The misery of displaced persons and refugees is too frequently created by conflict. Too often the civilians themselves are the targets of ethnic cleansing and genocide. Humanitarian efforts may be…
The International Day of Peace is celebrated by the United Nations on 21 September, and each September the Peace Bell in the Japanese Garden at the UN rings its message…
The end of Ramadan is celebrated throughout the globe, after a month of fasting, prayer, abstinence and hopefully reflection. The United Nations holds its own prayer services for diplomats,…
In “Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid” he went out in a blaze of bullets. Now, more than four decades later, since he joined Paul Newman to film one of…
The Chapin Awards Gala this week at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan commemorated not only WhyHunger’s founding 40 years ago by visionary Bill Ayres and the late Harry Chapin. It was…
Actor Matt Dillon has visited a Rohingya displaced persons camp at a critical time just when the Myanmar government/military was blocking access to international media. The recent migrant crisis in…
Some are promoting a conflict of civilizations and the killing and genocide of “the other.” Today, though, the United Nations and UNESCO are promoting diversity and our right to Humankind’s…
Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo has always been a traditional stop for me each time I’ve been to the area. Known as a mecca for Florida Wildlife Conservation, it is home…
Music is the chord that binds citizens together to establish cultural bonds and set the global stage as a foundation for peace. This week was a special ceremony in the…
Dogs donning festive sombreros , margaritas – guacamole – salsa and chips, Cinco de Mayo is cause for celebration and not just in Mexico (primarily Puebla State) and the United…