Dalai Lama

Author and Entertainment Publicist Adrienne Alexander Releases Safe Touch Children's Book, Don't Touch My No No Parts! with Accompanying Jingle, Animation, and Affirmations

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

ATLANTA, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In his statement for the March 2023 White House Proclamation, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. says, "Freedom from sexual assault is a basic human right. Yet tens of millions of Americans, our family and friends, colleagues, neighbors, and classmates, carry the trauma of sexual assault with them."

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  • Knowing the importance of introducing younger children to good touch, bad touch, and boundary conversations at a young age, Author and Entertainment Publicist Adrienne Alexander will release her latest children's book, "Don't Touch My No No Parts!"
  • Complete with individual and group safe touch affirmations and an original animated jingle, "Don't Touch My No-No Parts!"
  • Because boys and girls are equally at risk of sexual abuse, "Don't Touch My No No Parts!"
  • Click here & here for the English and Spanish versions of the official "Don't Touch My No No Parts!"

Updates from the Staunch Moderates Intellectual Movement - Where It's Been and Where It's Going--From Participation in Film Festivals to the Production of a Third Hip-Hop Album Coming This Summer

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

ASPEN, Colo., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the Staunch Moderates Movement's founding during the tumultuous 2020 presidential election and start of the global pandemic crisis, it has continued to push boundaries and grow its base through various effective creative endeavors. Leveraging the footing the movement established by campaigning at the presidential primaries with timely hot-button issue forums, political polls and entertaining podcast episodes, the decision was made to transition into music and film to further spread its message by attracting a wider base.

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  • To date, Staunch Moderates audio and video content has achieved 76 million total streams and views.
  • The Staunch Moderates movement is pulsating peace as far and wide as possible through its music, videos, writing, and documentary film.
  • Link to Mission Peace Album
    Borrowing from its second album title, the Staunch Moderates' new feature-length documentary film is also called Mission Peace.
  • It chronicles the birth of the Staunch Moderates movement as well as the organization's developments and journey throughout the 2020 presidential election.

JUST APPROVED For GRAMMY NOMINATION Consideration - Best RAP Song- 'Socrates Café' From 'The First Realm Album

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

A music video providing a visual storytelling of "Staunch," or "DJ Staunch" and his importance to the movement is also being released in tandem with the single.

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  • A music video providing a visual storytelling of "Staunch," or "DJ Staunch" and his importance to the movement is also being released in tandem with the single.
  • The first single from The First Realm album, "Socrates Caf" is already being considered for a Grammy for Best Rap Song!
  • "Staunch" is the second single to be released from the movement's first music album "The First Realm."
  • As such, the album should be enjoyed in its entirety for the best experience.

First-ever Dalai Lama Library & Learning Center To Be Built In Ithaca, NY

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

In a statement made today, on His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's 86th birthday, Namgyal Monastery the Dalai Lama's personal monastery and North American seat announced plans to build a Dalai Lama Library and Learning Center on its grounds in Ithaca, New York.

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  • In a statement made today, on His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's 86th birthday, Namgyal Monastery the Dalai Lama's personal monastery and North American seat announced plans to build a Dalai Lama Library and Learning Center on its grounds in Ithaca, New York.
  • "Our vision one that is supported and shared by the Dalai Lama is to encourage genuine human interconnection and unity in an increasingly divided world.
  • The Dalai Lama Library and Learning Center will do this by creating a transformational hub of compassionate and humane education that is open to everyone, both in-person and online."
  • All donations are tax exempt, as the Dalai Lama Library and Learning Center is assumed under Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies, a 501(c)(3).

Killer Mike, Buffy Sainte-Marie and 10 other change-makers to seek advice from the Dalai Lama - ONE Better World Collective

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

The one-hour event, organized by Canadian-based ONE Better World Collective, will take place Sunday, April 11th, 2021, at 10:30 PM EST on the Dalai Lama's social media channels.

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  • The one-hour event, organized by Canadian-based ONE Better World Collective, will take place Sunday, April 11th, 2021, at 10:30 PM EST on the Dalai Lama's social media channels.
  • We span 7 continents and 50 nations, with a goal to reach 1 billion before 2030.
  • www.onebetterworld.org LinkedIn: One Better World Collective Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @OBWcollective
    Be the Love is a France-based meditation program to accelerate Agenda 2030.
  • Founder and biographer to the Dala Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever, will host the event.

Clover Hogan, Killer Mike and 10 other change-makers to seek advice from the Dalai Lama - ONE Better World Collective

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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

The one-hour event, organized by ONE Better World Collective, will take place Monday, April 12th, 2021, at 09.00 AM IST on the Dalai Lama's social media channels.

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  • The one-hour event, organized by ONE Better World Collective, will take place Monday, April 12th, 2021, at 09.00 AM IST on the Dalai Lama's social media channels.
  • We span 7 continents and 50 nations, with a goal to reach 1 billion before 2030.
  • www.onebetterworld.org LinkedIn: One Better World Collective Facebook/Instagram/Twitter: @OBWcollective
    Be the Love is a France-based meditation program to accelerate Agenda 2030.
  • Founder and biographer to the Dala Lama, Sofia Stril-Rever, will host the event.

Emory University’s Compassion Center Announces Plans for Global 21-Day Compassion Challenge That Begins March 6, 2021

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Thursday, February 25, 2021

Emory Universitys Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics, with the support of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, will kick off a 21-Day Compassion Challenge March 6, 2021.

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  • Emory Universitys Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics, with the support of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, will kick off a 21-Day Compassion Challenge March 6, 2021.
  • The 21-Day Compassion Challenge is designed to help people recognize their capacity for compassion and learn how to practice it daily.
  • Over the course of three weeks, participants progress sequentially through a series of topics that explore the transformative power of compassion.
  • Cultivating compassion toward self and others is the urgent need of our time, said Lobsang Tenzin Negi, executive director of the Compassion Center.

Emory University to Host a Live Webcast With His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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Monday, November 30, 2020

The Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics at Emory University will host a live webinar with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Tuesday, December 8, 2020.

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  • The Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics at Emory University will host a live webinar with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Tuesday, December 8, 2020.
  • The webcast begins at 10:30pm ET on Dec. 8, 2020 (Dec. 9 @ 9:00am India Standard Time) and will be simulcast in 14 languages.
  • For more than 20 years, weve been working with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on programs and research that illustrate the positive effects of compassion.
  • An academic collaboration that began in 1998 between Emory University and the Dalai Lama, the Center investigates the science of compassion and supports its practical implementation.

World Premiere of "The Dalai Lama - Scientist" set in Venice, Lido during the 76th Venice International Film Festival

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Betty Williams of Northern Ireland, will be in attendance to present the film in honour of her dear friend, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.

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  • Nobel Peace Prize winner, Betty Williams of Northern Ireland, will be in attendance to present the film in honour of her dear friend, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
  • With extensive, rare, and never before seen footage, this feature-length film tells the very human story of the Dalai Lama that no one knows.
  • In "The Dalai Lama - Scientist", the Dalai Lama himself tells the unknown story of his lifelong journey into the world of science and technology, and how the world has changed as a result.
  • The film was produced by an international team, and it was directed and written by award- winning female filmmaker, Dawn Gifford Engle.

His Holiness The Dalai Lama Finds Tenzin Dhonden Innocent Of Allegations Of Wrongdoing

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Saturday, July 13, 2019

LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In October 2017, Lama Tenzin Dhonden was suspended as Trustee and Secretary of the Dalai Lama Foundation by the Board of Trustees amid false claims of financial impropriety.

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  • LOS ANGELES, July 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In October 2017, Lama Tenzin Dhonden was suspended as Trustee and Secretary of the Dalai Lama Foundation by the Board of Trustees amid false claims of financial impropriety.
  • Based on the findings of the investigation, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has released a written letter stating that there is an "absence of evidence" supporting the allegations of financial impropriety made against Lama Tenzin Dhonden.
  • His Holiness's letter states, "...the allegations against Tenzin Dhonden were not substantiated.
  • The Trustees of The Dalai Lama Foundation (USA) passed a unanimous resolution to reinstate Tenzin Dhonden as a Trustee and Secretary of the Foundation.