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Executive Director, FAF Patrick Sciarratta has been the executive director of FAF since 1993. He has spoken at conferences and universities throughout the world on the topic “Travel as a Force for Peace”. Under his leadership, FAF has facilitated the Balkan Youth Reconciliation Seminar Series – a project for mending social fabric in the post-war region of the Balkan Peninsula – in cooperation with UNESCO, as part of the International Year for the Decade of Peace and Non-Violence. He and colleague Szilvia Agoston spearheaded FAF’s ongoing, arts-based healing retreat series geared toward the families of the victims of September 11, 2001. Indeed through their efforts, those families have been able to connect with others tragically affected by war and terrorism worldwide. |
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and supported by Permanent Missions to the United Nations Lead Endorsers in 2011 are the Permanent Mission of Australia (January) and the Permanent Mission of South Africa (August) to the United Nations _________________ Directed by Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, Inc. A not for profit, tax-exempt NGO, affiliated with the United Nations Department of Public Information _________________ |
Currently, Mr. Sciarratta is an elected Member of the Executive Committee at the United Nations’ Department of Public Information (DPI). In this capacity, he edits the NGO Reporter, the magazine disseminated to the 1400+ affiliates connected with DPI at the U.N. He also serves annually on its Planning Committee and Youth Committee, and has played an important role in the development of several United Nations’ DPI/NGO conferences, the most current in September 2004 addressing the relationship between civil society and the Millennium Development Goals (proposed and ratified by the Secretary General and the Member States in 2000 for implementation by 2015). The Goals address a wide variety of issues affecting the earth’s poorest and least developed countries. The lead faculty member for the Arts Management Certificate Program, Mr. Sciarratta has taught for nearly a decade at Purchase College of the State University of New York. Prior to his work at SUNY, he taught at St. John’s University, Adelphi University, C. W. Post College, Jersey City State College, Davis and Elkins College, New York University, and Friends World College. He has also been the director for Performing Arts at Hunter College of the City University of New York from 1987-1993, during the reconstruction of the Danny Kaye Playhouse and was the Resident Director of the Israel Festival in 1984. Co-founder and Artistic Director of the Bond Street Theatre Coalition, from 1976 - 1985, Mr. Sciarratta produced, directed and co-wrote 12 plays with the ensemble; all of which were presented in New York and in other national and international venues. He is currently president of the Board of Directors of the Bond Street Theatre. Mr. Sciarratta has received many awards, including the MacArthur award as the leader of the Palenville Interarts Colony (1980-1992), the Governor’s Citation for Excellence from Governor Rockefeller, the New York University’s Gallatin Award for Achievement in the Arts, and is listed in four Who’s Whos internationally for contributions to culture and community. Mr. Sciarratta is currently a Trustee of the Barondess Foundation and the Vanaver Caravan. Selected by former President Clinton, Mr. Sciarratta served as a Presidential Delegate to the first-ever White House Conference on Travel and Tourism in 1995. In the same year, he was chosen by the U.N. to be an official observer at the U.N. Conference on Women in Beijing, China. He is a certified IATA travel agent and considered a Central European Travel Specialist by the Hungarian National Tourist Board. Mr. Sciarratta holds a Masters Degree in Cultural Anthropology from NYU and a Bachelors Degree in Theatre Arts from Queens College. |
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