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Profile of Bircan
ÜNVER
EXPERIENCES:
* Web
Publisher
- Since August 1999, The Light Millennium <http://www.lightmillennium.org>
- IşıkBinyılı <http://www.isikbinyili.org>
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Turkish & Greek Synergy <http://www.turkishgreeksynergy.net>.
* Independent
Video Producer, Director and Editor
- Since 1992, Queens Public Television,
NY
More than 65 original television programs
both in English and Turkish.
For
Videography> http://www.lightmillennium.org/bu_videography.html
* Freelance Correspondent
- 1999-Present; Light Millennium, Isik
Binyili, Turkish Times, SanatHaber.Net,
dPaper, Euroturks.com, Portreler...
- 1990-1993; NY Hurriyet Newspaper and
Hurriyet-Gosteri Art Magazine
Freelance Correspondent/Art Journalist
- 1984-1990, For various publications
in Istanbul, Turkey. Including; Nokta,
Sanat Olayi, Soz, Kadin, Sanat Cevresi,
Hurriyet-Gosteri magazines and Cumhuriyet
Newspaper.
* Bureau Chief Assistant
- 1976-1983, Former Istanbul Bank, at
the headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey
* EDUCATION:
M.A.
in Media Studies
- 1999, New School University, New York
City, New York.
Thesis project: "All Ideas: Freedom
of Expression in Turkey.", a video documentary.
BA in Fine Arts
- 1988, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul,
Turkey
* BOOK:
- "En
Kutsali Yaratmak" (To Create is
the Most Sacred) (1995), Say Publishing
Company, Istanbul, Turkey. Interviews
with artists, commentary on art exhibitions,
and essays, in Turkish <http://www.saykitap.com/BSWEB/KitapDetay.aspx?kID=97464&kitapAdi_En_Kutsal%C4%B1_Yaratmak>
- "Sanatın Labirentlerinde..." (The Labyrinths of Arts) E-Book - http://www.isikbinyili.org/sanatin_labirentleri.php
- IşıkBinyılı
Launched since August 1999 within the
Light Millennium web site as its Introductory
issue. The first issue was published
in January 2000. So far, e-published
19 issue in Turkish (the first 9 issues
were published under the Light Millennium's web
site), and since October 2005, under
the isikbinyili.org.
- The
Light Millennium TV Series: Launched in January 2000 at Queens Public Television as a monthly series,
in English. Each program highlights
an independent issue such as art, artist
profiles, UNNGO profiles, culture, freedom
of speech and peace (videography).
- The Light Millennium has associated
with the Department of Public Information
of the United Nations effective
on December 12, 2005.
- Member of the UN/DPI-NGO
Annual 59th & 60th Conference Planning
Committees, and member of the Multi-Generational(2006),
Media, and Events & Fundraising subcommittes
in 2006 & 2007.
* AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
- Dignitary and Panelist: Inaugural Meeting, 7th International Non-Violent Peace Activist Conference (7thICPNA), Jaipur, India, Nov. 10, 2008
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Key Note Speaker: Presented “Under The Sun: A Shared Ground & A Shared Future” during the 7th ICPNA, 3rd Plenary Session, Nov. 11, 2008. E-published at the HereNow4u.Net web site in Germany> http://www.herenow4u.net/index.php?id=66824
- Peace Worker, November 2008, Awarded by: Anuvrat Global Organization, Jaipur, India.
- Honorary Guest, November 2008. Awarded by: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kamal, Former President of India.
- Global Peace Volunteer, October 2008. Awarded by: Turkish-American Forum News Paper, NY.
- Distinguished Woman Award in New York, 2004. Awarded by: Daughters of Atatürk Organization, CA.
- First Place in "Ethnic" Category, 2004, "Crescent & Star", Presented by Stephen Kinzer. Awarded by: CAPA Video Festival, Flushing, New York.
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First Place in "Visual Arts", "Matisse & Picasso at the MoMA", 2004. Awarded by: CAPA Video Festival, Flushing, New York.
- Golden Web Award, 2001-2002. "Excellence achieved in Web Design, Content and Creativity." "The Light Millennium Internet Magazine".
- First Place in "Arts", 1998. NorthEast Video Festival &
Special Jury Award, 1999. "The Walls of the World", Hometown Video Festival.
Produced, directed, written and edited. Based on Turkish artist Burhan DOGANÇAY's photographic archive from walls of the World, in English. Listed on the ArtNet Catalogue: http://www.artnet.com/usernet/awc/awc_history_view.asp?aid=424600715&info_type_id=11
- Finalist, 1997."Erol AKYAVAS", Hometown Video Festival - Erol AKYAVAS: The Mark of the EastProduced, directed, written, and edited. "Erol Akyavas", a narrative documentary, which profiles Turkish artist Erol Akyavas's arts and his Eastern philosophy, in Turkish.
- Finalist,
Hometown Video Festival, 1994. 20th Century Latin American Arts, MoMA (Based on the exhibition)
* SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES:
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Organized, co-organized, collaborated and presented over 55 public programs on poetry, literature, arts, media, and global issues, and collaborated with various universities, civil society organizations in Manhattan, New Jersey, Queens and also one in Toronto since 2000. Further, organized two programs during the UNDPI-NGO Annual Conferences at the United Nations’ Headquarter in 2006 and 2007. For more information: http://www.lightmillennium.org/events/all.html
* AFFILIATIONS:
- Main Representative of the Light Millennium organization to the Department of Public Information of the United Nations since its association (Dec. 2005)
- Member of the UN/DPI-NGO Annual 59th, 60th and 61st Conference Planning Committees, and member of the Multi-Generational (2006), Media, and Events & Fundraising subcommittees in 2006 & 2007.
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Member (2007), Co-Chair (2008) for the UN/NGO Mental Health – Promoting the Well Being of Media annual programs.
- Member of the Non-Profit Coordination Committee of New York.
* FURTHER REFERENCES:
For
Turkish Biography of Bircan Ünver>
"I Dream Therefore I Am.." A Video Profile
- “Türk-Ermeni Sinerji Girişimi” Interview in Turkish, TurkishJournal.Com
UN/NGO Profiles # 7:
Juan Carlos Brandt and Richard Jordan
“We the peoples” & “Move the ball forward”
On the United Nations DPI/NGO 60th Annual Conference: “Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All”.
http://www.un.org/dpi/ngosection/annualconfs/60/Media.htm
MYCOMMITMENT.ORG - http://mycommitment.org/node/1274
Light
Millennium E-Magazine Convenes A Global
Community
by
Keach HAGEY
- Queens Chronicle
Reporter, March
25, 2004.
Producer
Profile – Queens Public Television - http://qptv.org/qptv/?q=node/545
"We are the Turks" - http://www.wearetheturks.org/?p=103
Camera Arkasi - http://www.kameraarkasi.org/yonetmenler/b/bircanunver.html
Essays by Bircan Ünver in Turkish on OdakSevgi.Net
http://www.odaksevgi.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=98&Itemid=143
BİRCAN ÜNVER : "Düşlüyorum, Öyleyse Varım" - http://old.turkishny.com/content/view/14195/629/lang,tr/
Essays, Articles & Selected News by Bircan Ünver on OyTrabzon.Com
http://www.oytrabzon.com/oytrabzon/modules/sections/index.php?op=listarticles&secid=227
Profile on Ekokent.Com/Habitat in Turkish
Yahsi Baraz, Interview by Bircan Ünver, Portreler Magazine - Yaşamdan Portreler / Nisan-Mayıs-Haziran 2006 / Sayı 9
http://www.galeribaraz.com/yahsibaraz/resmisevdirdik.htm (in Turkish)
A Letter From The Future... http://www.xn--mehmetnver-feb.com/pics/bircan-eng.htm
"Light
Millennium" (LM) Project Celebrates
its 2nd Anniversary - Turkish Times, April 15, 2002
http://www.theturkishtimes.com/archive/02/04_15/culture.html
LIGHT MILLENNIUM.ORG ISIKBINYILI.ORG
Atom
Karinca Bircan Ünver (Roportaj) FORUM Newspaper - Weekly
http://www.forum-newspaper.com/51th.%20Issue%20of%20FORUM%20Newspaper.pdf
Articles and Essay on SanatHaber.Net in Turkish - http://www.sanathaber.net/arama.asp?find=Bircan+%DCnver
Introductory
Issue of the Light Millennium
1998
NorthEast Video Festival - http://www.igc.org/acm/acmnefest98.htm
-- Born on May 2, 1959, mother
of two children and lives in Queens,
New York since 1996.
E-Mail
Address: contact@lightmillennium.org
-- Last updated in November 2009.
©Bircan Ünver, The Light Millennium,
New York, July 1999-2009.
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9th Anniversary - 21 & 22 issues combined - LIGHTMILLENNIUM.ORG........
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EVERYTHING SHOULD BE UNDER THE SUN: YES
to the Global Peace Movement, YES to Loving & Caring
Each Other, YES to Greatness in Humanity, YES to Saving Our
Unique Mother Earth, YES to Great Dreams For Better Tomorrows, YES to Emerging
Positive Global Energy, YES to National and Global Transparency,
and YES to Lighting Our Souls & Minds.
We have only one WORLD yet! If we
destroy it, where else will we go? NO to
New Nuclear Weapons - NO to
Star Wars - NO
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NO to
New Pretexts For Nuclear War - NO to Nuclear Testing - NO to
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