{"id":126362,"date":"2019-01-21T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=126362"},"modified":"2019-01-21T08:23:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T08:23:56","slug":"on-influencers-as-global-re-commencers-a-peace-linguists-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/01\/on-influencers-as-global-re-commencers-a-peace-linguists-plea\/","title":{"rendered":"On Influencers as Global Re-commencers: A Peace Linguist\u00b4s Plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Influential persons are now called INFLUENCERS<br \/>\nWhat are some of their distinctive positive traits?<\/p>\n<p>Are they LIFE enhancers? How?<br \/>\nAre they SCIENCE advancers? How?<br \/>\nAre they\u00a0EDUCATION optimizers? HOW?<br \/>\nAre they\u00a0GENDER equalizers? How?<br \/>\nAre they\u00a0GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION anticipators? How?<br \/>\nAre they of new generations of POLITICIANS\u00a0motivators? How?<br \/>\nAre they innovative CONFLICT RESOLUTION conciliators? How?<br \/>\nAre they wise diplomatic\u00a0NEGOTIATORS? How?<br \/>\nAre they respected and admired\u00a0MEDIATORS? How?<br \/>\nAre they inspiring MEDITATORS?<br \/>\nAre they LIFE supporters? How?<br \/>\nAre they INTEGRITY exporters? How?<\/p>\n<p><em>What type of\u00a0new INFLUENCER may we envisage?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>An influencer who will have the courage to be a GLOBAL RE-COMMENCER?\u00a0HOW?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>By proposing new ways of reshaping life,\u00a0we anticipate the rise of a beautiful new world<\/em><em>\u2014<\/em><br \/>\n<em>a PEACEFUL, NONVIOLENT, NONKILLING WORLD in which all human beings enjoy the right to share the EARTH\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>harmoniously, cooperatively, and above all, dignifyingly.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>To realize such a goal\u00a0\u2014 to sustain it, this rhymed reflection is humbly presented to you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>______________________________________________<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/francisco-gomes-de-matos.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-84401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/francisco-gomes-de-matos.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/em><em>Francisco Gomes de Matos, Ph.D. is an applied peace linguist from Recife, Brazil. He has degrees in Languages, Law, and Linguistics. He is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco where he is active in the Dom H\u00e9lder Camara Human Rights Commission. He is one of the pioneers in Linguistic Rights (author of 1984 <\/em>Plea for a Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights)<em> and in the emerging area of Peace Linguistics. Currently he is President of the Board, ABA Global Education (<a href=\"www.abaweb.org\">www.abaweb.org<\/a>). <\/em><em>He can be reached at <a href=\"fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com\">fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Influential persons are now called INFLUENCERS<br \/>\nWhat are some of their distinctive positive traits?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":84401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-format"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}