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Dr. Astell Collins
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In June of 2017, Ambassador Clyde
Rivers visited the great country of Guyana, South America. Part of his mission
in Guyana was to bestow honor upon a great young leader that has established a
leadership network that is educating the entire country of Guyana. Dr. Collins
was awarded the iChange Nations™ World Civility Ambassadorship Award for his
service to his country and his love for humanity.
Dr. Astell Collins is
disseminating excellent leadership principles and impacting his nation with his
message. He is bringing this training through BD1 Leadership Development Seminars.
Furthermore, he is the CEO and Founder of BD1 Leadership which was established
while he lived in South Africa over 8 years ago. Dr. Astell is also the Youth
Advisor for PANCAP – Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (CARICOM).
Ambassador Rivers was quoted
saying, “As I met Dr. Astell Collins I was overwhelmed by the great influence
this young leader possessed. He is cultivating unity and leadership like none
I’ve seen in the world. This is why he was appointed as a World Civility
Ambassador and this was a unanimous decision among the powers that be in the
World Civility Movement.”
The first iChange Nations™ World
Civility Ambassador Award was bestowed upon the prestigious, former President
of Zambia Africa, H.E. Dr. Kenneth Kaunda. Dr. Kaunda has served mankind as a
major peace-keeper on the continent of Africa bringing unity to all the tribes
of Zambia and aiding Nelson Mandala in his fight for freedom. He is a true
representation of an Ambassador of World Civility reflected in all that his
life has represented in caring for mankind.
The World Civility Day was
established as the global outreach of Community Civility Counts; a resolution
for civility unanimously passed by the State Senate of Indiana USA, January 26,
2016. The creators of Community Civility Counts, Dr. Gordon Bradshaw and Dr.
Charles Hughes have worked hard to establish civility in their home state of
Indiana and other states.
Community Civility Counts has grown from a local
initiative to treat others with respect into an international movement of World
Civility. It was inducted into membership in the Society of Innovators
of Northwest Indiana and was a finalist for a prestigious Editor and Publisher
EPPY Award. Bob Heisse, Executive Editor of the Northwest Indiana Times has
picked up the civility cause and is promoting it globally.
World Peace Ambassador Rivers
said, “This Community Civility Counts resolution caught my attention. As
Founder and President of iChange Nations™, and as a World Peace Ambassador for
the Golden Rule International Award, ‘Treat others the way you want to be
treated,’ I was compelled to become the global spokesperson for World Civility
Day acknowledged every April 14. As civility continues to be a great need
around the world, representing World Civility Day gives me great pleasure and
hope for our world as we move to establish World Civility Day globally by awarding
individuals like Dr. Astell Collins.”
Ambassador Dr. Clyde Rivers is
the Founder and President of iChange Nations™ a professional institution that
builds Statesmen by equipping, mentoring and training highly esteemed
individuals who have the desire to change nations throughout the world. iChange Nations™ is also the Largest Establishing Honor
Systems in the world. The organization is seeking to bring global awareness by strategically helping nations
to educate, establish honor systems, train and support the nation building
process designed to improve the dignity and betterment of human life. This
international platform focuses on establishing effective relationships to help
people understand the value of honor and basic human rights.
Golden Rule Ambassador Clyde
Rivers is also the Representative for the Golden Rule International and the
Interfaith Peace-Building Initiative, North American Division to the United
Nations – New York. Interfaith Peace-Building Initiative is affiliated with the
Department of Public Record (DPI) – United Nations as well as affiliated with
the United Religious Initiative (URI), an Interfaith Peace organization. The
Golden Rule International Award is now established in 120 nations of the world.
This organization seeks out top achievers that live the Golden Rule in their
everyday life. This is a new global ethic that the leadership of the Golden
Rule International Award, Patron, Former President of Ethiopia, Girma Wolde and
Ambassador Mussie Hailu have embraced and are promoting globally.
