Fundacion Empresarias Hispanas Invites You to Wine and Cheese on Queens Museum of Art July 6th

Fundación Empresarias Hispanas (F.E.H) promotes the development of women in family and community leadership by encouraging work and personal welfare through job readiness and social awareness projects.

F.E.H is proud to present Flor de Papel, a social awareness campaign that promotes a society without violence through the arts.

CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO:

Wine and Cheese:Un Grito Al Silencio

July, Tuesday, 6 2010

Time, 5:00 pm 7:00 pm

Art Museum Gallery

Queens Museum of Art

Flushing Meadows Corona Park Building

Queens New York City, 11368

Donation, $20

Cordially Invites you:

Jacqueline Montoy
Executive Director, Fundacion Empresarias Hispanas

Queens, NY

95-20 63rd Rego Park

Tel:718 592 2091

Cel:347 6657626

http://www.empresariashispanasusa.org/

and

http://www.smallbizlatino.com/

What AVATAR has to do with Brazil? You'll be Surprised...

"For people living along the river, as they have for millenia, the dam will end their way of life. I implore the Brazilian government, and President Lula, to reconsider this projet." - James Cameron, AVATAR movie director

Last Saturday, April 24th, I was invited by my colleague, Felipe Benitez from Fenton Communications (DC), to attend a media event for his client. Felipe's client is the non-profit organization, Amazon Watch, which works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. James Cameron was going to be honored by indigenous leaders from around the world.

The media event coincided with the special screening of AVATAR, which coincided with the United Nations meeting on indigenous issues in New York City.

AVATAR has been embraced by many indigeous peoples worldwide, who see it as echoing their own story. Throughout Latin America for example, indigenous peoples have highlighted the parallels between the movie and ntheir own experiences dealing with private sector extractive industries and the development of Brazil's Belo Monte Dam - which if constructed, will cost $17.5 billion and will become the world's third largest dam. The impact? 20,000 indigenous peoples will have to abandon the rainforest and relocate to Altamira, where they will compete with migrants for scarce low-paying jobs.

James Cameron first visited Brasilia three weeks ago and since then, he has gone back a second time and the first day he came back the last time, went straight to have a conversation with Obama about the alarming issue happening so close to us. You can read James Cameron's personal letter to Brazil's President, Luis Inacio Lula de Silva here: http://www.amazonwatch.org/newsroom/view_news.php?id=2049

To learn more, visit:
www.un.org/indigenous
www.cbd.int
www.amazonwatch.org

Excerpt the book: Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate,

Postmodernism is allergic to the idea of certainty, and makes a great deal of theoretical fuss over this rather modest everyday notion. As such, it is in some ways the flip side of fundamentalism . . . Some postmodern thought suspects that all certainty is authoritarian. It is nervous of people who sound passionately committed to what they say. In this, it represents among other things an excessive reaction to fascism and Stalinism. The totalitarian politics of the twentieth century did not only launch an assault on truth in their own time; they also helped to undermine the idea of truth for future generations.


By: Terry Eagleton(British Literary Critic)

HOPE ~ CHANGE ~ BELIEVE: Change the World Through Social Media

The 12for12k Challenge is the combination of social media awareness and fund-raising that aims to change the lives of millions worldwide. Founded by business consultant Danny Brown, its aim is to raise awareness and funds for 12 charities over the course of 2009, with a new charity being supported every month. The concept is simple:

12 months of the year
12 charities, a different charity each month
$12,000 per charity


Visit http://www.12for12k.org

Google Social Search 101- How Does it Work?

Google launched their Google Experiment Social Search today, Oct. 26th, were by opening a Google Profile, you can specify which are your social networks (MySpace, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Friendster, etc.) Once you do this, everytime you do a Google search, you'll see results matches within your social networks' content.

Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company Dance - (NYC Center Oct 29-Nov 1)

After six years as resident choreographer at New York City Ballet, all eyes in the dance world are now focused on Christopher Wheeldon's brand new ballet company, Morphoses....www.nycitycenter.org

Thoth Performance (The Power of Divine Healing Through Music) in Central Park - NYC Summer 2009

New York City, of course, presents a profoundly high incidence of these works of public and private art, being the cultural center that it is. It's quite an experience to witness Thoth performers in the tunnel at Bethesda Terrace in Central Park, directly across from the Bethesda - or “Angel” - Fountain.

The Oldest City in the USA...And great keeping its old-city charm: St. Augustine, Florida

Entering St. Augustine, Florida via Budget Truck...


During the Day...

During the Night...

Ok...Finally, this is the REAL Recipe of How to REALLY Measure YOUR Life...

Ask yourself: "Where am I....NOT in reference to others, but in reference to myself?" Where am I on the road of my own potential?"

And without forgetting.... "As you become more like God, it becomes easier for someone else to become like God. The world hangs in the balance."
- Book "Becoming Like God"

THE PARADOX OF OUR AGE

We have bigger houses but smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense;
more knowledge, but less judgement;
more experts, but more problems;
more medicines, but less healthiness;

We've been all the way to the moon and back,but have trouble crossing the street to meetthe new neighbor.

We build more computers to hold moreinformation to produce more copies then ever,but have less communication;

We have become long on quantity,but short on quality.

These are times of fast foodsbut slow digestion;
Tall men but short character;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.

It's a time when there is much in the window,but nothing in the room.

- The 14th Dalai Lama

Lets See if The Movies Provide Inspiration this Weekend...

Celebrating Full Moon - ARTUndressed Exhibit Drum Circle

Miami Design Destrict June 5 09

www.Serve.gov

We are souls fueled by touch...

"Can Buddhism Save America?"

Source: EnlightenNext Magazine (excerpt)

....Tworkov's firsthand observations of the coming of age of American Buddhism have led her to think deeply about the fallout from the failure of many teachers to uphold moral values, and about the tenacious independence and individualism, perhaps particular to Americans, that she terms "libertine antagonism to authority." Both of these factors, she believes, have served to diminish the role, purpose and value of awakening among Zen Buddhists. In her Afterword, she responds unequivocally to this phenomenon, describing how "the quest for enlightenment has been derided of late as [a] romantic and mythic aspiration." She laments the "denigration of enlightenment" as a "grievous and perhaps peculiarly American misinterpretation" of some of the great Zen masters' teachings about the goal of the spiritual path. And in contrast to this view, she holds up the passion for change that brought Buddhism to America in the first place: "The original enthusiasm . . . was not just for personal discovery, but for the possibility of developing an appreciation for the unknown in an excessively cluttered society—it was an effort to break ground for new possibilities...

Complete article: http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j14/tworkov.asp

Encounter the world’s most powerful tool for integral development and cultural transformation

Spiral Dynamics?

No theory or system will alter how you see yourself and the world more immediately and profoundly than Spiral Dynamics. What is Spiral Dynamics? Spiral Dynamics is a powerful model and predictive theory of human development and cultural evolution. Under the guidance of “Spiral wizard” Dr. Don Beck, it has emerged as a powerful new tool for understanding the complexity of human behavior. SD has been successfully employed around the globe for conceiving and implementing real-world integral solutions to social conflicts and for catalyzing individual evolutionary transformation.

Source: http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/spiral/

Want to be Enlightnen?

http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/

THE Light....as a statement.

You know those annoying FWD messages sent via Facebook? Well...this one was not that annoying....

Kabbalah Message of 4/20/09....The LIGHT touching my beautiful soul friend....

Whenever we reach a new threshold, ready to go to a new level of being and seeing, our old friends come out to greet us: doubts, confusion, procrastination ...There's always something to make it difficult for you to achieve the next level.Push aside your darker thoughts today. They're only trying to get you to fall.

Raise Hope for Congo

Congo (in central Africa) - The Eastern Congo is categorized as the MOST dangerous place on Earch for women and girls (they are targets of conscience-shocking brutality and sexual violence). Read "Ten Reasons why Congo is the Most dangerous place for Women"


Go here to Learn how you can help: YOU TOO CAN HELP CONGO