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| Dr. Clyde Rivers - Spokesperson |
Great leaders of the community of
Gary Indiana, the Gary Chamber of Commerce, with Dr. Gordon Bradshaw and Dr.
Chuck Hughes, Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson and other city leaders have come
together to work towards civility in their state. Their efforts have combined
forces to move civil actions and dialogue training into schools and create an
initiative for the state.
A young Community Civility Counts
Initiative spokesman from one of the school programs in the Gary area, Malik
Hale, shared at World Civility Day his understanding of what was taking place
through this initiative and the training going on in his school. Malik received
the first “iChange Nations™ Junior World Civility Award” from World Civility
Day Spokesperson, Dr. Clyde Rivers. Malik is one of the upcoming leaders of our
world and there are others that are following. Malik will be working with the
Gary Chamber as a young leader and advocate for World Civility and Community
Civility Counts Initiative.
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| Chuck Hughes, Malik Hale, Clyde Rivers |
Dr. Rivers commented, “Malik is an outstanding
young man that is going to make a big difference in this world. It was a
privilege to honor him with our ICN Junior World Civility Award. We will bring
honor to those that are honorable and it will raise the bar for our young
people. They will want to become what we honor.”
Golden Rule Dialogue and Golden
Rule People Treatment is at the heart of true civil discourse. “Treating others
the way you want to be treated” is the message and the Golden Question we need
to ask AND answer is, “If this treatment were happening to me, would I be okay with it?” If we are honest in
our response, we’d act different and our world would change. There is a back door
to poor people treatment… poor treatment WILL come back on you. Call it Karma or
reaping and sowing, there’s a universal principle that has ramifications. Poor
people treatment will continue to cause our world to struggle with civility
issues.
Dr. Rivers said, “It is such a
great thing that has happened in Indiana. A precedence has been set that is a
prototype that other states and communities can follow. For the sake of our
country and the world I sincerely hope others will follow suit.”
Dr. Rivers is the President and
Founder of iChange Nations™, his organization that is dedicated to Bringing
Back the Lost Art of Honor, training Statesman and propagating Golden Rule
Dialogue and Golden Rule People Treatment around the world.
