A lovely event was held at the United Nations to celebrate Golden Rule Day on April 5, 2010. The gathering began in the UN Meditation Room with a silent meditation. Then Sharon Hamilton Getz of Project Harmony and the CSVGC-NY Sacred and Transcendental Arts Working Group, welcomed everyone and spoke about Golden Rule Day. Monica Willard, UN Representative for the United Religions Initiative spoke about the URI and the history of Golden Rule Day, which was developed by the Interfaith Peace-building Initiative in Ethiopia and is supported by the URI Golden Rule Cooperation Circle. Deborah Moldow, UN Representative for the World Peace Prayer Society and facilitator of the United Religions Initiative at the United Nations (URI-UN), read portions of the Golden Rule message from Amb. Mussie Hailu, URI Regional Coordinator for Africa.
Deborah then presented the Golden Rule Medal to Diane Williams, founder of the Source of Synergy Foundation and the Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns-NY, on behalf of Project Harmony and URI-UN. Everyone in turn offered personal reasons why Diane deserved this honor, in a warm demonstration of heartfelt solidarity. Diane responded with a beautiful speech about the importance of the Golden Rule for alleviating suffering. She said she was honored, but did not think she always deserved the medal, so she would try harder to live its message. She said it reminds her of the African word, “Ubuntu,” which means “I am who I am because you are who you are.” ** She closed by saying, “May Peace, the Golden Rule, and Ubuntu Prevail on Earth.”
Sharon spoke about the Golden Rule film and encouraged signing of the Golden Rule proclamation, Monica distributed Golden Rule handouts (with a nicely framed version forDiane), and Deborah distributed copies of the Charter for Compassion, urging everyone to visit the website and sign on. Then Audrey Kitagawa offered a closing prayer.
Everyone gathered for a group photograph and said together, “May Peace Prevail on Earth!”
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A lovely event was held at the United Nations to celebrate Golden Rule Day on April 5, 2010. The gathering began in the UN Meditation Room with a silent meditation. Then Sharon Hamilton Getz of Project Harmony and the CSVGC-NY Sacred and Transcendental Arts Working Group, welcomed everyone and spoke about Golden Rule Day. Monica Willard, UN Representative for the United Religions Initiative spoke about the URI and the history of Golden Rule Day, which was developed by the Interfaith Peace-building Initiative in Ethiopia and is supported by the URI Golden Rule Cooperation Circle. Deborah Moldow, UN Representative for the World Peace Prayer Society and facilitator of the United Religions Initiative at the United Nations (URI-UN), read portions of the Golden Rule message from Amb. Mussie Hailu, URI Regional Coordinator for Africa.
Deborah then presented the Golden Rule Medal to Diane Williams, founder of the Source of Synergy Foundation and the Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns-NY, on behalf of Project Harmony and URI-UN. Everyone in turn offered personal reasons why Diane deserved this honor, in a warm demonstration of heartfelt solidarity. Diane responded with a beautiful speech about the importance of the Golden Rule for alleviating suffering. She said she was honored, but did not think she always deserved the medal, so she would try harder to live its message. She said it reminds her of the African word, “Ubuntu,” which means “I am who I am because you are who you are.” ** She closed by saying, “May Peace, the Golden Rule, and Ubuntu Prevail on Earth.”
Sharon spoke about the Golden Rule film and encouraged signing of the Golden Rule proclamation, Monica distributed Golden Rule handouts (with a nicely framed version forDiane), and Deborah distributed copies of the Charter for Compassion, urging everyone to visit the website and sign on. Then Audrey Kitagawa offered a closing prayer.
Everyone gathered for a group photograph and said together, “May Peace Prevail on Earth!”
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Sharon Hamilton Getz of Project Harmony and the CSVGC-NY Sacred and Transcendental Arts Working Group, welcomed everyone and spoke about Golden Rule Day. Monica Willard, UN Representative for the United Religions Initiative spoke about the URI and the history of Golden Rule Day, which was developed by the Interfaith Peace-building Initiative in Ethiopia and is supported by the URI Golden Rule Cooperation Circle. Deborah Moldow, UN Representative for the World Peace Prayer Society and facilitator of the United Religions Initiative at the United Nations (URI-UN), read portions of the Golden Rule message from Amb. Mussie Hailu, URI Regional Coordinator for Africa.
Diane responded with a beautiful speech about the importance of the Golden Rule for alleviating suffering. She said she was honored, but did not think she always deserved the medal, so she would try harder to live its message. She said it reminds her of the African word, “Ubuntu,” which means “I am who I am because you are who you are.” ** She closed by saying, “May Peace, the Golden Rule, and Ubuntu Prevail on Earth.”
Diane), and Deborah distributed copies of the Charter for Compassion, urging everyone to visit the website and sign on. Then Audrey Kitagawa offered a closing prayer.
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