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 Day Book
Queens Power Rower presents Environmental Award to General Motors at New York Auto Show

   
GM Wins 1st Green Leaf Award at NY Auto Show

Sport Communications
Rower "Goes Green" Across the Atlantic Ocean


Kayaker rows for AIDS Awareness


AROUND TOWN - AIDS Activist in town


“To honour Shaikh Zayed in this way would be a honour”




SENEGAL / ROWER
Goree Island: American Victor Mooney scheduled to begin his second attempted trans-Atlantic row from Goree Island on World AIDS Day. APTN covering.

Note -  Victor Mooney's anticapated row across the Atlantic Ocean was carried by Agency France Press; subsequently, the story was pick-up nationally and globally.


De Victor Mooney, un Afro-Américain, qui voulait traverser l'océan Atlantique à la rame en solitaire au départ du Sénégal


Victor Mooney reste à quai


Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir


Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir


Amerikaner muss Rudertour über Atlantik erneut verschieben


Amerikaner muss Rudertour über Atlantik erneut verschieben


Día Mundial del Sida: 5.700 personas mueren cada día


Día Mundial de mobilização contra a Aids marcado por preocupação e esperança


El Día Mundial del Sida se celebra entre signos de progreso


Distintas actividades en todo el mundo


AIDS; DA MANDELA A MISS CHINA, TUTTI IN LOTTA CONTRO VIRUS


Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir


Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir


Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir


Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir


Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir


Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir


Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir


Journée mondiale de mobilisation contre le sida sur fond d'espoir


El Día Mundial del Sida se celebra entre signos de progreso


El Día Mundial del Sida se celebra entre signos de progreso


El Día Mundial del Sida se celebra entre signos de progreso

Sport Features
American AIDS Activist fails in second bid to row across the Atlantic Ocean

 "Save a Cap to Save a Life" Press Conference at City Hall


Save a Cap to Save a Life

Sport Features
Save a Cap to Save a Life



World's Richest City Wants to Be Culture Capital of Arab World
"God has blessed this country and they are sharing it. Their great fortune is from the vision of Sheikh Zayed, the founder of the UAE", said Victor Mooney.
(GMA October 22, 2007)


American Victor Mooney leaves the island of Goree, to row across the Atlantic in May 2006.


American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic


AIDS activist plans second attempt to row across Atlantic


American rower seeks funds for AIDS voyage


Transatlantic activist to row to UAE in the ‘Spirit of Zayed’
 


Anti-Aids activist in new bid to row across Atlantic


Abu Dhabi - ‘Spirit of Zayed’ for US activist


American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic


Aids activist aims to row the Atlantic


AIDS Activist in New Bid to Row the Atlantic


美国艾滋界人士计划在12月1日世界艾滋病日当天第二次横渡大西洋以引起全球对艾滋的关注。


American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic


American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic


AIDS Activist to row the Atlantic


AIDS Activist to row the Atlantic


AIDS activist in Atlantic bid


American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic


American AIDS activist in new bid to row the Atlantic

The Spirit of Zayed Campaign goes online

BMY Sailing News
UAE. American rower Victor Mooney to meet Dubai Cares official


AIDS activist plans second attempt to row across Atlantic


American rower seeks funds for AIDS voyage


Transatlantic activist to row to UAE in the ‘Spirit of Zayed’

BMY Sailing News
UAE. AIDS awareness rower names boat after late President Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan


Ramadan in Brooklyn, New York

Ummah News
American Rower Victor Mooney


New Yorker plans to row from Senegal to The Brooklyn Bridge, then Djibouti to United Arab Emirates for Global Awareness of HIV/AIDS

BMY Sailing News
American Rower Vows to Fast for The Holy Month of Ramadan

Note -  Interview of Victor Mooney at The Brooklyn Bridge was carried by the Associated Press Television News; subsequently, the story was pick-up nationally and globally.

 Television News
Interview of Victor Mooney at The Brooklyn Bridge, immediately following his arrival from The United Arab Emirates


Transatlantic activist cycles around UAE


Around the UAE in eight days

Note - Wearing traditional Arabic clothing was carried by the Associated Press; subsequently, the article was pick-up nationally and globally.


Wearing traditional Arabic clothing

BMY Sailing News
World AIDS Day Goree Challenge II Ocean Rowboat to be named in UAE

Sport Features

Rowing Across the Interfaith Bridge

Note - NYC AIDS Activist Unveils boat for ocean trip carried by the Associated Press; subsequently, the article was pick-up nationally and globally.


New York City AIDS activist unveils row boat for Atlantic Ocean trip


NYC AIDS Activist unveils rowboat for ocean trip

BMY Sailing News
USA. African-American AIDS Activist to make second attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean 


Activist plans to row boat across ocean 



AIDS activist hopes to become first African-American to row solo across Atlantic


為了替愛滋病患治療募款,今年5月以雙槳划船橫越大西洋卻不幸失敗的華埠第二小學家長會顧問穆尼(Victor Mooney,右),計畫於12月1日的世界愛滋日(World AIDS Day)中午12時,在曼哈坦42街交百老匯的ESPN Zone舉辦一場募款會,再度宣布第二度的嘗試。


Victor  Mooney  is scheduled to give a briefing on Goree Challenge II.



Unsinkable man back to ocean row for AIDS


Remarkable Rower Wants Atlantic Ocean Rematch 

 
Victor Mooney prêt à une deuxième tentative de traversée de l'Atlantique

 
SHEER DETERMINATION 

 
Map of Rowing Route & Supplies on Victor's Ocean Rowboat
 A Long Way to Row


The Unsinkable Victor Mooney


Saying Farewell to a Rowing Dream


Hope Floats...then Sinks.

New York Post
Queens Man's Row Odessy Sinks


Note: At the pre-launch and launch of Goree Challenge, The Associated Press (AP), Agency France Press (AFP), European News Agency, Reuters News Agency, and the Xinchua News Agency dispatched journalist and camera crews to record the event.

Subsequently, the Goree Challenge was brought to the billions around the world. Here's a sample of coverage:

Washington, D.C. - Washington Post
Row Boat Sinks, Ending Trans-Atlantic Bid

Middle East
Descendant of slaves seeks to row across Atlantic

Germany
Atlantik stoppt Ruder-Rekordversuch

Spain
Un neoyorquino se hunde al intentar cruzar el Atlántico a remo

Argentina
La travesía que no pudo ser y que casi termina en una tragedia

Belgium
Afro-Amerikaan steekt Atlantische Oceaan over in roeiboot

France
Sénégal : Victor Mooney ne ramera pas jusqu’à New York

United Arab Emirates
New Yorker sinks in cross-Atlantic row attempt

New York 1
Cross-Atlantic Rowboat Trip Cut Short By Leak

ABC News
American's Bid to Row Solo From Africa to U.S. Ends After Boat Sinks Hours After Leaving Coast

CBS News
Row Boat Sinks, Ending Trans-Atlantic Bid

NBC News
Well-intentioned voyage ends at the beginning - Leaky boat ends journey to raise AIDS Awareness, memorialize slave trade

Daily News
Rowing on faith
Solo sea journey to fight AIDS

1010 WINS, WABC Channel 7, Fox 5 New York & Dr. Deas "House Call" covered "Bring it Back to Brooklyn" Ceremony and Reception at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Sport Features
Boss to Raise 30K for Oarsman "Bring it Back to Brooklyn Send-Off Ceremony & Reception"

Newsday
Queens Man is Ready

Irish Echo
Echo Focus: Hidden histories

Some Irish and African American stories are intertwined

Queens Chronicle
Solo ‘Voyage of Hope’ Begins; Mooney Ships Boat To Africa

Metro - New York
Rowing From Africa to Brooklyn

A Slow, solo Crossing of the Atlantic Is One Man's Response to the AIDS Crisis

The Epoch Times
Brooklyn Man Prepares for Trans-Atlantic Journey

Brooklyn Papers
Hopefull Mooney to Attempt Atlantic Crossing

WNBC – News 4
Keeping the Dream alive

Associated Press TV
Goree Island is next stop for Mooney

News12 Brooklyn
Local Man Sends Boat to Africa

BYM News
USA & Africa. Atlantic row to pay homage to slave trade victims

International Sports Movement
Man Sends Boat to Africa for Row Across the Atlantic Ocean

Sun-Sentinel -South Florida
A dream, a boat, an 8,000-mile crossing, Rower prepares a trans-Atlantic voyage to raise $1 million for AIDS prevention

Schweizer Radio DRS2 - Sweden
New Yorker Finishes Boat in Garage

AEGIS - AIDS Education Global Information System
A Slow, Solo Crossing of the Atlantic Is One Man's Response to the AIDS Crisis

Henerdersonville TimesTimes
A Slow, Solo Crossing of the Atlantic Is One Man's Response to the AIDS Crisis

Note - A Slow, Solo Crossing of the Atlantic Is One Man's Response to the AIDS carried by the New York Times; subsequently, the article was pick-up nationally and globally

Newsday
Retracing the Middle Passage, Queens man is determined to succeed

The Advocate
Rowing across the Atlantic, hoping awareness will follow

Note - Retracing the Middle Passage, Queens man is determined to succeed was carried by Newsday; subsequently, the article was pick-up nationally and globally

New York Sun
Preparing for a trans Atlantic Journey

News 12 Brooklyn
World AIDS Day

Aztec TV News
World AIDS Day

Medical News Today
New Yorker's Begin Painting A Wooden Rowboat That Will Be Used To Row Across The Atlantic Ocean For AIDS

Sport Features
Goree ChallengeWorld AIDS Day

The Amsterdam News
Black New Yorkers: From Africa to America, a row of faith

Clinton Hill Courier
Brooklyn Iron Man to take on Atlantic Ocean

Brooklyn Eagle
RATNER, LOWES KEEP BOAT AFLOAT

NEWS 12 Brooklyn
Man Rows for AIDS Awareness

Expedition Zone
Im Ruderboot entlang der Sklavenroute

Sport Features
Ratner Keeps AIDS Project Afloat

Louisville-Courier
Man planning to row across Atlantic Ocean ...Goal is to raise AIDS awareness

Vietnam News
Ch¨¨o thuyền qua Đại Tây Dương để tuy¨ºn truyền về AIDS

Web India
Man plans trans-Atlantic row against AIDS

AEGIS
United States: Man plans trans-Atlantic row against AIDS

Web India
Man plans trans-Atlantic row against AIDS

Note - Man plans trans-Atlantic row against AIDS story was carried by United Press International [UPI]; subsequently, the article was pick-up nationally and globally.

Queen's Chronicle
Mans Quest To Row Atlantic For AIDS Awareness Stalls

Daily News
A Voyage of Hope

The Seventh Age
The New Trans-Atlantic Evangelist

El Diario
Activista contra el sida - A remo desde Africa hasta Brooklyn

Queens Chronicle
Woodhaven Resident Will Row Atlantic For AIDS Awareness

HIV+ Magazine
Finding His Sea Legs

The Standard-Times
Journey becomes reality with help of Mattapoisett man

Dia-a-Dia - Brazil
Vaticano continua a defender a castidade e a abstinscia sexual como o modo de lutar contra a sida

da France Presse, na Cidade do Vaticano - Brazil
Vaticano recomenda castidade para lutar contra Aids

Jornal do Commercio - Brazil
Papa recomenda a castidade como meio de evitar o HIV

Jornal de Braslia
Vaticano quer castidade para combater epidemia

News 24
Vatican calls for chastity

AEGIS
Vatican calls for chastity

Note - Vatican call for chasity story was carried by Agency France Press[AFP]; subsequently, the article was pick-up nationally and globally

Brasil Catholica
Vaticano recomenda castidade para lutar contra Aids

Service de presse du Vatican-VIS
LE DRAME DU SIDA ET LA PATHOLOGIE DE L'ESPRIT

o sonho de newton
norte-americano Victor Mooney

The Oceans.net
Victor and the Pope

USA Today
AIDS Day is observed around the globe

FOX News
On World AIDS Day, Focus on Women

Note - AIDS Day is observed around the globe story was carried by Associated Press Wire; subsequently, the article was pick-up nationally and globally

Sport Features
Bid Cities: New Yorker Carry£r Olympic Spirit of Humanity Across The Atlantic Ocean

FORBES.com
BET Sets Plans for World AIDS Day Programming

News24.com
Vatican calls forchastity

Cincinnati Enquirer
Man Plans Solo Row Across Ocean

The Oceans.net
Victor and Bloomberg in joint expedition venture

Sport Features
Bid Cities: Bloomberg Endorses NYC2012 AIDS Bracelet

Brooklyn Eagle
Speaker Silver Speaks at Chamber of Commerce Luncheon - Trans Atlantic Rower Honored

Brooklyn Borough Hall - Marty Markowitz, Borough President
BOROUGH PRESIDENT COMMENDS VICTOR MOONEY AS HE COMPLETES A 48-HOUR ROW FOR NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY

New York Daily News
Rowing Helps Battle AIDS

Daily Challenge
Brooklynite paddles for HIV/AIDS awareness

New Yorks Aids Coalition
Rower Begins Marathon for Aids

Brooklyn Borough Hall - Marty Markowitz, Borough President
Brooklyn Victor Mooney to row for 48 hours at Borough Hall in preparation of trans-Atlantic Voyage from Africa to Brooklyn

WorldNews.com - Aids Journal
Rowing Marathon for AIDS

News India-Times
Rowing Marathon for AIDS

News Talk Radio 77 WABC
Goree Challenge Rowing Marathon

CNN - World
NYC man plans trans-Atlantic rowing attempt

THE HARDWICK GAZETTE - Vermont
Goree Island To New York Starts at Craftsbury Outdoor Center (COC)

DENMARK
Victor Mooney ror en tur p?12.875 km alene...

THE NATION- Thailand
Paddling for the prevention of HIV/Aids

CIAD- Senegal
Victor veut traverser l'ocean

The Oceans.net
I Have a Dream

Aegis.com - USA
NEW YORK: African-American Rower to Cross Atlantic Ocean to Raise AIDS Awareness

ODIA - Brazil
Combate Aids Victor Mooney

Expedition Zone - Germany
Ab 1. Februar 2005 will Victor Mooney, 39, den Versuch wagen, im Rahmen seines Projekts Gooree Challenge als erster Mensch solo 8000 Meilen von der Senegalesischen Insel Goree vor Westafrika ­ãer die Karibischen Inseln und Florida Keys bis nach New York City zu rudern.

TheOceans.net - USA
ROWING INTO HORRIFFIC PAST FOR BETTER FUTURE

Walf Fadjri - Senegal
ESCLAVAGE A GOREE La voie du retour explore

Urban Divers - New York
A journey to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS prevention, African Heritage and Global Environmental Conservation

Expedition News - USA
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ROWER WILL RETRACE ROUTE OF SLAVE SHIPS

Nosaltres.com- Spain
Un novaiorquä` vol remar del Senegal als EUA per homenatjar els esclaus

Kaisernetwork.org
Rowing for Aids Awareness

The Intelligencer - Philadelphia
Man to Row Across Ocean to Promote AIDS

Guardian Unlimited - United Kingdom
Man to Row Across Ocean to Promote AIDS

The Charlotte Observer - North Carolina
Man to Row Across Ocean to Promote AIDS

The Kansas City - Kansas
Man to Row Across Ocean to Promote AIDS

The Boston Globe - Boston
Man to Row Across Ocean to Promote AIDS

Note - Man to Row Across Ocean to Promote AIDS story was carried by Associated Press Wire; subsequently, the article was pick-up nationally and globally

Afrik.com - France
African-American Victor Mooney

1010 WINS NEWS - New York
New Yorker to Row Across Atlantic For AIDS

Extreme.hu - Hungary
Victor Mooney Rows from Goree Island

Irish Examiner - Ireland
Rower aims for AIDS awareness