J.U.C. MEDIA, RESEARCH AND WRITING AWARDS, and potential SCHOLARSHIP Project INTRODUCED in NYC.
Sevgin Oktay
THE U.S. PEOPLE ARE CONFLICTED ABOUT WHAT HATE SPEECH IS.
75th COMMEMORATIVE ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ
We know that Hate speech is speech that attacks a person or a group on the basis of attributes such as race, religion, ethnic origin, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The U.S. Supreme Court on the other hand has repeatedly ruled that hate speech is legally protected free speech under the First Amendment and therefore, Hate speech in the United States is not regulated, “in contrast to that of most other liberal democracies,” as noted by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres.
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Report by Sevgin OKTAY, Representative of The Light Millennium to the United Nations Department of Global Communications
• RUN-DOWN and Welcoming • PHOTO Album of the Workshop | • BOOKLET with Bios (Abstract included) | • FLYER • MEDIA Release (Updated on August 19, 2019) | • Photo Album
[Read more…] about FRIENDLY HEADS-UP: UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES“HOW TO PREVENT THE PROLIFERATION OF HATE SPEECH WITHIN THE CONTOURS OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH…
“As new channels for hate speech are reaching wider audiences than ever at lightning speed, we all – the United Nations, governments, technology companies, educational institutions – need to step up our response.”
– UN Secretary General António Guterres
Paper presentation by Sevgin OKTAY, Representative of The Light Millennium to the United Nations Department of Global Communications
Workshop titled: GREAT GOALS, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: How to handle the complexity of our technology, and make true progress for our social and environmental well being
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Report by Julie MARDIN, Representative of The Light Millennium to the United Nations Department of Global Communications
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GREAT GOALS, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: How to handle the complexity of our technology, and make true progress for our social and environmental well being
Immediate Media Release | August 7, 2019 (updated on August 19, 2019)
www.lightmillennium.org | www.turkishlibrary.us
Workshop Date: On Wednesday, August 28, 2019 | Venue: Salt Lake City Palace, Utah
Room# 151 DEF | Time: 10:00 – 11:15 a.m.
[Read more…] about GREAT GOALS, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: How to handle the complexity of our technology…In Memoriam THE LAST ARMENIAN
by Abdullah Ayata
(translated by Emre Serbest)
Inspired by a true story, an epic story of individual and communal love and respect accompanied by tragedy of people of different ethnicities living side by side and together in central Anatolia facing the elements of life that challenge the ying & yang of life.
Book Review by: Sevgin OKTAY
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CONFERENCE ON
PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM
Towards the 19th Anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women and Peace and Security
and
in support of SDGs #5, #16 and #17
by Sevgin OKTAY, Representative of The Light Millennium to the UN Department of Global Communications
[Read more…] about I TOO NOW STATE THAT I AM A FEMINIST WITH THE HOPE THAT MANY OTHERS WILL ALSO FOLLOWCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION FOR A TEACHER: HAYDAR GÖFER
I had a ball visiting my home country Turkey last month- mostly the schools where I had spent perhaps the happiest times of my life. What prompted the trip was the end of the centennial and the beginning of the 101st birthday celebration of one of my favorite teachers at Tarsus American College (TAC), Haydar Göfer. I had missed the beginning of the 100th year in February of last year.
by Sevgin OKTAY TAC’54
A GIANT PASSES ON – ŞÜKRÜ SERVER AYA
