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Unity Foundation's POSITIVE SPIN Television Show is a half-hour-long program dedicated to the presentation of Positive News and Innovative Views for Creating a Better World for Present and Future Generations.  Dr. Jane Goodall, Environmentalist  Dr. Jane Goodall and a friend  Narada Michael Walden, Musician The program's two co-hosts, Heather Searles and Bill McCarthy, introduce segments on local and national concerns. UN and Foreign Affairs correspondent Kim Weichel presents feature segments covering International issues. The international portion of the program has included special presentations on the UN and interviews with participants in the State of the World Forum. Segments of the show focus upon such topics as: -Solutions to local, national, and international problems; -Programs and projects to build sustainable communities; -Youthful perspectives on creating a better world; -Innovative voices in the performing and visual arts; -Positive uses of new communications technology. Positive Spin currently airs on cable stations in the Cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Stanford, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Atherton and in Marin, Sonoma and San Mateo Counties. Public Service Announcements promoting non-profit organizations that work to create positive social change in the world. The show's goal is to provide global audiences with a media forum for people and organizations who offer positive, upbeat news stories and constructive, innovative programs for creating a better world. We plan to accomplish this goal by reaching out around the world through the Internet; building alliances with prominent people in the media who have a positive programming focus; and collaborating with other positive media vehicles to create a Positive News Network.  Past Guests on Positive Spin include political leaders from all over the world, social activists, performers, writers and artists: Hafsat Abiola, Founder of K.I.N.D. David Alderdice, Lord Mayor of Belfast Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Sandy Bleifer, Artist, Hiroshima Nagasaki Exhibit Dr. Noel Brown, President of Friends of the UN and former Head of UN Environmental Program Willie L. Brown Jr., Mayor of the City of San Francisco General Lee Butler, former Head of US Nuclear Forces Richard Butler, Director of UN Weapons Inspectors in Iraq Jerry Brown, Mayor of Oakland and former Governor of California Chung Ngai Chinese Dance Troupe Walter Cronkite, prominent News Anchorman Zlata Filipovic, author of Zlata's Diary - A Child's Life in Sarajevo Dr. Jane Goodall, Environmentalist Richard Goldman, Founder, the Goldman Environmental Prize John Handy, Jazz Musician Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder, United Farm Workers of America Miki Jacevic, Bosnian Youth Leader Ron Jones, Pulitzer Prize Nominee Poet David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Linda McCartney's "1960s" Photography Exhibit Janice Mirikitani, Poet Rosa Montoya's Bailes Flamencos Dance Company Steve Mokwena, CEO Youth Commission of South Africa Dr. Wally N'Dow, Co-Chairman of State of the World Forum Nancy Pelosi, California Congresswoman Daniel Sheehan, President of Natural Law Policy Institute Jorge Santana, Latin Guitarist Narada Michael Walden, Musician and Record Producer Dennis Weaver, Actor and Environmental Activist Reverend Cecil Williams, Pastor of Glide Memorial Church Marianne Williamson, Author Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Host, TV Producer and Actress