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I attended the Scottish Green Party Conference at the Beacon Arts Centre by the waters! 💚

The Scottish Green Climate Conference highlighted the commitment to sustainability, showcasing genuine engagement among attendees. The event received positive media attention and featured enjoyable activities, including a quiz night. Emphasis was placed on grassroots participation without strict party lines, particularly spotlighting initiatives like the Scottish Rewilding Alliance, which manages substantial natural areas.

October 27, 2024 · Leave a comment

#UN Summit of the Future #SOTF #Peace #education zoom meeting!

The post discusses a UN Summit of the Future focused on the urgent need for comprehensive peace education from early childhood through higher education. Hosted by Light Millennium Project, it featured insights on conflict resolution, STEM education, and emphasized the role of women in promoting educational equity. Amb. Dr. Cecilia W. Yu expressed gratitude for the event and highlighted the importance of female leadership in academia.

October 5, 2024 · Leave a comment

United Nations Human Rights Council 57th Session: Report of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent on its 3rd session

I want to share that the first phase of the UN Human rights Consultation concluded today (Sept 27 2024), My rapporteur report and PEPA L’Humanitaire NGO’s special consultation were adopted in Summary of Deliberations, specifically agenda 30, pp. 4-6

September 27, 2024 · Leave a comment

SDG Action Hub Kenya: New York City event for United Nations SOTF Summit of the Future, Action Day!

Sustainability “Walk the Talk” at the United Nations Gardens during the UN #SOFT Summit of the Future, in collaboration with three other Pan-African NGOs and Foundations. His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of #Monaco joined informally and met future Sustainability African Youth Leaders for this “#Art & #Peace: Walk and Talk” on the 21st Sept 2024.

September 21, 2024 · Leave a comment

UN OHCHR Human Rights report, then Holiday!

TODAY, I finished the Human Rights for people of African descent, UN OHCHR 2025 submission by invitation with my colleagues at PEPA L’Humanitaire NGO AND gave my inputs for UN … Continue reading

September 8, 2024 · Leave a comment

#HongKongProtest2019 #Noextradiction & #FreeLiuXiaoBo support for #Tiananmen

Chinese Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo wrote: “I would like to use the greatest of compassion, love and kindness to dissolve the hostile and aggressive control of an autocratic government.”

July 4, 2019 · Leave a comment

Rhetorics of #COP21 #Paris and Analysis of Agreement for #Africa

Was there no other way of showing respect for the genuine voices of First Nations Indigenous People and/or Africans except to parade them in cliches of what the Western Media use to diminish their professional gravitas in UNFCCC level negotiations?

January 2, 2016 · 2 Comments

About Egypt…a quiet chat with a Tunisian Jasmine Revolutionary

Nadia is part of the intellectual, artistic creatives and bohemian circles in Tunisia…Some of her friends risked their lives publicly in voicing their message for a Democratic Secular Tunisia during the Jasmine Revolution of 2011. Thank you to Egyptian Streets شوارع مصر who recorded a … journey of what is … 72 hours which changed the lives of every Egyptian and possibly many more Arabic speakers on this planet!

July 4, 2013 · 2 Comments

5 Feminist Video-Game Characters Countdown: Number 2

Lara Croft has always been my favorite. In the postmodern feminist sense, if she decides to be sexual, between consenting adults, there is nothing wrong with that. Lets not paint a character that is uni-dimensional…as empowered women are in fact Also driven by personal motives….

August 11, 2012 · 1 Comment

2012: Trends that keep on going…..the bad and the truly ugly! lol.

I have to be honest and say 2012 is all about being “authentic” rather than trying to be perfect. But this does not mean we accept every bit of brain-farts that come out of the world. There are a lot of frustrated people around. Many of them have legitimate causes; some do not. Some are just angry because they are not getting their own way in life, out of a sense of Entitlement!

January 13, 2012 · 1 Comment