Blessed is he who visited this world in its fateful moments – Fyodor Tyutchev (1803-1873)
Modern world citizen action has been a response to important challenges faced by the world community. Individuals who saw the dangers of traditional ways of thinking have acted together to promote loyalty to the human family and negotiated responses to violent conflicts.
The Association of World Citizens in its current form as a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the UN was created in 1975 in San Francisco; during the 40th anniversary celebration of the drafting of the UN Charter. Thus; the Association of World Citizens builds upon the efforts of a long line of creative thinkers and active world citizens.
Leo Tolstoy: The Law of Love.
Featured Image: Portrait of Leo Tolstoy (1887). By Ilya Repin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. “We possess a single infallible guide, the Universal Spirit that lives in men as a…
Edward Carpenter and the Healing of Nations.
Featured Image: Edward Carpenter (1844–1929), by Fred Holland Day (1864–1933). By F. Holland Day, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) whose birth anniversary we note on 29 August,…
Carl G. Jung: The Integration of Opposites.
Carl.G. Jung (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was born in Kesswil on the Lake of Constance; where the three countries that most influenced him met: Switzerland, Austria, and…
Garry Davis: “And Now the People Have The Floor”.
Featured Image: Garry Davis by Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Garry Davis; who died 24 July 2013, in Burlington, Vermont; was often called “World Citizen N°1”….
Frantz Fanon: The New Humanism.
Featured Image: Frantz Fanon represent the FLN (National Liberation Front) and Algeria in the war of independence at the Pan African conference at the Palais de la Culture in Léopoldville,…
Woody Guthrie: This land is my land and I won’t let them take it away.
Featured Image: Woody Guthrie, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, holding guitar / World Telegram photo by Al Aumuller. By New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Al Aumuller, Public…
Rex Tugwell: Planning and Action for Rural Reconstruction.
Featured Image: Rexford G. Tugwell, administrator, Resettlement Administration. Rex Tugwell (1891 – 1979 ) active in the world citizenship movement, was an economist and an advocate of government planning. Back to…
Norman Cousins: A Pioneer of Track II Diplomacy.
Norman Cousins Picture: Apurva Madia, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. World Citizen Norman Cousins (24 June 1915-30 November 1990); was a pioneer of Track II diplomacy. Track I…
Horace Alexander: Unofficial Diplomacy and Mediation.
Featured Image: Photo by Mikael Kristenson on Unsplash. At this time of increased tensions and armed conflits in different parts of the world; it is useful to recall the positive…
World Day for Cultural Diversity, for Dialogue and Development.
Featured Image: These students together in a public school in the capital city of Nigeria celebrates World Day for cultural Diversity for dialogue and development on May 21st of each…