Join us as we open the weekend with local Native elders, a stage-setting poem from artist Jody Levy, and an orientation to the power packed weekend ahead!
Speakers and Panel Discussion:
Barbara Marx Hubbard - We are honored to have Barbara Marx Hubbard join us on SKYPE to open The Gathering with a blessing and message of LOVE, all the way from Budapest!
Fredric Lehrman - Education As Discovery - Standard education, as most of us experienced it. was an obstacle course that we were forced to push ourselves through. What if education could be simply a way of supporting our own innate curiosity and natural learning abilities? Where would that take us?
John Robbins - John will be joining us via SKYPE to share wisdom about the environmental, physical, mental and emotional impact of our food choices on both the individual and global scale.
MetaModerator
Rachel Bagby - Chants of Your Lifetime: Give Your Voice to Life - What happens when you engage a community in a sonorous dialogue about changing its narratives? How do community narratives change and how does a community that practices embodying narratives informed by reverence for living systems change? Rachel Bagby will guide this inquiry in a plenary session that engages the whole audience in the chants of our lifetime.
Paul Kenny is a folk artist from Topanga Canyon in Los Angeles, California. His music sends a profound message with a clear voice. He resonates with today like a "Bob Dylan" of 2011. He will be gracing us with some of his songs on Friday afternoon to set the tone for our event. His song "End to All War" will also be featured as the opening song on the Compilation CD.
Join "Raw Runner" Tim for an amazing workshop and talk about how you can transform your body, strength, fitness and health on a plant based diet.
Over the past 5 years, Tim has transformed himself from a sedentary couch potato suffering from severe depression and chronic fatigue syndrome into one of the world's fittest men over forty. He did this by adopting a simple, plant-based diet.
Find out how he did it and how you can benefit from a plant based diet to reach and possibly exceed your fitness goals as Tim has done.
Chief Sonne has a passion for helping women reclaim their innate power given them by the Creator. He feels it is crucial at this time on the planet for women to step into their most accelerated and powerful life path, and he feels it is crucial for men to support them in doing so. Join Sonne for an enlivening, inspirational and activating session. If you are a man or a woman, come and join together to celebrate the upliftment and empowerment of women everywhere!
The Atrium space in Mary Gates Hall is open for discussion of topics inspired by our Gathering and speaker sessions, and for deep networking.
Join Melanie St. James of Empowerment Works with Joseph Jacques of CAST, Sheri Herndon and Deborah Dove for a transformative, hands-on solution building session learning about tools you can use for deepening collaboration and turning your visions into impact.
Designed to support community action from exploration to implementation planning, the Solution Session Track hosts 4 mutually-supportive sub-sessions: Friday A (break) B, Saturday A (break) B. While Saturday builds upon Friday actitities, it is made to be enjoyed independently, no previous experience or participation is needed.
Summary of Friday Session Part A (first hour before break!)
Achieving Meaningful Collaboration is a harder than it sounds. Communication, mutual-appreciation & understanding across diverse social & economic backgrounds/disciplines is the foundation for success.
Designed to empower individuals, businesses, and organizations in developing whole-system solutions from the ground-up, this interactive role-PLAY cultivates the inherent potential of all people to co-create.
Outcomes / Objectives:
Deepen social impact - engage & empower diverse community members to advance mutual goals
Learn creative use of resources at hand & bring your vision(s) to life with NO money
Get beyond the choir by engaging diverse economic sectors in successful collaboration
Design long-term economic sustainability into your projects
Key Activities:
1. Intro to the CAST context, EW Community-Led Solutions Approach with 6 key Partners In Empowerment™ (PIE) categories (the Roles we PLAY!)
2. To experience cross-sector synergy, participants organize into groups of 6 (one representing each PIE category), and jointly develop solutions to critical issue of choice, and
3. Groups share project results with all participants, reinforcing lessons learned.
Join Dorian, stuntman and Lindsay Wagner's son, for a screening of his 8 minute film "Tranquility" which shares the folly of war. Dorian will also discuss how society is influenced on how the world "is" and how people treat each other based on Media information.
In this workshop, PJ will help us tune in the frequency of love using little known techniques including EFT, NLP & others, while clearing any blocks that might be present including unconscious blocks. This can even be used to address addictive behavior, which can be a block to full expression of love. We are all addicted to something. Some addictions are good, while others can block us from our health and fitness goals. Addictions can also keep us from attaining life goals and even stand in the way of our ability to truly love our self and others. PJ will teach quick and easy techniques, requiring very little time and effort to clear blocks, addictions and unhealthy behavior, both physically and mentally.
Your body is a key player on the road to love and forgiveness. It is through AWARENESS ofyour body that you can learn the most and make the changes in your life that you choose. When you start with the inquiry - "What kind of relationship do I have with my body?" what you find will somehow also reflect all the other relationships in your life.
"It is to the experience [of the body] that I return again and again in order to find a closer approximation to the Truth as it is in becoming in me." ~~ Carl Rogers
Join Carol to attune and align our energies and our hearts in preparation for the Moment of Love on Sunday, and to discover our inner strength in shifting times.
Theo began writing songs and taking music seriously in 2005, 6years ago while in his first year of university. Since then he has spent this time developing a lively stage presence, writing bright original songs bursting with beautiful melodies and inspiring lyrics, and building an extensive repertoire of positive, popular cover tunes. His dream is to use music to inspire and support the global transformation to a life sustaining and just world that future generations can enjoy and thrive in. In his teens and early adulthood Theo fought with addictions and has learned to use this struggle as a context to grow from, to seek deeper meaning and experience of life, and become unstoppable in his pursuit of truth and purpose. The battles with extremes also inspired a desire to become a more balanced person, a well rounded musician and a successful visionary artist. Theo cherishes his idealism and puts it to practice by volunteering with organizations like Generation Waking Up. In April 2011 he and a group of 3 other facilitators, artists and organizers traveled around California inspiring and awakening youth to the global challenges humanity faces and to their personal power to take part in transforming our current crises in to brilliant opportunities. The goal all the way is to bring forth a sustainable, just and thriving global civilization. His genuine intentions and musical expressions touch people, bringing the heart’s perspective into focus, providing the space for unconditional love and appreciation for life and possibility to flourish. Theo loves to perform and has played everywhere from seedy dive bars to hot yoga studios. His music is ideal for anyone on a spiritual path with dreams of discovering and expressing their true self and co-creating a peaceful, thriving world. He loves to play at workshops, conferences, retreats, cruises, yoga studios, but can also thoroughly entertain birthday parties or large crowds at festivals. Music and performance is Theo’s gift, Theo’s love (the literal meaning for Theodore is God’s Love) and Theo’s true joy. He is eager to travel, singing about the new consciousness: a global family interconnected with the Earth and the Cosmos, and the truth of love and peace in our heart of hearts. He knows his dream of inspired smiling and dancing audiences all over the world will be a reality and if you are thinking of booking him you are making dreams come true.
Chief Sonne Reyna
Yaqui Indian and Sundance Peace Chief will share a poem and a blessing.
See a YouTube Video of Chief Sonne Reyna Here.
Dr. Pat - The Epic World: Live Epic, Be Epic with Dr. Pat Baccili - The Four Accountabilities of Creating and Epic World
Evan Peterson - Poetic Activation - This will be a 2-3 minute spoken word poem on the subject of imagination and its importance to the future. Evan J. Peterson is a teacher, author, and spoken word poet based in Seattle. His poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and book reviews can be found on many literary websites as well as in print journals such as Court Green and Assaracus and forthcoming in Weird Tales. He learns something new about love every day.
Lindsay Wagner - Step out of fearing the power of the present - We all participate in the generating of the future. What we generate is a function of our personal perspective. Take my hand; let's step out of fear and judgment and into love.
Ocean Robbins - Living with Purpose and Passion - In spite of, or perhaps in response to, the many pressing challenges of our times, a movement is afoot. It is alive in the hearts, spirits and actions of millions of people, of every religious, economic and cultural background, who are rising up to make a difference with their lives. Ocean Robbins has spent more than half his life collaborating with some of the outstanding leaders of our times, and working at the forefront of worldwide movements towards a thriving, just and sustainable future. Join as he shares authentic and resonant stories of inspiration from his learning journey; reflections on the pivotal moment we face as a species; and an invitation to take action on behalf of what truly matters to us.
James O'Dea
Everywhere we see humanity calling for a transformation of the old order with its reliance on division. The real uprising on planet Earth will come from a people's movement to heal the wounds of the past. We have a great capacity to heal individually and collectively..our teachers have transformed the cauldron of hatred, and shown the path of forgiveness and courageous reconciliation and so shall we.
Daniel Sunjata - Film, theater and tv actor Daniel Sunjata will join us as moderator this weekend. Daniel's interest in humanity's potential for expanded understanding powerfully leads him to this event.
James Twyman - The Art of Spiritual Peacemaking - We have been told that peace is something that happens "by" us, or through seeing a problem and trying to solve it on our own. What if there's a new way of looking at peace, a way that allows it to move "through" us, solving the problems of violence and war from a very different perspective. The Art of Spiritual Peacemaking is the art of creating peace from the inside out. It is also the act of "becoming" the peace we want to see in the world.
Mikki Willis - Tragedy and Alchemy - My mission and company rose from the ashes of the World Trade Center. Since then, I've learned to turn every challenge to gold.
Sylvia Clute - Justice As Love - During 28 years as a trial attorney I discovered that clients came to me with broken relationships and what I did made the wounds even deeper. There is another model of justice that restores relationships and leads to peace. I call this "unitive justice," to distinguish it from punitive justice. I will outline the moral, structural and historic differences between unitive and punitive justice and explain how unitive justice is readily at hand - no law degree required! It requires only that we choose to apply the simple principles of unitiive justice in our lives - the reward is peace.
Ester Nicholson is a licensed spiritual practitioner and inspirational recording artist who brings her personal experience of 24 years of sobriety coupled with a committed practice of spiritual principle to audiences around the globe - with riveting keynotes, soul nurturing music, transformative workshops and heart connecting retreats.
For the past 17 years, she has studied under Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International and featured teacher of The Secret. Ester has also been a licensed member of the Agape International Spiritual Practitioner Core for 11 years. A gifted vocal artist, she has completed two world tours with Rod Stewart, Bette Midler and others - in addition to appearing on such television shows as Oprah, The Tonight Show, The View and the Ellen DeGeneres Show.
“Our community was so immensely moved by her performance that we continue to be asked about her return. Ms. Nicholson has displayed a high degree of integrity, purpose, and faith. In addition to her excellent musical accomplishments, she has proven her ability to inspire people and reach out to the audience through her motivational talks and personal experience. Ms. Nicholson would be a positive element to any event, and I am happy to give her my wholehearted endorsement.” - Bonnie Kleissle, MPH, CCPA, Administrative Director Blessing Hospital Cancer Program, Quincy, IL
Ester is currently facilitating workshops on Forgiveness, incorporating principles from Colin Tipping's Radical Forgiveness and 12 Steps of Recovery, sourced from Prosperity teachers such as Eric Butterworth, John Randolph Price and Abraham. As a teacher, she illustrates through her own personal struggle - and ultimate transcendence - over erroneous beliefs in lack and limitation. Nicholson shares, “It has become very clear to me that a false sense of identity and the ignorance of our true nature are the only true blockage to our good. The more those false beliefs are dissolved through an unwavering commitment to ‘know the truth that sets us free,’ the more we break through the hypnotic suggestion of lack and finally experience the glory and magnificence of the universe.”
Ester's personal struggles as a teenage mother, substance abuser, food addict, victim of domestic violence and her ultimate triumph over these adversities, place her in a unique and powerful position to relate to and inspire teens, youth and adult groups from all walks of life.
Whether she's speaking and sharing her music with churches, The United Way, The Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority or helping teens at a Catholic School in Yuma, Ester provides high-value tools and technologies touching hearts and minds with her deep commitment to making a significant contribution to the world.
James Howard
Brooke Medicine Eagle - Walking In Beauty - White Buffalo Calf Woman reminds us to walk this sweet Earth remembering that we are ONE with each other and all things. Brooke will speak of this holy path as a sustainable, harmonious, loving, and truly workable lifeway, especially vital in this time of challenge, change, and renewal - a time we have the opportunity to create a golden age on this sweet Earth.
Gregory Wendt - Economics Built on Beauty and Community - New Economics and Sustainable & Respsonsible Investing
John Perkins - Joining us via pre-recorded address
Masaru Emoto - Visions for Clean Water - Joining us via SKYPE
Nassim Haramein - The Schwarzchild Proton - Joining us via SKYPE
Nassim Haramein will be discussing the emerging physics that describes our universe as a unified whole where no part can be isolated from one another. He will describe the mathematics of such a fundamental and almost infinite energy field that connects all things and the applications to energy production which will revolutionize our current practices and free humanity from its dependence on a non sustainable approach.
- Joining us via SKYPE
Andrea writes, "Join me for an experience of interconnection and harmony. Forgiveness is to exchange resentment for understanding."
Participants will be invited to explore Restorative Circles and other restorative justice initiatives in the local area.
Diana Stobo discusses what everybody wants to know- What to Expect When Getting Naked? Here, Diana will guide you through the 5 steps of incorporating live food into your lifestyle. Come discover the 5 stages of psychological/physiological change that occurs when one journeys through making change in their life. It’s fun and it’s enlightening as Diana humorously explains the transformational stages of eating RAW food. Ultimately, you will understand the transformation the physical and psychological self will take as live food is consumed.
Co-create localized solutions with people from all walks of life - be inpired by Jamaica Stevens, Founder and Creative director of Tribal Convergence; Melanie St. James of Empowerment Works; Joseph Jacques of CAST, along with facilitators Deborah Dove and Sheri Herndon.
This session will offer valuable proccesses and tools to both support your existing social and / or business endeavors, as well as inspire new creative solutions and remind you of the talents and resources in your community.
Designed to support community action from exploration to implementation planning, the Solution Session Track hosts 4 mutually-supportive sub-sessions: Friday A (break) B, Saturday A (break) B. While Saturday builds upon Friday actitities, it is made to be enjoyed independently, no previous experience or participation is needed.
The Atrium space in Mary Gates Hall is open for discussion of topics inspired by our Gathering and speaker sessions, and for deep networking.
Every event has a reverberation that colors the future. The reverberation is a function of our personal perspective not the event itself. Our amazing human potential has within it the ability to realize this, shift and generate a powerful healing and loving response to any event. Let's come together, shift our perspective and color our future with Love.
There are many beliefs, and many wounds, around our common and individual experiences of 9/11/2011. This healing circle will assist us in acknowledging what's real for us, releasing the past, and coming into a place of greater peace and forgiveness around this collective experience.
Are YOU Ready?
BREAKTHROUGH: Development of clarity of vision, direction, purpose, communication and perspective, to achieve Your DREAMS.
EMPOWERMENT: Increasing the mind, body and spiritual strength to live in harmony, loving the life you live and expanding the magnificence of YOU.
This awesome ceremonial tribute and healing experience will traverse expanses of poetry, music, activation, heart opening, group forgiveness, dance, and an experience of our oneness. Our Global Webcast will feature this portion of our day at Memorial Stadium. First, we will embark upon a healing journey, realizing the nature of our disempowered state when we are fighting against one another. Through this we will come to an awareness of our deep true nature of connectedness to all things, and prepare for the Moment of Love, ten years and ten hours after the first plane strike in 2001, at 3:46 pm pst. This powerful MOMENT of opening our hearts and sharing love with people from all around the world will be felt as a tsunami of love, breaking through barriers to our human harmony. Leaders such as Lindsay Wagner, James Twyman, Mikki Willis, Rachel Bagby, Jody Levy and others will help us experience ONENESS through a series of experiential opportunities to open further.
Meet the "AFropolitans"
Derrick N. Ashong & Soulfège combine driving rhythms, authentic musicianship, the crisp harmonies of Ghana-born vocalist Derrick N. Ashong and co-founder Jonathan M. Gramling, with provocatively elevating lyrics, that transcend and defy even the most imaginative of descriptive capacities.
"…Soulfège’s members realized they have the platform to reach ears not only with their music-a fusion of thumping African music and rhythms, sweet reggae breezes, funk, and hip-hop-but also with their message.”
-The Boston Globe
