Update Dr. Ebadi's Message and audio of show can be found
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Living Your Best Life is excited to help promote positive change in our communities with local, national, and international leaders. Living Your Best Life believes strongly that we must be the change we want to see in the world.
On Saturday, January 19, 2013,
Living Your Best Life will broadcast a special message from 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, the first Iranian woman to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Shirin Ebadi will be in Nashville January 25-27, 2013 for the
PeaceJam Mid-South Partnership with
Belmont University and
STARS. Hear Dr. Ebadi share why she is so dedicated to promoting peace while fighting for the rights of women and children in the Middle East and around the world.
We will also hear from Dr. Mimi Barnard, Belmont’s assistant provost for interdisciplinary studies and global education. Dr. Mimi Barnard will share Belmont's role in bringing Dr. Ebadi to the Midsouth area and Belmont's affiliation with PeaceJam. She will also discuss why educational institutions, like Belmont, are global leaders in promoting peace and justice by being loving neighbors while educating students to be change agents locally.
In studio, STARS, Donoven Rice, an outstanding student at Beech High School will join us. Listen to him share why he is involved with PeaceJam's Belmont-STARS collaboration. He will share how the students will work along side Dr. Ebadi and how this experience with world leaders will help shape leaders of the future.
This show promises t
o empower, inspire, and motivate us to be proactive in making a difference in our communities and will challenge listeners to think outside the box to help make our world a better place.
Living Your Best Life can be heard on 760 AM in the Middle-Tennessee Region, military bases, and streamed live on U-Stream.TV from 9-10AM CST.
More About Dr. Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi (
Persian:
شيرين عبادى
Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the first ever Iranian to receive the prize.
Ebadi lived in Tehran, but she has been in exile in the UK since June
2009 due to the increase in persecution of Iranian citizens who are
critical of the current regime. In 2004, she was listed by
Forbes magazine as one of the "100 most powerful women in the world". She is also included in a published list of the "100 most influential women of all time." For more about the life of Dr. Ebadi click
here.
More about PeaceJam
The PeaceJam Foundation is an international organization whose
missions statement is "to create young leaders committed to positive
change in themselves, their communities and the world through the
inspiration of Nobel Peace Laureates who pass on the spirit, skills, and
wisdom they embody."
The PeaceJam program was launched in February 1996 by co-founders Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff to provide the
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates with a programmatic vehicle to use in working together to teach youth the art of peace.
To date, 13 Nobel Peace Laureates, including the
14th Dalai Lama, Archbishop
Desmond Tutu,
Rigoberta Menchú Tum, President
Oscar Arias,
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel,
Mairead Corrigan Maguire,
Betty Williams,
José Ramos-Horta,
Aung San Suu Kyi, Sir
Joseph Rotblat (Emeritus),
Jody Williams,
Shirin Ebadi and
Leymah Gbowee
serve as Members of the PeaceJam Foundation. On September 15, 2006 ten
of the Nobel Laureates launched the PeaceJam Foundation's Global Call to
Action with the youth of the world as a part of PeaceJam's 10th
Anniversary Celebration.
The PeaceJam Foundation was a nominee for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. For More About PeaceJam click
here.
More About Belmont
Belmont University is a student-centered Christian community
providing an academically challenging education that empowers men and
women of diverse backgrounds to engage and transform the world with
disciplined intelligence, compassion, courage and faith.
Ranked No. 7 in the Regional Universities South category and named for
the fifth consecutive year as one of the top “Up-and-Comer” universities
by
U.S. News & World Report, Belmont University consists
of approximately 6,650 students who come from every state and 25
countries. Committed to being a leader among teaching universities,
Belmont brings together the best of liberal arts and professional
education in a Christian community of learning and service. The
university’s purpose is to help students explore their passions and
develop their talents to meet the world’s needs, a fact made evident in
the University’s hometown, Nashville, where students served more than
60,000 hours of community service (valued at $450,000) during the last
academic year. Belmont is also home to the World Cup champion Enactus
team, a group of 42 student leaders committed to using the power of
entrepreneurial action to transform lives and shape a better, more
sustainable world. With more than 80 areas of study, 23 master’s
programs and five doctoral degrees, there is no limit to the ways
Belmont University can expand an individual's horizon.
More About Dr. Mimi Barnard
Dr. Mimi Barnard serves as Assistant Provost for Interdisciplinary
Studies and Global Education at Belmont University. In this role, she is
responsible for overseeing Belmont’s interdisciplinary and adult degree
programs; global education and partnerships, including PeaceJam, a
collaboration with STARS that brings a Nobel Peace Laureate to campus
annually; and international student programming.
More About STARS Nashville
STARS(Students Taking the Right Stand) is the leader in school-based Student Assistance Program services
in Middle Tennessee. At STARS, we help schools tackle tough issues that
threaten the emotional, psychological and academic well-being of area
students — issues such as substance abuse, violence, bullying,
harassment, family conflicts and divorce, grief and loss, and myriad
other concerns. Through assemblies, classroom presentations, and group
or individual counseling sessions, STARS assists schools in preventing
and confronting these difficult challenges.
Schools across the mid-state region attending PeaceJam are: Brentwood Middle,
Fairview Middle, Freedom Middle, Gra-Mar Midde, Grassland Middle,
Heritage Middle, Hillsboro Middle, Jere Baxter Middle, Page Middle,
Spring Station Middle, Sunset Middle, Woodland Middle, Wright Middle,
Brentwood High, Centennial High, Fairview High, Franklin High, Glencliff
High, Maplewood High, Middle College, Oakland High, Page High, Peal
Cohn, West Wilson High.
Students will take ten issues back to their schools to consider
tackling at the January PeaceJam from ending poverty and global disease
to breaking the cycle of violence and ending racism and hate. The
students will work with Dr. Ebadi to determine their final joint project as
well as focus on a community service project in the Nashville area.
Donoven Darshawn Rice is a sophomore at
Beech High School. Donoven is a member of Stars (Students Taking A Right Stand) and Noah's Promise (No Alcohol in High School). He plays football for his school and is a member of the the Sumner County rugby
team. Donoven lives with his mother, Donna, and has a 20
year old brother who is an E-3 in the. U.S Airforce. In his spare time,
he enjoys cooking, signing, playing play station3 and speaking to younger
kids about staying drug and alcohol free. Donoven plans to attend the Ohio State University as an athlete. He plans to major in
criminal justice and minor in psychology.
For more ticket information go to Belmont at
www.belmont.edu
Photo Credits: PeaceJam, Belmont University, STARS, Dr. Barnard, and Donoven Rice
Special Thanks Belmont, PeaceJam, Nobel Peace Prize Headquarters, STARS and members of the USAF/MCO for their help.
