It’s time for all of us – not just our athletes - to make our Games a force for Hope, Peace, and Inspiration in the world again.
The Olympics and Paralympics won’t end war, pandemics, climate change, human right abuses, etc. but they can help our youth to dream 'Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together!' — regardless of race, creed, gender or social status.
This is our Olympic & Paralympic VISION and what we nurture in the world when we re-activate the heart and soul of the Games – when we spark inspiration and imagination to positively change lives and society.
Olympic & Paralympic values and ideals matter – but only is we share and reaffirm them globally. Let’s start today by taking 30 seconds to join onto to our #Olympic Paralympic Values Matter (2022 #OPVM) Campaign and Petition (link below; full description follows link).
The petition lays the foundation for a Closing Ceremony ‘Oath’ (to join the Olympic Oath of the Opening Ceremony) which will ask athletes and officials, citizens and spectators, host cities and nations as well as sporting, sponsoring, and civil society partners -- that is the true, entire, global Olympic & Paralympic family! -- to celebrate and embrace the Spirit of the Games - in sport and life.
Please join us today. Small steps taken together can lead to big change. One voice alone can make hysteria; many voices together can make history.
Thank you for your support.
In the Olympic & Paralympic Spirit!
Charlie Altekruse OLY
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For information, please contact: Charles Altekruse OLY ('80 & '88 USA Rowing) at (M) +1 510-913-3669 or (E) caltekruse@caconsult.org
WHAT: #Olympic Paralympic Values Matter (2022 #OPVM) is an online campaign/petition to support the athletes and founding principles of the international Olympic & Paralympic (OLY/PLY) movements.
WHY: Athletes deserve drama, conflict, and boycott-free Games...and all members of the global OLY/PLY family deserve to be held accountable to the extent they uphold and affirm our OLY/PLY values and ideals.
WHO: The global OLY/PLY family includes everyone who participates in some aspect of the movements and Games: athletes, citizen spectators, and nations as well as sporting, civil society, and sponsor partners.
HOW: Together we can champion the best part of the Games - Olympic & Paralympic Spirit - and a new, 'Closing Ceremony Oath’ based on the principles below at the conclusion of every Games.
WHEN: The 2022 #OPVM Petition runs during the entire Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic & Paralympic Games (February 4, 2022 - March 13, 2022)
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2022 #OPVM PETITION CONTENT: I support the following three Olympic & Paralympic principles: