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NEWS ARCHIVE 03/25/2003-04/02/2003 Los Angeles, CA (March 28, 2003) –-Virtually every major newspaper and broadcast outlet in America and overseas has reported the phenomenon of the new global peace symbol: The Dove of Peace pin from Global Vision for Peace, and worn by world-famous celebrities at the 75th annual Academy Awards held last Sunday in Los Angeles. The stars have offered their pins for auction on Ebay to promote global peace. Of the celebrity-worn DovePeace pin auctions on Ebay, sixteen are already over $1000, with nearly a week to go. The total cumulative tally so far is $22,000-plus. The non-profit Global Vision for Peace, founded by Cliff Rothman and Xorin Balbes just over two months ago, is directing 100% of proceeds from the Ebay auctions toward removing devastating landmines and replacing them with seeds of new agricultural growth in war-torn countries via Roots of Peace, founded by Heidi Kuhn; and eliminating weapons of mass destruction, reducing conflict over natural resources, and reducing dependency on fossil fuels, including Middle East oil, via Global Green USA (founded by Diane Meyer Simon) and Green Cross International (founded by President Mikhail Gorbachev). USA Today and Women’s Wear Daily anointed the Dove of Peace pin worn by so many of this year’s Academy award nominees, winners, presenters and attendees "the evening’s hottest fashion accessory and The New York Times reported on the Dove of Peace pin dominating the Oscars in a story with the headline, "The Land of the Oscars, the Home of the Dove." An audience of a billion people
saw the Dove of Peace pin on the gowns and lapels of nearly three
dozen Academy Award attendees including Adrien Brody, Meryl Streep,
Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Nicole Kidman, Chris Cooper, Pedro
Almodovar, Anjelica Huston, Martin Scorsese, Rob Marshall, Daniel
Day-Lewis, Salma Hayek, Kathy Bates, Brendan Fraser, Geena Davis,
Ben Kingsley, Marcia Gay Harden and others. Global Vision for Peace
has received nearly a thousand orders and requests for information
about the Dove of Peace pins, commissioned from artist Henry Dunay
as a visual symbol of peace and inspired by Pablo Picasso’s
Dove of Peace paintings. DOVE OF PEACE PIN FROM GLOBAL VISION FOR PEACE TAKES
CENTER STAGE AT ACADEMY AWARDS MORE THAN 20 WINNERS, NOMINEES AND
PRESENTERS WEAR PIN HOLDING UP THE LIGHT OF PEACE AROUND THE WORLD.
ORDERS FLOOD DESIGNER HENRY DUNAY AND GLOBAL VISION FOR PEACE WITH
PROCEEDS GOINGTO HELP REMOVE LANDMINES AND RESTORE ECOLOGY. At least 5 major Academy Award winners were wearing
the Dove of Peace pin from Global Vision for Peace, including Best
Actor Adrien Brody ("The Pianist"); Best Actress Nicole
Kidman; Best Supporting Actor Chris Cooper ("Adaptation");
Best Original Screenplay Pedro Almodovar ("Talk to Her");
and Producer Craig Zadan for Best Picture ("Chicago").
Additionally, at least 7 presenters and returning
Oscar winners wore the Dove of Peace pin from Global Vision for
Peace, including Anjelica Huston, Susan Sarandon, Brendan Fraser,
Geena Davis, Richard Gere, Ben Kingsley and Marcia Gay Harden. Co-founded by designer-developer Xorin Balbes and
national journalist Cliff Rothman, the goal of Global Vision for
Peace is to manifest a collective voice to speak out for Peace everywhere.
The pin, as a visual symbol of peace to be transmitted around the
globe via the Academy Awards, was commissioned by Global Vision
for Peace founders Cliff Rothman and Xorin Balbes, who asked American
designer Henry Dunay to interpret Picasso's world-famous image of
peace. Dunay is one of the leading jewelry artists in the world,
having done commissions for Buckingham Palace and The White House.
His international clientele has included Princess Diana of Wales,
(who inspired the founder of Roots of Peace, one of Global Vision
for Peace's philanthropic partners); Elizabeth Taylor, Hillary Clinton,
Nancy Reagan, Salma Hayek, Mrs. Denzel Washington, and others.
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