ARK in Berea: Maria Sharapova, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador, has invited Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball star LeBron James to “Team Up Against Poverty” on a new UNDP advertisement to garner support for achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Joining Environmental Artists David and Renate Jakupca as official Goodwill Ambassadors from Cleveand, Ohio.

"Team Up Against Poverty" - feature celebrities from the world of sports, arts, fashion or business portrayed in teams of two by top professional photographers. Fifty celebrities, including UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors and soccer greats Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane, have agreed to participate in the initiative to promote the MDGs and to undertake specific anti-poverty activities, ranging from supporting educational activities and HIV/AIDS projects to funding water and sanitation initiatives and promoting safe drinking water campaigns.

World-renowned photographer Patrick Demarchelier photographed both stars for this new series of UNDP pro bono advertisements.

"Cleveland on the International Stage" - In 1997, David and Renate Jakupca, Founders of the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA) were appointed as Official American Goodwill Cultural Ambassadors to EXPO 2000, the World's Fair held in Hanover, Germany. As National Co-Directors for the U.S. Network for EXPO2000, the primary purpose was to promote the different aspects of the World's Fair to non-governmental organizations (NGO) in the United States and share with them new global ideas on the environment, culture and messages of goodwill.

"Humankind, Nature and Technology - A Platform for a Future"
In the 20th year of promoting ICEAlity, "the understanding of the relationship between Humans and their Environment through the Arts", ICEA's current project is The WORLDS CHILDREN PEACE MONUMENT (WCPM). Located at Coe Lake Park in Berea, Ohio, the WCPM was officially inaugurated in 2003 at the 3rd World Peace Conference held in Verbania, Italy. The WCPM is organized in support of the UN Decade of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World and the UN Millennium Development Goals.

"We welcome Mr James to the UN Team, ICEA's Greater Cleveland community programs and cultural projects have always be dictated by positive human values, and rooted in people's sense of place on this earth as we work with others from around the World". Said Renate Jakupca.