Tuesday, March 24, 2009

20. Commercial Usage of Esperanto Words


In 2013 we learned that one of the most successful film producers, Mexican-born, Adolpho Cuaron, sympathised with the goals of Esperanto and named his company Esperanto Filmoj (Films). In 2014 his new film, Gravity brought Cuaron to the zenith of his success, winning Best Producer in the Golden Globe awards. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqXkRwm-GDU  
Alphonso Cuaron, meksika posedanto de Esperanto Filmoj, venkis unu el la plej gravaj premioj de la usona film-industrio: Ora Globo/Golden Globe Premio pri Plej Bona Regisoro:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_(film)

There are meetings for commercially oriented Esperanto speakers: https://sites.google.com/site/ikefesperanto/  

 That is La Internacia Komerca kaj Ekonomia Fako.

 Rarely has a major car company used Esperanto. It celebrates Esperanto's 125 birthday. Here is a recent welcome change: https://www.press.bmwgroup.com/pressclub/p/pcgl/pressDetail.html?outputChannelId=6&id=T0127055EN&left_menu_item=node__2312

 This is my personal contact with Esperanto as a commercial tool. Certainly I don't know it all. While there is an Esperanto Restaurant in Manhattan(http://www.esperantony.com/), an Esperanto Cafe-- http://www.esperantocafe.com/* -- (near prestigious New York University-closed by 2009--it was vacant for many months--then boarded up for several months-a new store is replacing it summer 2010 called Saigon), and a small restaurant in Saratoga Springs called Esperanto http://www.go2esperanto.com/ , I suspect the most lucrative use of Esperanto in the United States involves the originally Swiss watch company Movado. Several adds in newspapers made note that Movado is the Esperanto word meaning "always in motion". About half of the following models have Esperanto names: Amorosa, Bela, Buleto, Certa, Corporate, Exclusive, Eliro, Elliptica, Esperanza, Exclusive, Faceto, Fiero, Folio, Gentry, Junior Sport , Juro, Kara, Kardelo, Luno, Metio, Meza, Military, Museum, Ono, Ono Due, Rava, Rondiro, Safiro, Sapphire, Sports Edition, SL, Stiri, Strato, Temo, Timema, Trembrili (from two words-shake and shine), Valor, Viro, Vivo, Vizio (source with pictures http://www.jomashop.com/movado-watches.html ) . Esperanto words have been highlighted in green. I recall Rochelle Grossman, several years back, saying that some efforts were made to get the president of Movado to speak at the Esperanto Society or make a financial contribution to the movement (La Movado) but to no avail. There is an encyclopedia on Movado in their store-branch at Rockerfeller Center, New York on page 23 it describe a time when the Esperanto movement and watch industry of Le Chaud-de-Fonds, Switzerland, were both strong. Thus the naming of the company Movado. 
A small park with huge Movado watches opposite Lincoln Center. Malgranda parko vid-al-vide de Koncertejo Lincoln Center k u n grandegaj horlogxoj de Movado: https://www.facebook.com/neil.blonstein/media_set?set=a.10152015285298964.1073742098.670528963&type=3

There is also an electronics company named Vizio. http://www.vizio.com/ Since there is only a positive meaning in Esperanto and a negative meaning (I ruin) in Italian I conclude that Esperato was the main influence. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vizio Mirejo Grosjean states that other Swiss watch companies have Esperanto brand names: UNIVERSO and ETERNA. RADO (wheel) was named with an Esperanto word by chance. I requested information on the successful usage of Esperanto in commerce (at Reago and Informado Yahoo Groups) and Henri Masson came up with half of this article below in red. An Esperantist with the pseudonym Fajro (Fire) also contributed. I sought information on the founder of Daewoo, Kim Woo Chung, whether may have been sympathetic to Esperanto, supported the publication of his autobiography in Esperanto (I have a copy in Florida --and wanted to know how it was called), and had particular interest in the following car models: 1. Espero (oni foje sxangxis gxin al Aranos en hispanaj landoj) 2. Cielo (cxu devenas de Cxielo au' la hispana?) 3. Sens I'm curious about the company Kia? Certainly the name has an interesting meaning in Esperanto (What a!). Certe la nomo, de tiu entrepreno (Kia) havas interesan signifon en Esperanto. 1. Forte 2. Optima 3. Rondo Some may originate from identical world in Spanish. Cxiuj povas diveni de aliaj latinaj lingvoj. I've got this response based on an L.A. Times review of the car, Rondo: Kia rondo? Ne unu granda rondo familia, ŝajne. Hodiaŭ en la usona ĵurnalo L.A. Times aperis eta sed ironie amuza mencio de Esperanto kadre de anglalingva recenzo pri sud-koreia aŭto. Skribis la aŭtoro: I would have thought twice before calling it the Kia Rondo [...] Kia calls this vehicle the Carens in other world markets, but I guess that Kia Motors America thought that name was too soft and vaguely Esperanto-ish for U.S. ears. > Mi volas aldoni informojn pri sukcesa uzo de Esperanto en komerco kaj ne povis trovi konfirmon cxu fondinto de Daewoo, Kim Woo Chung eble simpatiis al Esperanto, eldonis biografion en Esperanto (mi posedas kopion en Florido-aliloke-- kiel gxi nomigxas esperante?) The name of the founders book in Esperanto mean The World is Vast, The Work is Much". Reviews follow. Temas pri "Vastas la Mondo, Multas Laboro" : http://cojo.tistory.com/5 http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/eskruco/035/u-21.html http://www.esperanto.org/internacia/UEA/gaz3.htm http://www.uea.org/dokumentoj/komunikoj/gaz03c.htm Oni tamen atentu ke Kim Woo Chung fifamiĝis kaj estas serĉata de Interpol. > , kaj nomis iujn au'tomobilojn en Esperanto, ekzemple: > > 1. Espero (oni foje sxangxis gxin al Aranos en hispanaj landoj) > bildoj pri la veturilo : Here are pictures of the Espero (Hope). http://www.google.fr/images?hl=eo&client=opera&hs=AVe&rls=fr&q=espero+daewo&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=Jd2aTMHxBZXh4AaqrLwy&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBoQsAQwAA (se ne funkcias, serĉu per "espero daewoo". > 2. Cielo (cxu devenas de Cxielo au' la hispana?) Kiel prononci gxin kutime? > same pri "daewoo cielo" kaj "daewo sens". > 3. Sens > > Mi estas scivolema ankau' pri Kia? Certe la nomo de tiu entrepreno havas interesan signifon en Esperanto. Mi trovis cxinan fonton de la vorto. > > Du au'tomobiloj estas. > > 1. Forte > 2. Optima > > Ambau' povas diveni de aliaj latinaj lingvoj. > Aliaj nomoj : http://www.webcarcenter.com/guide/kia.html > > http://esperantofriends.blogspot.com/2009/03/commercial-usage-of-esperanto-words.html Ne tre maloftaj estas Esperanto-nomoj aŭ nomoj aspektataj kiel esperantaj. En Francio estas radiostacio "Nova ", produktoj por purigado, bontenado kaj higieno "Spado" (ŝajnas ke ili ne havas retejon, sed ne mankas produktoj sub tiu nomo), insekticidoj "Kapo "... Amike. Henri *I've cut and pasted the site for Esperanto Cafe, since the link may disappear at some future point (it is still there on 9-22-10, several months after its closing): Contact Us Online: www.esperantocafe.com Email: esperantocafe@aol.com Phone: (212) 475-5000 Fax: (212) 475-4300 Address: Esperanto Cafe 114 MacDougal Street New York, NY 10012 We’d love to hear your comments or suggestions regarding our products or service. Please email the owner directly at esperantocafe@aol.com. About Us Located in the heart of Greenwich Village, Esperanto Cafe is a cafe with a unique atmosphere that offers more than a typical coffee shop. It’s an eclectic experience, where patrons come and converse with each other and amid the sounds of music playing in the background. We have over 30 different kinds of pastries, quality salads and sandwiches. We also serve the best coffee, cappuccino, Latte and other exotic drinks.
Here is rare usage of, Zamenhof, the author of Esperanto commercially:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/castletype/zamenhof/

Pepsico calls a drink Mirinda or "Wonderful in Esperanto". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirinda


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhIJH56YIWE Littlewoods, a large British on-line clothing announced a commercial in Esperanto, but most esperantists believe the vocabulary and prononciation was so bad it my be called a "mock Esperanto" or a "not-Esperanto commercial".

A Brazilian Esperantist, Fabricio Valle, has argued and written in favor of great commercial use of Esperanto. http://esperanto-na-midia.blogspot.com/

Another Brazilian Esperantist, Amarilio Hevia de Carvalho, has been successful in selling large quanitites of Esperanto-related t-shirts in and outside the Esperanto community (at the beach).

In the USA I've used http://www.cafepress.com/ to design a dozen of my own t-shirts touching on Esperanto. Search for Esperanto or International.

 An Esperanto Restaurant in the Swedish capital: http://www.esperantorestaurant.se/en/gallery/  .

A youth/student magazine named "Esperanto Magazine":

http://esperantomagazine.com/about-us-2/

Is the publisher an Esperanto speaker? Cxu la eldonanto estas esperantisto? 

 In the capital of the state of Virgina, a restaurant is named "Welcome!" in Esperanto, with a link to what is Esperanto.  Richmond, Virginia: 
http://www.bonvenu.com/
Restoracio cxe cxef-urbo de Virginio reklamas Esperanton.

The owner of the Saratoga Springs, New York "Esperanto Restaurant" has opened up a new Branch in Burlington, Vermont. Seperate Facebook pages are maintained. 
http://www.facebook.com/EsperantoSaratoga?ref=ts&fref=ts 

Some seven Hotels of commercial nature are called "Esperanto". 
http://utopia-vs-reality.blogspot.com/2012/03/esperanto-for-youth-hostels-and.html
Glee T.V. Show actress creates site http://www.varoj.com base on sympathy to Esperanto.
http://www.stylebistro.com/Fashion+News/articles/5AaL89NXRcC/Glee+Vanessa+Lengies+Launches+Charitable+E

Professional clothes-line/ Profesiaj vestajxoj "Esperanto":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6pAQ9grS9w

Two restaurants, perhaps one owner, are called Esperanto in Argentina (in Buenos Aires and Rosario):
This is what you call sexing up Esperanto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1N_PlBOM40

A new Hotel in Macedonia "Esperanto".
Nova Hotelo Esperanto en Makedonio: 
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3094706616949&set=oa.370259696369667&type=1&theater

French communications company
http://www.esperanto.fr/

A food store in Kiev, Ukraine is called Esperanto:
Mangx-vendejo "Esperanto"-Kievo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKMSG9vdwjE

Youth Hostel Esperanto in Brooklyn, NYC (What a surprise?) Photos
http://www.hostelbookers.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=propertyCommon.propertyImageViewer&intPropertyID=80285&intImage=2

Munich/Munchen Esperanto Lounge inaugurated in 2010:
Esperanto-ripozejo-drinkejo-Munkeno (cxirkau' 2 jaragxa):
http://www.esperanto-lounge.de/EsperantoLounge_Muenchen_afrikanisch_Essen_Hofbraeu_caribbean_food_livemusik_fufu_egussi_Nigeria_Benin_WestAfrika_Restaurant_Bar/Willkommen.html

http://esperanto-lounge.de/EsperantoLounge_Muenchen_afrikanisch_Essen_Hofbraeu_caribbean_food_livemusik_fufu_egussi_Nigeria_Benin_WestAfrika_Restaurant_Bar/Filme_%26_Fotos/Seiten/Esperanto_Eroffnung_files/Media/DSC_2204/DSC_2204.jpg?disposition=download

About a band in Cali, Colombia calling itself Esperanto:
http://www.facebook.com/esperanto.music

Esperanto Restoracio de Liverpool, Anglio/England:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3617549084511.2172905.1447400653&type=1

Here is a food store in Newport, Rhode Island (about 25 miles from the capital Providence).
http://www.manta.com/cmap/mr0b7sb/esperanto-food-market

Alcoholic beverage--Tequila:
http://www.tequila.net/tequila-reviews/anejos/esperanto-tequila-anejo.html

A feminine DILDO/Vibrator: INA (IN-fanoj sub 18...Geknaboj ne legu: Ne deca hazarda komerca Esperanto. Vibrilo nomata INA: Lelo devus nomigxi La ilo.)

http://www.lelo.com/index.php?collectionName=femme-homme&groupName=INA-2


LELO INA 2 | The Rabbit-style Vibrator with All-new Upgrades
www.lelo.com
LELO’s classic personal vibrators for women and men, perfect for solo use or sharing. Each vibrator is made from body-safe silicone and is covered by a 1-Year warranty.

A German Esperantist confirms that some Esperanto was used intensionally by this vibrator company:
Helmut Klünder Mi jam antau jaroj, kiam mi hazarde dank al Google-Alert trovis tion, kontaktis la firmanon. La nomoj de la objketoj oft le kongruas kun ilia senco. Ili respondis al mi, ke ili elektis Esperantajn nomojn, char estas belsona kaj neniu scias, de kiu la nomoj devenas. Mi iom kontrolis, multaj de la antau E-nomoj malaperis. Chu ni protestu ?

Esperanto Cafe in Tel Aviv on Zamenhof Street.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1527915513268&set=a.1527914033231.2076207.1096100792&type=1&theater

 Pensiono Esperanto is owned for several generations by a family linked to Czech Esperantist Josef Hradil, who I visited in 1999. I feared no one in his family would keep an interest in Esperanto but the website is maintained in Esperanto and two other languages. The communist regime took over most of the property until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989 and the greater independence of the Czechoslavakia and the seperation into two countries, Czech and Slovakia. 

 Kuracisto-esperantisto heredis hotelon suficxe grandan, cxefe post la falo de komunismo. La gepatroj de Josef (cxu Hradil) perdis la pliparton dum komunisma regximo kaj re-akiris gxin post la falo. Tiel mi memoras de mia vizito tie en 1999. Mi kontentas rimarki ke ecx post la morto de la aktiva esperantisto, la retejo restas 3 lingva, ankau' en Esperanto: http://home.tiscali.cz/penzionespero/esperanto/espindex.htm


http://ny.tv/esperanto-cafe--video-3299.html
Oni portis plurajn ekster-urbajn/landajn gastojn al Esperanto-Kafejo. Nun gxi nomigxas Saigon Shack.

The Esperanto Cafe vitrina is clearly visible in the backgraound of this solo of an Israeli artist in NYC. Kafejo Esperanto, Novjorko kun vendej-nomo klare videbla, renverse, cxe dorso de gitaristo el Israelo.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBtCJbDBFtY
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Saturday, March 21, 2009

19. Ameican Idol VIDEO and Esperanto

I love the show-American Idol (but know people who don't).  Here is a VIDEO of a former winner and recent returner to the show, Kelley Clarkson, who sat next to an Esperanto enthusiast. She studies a short lesson of Esperanto.

Tim Morley recommended the following version to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcRYBhLcjmM&fmt=18
Another copy is:
YouTube - Kelly Clarkson learns Esperanto on the Paul O'Grady Show
Tim Morley teaches Esperanto on the Paul O'Grady Show from ITV in Britain. Airdate: 26 October 2005 (Season 3, Episode 33)www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNDt8j60UH0 - 98k -
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

18. UTNE READER/SPIRITUALITY/ ESPERANTO

Although not a perfect article, I include it here. I LOVE UTNE READER. It is a very positive, uplifting magazine.

Enthusiastic Speakers Keep Utopian Language Alive
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 10:11 AM
by Miranda Trimmier
Tags: Spirituality, mindful living, around the globe, language, communication, Esperanto, Boston Phoenix, AltWeeklies
Esperanto began as a stab at linguistic utopia. Imagining a world unfettered by communication barriers, Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof invented the grammatically simple language in late-19th century Poland. He dreamed that it eventually would be adopted worldwide as a universal second tongue. While these ambitious plans never reached fruition, the Boston Phoenix reports that a small, but tight-knit, international community of speakers keep Esperanto alive.
These loyal fans translate books, write songs, and hold annual conferences. They’ve also benefited from a host of web resources, using services like Skype and Facebook to stay connected and practice conversation. It helps that the language has only 16 basic grammar rules; the simple structure makes it easy for budding Esperantists to learn quickly.
Check out the article to learn more about the language and read comments by some enthusiastic speakers. Wikipedia’s also got an extensive page on Esperanto, with plenty of historical info and good links for further exploration.
(Thanks, AltWeeklies.)
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

17. Is Esperanto compatible with Unitarianism? Unitarian religion?

Many leading Esperanto speakers in the United States have discovered Unitarian Universalism. Here is a list of people, nearly all are active in both the Esperanto Movement and the Unitarian Religion in the US and abroad. (Periodically people of many persuasions have been active for Esperanto, most notably Bahai, Spiritism-in Brazil, Oomoto-mostly in Japan, Catholicism, and Quakers but that will be for a much longer article-I do posess a bibliography of Esperanto literature from 100 religious organizations.) Atheism is also organized within the Esperanto movement. The religious/philosophical influence of L.L. Zamenhof, born Jewish, buried in the Jewish cemetary of Warsaw, cannot be ignored (in many existing articles elsewhere.)


Nicholas Nevan corresponded with me in 2012 on Ipernity. When we met at UK-2012-Hanoi he told me he was raised at the Prague Unitarian Church. He is married and living the Malaysia for some time and part of a handful of founding Esperantists in that region, in contact with Tailand Esperantists as well.
He spent some time in Portland Oregon where he met Unitarian Esperantists Jim Deer and wife along with  Ann Whitaker, known to have left some wealth to the Unitarian Church of Portland.



"Neil Blonstein" neil_nachumcxeyahoopunktocom, New York and Florida "Allan Boschen" aboschencxegmailpunktocom, Massachussetts "Mar Cardenas" mar-kardenascxegrupoamikemapunktoorg, California "John Dale" , globuulojcxeyahoopunktocom, Arizona "Den Drown" dencxjocxehotmail.com, Florida planning on Montreal "Steven Farrington" stevenfarringtoncxeyahoopunktocom, New York "Erik Felker" ejfelkercxedslextremepunktocom, California "Charlie Galvin" cxarlicxeidiompunktocom, California "Ronald Glossop" rglossopcxemindspringpunktocom, Missouri "Tara Gregers" gregers03cxeyahoopunktodk Denmark at the same church as Tara: Torkil Olesen torkilocxecomxnetpunktodk "Sue Good" suecxeaberdeenfairtradepunktoorgpunktouk, Skotlando, UK "Lucy Harmon" LusiHarmoncxeaolpunktocom, California "Dorothy Holland" dorothyjeanhcxegmailpunktocom, California "Jerry Johnson" jerrygjohnsoncxemindspringpunktocom, Missouri "Karen Klahr" karenacxeesperanto-mepunktoorg, Maine Sally Lawton slaw-ocxecrockerpunktocom, Massachusetts "Pam Lieber" liberperlocxehotmailpunktocom, New York "Neal McBurnett" nealcxebcn.boulderpunktocopunktous, Colorado "Rick Miller" Wisconsin "Maria Murphy" winson148cxehotmailpunktocom, Florida "Chris Nelson" musiccxeuufnnpunktoorg, Nevada "Scott Page" swpage24cxeverizonpunktonet, New York "Orlando Raola" oraolacxegmailpunktocom, California "Stecxjo Schwichow"schwichscxegmailpunktocom, California "Allan Simon" mclaresimoncxehotmailpunktocom, Canada "Mato Spekuljak" mspekuljcxegmailpunktocom Croatia "Julie Spickler" pjspicklercxegmailpunktocom, California "Sherry Wells" esperantosherrycxetmpunktonet Michigan





OregonPete is both a famous Esperantist, due to his English-Esperanto dictionary, and an isolated Esperantist, often living far from organized clubs, based on e-mail from March 23, 2009) After a pause in activity, we were eager to see him at EUSA National Convention, 2010, in Washington, D.C. Aug 8, 2009 07:20:25 AM

Jessica Seminara, who participated in several regional Auxtuna Esperanto Renkontigxoj, and lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and is relocating to Syracuse, N.Y. in 2013, identifies as Unitarian for some time. 






On Sally Lawton:
Lawton, a retired art teacher, began studying Esperanto when she was 59 years old. She learned of it from Boschen at a Unitarian conference in 1984 and then found a book at the Forbes Library in Northampton written in a comic book format, which appealed to her.




-- Gvidanta Au'strala/Brita Esperantistino, Jennifer Bishop, informis min (cxe Post-Kongreso en Polio) ke sxia avo (patrina flanko) estis aktiva skota unitariano. The leading esperantist, Steven Brewer, grew up with Unitarian activity, along with his brother Philip and mother Lucy--all known in the Esperanto movement. We discussed this at Silver Bay, N.Y., Regional Esperanto Meeting, October, 2010. Based on the blog of Rev. Scott Wells and a Norwegian Esperantist: Knut Heidelberg responds: November 2009 at 2:50 am Do not think much of the classical American Unitarian texts are found in Esperanto. But I will look into it. Here in Norway the Unitarian church rent meeting place in the Esperanto Office in Oslo. In fact we are planning to start regular Services using Esperanto. The Bible is of course in Esperanto too, so we have the basic text for our use. And there is an Esperanto ecumenical book of liturgy available (Adoru. Ekumena diserva libro). Byron Windhorst byronintcxenewwindpunktocom Oregon Dennis Newton Unitarian participants met the pair at General Assembly in Portland, Oregon where they are locals. Jeff Blakeslee New York (2009 Prezidanto de ESNY) James O'Neil (Unitarian Minister) has a large blog sympathetic to Esperanto http://www.arionshome.com/ Wisconsin Edwin P. Grobe informed me today, February 15th, 2011, that he was for many years active in the Unitarian Church of Phoenix. He is known for his translations of Edgar Allen Poe, which was recently reissued. He is now 84 years old. His wife passed away two years ago. Didn't he once publish a regional newletter? He is a bit isolated, not on-line. Cxe means at in Esperanto and replaces @ for anti-spam and security purposes. Punkto replaces a dot. Thanks to Ron Glossup for much of the paperwork. We know of several others with strong interest in both movements but we lack contact information: John Mayer in Niagara, Canada Early in the 1990's I met with Rel Davis, minister of the Unitarian Universalist congregation of Hollywood, Fl. We spoke in Esperanto and he told me he occasionally spoke about Esperanto or taught it in his congregation. Rel is now available at Facebook and resides in Arkansas. Dori Vallon Wheeler has been a Yearbook delegate for peace in San Mateo California where she is active in the local UU church.

During the Raleigh, North Carolina, National Esperanto Conference 2013, some 11 participants went to the Raliegh Unitarian Church on Sunday.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151634839988964.1073741905.670528963&type=1&l=851d8cd783




I have tried to keep a brief history of activists in both movements who are recently deceased: 1.This would include Jay Tilman Williams (2008), former Mayor of Garden Grove, California. I may have been the last visiting Esperantist. He was hospitable to many Esperantists and local dignitaries. We visited the Anaheim UU congregation with his wife, Nina. 2.Rudiger Eicholz (around 1980) was born in Germany but lived many years in Canada, where he published a large bilingual book on Esperanto. He also published a booklet on Unitarianism in Esperanto, shortly before the unification with Universalism. 3.Another Canadian of German backround was Paul Ronald (2008). Quebec Esperantists have documented that Paul was a founder of organized Esperanto in Montreal. Paul's parents forsaw difficulties for German Jews and left for South Africa for several years before settling in Canada. Paul told me that he was Unitarian at his last visit to Lake George regional Esperanto meeting. 4. I discovered that Paulo Ereno (2004) was Unitarian. He was a founder of Unitarianism in Brazil. In my final conversation with him, at the Social Forum, Porto Alegre, in January, 2005, I saw the word 'unitariano' in his e-mail address. He passed relatively young. This Portuguese statement of a friend of Paulo states that Paulo founded the Unitarian movement in Brazil, was interested in Budhism and Esperanto. Falecimento de Paulo Ereno Jun 6, '05 5:50 PM by Bruno for everyone brunomaroneze Faleceu, no último dia 31, Paulo Isaías Ereno, amigo e companheiro UUista. Ele foi o primeiro brasileiro a se interessar pelo UUismo, e contribuiu muito para a difusão da religião no Brasil e na América Latina. Era esperantista, e praticava também o budismo da linha theravada. No encontro de UUistas latino-americanos, em janeiro, na Argentina, celebramos juntos seu último aniversário. Perhaps a Unitarian Sermon by Polly Guild-2005--Such a person was Paulo Ereno, a teacher in Brazil. He encountered Unitarianism through his interest in Esperanto. After attending a Unitarian church in Cambridge, England, he wrote, “I confirm that there are indeed millions of Unitarians in Brazil - only they do not know they are Unitarians. Once I was one of them. When I was 16 I broke with the evangelical church..... but I longed for the religion which as Voltaire put it, “would make men better without making them believers in the absurd.” For many years I thought such a religion did not exist and that I was a freak - until I happened to find the Unitarian church.”  5. Mary Jackson Gibson is the only Unitarian Esperantist here to be discovered posthumously. According to Esperanto-USA, Mary Jackson worked 14 years as a Social Worker and for 54 YEARS WAS ACTIVE AT FRESNO UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. Impressive!





6. Cathy Schulze was one of the USA's best known Esperantists till she passed away in 1999. Sherry has confirmed she was involved in Unitarianism. According to Esperantic Studies Foundation, I suspect she was among the most generous Esperantists posthumously (http://www.esperantic.org/). I found that Cathy lectured on Unitarianism in front of 150 people at the Universal Congress in Helsinki on the 29th of July, 1969. It was part of several talks on religion. It was published as: La Hombildo de Diversaj Religioj : kolekto de la referaĵoj prez. en la Interreligia Kunveno Esperantista (IRKE) or The Human-picture of Diverse Religions: collection of reference works presented at the Interreligious Convention of Esperanto Author: Yoshimi Umeda Publisher: [Kameoka], 1970. Series: Interreligia Kunveno Esperantista, 1; Kolekto de la referaĵoj prezentitaj en la ... Interreligia kunveno esperantista, 1
Edition/Format: Book : Esperanto Here is my English translation from the Esperanto: I can speak to you about Unitarianism, but I bring to your attention that nobody can speak about Unitarians. Because as it is with Esperantists, they consist of very diverse types of people. Unitarianism began as a branch of Christianity by people who didn't accept the "tri-godliness' of the father, son and the holy spirit/ghost, the "trinity", thus the name of the religion. For lack of strict dogma, Unitarians have the right to freely use the mind to find their own philosophy. Thereby, among them you'll find God-believers, atheists and agnostics. Even though Unitarians honor Christ as one the sagest philosophers in human evolution, they pay homage to many other philosophers: Socrates, Mohammed, Goutama, Abraham, Jefferson, Tolstoy, Gandhi and many others. The lives of Albert Schweitzer and Martin Luther King reflect the ideals of a Unitarian. The main trait which characterizes Unitarianism is that it is more active than passive. Unitarians actively work for bringing about changes and improvements. In modern life they tend to sympathize more with the youth than the establishment. Before praying they send resolutions to parlamentarians and other authorities who make the laws and decisions about human rights, nature conservation and everything that is valuable in our life. One of the early martyrs of the American battle for the human rights of African-Americans was a Unitarian--Pastor Reet, who marched with Martin Luther King. Unitarian pastors coucil young people who conscientiously oppose military service and to serve in prisons, hospitals and for the poor as an alternative. I've given as an outline a picture of Unitarianism. Finally and briefly, individual dignity is important for the Unitarian and in that respect Unitarianism is quite similar to the neutral humanism/homaranism of Zamenhof. A booklet on Unitarianism exists in Esperanto. 7. Jim Deer, iama gvidanto de Portland, Oregonaj Esperantistoj (lau' informoj de Sxeri Welz) 8. ESCONDIDO Kathlyn W. Loftus, 94, died Friday, Oct. 10, 2003, in San Diego of pneumonia. Born Jan. 27, 1909, in El Cajon, she lived in Escondido for 22 years. She was a retired schoolteacher for the Los Angeles County School District. She was a published poet. She was a member of the Herb Society of Vista, Esperanto Club, PEO and Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. She enjoyed gardening, music, reading and traveling. Mrs. Loftus was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Megan Larmer, in 1976; and husband William Loftus in 1978. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Eugene and Cathie Davis of Manteca and Willard and Paula Davis of La Selva Beach; daughter Lynn Davis of San Diego; grandchildren John, Kay, Pam, Jim, Joanna, Scott and Katy; and seven great-grandchildren. A memorial service is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at Palomar Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Vista. Her ashes will be scattered.

Here is a complete photo-copy of the booklet on religious diversity. I sold 10 copies of it in Montreal 2008 joint USA-Canadian conference.        https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152290694568964.1073742291.670528963&type=1&l=7a354ccf77

The very well-known French Esperantist, Henri Mason, has linked friendship between Urban Planner-Esperantist, Howard Ebenezer and Unitarian Ralph Waldo Emerson. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=483587785019334&set=a.348332581878189.83013.100001043514223&type=1&theater

Unitarian activity for Esperanto in 1906: Christopher Ruess:
http://impofthediverse.blogspot.com/2015/03/unitarian-minister-enquires-about.html
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

16. 1,400 POSTCARDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD WITH ESPERANTO CLARIFICATION

This may be the largest on-line exhibit of Esperanto postcards. Click on the following Esperanto line to view it. ( I enjoy the 84 "ZEOj" or objects --hotels, statues, streets--named after 'Esperanto', Zamenhof or a few other famous Esperanto speakers. There are about a thousand of these in the world.)
Virtuala ekspozicio pri Esperantaj bildkartoj
La ekspozicio prezentas pli ol 1400 fabrike produktitajn Esperantajn poŝtkartojn.

The source, http://www.eventoj.hu/ , formerly a paper newspaper, is one of the most up to date calender of events in the Esperanto world.
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Monday, February 16, 2009

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