Wednesday

It's all about Respect

We should all meet on the basis of respect



‘We should all meet on the basis of respect. Best wishes'.

His Excellency Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC
Former Governor of Western Australia.

Tuesday

PARADE DAY

On the morning of the Parade, Saturday 4th October 2008, the Hands of Respect were driven to Towson Senior High School, Michael Phelps' high school, where the Towson High School Band climbed aboard the trailer and surrounded the hands while playing their music. NBC televised the event and showed it live on their Saturday morning show.

Mid-afternoon, an estimated 30,000 people turned out on a stunning Autumn Day in Baltimore Maryland, to celebrate the Parade of Gold, saluting Olympians including arguably the world's greatest athlete, Michael Phelps.

The Hands of Respect float had the company of eight Windsor Mill Middle School kids who had won a competition at their school (Ms Debbie Phelps is the Principal), plus a favourite teacher, Miss Tiki Love. Bruce and Anne Gallash carried the Windsor Mill Middle School banner in front of the float. The parade had 55 floats and bands and covered 1.6 miles along York Street.

The Hands of Respect sculpture attracted much attention with many questions as to how, why, where, what and when and many people had their photographs taken with them.

FRIDAY EVENING

On the Friday afternoon before Parade Day, people leisurely walking along the Baltimore waterfront were asked and filmed giving their personal view of what respect means to them.

These interviews and others to come are part of a documentary about the beginnings, trials, tribulations and successes of World-Equity.Org.

http://www.bmorenews.com/community/hands-of-respect-in-baltimores-parade-of-gold.shtml

‘HANDS OF RESPECT’ IN BALTIMORE’S PARADE OF GOLD

TAKING RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE

(ATLANTA - September 27, 2008) - The Hands of Respect, an 8 foot tall, 5 ton bluestone granite sculpture of a male and female hand placed palm to palm, symbolizing respect, have been invited to be part of Baltimore’s Parade of Gold on the 4th October 2008, to welcome home Michael Phelps and his fellow Olympians.

The Hands of Respect were launched on 8.8.08, the opening day of the Beijing Olympics, when they were loaded on a truck and driven through the city streets of Atlanta. The fundamental charter of the Olympic Games is ‘respect’ and the United States Olympic Committee chose ‘respect’ as its educational theme for the 2008 Games, so it was fitting that the Hands of Respect were launched to the world on that day.

The six-fingered hand shape formed when two right hands are placed together is the logo of World-Equity.Org, a global, people-power movement to create a brand that belongs to everyone, able to generate resources to give those in need a hand up, not a hand out.

Plans are underway for ‘Taking Respect to the People’, an 11,000 mile road trip visiting cities and towns in the USA and Canada. It is time to re-invent the ancient currency of respect – treat others as you would want them to treat you. Students are especially important in this movement as they are the future parents, teachers and leaders. They are Gen H, the healing generation, and are more globally connected and aware of global problems than any previous generation.
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Sunday

BREAKING NEWS

Monday 15th September 2008

http://www.governor.maryland.gov/pressreleases/080909.asp

The Hands of Respect have been invited to be part of the Baltimore Homecoming 'Parade of Gold' for Michael Phelps and other Olympians on Saturday 4th October 2008.

The Launch 8.8.08

Elberton GA



PA Cindy King at Keystone Granite in Elberton where the stone was quarried.

RESPECT

Outside the Atlanta Former Olympic Stadium



At the site of the Atlanta Former Olympic Stadium

Martin Luther King Jr Center for Non Violent Social Change



The Hands of Respect visited the Martin Luther King Jr Center.

Martin Luther King Jr Center for Non Violent Social Change



Dr King, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela all achieved social change by harnessing people power.

Never too young or too old.



Respecting at The Beacon of Hope.

Outside Centennial Olympic Park Atlanta



The Foundation Charter of the Olympic Movement is Respect.

The Renaissance Center for Learning Atlanta



The kids all wanted photos with the Hands of Respect.

The Unveiling at the Beacon of Hope



Myles Shulman helps to unveil the The Hands of Respect.

Highway 78, Stone Mountain



On their way to Atlanta.

World-Equity.Org was launched on 8.8.08.



The Hands of Respect were launched to the people of Atlanta.

Respecting - Hands of Respect

America respecting with Australia

The Honorable James T. Laney,
former US Ambassador to South Korea
and President Emeritus Emory University
Atlanta respecting with Bruce Gallash
Atlanta Georgia 2007

England respects with Australia

Professor George Monbiot,
Author and Guardian Journalist
respecting with Bruce Gallash
London UK 2004

France respects with Austria


Matthieu Ricard, French Interpreter to
His Holiness the Dalai Lama respects
with Businessman Christian Rhomberg
Hong Kong 2004

Never too young to respect

Myles Shulman (2) respecting
with his Mother, Zoe Haugo
Atlanta Georgia 2008


France respects with Australia

Michael Gallasch respecting
with Bruce Gallash
Provence France 2001


Never too old to respect

Joe and Margaret Nelson
both in their 80s
Daytona Florida 2007

America respecting with Australia

Dr Neil (Doc Hollywood) Shulman
respecting with Bruce Gallash
Atlanta Georgia 2008

Brazil respecting with Australia

Dr Vinicius Netto respecting
with Bruce Gallash
London 2007

America respecting with Australia

Professor Waclaw Syzbalski
respecting with Bruce Gallash
Madison Wisconsin 2001


China respecting with Australia

Xue Cun, actor and pop singer
respecting with Bruce Gallash
Beijing 2007

Documentary Maker respecting with Sculptor

World-Equity documentary maker
Safi Kheshgi and the Hands of Respect
Sculptor Stan Mullins, both of Athens
Georgia, 2007

America respecting with Australia

Circuit Court Judge D'Army Bailey of the Tennessee Circuit Court and Bruce Gallash,
Memphis Tennessee 2007

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