WORLD CIVILITY LEADER FROM GUYANA

Dr. Astell Collins and

Ambassador Clyde Rivers

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.

GUYANA VICE PRESIDENT SYDNEY ALLICOCK RECEIVES GLOBAL AWARD

Vice President of Guyana, the Honorable Sydney Allicock

The Vice President of Guyana, the Honorable Sydney Allicock, was honored with the iChange Nations™ Person of the Year award for South America in early June 2017. The award was received in Honorable Allicock's absence, by Errol Ross. Recognition of Honorable Allicock was brought to Dr. Clyde Rivers by iChange Nations™ Representative, Astell Collins.

Honorable Allicock was given this award for his commitment to empower the indigenous people in Guyana. He’s created an institute called Bina Hill Institute. It’s a skills development education that’s training the indigenous community in skills so they can produce jobs and make a better life for themselves and others. This is considered, by iChange Nations™, a “heroic institute” that the Honorable Sydney Allicock has put in place for his country. “The work that the Vice President of Indigenous People Affairs for Guyana, Sydney Allicock, is the type of work that is needed to help eradicate poverty from the world,” says Dr. Clyde Rivers.

Dr. Rivers continued to say, “To have such a leader in the country of Guyana and the world that is caring for the next generations is deserving of special recognition. iChange Nations™ has seen the fruit of this man’s labors for his country and believes he is worthy of being recognized as the iChange Nations™ Person of the Year Award, South America.”

In addition to this prestigious award, iChange Nations™ Person of the Year Award - South America, Honorable Allicock also received the iChange Nations Challenged Champions and Heroes™ Award for being a champion of the indigenous people of his nation. This award is given to men and women that are championing those with challenges in life. Rivers said, “Honorable Allicock is a strong example of a role model that is working hard to help such people in his nation and around the world by creating solutions to answer challenges.”

Golden Rule Dialogue Expert, Dr. Clyde Rivers, has put out a plea to every leader of the world. He asks, “Please, let us treat others the way we want to be treated, even as the Vice President of Guyana, Honorable Sydney Allicock, is doing for his nation and the world. We will only succeed in bringing peace and hope to this world when every individual born is able to bring their skills as a solution to the problems of the world.”

Dr. Clyde Rivers, Founder and President of iChange Nations™ said, “We have set our focus to thank the great people of the world that are preserving humanity, serving others, and making the world a better place. We had no idea how fast this Culture of Honor would grow but today we have reached 120 nations of the world through our honor systems. Everywhere we go we find people doing good things to help mankind and people that are living the Golden Rule, ‘Treat others the way you want to be treated.’ The combined efforts of the iChange Nations™ Honor System, the Golden Rule International Award System and others organizations and institutions we work with, have catapulted iChange Nations’™ Culture of Honor to the top. Giving us the ability to say we are the World’s Largest Honoring Network Establishing Cultures of Honor in the World.”

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. The organization is seeking to bring global awareness by strategically helping nations to educate, 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.