Dec 3, 2019
Celebrities, News, United Nations
Actor, architect, Ark of Return, Blood Diamond, Congressional Black Caucus, designer, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Zwick’s, fight against racism, Gate of No Return, Haitian-American, Producer, Rodney Leon, slave trade, UN, united nations, United States, Victims of Slavery
Members of the United States Congressional Black Caucus visit the Ark of Return at UN Headquarters. With them were Djimon Hounsou, Actor and Producer, and Rodney Leon, Haitian-American architect and designer of the Ark of Return today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, December 02, 2019 Members of the US Congressional Black Caucus were joined by Benin’s actor Djimon Hounsou today at the UN’s Ark of Return memorial to reflect on the transatlantic slave trade’s cruel history and legacies. US Congressional Black Caucus delegation is in New York on a two-day learning [Read More]
Mar 14, 2018
Celebrities, News, United Nations
activist, Actor, Ambassador, Canada, Canadian ambassador, Danai Gurira, Gender Equality, International Women’s Day, Marc-André Blanchard, Me too, MeToo, New York, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Reese Witherspoon, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, TimeIsNow, Times up, UN, UN Women, UNHQ, united nations, USA, Women
Reese Witherspoon Security Man Stopping Canadian Diplomat from taking a Photo of his Ambassador Marc-Andre Blanchard During the 2018 Observance of International Womens Day at the UN Headquarters in New York City. by Kurt Wheelock When Reese Witherspoon came to the United Nations on March 12, the organization UN Women used her appearance to attach itself to the #MeToo and #TimeIsNow movements. But Witherspoon’s security man, ever present during her time in the UN General Assembly Hall, was seen holding a diplomat back from approaching the actress. It was Canada’s Ambassador Marc-André Blanchard, the representative at the UN of Canadian [Read More]
Mar 9, 2018
Celebrities, News, United Nations
activist, Actor, Danai Gurira, Gender Equality, International Women’s Day, Me too, New York, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Reese Witherspoon, SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals, Times up, UN, UN Women, UNHQ, united nations, USA, Women
United Nations, New York, USA, March 08 2018 – Danai Gurira, Tony-nominated playwright, actor and activist, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN Women and Reese Witherspoon, Academy Award–winning actor During the 2018 Observance of International Women’s Day at the UN Headquarters in New York City. Photo: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, said: “We know that healthy societies include a wide mix of voices, yet millions of women around the world are being silenced and their potential cramped. The current solidarity movements have to be a tipping point for accountability; an end to impunity and the cyclical poverty of [Read More]
