beginning of over six years of the actual formation of WWRF into a popular non-profit foundation. WWRF worked to select exceptionally well qualified volunteer directors, officers and advisory board members. WWRF developed and is very proud to publish our website as a comprehensive one-stop source for research of any and all water-related interests and news. WWRF selected quality links provides, efficient, retrievable worldwide water information and commentary, free of charge. The WWRF website is considered the hallmark of water repositories.

WWRF has networked closely with the United Nations, environmental and entertainment organizations working to defend our precious world freshwater resources. WWRF has sponsored many receptions networking with key UN Ambassadors to assist in adopting and implementing our goal of worldwide recognition of the “International Year of Freshwater – 2003” and the “International Decade for Action, Water for Life” – 2005 – 2015.”

The “Water Decade 2005 – 2015” mandate underscores the furtherance of international cooperation in order to address the urgent water-related goals contained in the Millennium Declaration, namely, to cut in half by the year 2015 the proportion of people who are unable to reach or afford safe drinking water. This challance, and meeting this serious goal, is one of the most noble commitments facing humanity.

Both the “International Year of Freshwater – 2003” and the “Water Decade 2005 – 2015” were initiatives of the Republic of Tajikistan. These two United Nations resolutions were tirelessly spearheaded by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Nations, H.E. Ambassador Rashid Alimov.

It was with honor that WWRF gratefully acknowledged Ambassador Alimov’s valuable support and cooperation with WWRF by naming him our WWRF Person of the Year for 2003. WWRF Spokesperson, David Carradine, presented Mr. Ambassador with our WWRF “Iris Award” for his outstanding contribution to the global water agenda at our 1st “Water For All People” Gala on June 10, 2004 in Desert Hot Springs, California.

The “Water Decade 2005 – 2015” grants us ten more years to work together to assure the availability of the priceless gift of freshwater. Let us think together of how we can save water – this invaluable gift of God – for the future generations.

The WWRF Logo symbolizes a drop of water that has embedded within it, our Blue Planet. Let us do everything possible to protect all the drops of water. Let us pool our efforts in hopes of bringing about a much needed Blue Revolution Public Awareness Campaign.

World Water Rescue Foundation is a nonprofit foundation dedicated to protecting and preserving the world’s water resources and ensuring the fundamental right of access to safe drinking Water for All People.

Water is essential to every aspect of life. We cannot live without it. There is no technology available that can manufacture it. It cannot be replaced or duplicated. It must be valued and safeguarded.

World Water Rescue Foundation exists to restore, in an environmentally sound manner and in harmony with the needs of the world, the integrity of the element of water, which is in significant danger.

As an international imperative, we seek to successfully sustain the earth’s water.

Our mandate demands that we pursue every possible way to preserve and protect the water supply of this planet.

Our mission is therefore to:

• Eliminate the world’s current struggle for safe drinking water resources through:
  a) Education and
  b) Scientific efforts.
• Eradicate all consequential health hazards associated with global water resources.
• Facilitate and support any and all efforts to conserve water ecosystems.
• Advance water-related education through publication and dissemination of documentaries and the organization of conferences, roundtables, seminars, expositions and concerts.
• Develop an international culture of water conservation and general health issues.
• Fund sound ecological planning, supporting any and all efforts to correct grave pollution issues confronting the world community.
• World Water Rescue Foundation will serve as a repository for research sourcing of any and all world water interests.

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