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ATOP MEANINGFULWORLD WINTER NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2014
HAPPY HANUKKAH, HAPPY KWANZAA, HAPPY EID, Merry Christmas and a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015Dear Friends:As we carefully review the year of 2014, and get ready to embrace the New Year 2015, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to you for your continued support. We had 4 humanitarian outreach projects in 5 following countries: Haiti (June), The Middle East, Palestine, Israel, Jordan (May), Armenia, also working with Syrian refugees (Sept). Kindly find the Youtube links to all of our activities and events at the bottom of the page.
-From all of us at ATOP Meaningfulworld
ATOP Meaningfulworld Ebola Task ForceATOP Meaningfulworld has formed a task force on Ebola Education, Healing, And Prevention. Members of the Task Force are Dr Ani, Patrice Dume, Kate Mcavoy. The Task Force has researched, educated, and submitted papers to the Eastern Psychological Association Conference, joined the PCUN to organize a conference at the United Nations, and has integrated healthy prevention modalities to its monthly Humanitarian Outreach Educational & Empowerment Programs. The Task Force has also submitted an article to the International Psychology Bulletin. For more information kindly contact Dr. Ani: [email protected]
UNITED NATIONS NEWSINTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE"On 21 September, at concerts around the world - in major cities
and small towns, in conflict zones and peaceful communities-people will broadcast this essential message. They will celebrate the value of human diversity and the strength of our unity... The United Nation invites all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the Day, and to otherwise commemorate the Day through education and public awareness on issues related to peace." -Secretary General Ban
Ki Moon. ATOP Meaningfulworld once again expresses their gratitude to Speaker Dr. Patch Adams, wonderful performers Inamori Art Project, Farah Chandu, and Nirvana Lucie Nixon, award recipient Amanda Neshweiwat, and to all the attendees for making it a truly special night! For a detailed press release of the evening click here.
Peace Award, Dr Patch AdamsInamori Art Project with
participants
UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION DAYHealth, Transformation, and Spirituality (HTS), a working group of the CSVGC-NY, organized a conference titled "Sustainable Health and Peace: Integrative Approaches for a Healthy Planet" held on 24 October, 2014, at the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations. More than 100 attendees participated in this program,
Click here for a press release on the Sustainable Health and Peace Symposium.
ROAD TO DIGNITY BY 2030The Secretary-General informally presented an advance, unedited version of his synthesis report, entitled "The Road to Dignity by 2030: Ending Poverty, Transforming All Lives and Protecting the Planet," to UN Member States today. The advanced unedited version of the report is available at: http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/
HOLIDAY GIFT FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGESMEANINGFULWORLD HEART HUG DOLLSA hug shows someone how much you care. These delightful dolls are handmade with love and will be given to the children on humanitarian missions around the world. The dolls are made without faces so the children can draw on their own expressions and there is a heart pocket to place their wishes and prayers.
These special Meaningfulworld dolls are made by our Educational Coordinator, Lorraine Simmons, in New York, and students of Ijevan added notes of courage/ love/ kindness addressed to the children and placed in the heart pocket of the dolls. This was the active circle of love and kindness from New York to Ijevan, to Gumri. FOR SALE NOW - $20 USD will allow you to purchase your own Meaningfulworld Heart Hug Doll and allow us to donate one to a child in need locally or globally in a dozen of countries and orphanages.
*Dr Kalayjian and Armenian children
with the Heart Hug Dolls
Heart Hug Dolls
UPCOMING EVENTS
EPA CONVENTION PHILADELPHIA 5-7 MARCHATOP Meaningfulworld has submitted 2 proposals addressing global humanitarian outreach, as well as Ebola Challenges. For more information see easternpsychologicalassociation.org
TEACHERS COLLEGE 7TH ANNUAL HEALTH DISPARITIESThe Center for Health Equity and Urban Science Education
(CHEUSE) is pleased to present the HEALTH EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE a.k.a The 7th Annual Health Disparities Conference at Teachers College, Columbia University SAVE THE CONFERENCE DATES: March 6 and 7, 2015 (Friday and Saturday). ATOP Meaningfulworld will be presenting. For more information click here
Dr. Kalayjian and interns, EPA New York City 2013
UNITED NATIONS NGO CSW 59TH ATOP Meaningfulworld has submitted a proposal for a parallel event entitled: Transforming trauma of political violence: lessons from the middle east, africa, and carribean.For more information visit www.un.org
CSW 2014
APA CONVENTION TORONTO 6-9 AUGUST 2015ATOP Meaningfulworld will be presenting at the American Psychological Association Convention. For more information please visit The APA Convention page
Dr Ani with APA Participants
HUMANITARIAN TRAINING & EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 2015On January 31st ATOP Meaningfulworld will be starting a new year of eight training sessions. This program will focus on post trauma healing, meaning making, and healing ancestral wounds.
31 January (Stage I)28 February (Stage II)28 March (Stage III)25 April (Stage I) 30 May (Stage II) 4 June Graduation of Meaningfulworld Ambassadors Annual Mind-Body-Eco-Spirit Conference at the United Nations
Training and Educational Program September 2014
RSVP to Lorraine Simmons, at [email protected]
MW Ambassdor graduation at the United Nations
HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS
HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO MIDDLE EASTIn May of 2015 ATOP Meaningfulworld will be sending a team to provide humanitarian aid and healing to the conflict-torn countries of the Middle East. ATOP is truely grateful for yourcontinuing support in enabling our humanitarian teams to go during these times where they are very desperately needed. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we go out to teach forgiveness and healing among those who endure the harsh trauma of war.Click the link to the right to watch the full video
HUMANITARIAN MISSION: ARMENIA
The Meaningfulworld Humanitarian Mission began on August 28, 2014, with the following goals: 1. Train participants in the 7-Step Integrative Healing Model; 2. Start a Suicide Hotline, as one of the first projects of Meaningfulworld Armenia; 3. Train psychologists to work at the Suicide Hotline; 4. Train psychology faculty and students in trauma healing; 5. Help transform Horizontal Violence; 6. Conduct research on the impact of trauma, forgiveness, and meaning-making; 7. Work with refugees from Syria; 8. Work with orphans in a children's center; and 9.Start Peace & Forgiveness Gardens.To keep reading click here and to watch the video click here
2015 Meaningfulworld Humanitarian MissionsMay, Middle EastJune, Haiti
Meaningfulworld Middle East Mission 20
Diyramr vocational school, Armenia
July, AfricaAugust, ArmeniaNovember, India
HUMANITARIAN AWARD 2014On Nov 8, 2014, The Advisory Board of the University of Missouri International Center for Psychosocial Trauma (UMICPT) awarded the 2014 Humanitarian Award to Dr. Ani Kalayjian. This award is given annually to an individual who has made significant contributions throughout his/her professional career to promote the mental health of children and their families. The ICPT board recognized Dr. Kalayjian's lifelong contribution in the field of mental health and its impact on the lives of children worldwide. UMICPT had selected Dr. Kalayjian from amongst a large number of peers to receive the 19th Annual Humanitarian Award.Press Release Here
Dr.Ani receives humanitarian award
Essay Contests Peace Building Essay Contest "Stop bullying"Association for Trauma Outreach & Prevention (ATOP) MeaningfulworldAnnounces Youth Empowerment Program(YEP) ESSAY (POETRY, RAP, SKIT)Deadline for submissions is 15 August 2015Winners will be announced at the UN International Day of Peace event, which ATOP Meaningfulworld hosts at the Bronx Museum of the Arts on 21 September . Details herehttp://meaningfulworld.com/our-work/youth-empowerment-program-yep-essay-contest
Prevention of Genocide 2nd Annual Krieger Essay ContestDeadlines for submissions is 26 February 2014"What the Legacy of Genocide Means to Me"AWARD:$100.00 for High School student winner (Special for Centennial, 2 Awards)$200.00 for College/University student winner (Special for Centennial, 2 awards)The winners will receive personal notifica tions by 24 April 2015, the anniversary date of the Ottoman Turkish Genocide of the Armenians. Awards will be given in April, at the United Nations, date TBA. Click here for more detailshttp://meaningfulworld.com/our-work/20th-annual-krieger-essay-contest
Krieger Essay Contest Winners 2014
PAST EVENTS
Integrative Healing PartyHeld at Dr Kalayjian's home on 13 December, ATOP
Meaningfulworld's Holiday Healing Party was a huge success. Attendees were able to receive healing from Sound Therapy (provided by Dr. Edmund Gergerian), Angel Reading (Upuli Ranaweera), Reiki Healing ( Robert Zahn), Flower Healing (Dr Ani Kalayjian), and artistic healing (Lorraine Simmons). Food,
entertainment, and information on Meaningfulworld's humanitarian missions were also provided and enjoyed. It was truly a great way to enter the holiday season. For more information visit meaningfulworld.comhttp://meaningfulworld.com/our-work/pamper-yourself-festival-meaningfulworld-pre-holiday-party
Dr Gergerian conducting sound therapy
ICERM 2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PEACEBUILDING We are happy to release the full video (playlist) of the International Center for Ethno-Religious Mediation's 1st Annual International Conference on Ethnic and Religious Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, New York, U.S.A., October 1, 2014. The theme of this conference is: "The Advantages of Ethnic & Religious Identity in Conflict Mediation and Peacebuilding." Dr. Kalayjian was an invited featured speaker on Forgiveness and Peace: Transforming trauma into lessons learned. She also showed the Youtube film of the Meaningfulworld Humanitarian Mission to Haiti, and its rehabilitation challenges and lessons learned. You can watch the full video here
ICERM
COMMEMORATION OF THE ASIA MINOR GENOCIDE AND THE CATASTROPHE OF SMYRNA 14 SeptemberGuest Speakers were: Panos Stavrianidis, Ph.D. "The history of Hellenism of Asia Minor- A Panoramic Journey of Glory and Tragedy" Ani Kalayjian, Ph.D. "Ottoman-Turkish Genocide Against Christian minorities 1915-1923: Impact on Survivors and Generational Transmission"
Dr. Ani speaking on Genocide Prevention
Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture 28 September Sunday Platform PEACE BEGINS IN OUR HEART AND SOUL: THE 7-STEP INTEGRATIVE HEALING MODELDr. Ani Kalayjian, Psychology Professor See the press release for the event here
Health, Transformation, and Spirituality (HTS) presented a Symposium on Sustainable Health and Peace CSVGC Spirit of UN, Week of Spirituality 24 October 2014, Nigerian Mission
to the United Nations, New YorkDuring the last week of October the Committee on Spirituality, Values, and Global Concerns-NY celebrated the Spirit of United Nations with a collaboration of events that pertain to spirituality, values, ethics, peace, and forgiveness. Health, Transformation, and Spirituality (HTS), a working group of the CSVGC-NY, organized a conference titled "Sustainable Health and Peace: Integrative Approaches for a Healthy Planet" held on 24 October, 2014, at the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations. More than 100 attendees participated in this
program, including diplomats, ambassadors, psychologists, UN representatives, musicians, and academicians from around the world. The ATOP Meaningfulworld team joyfully greeted all guests with colorful cards in the shape of stars, flowers, and butterflies that contained meaningful handwritten quotes, and positive statements welcoming all into the beautifully staged auditorium. The ambience was lovely, with symbolic figures, vanilla candles; essential oils, flower remedies, and an interfaith alter draped with colorful cloths from around the world.To read the rest of this press release, click the following link
Dr. Ani with participants
ATOP MW Interns and Ambassadors with Dr. Ani
69th Annual United Nations General AssemblyIn September, United Nations New York Headquarters held its 69th session of the UN General Assembly beginning 16 September- 1 October, 2014. The air was filled with excitement and booming with activities as Presidents, Ambassadors, UN personnel, Delegates, and Academicians from all over the world reunited in the newly renovated GA to address many global issues such as climate change, terrorism/war, peace, and education as well as the actions ready to be taken in creating a sustainable change. ATOP Meaningfulworld has participated in the GA sessions annually. To read the rest of the press release written by ATOP UN Representative Renoude Charles, click the following link.ATOP MW Website: http://meaningfulworld.com/our-work/69th-annual-united-nations-general-assembly
65th Annual DPI/NGO Conference The Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference this year was held in New York on 27-29 August. Thetheme of the conference was: "2015 and Beyond: Our Action Agenda." The subjectsdiscussed during the three days of the conference were all related with the post-2015 agenda. As a matter of fact 2015 is the deadline for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The conference aim was to give to the civil society
Trusteeship Chamber at the UN before one of the round tables.
a place where toexpress their opinion on the post-2015 process. To continue reading the press release click here.
29 October 2014 R.I. Women's Health Organization, Roosevelt IslandDr Ani Kalayjian was the Keynote speaker and presented on Healthy Transitions, Dr. Kalayjian has developed a 7- Step Integrative Healing Model which includes a Bio-psychosocial and Eco-Spiritual model for healing, transforming disputes, conflicts, peace building, forgiveness, and mind-body-eco-spirit health. She will address violence especially against women, its impact on family and the world community.The audience was engaged and people wanted more training and an opportunity to build partnerships, 6 people signed up, and there is potential for a separate to be organized at Roosevelt Island.
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
9 WAYS TO BATTLE SAD THIS WINTERIf the onset of winter makes you feel like hibernating due to sadness, don't just grin and "bear" it. Instead, take steps to feel healthy and energetic all winter long. It's normal to have an occasional bout of the winter blues and yearn for the sunny days of summer. But if you experience long stretches of feeling down or being unusually fatigued and irritable, find yourself withdrawing from social events or activities you used to enjoy, or start gaining weight due to carb cravings, you may have seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a form of depression. Your doctor may diagnose you with SAD based on these symptoms, especially if you've had the same pattern of symptoms for at least three consecutive winters and your symptoms vanish completely in the sunnier months.
Dr. Ani Kalayjian was interviewed by Alex Orlav for her expert opinion on how to treat and cope with SAD. To read on click here
PUBLICATIONS BY MEANINGFULWORLD Angyal, B, and Kalayjian, A. (Summer 2013). Transforming Horizontal Violence in the Middle
East. International Psychology Bulletin. Volume 17, No. 3, 58-61.
Kauffman, A., Kalayjian, A., & Mukasa, M. (2014, Winter). Migration and the UnitedNations and International NGO: Challenges and Lessons Learned. InternationalPsychology Bulletin, Volume 18, No. 1, 59-61.
Takooshian, H. (Fall, 2014). ATOP Meaningfulworld Symposium on Prevention of Genocide.International Psychology Bulletin. p 49.
Susan Smith, Blerina Marku, & Ani Kalayjian (Fall, 2014). Healing Trauma of DomesticViolence Around the World. IPB pp 53-55, (based on conference at UN on 20 March).
Saths C., Thompson, C., Tumbling, S. (Fall, 2014) Toward an Inclusive, Global Psychology.International Psychology Bulletin, p 44.
Martinez, Katrina. (2014). Psychology's Contributions to Sustainable Development: Challengesand Solutions for the Global Agenda. International Psychology Bulletin. pg 50
Shah, N. (2014 summer). Refugee Youth: Shedding Light on Resilience. RSC Africa l USRefugee Admissions Program Nairobi, Kenya. International Psychology Bulletin
Smith, S., Kalayjian, A. (2014). Meaningfulworld Humanitarian Mission to the MiddleEast. International Psychology Bulletin.
Kalayjian, A. (2014). APA New International Psychology Fellows. International PsychologyBulletin, p 12.
Kalayjian, A. (2014). Middle East: Empowerment for Peace Meaningfulworld HumanitarianMission. International Psychology Bulletin. P 43-45.
Ferraro, A., Kalayjian, A. (2014). From MDGs To SDGs: Human Rights for All.International Psychology Bulletin.
Ferraro, A. & Charles, R.(2014). ATOP Meaningfulworld, 65th Annual UN DPI/NGOConference, International Psychology Bulletin. pp 40-41-
Baniabbasi, R. and Kalayjian, A. (2014). Ethnic Psychology Associations in action. GeneralPsychology. pp 29-31.
Baniabbasi, R. and Kalayjian, A. (2014). International Graduate Student's Experience of the2014 APA Convention. International Psychology Bulletin.http://div52.org/publications/newsletter/
Bales, E. & Kalayjian, A. (2014). Community Healing in Haiti Post Earthquake:Physical Healing, Meaning-Making, and Ecological Peace & Forgiveness Gardens.International Psychology Bulletin.
Kauffman, A., Kalayjian, A., Bales, A., Tumbling, S. (2014). Haiti Empowered and CommunityHealing Post Earthquake: Meaningfulworld Ambassadors Return to Work on Resilienceand Meaning-Making.In press:
Kalayjian, A. (2014). The Forgiveness Challenge: Why and How to Forgive in the Presence ofState-Sponsored Denial, Revisionism, and Injustices. Journal of Living Together.
COMMITTEESVice President, Jennifer De MucciUN Interns & Representatives, D r. Ani Kalayjian, Renoude CharlesCo-Chairs of Publications Committee, Jennifer Doran & Nira ShahResearch Committee, Dr Ani (Interim Coordinator) Daria Diakomovo-CurtisGrant Committee, Evelyn Lopez (Coordinator), Margaret RuizEducation and Clinical Training Program, Alanna Miyajima (Coordinator) and Mikaella Caruncho, Associate Coordinators Public Relations & Fund Raising, George StavrianidisSocial Media, Julien RosenbloomYouth Empowerment Program Director, OpenSecretary, Amanda ShieldsPress Secretary, Miriam MukasaWeb Master, Yuki Shigemoto
Doctoral International Internship Coordinators, Shayla Tumbling & Richard GriffNewsletter Editors, Victoria Garrick and Michael RedaEditors, Seta Papazianhttp://meaningfulworld.com/our-work/intern-call-for-atop-meaningfulworld-2014-2015
MEANINGFULWORLD YOUTUBE LINKSHumanitarian Mission to HaitiFacial Transplant with Dr. Ani Kalayjian and Kemberly RichardsonAnnual conference at the United Nations on Mind-Eco-Body-Spirit healingCSVGC-New York. Committee on Spirituality, Values, and Global Concerns
End of Training Hugging 2014 UN Health Transformation Symposium Armenia Mission 2014
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