By Rene Wadlow. Stringfellow Barr: 15 January 1897 – 3 February 1982) Stringfellow Barr; whose birth anniversary we mark on 15 January; was a historian; largely of the classic Greek and Roman Empire period and an active world citizen. He served as
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Carl Ransom Rogers; (1902 – 1987) an active World Citizen; whose birth anniversary is 8 January, was a US psychologist and educator and a leading figure of what is often called “The Third Wave of Psychology.” The first wave was Freud and
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By René Wadlow January 1st is the birth anniversary of Maurice Béjart, an innovative master of modern dance. In a world where there is both appreciation and fear of the mixing of cultural traditions; Maurice Béjart was always a champion of blending
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Perhaps many expect the typical article that should be titled: “Congratulations to all the mothers on their day” or “Mothers celebrate their day.” Something like this to cite some examples. But it is not the goal. An image of “congratulations
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The Commonwealth of World Citizens. Hugh Joseph Schonfield (1901-1988); was the first to incorporate the term “world citizen” into the name of a non-governmental organization: the Commonwealth of World Citizens in 1938. The Commonwealth of World Citizens was to have an emphasis
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(St.Paul,MN:Paragon House, 2016). The United Nations held a high-level conference in New York; 5-9 June 2016 devoted to , James Alex Michel; long-time President of the multi-island Republic of Seychelles (2004-2016); has developed many themes on ocean use in his important book
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“Cultural Disarmament” Raimon Panikkar (1918-2010) active in the movement for world citizenship was an Indian, Roman Catholic theologian, well versed in Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Western philosophical thought. He proposed the need for “cultural disarmament” (1) Cultural disarmament entails a criticism of
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by Rene Wadlow. L’Abbe Pierre, champion of the homeless and world citizen; died 22 January 2007 in Paris at 94 years old. He was born in 1912 and named Henri Groues. He was brought up in Lyon in a bourgeois family and
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Pitirim Sorokin (1889-1968) was concerned; especially in the period after the Second World War; with the relation between the values and attitudes of the individual and their impact on the wider society. His key study Society; Culture and Personality: Their Structure and
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If we claim to be civilized, if we love justice, if we cherish mercy, if we are not ashamed to own the reality of the inward light, we must affirm that we are first and foremost Citizens of the World…Our planet has
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