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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Compelling climate narratives in television shows and movies can help shift attitudes on climate change, a new study finds! Over a thousand participants were recruited, and researchers divided them into two groups. Half watched a climate-focused episode of Madam Secretary about a super typhoon menacing the Pacific Island nation of Nauru. The other half watched another episode of the same show about U.S. involvement in the Middle East.

People who watched the climate episode experienced “a substantial increase” in their level of concern about climate change and their support for government action. Researchers found this change persisted even two weeks after people watched the episode.

Good Energy (started by my friend Anna Jane Joyner) has a simple test for movies and TV shows to see if they’re talking about climate change. First, does climate change exist in the story world? And second, is a character aware of it? 

For a long time, the answer was usually “no” – but that’s changing now. The fifth-annual Hollywood Climate Summit wrapped up this week, where creators of all stripes came together to talk about how to best include climate in their plot lines. Just like climate change touches everything in our world, I’m convinced every story can have a climate element to it – and it’s good news to see that this is becoming more common and that it …

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Much still needs to be done, so please send contributions earmarked for Katrina to either our Good News Corporation or the Salvation Army.

Peace and love is the answer plus caring for Mother Earth, as it was the environment and water level that caused the Katrina disaster.

As we know you are a Do Gooder, please join us for our www.peacedayparty.org events, on September 16th Times Square and the 18th in Central Park Bandshell.

Peace and Love

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New York Center for Children (NYCC)  –  Good News Special Video.  We speak to Board Member Lauren Vernon. She shares her love for the New York Center for Children and what does Peace mean to her with touching words about Ecuador Earthquake Tragedy.   More video from this wonderful event coming.

The New York Center for Children (NYCC) is hosting its 21th Anniversary Spring Cocktail Reception on Monday, April 18th, 2016 between 7:00pm – 10:00pm at Clement Restaurant at the Peninsula Hotel in New York City. Please join the NYCC in celebrating over 20 years of helping the most disadvantaged children achieve their potential. The event will feature a Live Auction where participants can win a customized Vespa. There will also be a Silent Auction where guests can bid on exquisite gifts and experiences. Timatha Kasten will perform a musical tribute accompanied by a jazz trio honoring the memory of Broadway legend Marty Richards.

This year’s Host Committee includes Christopher Barley, Christine Boeke, Debra Caplan, Michele Herbert, Heidi and Colin Mitchell, Meghan and Darryl Pardi, Leane Romeo, Kevin and Carolyn Ryan, Sheri Sandler, Jean Shafiroff, Sophie Ann Terrisse and Kevin Flagg, Kathy Trakas, Lauren Vernon, and Susan Warren. Hero Sponsors of the evening are Henry Buhl, Ronnie and Marty Foont, Linda Schoenthaler, Kate and Andy Spade, Christine Rales, and Vespa of Manhattan.

Founded in 1995, the NYCC is the only independent center in New York City to provide free, comprehensive evaluation and therapy services to child victims of physical and sexual abuse and their families, for as long as their healing requires. The dedicated staff will never turn a child in need away. The NYCC is a nonprofit that relies on donations to ensure it is able to provide these services.

Honorary Chair of the NYCC Board of Directors Kate Spade believes that at the Center, “Children are supported in their journey to a safer place. There is no other organization quite like it.” To date, the center has helped more than 15,000 families receive care. The NYCC also provides groundbreaking training programs on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of child abuse, attended by medical students, doctors, nurses and first responders worldwide. More than 20,000 professionals have been trained through NYCC’s educational programs.

Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served and all proceeds of the night will benefit the center.

WHEN:                 Monday, April 18th, 2016

Press Check-In                                  6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Red Carpet Arrival                           7:00 p.m.*

Live Auction                                       8:00 p.m.*

Event Closing                                     10:00 p.m.*

*Subject to client approval

WHERE:               Clement Restaurant at the Peninsula Hotel

700 Fifth Avenue (55th Street)

New York, NY 10019

TICKETS:               LEADER TICKET (One ticket to the Spring Celebration)                                     $250

PATRON TICKETS (Two tickets to the Spring Celebration)                                               $750

HOST SPONSORSHIP (Two tickets to the Spring Celebration                         $1,000

& Listing in other event promotional materials)

HERO SPONSORSHIP (Two tickets to the Spring Celebration,                        $2,500

Listing in other event promotional materials & Logo included

on the “Lend a Hand for Children” Step & Repeat)

CHAMPION SPONSORSHIP (Four tickets to the Spring                                     $5,000

Celebration, Listing in other event promotional materials &

Logo included on the “Lend a Hand for Children” Step & Repeat

About the New York Center For Children

Founded in 1995 by the 55-year-old national child abuse-prevention organization, Childhelp, with the aid of the late Broadway producer Marty Richards and philanthropist Georgette Mosbacher, the New York Center for Children (NYCC) is a child-friendly Center, providing free, comprehensive evaluation and therapy services to victims of child abuse and their families. NYCC also offers professional training on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of child abuse. All of the programs and services at NYCC are completely free of charge. NYCC is a not-for-profit organization that relies on donations to cover the costs of operations. NYCC serves all families, including those without insurance. When children come to the Center, they are greeted by specially trained staff, colorful murals on the walls and a playroom filled with toys. In addition to evaluation and treatment, the children at NYCC also benefit from tutoring, mentoring and extracurricular events. NYCC serves children from all five boroughs of New York City. The child-friendly space is located at 333 East 70th Street, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side — an easily-accessible and safe neighborhood for our children to be nurtured back to health.

For more information on NYCC, visit  newyorkcenterforchildren.org

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Please join us in celebrating the life of our beloved partner who once welcomed all of you to the Digital Age.
This is a moment to comprehend the tragedy that took Ellen and many others from us. It is also a time to understand how the Digital Revolution needs to bring the rest of America up to date.
Most of all, it is a time celebrate the life of every Entrepreneur’s friend, a beloved wife, mother and an inspiration to everyone she ever met!
The performers include Jennie Walker, gold-record artist Patti Rothberg and Lion Kingperformer Ntomb’Khona Dlamini directed by Joel Arnow a Berklee School of Music graduate. All the artists were friends with Ellen who collaborated with us on various projects.
Seating is Limited – Please Register for this Event (there is no charge)
Please visit the memorial website – bit.ly/ellenmemories – to remember our beautiful friend.
Thanks again for your continued support.
We look forward to seeing you
Sincerely, Alan Brody, Alexa, Julia, Danielle

Convean: iBreakfast – iEvening – eTV World – Startupalooza

NtombKhona Dlamini

Jennie Walker

Patti Rothberg

More about the Memorial concert on Thursday. Over 400 people have signed up!
The performers were all people who knew and in some way worked with Ellen and I.

Patti Rothberg is a Scarsdale based singer-songwirter who had a gold album in the 90’s, who writes and performs very moving songs. Patti and I collaborated on a song entitled Genius Bar after she performed with a then unknown artist. They had both just broken up with people who worked at the same Apple store on 5th Ave. This inspired our song at bit.ly/a5f5cm. The other artist’s song was a little different and turned out to be a little more successful onceChristine Aguilera picked up on it. It is called Say Something and that other artist was Ian Axel. It is also sadly ironic……

Jennie Walker is a terrific singer and songwriter who has charmed us with her performances and collaborated on a musical play I wrote called Broad on Wall. She will sing Its Our Time, a song she once dedicated to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. The Clintons got to meet Ellen at her part-time job at ICD Jewelry store, and they too, were taken by Ellen’s warmth and wonderful presence. The Clintons have been very kind and supportive in the wake of this tragedy.

Nthomb’Khona Dlamini is one of the original performers at our legendary South African-style Barbecues (The Scarsdale Braai) that began in our backyard and over the years brought hundreds of people to various parks in Westchester. She and her husband, bass-player,Jimmy Mgwandi were the hit of our events and her voice is reminiscent of a young Miriam Makeba. Even after Disney discovered her and put her in the Lion King, she continued to perform at our events. Ellen loved her version of Pata Pata and many other songs in Zulu and Xhosa whose meanings she may not have understood but whose emotional impact she got completely.

The musical director, Berklee School of music graduate and professional drummer, Joel Arnow is a family member.

This is not a fundraiser but we are asking people, if they wish, to help us offset the cost of mounting this kind of event at a top performance venue in midtown Manhattan.

We have not forgotten the other victims in this tragedy and can only hope this will begin the healing and inspire the best minds of our industry to help those in legacy industries to do better. We never knew we were interdependent. Sadly, now we do.

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‘The Man in the Red Bandana’
By Jefferson H. Crowther

Please excuse these ramblings of a proud, old father who lost one the
brightest lights in his life. This light was my dear, dear son, Welles
Remy Crowther, who at age 24 was killed when the South Tower of the
World Trade Center collapsed on him and so many other innocent victims
of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Welles was an equities
trader with Sandler-O’Neill and Partners working on the 104th floor of
WTC2. He was also a volunteer firefighter and member of Empire Hook &
Ladder Co. #1 in Upper Nyack, NY. Somehow he made his way to the 78th
floor Sky Lobby after the plane had impacted his building, and there
he found a group of people who were afraid to move. They had huddled
together and were waiting for the rescue workers to get to them. They
felt if they moved around they might fall through a hole in the floor
and be lost as the visibility was almost nil due to the dust and
smoke.. There were many injured people around them, screaming with
pain, unable to extract themselves from under the slabs of marble that
lined the hallways that had them trapped. My son, Welles, wearing a
red bandanna (which he always carried in his back pocket) to protect
himself from the dust and smoke, found them and told them that he knew
where the only open stairway was and if they could walk they should
get up now, help those whom they could, but that there were people
they could not help and that they had to go right away. His words as
quoted to us by some of the individuals who were there and survived
were “follow me, I know the way”. Welles made three trips from the
78th floor down to the 61st floor where the lights were still on and
the air was clearer. He told them to keep going down the stairs, but
he kept going back up to escort more people down. In all we have
confirmed three trips he made between the floors before he went all
the way down to the lobby. He was in the lobby ready to go back up
with a fire lieutenant and two other firefighters with the tools
necessary to lift some of the heavy debris in order to rescue more
victims. But the building did not stand and we lost our beautiful son
who cared more for others than for his own life.

There is so much more I could tell you about him, and you can read
about Welles at CrowtherTrust.org., a website for the Welles Remy
Crowther Charitable Trust, a charity we set up in his memory as a
memorial to a young man who saw his duty and did it. You can also
Google “the man in the red bandanna”.

People tell us that we raised our son too well. I respond that he was
born with the software installed. The good Lord put Welles on this
earth knowing that he would have to call on him. Unfortunately, it was
just 24 years into so promising a life.

But, we started The Welles Remy Crowther Charitable Trust to bring
some good out of a terrible tragedy. Through it we have been able to
work with many other agencies by making grants and gifts to help young
people become exemplary adults, whether for educational, health
related, or recreational needs. Again, I refer you to our website to
find out more about the incredible work we have accomplished. And this
proud, old father thanks you for having read about a true civilian
hero of 9/11/01.  May God bless America.

Fred C. Klein, Esq.

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Klein Zelman Rothermel Jacobs & Schess LLP

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A GRIPPING HUMAN DRAMA THAT TURNS A REAL-LIFE TRAGEDY INTO ACTION!

Daniel’s Music – One Family’s Journey from Tragedy to Empowerment through Faith, Medicine, and the Healing Power of Music (Skyhorse Publishing/Norton, September 2013) by Jerome Preisler with the Trush Family

“A riveting chronicle of stunning achievement against the odds.” Kirkus Reviews

Daniel’s Music is so much more than your typical “feel good human interest story”. It is the captivating story of Daniel Trush’s recovery against odds experts said were insurmountable; of medical science, faith, and perseverance all combining for a miracle. And of an average family turning their personal trials into a force that brings joy, inspiration, and a powerful sense of belonging to all those whose lives they touch.

It all begins in 1997, when, at age twelve, Daniel awakes from a thirty-day coma barely able to blink, having suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage and several strokes. With music playing a crucial role in his recovery, readers will rejoice at each milestone, from the moment when a cold shower helps jolt Daniel’s speech, to his completion of the New York Marathon ten years after being confined to a wheelchair.

But his incredible journey has just begun. Danny and his family launch Daniel’s Music Foundation, a groundbreaking, nonprofit organization that offers free music programs to people with developmental and physical disabilities with the objective to change lives through music. In time, DMF would be honored for doing just that on the Broadway stage by the New York Yankees, gaining notoriety and admiration across America.

Daniel exemplifies the adage of “a life well lived,” and his experiences are made all the more poignant by just how close he came to missing out. But he’s not the only star here; the family’s unwavering dedication, and the exemplary writing by which Preisler communicates their faith and pain, will not be soon forgotten. Daniel’s Music is truly powerful; it is one of those stories that will make you laugh, make you cry and ultimately leaving you wanting more! And the best part? The family gets their well-deserved happy ending; a healthy son; a unique, compelling perspective on life and a thriving nonprofit.

New York Times bestselling author Jerome Preisler chronicles Daniel’s experience with power, eloquence, and the suspense of a medical mystery in Daniel’s Music: One Family’s Journey from Tragedy to Empowerment through Faith, Medicine, and the Healing Power of Music (Skyhorse Publishing, September 2013).

About the Author

Jerome Preisler is the New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels and nonfiction titles. A regular contributor to the New York Yankees’ YESNetwork.com since 2004, Preisler has spearheaded the website’s acclaimed coverage of the Yankees’ annual HOPE Week community outreach effort. Preisler lives in New York with his wife and cats.

Daniel’s Music- One Family’s Journey from Tragedy to Empowerment through Faith, Medicine, and the Healing Power of Music by Jerome Preisler with the Trush Family

Skyhorse Publishing hardcover, also available as an e-book and audiobook.
On Sale through amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and your local bookstore: September 2013
ISBN: 978-1-62087-694-7
Price: $24.95

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