Whale 2006

2006 Annual Report

Message to Our Friends & Supporters We are pleased to report that the WHALE Center continues to expand its networks to promote global healing in the world. During the past year WHALE’s partnerships expanded with new member organizations in the global healing network, was successful in helping to establish the new IOI USA Center in Florida, and began several new initiatives. The following report highlights the key work of the Global Healing Initiative, Utah URI, the Southern Sudan Education Project, UPEC and the new IOI USA work. We thank you for your continued support. http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/WHALE/Menu57.html

Global Healing Initiative The Global Healing Initiative has now grown to 48 partners around the world and its online discussion community has now grown to over 775 persons in 45 states in the U.S. and 28 other nations in the world. Some Highlights of 2006 include:

o Providing support for the Let Justice Roll Campaign, a campaign to raise the federal minimum wage. Thanks to this effort the new Congress has made raising the minimum way a top priority.. see: http://www.letjusticeroll.org



o Sponsorship of Dr. Bob Edgar Middle Church Presentation. http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/Personal4.html

o Development of a new International Days Series at the Mahaffey Center for the Performing Arts See: http://www.globalhealing.net/id

o Representing the National Council of Churches with the ONE Campaign, the campaign to make poverty history. See: http://www.one.org

o Becoming a new United Religions Initiative MCC.

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o Continued support of four Africa Projects in Southern Sudan, Uganda, Malawi, and South Africa See: http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/Africa/Menu114.html

o Publication of all United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Press Releases See: http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/Personal2.html

o Creation of a new Partners News & Events Page to highlight all the major news and events of all of the Global Healing Partners in one place. See: http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/Menu143.html

o Monthly Online Newsletter for Global Healing See: http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/FileSharing65.html

o The Global Healing Online Community with over 775 persons from 44 U.S. States and 28 countries providing perspectives, alerts, and discussion on a variety of global healing issues. http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/globalhealing

The Global Healing Initiative will continue to expand its partnerships, and promote the concept that there can be no peace without justice and no justice without sustainability. See: http://www.globalhealing.net

Utah URI

The Utah URI continued to host delegations sponsored by the U.S. State Department from around the world.

The Utah URI provided leadership for the interfaith service following a tragic shooting in the community.

Program Highlights for 2007 In 2007 the Utah URI hosted Rev. Mpambani From South Africa for an interfaith dialogue. Utah URI also sponsored a visit from Ramesh from India and facilitated exploration of common sacred stories of Hindu and indigenous tribes. Utah URI sponsored an Islamic Imam from China sponsored by the State Department who requested being part of a home celebration of Christmas. Participation in the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable Utah URI Coordinator Marsha Pilgeram received an award for international humanitarian work.

Marsha Pilgeram (center) receives 2007 Humanitarian Award from Mayor Joe Johnson (back left) Culture Ex. Director and Ukrainian Dancer also pictured.

Southern Sudan Education Project

2006 was the year construction began for the new School in Southern Sudan. The School will utilize the Monolithic Dome construction and is scheduled to be complete by mid 2007. See: http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/nonprofit/ssep/pic04.html Abraham Gai one of the project coordinators was reunited with his grandmother that he had not seen for sixteen years in one of the trips for the project construction. See: http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/nonprofit/ssep/ pic02.html

http://homepage.mac.com/globalhealing/SouthernSudanEd./Menu27.html

Highlights of 2006 Southern Sudan Education Project Activities - A large donation of over $12,000 was raised from Interact students at Judge Memorial High School made the mass purchase and delivery of construction supplies and an automated grain mill possible this year. - Speaking to youth and adult groups about the Southern Sudan project. - In April and May, the project worked with Domes for the World Foundation to construct a “practice” dome as a model for the school construction in Southern Sudan. The project enlisted the assistance of local Lost Boys and tested our materials list and construction skills. - The Project team spent the summer in Southern Sudan, Kenya, and Uganda. The purpose of the trip was to register our organization with the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) and to deliver construction supplies and the grain mill to the school site. The team spent several weeks in Juba, South Sudan working with GOSS officials to register our organization. They explained our project and the work we had already done with the local community in Yomchiir. The GOSS officials they met with were enthusiastic about our work in Yomchiir and offered us their full support. The team also met again with the Governor of Bor – the county where they are working to update him about our progress. - Four tons of construction materials were transported by truck from Uganda to Juba. July is the peak of the rainy season in Southern Sudan and the trip took a few days. The road from Juba to Bor was impassable due to mines and heavy rains so when the supplies arrived in Juba, we loaded a large, canoe-like metal boat and headed down the Nile to Bor Town. - In November, we partnered with Globus Relief and Islamic Relief to transport a container of medical supplies to Southern Sudan. Globus Relief provided the supplies, Islamic Relief provided transportation from the US to Uganda, and the Southern Sudan Education Project provided land transportation from Kampala, Uganda to Bor Town, Southern Sudan. The supplies will be distributed to local hospitals and health clinics in Bor.

UPEC Summary

of Major Activities for 2006

Three Roundtable meetings were held. The number of people attending the roundtable meetings was roughly 12 in January, 20 in May and 25 in October. At these meetings there were the following guest speakers: Jennifer Mayfield with the Utah Department of Health discussing prevention of teen pregnancy in January; Professor Phil Emmi discussing a “Review of Limits to Growth: a 30 Year Update” and Julianne Sabula presenting, “Does Local Public Support of Urban Growth Pay it Own Way” in May; and Brad Barber from the Oquirrh Institute presenting on “Utah’s Growth Issues: People, Land and Water” in October. The annual membership meeting occurred during the Roundtable Meeting of May 9. During this meeting, three board members were re-elected to a two-year term – Elaine Emmi, Sarah Johnson as a representative for Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and Doug Stark. On May 9, at the Annual Meeting, UPEC announced an Individual Award to Midvale Mayor JoAnn Seghini for her efforts to prevent teen-pregnancy and an Organization Award to Midvale City for their support in the efforts to prevent teen pregnancy. On Sept. 13-15, UPEC had a Booth at the Utah League of Cities and Towns Annual Conference in Salt Lake City. Materials on preventing teen pregnancy were available as well as information on the Urban Environmental Accords. UPEC also arranged for a presentation at the convention on the prevention of Teen Pregnancy by Jennifer Mayfield from the Utah Department of Health and Midvale Mayor Seghini. This presentation was well attended. As in previous years, UPEC had a table at the Utah Education Association Convention. This year the convention was on October 12 and 13. Numerous teachers received information regarding the teaching of population with materials provided by The Population Connection. This included a fold-out map on 300 million people now residing in the United States. Information was provided regarding Utah’s population and various websites on population were handed out. The Eco-trike was also available. A very rough estimate is that 1,000 people saw the booth and 200 people stopped and 100 people received information. From the above information an estimated 2,000+ people were involved in or impacted by UPEC activities in the year 2006.

UPEC provided information on population and sustainability at the following events: Andy Schoenberg brought his eco-trike and discussed sustainability issues at Union Middle School on March 1; UPEC had a booth on Earth Day on April 22 at the Main Salt Lake Library, the Eco-trike was present and people were asked to fill out their own Ecological Footprint; and, UPEC had a booth at the Utah Society for Environmental Educators annual conference on Nov. 10 and 11. In September, a brochure about UPEC was developed and provided at various booths and/or other public events. A new logo was developed and used on the brochure and in other ways. The logo consists of the outline of the state of Utah with UPEC wording inside it. UPEC asked various mayors, including the Salt Lake County Mayor and the Holladay Mayor to consider signing the Urban Environmental Accords. UPEC asked the Stegner Center at the University of Utah to consider having a symposium on sustainability for 2008. UPEC also considered sponsoring a questionnaire and then a forum on sustainability for Salt Lake City Mayoral candidates in 2008. At his request, members of UPEC met with Bob Brister, the Green Party Candidate for the Second Congressional Office on July 17. UPEC provided information and concerns about population and sustainability to Mr. Brister. Although UPEC was only indirectly involved, we appreciated the Salt Lake League of Women Voters presentation by Dr. Fred Montague on sustainability on April 2 and the various presentations by David Korten from October 21 through Oct. 23. There were 10 UPEC board meetings in 2006. During these meetings planning for various efforts occurred. There were no board meetings in January and May. Beginning in July, members of UPEC began the exploration of a Utah Vital Signs Project. Starting in October, an agreement with McIntyre Interactive Inc. was approved by the board for the development and completion of a Utah Vital Signs Pilot Project. This initial agreement went through March 2007. It was for $30,000, which had already been pledged. (In 2007, the agreement will likely be extended through May.) The main effort for this project is to complete an Ecological Footprint for Utah and to have this information available. For more information on the UPEC program see:

http://www.utahpop.org

IOI USA In 2006 the WHALE Center amended its by-laws to include as part of its purpose to support of the international ocean institute USA (IOI USA) This year with assistance from the WHALE Center the first ever IOI center in the USA was established. at the University of South Florida. (USF). The new Center at the University of South Florid will also collaborate with Stetson Law School, Eckerd College, Mote Marine Lab, Florida and Pier Aquarium, Disney Living Seas, Florida Fish and Wildlife, USGS, the Port Authority, the U.S. Coast Guard and more. Dr. Noel Brown, the leader of the IOI USA team and Dr. David Randle worked with USF to develop a program plan which was approved at the International Ocean Institute meeting in Egypt in 2006 The WHALE Center new branch office in St. Petersburg, FL will work to continue to support this program. Initial programs the WHALE Center will seek to support includs the World Ocean Day program in June 2007 , the Youth Women and the Seas Conference in November 2007, and the Coastal Cities Summit in November 2008 Go to:

http://www.ioinst.org

A Look to 2007 In 2007 the WHALE Center will work on the following key issues: The completion of the new School in Southern Sudan The implementation of the Utah Vital signs project Ongoing programs with Utah URI CC The implementation of the new International Days Series see: http://www.globalhealing.net/id Assisting IOI USA and IOI headquarters with the Youth Women and the Seas conference in Malta. See: http://www.capemalta.net/pim2007 Offering Ethics Course and lectures at local colleges and universities. Assisting the St. Petersburg Environmental Research Center in developing new programs to prevent, mitigate, respond, and recover from disasters more effectively.

Matt Randle spends Summer 2006 assisting in the set up of the new WHALE Center office in Florida.