WORLD PEACE AMBASSADOR DR. CLYDE RIVERS RECEIVES GLOBAL JOURNALIST AWARD 2016

In Miami, Florida at Media 2016, Dr. Clyde Rivers received a Global Journalist Award for his outstanding worldwide journalism. This was accomplished by simply using the worldwide web. Dr. Rivers Journalism has used blogs and social media to tell their story. This has attracted a global viewing that has caused Dr. Rivers’ global movement and organization to be included in this 2016 Global Journalism honor category.

Our journalism has connected the world to his message of the Golden Rule, “Treat others the way you want to be treated,” as the world’s most profound ethic for global peace and development. Dr. Rivers movement of the Golden Rule has hundreds of participants around the world. Our journalism gives these participants a voice to the nations sharing our message of hope and the value of each person’s contribution to the world. It has shown the people of the world doing good and unites the world for good. Every life is valuable and has been created for a contribution and we get to reveal these contributions through our journalism…we tell the story!

We wish to give a special thanks to Global Correspondent and Chief Editor, Dr. Donella Pitzl as well as Correspondent Dr. Robin Lococo for their endless hours of attention to telling our story and allowing the world to partake in the message of hope and the movement of the Golden Rule around the world.

Dr. Clyde Rivers is the Founder and President of IChange Nations™ a professional institution that builds Statesmen by equipping, mentoring and training highly esteemed individuals who have the desire to change nations throughout the world. The organization is seeking to bring global awareness by strategically helping nations to educate, train and support the Nation Building Process designed to improve the dignity and betterment of human life. This international platform focuses on establishing effective relationships to help people understand the value of honor and basic human rights.

DR. PHINEHAS KINUTHIA SPEAKS UP ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE VALUE OF ALL MANKIND

Dr. Phinehas Kinuthia

Article written by Dr. Phinehas Kinuthia

Dr. Phinehas is an IChange Nations™ Statesman, a Golden Rule World Peace Ambassador. He is also an Executive Global Liaison for IChange Nations™ Human Rights Global Congress. He has authored the book, Dreaming to Becoming. 

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The launch of the Human Rights Global Congress by IChange Nations™ in Grand Rapids Michigan was a life changing event. It was exciting and inspiring to have people from all walks of life come together and begin the conversation on how to educate the world on their Human Rights. It was inspiring to hear from each great leader.

The underlying theme was how valuable each of us are in our uniqueness and why we are to contribute towards humanity’s development by educating our children.  What inspired me was the paradigm that human rights issue is all about potential. There is untapped potential in everyone and so when we violate the human rights of others such as their rights for equality and freedom we deny them the opportunity to maximize on their abilities and who they were meant to be. This in return becomes potential wasted and humanity misses out on the value of that person’s contribution to the world. So every person should be valued.

It was also clear that the education of people on Human Rights has to start with our children. The average person cannot quote all the 30 Human Rights in the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights.  So we are to start helping people learn and understand their rights so they can become proponents and advocates of causes that support these rights.  It was an honor to contribute to this great conversation.

WORLD PEACE AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT THE VALUE OF LIFE

DR. ERIC MELWANI

Dr. Eric Melwani is a Golden Rule World Peace Ambassador and a Statesman with IChange Nations™. He travels around the world with the message of the value of life and the Golden Rule. He also pastors the Church of Many Waters in Orlando, Florida with his wife Dr. Janet Melwani. This article is written by Dr. Eric Melwani.

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One of the greatest gifts given to mankind is the gift of life. I consider it a privilege to wake up every morning with thanksgiving in my mouth and to be able to celebrate life daily. I am appreciative of all the benefits of life and the value of it. I am grateful for the wonderful people in my life including my family and to be able to celebrate each other.

Life is very valuable and precious because it has been made in the image of our Creator. Every life has been beautifully created and carries purpose in it. Every life is amazingly unique and cannot be duplicated nor replicated because it carries its own distinct identity. Just as every fingerprint is unique and no one in the world has the same fingerprints. In the same way every life is valuable and unique because no one can be like the other.

Every life carries gifts and talents for the purpose of making a positive difference and the world a better place to live. Thus, life must be protected and celebrated. We must honor every person because every life is precious, valuable and has something to contribute to humanity.

We must celebrate other cultures, ethnicities and races of people because there is power and beauty in diversity. Every culture adds flavor to humanity as a whole and contributes to the value of life. Thus, we must celebrate the value of life and its expressions through diversities we encounter.

I was born in Kolkata, India and saw extreme poverty in the streets of Kolkata. It broke my heart seeing these precious children homeless and digging through garbage looking for morsels of food. It would hurt and bother me seeing the misery of these people as the monsoon rains would come down and flood many streets in Kolkata. Those living in the slum areas were greatly affected by the rain and poverty. I remember feeding the poor and doing humanitarian works even as a child touched deeply by the conditions of the poverty I saw in Kolkata.

Every life is valuable including those who are poor, destitute and homeless. Our situation and condition in life does not diminish the precious value of who we are. Our economic status does not determine our value. What we have does not determine who we are. We are priceless, precious, valuable and unique. Each one of us including the homeless, poor and forgotten matter to our Creator and every life is special and irreplaceable.

Every person deserves to be honored and respected. We must create the culture of honor everywhere we go. Whether it be in the slums of Kolkata, India or in the tribal areas where many have never ventured to go. All people are a gift who must be celebrated and honored.

Today, I want to encourage everyone to value life and cherish it by maximizing it through living a lifestyle of honor. Let us celebrate others by embracing others and their individuality. Let us celebrate others by helping others to reach their fullest potential. We are not in a competition with each other but rather every individual has their own assignment and we must help them to complete their assignments. We must work together for the common good of humanity and remember there is power in unity. Let us celebrate life today because all life is valuable.

DR. CLYDE RIVERS PRESIDENT OF ICHANGE NATIONS™ FOUNDER OF GOLDEN RULE DIALOGUE

Dr. Clyde Rivers

There is a universal principle that will produce an ethic of peace around the world. That principle is “Treat others the way you want to be treated,” or commonly known as the Golden Rule. If this principle were applied to any and every life, business, city, country or nation, the results would be peaceful habitation. Dr. Clyde Rivers has developed what he has labeled, ‘Golden Rule Dialogue.’ “Golden Rule Dialogue is the place to begin. Without civil dialogue that takes into consideration the perspectives and value of others, we cannot come to any form of peaceful agreement on how to live together in this world and be productive people,” says Dr. Rivers. This dilemma has motivated the World Peace Ambassador Clyde Rivers to begin the dialogue that needs to take place.  He is currently doing “Golden Rule Chats” on several social media channels. Everywhere he goes his message remains consistent, “Treat others the way you want to be treated,” it will change our world. He is training individuals, city, state and government leaders and church leaders to name a few, to form strategies in which to build Golden Rule Dialogue in their sphere of influence. Dr. Clyde Rivers is considered a Golden Rule Dialogue Expert around the world.

One of the focuses of IChange Nations™ and Dr. Rivers is to honor and uphold the value of mankind. Recognizing that every life is created – for a purpose, with a purpose – and we need to preserve the gift of purpose in others. By exercising Golden Rule Dialogue in any arena of the world, you will notice a value on others that is exercised in the process. When an individual recognizes his or her voice is being heard, it changes the dynamics of the situation and creative is allowed to manifest. Seeking to understand each other’s perspective is crucial to this process.

IChange Nations™is at this time the World’s Largest Honoring Network Establishing Cultures of Honor around the world. ICN has established a system that is bringing back honor to the world. They look to honor people at global, national, state and community levels that have made positive contributions in helping mankind. It is no wonder that Golden Rule Dialogue and honoring others are going hand-in-hand to change the world.

Dr. Clyde Rivers is the Founder and President of IChange Nations™ a professional institution that builds Statesmen by equipping, mentoring and training highly esteemed individuals who have the desire to change nations throughout the world. The organization is seeking to bring global awareness by strategically helping nations to educate, train and support the Nation Building Process designed to improve the dignity and betterment of human life. This international platform focuses on establishing effective relationships to help people understand the value of honor and basic human rights.

Golden Rule Ambassador Clyde Rivers is the Representative for the Golden Rule International and the Interfaith Peace-Building Initiative, North American Division to the United Nations – New York. Interfaith Peace-Building Initiative is affiliated with the Department of Public Record (DPI) – United Nations as well as affiliated with the United Religious Initiative (URI), an Interfaith Peace organization.

The Golden Rule International Award is now established in 120 nations of the world. This organization seeks out top achievers that live the Golden Rule in their everyday life. This is a new global ethic that the leadership of the Golden Rule International Award, Patron, Former President of Ethiopia, Girma Wolde and Ambassador Mussie Hailu have embraced and are promoting globally.