Profile of the Light Millennium – 2006 www.lightmillennium.org Celebrating the 6th Anniversary... This is a global multi-media alternative platform to ALL for Greatness in Humanity... Introduced on the Web in August 1999, accomplished its first e-publication in January 2000, incorporated on July 11, 2001, and granted "tax exempt" status effective on July 11, 2001. The Light Millennium has become associated with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations effective as of December 12, 2005. Philosophy: Light Millennium is built on the first article of the United States Bill of Rights: Freedom of Speech in conjunction with the Universal Human Rights, Article #19 on Freedom of Expression.  It invites citizens of the world to submit in an appropriate artistic medium ideas and experiences that will help foster better understanding and connections between people of different cultures and beliefs.  LM has been publishing and present diversity of ideas without censorship writings, images and music that promote the well-being of the world and its inhabitants since January 2000.   History: Light Millennium was introduced on the web in August 1999 as a global platform inviting individuals to represent themselves and their communities. In January 2000, LM brought in multi-volunteer participation, and was formally incorporated on July 17, 2001. Individuals or organizations that share the same objectives as LM are encouraged to participate in our platform as writers, researchers, editors, activity organizers, and fundraisers. Contributors range from 7 to 90 years old, come from all over the world and from various disciplines. In its 6th Anniversary, LM has upheld the philosophy that all ideas can stand side by side as long as we respect and have a tolerance for each other, for other ideas, cultures, and religions.   Funding: LM is a Charitable & Public Benefit organization and has relied on 100% volunteer work and in-kind sponsorships gathered for public events. Up to date, LM has been formed and developed with the voluntary efforts of its founder and supporters, supplemented (to date) by four fundraising efforts.   Achievements: The organization has e-published 18 issues of Light Millennium in English, 11 issues of ISIK BINYILI in Turkish, 2 issues of Turkish-Greek Synergy in English and Turkish (a total of 30 original e-publications), and since 2000, has organized numerous events including panels, conferences, lectues, special screenings, literary readings, poetry events, story nights, campaigns (for Fügen Gülertekin & Tsunami/Sri Lanka). The Light Millennium TV series since January 2000 (for “LMTV” videography> http://lightmillennium.org/bu_videography.html) broadcasts monthly independent programs on arts, culture, "freedom of expression," peace and global issues at Queens Public TV. The Light Millennium Web site has been visited in over 105 countries since April 14, 2005. As an open global alternative platform, the Light Millennium has been formed by over 650 volunteer content contributors since January 2000. The Light Millennium also has become “associated with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations” effective as of December 12, 2005. For daily/monthly average visitors & hits of the LM web site: http://www.lightmillennium.org/webalizer/web/   Comment: "What is especially interesting is that she (Light Millennium) publishes articles by people with great experience and provocative points of view," Kinzer said to Queens Chronicle newspaper (March 25, 2004). "Many private Web sites and blogs are filled with one person's ramblings. Light Millennium is the opposite of that. It's an increasingly sophisticated online magazine that provides insights that people won't find in many other places." The Future: The Internet is one of the main platforms for creating global connections. LM started with a core audience of Turks and Turkish-Americans and provided a link to a global community of thinkers interested in peace, humanitarian issues, dialogue and international cooperation. In recent editions the audience has broadened and contributions are now received from all over the world.   Historically, Turkey has been a bridge between Europe and Asia; between Islam and Christianity; between Democracy and Religion. Bringing those old Turkish traditions to the Internet, LM has the potential to be a bridge for humanity, spreading the message of peace and tolerance to all cultures and all countries.   The Light Millennium’s 18th issue dedicated to: ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS Please send your submissions for the current or upcoming issues to: contact@lightmillennium.org (Note: If you are going to send high resolution images among your submission, please include; lightmillennium@yahoo.com e-address as CC. For typo, MilleNNium is with double NN. Thank You.) Please read the Publsihing Policy of the organization, before submitting your works to be published. Thank You. Governing Body of the Organization: President: Bircan Unver Vice President: Dr. Samuel Paley General Secretary: Figen Bingul       Treasurer: Erhan Berber will be nominated thru e-mail       Business Planner: Burak Alpaslan Board Members: Edward Foster, Prof., Stevens Institute of Technlogy, and Akif Kirecci, Asst. Prof., Stevens Institute of Technology Newly formed Advisory Board (in alphabetic order):     Prof. Sultan Catto, CUNY-Graduate Center Serpil Guran, PhD, Research Scientist, New Jersey State Department Prof. Hayrettin Kilic, Green Tank for the Trunch Foundation Stephen Kinzer, Former NY Times Foreign Correspontent & Lecturer in Journalism at Northwestern University. LM-Kids Corner Representative: Irem Lara Unal, North Carolina LM-Teen Representative: Burcu Yilmaz, North Carolina LM-Youth Representative: Jeanene Mitchell, Student, Columbia University, NY Ozan Cakmak, Student, Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara, Turkey (Based on June 06, 2006 Board of Directors & Annual Meerting)- Description of the Advisory Board; Board of Directors & Representatives   * Yes, I’d like to support LM for “fostering global connectivity, encouraging creativity, multi-culturalism and removing prejudices.” Enclosed is my contribution in the amount of: $1 ___ $5 ___ $10 ___   $25 ___    $50 ___ $100 ___ $150 ___   $200 ___ $350 ___ $300 ___ $400 ___ $500 ___ Your donations will be used towards basic communication expenditures, maintenance of the Web site and legal fees of the organization. Your gift is tax-deductible.   Please kindly make checks payable to: The Light Millennium, Inc. 87-82 115th Street Richmond Hill, NY, 11418, U.S.A. Name________________________________________________________________ Email________________________________________________________________ Phone (____)_____________________________ Address_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________   Please, also contact us about organizational partnership and collaborations, joint projects, television productions or the greatest gift—the Light Millennium endowment. Important Notes: 1: All manuscripts submitted become the property of the Light Millennium, Inc. Contributors are the responsible for the content of their own products. 2: Once the ideas have submitted and appeared on the organization's web site/s, accordingly any of those CANNOT REMOVE from the organization's Web site/s. The organization has aimed to create an "archive of our time". Up to date, all the ideas have been presented on the Web, including the Introductory Issue, those all are available from the organization's Web ARCHIVE. In this regard, please also read the "Letter of the Summer-2006 Issue">  “YOU ARE THE SOUL OF THE LIGHT MILLENNIUM.” --Updated on July 3, 2006 by Bircan Ünver LIGHTMILLENNIUM.ORG #18th Issue Summer-2006 LM - HOME PAGE Summer 2006 Issue# 18 CONTENTS DEDICATION LM-KIDS CORNER LM-YOUTH LM-SOUTH LETTER of the 18th Issue EVENTS & ACTIVITIES LIGHT MILLENNIUM TV Series ("LMTV") WHEN PEACE COMES PUBLISHING POLICY BIRTH OF THE LM - MANIFESTO ABOUT LIGHT MILLENNIUM HOW TO SPONSOR? OUR SPONSORS PROJECTS 501 (c) (3) WEB SYNERGY UN/DPI-NGO Profiles RUMI & CLARKE INSPIRATIONAL WRITING AWARDS Fugen GULERTEKIN ISIK BINYILI (Türkçe) External Link TurkishGreekSynergy MANIFESTO The Light Millennium has become associated with the Department of Public Information of the United Nations effective December 12, 2005.