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    Les Paul 100th Anniversary Celebration in New York

    Les Paul 100th Anniversary Celebration in New York

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    Star Studded Musical Celebration on Tuesday, June 9th Brings Together Some of Music’s Most Epic Performers and Friends of Les.

    Official kick-off event was held at Hard Rock Cafe New York. Music icons including Joe Bonamassa, Warren Haynes, Steve Miller, Joe Satriani, Journey’s Neal Schon, Steve Vai, guitar virtuoso Johnny A, Count’s 77 and Lou Pallo and the Les Paul Trio appeared at the event. Ken Dashow from Q104 emceed and stars of rock n’ roll also attended. Ticketed guests had the opportunity to visit Les Paul’s Big Sound Experience, a 53’ interactive state-of-the-art journey through music with Les Paul that was be parked for the day in Times Square.
    The event, which will benefit the Les Paul Foundation, has limited capacity and ticket holders will get to experience a historical musical event of epic proportions.

    Les Paul was the father of the solid body electric guitar – the inventor of multitrack recording, overdubbing (also known as sound on sound), delay effects, electronic echo and many other recording innovations that today’s recording artists use every day. Musicians from every genre have credited Les Paul for their careers. Numerous museum exhibits and awards continue to celebrate the innovations and accomplishments of Les Paul.

    The Hard Rock Cafe New York has also created a limited edition collectible pin honoring Les Paul. The replica pin is of the guitar pick Les Paul designed and handmade using sand paper for a better grip. The oversized pick pin will be sold at the New York retail location exclusively. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the pins will benefit The Les Paul Foundation.

    The official 100th Birthday Celebration of Les Paul will be one of the most historical moments in music history. For over three years the Les Paul Foundation has been planning events and program which will continue the legacy of Les Paul, bring about excitement to explore and invent and remind people that Les Paul changed the face of music in many ways.

    World Liberty TV, Entrainment Team was on hand to interview Mr Michael Braunstein Executive Director the Les Paul Foundation, and many of Les Paul’s friends who were in attendance as well as his family members.

    Gloria Steinem: Feminist, Journalist and Social and Political Activist

    Gloria Steinem: Feminist, Journalist and Social and Political Activist

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    Gloria Marie Steinem is an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women’s liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s. A prominent writer and political figure, Steinem has founded many organizations and projects and has been the recipient of many awards and honors. She was a columnist for New York magazine and co-founded Ms. magazine. In 1969, she published an article, “After Black Power, Women’s Liberation”, which, along with her early support of abortion rights, catapulted her to national fame as a feminist leader.

    In 2005, Steinem worked alongside Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan to co-find the Women’s Media Center, an organization that works to amplify the voices of women in the media through advocacy, media and leadership training, and the creation of original content. Steinem currently serves on the board of the organization. She continues to involve herself in politics and media affairs as a commentator, writer, lecturer, and organizer, campaigning for candidates and reforms and publishing books and articles.

    Steinem actively campaigned for the Equal Rights Amendment, in addition to other laws and social reforms that promoted equality between women and men, helping to strike down many long-standing sex discriminatory laws, such as those that gave men superior rights in marriage and denied women equal economic opportunities. She testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1970. She also founded and co-founded many groups, including the Women’s Action Alliance, on which she served as chair of the board throughout the 1970s; the NWPC, the Coalition of Labor Union Women; the Ms. Foundation for Women; Choice USA; and Women’s Media Center. From 1971 to 1975, she served on the Advisory Board of the Westbeth Playwrights Feminist Collective—one of the first NYC public based feminist theater groups.

    In 1968, she signed the “War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.

    South-South Awards Honor Global Governance Leaders

    South-South Awards Honor Global Governance Leaders

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    The 2013 South-South Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, September 22 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The awards recognize governments and private and public sector leaders who have made significant contributions to sustainable development. This year’s Global Governance Leadership award recipients included:
    Her Excellency Laura
    Chinchilla Miranda, President of Costa Rica
    His Royal Highness Khalifa bin Salman Al- Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain
    His Excellency Josaia Voreqe
    Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji
    The Global Governance Leadership Awards are presented to individuals who have made distinctive contributions to sustainable development, the youth, e-governance, and information and communications technology. Other award recipients this year included:
    His Excellency Nelson
    Mandela, Madame Graça Machel
    Mr. David Paich.
    The ceremony was hosted by Erin Brady, Miss USA 2013 and entertainment provided by world music icons Les Nubians, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, and Robin DiMaggio and the Posse 2.0, the Arsenio Hall House Band. Noami Campbell, supermodel, was on hand to support the cause.

    Interview with Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, President of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

    Interview with Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, President of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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    Ralph Everard Gonsalves or “Uncle Ralph” also known as “Comrade Ralph”, is the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP).

    Gonsalves became Prime Minister after his party won a majority government in the 2001 general election. He is the first Prime Minister from the newly constructed ULP, following a merger of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Labour Party and the Movement for National Unity.

    Gonsalves has been Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of North Central Windward since 1994. In 1994, upon the formation of the Unity Labour Party, he became deputy leader and became leader of the party in 1998. Gonsalves’ ULP won another majority government in 2005 general election, winning 12 seats. On December 13, 2010, Gonsalves’ ULP was re-elected, showing a decrease in the popular vote and winning 8 seats.

    Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of United Nations Speaks about Designing for Impact at the CGI

    Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of United Nations Speaks about Designing for Impact at the CGI

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    Ban Ki-moon is the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations. His priorities have been to mobilize world leaders around a set of new global challenges, from climate change and economic upheaval to pandemics and increasing pressures involving food, energy and water. He has sought to be a bridge-builder, to give voice to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, and to strengthen the Organization itself.

    “I grew up in war,” the Secretary-General has said, “and saw the United Nations help my country to recover and rebuild. That experience was a big part of what led me to pursue a career in public service. As Secretary-General, I am determined to see this Organization deliver tangible, meaningful results that advance peace, development and human rights.”

    Mr. Ban took office on January 1, 2007. On June 21, 2011, he was unanimously re-elected by the General Assembly and will continue to serve until December 31, 2016.

    Exclusive Interview with Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel of Saudi Arabia at the CGI

    Exclusive Interview with Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel of Saudi Arabia at the CGI

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    Princess Ameera bint Aidan bin Nayef Al-Taweel often called Princess Ameera al-Taweel, in the English-language press, is a Saudi Arabian princess and philanthropist. Princess Ameera assumed the role of Vice Chairperson of Al-Waleed bin Talal Foundation and member of the board of trustees at Silatech.

    Princess Ameera, the wife of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, travels extensively on behalf of the Alwaleed bin Talal Foundations in an effort to better understand the most pressing challenges facing our world
    She spoke in a special session at the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative titled “Voices for Change in the Middle East and North Africa,” in which she discussed her views on the current movements for change in the region with U.S. President Bill Clinton.

    Interview with Rev. Dale T. Irvin, President of NY Theological Seminary

    Interview with Rev. Dale T. Irvin, President of NY Theological Seminary

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    Dale T. Irvin is the eleventh President of New York Theological Seminary and Professor of World Christianity. He was elected to this position by the Seminary’s Board of Trustees on July 19, 2006 after serving as Acting President since January 1, 2006, and his permanent appointment became effective on August 1.

    Previously, he served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean of the Seminary and is a long-time member of the Seminary’s Faculty. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1981) and Union Theological Seminary in New York (Ph.D., 1989), he has been a member of the New York Theological Seminary Faculty since 1989. He is the co-author with Scott W. Sunquist of History of the World Christian Movement, a two-volume project that is being written with a consulting team of more than 50 scholars from around the world and published by Orbis Books of Maryknoll, NY. Volume 1, Earliest Christianity to 1453, is now in its fifth printing. Dr. Irvin’s previous books include Christian Histories, Christian Traditioning: Rendering Accounts (Orbis Books,1998), and The Agitated Mind of God: The Theology of Kosuke Koyama (Orbis Books, 1996), which he edited with Akintunde E. Akinda. His articles have appeared in a number of journals, among them Christianity Today, The Ecumenical Review and The Journal of Pentecostal Studies.

    Dr. Irvin has held visiting or adjunct appointments at the University of Uppsala, Sweden; Drew University Theological School; Union Theological Seminary, New York; Wake Forest University Divinity School; New Brunswick Theological Seminary; and Regent University School of Divinity. He is currently the Executive Vice President and member of the Editorial Board of The Living Pulpit, a highly acclaimed journal for preaching.

    He is also a regular teacher and preacher in churches throughout the New York City region. An ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches USA, he is a member of The Riverside Church in New York City.

    Interfaith Breakfast Hosted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg

    Interfaith Breakfast Hosted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg

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    BIO: Mayor Michael Bloomberg had his Interfaith Breakfast at The New York Public Library. Close to 400 hundred religious leaders from all faiths were in attendance. The following Faith leaders did an Invocation in their own faiths: Monsignor John J.Brown from St. Francis De Sales Parish Belle Harbor, Queens; Imam Khalil Abdur –Rashid, Iqra Masjid Midwood, Brooklyn; Pastor Timothy McIntyre from the Oasis Christian Center, Midland Beach, Staten Island; Rabbi Majorie Slome, West End Temple Neponsit, Queens; Rev T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki, Buddist Council of NY, Manhattan; Rev. Deborah Chadwick-Muniz, Iglesia Jerusalem, Morrsania Bronx; Priest Giani Bhupinde Singh, The Sikh Cultural Society, Richmond Hill Queens.

    Musical performance was by The Perley Childrens Choir.

    Mayor Bloomberg thanked all the clergy for working together and helping him with the Hurricane Sandy disaster, throughout New York City.

    Other city officials in attendance were: Dennis Walcott, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, Raymond Kelly, Commissioner of NYPD, Patricia L. Gatling, Commissioner on Human Rights and many more.

    Exclusive Interview with the Honorable Bharrat Jagdeo, Former President of Guyana – New York

    Exclusive Interview with the Honorable Bharrat Jagdeo, Former President of Guyana – New York

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    Bharrat Jagdeo (born January 23, 1964) is a Guyanese politician who was President of Guyana from August 11, 1999, to December 3, 2011. He holds a number of global leadership positions in the areas of sustainable development, green growth and climate change.

    Prior to his presidency, he was Minister of Finance and became President after Janet Jagan resigned for health reasons. Subsequently he won two elections, in 2001 and 2006. He was the first President of Guyana to relinquish office in accordance with term limits he signed into the Guyanese Constitution. Jagdeo was born in Unity Village on the East Coast of Demerara.

    President Jagdeo was elected as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in September, 2005. He occupied this position until September 2006.

    The World Economic Forum (WEF) identified Jagdeo as one of their inaugural Young Global Leaders in 2006.

    Time Magazine named Jagdeo as one of their “Heroes of the Environment” in 2008, and he was awarded the United Nations “Champion of the Earth” award in 2010.

    The 58th Anniversary of the International Debutante Ball – New York

    The 58th Anniversary of the International Debutante Ball – New York

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    Forty-seven young women took their bows at the 58th Anniversary of the International Debutante Ball, one of the most beautiful and glamorous family events of the holiday season.

    The debutantes represented England, Scotland, France, The Netherlands, China, and fifteen American states. Each debutante was accompanied by her own escort in white tie and tails, and a military cadet in dress uniform who carried the flag of the country or state which she represents.

    The International Debutante Ball provides a social context where young women and men from all over the world meet one another, have a wonderful and romantic time, and form lasting friendships. Over the past decades, daughters of Diplomats, Ambassadors, Governors, Presidents, ancient European titles and distinguished Americans from all over the country have been brought together by the Ball.

    The International Debutante Ball Foundation supports numerous charities including The Soldiers, Sailors’, Marines’, Coast Guard and Airmen’s Club, a home away from home for the military and their families.

    The New York Women’s Foundation Radical Gala Generosity

    The New York Women’s Foundation Radical Gala Generosity

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    The New York Women’s Foundation 2018 Radical Generosity Gala Celebrates the Me Too Movement.

    Honorees include Alyssa Milano; Haley & Michaels; Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH; and

    The Co-Founders of Level Forward: Abigail E. Disney, Adrienne Becker,Rachel Gould, and Angie G. Wang.

    The New York Women’s Foundation (The Foundation) celebrated the anniversary of the Me Too Movement on Monday, October 15 at its annual Radical Generosity Gala honoring actress and activist Alyssa Milano and Sony/ATV recording artists and songwriters Haley & Michaels.  Tarana Burke, Founder and Leader of the ‘me too.’ Movement presented their awards.

    Also recognized for their leadership and contributions to empowering women were Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH, Director of the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University and the co-founders of media company Level Forward, Abigail E. Disney, Adrienne Becker, Rachel Gould, and Angie G. Wang.

    See more about  The NY Women’s Foundation Radical Gala Generosity-2018 in our World Liberty TV Cultural Channel and Blogs by Clicking here.

    4th Annual Japan Day Parade NYC-2025

    4th Annual Japan Day Parade NYC-2025

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    BY: Adal Hussain, Chief Editor, 4th Annual Japanese Day Parade NYC , May 10th 2025.

    Beginning on Central Park West at West 81st Street and traveling south to West 67th Street, the Japan Parade featured: the music and taiko groups Soh Daiko, COBU and Taiko Masala Dojo, the choir group HARLEM JAPANESE GOSPEL CHOIR, the traditional dance troupes.

    The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of NY, and Yosakoi Dance Project – 10tecomai / KAZANAMI, martial arts groups International Karate Organization KYOKUSHINKAIKAN and kendo dojo New York Kenshinkai. Marchers from Anime NYC joined the parade in Japan-themed costumes.

    There are Japanese language schools and organizations participating in the Parade, and they include: THE JAPANESE SCHOOL OF NEW YORK (The Greenwich Japanese School), Japanese Children’s Society, Inc., Keio Academy of New York, and The New Jersey Japanese School, and many more.

    Chef Masaharu Morimoto served as the parade’s Grand Marshall, and Sandra Endo, news correspondent on KTVV Los Angeles, Fox 11 News and feature reporter for Good Day LA, served as Emcee of the parade.

    Participating groups showed Japan’s various attractions, such as culture, tradition, sports, music, cosplay, etc. for everyone’s enjoyment.

    Following the great success of the last three years, the 4th annual Japan Parade in New York City was held on Saturday, May 10, beginning at 1pm. Starting on Central Park West at West 81st Street and traveling south to West 67th Street, the purpose of the parade is to celebrate, express, and bring awareness to the friendship between NYC and Japan with a thank you from the Japanese community. Chef Masaharu Morimoto is this year’s Grand Marshall and Koji Soto is this year’s Japan Parade Community Leader.

    Sandra Endo, news correspondent on KTVV Los Angeles, Fox 11 News, and a feature reporter for Good Day LA, will serve as Emcee of the parade.

    The Japan Street Fair will feature tents offering fun and educational cultural activities including calligraphy, water balloon yo-yo fishing, origami, photo opportunities, and a giveaway. In collaboration with JAPAN Fes, one of the largest organizers of Japanese food festivals in the world that hosts over 20 Japanese food fair events a year in New York City, the Street Fair will also feature about 20 tents serving authentic Japanese food.

    The latest information on Japan’s many tourist destinations will be made available at several other tents, and as with last year, there will also be a tent where visitors may donate to a charitable cause. The Japan Street Fair is your chance to experience a Japanese festival, or matsuri, unlike any other.

    It was our 3rd annual appearance at the Japanese day parade, thousands of people lined up on the streets on 81st and Central park West, and thousands more at The Japan Street Fair trying many different Japanese foods, desserts and beverages.

    Honored guests included: Iron Chef Restauranteur and Author Masaharu Morimoto, who was also the Grand Marshall of the 2025 Parade. Koji Sato, president of the Japanese American Association of New York & 2025 Japan Parade Community leader. Mikio MORI Ambassador, Consul-General of Consulate General of Japan, New York, were the force behind putting on a parade on this magnitude.

    Other political guests in attendance included: Mayor Eric Adams, New York State Comptroller, Thomas P. DiNapoli, Council member Gale Brewer, representatives from NY Governor’s office, Assembly members and many more in attendance. Emcee for the 4th year in a row was classy Sandra Endo, news correspondent on KTVV Los Angeles, Fox 11 News, and a feature reporter for Good Day LA and Mayor of Toyama Hirohisa Fuji , who traveled from japan to be part of the parade.

    See much more about 4th Annual Japan Day Parade in New York city 2025, in our World Liberty TV, Political channels by clicking here.

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