{"id":63324,"date":"2016-04-24T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=63324"},"modified":"2016-04-22T21:42:47","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T01:42:47","slug":"united-nations-international-mother-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=63324","title":{"rendered":"United Nations International Mother Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, April 24  02pm to 04pm<br \/>\nQueens Museum<br \/>\nNew York City Building, Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.queensmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC07672.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[63324]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.queensmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DSC07672.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"215\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe word \u2018mother\u2019 holds great power. It evokes memories of the women who gave us life, nurtured us as infants and helped mold us into who we are today. The Earth is the ultimate mother \u2013 an astounding planet that has, since time immemorial, supported life in myriad forms. As humans, we outgrow the need for constant maternal care. But we can never outgrow our reliance on Mother Earth. As long as we live, we need air, water, fertile soil and the countless other gifts this planet bestows\u2026. \u2026But the big decisions that lie ahead are not just for world leaders and policy-makers. Today, on Mother Earth Day, I ask each one of us to be mindful of the impacts our choices have on this planet, and what those impacts will mean for future generations\u2026 \u201d    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon<\/p>\n<p>Program Features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multicultural music, dance and other activities<\/li>\n<li>Ringing of the peace bell<\/li>\n<li>Holding of multinational flag around the Unisphere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Free admission &amp; refreshments. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queensmuseum.org\/events\/united-nations-international-mother-earth-day\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.queensmuseum.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, April 24 02pm to 04pm Queens Museum New York City Building, Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63324"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63325,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63324\/revisions\/63325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}