[Daughters_of_Ataturk] INVITE> GLOBAL WELL-BEING and the MEDIA - On Thursday, April 10

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Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 20:47:40 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: INVITE> GLOBAL WELL-BEING and the MEDIA - On Thursday, April 10
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INVITE:
GLOBAL WELL-BEING and the MEDIA

Date: Thursday, April 10, 2008, 2:00-4:00 P.M.
U.N. Church Center
777 U.N. Plaza, New York City, NY
(44th Street and First Ave. across from U.N.)
Hardin Room - 11th Floor

The NGO Committee on Mental Health
(Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (CONGO) in Consultative
Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council)
co-sponsored with the CCC/UN
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GLOBAL WELL-BEING and the MEDIA
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This special program will explore outreach and innovative initiatives for
using the news media and newer information and communication technology
(ICT), such as the Internet, community telecenters and virtual communities
such as Second Life, for supporting psychosocial well-being and human
rights
and promoting recovery and resilience in the wake of disaster, violence,
war, illness.


Dr. Elizabeth Carll - Moderator


Participants:

H. E. Ismat Jahan - Keynote Presentation
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations


Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne - NGO Keynote
Founder/President, Sarvodaya Movement, Sri Lanka's largest charitable NGO
with staff and programs in 15,000 villages. Conducted a "Peace Meditation"
gathering near to one-million attendees in 2006. Received the Gandhi Peace
Prize, and author of several books. Sarvodaya marks its 50th Anniversary
in 2008.


Bill Lichtenstein
President, LCMedia, Inc.; Senior Executive Producer, The Infinite Mind;
Former ABC TV News producer


Sarah Jackson-Han
Media Relations Director, Radio Free Asia
Columnist, "Healthcare Today," England


Kristen Saloomey - invited
Correspondent, Al Jazeera TV


Group Discussion - Audience Q & A


Program Planning Committee of Media/ICT Working Group: Chair, Elizabeth
Carll, PhD -ISTSS, CCC/UN; Co-chair, Bircan Unver, The Light Millennium;
Noema Chaplin, US Servas, UNA/USA; Ellen Sobo, PhD, STNCMH Albert Einstein
College of Medicine;. For more information Contact Dr. Carll, e-mail:
ecarll@optonline.net / or Bircan Unver, e-mail:
contact@lightmillennium.org



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