Sept
22, 2009
As
a founding facilitator of the World Academy
for the Future of Women, Empowerment Works' Executive
Director, Melanie St.James will deliver a new universal curriculum
for Sustainable Community Development from Nov - Dec. 2009.
Based
on EW's 7 Stages to Sustainability
approach, this curriculum will provide 100 female students
a roadmap for achieving the Millennium Development
Goals - which is the core theme of their one year course
at SIAS University in Xinzheng, Henan Province, China. ....More
Info
August
17, 2009
(UNDP)
More than halfway to the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), major advances in the fight against
poverty and hunger have begun to slow or even reverse as a
result of the global economic and food crises, a progress
report by the United Nations has found. The assessment, launched
by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Geneva, warns that,
despite many successes, overall progress has been too slow
for most of the targets to be met by 2015. *
Full text of the Report
(EW) Rising up to help turn the tide, EW is pre-planning for
The Global Summit 2010, and developing its first online courses
to disseminate community building & collaboration tools,
including "7 Stages to Sustainability" and collaborative
Tele-Summits (seminars) uniting 6 PIE Sectors around key issues
including health & the new green economy.
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Invite for online courses & Tele-Summits - Nov. '09.
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Artists in Action Events:
SATURDAY,
JULY 18th, 2009, featuring ARTIST
& ECO-ARCHITECT,
Poetry readings by Dana Arak
Live Music- violinists Helena Lalita and Julian Life
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Cover - Sustainable Wine/ Bar by Donation - Appetizers
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benefit Empowerment Works' The Global Summit 2010 Fund, empowering
local action for a sustainable world.
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"EW
Summer Solstice - Celebrating the Goddess" (June 20,
2009) in collaboration with Elevate
Presents
A
Summer Solstice soiree benefit for Empowerment Works! (EW)
celebrating the goddess, and the goddess within.
Thanks
to performers,
speakers, & volunteers!
See
Pics + on EVENT PAGE
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"HUMANITY
UNITING" (April 25, 2009) at 5th Floor Gallery
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Details on EVENT PAGE
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**SEE SPEAKERS,
SPONSOR, & PROGRAM INFO on www.theglobalsummit.org
Letter
to participants Nov. 20, 2008
Dearest
TGS Co-Creators & Founding Community Members,
Thanks
so much for your active participation and creative genius
in making The Global Summit 2008 a great success!
To
our core team of volunteers, programs facilitators, session
co-chairs, speakers, performers, to each of you who went
the extra mile - you know who you are, THANK YOU!
Together
we have created something magical. I feel so blessed to
have the opportunity to work with each of you as we fulfill
the promise of a more sustainable future.
To
spark your imagination for what is to come, thanks to Chris
Bui & 5th Medium IC (Interactive Communications), visit
online forum at WiserEarth: http://www.wiserearth.org/group/theglobalsummit
Deepest
love and thanks for your vital collaboration,
Melanie
St.James & The Global Summit Organizing Team
