Thursday, July 03, 2008

I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES (me!) sandra, ttgp

"i believe in miracles!" "i believe I WILL get to meet, hug, thank, get an autograph AND picture with Dr Maya Angelou when she is in Oakland for the dedication of the REMEMBER THEM monument." ~for this i pray and thank kathy cordova:

"thank you kathy cordova! -oh! i'm in love with this sculptor, this sculpture, everyone (every human story) it helps us remember. "


The Remember Them educational monument will be the:
Largest cast bronze representational sculpture west of the Mississippi

First grouping in the United States of international humanitarian portraits

First representational monument in the United States that honors diversity

Largest sculpture of Maya Angelou in the world

Largest sculpture of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the world

Largest sculpture of Mother Teresa in the world

Largest sculpture of Thich Nhat Hanh in the world

First depiction of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King in a sculpture together

First time that "March on Selma" figures, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, and Ralph Abernathy have been sculpted and placed in a public setting

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lots more information available on the website:


http://www.remember-them.org/portfolio.cfm?imageID=185


http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?video_id=YFwwM9WhL2w&rel=1&eurl=http%3A//www.remember-them.org/pressnews.cfm&iurl=http%3A//i.ytimg.com/vi/YFwwM9WhL2w/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskLP3ID5K5h0w6wygRq4BC2V

2 Comments:

At 12:41 PM, Blogger Lola Starr said...

The sculpture sounds amazing!!!! I will definitely be looking at the info, as I've not heard of this before. Much love and happy 4th!

 
At 8:34 AM, Blogger SHE said...

karma: i must have spent some 30-45 minutes on their website yesterday

an overdue monument..

such a great vision -wish there could be such a monument in every county

much LOVE & HAPPY 4th write back to you!

 

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