Ohio Celebrity LeBron James joins David and Renate Jakupca as Goodwill Ambassado - 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). World-renowned photographer Patrick Demarchelier photographed both stars for this new series of UNDP pro bono advertisements. "Team Up Against Poverty" The new advertisements are the centerpiece of a campaign which revolves around the concept of “Teaming Up Against Poverty” to achieve the MDGs - 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. "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.