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– Event: Culture of Peace: A Cornerstone for Sustainable Development, In Observance of the International Day of Peace

– When: Wednesday, 14 September 2022 at 12:00 PM

– Doors Open: 11:45 AM

– Where: UN Church Center Chapel, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017

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U.S. East Coast Director of HWPL

Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light

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Heavenly Culture, World Peace and Restoration of Light (HWPL) hosted the Interfaith World Peace Conference event on Thursday, May 15th 10:00AM to 12:30PM, 2014 at Hotel Pennsylvania Skytop Ballroom 18th Chairman Lee, 84, is an internationally acclaimed religious lecturer and peace activist who has been featured in interviews with NBC, FOX, CBS, Azteca America and Telemundo for his campaign of peace in religion. As the Chairman of HWPL (one of the largest international NGO’s working to advance peace initiatives through culture, arts, religion and policy), he has traveled to over 72 countries in the last two years at the invitation of world presidents, high religious officials, and youth organizations to share his message of peace.

The 2014 New York Interfaith Peace Conference was a multi-faith symposium that gathered diverse religious leaders across the East Coast for the theme of ending religious conflict and beginning a new generation of peace. Ibrahim Sayar, Interfaith Director of the Peace Islands Institute, Brad Hirschfield, president of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership and Swami Parameshenanda, leader of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha of New York were some of the attendees and speakers at the event. The program featured a historic peace agreement signing, diverse cultural performances, and a keynote message from Chairman Lee.

Chairman Lee flew in to New York as a part of his 10th peace talk discussions with religious and political leaders. Following the Interfaith Peace Conference, he met with over 25 ambassadors and U.N. delegates at the Permanent Mission of Nigeria in light of recent conflicts in Nigeria sparked by religious tensions.

The conference was also held for those who have expressed their commitment to attend and promote HWPL’s finale event, the World Alliance of Religions for Peace Summit in Seoul, South Korea. The summit, taking place in autumn, is a worldwide conference to gather religious and political leaders for peace. International media outlets are invited to attend.

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Young Friends Of Save Venice

Celebration In Houston Funds

Venetian Masterworks Restoration

Lizzie Asher, Counselor Federico Ciattaglia, Skylar Pinchal

Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

50th Anniversary Fete Begins ‘50 Celebrations for 50 years’ Worldwide

In celebration of the 50^th Anniversary of Save Venice, the leading American nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the artistic heritage of Venice, commemorative events are being organized worldwide to support important restorations of masterworks of Venetian art and architecture. In place of the annual Un Ballo in Maschera held in New York each year, Save Venice is hosting “50X50,” in a global scale with 50 parties in 50 cities across the globe to toast its accomplishments.

Host and Houston Native, Skylar Pinchal, along with the Young Friends of Save Venice, led by Chair of the Young Friends Steering Committee, Lizzie Asher, held a cocktail party at the Cohen House at Rice University in Houston, TX. Steering committee members, Casey Kohlberg, Christina Senia and Mercedes de Guardiola joined Lizzie and Skylar, as well as Counselor Federico Ciattaglia, Consul General of Italy in Houston, who spoke during the event.

The cocktail party was attended by approximately 70 guests who donned their most festive cocktail attire worthy of a Venetian Palazzo. Lizzie Asher, Consul General Federico Ciattaglia, and host Skylar Pinchal each gave speeches, in which Consul General Federico Ciattaglia remarked, “Houston much like Venice knows about the experience of being ravaged by floods.”

Notable attendees included:  Benjamin Sardavi, Ashland Hines Odom, Blake Odom, Peter Herff, Ann Ayre, Brian McCulloch, Lauren Reckling, Gillian Sarofim, Robert McNiel, Claudia Lederer Saenz, Anne Marie Soza, Catherine Montague, Sofia Leon, Christina Reckling, Peyton Easley, Mike Gassman, Grace Easley, Wilson Prioleau, Harris Pritchard, Lanie Markham.

Rice University’s historic Cohen House was transformed into a Venetian palazzo. Elaborate accoutrements for the “Masks & Martinis” evening included vast murals of Venice, oriental carpets, damask-covered furnishings, profusions of candles, and towering candelabras that surrounded guests as they sipped on various themed cocktails. The event was guarded by The Winged Lion of Venice – the iconic bronze statue of the Piazza San Marco of Venice – and guests mingled and showcased their Carnevale themed masks with the backdrop of damask patterned furniture and harlequin patterned tablecloths.

The Young Friends of Save Venice is an energetic group of young professionals who share dual passions for art and preservation in Venice. Initially established in the early 1990s, the group was responsible for sponsoring specific restoration projects and for the growth of what is today known as Un Ballo in Maschera, held annually in New York.

For more information and about Save Venice and 50 Celebrations for 50 years, including how to be involved, please visit www.savevenice.org/50×50.

For more information about Save Venice and to discover the work of the organization, please visit www.savevenice.org.

For hi-res images, visit: https://bit.ly/3gkBlEO

Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

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Casey Kohlberg, Christina Senia, Counselor Federico Ciattaglia, Lizzie Asher, Skylar Pinchal, Mercedes de Guardiola, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Christiana Reckling, Elizabeth Carl, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Lizzie Asher, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Lauren Reckling, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Mindy Choate, Lanie Markam, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Ashland Hines Odom, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Daniel Harrison, Sophia Smith, Will Beard, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

Mercedes de Guardiola, Casey Kohlberg, Christina Senia, Lizzie Asher, Skylar Pinchal, Courtesy of Young Friends of Save Venice (Photographer Fulton Davenport)

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Felicia Young is a social action artist and the founder of Earth Celebrations, a non-profit organization on the Lower East Side of New York City since 1991, to engage communities to generate ecological and social change through the arts. For the past 30 years Earth Celebrations’ programs, www.earthcelebrations.com,
have applied the inspirational power of the arts to build community, collaboration and action on climate change, water quality, river restoration, waste management, and the preservation of species, habitats, nature, gardens, parks, and a healthy urban environment. Earth Celebrations has pioneered and developed innovative strategies utilizing collaborative arts to build broad-based coalitions and diverse sector partnerships with local organizations, academic institutions, government agencies, schools and community residents to work together and mobilize action to achieve common goals and ecological, policy and social change. The current Ecological City: Art & Climate Solutions project engages artists, gardeners, schools, organizations, youth and residents to collaborate over 9 months co-creating theatrical pageant, a procession with 20 site performances, to celebrate climate solution and sustainability initiatives throughout the community gardens, neighborhood and waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City.

Opening – VIDEO CLIP – Earth Celebrations’ Ecological City: Procession for Climate Solutions May, 2019 – a community art and environmental action project engaging artists, gardeners, schools, organizations, youth and residents to collaborate over 9 months co-creating theatrical pageant, a procession with 20 site performances, to celebrate climate solution and sustainability initiatives throughout the community gardens, neighborhood and waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City.

Closing Closing – VIDEO CLIP – The Bio-Remediation Sculpture was created for Earth Celebrations’ Ecological City: Procession for Climate Solutions by local artist/gardener Dee Dee Maucher from earth with fermented micro organisms, willow branches and other nutrient rich organic materials collected. The sculpture rode on on a cycle-rickshaw throughout the 5 hour procession and was offered to the East River at the end of the day. She floated on a reed raft and headed due south offering her nutrients for the cleansing of the river.

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The 2014 New York Interfaith Peace Conference was a multi-faith symposium that gathered diverse religious leaders across the East Coast for the theme of ending religious conflict and beginning a new generation of peace. Ibrahim Sayar, Interfaith Director of the Peace Islands Institute, Brad Hirschfield, president of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership and Swami Parameshenanda, leader of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha of New York were some of the attendees and speakers at the event. The program featured a historic peace agreement signing, diverse cultural performances, and a keynote message from Chairman Lee.

Chairman Lee flew in to New York as a part of his 10^th peace talk discussions with religious and political leaders. Following the Interfaith Peace Conference, he met with over 25 ambassadors and U.N. delegates at the Permanent Mission of Nigeria in light of recent conflicts in Nigeria sparked by religious tensions.

The conference was also held for those who have expressed their commitment to attend and promote HWPL’s finale event, the World Alliance of Religions for Peace Summit in Seoul, South Korea. The summit, taking place in autumn, is a worldwide conference to gather religious and political leaders for peace. International media outlets are invited to attend.

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