WE ARE FAMILY: EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN FOR A SAFER WORLD
In celebration of the International Day for Tolerance
17 November, 2003
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
| Video-conference and webcast originating at United Nations
Headquarters, New York Opening Remarks by Mrs. Nane Annan, Lawyer, Painter and Wife of United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan Address by Henry S. Schleiff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Court TV Hosted by Al Roker, Host, NBC’s Today Show |
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· “We Are Family” – featuring
TV’s favorite children’s characters · Nile Rodgers, Founder and Chairman, We Are Family Foundation and prolific songwriter, musician and producer · Caryl Stern, Senior Associate National Director, Anti-Defamation League · “Everybody’s Body,” Pre-K lesson and activities, The Miller Early Childhood Initiative of A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute (The Initiative) of the Anti-Defamation League Poem from Mattie J.T. Stepanek, Best-selling Author,
Poet and Peacemaker |
| Part 2 | · “We Are All The Same Inside,” elementary school
lesson and activities · Timothy D. Bellavia, Creator and Author of “We Are All The Same Inside” workshop and book, joined by elementary school students, Jordan Brignol and Lamont Williams |
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| Part 3 | · Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, President, Operation Respect
· Peter Yarrow, Founder, Operation Respect and celebrated singer, songwriter and member of renowned musical trio, Peter, Paul & Mary, performs “Don’t Laugh At Me” along with students from the Rachel Carson Junior High School Poem from Mattie J.T. Stepanek |
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| Part 4 | · Abraham H. Foxman, National Director, Anti-Defamation League
· “Pyramid of Hate,” high school lesson and activities, from Anti-Defamation League and Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation |
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| Grand Finale | · “We Are Family” sung by Nile Rodgers and CHIC,
and featuring the United Nations International School Concert Choir
Closing Remarks by Shashi Tharoor, United Nations Under-Secretary
General for Communications and Public Information, United Nations
Department of Public Information |
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