DR. GRACE KINUTHIA WITH CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE CELEBRATING INFLUENTIAL WOMEN OF HOUSTON

Dr. Grace Kinuthia and Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee

On Friday in honor of Top 30 Influential Women of Houston Gala Award Ceremony, I had the honor of meeting with several influential people including Hon. Congresswoman, Sheila Jackson Lee. Hon. Lee is the U.S. Representative for Texas 18th Congressional District since 1995.

The main purpose of the event was to honor, celebrate and motivate women who are making a difference in their communities in different business sectors such as education, arts, healthcare, journalism, law, and finance.

Through this event, I was reminded of the importance and the value of women in society. Every woman matters and is valuable. We all have been created for a purpose and should contribute to the void that exists in the world. We need to keep our eyes open for opportunities to support and honor other women on the path to their dreams and celebrate their success; be it through congratulating them for a job well done, networking, giving them a positive comment or feedback and acknowledging their efforts in making the world a better place. Sometimes, that's all someone needs to help them with their journey so they don't give up on their dreams.

It is also very important to build relationships with other people that are outside our circle of influence. No matter how talented someone is, networking is very important for it can lead to partnerships that can change the world.

I'm very inspired and I encourage other women to honor and celebrate each other. Let us celebrate others by helping them reach their fullest potential. God created each one of us uniquely for a purpose and to accomplish our purposes, we need each other. Unity is strength. We are stronger when we work together than against each other.

We are working in collaboration with Ambassador Dr. Clyde Rivers, the Founder, and President of iChange Nations™, the world's largest Honoring Network Establish Cultures of Honor around the world. Hope 631 continues to bring back and celebrate the culture of honor. iChange Nations™ is also a professional institution that equips, mentors and trains highly esteemed individuals who have the desire to change nations throughout the world.

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This article was written by Dr. Grace Kinuthia

Dr. Grace Kinuthia is a Golden Rule World Peace Ambassador and she is also the president of Hope 631, a non-profit organization that aims to alleviate poverty through education and empowerment of local businesses within communities in Africa. Dr. Grace is also involved in the leadership of iChange Nations™ First Lady's Club. Setting forth to honor and promote First Ladies around the world. Helping them leave a legacy of hope and advancement for the people of their respective countries.

THE VALUE OF LIFE

Dr. Eric Melwani is a Golden Rule World Peace Ambassador and a Statesman with IChange Nations™. He travels around the world with the message of the value of life and the Golden Rule. He also pastors the Church of Many Waters in Orlando, Florida with his wife Dr. Janet Melwani. This article is written by Dr. Eric Melwani.

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One of the greatest gifts given to mankind is the gift of life. I consider it a privilege to wake up every morning with thanksgiving in my mouth and to be able to celebrate life daily. I am appreciative of all the benefits of life and the value of it. I am grateful for the wonderful people in my life including my family and to be able to celebrate each other.

Life is very valuable and precious because it has been made in the image of our Creator. Every life has been beautifully created and carries purpose in it. Every life is amazingly unique and cannot be duplicated nor replicated because it carries its own distinct identity. Just as every fingerprint is unique and no one in the world has the same fingerprints. In the same way every life is valuable and unique because no one can be like the other.

Every life carries gifts and talents for the purpose of making a positive difference and the world a better place to live. Thus, life must be protected and celebrated. We must honor every person because every life is precious, valuable and has something to contribute to humanity.

We must celebrate other cultures, ethnicities and races of people because there is power and beauty in diversity. Every culture adds flavor to humanity as a whole and contributes to the value of life. Thus, we must celebrate the value of life and it’s expressions through diversities we encounter.

I was born in Kolkata, India and saw extreme poverty in the streets of Kolkata. It broke my heart seeing these precious children homeless and digging through garbage looking for morsels of food. It would hurt and bother me seeing the misery of these people as the monsoon rains would come down and flood many streets in Kolkata. Those living in the slum areas were greatly affected by the rain and poverty. I remember feeding the poor and doing humanitarian works even as a child touched deeply by the conditions of the poverty I saw in Kolkata.

Every life is valuable including those who are poor, destitute and homeless. Our situation and condition in life does not diminish the precious value of who we are. Our economic status does not determine our value. What we have does not determine who we are. We are priceless, precious, valuable and unique. Each one of us including the homeless, poor and forgotten matter to our Creator and every life is special and irreplaceable.

Every person deserves to be honored and respected. We must create the culture of honor everywhere we go. Whether it be in the slums of Kolkata, India or in the tribal areas where many have never ventured to go. All people are a gift who must be celebrated and honored.

Today, I want to encourage everyone to value life and cherish it by maximizing it through living a lifestyle of honor. Let us celebrate others by embracing others and their individuality. Let us celebrate others by helping others to reach their fullest potential. We are not in a competition with each other but rather every individual has their own assignment and we must help them to complete their assignments. We must work together for the common good of humanity and remember there is power in unity. Let us celebrate life today because all life is valuable.

DR. JENNY LOPEZ, FOUNDER OF WOMEN ADD VALUE GLOBAL MOVEMENT, LAUNCHES MEN OF COURAGE AWARD

Dr. Rivers Presented with First Men of Courage Award by Dr. Jenny Lopez (left);

Dr. Rivers and Dr. Robin Lococo Look On as Lopez Presents Awards to Additional Recipients (right) 

At the IChange Nations™ Honor Event April 23, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dr. Jenny Lopez, founder of the Women Add Value Global Movement launched her “Men of Courage Award.”  This award is significant to the Women Add Value Movement because Dr. Lopez recognizes the value of men who allow women to flourish and influence the world around them.  Because of her strong zeal for recognition for women, she felt it appropriate to find and honor men courageous enough to encourage women to seek out their purpose and passion.  Dr. Clyde Rivers was the first recipient of this award and four others followed during award launch.

Dr. Rivers said, “The Women Add Value Movement that Dr. Jenny is taking to the world is having a great impact everywhere she travels.  It is an honor to be the first recipient of this Men of Courage Award.  The Culture of Honor is spreading to the world and touching many because of people like Dr. Jenny Lopez. Thank you Dr. Jenny.”

Dr. Clyde Rivers is the founder and president of IChange Nations™, a professional institution that builds statesmen by equipping, mentoring, and training highly esteemed individuals who have the desire to change nations throughout the world. The organization is seeking to bring global awareness by strategically helping nations to educate, train, and support the Nation Building Process, which is designed to improve the dignity and betterment of human life.  This international platform focuses on establishing effective relationships to help people understand the value of honor and basic human rights.

THE LARGEST GLOBAL HONORING NETWORK ICHANGE NATIONS™ CREATING CULTURES OF HONOR - PLACES VALUE ON THE GIFT IN OTHERS

One of the focuses of IChange Nations™ is to honor and uphold the value of mankind. Recognizing that every life is created – for a purpose, with a purpose – and we need to preserve the gift of purpose in others. We have set our efforts on thanking the great people at global, national, state and community levels. Individuals and organizations have made positive contributions in helping mankind of the world, those that are preserving humanity and serving others. We are making the world a better place by “Bringing Back the Lost Art of Honor.” Because of these efforts it is with great pleasure that we are able to announce that IChange Nations™is at this time the World’s Largest Honoring Network Establishing Cultures of Honor around the world. ICN has established a system that is bringing back honor to the world. We look to honor people at global, national, state and community levels that have made positive contributions in helping mankind.

“When we recognized the need to see the value in every individual in the world and show honor and gratitude, we had no idea how fast this Culture of Honor would grow. Today we have reached 120 nations of the world through our honor systems. Everywhere we go we find people doing good things to help mankind and people that are living the Golden Rule, ‘Treat others the way you want to be treated.’ It has been a phenomenal few years and we are looking to expand our message of seeing the value in every person and establishing Cultures of Honor to reach every corner of the world. We are Bringing Back the Lost Art of Honor one person at a time. Giving us the ability to say we are the World’s Largest Honoring Network Establishing Cultures of Honor in the world,” commented Dr. Clyde Rivers, Founder and President of IChange Nations™.

  

             

Dr. Clyde Rivers is the Founder and President of IChange Nations™ a professional institution that builds Statesmen by equipping, mentoring and training highly esteemed individuals who have the desire to change nations throughout the world. The organization is seeking to bring global awareness by strategically helping nations to educate, train and support the Nation Building Process designed to improve the dignity and betterment of human life. This international platform focuses on establishing effective relationships to help people understand the value of honor and basic human rights.

Golden Rule Ambassador Clyde Rivers is the Representative for the Golden Rule International and the Interfaith Peace-Building Initiative, North American Division to the United Nations – New York. Interfaith Peace-Building Initiative is affiliated with the Department of Public Record (DPI) – United Nations as well as affiliated with the United Religious Initiative (URI), an Interfaith Peace organization.

The Golden Rule International Award is now established in 120 nations of the world. This organization seeks out top achievers that live the Golden Rule in their everyday life. This is a new global ethic that the leadership of the Golden Rule International Award, Patron, Former President of Ethiopia, Girma Wolde and Ambassador Mussie Hailu have embraced and are promoting globally.