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VOICES FOR HUMANITY Shows a Way to Peace With Naseema Qureshi

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updated: Dec 11, 2019

LOS ANGELES, December 11, 2019 (Newswire.com)
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Scientology Network’s VOICES FOR HUMANITY, the weekly series presenting heroic change-makers from a variety of faiths, cultures and nations working to uplift their communities, announces a new episode featuring the work of activist Naseema Qureshi on Dec. 11.

VOICES FOR HUMANITY airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.

For nearly 30 years, civil war has torn Sri Lanka apart, driven by religious factions intolerant of one another. Naseema Qureshi is a peace advocate working to build tolerance between the numerous ethnic and religious groups that call Sri Lanka home. She spreads a message of coexistence that is gaining popularity throughout the country and is helping to build lasting peace across the nation.

ABOUT NASEEMA QURESHI

Born into the politically turbulent times of Pakistan in the 1960s, Naseema Qureshi was witness to the rise of terrorism and civil rioting. Early on, she began seeking answers to effectively guide society onto a path of peace. Naseema first became involved in Sri Lanka after the tsunami in 2005 when she was part of a disaster response team volunteering to help the island recover. Amidst the ruin of the tsunami was the rubble of war, Sri Lanka was a nation that needed help — help that Naseema would bring a few years later in the form of The Way to Happiness. With its common-sense values and morals, Naseema found the solution to healing the rift of religious intolerance that had left such deep scars in Sri Lanka. She introduced the program to a Presidential Task Force member in the Sri Lankan government and they implemented it across the country. Today, this program is widely used in schools and government institutions across all of Sri Lanka.

The Scientology Network debuted March 12, 2018. Since launching, it has been viewed in 240 countries and territories in 17 languages. Satisfying curiosity about Scientology, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the church as a global organization, and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions. The network also showcases documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities.

Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the church’s global media center in Los Angeles, Scientology Network can be streamed at Scientology.tv and is available through satellite television on DIRECTV Channel 320, mobile apps and the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

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mediarelations@churchofscientology.net

Source: Scientology Network

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December 11, 2019
Voices for Humanity Shows a Better Way Forward With Rosalba Cordero

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VOICES FOR HUMANITY airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.

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updated: Nov 22, 2019

LOS ANGELES, November 22, 2019 (Newswire.com)
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Scientology Network’s VOICES FOR HUMANITY, the weekly series presenting heroic change-makers from a variety of faiths, cultures and nations, working to uplift communities, announces a new episode featuring activist Rosalba Cordero.

Mexico has become a killing field—nearly a hundred murders every day while Mexican prisons serve as “colleges of crime” with over 80 percent of those released returning to criminality. Saving Mexico’s future by salvaging youth, Rosalba and José Cordero fight against moral decline that enables Mexico’s drug cartels to traffic kids into a life of organized crime. Their campaigns in schools and prisons across Mexico carry a powerful message of moral values, bringing new hope for their nation.

ABOUT ROSALBA CORDERO

Born in Mexico City, Rosalba recognized at a young age that many crimes and injustices stemmed from lack of basic moral values. Rosalba vowed to find some way to spare children from the trauma she suffered. Discovering The Way to Happiness, a common-sense guide to better living, Rosalba and husband José founded a nonprofit to forward the book’s precepts. Their Social Development and Recovery of Values Association educates young people in schools and across Mexico’s prison system. Using The Way to Happiness, Rosalba and José have created real criminal reform in prisons across Mexico State and Mexico City—with 99 percent of graduates of the program living lives free of crime. Their efforts to restore morality and peace have earned them recognition by the Mexican federal government.

The Scientology Network debuted March 12, 2018. Since launching, it has been viewed in 240 countries and territories in 17 languages. Satisfying curiosity about Scientology, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists; showing the Church as a global organization; and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions. The network also showcases documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities.

Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the Church’s global media center in Los Angeles, Scientology Network can be streamed at Scientology.tv and is available through satellite television on DIRECTV Channel 320, mobile apps and the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

CONTACT:

Media Relations
(323) 960-3500
mediarelations@churchofscientology.net

Source: Scientology Network

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November 22, 2019
Joining the MAD DADs Neighborhood Cleanup in North Minneapolis

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Volunteers from the Church of Scientology Twin Cities and The Way to Happiness Association pitch in on MAD DADS cleanup in a rough neighborhood.

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updated: Jun 28, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS, June 28, 2019 (Newswire.com)
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Studies show that cleaning up neighborhoods can reduce crime and violence, and that’s right in the line of the country of MAD DADS and volunteers from the Church of Scientology who joined forces in a cleanup of the volatile neighborhood around the intersection of Emerson Avenue North and 31st Street in Minneapolis.

MAD DADS is a coalition of African-American men and parents who are fed up with gang violence and illegal drugs. Minneapolis-based MAD DADS National President and Executive Director, V.J. Smith, organized the cleanup and posted about it on his Facebook page.

Cars honked their approval as the volunteers collected the trash, including a huge volume of broken glass, and hauled it away. And far from being an arduous afternoon, it was fun.

V.J. Smith grew up on the streets as a foster youth and was introduced to organized crime at an early age. He turned his own life around and his passion is mentoring and helping young people change the course of their lives. He is featured in an episode of Voices for Humanity on the Scientology Network.

In cities around the world, volunteers from The Way to Happiness Foundation chapters carry out cleanups to improve their communities. A common-sense moral code, written by humanitarian and author L. Ron Hubbard, The Way to Happiness contains 21 basic principles that guide one to a better quality of life, including the precept: “Safeguard and Improve Your Environment,” which states:

“There are many things one can do to help take care of the planet. They begin with the idea that one should. They progress with suggesting to others they should. Man has gotten up to the potential of destroying the planet. He must be pushed on up to the capability and actions of saving it. It is, after all, what we’re standing on.”

The Church of Scientology and its members are proud to participate in community partnerships that reduce crime and safeguard and improve the environment.

Source: ScientologyNews.org

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June 28, 2019