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| Wendy Williams, Ministry of Defence, UK |
| Deva Marie-Beck, co-Director, NIGH |
| Barbara Dossey, co-Director, NIGH |
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Donna Karan supports the Nightingale Declaration Campaign |
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Donna Karan, the world famous fashion designer and philanthropist, has endorsed the Nightingale Declaration Campaign.
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Donna Karan:
"One of my passions is to see a more widespread use of integrative medicine. Nurses are key in mobilizing new approaches in integrative care, prevention and education. Radical changes are necessary to create a healthy world — local to global." |
Offering her support to the Nightingale Declaration Campaign, she says: “I support the Nightingale Declaration Campaign as nurses are true healers and the heart and soul of healthcare worldwide. Today the world is faced with a nursing shortage — local to global.
"Today, more than ever, we need quality nurses to address the unmet needs of patients and their families as they address the challenges presented by modern illnesses. More than anyone in the healthcare system, nurses are positioned to ‘treat the patient, as well as treating the disease’.
"One of my passions is to see a more widespread use of integrative medicine. Nurses are key in mobilizing new approaches in integrative care, prevention and education. Radical changes are necessary to create a healthy world — local to global. Through the visionary endeavours of the Nightingale Declaration nurses are participating as health diplomats, weaving threads of global healing, collaboration, and influence. They are navigating the rough waters at this dynamic moment in the development of healthcare. I invite all to sign the Nightingale Declaration to support nurses in their important work.”
Donna Karan founded the company, which bears her name, in 1984 with her late husband Stephan Weiss. The mission of the company is to represent the international pulse of New York in the design, marketing and delivery of a complete lifestyle system to a global customer. The applies the highest standards of creativity, integrity, quality and innovation to its products and concepts.
Donna Karan International has seventy company-owned and licensed freestanding Donna Karan collection and Donna Karan New York (DKNY) stores worldwide.
Through her business success, the world-famous fashion phenomenon supports many social causes, which are active in changing the lives of many disadvantaged communities for the better in America, Asia and Africa. Using her company’s worldwide visibility and resources for social causes is a heartfelt priority of her strong commitment to business ethics.
She says: “Everything I do is a matter of heart and spirit. For me designing is an expression of who I am as a woman with all the complications, feelings, and emotions.”
Karan is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and conceived and spearheaded its Seventh on Sale benefits to raise funds for AIDS awareness and education. She co-chairs the Annual New York “Kids For Kids” events for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation , as she has since its 1993 inception. She also underwrites “Super Saturday”: an annual designer flea market and barbecue founded with the late Liz Tilberis Philanthropic Involvements. In 1999, Karan and Weiss established the Karan Weiss Foundation.
In 2006, Donna founded the Urban Zen Initiative to play an active role that raises awareness and inspires change by promoting well-being, preservation of culture and empowering children through forums and special events. Through its partnerships with foundations, corporate sponsors and private donors, it serves as a catalyst for collaboration which co-develops pilot projects for its three programs:
- Well-being: change the current healthcare paradigm to include integrative medicine and promote patient advocacy.
- Empowering children: care for the well-being of children and give them tools to face obstacles and opportunities with love, compassion and strength.
- Preserving cultures: help cultures maintain their natural essence and identity in the face of globalization.
The Urban Zen Initiative will endeavour to raise funds for existing charitable organizations. It envisions a world where people embrace the vital connection between mind, body, and spirit in order to live healthier lives.
The Urban Zen brand creates sustainable revenue streams that supports the Urban Zen Initiative through a percentage of sales of clothing, educational and media materials, and lifestyle products for each of our programs.
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