Dear Friends,
It was our honor to welcome to New York and celebrate the achievements of two very special women leaders. They both came to participate in the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
During the brunch reception, Dr. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, gave an overview of the status of women in the world. She emphasized that although it is essentially the women who suffer from abuse and inequality, men must be recruited to help change this terrible situation. It has to be in the men's interest that women will live better lives. After all, women are in charge of the family life. She also noted that when funds are given to women in underdeveloped communities and other places, they immediately turn it into an investment, create jobs, open businesses, and create better lives while men tend to buy motorcycles. Although it sounded a little funny, she meant it.
In 2009, Dr. Reding spearheaded the CITYarts Pieces for Peace Traveling Exhibition at the European Union in Brussels. You can see more information about her at http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/reding/
Nadia Hilo, Former member of Israeli Parliament and social and political advisor, spoke about the state of Israeli Jewish and Arab women. She said that many new projects and programs are being started to give women equal opportunities in Israel. She is also CITYarts' Project Coordinator for the Peace Wall that will be created in Israel in the summer of 2010, and has already recruited over 20 schools and groups who will take part in the creation of the mosaic in Jaffa. For this project, we will be collaborating with The Peres Center for Peace, The Arab-Hebrew Theatre of Jaffa, The Council for a Beautiful Israel, Hamishlama Leyafo, Banot Lemaan Hashalom, and Vaad Mitham shem Hagdolim.
We are looking forward to celebrate with these women more in the future.
All the Best,
Tsipi Ben-Haim
Executive & Artistic Director, CITYarts, Inc.
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Board of Directors
Carrie H. Cohen,
Chairperson
Jean Kim, Secretary
Bernadette Longford,
Treasurer
Helene Saren
Lawrence
Amnon Bar-Tur
Vera Sung
Irene Minkoff
Kate Gehring
Tsipi Ben-Haim,
Executive & Artistic
Director
Board of Advisors
Sam August
Anna Carbonell
Deborah Dugan
Robert Fisher
Alex Gorlin
Katie Hollander
Stephanie Holmquist
Gisela Keller
Charlotta
Kotik
Nina & Daniel
Libeskind
Miranda McClintic
Laura
Miller
Dr. Lewis Peach
Jeanne
Greenberg
Rohatyn
Lois
Vaisman
Irwin Shlachter
Gustavo Stecher
Staff
Tsipi Ben-Haim,
Executive and Artistic Director
Kim Llerena,
Assistant to the Director
Marc Maffei,
Project Coordinator
Jordan Taler,
Creative Coordinator
Interns
Sabrina Wirth
Alison Deutsch
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Amir A. Dossal, Executive Director, UN Office for Partnerships; Tsipi Ben-Haim, Executive & Artistic Director, CITYarts; Dr. Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
Nadia Hilo and Viviane Reding
Yori Ben-Haim, Tsipi Ben-Haim, Nadia Hilo, and Zigi Ben-Haim
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"Thinking globally - acting locally, CITYarts projects build bridges of cultural
understanding and give youth the opportunity to take an active role in shaping
their future".
-- Tsipi
Ben-Haim, CITYarts Executive & Artistic Director
MISSION
CITYarts empowers children and youth by bringing them together with
professional artists to create public art that addresses civic and social
issues, impacts their lives, and transforms their communities.
PROGRAM
We give our children and youth the opportunity to get actively involved
in their communities, do something to make their world a better place, and
assume responsibility through the creation of murals and mosaics led by
professional artists.
PROJECTS
CITYarts public art projects give youth a stage to ask, "What does peace look
like to me?", "What can I do to reduce the speed of global warming?",
and other urgent and relevant questions, and to address them artistically
through cooperation and creation.
OUR RESULTS
Since 1968, CITYarts has created over 280
projects, transformed over 200 communities,
impacted over 100,000 kids,
collaborated with 500 artists, and
partnered with 300,000 volunteers in
the process, with the consistent sponsorship of corporations, foundations, and
individuals.
Thank you in advance for your generous support. Please donate now!
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