PRESS & MEDIA
WHCC is a place where the past is preserved and commemorated in the present, to lay the foundation for an inclusive future to be built upon.
AWARD RECIPIENTS
2017 Lifetime Achievement Cultural Award: Kabir Bedi, International Actor
Actor Kabir Bedi was presented with the World Heritage Cultural Center’s (WHCC’s) first Lifetime Achievement Cultural Award for his long, distinguished career in the arts. Bedi has performed in film, television, and theater, and is best known for roles in The Bold and the Beautiful (Prince Omar of Morocco), Octopussy (Gobinda), the Italian pirate series Sandokan (Sandokan), and over 60 Bollywood films, including Khoon Bhari Maang (Sanjay Verma).
For more information about Bedi, please visit www.kabirbedi.com.
The awards ceremony was held on April 5, 2017, hosted at TV Asia, by the World Heritage Cultural Center. The founder of TV Asia, H.R. Shah was honored with WHCC’s Community Excellence Award!
2015 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Alex Gonzalez-Davidson - A Spanish environmental activist currently overseeing the work of the Mother Nature organization in Cambodia.
Jim Luce - Founder and President of the James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, supporting young global leadership to impact positive social change.
Delilah - The most-listened-to woman on radio in North America, who founded Point Hope, a voice for forgotten children in West African villages and in foster care in the US.
Jim Ziolkowski - Founder, President, and CEO of buildOn, engaging students in creating lasting change in their lives, their communities and their world, and the best-selling author of “Walk in Their Shoes.”
2010 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Zolaykha Sherzad - (Kabul, Afghanistan), fashion designer, community ambassador Karif’s Design Studio.
Meera Teresa Gandhi - (Hong Kong, London, Mumbai), founder and chief executive officer of The Giving Back Foundation.
Nnimmo Bassey - (Nigeria), architect, environmentalist, author, co-founder of Environmental Rights Action (Friends of the Earth Nigeria).
Olivia Bouler - (New York), 15-year-old aspiring ornithologist, author, and illustrator, “Olivia’s Birds: Saving the Gulf,” benefiting the Audubon Society.
Randy and Charles Fisher - (New York), publishers of Hip-Hop Books to promote Literacy and Gun and Gang Violence Prevention, creators of the Hip-Hop 4 Peace Program.
ACCOLADES RECEIVED
WHCC has built a common ground that allows people to embrace diversity through creativity and charity, bringing forth the realization that we are One Family, One Human Race, One World.
World Heritage Cultural Center Receives 2020 Best of Danbury Award
DANBURY January 18, 2020 — World Heritage Cultural Center has been selected for the 2020 Best of Danbury Award in the Non-Profit Organization category by the Danbury Award Program.
Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.
These exceptional companies help make the Danbury area a great place to live, work, and play.
Indo American Cultural Society
North America presents Certificate of Achievement to Sattie Persaud.
WHCC is a bridge connecting the world together through a noble mission.
“In our modern world, social constructs can feel limiting. The World Heritage Cultural Center makes it possible to spread diversity and culture through music, dance and much more. Together we can build a better future.”
– Alyssa Raghu
Singer. Actor. 2019 Top 8 American Idol Contestant.
