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SUMMARY:SAS Youth Campaign
DESCRIPTION:Still for a Sec (SAS) is a youth-led initiative inviting participants into a 2-month journey of daily reflection through the Kind or Coin Jar Challenge. Each time you meditate or journal\, you add to your jar—either a coin for giving back or a note of a kind deed. At the end\, your jar fuels an SDG-aligned project to do in your own community. Let’s learn how! \n  \nStay involved: ‎ \n\nJoin the WhatsApp Community\nChallenge Google Form Link: \nContact Info: \n\nAyushi Patel (Youth Intern): ayushipatel579@yahoo.com\nBK UN Office: info@un.brahmakumaris.org \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://un.brahmakumaris.org/event/sas-youth-campaign/
CATEGORIES:Participation in UN Events,Working in Partnership
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251007T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T123914
CREATED:20251002T212432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T200854Z
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SUMMARY:Weekly Meditation
DESCRIPTION:This week’s meditation is dedicated to UNESCO’s World Teachers’ Day which is celebrated on October 5. \nIt is a day to celebrate how teachers are transforming education but also to reflect on the support they need to fully deploy their talent and vocation\, and to rethink the way ahead for the profession globally. \nWorld Teachers’ Day is co-convened in partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO)\, UNICEF and Education International (EI).  Learn more.  \n“A good teacher can inspire hope\, ignite imagination\, and instill love for learning.” – Brad Henry \nIn-person attendance: \n\n\n\nBrahma Kumaris Office at the UN\n866 UN Plaza\, Suite 436\nNY\, NY 10017\nRSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org\n\nOnline participation: https://bit.ly/weeklymed
URL:https://un.brahmakumaris.org/event/weekly-meditation-october-2025/
CATEGORIES:Meditation,Participation in UN Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251007T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T123914
CREATED:20251005T195809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251018T190435Z
UID:10000075-1759860000-1759863600@un.brahmakumaris.org
SUMMARY:October Weekly Meditation
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://un.brahmakumaris.org/event/october-weekly-meditation/2025-10-07/
CATEGORIES:Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251014T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251014T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T123914
CREATED:20251002T214537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T201024Z
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SUMMARY:Weekly Meditation
DESCRIPTION:This week’s meditation is dedicated to International Day for Eradication of Poverty which is celebrated on October 17. \nFamilies in poverty often face stigma and punitive practices in places meant to help: schools\, clinics\, welfare offices\, and child protection systems. Single mothers\, Indigenous families\, and historically discriminated groups report judgment and control that erode trust and agency\, sometimes culminating in poverty-driven family separation with lasting emotional and social harm to children and parents. \nTo change course\, the Day’s theme urges three shifts: \n\nFrom control to care: Design services that start with trust. Reduce punitive conditionalities\, streamline documentation\, and prioritize respectful\, person-centred interactions.\nFrom surveillance to support: Rebalance investments away from monitoring and removal toward family-strengthening services: income support\, quality childcare\, adequate housing\, mental health care\, parenting support\, and access to justice.\nFrom top-down to co-created solutions: Involve families living in poverty at every stage—assessment\, design\, budgeting\, delivery\, and evaluation—so policies reflect real needs and constraints.  Learn more. \n\n“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt\, 32nd president of the United States \nIn-person attendance: \n\n\n\nBrahma Kumaris Office at the UN\n866 UN Plaza\, Suite 436\nNY\, NY 10017\nRSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org\n\nOnline participation: https://bit.ly/weeklymed
URL:https://un.brahmakumaris.org/event/weekly-meditation-14/
CATEGORIES:Meditation,Participation in UN Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251014T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251014T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T123914
CREATED:20251005T195809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251018T190435Z
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SUMMARY:October Weekly Meditation
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://un.brahmakumaris.org/event/october-weekly-meditation/2025-10-14/
CATEGORIES:Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251021T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251021T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T123914
CREATED:20251002T215626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251018T190322Z
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SUMMARY:Weekly Meditation: The United Nations at 80: Building our future together
DESCRIPTION:This week’s meditation is dedicated to United Nations Day celebrated on October 24. \nOn 24 October 1945 (now observed as United Nations Day) the founding Charter comes into force marking the birth of the Organization. This signalled a commitment to an entirely new level of international cooperation grounded in international law. \n\nHymn to the United Nations\n\n\n\nGet inspired by this revived W.H. Auden’s Hymn to the United Nations. “Let music for peace Be the paradigm\, For peace means to change At the right time\, As the World-Clock\, Goes Tick and Tock. So may the story Of our human city Presently move Like music\, when Begotten notes New notes beget\, Making the flowing Of time a growing”. \n\n\nIn-person attendance: \n\n\n\nBrahma Kumaris Office at the UN\n866 UN Plaza\, Suite 436\nNY\, NY 10017\nRSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org\n\nOnline participation: https://bit.ly/weeklymed
URL:https://un.brahmakumaris.org/event/weekly-meditation-october-the-united-nations-at-80-building-our-future-together/
CATEGORIES:Meditation,Participation in UN Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251021T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251021T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T123914
CREATED:20251018T190554Z
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SUMMARY:October Weekly Meditation
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://un.brahmakumaris.org/event/october-weekly-meditation-2/2025-10-21/
CATEGORIES:Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251023T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251023T170000
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CREATED:20250904T223642Z
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UID:10000065-1761231600-1761238800@un.brahmakumaris.org
SUMMARY:Spirit of the UN Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:The Spirit of the UN Awards (SUNA) initiative is hosted by NGO Committee of Spirituality\, Values\, and Global Concerns-NY (CSVGC-NY)\, a collective of UN-accredited NGOs firmly committed to upholding spiritual principles and universal values as catalysts for equality\, fairness\, and holistic interactions among people on a global scale. The distinguished SUNA recipients for this year are: \nH.E. Abdulaziz Alwasil\, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations (UN Diplomat category) \nDr. Najat Maalla M’jid\, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children (UN Secretariat category) \nRev. Dr. Liberato C. Bautista\, President of CoNGO and Main UN Representative of United Methodist Church (NGO category) \nZita Tibeme Ouanzie\, Founder of Smiles Africa Organization & Connecting Afrikaans (Youth category) \nThursday\, October 23 at 3:00 – 5:00pm \nTillman Chapel\, Church Center of the United Nations\, NYC \nRegister: https://bit.ly/RSVP2025SUNA
URL:https://un.brahmakumaris.org/event/spirit-of-the-un-awards/
CATEGORIES:Working in Partnership
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251024T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251024T130000
DTSTAMP:20260520T123914
CREATED:20251005T203921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T203921Z
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SUMMARY:Global Oneness Day observance
DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to join the Global Oneness Day Meditation at the UN Meditation Room. \n12noon – 1:00pm EST in-person ONLY.
URL:https://un.brahmakumaris.org/event/global-oneness-day-observance/
CATEGORIES:Meditation,Working in Partnership
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251028T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251028T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T123914
CREATED:20251005T201814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251018T190126Z
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SUMMARY:Weekly Meditation - Diwali Celebration
DESCRIPTION:This week’s meditation is dedicated to celebrating the Festival of Lights\, Diwali. \nIn-person attendance: \n\n\n\nBrahma Kumaris Office at the UN\n866 UN Plaza\, Suite 436\nNY\, NY 10017\nRSVP mandatory: info@un.brahmakumaris.org\n\n\n\nOnline participation: https://bit.ly/weeklymed
URL:https://un.brahmakumaris.org/event/weekly-meditation-diwali-celebration/
CATEGORIES:Meditation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251028T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251028T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T123914
CREATED:20251018T190554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251018T190838Z
UID:10000078-1761674400-1761678000@un.brahmakumaris.org
SUMMARY:October Weekly Meditation
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://un.brahmakumaris.org/event/october-weekly-meditation-2/2025-10-28/
CATEGORIES:Meditation
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