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The biggest night in sports: The ESPYS

July 18, 2024July 12, 2024 by Roger Darnell

On 11 July on ABC, The ESPYS Presented by Capital One once again featured the world’s premier athletes, the sports world’s biggest stars, and the very best sports stories of the past year. Hosted by Serena Williams, this 32nd annual celebration supporting ESPN’s ongoing commitment to The V Foundation for Cancer Research was televised live from LA’s Dolby Theatre.

Abbreviated for the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly, the ESPYS honor the outstanding achievements of athletes and teams from various sports disciplines during the past year, as chosen by fans. Much more than a prestigious sports awards ceremony, the event brings together top athletes, coaches, celebrities, and sports enthusiasts to honor excellence in sports – including some of the many major initiatives aimed at improving our world.

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The Importance of Juneteenth

June 17, 2024June 18, 2024 by Roger Darnell

Juneteenth is the oldest internationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States of America. Tracing back to Galveston, Texas, when Union General Gordon Granger and his troops enforced the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all remaining slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865, it wasn’t until 2021 that Juneteenth became a federal U.S. holiday.

Memorial Day USA

May 26, 2024May 26, 2024 by Roger Darnell

Special dedication commemorating our soldiers who died serving America.

Earth Day 2024: Planet vs. Plastics

April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 by Roger Darnell

You and your loved ones are cordially invited to join more than a billion of your fellow humans to participate in Earth Day … the only global event celebrated simultaneously by people of all backgrounds, faiths, and nationalities.

World Water Day: Be the change

May 13, 2024March 21, 2024 by Roger Darnell

On World Water Day, we all are being challenged to change the ways we use, consume, and manage water. The international event dates back to 1992 when the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development made a recommendation.

International Women’s Day 2024

May 16, 2024March 7, 2024 by Roger Darnell

International Women’s Day (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. For 2024, organizers are seizing the occasion to activate us all around the critical idea of inspiring inclusion.

Celebrate women’s achievement. Raise awareness about discrimination. Take action to drive gender parity. IWD belongs to everyone, everywhere. Inclusion means all IWD action is valid.

Today, I invite you to visit this site – https://www.internationalwomensday.com – where you can better understand how, together, we can forge women’s equality.

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MLK Day of Service 2024

May 16, 2024January 14, 2024 by Roger Darnell

The MLK Day of Service is an opportunity for Americans to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s legacy through service and volunteerism.

Dr. King once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’”

Each year, Americans across the country answer that question by coming together on the King Holiday to serve their neighbors and communities. To learn more, please visit https://www.nationalservice.gov/mlkday.

Giving Season: Love

May 16, 2024December 21, 2023 by Roger Darnell

In the video above, in his own words, Narayanan Krishnan says, “I thought, what is the purpose of my life? What am I going to do? … And I quit my job and I started feeding all these people from 2002.” And later: “There are thousand and thousands and lots and lots of people suffering. What is the ultimate purpose of life? It’s to give. Start giving. See the joy of giving.”

Sharing Secrets: Rocking the Remote Revolution

May 16, 2024August 12, 2022 by Roger Darnell

I freely admit to being a pretty big fan of Malcolm Gladwell. Still, like many people, his recent comments on The Diary Of A CEO podcast left me wondering exactly why he was trashing the idea of working from home. In the episode’s headline, he blames this phenomenon for “destroying” us. Within the in-depth conversation with host Steven Bartlett, the New York Times best-selling author overtly doubts our abilities to contribute to society, to fashion meaningful lives, and to engage professionally, from outside corporate offices.

Moving Forward: Water Day is Every Day

May 10, 2024March 20, 2015 by Roger Darnell

As I write these words connecting to this year’s worldwide efforts commemorating World Water Day, I’m already thinking ahead to the 2016 edition. That’s because of a story I just read in Inhabitat making the case that California – which according to the LA Times is experiencing its warmest winter in at least 120 years – may have only a single year of water left. When I’ve focused on this event in the past, difficulties arising around the world’s supply of clean water have seemed much further away from touching my way of life. Clearly, water conservation and its management need to be priorities for us all.

Of course, research already tells us that 750 million people lack access to safe water, and that every minute, at least one child dies due to water-related illness. Whether you’re concerned about the issues being faced by people in America or in other parts of the world, you may be wondering what you can do to help.