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Honoring President Jimmy Carter’s 99th Birthday: A Historic Milestone to Remember

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Leading up to October 1, the mosaic image will also be displayed in Atlanta at various public venues -- including Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and Corey Tower -- to commemorate the occasion and showcase the city’s love and appreciation for America’s 39th president.

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  • As part of this significant milestone, The Carter Center is asking the public to share birthday messages, memories, and tributes for him.
  • Messages and well wishes will be featured in a digital mosaic for President Carter, his family, and communities around the world to enjoy.
  • President Carter is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and the longest-living president in U.S. history.
  • When President Carter began working on Guinea worm disease in 1986, there were an estimated 3.5 million cases per year.

Global Leaders and Civic Courage Alarmed by Possible Jailing of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus, Call for Justice

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adding that they are "…concerned about his safety and freedom."

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  • adding that they are "…concerned about his safety and freedom."
  • This was a follow up to an earlier letter sent in March.
  • One of only seven people to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, and the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, Yunus has been under attack by Sheikh Hasina's government since 2010.
  • "The attacks on Muhammad Yunus are what you'd expect from an authoritarian government," said Sam Daley-Harris, the founder of Civic Courage and the anti-poverty nonprofit RESULTS.

Can Biden and McCarthy avert a calamitous debt default? 3 evidence-backed leadership strategies that might help

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In order for the U.S. to borrow more money, Congress needs to raise the debt ceiling – currently US$31.4 trillion.

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  • In order for the U.S. to borrow more money, Congress needs to raise the debt ceiling – currently US$31.4 trillion.
  • President Joe Biden has refused to negotiate with House Republicans over spending, demanding instead that Congress pass a stand-alone bill to increase the debt limit.
  • Rather than leading the nation, Biden and McCarthy seem to be waging a partisan political war.
  • Having studied leadership for over 25 years, I would suggest that their leadership styles are polarized, oppositional, short-term and highly ineffective.

1. Moving from a zero-sum game to a more holistic approach

    • Negotiating any of that away could cost him the support of key parts of his base.
    • My research partner Marianne W. Lewis and I label this kind of short-term, one-sided leadership as “either/or” thinking.
    • That is, this approach assumes that leadership decisions are a zero-sum game – every inch you give is a loss to your side.
    • History offers examples of how this more holistic leadership style has achieved substantial achievements.
    • Together they could achieve greater success by developing an integrative plan that cuts costs, increases taxes and raises the debt ceiling.

2. Champion a long-term vision over short-term goals

    • Leaders face pressure to demonstrate immediate results to voters.
    • Biden and McCarthy both have strong incentives to focus on a short-term victory for their side with the presidential and congressional elections coming soon.
    • Likewise, if Biden and McCarthy want to avert a financial crisis and leave a lasting legacy, they would benefit from focusing on the long term.

3. Be adaptive, not assured

    • I found that the team leaders who were most innovative tended to be good at adaptation.
    • Such efforts helped South Africa become a successful multiracial democracy and Colombia end decades of war with a guerrilla insurgency.
    • Rather than tackle the big divisive issues, they started with identifying the small points where they agreed with each other.
    • Bill Lee agreed on the need for gun reform, his fellow Republicans in the state Legislature balked.

A long shot, but …

    • And that’s why I know this is a long shot.
    • The U.S. faces a long list of problems big and small, from high inflation and a banking crisis to the war in Ukraine and climate change.
    • Americans need and deserve leaders who will tackle these issues by working together toward a more creative outcomes.

Global religious leaders promote climate action during UN climate conference COP 27

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JERUSALEM, Nov. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dozens of religious leaders, Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus and Buddhists from Egypt, the USA, Israel, India, Spain and Great Britain gathered Sunday, November 13th .22 at the base of Parliament Hill in London and at the same time in Sharm el-Sheikh, Jerusalem, and other places around the world in an excited call to the leaders around the world to act for climate repentance and to act according to the ten universal principles on climate, this is in the midst of the UN conference being held in Sharm el -Sheikh.

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  • For the first time, a Climate Repentance Ceremony, calling for people to repent and change people's destructive lifestyles and systems in order to save the planet.
  • The climate repentance ceremony was supposed to take place at Mount Sinai as part of the COP-27 climate conference taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh, part of the Sinai Peninsula and only 200 km from Mount Sinai.
  • Hopefully, events will encourage and empower religious communities in the world to mitigate climate change caused by humans, and promote the use ofrenewable energy.
  • The Ten Principles for Climate Repentance (mini versions) are:
    In addition, many houses of worship around the world joined together today with prayer and study focused on climate action to protect our environment.

The Evangelical Leader Michael D. Evans Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Bobby Brown, Senior Vice President for Ariel University in Israel

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022
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JERUSALEM, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --  Michael David Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center and Museum in Jerusalem, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. He has dedicated his life to combating antisemitism.

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  • JERUSALEM, Jan. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Michael David Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center and Museum in Jerusalem, has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Evans was a victim of antisemitism who was strangled by his own father at 11 years old when he attempted to defend his Jewish mother.
  • The nomination was submitted by Bobby Brown, Senior Vice President for Ariel University in Israel.
  • He said "The reason I nominated Mike Evans is because I know of no living person doing more to combat antisemitism."