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Dear Friends, Members, Media…

2026 will be Good News Corporation (GNC), our 501 (c) (3) Nonprofit, est. 2002, 24TH Annual Commitment to MOTHER EARTH and those WHO LIVE ON HER IN PEACE to share the GOOD NEWS THAT IS ALL AROUND US.

WHY? It’s simple, why we have made this MOTHER EARTH AND PEACE COMMITMENT, it is because we have been honored to build a TRUST with many that our united efforts are being done with respect, love, wisdom, community, family…. Stated, we are here for the MISSION, not the GLORY…

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL. May all your dreams come true, and may you not overeat, and may you share a thought for those who don’t have all that we have with humility and compassion.

PLEASE: Should you know a philanthropist, high net worth individual, foundation, and or corporation, whose mission aligns with ours, please introduce them to us so we can share more of those doing good for MOTHER EARTH AND PEACE. We need you and those who receive a 2025 Tax Deduction.

Once again, here is some Good News to share with you and your community.

1. Here is a Holiday Treat LIVE PRERECORDED PAUL SLADKUS CONCERT at the Montauk Manor.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL,

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2.     Here is a SILLY TAKE ON SPEAKING PROPER ENGLISH – HUMOR

ENGLISH MUST BE SPOKEN

PROPERLY OR ELSE!

3.     Here are the 5 Principles of Success, shared by David Dodd from his book: Where Do I Sign? From Tragedy to Resilient Triumph

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Where Do I Sign?

(From Tragedy to

Resilient Triumph)

4.           Our dear friend Ann Carrozza has created a new book that you can preorder right now for the holidays, with essential knowledge on how to protect and grow your assets, with a focus on women.

The Smart Woman’s Guide to

Building and Protecting Wealth:

The Laws of Your Money Book by

Ann-Margaret Carrozza

5.         Good News is doing the public relations for a Mental Health Summit for December 12 in New York, with a focus on a medicine called IBOGAINE. There is a bill in the NY Senate that will come up in the 3-week session in January 2026. Please join us. DRUG ADDICTION IS NOT PEACE, AND THERE ARE NATURAL “QUICK RECOVERY” SOLUTIONS THAT ARE BEING USED OUTSIDE OF AMERICA.

A New Organic

BOTANICAL MEDICINE

“Short Recovery” Solution

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THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE PRESS RELEASE

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Lastly, here is some information on our 2026 Earth & Water Concert on April 22, 2026, and the International Day of Peace Weekend on September 18, 19, and 21, 2026

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Please share with your community all our Good News. 

We are ALL IN THIS TOGETHER FOR PEACE AND MOTHER EARTH.

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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.

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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: 

Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths and Spiritual 212 647 1212

New York, NY, Montauk, NY

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Listen to “The Trust for Public Land revitalizes PS 197 in Brooklyn – YAYYYYYY” on Spreaker.

Our organization is a national nonprofit that works to connect everyone to the benefits and joys of the outdoors.

#PS197

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PLEASE JOIN US:

June 26, 2025 6:30PM – Gala Opening Night

Friday, June 27, 2025 at 7PM

Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 4PM

Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 6PM

Sunday, June 29, 2025 at 4PM

Sunday, June 29, 2025 at 6PM – Grand Finale

Please RSVP to Michelle Tabnick: michelle@michelletabnickpr.com, 646-765-4773 to attend.

Brooklyn, NY – WHITE WAVE Dance proudly announces the 24th Anniversary Season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF), a dynamic four-day event showcasing 45 cutting-edge dance companies from New York and around the world. The festival kicks off on Thursday, June 26, with a Gala Opening Night, setting the stage for an exhilarating weekend of contemporary dance at The Mark O’Donnell Theater.

Dedicated to pushing the boundaries of dance as an art form, WHITE WAVE scours the globe for today’s most innovative choreographers—emerging and established—bringing them together in Brooklyn for an immersive celebration of movement. Over the course of four days, audiences will experience a rich and diverse lineup of performances, highlighting the vibrancy and creative excellence of the New York dance scene and beyond.

“This is a festival about opportunities,” says Young Soon Kim, Artistic Director of White Wave Dance. “The DUMBO Dance Festival provides a platform for over 400 performing artists to showcase their work while offering New York audiences access to an extraordinary range of excellent and visionary choreography at an affordable price.”

GALA Opening Night: June 26 at 6:30PM

The 2025 DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL will kick off with WHITE WAVE’s Opening Night GALA Celebration on Thursday, June 26^th at 6:30PM.

At our Gala, we will be honoring two remarkable individuals who have made significant contributions to WHITE WAVE DANCE and the greater dance community:

Wendy Perron, esteemed dance critic, writer, and advocate for the arts, whose insightful voice and decades of dedication have shaped and uplifted the field of contemporary dance.

Howard Schranz, former Chairman of WHITE WAVE’s Board of Directors, whose steadfast leadership, generosity, and unwavering support have been instrumental in sustaining and growing our organization’s mission. We are thrilled to celebrate their lasting impact on our company and the dance world at large!

Opening remarks will be followed by five stunning contemporary dance troupes: spoken movement (United Kingdom), Obremski/Works (NY), Motion Tribe (Korea), Bruce McCormick (CA), Katia Raj (NY), WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company.

After the performances, the audience can enjoy an open bar, food, and music to feed the soul, as well as a fabulous raffle including gourmet wine baskets, “Dinner for Two” at local DUMBO eateries, and much more!

Festival tickets: $30 in advance / $35 at door / $25 students & seniors.

GALA Tickets are $100 and $250 (VIP seating) per person; all proceeds raised will directly offset WHITE WAVE’s production costs for our 2025/26 Season.

GALA & Festival Tickets can be purchased at

https://whitewavedance.networkforgood.com/events/85248-2025-dumbo-dance-festival

Performance Schedule and more info at https://www.whitewavedance.org

Questions? Please contact WHITE WAVE at wwyskdc@gmail.com or call at 718-855-8822!

2025 DDF features 45 contemporary dance troupes combining over 400 artists who will present solo, chamber, and full-scale works. Dancers from across the United States, and internationally from France, United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, Republic of Congo, and Korea will join the New York’s active dance community to offer the full range of new directions in dance in the 21^st century.

Special Performance Opportunities:

This year at the 2025 DUMBO Dance Festival, White Wave Dance is pleased to announce we will be selecting TWO outstanding companies to have the opportunity to perform at the 2026 New Dance Festival in South Korea, and the 2026 Detroit City Dance Festival. Both of these highly regarded festivals will provide companies with another fantastic opportunity for further exposure, promotion and performance. All companies participating in this year’s festival will be carefully considered and will be notified after the festival.

In this anniversary year, the roster of companies includes:

Bruce McCormick, Olivares Dance Company, Waeli Wang, Vitality [the company], Twigs + Co, Ericka Squire//The Dance Company, Giovanni Castellon, Compagnie La Torrefaction, Company KANE, Carlos Diaz, Chris Johnson Dance, Motion Tribe, KAIROS Dance Theater, Spero Dance, TheCo, Smutek Dance, June’s Creative Expressions, New Name Collective, moe-tion dance theater, Jayde Spiegel, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Suzzanne Ponomarenko Dance, The Brooklyn Dance Ensemble, Julia Ciesielska, Obremski/Works, Amos Pinhasi, Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, E-Danza, BK Dance Project, Jaryd Farcon & Co., Sophia Perone, Rae Perry, Mark Bankin, Omnivore Dance, Lauren Mortimer, Nolan Dance Collective, Association Culturelle La Lumiere, Chapman Dance Houston, spoken movement UK, KWAM Collective, dance | Estrada, Fluxus Haus Inc.

In our commitment to presenting dance for all, the 24^th Annual DUMBO Dance Festival is proud to announce the following events in our exciting 2025 program:

Grand Finale: Sunday, June 29^th 6PM

For the Festival Grand Finale, eight companies will present works, including:

Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Ericka Squire//The Dance Company, Julia Ciesielska, New Name Collective, KAIROS Dance Theater, Twigs + Co, Suzzanne Ponomarenko Dance, WHITE WAVE Dance.

2025 DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL Performance Schedule:

GALA Opening Night:

June 26 @ 6:30PM

• spoken movement, United Kingdom
• Obremski/Works, NY
• Motion Tribe, Korea
• Bruce McCormick, CA
• Katia Raj, NY
• WHITE WAVE Dance, NY

Friday, June 27 @ 7PM

• Rae Perry, NY
• Fluxus Haus Inc., VA
• Bruce McCormick, CA
• Giovanni Castellon, FL
• Spero Dance, MA
• Lauren Mortimer, PA
• Waeli Wang, CA
• Association Culturelle La Lumiere, Republic of Congo

Saturday, June 28 @ 4PM

• KWAM Collective, UK
• Omnivore Dance, OH
• Olivares Dance Company, CA
• Amos Pinhasi, NY
• Chris Johnson Dance, IL
• Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, NY
• Nolan Dance Collective, PA
• TheCo, Mexico

Saturday, June 28 @ 6PM

• Jayde Spiegel, NV
• Smutek Dance, MI
• The Brooklyn Dance Ensemble, NY
• June’s Creative Expressions, MI
• BK Dance Project, NY
• Chapman Dance Houston, TX
• moe-tion dance theater, NJ
• WHITE WAVE Dance, NY

Sunday, June 29 @ 4PM

• Estrada Dance, UT
• E-Danza, NY
• Jaryd Farcon & Co., NY
• Sophia Perone, NY
• Julia Ciesielska, NY
• Motion Tribe, Korea
• Mark Bankin, NY
• Vitality [the company], CO

GRAND FINALE

Sunday, June 29 @ 6PM

• Alison Cook Beatty Dance, NY
• Ericka Squire//The Dance Company, Fl
• New Name Collective, NJ
• KAIROS Dance Theater, MA
• Twigs + Co, CO
• Suzzanne Ponomarenko Dance, NY
• WHITE WAVE Dance, NY

For Artists BIO and more info, please visit www.whitewavedance.org.

ABOUT WHITE WAVE

Formed in 1988, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company (WHITE WAVE) strives to inspire audiences through multi-dimensional dance productions reflecting themes and philosophies both modern and timeless. Our mission is to be a potent stimulus for change and expansion of the dance/arts world through the production of dance concerts, classes, residencies, and education. Artistic Director Young Soon Kim’s vision is expansive, challenging the threshold of dance, music, theater and visual art, surging forward to create new possibilities. Ms. Kim creates works of vision and movement language in reverence and awe of novelty that challenge and broaden the boundaries of dance. We provide both emerging and established choreographers/companies with a NYC venue where they can congregate, create, rehearse and present new dance works through our festivals.

WHITE WAVE created DDF in 2001 in response to the dance community’s need for performance opportunities that would not only present, but also produce, the work of rising choreographers at minimal expense for the artist. The festival is now recognized as New York’s most prestigious gathering of pioneering choreography, encouraging experimentation, creativity, and originality.

To date, WHITE WAVE Dance has proudly presented over 3,800 choreographers/dance companies and over 26,500 performers to a total of more than 92K audience members.

More info at www.whitewavedance.org.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Young Soon Kim, Artistic Director of WHITE WAVE Dance, is a recipient of the 2023 Bessies Angel Honoree Award, and is a nationally and internationally acclaimed choreographer, whose work has been hailed for its exhilarating, visually stunning, and emotionally rich phrases and textures.

In addition to her role as a performer and Artistic Director, Ms. Kim created a series of dance festivals soon after inaugurating the WHITE WAVE John Ryan Theater in DUMBO, Brooklyn, in 2001.

She has since become one of the most recognized producers/curators in New York City. Ms. Kim has also served as a juror for New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in 2006 and for the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in 2014.

After the World première at the 2017 La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, WHITE WAVE Dance’s Canadian première of “iyouuswe” (read as I-You-Us-We-two) at the 2018 Vancouver International Dance Festival was a resounding success! WHITE WAVE presented “Eternal NOW” at our enormously successful 2019 tour to Korea and China. In Gwangju, Korea, we performed at a special event at the Asian Cultural Center, one of the

most prestigious arts complexes in all of Asia. There we participated at the Opening Celebration of the 2019 FINA World Championship Masters’ Games, a sporting event that rivals the Olympics. Following that, we flew

to China to perform at the Ningbo Cultural Plaza, as part of a China-US Cultural Exchange program. Dazzled sold-out audiences greeted us at every performance!

During the Summer/Fall 2021, Young Soon Kim continually created “iyouuswe II, A Dance Film” and a stage version of the production. iyouuswe II (I-You-Us-We-Two), A Dance Film was selected as finalist for the 2022 Cannes International Film Festival, Paris International Short Festival, Vancouver Independent Film Festival and an OFFICIAL SELECTION at the 2021 London International Short Film Festival, Espoo Digi-Dance International Film Festival (Finland) and Experimental, Dance, Music Film Festival (Canada).

“There are people who simply have a lot of energy, and the Korean-born choreographer Young Soon Kim is clearly one of them.” – Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times

Please visit www.whitewavedance.org for more information about the

OPENING NIGHT GALA and DUMBO Dance Festival.

Click HERE to download photos of 2025 DUMBO Dance Festival

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

WHITE WAVE’s programs are supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts, The New York Community Trust, Dance/NYC’s Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund, Howard Gilman Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, New York City Artist Corps, Mosaic Network & Fund, Grace Charity Foundation Inc., Arnhold Foundation Inc., JOHN RYAN, and Individual Arts Supporters like you.

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Happie Morning
BE YOURSELF
ACCEPT YOURSELF
VALUE YOURSELF
FORGIVE YOURSELF
BLESS YOURSELF
EXPRESS YOURSELF
TRUST YOURSELF
LOVE YOURSELF
EMPOWER YOURSELF

#thoughtoftheday #happiemorning #beyourself #acceptyourself #valueyourself #forgiveyourself #blessyourself #expressyourself #trustyourself #loveyourself #empoweryourself

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With Trust, even
Silence is
Understood..
Without Trust
every word is
Misunderstood.
Trust is the soul
of all relationship.

*Good Morning*

#Trust #Silence #Understood #word #Misunderstood #soul #relationship

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Happiness seems to have faded from our vocabulary amid the global pandemic, economic turmoil and, well, collective sense of doom and depression that is 2020. Which is why the opening of a new Happiness Museum in, where else, Denmark feels like the most optimistic story of the year.

The world’s first museum dedicated explicitly to the concept of happiness had a quiet debut on July 14 in a cozy 240-square-meter (2,585 square foot) space in Copenhagen’s pastel-perfect historic center.

The new attraction is the brainchild of the Happiness Research Institute, an independent think tank that explores the science behind why some societies are happier than others with the end goal of encouraging global policymakers to include wellbeing as an integral part of the public policy debate.

Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute, says the idea to open a museum came after years of fielding requests from the public about visits to their drab office space.

“I think people imagine that the Institute is like a magical place — a room full of puppies or ice cream — but we are just eight people sitting in front of computers looking at data,” he explains.

“So we thought, why don’t we create a place where people can experience happiness from different perspectives and give them an exhibition where they can become a little bit wiser around some of the questions we try to solve?”

An unusual time to open
The seed was planted and, by early 2020, the museum was nearly ready.Then, of course, the pandemic closed international borders, and Wiking had to decide whether or not to go ahead with the opening.

“We thought, there might not be a lot of guests these days, but the world does need a little bit more happiness,” he recalls.

So, they set in place strict Covid-19 protocols — including a one-way traffic system and a cap of 50 guests — and opened their doors to the public.

Ever since, the museum has given visitors a tour of global happiness, showing how perceptions of it have changed throughout history, what it looks like in different regions, and why some countries report more of it than others.

Along the way, there are also questionnaires and interactive experiences that aim to give guests “aha” moments, as well as enhance the Institute’s ongoing research.

For example, Wiking says trust toward fellow citizens and political institutions is a major factor in global happiness, which is why some visitors may come across a wallet filled with cash. Museum staff have periodically placed this wallet on the floor for more than a month now, and it’s been returned to reception (with all items inside) every time.

People from around the world have also sent in artifacts of happiness — things that represent joy to them — which form a large part of the display. These items are meant to help visitors contextualize what happiness looks like for others in different parts of the globe.

“We might be Danish or Mexican or American or Chinese, but we are first and foremost people,” Wiking says. “It’s the same things that drive happiness no matter where we’re from, and I hope that people will see that in the exhibition.”
One guest told him that he had always known he was a happy guy, but he had never before understood the reasons why.
“That, for us, was the best review we could get,” he says.

What makes nations happy?
One of the other main focal points of the museum is why Nordic countries tend to report some of the highest levels of happiness on earth.

Denmark, for example, frequently lands near the top of surveys ranking the world’s happiest nations, including the United Nations’ annual World Happiness Report. In its 2020 list, Denmark comes in at No. 2 just behind neighboring Finland, while Copenhagen ranks as the fifth happiest city in the world, behind Helsinki, Aarhus (also in Denmark), Wellington and Zurich.

Danish psychologist Marie Helweg-Larsen, a professor at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, says that “it boggles peoples’ minds how you can, just by thinking thoughtfully and strategically about the role of government in life, create happy people.”

Plus, the countries that report the highest levels of happiness tend to contain many elements that, at least on the surface, would seem to hinder it.

“I think foreigners find the Nordic countries to be kind of a conundrum,” Helweg-Larsen explains. “They seem to do things that others have decided couldn’t possibly be associated with happiness, like pay high taxes, live with cold weather and experience long periods of darkness.”
So, what might the rest of the world learn from the Danes in these trying times?

“Trust is a factor in happiness,” Helweg-Larsen says. “We could all do more to talk to people who are not like us and see how we can establish more trust in our own communities.”

She also thinks the Danish concepts of pyt (an “oh well” attitude for accepting a problem and resetting) and hygge (the pursuit of intentional intimacy within interactions and environments) are great for relieving stress.

Wiking says that, if his studies at the Happiness Research Institute have shown him anything, it’s that humans are incredibly resilient.

“When we follow people over time, we can see that they are remarkable at overcoming the challenges that happen to them,” he says. “Of course, it’s necessary to be optimistic in my profession, but I think we can overcome these times as well.”

As the Happiness Museum tries to share with its guests, happiness is a feeling that evolves and takes some nurturing both from society and from within. Work at it enough, and you’ll be better equipped to find the silver linings in these stormy days. (by Mark Johanson, CNN • Published 27th August 2020)

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The Trust is dedicated to preserving Bannerman Castle as an educational, cultural, historical, and recreational facility that promotes heritage tourism in the Hudson Valley. To that end, we aim to coordinate resources and funding to stabilize the structures on Pollepel Island so that the island is a safe and lasting destination for public tours and special events. We are also responsible for arranging public tours of the island each year; performing docks, trails, and gardens maintenance; and conducting other special projects (for example, preparation of Historic Structures Reports to document the history of the Castle) under the purview of the NYSOPRHP.

Seasonal Tours Start Saturday, May 5th running weekends through October 2018 departing from Beacon, NY Sats. at 11 am and 12:30pm, Sundays at 11 am from Newburgh and from Beacon at 12:30pm.

ADVANCE PURCHASE REQUIRED! TOURS MAY SELL OUT!

There is a Metro North Train Package for the 1 day getaways thru Metro North.

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