NEW YORK, Jun 25 2024 (IPS) – In Part 1, I outlined how our shared existence is challenged not only by simultaneous crisis, but also by the notions – and realities – of perceived ‘holy wars’. I point out that ‘holy wars’ are not only perceptions within, or of, monotheistic faith traditions, but actually enacted by members of diverse belief systems.

I note how these ‘holy war’ dynamics are part of the vicious cycle of polarisation and sorrowful lack of social cohesion in most societies, while also coexisting with an increasing realisation amongst several decision-making entities (governmental, non-governmental and intergovernmental) of how important religions have been, and continue to be.

Religious institutions, religious leaders and religious (or faith based) organisations, are indeed the original social service providers, community mediators, social norm upholders and changemakers, and actually, historically, also the original human rights’ defenders.

I emphasize how the toxic mix with narrow political interests (might that be tautological?) means that in the minds of some who hold decision making positions, and/or have access to arms, and/or control laws and their implementation, and/or impact on beliefs, behaviours and attitudes through unparalleled pulpits (or all of the above), ‘holy war’, is justified.

In the age of ‘holy wars’, we are called upon to understand that part of our social disconnect resulting in the polarisation and significant weaking of our civil societies, may well be furthered by the manner in the current interest in and on religion.

Elsewhere I have argued that appreciating the ‘good’ powers of religious institutions and leaders, and the remarkable reach of religious social services and positive changemakers, is necessary, but by no means enough.

In fact, seeking to emphasize, support and identify the religious as the panacea, is harmful – in the same ways that marginalising the religious as evil, anti-human rights, unhealthy, misogynist, unnecessary, parochial, etc. has been, and remains, harmful, to the very same fabric of the civil societies we all uphold.

It is not all about good religion or bad religion. Rather, it could be about how to generate, nurture, protect, and yes, honour, civil societies.

Neither our governments (including even the elected ones), nor our religious institutions (including those which have survived centuries) nor our corporations (including those with the highest ranking of CSR and ESG) can, alone, change the dramatic junction of our collective human and planetary realities.

The late Wangari Mathai, a Kenyan woman environmental activist who won the Nobel Peace prize in 2004, demonstrated remarkable foresight when she highlighted the interconnectedness of our challenges, thus: “[I]n a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.”

We need to begin to investigate what it will take to identify, understand, and activate, a poetics of solidarity. The Oxford Reference explains that “poetics are the general principles of poetry or of literature in general, or the theoretical study of these principles. As a body of theory, poetics is concerned with the distinctive features of poetry (or literature as a whole), with its languages, forms, genres, and modes of composition.”

If we use the term ‘poetics’ to refer to solidarity, not merely as an aspect of literature and/or theory, but as lived realities, what are the “languages, forms, genres and modes of existence” that this would entail? In the following paragraphs, I do not propose definitive answers. I merely share some thoughts to engender and provoke each of us, to reflect – and to engage.

A poetics of solidarity needs to have as a premise of its existence, an understanding that working ‘alone’ to solve the problems which impact all – whether as a lone multifaceted institution, the United Nations, corporation(s), religion/religious or multi-religious entity, secular NGO or umbrellas of NGOs, judicial actor(s) or bodies, cultural agents or entities, financial or military behemoths, etc., is clearly not enough.

We have landed here in these very challenging spaces and times, even as so many have laboured for so long in almost all domains of human existence, and even after many movements of solidarity succeeded in overcoming and righting and fighting the good fight. Yet, here we are.

A poetics of solidarity needs to hold accountable all our ways of thinking and doing, so far. I am not implying, by any means, that we have all failed. Rather, we all stand on the shoulders of many who have given their lives to make this a better world for all. We must acknowledge that loud and clear and take responsibility for what many are doing, and have done, that contributes to our shared existence.

This alone would be unlike many leaders who take office and make a point of undermining, or worst still, undoing, all that was done before them or by their predecessors. Or those who hold offices and invest so much in decrying, complaining, unravelling, and withering critiques of those trying to work alongside. Or those who claim to be part of a team, but cannot and will not support one another when things get tough.

A poetics of solidary demands that we put our money, and other resources, including activating our so-called values – where our mouths are. It is not good enough to speak about human rights, and/or the glory of our respective faiths and/or “interfaith peacemaking”, or even building edifices to such ‘co-existence’, when we do not contribute to the efforts of those who fight for these rights.

It is hard to justify killing, maiming, criminalising, imprisoning and in other ways, silencing, those who ask for their rights, and struggle for the rights of others. It is also hard to justify those who pretend to fight for the rights of others, when the going is good, and are silent or notably absent, when the going is tough.

What if, rather than undermine, constantly critique, systematically oppose, complain, or even just remaining silent (and hide behind claims that the particular issue at hand is not their business or endeavour), when we see our fellow humans give – what if we praise, give thanks, reach out to share a kind word, and better still, ask how we can help…? What if we give of the ‘little’ we have? Don’t all our faiths say that? You think this sounds too simple?

Did Einstein not say at some point something like the only difference between stupidity and genius, is that genius has its limits, and that everything should be made as simple as possible – but not simpler? Kindness, praise, and giving of what we value, to those we would normally not (want to) see or deign to appreciate, giving to those who speak and work and live differently – but aim for the collective good, is not simple. It is genius. Working together with those who may bear a different institutional flag, rather than seeking to create or consolidate your own, is also genius.

A poetics of solidarity may require us to acknowledge that solidarity is fundamentally about how we relate to one another, with kindness, empathy and willingness to serve – in words and deeds. But it is also to humbly realise that even as some of us try our best to relate and to “support”, “empower”, “engender”, or “enable”, we may well end up hurting one another, and/or even damage parts of our environment that some of us, including future generations, will need, to just survive.

When it comes to the poetics of solidarity in the age of ‘holy wars’, we cannot afford to now see anything ‘religious’ as a saviour, or the only source of our interrelated salvation. Nor can we afford to ignore the religious realms altogether, thinking we know our welfare best, or keep the religious at bay. Instead, we need to take responsibility for the fact that our faiths – including our faith in human rights – demand us to be accountable for ourselves, one another, and our planet.

What we need is a poetics of solidarity which does no harm – but this may well mean sacrificing something dear to us. We have lived – and still do – in an age where we think it is possible to have it all. Perhaps we may just have to come to terms with the fact that we each, and all, need to let go of something valuable to us – and to give, in service, instead.

All our institutions, groups, communities and our individual selves, bear a responsibility. Our long-established religious institutions, faith-based and interfaith initiatives in their mushrooming multitudes, need to be held accountable to what we give of our most valuable, to those who are not religious, those who come from different religions or religious organisations, and especially, to those who uphold all human rights for all peoples at all times.

Secular rights’ bearers and duty holders too, need to take responsibility for how we marginalise even as we ‘advocate’, how we maim as we seek to ‘protect’, and how we silence as we vocalise the ‘like-minded’. We speak of alliances and partnerships, but we walk, and work, in silos, seeking our own profit(s).

A poetics of solidarity may well be about cultivating and deliberately working alongside those we dislike, and giving the best of what we have, and of whom we are.

Professor Azza Karam is President and CEO of Lead Integrity; an affiliate with the Ansari Institute of Religion and Global Affairs at Notre Dame University; and a member of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.

IPS UN Bureau

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By Azza Karam

NEW YORK, Jun 24 2024 (IPS) – “Holy War” is how the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church referred to the Russian war on the Ukraine, and indeed, on “the West”¹ . “Holy War”, aka “jihad” is a foundational principle of “the Base” or “al-Qaeda”, which has grown into a non-state hydra with too many names and atrocities to list here (but if you are curious, one of the hydra faces is ISIS).

In a recent opinion piece published in Foreign Policy, columnist Caroline de Gruyter noted that “Israel and Palestine Are Now in a Religious War”, in her attempt to argue why the Middle East conflict has been getting increasingly brutal, and increasingly hard to solve.

The intersection between holiness and war is even more nuanced in Zvi Bar’el’s Opinion piece in Haaretz, when he notes that “the war in Gaza is no longer about revenge for the murder of 1,200 Israelis or the hostages.

If they all die, along with hundreds of more soldiers, the price would still be justified for the Jewish Jihad waging a war for Gaza’s resettlement” [emphasis added]. Hamas’ own name –the acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistance Movement) – needs no elaboration. Neither does Lebanon’s Hizbullah (Party of God).

In India, a report by the Indian Citizens and Lawyers Initiative (in April of 2023), entitled “Routes of Wrath: Weaponising Religious Processions”, notes

Indian history is rife with instances of religious processions that led to communal strife, riots, inexcusable violence, arson, destruction of property and the tragic deaths of innocent residents of the riot-hit areas. There have been horrific riots and bloodletting caused by other factors too, most prominently the anti-Sikh pogrom of 1984 and the Gujarat pogrom of 2002, but no cause of interfaith riots has been as recurrent and widespread as the religious procession. This is as true of pre-Independence India as during the 75 years since we became a free nation…Post-Independence, we have faced numerous communal riots in diverse parts of India, under different political regimes, and the vast majority of these have been caused by the deliberate choice of communally-sensitive routes by processionists, and the pusillanimity of the Police in dealing with such demands, or even their collusion and connivance in licencing such routes.²

Already back in August of 1988, in an article entitled “Holy War Against India”, explicitly speaks of “Sikh terrorism” in the Punjab, noting that it “took about a thousand lives in 1987 and more than a thousand in the first five months of 1988.

If it continues at the present rate, Sikh terrorism in the Punjab will have cost more lives in two years than the IRA campaign in Northern Ireland has cost in twenty.” ³ Speaking of Northern Ireland, the marching season remains a flashpoint among Catholics and Protestants.

Politicised religion, or religionised politics – whence religious discourse is part of political verbiage, tactics, expedient alliances, sometimes informing foreign policy priorities, occasionally used to justify conflict – are not new phenomena. In fact, they may well be one of the oldest features of politics, governance – and warmaking.

The Crusades against Muslim expansion in the 11th century were recognized as a “holy war” or a bellum sacrum, by later writers in the 17th century. The early modern wars against the Ottoman Empire were seen as a seamless continuation of this conflict by contemporaries. Religion and politics are the oldest bedfellows known to humankind.

What is relatively new, is that after the 100-year war in Europe, and the subsequent moves towards secularisation or the so-called ‘separation of Church and State’ (again, really only in parts of Europe), provided a false sense of the dominance of secular governance in modern times.

Yet, even in the citadels of secular Western Europe, a relationship binding Church and State always existed, for the religious institutions and their affiliated social structures, remain critical social service providers – and humanitarian actors – till today. A reality now understood to be relevant in all parts of our world.

Nevertheless, what we are seeing today is a resurgence of religious politics, and the politics of religion, in almost all corners of the world. Before the Russian Orthodox Church proclaimed its “holy war” narrative, the reference to religion and politics almost always focused on Muslim-majority contexts, specifically on Iran, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan.

Other realities would often go unnoticed, or somehow deemed as ‘odd’ or one-time phenomena – for instance the fact that the 2016 US elections delivered a Trump administration with full and public backing by a significant part of the Evangelical movement (many of whom are backing a potential comeback of him now); or the fact that related Evangelical counterparts backed Bolsenaro’s rise to power in Brazil; or the fact that religious arguments against abortion remain a key US electoral feature for decades; or the fact that a number of right-leaning anti-immigrant political discourses and blatant white supremacist politics have religious backing in parts of Europe and Latin America.

Was it perhaps that since these took place in ‘white’ and Christian-majority polities, somehow set these aside from being factored as part of the global resurgence of religious politics?

Whatever the case may be, it is time to smell that particularly strong brew of coffee, now. And as we do so, we are also obliged to note that it is no coincidence that this ‘brew’ is taking place at a time of remarkable social and political polarisation in many societies.

Indeed. we speak of multiple and simultaneous crisis (e.g. climate change, catastrophic governance, wars, famines, rampant inequalities, soaring human displacement, nuclear fears, systemic racism, rising multiple violence, drug wars, proliferation of arms and weapons, misogyny, etc.) and we also acknowledge the wilting multilateral influence to confront these. But as we acknowledge these, we must also recognise that social cohesion is a lasting and tragic victim.

Some governmental, non-governmental and intergovernmental entities have turned to religion(s) as a possible panacea. Religious leaders are being convened in multiple capitals (at significant cost) in almost all corners of the world.

Regularly touting the peacefulness and the unparalleled supremacy of their respective moral standpoints. Religious NGOs are being sought out, supported and partnered with more regularly to help address multiple crisis – especially humanitarian, educational, public health, sanitation, and child-focused efforts.

Interfaith initiatives are competing among each other, and with other secular ones, for grants from governments and philanthropists in the United States, Europe, Africa, many parts of Asia (with the notable exception of China), and the Middle East. Engaging, or partnering with religious entities is the new normal.

But just as the largely secular efforts we lived through (and some of us served for decades) in the 1960s to the 1990s, did not realise a brave new world, religious ones, on their own, cannot do so either. Especially not with the kind of historical baggage and contemporary narratives of holy war, we are living with now.

It is time we re-consider, re-engage and re-envision a poetics of solidarity rooted an abiding adherence to (and re-education about) all human rights for all peoples at all times. What would that entail?

¹ https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/88aug/obrien.htm
² Connor O’Brian, https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/routes-of-wrath-report-2023-2-465217.pdf
³ Connor O’Brian, https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/routes-of-wrath-report-2023-2-465217.pdf

Part 2 follows.

Dr. Azza Karam is President and CEO of Lead Integrity; a Professor and Affiliate with the Ansari Institute of Religion and Global Affairs at Notre Dame University; and a member of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Advisory Board on Effective Multilateralism.

IPS UN Bureau

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Here are the credits for the 2023 International Day of Peace Broadcast, Pause the World for Peace in Times Square, NY on September 21, starting at 12 noon with Ringo Starr requesting a Moment of Silence for PEACE FROM THE WORLD.

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Co-Producers

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Special Guests

Marianne Williamson 

Wendy Zahler

Meditation – Bi-Lingual 

Juliana Klinkert

Producer & Editor

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Associate Producer

Audrey Wu

Production Assistant

Jia Luo

Producer/Director 

Rob Perna

XStream Broadcasting

Video Engineer:

Larry Gress

Stream Tech:

Ed Salzano:

Stage Manager:

Jeff Shachtman

Cameras:

Dylan O’Keef

Bill Keane

Jib Operator:

Vincent Rega

Utility:

Baba Kane

Sound 

Paul Pesco

Perry Winston

Sound and Production Assistants

Syrie Nasson, Shawne Riley , Nadia Ketoure, Jana Kosancic,

Rene “Dez Buddha” Desrivieres, Mostafa Zaghoul 

Stage

Fine Quality Events

Pause The World for Peace Logos

Taty 

Photography 

Andrew Kaen

Peace Ambassadore

Errol Rappoport

Broadcaster

UNIFY – Tammy Scarlett, Miranda Clendening & Team, Hubcast 

Special Thanks to:

Pastor Monrose, Executive Director Faith-Based – NYC

Mayor Adams New York City

Mark Levine – Manhatten Borough President

Thomas DeNapoli – Comptroller New York State 

John C. Liu – New York State Senator

Linda Rosenthal – New York State Assembly Member 

Gale Brewer – NY City Council

UN Peace Messengers

Ringo Starr

Michael Douglas

Dr. Jane Goodall

Leonardo DiCaprio

Stevie Wonder

UNICEF Ambassadore 

Shakira 

Special Guests 

Peter Yarrow

Jesse Colin Young

Lady Gaga

Yoko Ono

John Lennon

Paul McCarthy

Oprah Winfrey

Dr. Deepak Chopra

Dionne Warwick

Annie

Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love & HOPE – The Movie 

Richie Havens

Juma Sultan

OMMM 

Lead Vocal Michel Pascal, Songs 

Written, composed, and arranged by Michel Pascal

Piano Myron McKinley

Drums Stacey Lamont Sydnor

Bass Ian Martin

Guitar, sound Paul Pesco

Violin Ayna Ivanova

Backing Vocals: Yolanda Rogers, Summer Rona, Kaila Carpenter,

Kyle Carpenter, Max Carpenter, Mandy MayCheetham

Beatbox Kaila Mullady

Singer and dancer from Niagara River Iroquois Dancers Randy J Greene

AY Young Project 17

Guests and Partners:

Sophia Li

Nathanial Matthews – Global Resilience Partnership

Lisa Kurbiel – Head Of Secretariat – United Nations Joint SDG Fund

Constance Chalchat – Chief Sustainability Officer – BNP Paribas

Eva del Hoyo – Director-General of Sustainable Development Policies

at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador of Spain

Pooja Tilvawala – Youth Leader

Vanessa Nakate – Youth Leader

Maximo Mazzocco – Youth Leader

Nirmeen Fahmy – Sustainability Communications – General Motors

Elizabeth Paturzo – Head of Communications at the UN Joint SDG Fund – United Nations

Dianna Cohen – Dianna Cohen – CEO & Co-Founder –

Plastic Pollution Coalition

Project 17 team:

AY Young

Isabella Elalfi

Brandon Lopez

Amere Taylor

Kris Colley

Kirsten Wessel

Amanda Charney

Nate Heegaard

Michael Lokey

Cecilia Rodriguez

Mimi Nicole

Dane Myers

UNIFY Special Guests

Tammy Scarlett

Robert Grant, Orion

Dina Dragija, HS4A, WAAS

Stage Talent

Chip Shelton Peace Messengers

Quinn Lemley

Peace Wave

Reid Stowe

Beyond Raging Sea

Prince Alpert Ocean Emergency

Operation Warrior Shield

Rotary International Matts Ingemanson

Bruce Stephen Foster

Louis Nathan -Artist Management for Foster/NEXXUS

Entertainment Media

David Lynch TM

Harlem Globetrotters Cheer Program

McKenzie Brooke and Reif Harrison

Chukie Armstong WONDERAMA

Heck Angry Elephant

Saranne Rothberg – Comedy Curers Foundation 

Jeannie Yi

Charles Sullivan

Joe Dispenza

Sister Jenna

Ben Bowler

David Gershon

Eminence Shyalpa Rinpoche

Jonathan Granoff

Peace One Day

May Peace Prevail on Earth

Rick Ulfic

Andrew Kaen

Reverend Susan Basatarrica

James Cannings, Daisy Russell

Dr. Judy Kuransky

SuZen

Barry Gruber

Lea Salunga Katya Grineva

Michael Bulychev Okser

Giorgia Fumanti

Dr. Levry

Sophia Kianni

Rock and Roll Man

A Beautiful Song

Let’s Disrupt Digital Music Showcase 

UNCUTT

FEA

Chris N Teeb

Performance Artists 

W. Jackson – Chinese Michael Jackson

Elvis – Ralph Carey

Elton John – Russ Davis

Madonna – Christine Marie Madonna

Marvin Gaye – Doug Quarteze & Poils, Gina Muza

Times Square Alliance 

Damian Santucci

Taylor Varga

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Anne McTernan

Prema Saha 

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Shattering the myth of Jewish passivity, the last surviving partisans tell their stories of resistance in FOUR WINTERS, revealing a stunning narrative of heroism and resilience. “All I owned was a leopard coat, a rifle and a grenade in case of capture…the pillow was the rifle, the walls were the trees and the sky was the roof.” says partisan Faye Schulman, one of over 25,000 Jewish partisans, who fought back against the Nazis and their collaborators from deep within the forests of WWII’s Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Belarus. Against extraordinary odds, they escaped Nazi slaughter, transforming from young innocents raised in closely knit families to courageous resistance fighters.

New York Times Review: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/movies/four-winters-review.html

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www.pausetheworldforpeace.org. The first two stories,

Kupyansk/Ukraine and Inge/Holocaust represent the strength of

humankind under murderous conditions. Our third and fourth stories

are interviews with Saul Zabar, who shares building a business from

scratch and his approach for living life in PEACE.

Humanitarian Efforts in the Ukraine:

Death Metal Grandma – Inge, 99, Holocaust survivors shares her life

Saul Zabar, 94, one of the founders

of the renown fine food market on

West 80^th/Broadway, NY shares the

business background

What Does Peace Mean to Saul

Once again, we thank you for all the positive feedback that we just received from our Times Square International Day of Peace event on September 21. Please go to www.pausetheworldforpeace.org to see the 5 hour live broadcast with performers and speakers who truly have something to share with the world.

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And one more time we thank everyone involved with our broadcast and the following is our Run of Show. 

PEACE DAY RUN OF SHOW: 9/21 (As of September 122022 at 2PM)

Peace Thru Water and END RACISM Go to www.unify.org/peace to watch the broadcast. Rebroadcast on www.pausetheworldforpeace.org  TIMING MIGHT CHANGE

11am – 11:30 am Create Human Peace Sign Peace Train/Cat Stevens, Bruno Mars/ , One Love/Marley, Why Cant’s We be Friends/Jimmy Cliff, Mercy/ Marvin Gaye, What a Wonderful World/Louie Armstrong, Everyday People/Sly, Four Tops, MUSIC VIDEO

11:30am – 11:32 am –  START THE BROADCAST – Opening Video, includes title card, Good News Corporation, inc. 21 seconds Video Opening, UNIFY 1.44 minute Opening  ONE VIDEO SHOW OPENING

11:33 – 11:35 Reverend Paul Sladkus introduces the event to the TV Audience and the crowd in Times Square and Dr. Judy Kuriansky and Russell Daisey 

Dr. Judy Kuriansky is a world renowned psychologist, author, TV and radio personality, Professor at Columbia University teachers college and a United Nations diplomatic tour de force advocating for mental health and well-being globally.

Russell Daisey is an internationally recognized pianist, singer and songwriter and who is performed for US presidents, international dignitaries, spiritual leaders on the world stages. He an Dr. Judy are a songwriting team whose global Anthems include Stand Up For Peace, Happy People Happy Planet, Every Woman Every Child, Honor Our Girls and Hope Is Alive.

11:36 am- 11:42 Dr. Judy Kuriansky and Russell Daisey speak for one minute say let’s go to the video Towers of Light  ONE VIDEO TOWERS OF LIGHT

11:43 am – 11:44 am – Paul thanks Dr. Judy and Russell Daisey and introduces Chip Shelton PeaceTime Ensemble,

Chip Shelton PeaceTime Ensemble Jazz Music (Just back from a Kennedy Center Performance) Chip Shelton is a multi-instrumentalist with 11 critically- acclaimed releases, playing Celebratory, Feel-Good Jazz. Follow him at chipshelton.com.

11:45am – 11:51am – Chip Shelton PeaceTime Ensemble, Jazz Music  ONE TRACK part one

11:52 am-11:54pm – Paul thanks Chip and introduces Michael Fitzpatrick (World Renown & Dalai Lama Opening Performer 23 years ). Paul, ANNOUNCES that right before 12 Noon we RING FOWPAL PEACE BELLS AND at Noon RINGO STARR VIRTUALLY SPEAKS FOR THE MINUTE OF PEACE.

Michael Fitzpatrick is the recipient of The Prince Charles Award for Music Excellence conferred by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales – now His Majesty King Charles III. 

Michael has performed the Musical Keynotes to set the tone for Nobel Peace laureate His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s Public Talks & Teachings, around the world, for the past 25 years. 

Sir George Martin, Producer of The Beatles, stated: 

“I could not agree with Michael Fitzpatrick more: Music is the only thing that can truly change the world.”

11:55am- 11:59:30 pm Michael Fitzpatrick LIVE PERFORMANCE of Invocation of the Earth

11:59:30 pm – 12 pm FOWPAL GONGS/BELL RINGING Dr. Hong

12 pm – 12:01 pm Virtual Ringo Starr, ONE VIDEO

12:02 pm – 12:12 pm  My name is Reverend Paul Sladkus from Good News Corporation, my name is Miranda Clendening from UNIFY we Thank you Ringo for the Minute of Silence for Peace request and Let’s Pray that the 12 noon Minute becomes a Peaceful Minute Forever. Paul introduces

ADDRESS THE CROWD: Pastor Dr. Fernando Cabrera Senior Faith Advisor to the Mayor

Thank you Pastor Cabrera for sharing the Mayor’s Message, the Good News at this time the Mayor is Pausing & Tweeting & Taking a Photo for the Minute of Silence, as he has in the past. 

FOWPAL, for ringing your Peace Bell today and around the world for many years. The Bell Ringing also represents our Heroes Thank You at 7pm every night during COVID. Paul introduces FOWPAL and their Ceremony of Ringing the Bell of World Peace and Love SAYS HELLO, JUDY, Dr. Hong for Five minutes LIVE SPEAKING ONE VIDEO AT THE END OF CEREMONY

Paul: International Day of Peace, 11 Days of Global Unity, UNIFY. This is a TV SHOW with over 50 Virtual Video Peace Messages and LIVE ORIGINAL SONGS Peace Performers in Times Square Stage and Screen till 4:30pm.

International Day of Peace Days of Global Unity, We, The World and WE.net

I want to thank Rick Ulfik and We, The World at WE.net

for their Partnership on this final day celebrating 11 Days of Global Unity on September 21st the International Day of Peace.

Rick and I joined Jane Goodall, Marianne Williamson and Amnesty International to launch 11 Days of Global Unity back in 2004.

And the beat goes on today! Thank you Rick. Much love to you and all at

We, The World and WE.net

12:13 pm – 12:28pm Let’s here now from some of the UN Peace Messengers Michael Douglas, Dr. Jane Goodall, Leonardo DiCaprio and some youth from our next generation McKenziBrooke & Reif Harrison and Chuckie Armstrong II  ONE VIDEO WITH EVERYONE 6.30, LIVE PERFORMANCE McKenziBrooke & Reif Harrison Paul introduces McKenzi and Reif  (Arianna I need 2 sentence asap) 

1.    McKenzi and Reif speak for about 20 second, introduces the Song 17 LIVE SPEAKING

2.     17 AUDIO TRACK

3.    McKenzi brings up Max (who should be on the stage waiting) introduces the song Lemonade and LIVE SPEAKING

4.    Lemonade Song and Without you ( EDIT IN 15 SECONDS BLACK FILL NO SOUND IN BETWEEN) AUDIO TRACK

5.    McKenzi SPEAKS ABOUT PEACE CHALLENGE WITH UNIFY AND GOOD NEWS and introduces McKenzie Dance Mix LIVE SPEAKING

6.    McKenzie Dance Mix AUDIO TRACK

7.    McKenzie thanks everyone LIVE SPEAKING

12:14 pm – 12:16 pm   Paul READS: We would like to thank our DONORS Heal Our World, Music 4 Climate Justice, Luvien: The Guardian Collective, Brian Lo, Alpha Coin/Alpha World, United Space, BLF Entertainment, Sarabeth, Playa Betty Restaurant, 5 Star Diamond Award, Operation Recovery and Hugg a Planets ALL who have helped to make this event possible.  This event is also a BENEFIT for an Interfaith Outreach with the Ukrainian St. Voldymiere Church and The Actors Temple/UJA Ukrainian Relief, we.net, UNIFY, Salvation Army    

Paul Introduces Katya Grineva, Katya     “Liquid…dreamlike…” NYTimes  Katya Grineva has concertized internationally and extensively in the United States, Europe, UK, South America, Mexico, Asia and Africa. She has performed more times than any other solo female pianist in the history of Carnegie Hall. A “noted exponent of Romantic repertoire (WNYC Radio),” Katya captures the heart of audiences with a rare combination of vulnerability, poignance and effortless virtuosity.

For more information, visit katyagrineva.com

12:29pm – 12:39pm  Katya Grineva   ONE VIDEO CLIP

12:40 pm – 12:41 pm Paul thanks Katya and Introduces Michele Bongiovanni Heal Our World and Music 4 Climate Justice 

Michele Bongiovanni is the CEO and Founder of social impact company, HealRWorld, and their non-profit Music4ClimateJustice, global platform. Michele has been awarded a Peace Pole from the World Peace Prayer Society for her work with HealRWorld to support equity, inclusion and direct fairly priced capital to small businesses globally that are trying to make this world a better place.

12:42 pm – 12: 44 pm  Heal Our World, Michele speaks then asks for the video ONE VIDEO 

12:45 pm – 12:55 pm Michele Bongiovanni introduces  Music 4 Climate Justice then asks for ONE VIDEO

12:56pm – 12:57 pm Michele introduces AY Young (Founder of Battery Tour and UN Young Global Leader) ONE VIDEO PROJECT 17 THEN WCCTW TRACK SONGS TO ONE TRACK

12:58 pm – 1:08 pm Michele introduces Guardians of the Forest Eric Markie ONE VIDEO

1:09pm – 1:11pm  Paul thanks Michele, AY Young and Guardians of the Forest

PAUL READS:  We would like to thank our Donors Heal Our World, Music 4 Climate Justice, Luvien: The Guardian Collective, Brian Lo, Alpha Coin/Alpha World, United Space, BLF Entertainment, Sarabeth, Playa Betty Restaurant, 5 Star Diamond Award, Operation Recovery, Hugg a Planet ALL who have helped to make this event possible.  This event is also a benefit for an Interfaith Outreach with the Ukrainian St. Voldymiere Church and The Actors Temple/UJA Ukrainian Relief, we.net, UNIFY, Salvation Army.  

Paul Introduces David Lynch Foundation, Harlem Globetrotters and Dr. Mahmet Oz 

1:12 pm – 1:14 pm  David Lynch Foundation, Harlem Globetrotters and Dr. Mahmet Oz  ONE VIDEO WITH ALL THREE 1.48 sec.

1:15 pm – 1:16 pm  Paul Introduces Brian Lo & B. Lansky

BRIAN LO, I just met, but he said I want to help anyway I can for Peace and he has. Brian’s Buddy, B. Lansky, created a wonderful performers wrote a special Peace Song for the 21^st. Brandon create BLF Entertainment

1:17 pm – 1:23 pm B. Lansky   LIVE SPEAKING 1 SONG TO TRACK God it

1:24 pm – 1:25pm Paul thanks B. Lansky and introduces Paul McCartney, Paul Created this Segment some years ago, for Jeremy Giley and Peace One Day and he shares powerful thoughts about Peace 

1:26 pm – 1:27 pm Paul McCartney ONE VIDEO 58 seconds

1:28 pm – 1:29 pm Paul thanks Paul McCartney and Peace One Day and introduces Al Smith

A One Man Band, known as a BAN KILLER, BUT HE IS A LOVING ,CARING GUY FOR PEACE AND HAS PERFORMED WITH US FOR YEARS.

1:30 pm – 1:35 pm Al Smith  LIVE PERFOMANCE

1:36 pm – 1:38 pm Paul thanks Al and introduces our Water Segment and Pete Seeger, Sharon Benson Water Not Weapons at the Vigil for Peace & Ecology, Johnathan Granoff and the New York Friends of Clearwater Donna Stein, Ken Gale WBAI Guests  SUBMERGE

1:39 pm – 1:43 pm Pete Seeger & Sharon Benson  ONE VIDEO

1:44 pm – 1:47 pm New York Friends of Clearwater Donna Stein, Ken Gale WBAI Guests LIVE SPEAKING   Paul introduces Johnathan

1:48 pm – 1:51 pm Johnathan Granoff, Global Security Institute

 NUCLEAR LIVE SPEAKING

Jonathan Granoff, President Global Security Institute, Representative to United Nations of the World Summits of Nobel, Senior Advisor Committee on National Security American Bar Association International Law

1:52 pm – 1:53 pm  Paul thanks Pete Seeger, Sharon Benson, Johnathan Granoff, Friends of Clearwater also gives a Shout Out to the Vigil for the International Day of Peace and Ecology for 20 Years, Reverend Susanna Bastiricca, James Cannings and also mention May Peace Prevail on Earth Peace Poles, Reverend Debra Muldow, Monica Willard This is our 20^th Anniversary, YAY and Introduces Reid Stowe, thanks Joel Bluestein

Reid Stowe has been the Greatest Sailor every, he broke the World’s Record and our Good News Broadcast was his official Broadcaster for the 1, 152 Days at Sea… He love Water

1:54 pm – 1:57 pm Reid Stowe LIVE SPEAKING

1:58pm – 1:59 pm Paul thanks Reid and introduces Montauk Film Festival/Water, Ann Martin and Francine O’Keeffe

Montauk Film Festival as a nonprofit organization that raises awareness about our environment through inspiring stories of our collective humanity. 

2:00 pm – 2:05 pm Montauk Film Festival/Water  ONE VIDEO

2:06 pm – 2:08 pm Paul thanks Montauk Film Festival introduces Robert Forenza Hugg a Planet & Russell and Dr. Judy, HAPPY PEOPLE HAPPY PLANET SONG

Robert Forenza created Hugg of Planets for 40 years working to create a more peaceful world. If we want more Peace, Thank you Ghandi. Ocean Recovery is in the Dominican Republic helping with sanitation 

2:09 pm – 2:20 pm Robert Forenza Hugg a Planet & HAPPY PEOPLE HAPPY PLANET SONG ONE TRACK

2: 21 pm – 2:22 pm Paul Thanks Robert, Russell, Dr. Judy and introduces Barat Foundation

THE Barat Foundation Our Mission:  “Public Art by the Public”: Engaging youth and communities in the process of collaborative artistic creation, fostering peacemaking through the arts and promoting the civic ideals of inclusion, diversity, pride of place and the beautification of public space.

2:23 pm – 2: 26 pm Barat Foundation – Chandri Barat

LIVE SPEAKING ONE VIDEO

2: 28pm- 2:29 pm Paul Thanks Barat Foundation and introduces Peace Lights

2:30 pm – 2:33 pm Peace Lights Peter Rogina ONE VIDEO OF LIGHTS

2:34 pm – 2:36 pm Paul thanks Peter, Shout out to Lady Liberty and introduces Indiggo Twins 

2:37 pm – 2:45 pm Indiggo Twins  LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH PIANO AND GUITAR FOR TWO SONGS, ONE TRACK FOR DANCING

2:46pm – 2:48pm Paul thanks Indigogo Twins. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS AND BENEFITS We would like to thank our Donors Heal Our World, Music 4 Climate Justice, Luvien: The Guardian Collective, Brian Lo, Alpha Coin/Alpha World, United Space, BLF Entertainment, Sarabeth, Playa Betty Restaurant, 5 Star Diamond Award, Operation Recovery, Hugg a Planet ALL who have helped to make this event possible.  This event is also a benefit for an Interfaith Outreach with the Ukrainian St. Voldymiere Church and The Actors Temple/UJA Ukrainian Relief, we.net, UNIFY, Salvation Army.  

Paul introduces Luvien: The Guardian Collective, Shelby Stone and shout out to Irina Kopanytsia Activist  from the Ukraine and Entertainer Douglas Hardin

LUVIEN: The Guardian Collective. Presents a series of events in support of Peace, Children, and Environmental Compassion. Their mission is to provide humanitarian aid, medical relief, and safeguard the next generations well-being.

2:49pm – 2:56pm Luvien: The Guardian Collective Shelby Stone and shout out to Irina Kopanytsia Activist  from the Ukraine and Entertainer Douglas Hardin ONE TRACK I PRAY

2:57pm – 2:58pm Paul thanks Luvien and introduces Oprah, Dr. Deepak Chopra and Stevie Wonder

2:59 pm – 3: 01pm – Oprah, Dr. Deepak Chopra and Stevie Wonder ONE VIDEO 1.04

3:02 pm – 3:04pm Paul Thanks Oprah, Deepak and Stevie Wonder and introduces Majid 

3:05 pm –  3: 10 pm Majid  LIVE PERFOMANCE ON VIOLIN PLUG IN DI

3:11 pm – 3:13 pm Paul thanks Majid and introduces Michele DellaFave Amazing Grace and Nahoku Dancing

Michelle was a singer and dancer on the Dean Martin TV series and has traveled with Bob Hope on 2 World Christmas Tours. Michelle’s background includes performing in musicals and plays. She has created one- woman shows and nightclubs performances. She has self-produced 5 cds and sings as a soloist for many UN events and at St Marks Church in the Bowery.

Nahoko Sugiyama – Dancer/Choreographer from Tokyo, Japan based in New York, she has danced at Lincoln Center, Untied Palace Theater, Merce Cunningham with Middle Eastern folklore and fusion dance

3:14 pm – 3:20pm – Michele DellaFave Amazing Grace and Nahoku Sugiyama Dancing  ONE MUSIC TRACK AMAZING GRACE

3:21 pm – 3:23 pm – Paul thanks Michele DellaFave Amazing Grace and Nahoku Sugiyama and introduces Operation Warrior Shield

“And now, I’d like to introduce you to the work of an organization which takes PEACE very seriously. Especially INTERNAL peace. OPERATION WARRIOR SHIELD is a nonprofit organization focused on helping veterans, military and all first responders HEAL from TRAUMA they experience in the line of duty. 

To say a few words about Operation Warrior Shield today, I’d like to welcome to the stage Operation Warrior Shield’s Goodwill Ambassador, Errol Rappaport.” 

3:24pm – 3:28 pm Operation Warrior Shield Errol Rappaport  LIVE SPEAKING

3:29 pm- 3:31 pm – Paul Thanks Operation Warrior Shield and introduces Peace Peddler

Machai St Rain is known as the Peace Peddler and has ridden her bicycle over 10,000 miles raising money for classrooms and medical care in Uganda. She is a volunteer on the Golden Rule Peace Boat which sails for Nuclear Abolition. She recently started the “Peace is Possible Peace Flag Community Project” which is a touring interactive exhibit to make the peace community more visible. She is a musician who has come to sing her original song for us called “Peace is Possible”

3:32pm – 3:37pm Peace Peddler  LIVE PERFORMANCE 2 MIKES DOES NEED TO PLUG IN?

3:38 pm -3:45pm Paul thanks Peace Peddler and introduces Woodstock Forever and Heidi Little and Artie Paul talks about Woodstock  

3:46pm – 3:51pm Woodstock Forever Sizzle Reel and Heidi Little/Artie Kornfeld SHOUT OUT/ Polly Forbes. Paul talk about Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love & HOPE.    ONE VIDEO WOODSTOCK 

3:52 pm – 3:53 pm LIVE SPEAKING PAUL SLADKUS SPEAKING MAJORS SONG.  Lyrics: IF YOU AGREE VIOLENCE NOT THE WAY (STOP THE VIOLENCE @ HOME WORK SCHOOL AND PLAY)

IF YOU AGREE VIOLENCE NOT THE WAY (STOP THE VIOLENCE) RICH HOMELESS AND POOR SAY(STOP THE VIOLENCE)

STRAIGHT DISABLED ELDERLY AND THE GAY SAY(STOP THE VIOLENCE)

ALL TRANSGENDER SAY(STOP THE VIOLENCE)

IF YOU AGREE VIOLENCE NOT THE WAY STOP THE VIOLENCE @ HOME WORK SCHOOL AND PLAY (STOP THE VIOLENCE)

IF YOU AGREE VIOLENCE NOT THE WAY LET ME HEAR THE WHOLE WORLD SAY… VIOLENCE NOT THE WAY STOP THE VIOLENCE TODAY VIOLENCE IS NOT THE WAY STOP THE VIOLENCE AND SAY… PEACE TO YOU MY BROTHER MY SISTER VIOLENCE IS NOT THE WAY STOP THE VIOLENCE…

3:54pm – 3:58pm Paul introduces Georgia Fumanti 

Giorgia Fumanti (born February 22, 1975) is an Italian soprano singer of operatic pop and crossover music based in Montreal, Canada since 2002. She is also a composer, producer and arranger. Her debut EMI album From My Heart reached the top 20 on the Billboard Crossover Chart. 

3:59pm – 4:09pm Giorgia Fumanti, performs 3 Songs   ONE AUDIO TRACK

4:10 pm – 4:12pm Paul Thanks Georgia and introduces Cheyenne Elliott performing for the first time her new song titled NYC then we go Virtually to the UN Shakira speaking and performing Imagine and then close the show with Cheyanne performing  What the World Needs Now, Everyone Prepare to sing…

Cheyenne Elliott has had a series of R&B/Soul hits in her young career, and she recently embraced her love for country and Americana music as well. Cheyenne was born into a world of song. Her grandmother is five-time Grammy Award winner Dionne Warwick and her family includes the late Whitney Houston. She has been collaborating with some of the best singer/songwriters in Nashville including Billy Ray Cyrus and Eric Pasley. Cheyenne has appeared on the Fox TV show The Four, and has most recently with Brandy Clark, Rhett Miller (Old 97’s), Pete Francis (Dispatch), and Cabinet. She has lent her talents to numerous charitable causes including support for our military and veterans, various youth organizations, HIV/AIDS awareness, MS and Parkinson’s disease, and liver disease. 

4: 13pm – 4:18pm Cheyenne Song Title NYC  LIVE PERFORMANCE ONE TRACK

Paul Thanks Cheyenne introduces Shakira video

4:19pm – 4:25pm Shakira ONE VIDEO

Paul Thanks Shakira and introduce Dionne

4:26 pm – 4:28 pm Dionne Warwick What is Love?  ONE VIDEO

4:29 pm – 4: 33pm Cheyenne What the World Needs Now (Say Hello, shout to Grandma Dionne) –  LIVE PERFORANCE ONE TRACK… everyone sings….

4:34pm – 4:36pm Paul Thanks everyone, Miranda thanks UNIFY Audience and everyone.  Note:   LEAVE BROADCAST UP FOR MONTAGE AT THE END, HOLD ON THE STAGE FINAL SHOTS, SHOOT THE CROWD…END…

“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.sladkus@goodnewsbroadcast.com

and our Good News and Peace Worldwide Team who make our Peace

Day 9/21 happen.

www.pausetheworldforpeace.org, www.goodnewsplanet.com,  

www.peacedayparty.org,  www.goodnewsbroadcast.com, 

www.9-21.org, www.momentofsilenceforpeace.org, www.we.net 

(We the World, Rick Ulfic), www.unify.org

LET’S GROW TOGETHER. GOOD NEWS MOTTO: ALL WE ARE IS WHAT WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER. ZEAL

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YES, it is a small expense for a big return for PAUSING THE WORLD FOR PEACE. Just IMAGINE SUCCESS ON SEPTEMBER 21 AT 12 NOON, or as John and Yoko share their thoughts – IMAGINE PEACE.

Background on the CMT: Centennial Memorial Temple’s main auditorium is a beautiful 1,350-seat auditorium that was erected in 1930 to honor the hundredth birthday of Salvation Army founder William Booth. The historic Ziggurat Moderne space over a five-year period, beginning with extensive exterior work, a new HVAC plant and a complete restoration of the signature theater. The house has been ergonomically restored and fitted with custom carpeting and seating to pay tribute to the building’s original design. www.thecmt.org

We know our community are healers full of Peace & Love in your actions and soul. We LOVE YOU.

Peace and Love,

Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths & Spiritual and our Good News & Peace Team.

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WHY: Pause the World for Peace. We need it after COVID, Wars in the World and Violence in our Streets and schools…! On 9/21 Ringo, a UN Peace Messenger, will ask to Pause the World for a Moment of Silence for Peace. Here is our sizzle reel so you can see what we have done in the past in Times Square. https://youtu.be/_HJ7SmOjBNM

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LET’S GROW TOGETHER. GOOD NEWS MOTTO: ALL WE ARE IS WHAT WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER. ZEAL

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New York, NY, Montauk, NY

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One of my most important missions is to help ALL in our world to

respect and cherish all that we have, including our animal and plant

kingdoms. We are living in Nirvana, and as brothers and sister

homo-sapiens we are all blessed to be alive. Think Positive, most of

the individuals in the world live in Peace and those few who can’t act

nonviolently let’s find them and help them realize the consequences of

their actions or help they with their mental disorders. 

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Pause the World for Peace in Times Square 4/22/22 Earth Day Special Event: Water & Peace Broadcast, 2 minute Sizzle Reel…

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23 Amazing thoughts of Karma

Please save September 21 for the International Day of Peace. Mayor Adams and the City of New York FAITH BASED and Community Administration will work with us, along with many groups including Rick Ulfic’s 11 Days events starting on September 11th, www.we.net, we also will have events on 9/11. Our events will be in Times Square and the Worldwide Event during the day and a Celebrity Concert at night at the Centennial Memorial Hall. Please go to www.pausetheworldforpeace.org to donate or paul.sladkus@goodnewsbroadcast.com to volunteer or sponsorships.

We know our community are healers full of Peace & Love in your actions and soul. We LOVE YOU.

Peace and Love,

Reverend Paul Sladkus, All Faiths & Spiritual and our Good News & Peace Team.

WHY: Pause the World for Peace. We needed it after COVID, Wars in the World and Violence in our Streets!

WHAT: We created a Human Peace Sign, w/Animodules, Hugg-a Planets, Origami Cranes, Peace Parrots, BMW EV, while watching 3 videos below on 14×9 ft. LED Screen. At 3:09 pm Pause the World for Peace, led by Ringo Starr on the Screen. International, National and Local Media attended the event.

1. Ukrainian Interfaith Benefit going to: St.Volodymyr.Church – Help UA and the Actors Temple UJAFED.NewYork.Ukraine.Crisis Fund. For

Donations/Awards Go to https://goodnewsplanet.com/peacedayparty/peace-day-donations/ or go to our

Go Fund Me Page: https://gofund.me/f98776e5 *For Details.

2. Good News Water & Peace Earth Day 240 Minute Special. ** For Details

3. Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love & HOPE/FREEDOM Movie Trailer. ***For Details

WHEN AND WHERE: The Event was held in Times Square, Father Duffy Square 1:02pm EST Video Broadcast begins and never stopped till 4:45pm. At 2:30 pm we created a Human Peace Sign, at 3:09 Ringo on the video, asked the World for a Moment of Silence.

BROADCAST: Go to www.goodnewsplanet.TV, www.pausetheworld.org, Facebook Live Paul Sladkus, YouTube Good News Broadcast Channel to see the Pre-taped 4 ½ hour Broadcast on the screen. The final video highlights from the event are in editing. PRODUCERS: Good News Corporation (GNC), est. 2002 a nonprofit and THINKMEDIA and Nudigi.tech.

* UKRAINIAN INTERFAITH BENEFIT DETAILS: The event will feature the Choir of St. Volodymyr Cathedral, Conductor Nataliya Vashchenko from 160 W 82nd Street in New York performing at the Actors Temple at 339 West 47th Street Historic Ukrainian Benefit on 0321. This event was special as both the Jewish and the Ukrainian Orthodox communities had a common goal to help the people of the Ukraine. GNC will start their April 22 event by broadcasting the beginning of this Historic Event with the singing of the Ukrainian National Anthem and God Bless America. The Benefit Funds will go equally to St.Volodymyr.Church – Help UA and the Actors Temple UJAFED.NewYork.Ukraine. Crisis Fund. The peaceful aid is medical or water related items, i.e., food. We hear from the President of St.Volodymyr.Church:

https://goodnewsplanet.com/ukrainian-orthodox-cathedral-of-st-volodymyr-andrew-fessak-tells-us-about-their-participation-in-our-ukrainian-benefits/ as well as the link to the President of the Actor’s Temple:

https://goodnewsplanet.com/carol-ostrow-presdent-of-the-actors-temple-shares-her-love-for-the-temple-and-their-latest-ukrainian-benefit/

** EARTH DAY 2022 WATER & PEACE BROADCAST – Participants in the show speak/perform for Water, Peace & Love, from GNC’s 1,000’s of shows/interviews over our 20 years creating Peace Day events… Join Dionne Warwick, Ringo Starr, Dr. Oz, Michelle Phillips, Ed Asner, Jane Goodall, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Douglas, Stevie Wonder, Shakira, Annie Broadway Show, Deepak Chopra, Paul McCartney, David Lynch Foundation, Harlem Globetrotters Cheer Program, Kayla Peale, Kemp Harris, Dr. Bob Lee, Chloe Temptchine, Sharon Water Song, Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams, Manhattan President/City Council Gale Brewer, Oprah Winfrey, Pete Seeger, Donna Stein/Ken Gale, Reid Stowe, Dr. Gregory Harmon, Katya Grineva, Giorgia Fumanti, Indiggo Twins, Keith Fiveson, Edelman Trust Barometer, Luke’s Lobster, Play Betty, Sikling Farms, Sarabeth, Hero Bells 7pm, Hugo Boss, Samuel Waxman, Ms. Ma, LifeWater, National Tourist Board of Italy, Dr. Kazuko, Marc Segelwick/David Kirschner, Jim McCann 1 800 Flowers, Dr. Judy Olian Quinnipiac University, YOU GOT THIS, KID! TEAM, Miss America Board Chair, Tina Ebey/Students from California Berryessa Union School, Claire Diab, Salvation Army, Playa Betty, Orphans International/Jim Luce, Rachel Williams, Sacred Heart University, Parrots for Peace, Farzana Foundation, Waves for Water, Jasmine Tang, Lainie Kazan, Errol Rappaport, Cindy Marinangel, Wonderama, Ile Maison Magazine/Ilona Lee, Renee Edelman, Chris Breslin, Christof Becker, Cat Stevens, Tatyana Horoshao “Taty”, Angel Fullerton, Dr. Azza Karam, 5 Star Diamond Award with Former President Trump, Kleckt/NFT/The Phantom. Bear Creek Smokehouse, Mimouni Models, David Turk, Donna Tsufura, World Water Rescue, Charity Water, Tesla Science Institute, THINKMEDIA Keeping it Reel Productions, THE VISUAL HUB, The Downs Group, 24K Productions, Nudigi.tech, BMW, Charcouterie Catering, Ola Mae’s Sweet Potatoe Pies by Chellie, Derren Guan, Hermina Johnny, Lucia Kaiser, Katlyn Becker, We Can’t Have that Foundation, Inc., Al Smith, Juma Sultan, Geraldo Velez, Rick Ulfic, Wasa Touray/509/African Pizzeria, Austin Guo-Siang Tang…

*** Woodstock Forever: Peace, Love & HOPE AND FREEDOM Feature Documentary Film Sizzle. Paul Sladkus, Founder of GNC has been working on the movie since 1989 when he did the 20th Anniversary of Woodstock at this same Times Square, Duffy Square location with Richie Havens who sang FREEDOM 1969 Woodstock, Juma Sultan (Jimmy Hendrix drummer) and others. Woodstock Forever has been shown in private events at Cannes, Toronto, Hamptons, LA

and more. Sizzle Reel for your review.

https://goodnewsplanet.com/woodstock-forever-peace-love-hope-movie-with-richie-havens-who-in-1969-celebrated-the-20th-anniversary-of-woodstock-in-times-square-ny-the-8-15-21-broadcast-is-updated-with-over-75-celebrities/

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