✡︎ Happy New Year 2024! Newsletter 2023 Recap of the years #Charity and #Art projects... #CarpeDiem #HappyNewYear #FirstResponders #FireNation #Navy #Army #NationalGuard #CoastGuard #Marines #AirForce #Veteran #NFL #NBA #MLB #NSL #PGA #IDF #GovernorAbbot #Israel #OneForIsrael #Jew #UK #Australia #Japan #SouthKorea #Brazil #Christian #KPRC #KHOU #POTUS #Finance #Investments #NFT #Hope #Music #Faith #SylvesterTurner #ArtInEmbassies #BringThemHomeNow #USDAC #Faith #TeamUSA --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/charitynetworknews/support ..read more

Listen to a powerful interview with the Save Abandoned Babies Foundation, President Dawn Geras a woman who has dedicated her life to save newborn babies. Geras pushed to get Safe Haven Laws passed more than 20 years ago, so parents or mothers can safely surrender their newborn – 30 days or younger – to emergency personnel; a hospital, firehouse, police station, college campus police, and walk away with no questions asked or criminal charges. Be inspired by her journey, what art has inpired their work and the amount of abandoned babies her foundation has saved, like the legacy of #MorganHill, k ..read more

We open by paying tribute to the USDAC: Honor Native Lands Project. Among Tribal Nations in the United States, it is commonplace, even policy, to open events and gatherings by acknowledging the traditional Indigenous inhabitants of that land. Acknowledgment is a simple, powerful way of showing respect and a step toward correcting the stories and practices that erase Indigenous people’s history and culture and toward inviting and honoring the truth. I acknowledge the lands of the Native Americans who established the small towns of Port Arthur, Orange, Beaumont, and the City of Houston, all loca ..read more

Listen to the Peoples State Of The Union 2022 - We are practicing minimalism this year, purging the excess and going for simplicity. Having two people represent the story circle for the entire year, asking them to journey into their imaginations to bring us stories of a thriving future reflected on moments of hope through the Arts. Today you will meet Dr. Anne Lundy, she received her Doctor of Musical Arts from University of Houston’s Moores School of Music in 2015 and she is the first minority female to Conduct the Houston Symphony. Enjoy listening to Dr. Lundy as we discuss how her life has ..read more

Listen to the Peoples State Of  The Union 2022 - We are practicing minimalism this year, purging the excess and going for simplicity. Having two people represent the story circle for the entire year, asking them to journey into their imaginations to bring us stories of a thriving future reflected on moments of hope. Today you will meet Tweed Smith, she is a famous jazz, blues and gospel singer who was the only female member of the band War, has toured with the musical Jesus Christ Superstar and worked with Ringo Starr of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Enjoy listening to Tweed as we d ..read more

Listen to the Peoples State Of The Union 2021 - Today you will meet #PsychologyStudentTova, she is a student of #Psychology who plans to obtain her Doctorate and open her own clinic. Tova provides Professional services as a consultant to various businesses and CoVid19 testing for the City of Houston annual #Superfeast that feeds 3.3 million families annually. Enjoy listening to Tova as we discuss how her life has been influenced by art and her suggestions on ways to stay healthy during #CoVid19, her vision for #MentalHealth and #America 100 years from now in light of moving forward during and ..read more

Today you will meet Jo, a Professional Hypnotist. My name is Lex Lumiere, I am a Citizen Artist for the United States Department of Arts and Culture (USDAC) we adapted our #StoryCircle to a more intimate interview style for the 'People's State Of The Union 2021' and poetic address due to delays caused by the #WinterStorm in #Texas. Enjoy listening to Jo, a Professional Hypnotist as we discuss the power and benefits of #Hypnosis, our vision for America and Democracy 100 years from now in light of #CoVid19; what do our communities and the future of #Health and #Wellness look like moving forward ..read more

Listen to the Peoples State Of The Union 2021 - Opera has been around since 1597 as a classical art form, although opera houses are closing all over the world. Audiences are becoming increasingly smaller (and older). Yet in the midst of CoVid19 and the transition to online performance, are Online Concerts The Future of Opera?  Today you will meet professional Opera Singer, Kamilah Sage a minority and unicorn in the classical music world. Sage moved from Texas to study at the Juilliard School, the world-famous conservatory for the arts and began her tutelage under Vincent La Selva. Sa ..read more

Listen to the Peoples State Of The Union 2021 - Today you will meet #NaturopathicDoctorFoster, she is a doctor of naturopathic medicine and a teacher for #HannaKroeger’s work at the Peaceful Meadows Retreat and the creator of #Nuvision, a health software. Enjoy listening to Doctor Foster as we discuss ways to stay healthy during #CoVid19, her vision for #HealthCare and #IntegrativeMedicine 100 years from now in light of moving forward during and beyond a pandemic.  #USDAC #PSOTU2021  #Texas #Houston #LexLumiere #Museums #ArtsAreEssential #MASSCreative #TheaterOffensive #Art ..read more

Listen to the Peoples State Of The Union 2021 - Today you will meet Bonnie Tchorni, founder of #MissionJade.  Through childhood, Bonnie suffered as a victim of child exploitation and learned by experience the pain and hopelessness countless youth face on a daily basis. She knows from personal experience that many children are denied human rights due to many unfortunate reasons. Bonnie began this great mission to help restore freedom to boys and young men all over the world by building her first foundation in #Guatemala when she learned of the highly underserviced amount of explo ..read more