![Cannes Lions supporting the SDGs at United Nations by using the global strength of its brand to give awards for SDG work](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cannes-Lions-supporting-the-SDGs-at-United-Nations-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2017-09-14-654x980.jpg)
Cannes Lions supporting the SDGs at United Nations by using the global strength of its brand to give awards for SDG work
![Joyce King Thomas and Ariana Stolarz talk about "fearless girl", the ad campaign that created her, and the public upwelling of support that caused her to remain.](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Joyce-King-Thomas-and-Ariana-Stolarz-at-United-Nations-768x576.jpg)
Joyce King Thomas and Ariana Stolarz talk about “fearless girl”, the ad campaign that created her, and the public upwelling of support that caused her to remain.
![Why do we need a "Gender Equality Award"? Because only 4% of women in the world consider themselves beautiful. As a man who loves his daughter, wife, and mother, I find this deeply saddening.](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Gender-Equality-Award-at-United-Nations-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2017-09-14-768x512.jpg)
Why do we need a “Gender Equality Award”? Because only 4% of women in the world consider themselves beautiful. As a man who loves his daughter, wife, and mother, I find this deeply saddening.
![For media executives wishing to "do no harm", someone suggested we all take this Gender Equality Pledge](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Gender-Equality-Pledge-at-United-Nations-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2017-09-14.jpg-768x512.jpg)
For media executives wishing to “do no harm”, someone suggested we all take this Gender Equality Pledge
![Jakob Trollbäck discussing how iconography for The Global Goals can help to further the discussion about them.](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Jakob-Trollbäck-discussing-The-Global-Goals-at-United-Nations-768x512.jpg)
Jakob Trollbäck discussing how iconography for The Global Goals can help to further the discussion about them.
![Comics explain that SDGs belong to the world, not to the UN (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2017-09-14](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Comics-explain-that-SDGs-belong-to-the-world-not-to-the-UN-photo-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2017-09-14-768x512.jpg)
Comics explain that SDGs belong to the world, not to the UN (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2017-09-14
![When I walked out of the UN building, I crossed an angry picket Line, protesting the rights of Rohingya — and accusing *me* of being unsupportive of their cause because I'm not boycotting the UN. Frustrating, to receive this critique WHILE attending meetings where people are rallying to help others.](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Picket-Line-for-Rohingya-outside-United-Nations-iPhone-pic-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2017-09-14-768x576.jpg)
When I walked out of the UN building, I crossed an angry picket Line, protesting the rights of Rohingya — and accusing *me* of being unsupportive of their cause because I’m not boycotting the UN. Frustrating, to receive this critique WHILE attending meetings where people are rallying to help others.
![The Trusteeship Council room is almost never used any more. It was created to help recently-freed nations to establish their sovereignty and start their own governments — but since the UN was created, so many nations have been freed that the room is almost never used any more. I consider this a beautiful success story!](https://aaronsylvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Trusteeship-Council-at-United-Nations-iPhone-pic-by-Aaron-Sylvan-taken-2017-09-14-768x576.jpg)
The Trusteeship Council room is almost never used any more. It was created to help recently-freed nations to establish their sovereignty and start their own governments — but since the UN was created, so many nations have been freed that the room is almost never used any more. I consider this a beautiful success story!