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Manifesting the Dream with We, The World A project for MLK National Day of Service and 40 Days of Peace
In partnership with Compassion Games International
WE.net - WE.net/MLK (Visit to watch replays of all events)Inspired by the 25th Anniversary of the MLK National Dayof Service, and MLK 40 Days of Peace, We, The World,with leaders from across the country, took action in avariety of ways to carry forward the Work and Legacy ofDr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 21st Century. Workingtogether, these leaders created Community ServiceProjects, produced Interactive Broadcasts, Workshops andother activities that Inspired, Informed, and Involved over18,000 volunteer participants, bringing forth words andactions of peace and love to the people of The UnitedStates and to the World.
We began our MLK 40 Days of Peace Project on January 15, 2021, by participating in an MLKOnline Birthday Celebration via Zoom hosted by Jon Ramer and the Compassion Games. Thiswas followed by We, The World’s “Manifesting the Dream Preview with WE Team Members”Opening Interactive Broadcast, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the MLK National Day ofService (MAKE IT A DAY ON, NOT A DAY OFF) with over 1,739 Volunteer Participants, DirectReach of 1,996.
WE broadcast 29 events throughout The 40 Days ofPeace with 44 Guest Speakers from 26 Organizations
Thanks to the magic of social media, WE has been able to reach a huge audience - worldwide -via our broadcasts, correspondence and Global Unity Calendar.
With deep gratitude to our many dynamic members of our CORE TEAM COORDINATORS whohave founded social justice organizations themselves, WE has greatly expanded the WEConsciousness that MLK himself spoke of in his too-short time on Earth during the turbulentera of the Civil Rights Movement.
This report documents the service activities created by these incredible torchbearers who carryon in the spirit of the compelling message of Martin Luther King, Jr., who proclaimed, “I have adream…”
Summary of Participation
Through MLK Day of Service Jan. 18, 2021 Number of Projects = 15 Number of Volunteer Participants = 2,276 Number of Volunteer Participant Hours = 925 Number of People Served = 1,850
MLK 40 Days of Peace Jan. 18 to Feb. 28, 2021 Number of Projects = 22 Number of Volunteer Participants = 16,791 Number of Volunteer Participant Hours = 8,211 Number of People Served = 16,422 Total Number of Projects = 37Total Number of Volunteer Participants = 19,067Total Number of Volunteer Participant Hours = 9,136Total Number of People Served = 18,272
Total Reach = 75,255 and counting!
Interdependence Campaign ResultsInvitation to be of service sent to 1,773 individuals.
Connected to 17 associated groups.
60 responses to service activities.
Participated in 3 collaborative events.
Hosted LOVE Skills workshop with 45 participants.
Invited to be a chapter contributor for
"How To Help The Divide".
Youth & Elder discussion about where we have been regarding the "isms"and where we are going and the role that we play in the cultural shift. What
we are bringing in together at this time.
Worked with the National Building Bridges project.
Presented on the intersection of Culture, Race, Historical Trauma andSecondary Traumatic Street with NCTSN Colleagues at the National San
Diego Child Trauma Conference
I participated in the MLK Broadcast Dismantling RacismPart 3 – The Future, and I was truly changed just by beingthere. It led me into a new world of giving and learning and
acting, and has had me thinking a lot more lately aboutwhat I can do to be the change I’d like to see in the world.Being on that panel also gave me strength, in hearing my
own voice and knowing that I carry the wisdom of my elderswith me; that was revolutionary for me and my self-image. Iknow now that I have the power to change the world, just aseach and every one of us does, and that I can be persistent
about change in order to inspire others to do the same. -Brianna S.
Here I am on a Monday night working with a wonderfulwomen named Sue Blythe. She works with the
organization called We The World and she tries her best tomake the world a better place. I have been meeting with herfor months now, and some interesting projects have popped
up, so get ready for those.
Thank you Sue for all the support though out these monthsand beyond. Thank you for giving me that little shove that Ineeded to wake up. Thank you for all the opportunities you
have given me. Thank you for everything.-Adrian A.
Children & Youth Campaign ResultsMLK 40 Days of Peace International Children’s Month Traffic
144 Unique Visits
MLK #WEMatch Campaign 222 used hashtag
Facebook Group International Children Love WE; Building a world that
works for all470 members
WE Campaign Children and Youth
299 members
Building Beloved Community 164 Post interactions
New alliances and affiliations during MLK Building Beloved Community
Youth Ambassador Raheen Fatima reached 459 with this video
https://www.facebook.com/raheen.fatima.7737/videos/455412392562728
February EMA Global Action Concert with WE and International Children’sMonth
797 views
Heidi Little and Karen Interview Convergence for MLK Children and YouthWE, and ICM
https://www.facebook.com/compassiongames/videos/112658037338637453 views
Total reach from MLK 40 Days of Peace
2969 people
"I will continue to encourage and support entrepreneurs, executives,decision-makers and business owners to redefine success and growth
to make 'business as ingredient' part of a new systemic approachacross industries. With 'a cure for racism' project I plan to make'personal innovation' part of the lexicon of allies and a preferred
lifestyle choice for change agents for good of all and facilitate a hugeleap in dismantling systemic and institutional racism."
Changemaker Yvette Dubel witha Cure for Racism
Freedom Campaign Coordinator Interviewed By Brandon Newman– CEO & Co-Founder of Xevant on billionsuccess.com
Access the entire interview athttps://billionsuccess.com/yvette-dubel/
For the MLK 40 Days of Peace Celebration 2021It Matters Podcast was relaunched.
Each episode features a short guest chat aboutstepping up into who we really want to be tomove closer to the better life and better worldwe want. Learn how guests found the courageto see challenging truths about themselves andthen did something about it. Together we learnwhat it takes to "be the change" more of thetime...and we explore the way that reality worksand feels.
Join us to explore and help shape a better worldthat works for ALL.Music: "Please Listen Carefully" by Jahzzar is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Environment Campaign ResultsJanuary 8 - MLK World House
20 children in Togo, with Ugoji Eze
January 15 - MLK World House 20 children in Togo, with Ugoji Eze
January 17 - Interfaith Devotional
5 guests in AZ with ShaRon Rea
January 17 - Martin Luther King Jr. World House Dance co-sponsored by We, theWorld and Empatharian Movement for Peace
8 guests, 790 Views https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=128272132468746
January 21 - Elders Climate Action / Florida 4 guests- climate stories for the World House
January 26 - Together We Will Dream On
4 guests, 432 viewshttps://www.facebook.com/thewecampaign/videos/1503729819822684
January 31 - What the World Needs Now is … A Great World House Interfaith
Devotional and Climate Conversation 3 guests, 132 views
https://www.facebook.com/thewecampaign/videos/1150153318776744
February 7 - We, The World MLK Broadcast Dismantling Racism Part 3 – TheFuture
7 guests, 809 views https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=453839625949024
February 16 - Welcome to WE Show - Creating MLK's Beloved Community
6 guests, 316 Viewhttps://www.facebook.com/thewecampaign/videos/2736274346684782
February 28 - How We Started a Neighborhood Interfaith Devotional
7 guests, 202 Views "This is like a reflection on what we've done."
- Participant response to honoring work done and the example set for others.
February 28 - What the World Needs Now is ... Evolution! Interfaith Devotionaland Climate Conversation
3 people, 55 viewshttps://www.facebook.com/thewecampaign/videos/1747655025422248
Compassion Games Presents
MLK Weekend of Service:
Building Beloved Community
Convergence
https://www.compassiongames.org/MLKconvergence
EVENT LISTING on Facebook
https://fb.me/e/3h3Lbp9W8
234 Participants 41,617 People Reached
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
WITH THE LGBTQ+, BIPOC
AND DISABLED
COMMUNITIES
Learn how to volunteer in the LGBTQ+, BIPOC and disabled communities. Come ask questions and
let us know how you volunteer for these communities!
Replay on Crowdcast:
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/manifesting-the-dream/1
209 Participants 234 People Reached
HEART OF MIND RADIO WITH HOST KATHRYN DAVIS
FEATURING WE, THE WORLD-MLK MANIFEST THE
DREAM
Heart Of Mind Radio , Live over PRN.FM
On today’s Heart Of Mind, Radio for the NEW Millennium, host Kathryn Davis joins coordinators of
the We Campaign at We.net to talk about their participation in a convergence of events celebrating the
legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Featured Music:
Frog Dancing by David Anthony Clark; Come To The River by Diane Reeves
Featured Video Clip:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “America’s Chief Moral Dilemma”
Berkeley, California May 17, 1967 (Produced by Berkeley Community Media)
Joining the Conversation:
Rick Ulfik, the Founder of We, The World and the WE Campaign
at WE.net. Rick is the Co-Creator of the annual 11 Days of Global
Unity and the 11 Campaigns For Change.
Angel Fullerton, the chief operating officer of We The World, and
The WE Campaign, as well as, Coordinator of the Women’s
Campaign. In addition, she is owner of greenwomanstore.com a
retail platform that empowers consumers and women entrepreneurs
by offering fair trade, green, and woman made products.
Ugoji Eze, a barrister-at-law and human rights attorney from
London. and a skilled producer of events and programs at the
United Nations HeadQuarters in New York. She speaks on Climate
Change; Global Health; Water disasters; women in
entrepreneurship and sustainable development. And she
Coordinates We, The World’s Campaign for Human Rights.
ShaRon Rea, creator of Comfy Couch™ conversations and founder
of the global movement No Judgment. Just Love.® ShaRon knows
that judgments are human and we judge all the time. Her message is
meant to encourage people to practice No Judgment. Just Love.®
which is “Choosing to move beyond judgments that divide to
consciously lead with LOVE in your thoughts, words and actions.
This will genuinely help us relate to each other better.” ShaRon Rea
works as a Family Relationships Specialist, Author, Speaker and
Owner of The Whole Family Coaching. njjl.world Contact:
[email protected] HeartOfMindRadio.com –
Saturdays 6:00 PM over PRN.fm – and – Fridays 11:00 AM over WBAI.org, 99.5 FM in New
York.
Heart Of Mind Archive: Link to listen after the show:
https://heartofmindradio.podbean.com/
76 Participants 250 People Reached
MLK WORLD HOUSE DANCE
World House Dance Challenge – Lolo Lesser
introduces original music and movement for
Martin Luther King’s World House, in which we
all have to live together. Be part of the
movement for Earth Day! Record your own
version of the dance and submit it for a video
montage. Presented by Empatharian Movement
for Peace.
EVENT LISTING on Facebook
https://fb.me/e/3h3Lbp9W8
MLK MANIFESTING THE DREAM PREVIEW WITH WE
TEAM MEMBERS
Get a Sneak Preview of the extraordinary Programs and Service
Activities
During the MLK 40 Days of Peace
Jason Ho, Volunteer, We, The World, Assistant Coordinator, We,
The World Health Campaign
Kathryn Davis, Host, Producer: Heart Of Mind Radio, Editorial
Director: Health Action News Network and Coordinator of the We,
The World, Health Campaign.
Hosts:
Meet We, The World’s MLK Visionholders,
including:
Rick Ulfik (Co-Host) is the Founder of We, The World and the WE
Campaign at WE.net. Rick is the Co-Creator of 11 Days of Global
Unity – 11 Ways to Change the World with participants including
Desmond Tutu, Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra, Eve Ensler, Bill
McKibben and many others.
Ugoji Eze is a barrister-at-law and human rights attorney from
London. and a skilled producer of events and programs at the United
Nations HeadQuarters in New York. She speaks on Climate Change ;
Global Health ; Water disasters ; women in entrepreneurship and
sustainable development. She recently conceptualised and moderated a
virtual High Level meeting at the United Nations , New York on :
“Building Back Better : Risk- Informed COVID -19 Recovery And
Rehabilitation And Strengthening Resilience To Climate
Change-Related Disasters In Africa And The Caribbean.”
Sue Blythe is founder of the Climate Collaboratory, a pilot project of
We, The World’s Campaign for the Environment and the University of
Florida Extension’s Sustainable Floridians program. She is the
grandmother of eight, doing what she can to make a sustainable, just
and peaceful world for them and all their descendents.
Heidi Little is a Vocalist, Songwriter, Performing Artist, Educator, and
Founder of International Children's Month and The Center for
Advancement in Social Emotional Learning. Heidi is Coordinator of
We, The World’s Campaign For Children & Youth
ShaRon Rea is founder of No Judgment. Just Love®, whose mission
is to inspire us all to live together with unconditional allowance, one
courageous action at a time. She is a dynamic facilitator as well as a
compassionate life and family coach. See thewholefamilycoaching.com
and njjl.world
Kathryn Davis is producer and Host of Heart Of Mind Radio at
www.HeartOfMindRadio.com broadcast on WBAI Pacifica Radio and
PRN Progressive Radio Network. Kathryn is also a Meditation and
Movement teacher, a Qigong teacher, and Kathryn is Coordinator of the
Health Campaign for We, The World.
Angel Fullerton, is the chief operating officer of We The World, and
The WE Campaign, as well as, Coordinator of the Women’s Campaign.
In addition, she is owner of greenwomanstore.com a retail platform that
empowers consumers and women entrepreneurs by offering fair trade,
green, and woman made products.
Grandmother Shannon CrossBear is a powerful, spiritual Ojibwe /
Irish woman whose purpose is to demonstrate and promote gentle
healing. Shannon has worked with tribal and non tribal communities in
creating Systems of Care and Circles of Care utilizing traditional
intervention and promotion of culturally congruent practices. A skilled
storyteller and educator, Ms CrossBear works to improve conditions for
future generations through protecting the fresh water sources.
Kira Finn is an entrepreneur and aspiring artist with a mission to help
others and spread love and light within our world. She is founder of the
nonprofit Strong.Wild.Free Inc. Its mission is to “INSPIRE CREATING
POSITIVE IMPACTS in EVERY LITTLE WAY POSSIBLE. By
EDUCATING about LITTLE THINGS that will RAISE AWARENESS
and HELP OTHERS. CONNECTING; SHARING KNOWLEDGE to
REDUCE WASTE and NEGATIVE ENERGY within our WORLD. By
INSPIRING UNIQUE MINDS to CREATIVELY UPCYCLE.”
Yvette Dubel is an engaging speaker-presenter, published author,
artist-researcher and strategy consultant with decades committed to
leading social innovation initiatives. Yvette is Coordinator of We, The
World’s Campaign for Freedom , and Producer of the Podcast Series
1739 Participants 1996 People Reached
GREEN ACTIONEERS WITH DAVE FINNIGAN
Learn about the Green Actioneers Workbook and school fundraising program.
317 Participants 344 People Reached
WELCOME TO WE SHOW FEATURING MLK 40 DAYS OF
PEACE LEADERS
Hosts:
“Freedom Matters” which is part of the Podcast “It Matters” at
anchor.fm/it-matters
Robert Levine is a poet, essayist, activist, performer and yoga
instructor in the New York area. His most recent book is Without
Knowing Where We Are Going.
Featured Guests:
Rick Ulfik (Co-Host) is the Founder of We, The World and the WE
Campaign at WE.net. Rick is the Co-Creator of 11 Days of Global
Unity – 11 Ways to Change the World with participants including
Desmond Tutu, Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra, Eve Ensler, Bill
McKibben and many others.
Sue Blythe is founder of the Climate Collaboratory, a pilot project
of We, The World’s Campaign for the Environment and the
University of Florida Extension’s Sustainable Floridians program.
She is the grandmother of eight, doing what she can to make a
sustainable, just and peaceful world for them and all their
descendents.
Jon Ramer is Founder of Compassion Games International and
Co-Creator of the Synergized Impact Network Exchange (SINE) – a
collaborative community fueling collective empowerment and
growth of its members. Working with the Corporation For National
and Community Service, Jon, his wife Sommer, and the
Compassion Games are overseeing MLK 40 Days of Peace.
Antoinette “Rootsdawtah” Hall is a skillful marketing and
public relations expert who is currently doing marketing and PR for
Unity Earth. As a world-renowned keyboardist and Musical
Minister in Pato Banton’s Spiritual Family , and a social-spiritual
activist, she travels the globe promoting world peace and unity.
Peter Hayes: grant program – Corp for National Community
Service
Hereditary Chief Phil Lane Jr. is an enrolled member of the
Yankton Dakota and Chickasaw First Nations and an
internationally recognized leader in human and community
development. During the past 45 years, he has worked with
Indigenous peoples in North, Central and South America,
Micronesia, South East Asia, India, Hawaii, and Africa. He served
16 years as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Education at the
591 Participants 2246 People Reached
WORLD HOUSE CLIMATE CONVERSATION WITH
CHARTER FOR COMPASSION / RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY,
INTERFAITH SECTOR Youth and Elders discuss this quote and ways it can be brought to life through the visual, performing
and language arts.
This is the great new problem of mankind. We have inherited a big house, a great “world house” in
which we have to live together – black and white, Easterners and Westerners, Gentiles and Jews,
Catholics and Protestants, Moslem and Hindu, [HUMANS AND NATURE] — a family unduly
separated in ideas, culture, and interests who, because we can never again live without each other,
must learn, somehow, in this one big world, to live with each other. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, 1964
Speakers:
– Nnaumrata Singh, Charter for Compassion – Religion, Spirituality and Interfaith Sector, with
youth and elders from India
1666 Participants
3417 People Reached
DISMANTLING RACISM PAST
Topics Include:
Racism in our society today
Danger of the single story
University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. With elders from across
North America, Chief Phil co-founded the Four Worlds
International Institute. As well, Chief Phil is a Director of the Four
Directions Corporation, an Indigenous-owned company,
incorporated in 1996 as Four Worlds’ economic development arm.
The “Loving” Court Decision
Dismantling Racism from the Past
Call To Action Today
126 Participants 216 People Reached
TOGETHER WE WILL DREAM ON WITH SHARON REA,
ADRIAN AND REBECCA ALVAREZ
Rick Ulfik (Co-Host) is the Founder of We, The World and the WE
Campaign at WE.net. Rick is the Co-Creator of 11 Days of Global Unity –
11 Ways to Change the World with participants including Desmond Tutu,
Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra, Eve Ensler, Bill McKibben and many
others.
ShaRon Rea is founder of No Judgment. Just Love®, whose mission is
to inspire us all to live together with unconditional allowance, one
courageous action at a time. She is a dynamic facilitator as well as a
compassionate life and family coach. See thewholefamilycoaching.com
and nojudgmentjustlove.com
Keith Miller , is the author of VOICE OF DELIVERANCE: THE
LANGUAGE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING AND ITS SOURCES and of
MARTIN LUTHER KING’S BIBLICAL EPIC: HIS GREAT, FINAL
SPEECH. He assisted Rene Billups Baker in writing her memoir, MY
LIFE WITH CHARLES BILLUPS AND MARTIN LUTHER KING:
TRAUMA AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. He has published
many scholarly essays on King, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Fannie
Lou Hamer, and Jackie Robinson. He once interviewed King’s father,
Martin Luther King, Sr.
Speaking on civil rights topics, he has lectured at Cambridge University,
Stanford University, Columbia University, University of Alabama,
Florida State University, Penn State University, and elsewhere. He is
currently writing a book on Malcolm X and is Professor of English at
Arizona State University.
Young people and elders share their dreams and plant Seed Ideas in the Gardens of
Global Unity.
#togetherwewilldreamon
557 Participants 754 People Reached
WOMEN OF PEACE WITH KAREN PALMER A panel of wonderful women who are carrying on the Legacy of MLK and why they still
have hope in the work they are involved with. How our audience can be part of this
mission and ways we can uplift each other during challenges.
Host:
Featuring:
Karen Palmer is a mom who made a wish that sparked a kindness
revolution. She is lead organizer for We, the World Women’s
Campaign. Co-Founder of Spirituality Gone Wild. She hosts and
produces several online programs. She went from being homeless to
being an Internationally known Global Kindness Leader and
Educator. Karen is known as Miss Kindness she is a singer and
songwriter who writes uplifting music in the style of Weird Al
Yankovitz’s parodies. These are songs of compassion and kindness
with mindful, conscious lyrics that raise the vibration on the planet.
Visit http://www.spiritualitygonewild.com or
http://www.globalkindnesstv.org for more information.
Fumi Johns Stewart is Executive Director of May Peace
Prevail On Earth International. She was instrumental in
introducing the May Peace Prevail On Earth movement from
Japan to the global community in the early 1980’s. Along
with establishing the international Peace Pole Project, she
assisted in opening the Headquarters of May Peace Prevail
On Earth International which was registered as a non profit
organization in the state of New York in 1988.
ShaRon Rea works as a Communication and Relationship
Coach, Author, Speaker and Owner of The Whole Family
Coaching. She is a passionate woman on a serious mission to
make the world a better place as creator of Comfy Couch™
Conversations and founder of the global movement No
Judgment. Just Love.® . ShaRon knows judgments are
human; her movement is meant to inspire us to live together
with unconditional allowance…one conversation at a time.
Sharron Stroud has served the New Thought Movement
as a minister for 45 years and President of the International
Foundation for World Peace and Research. Sharron was
presented with the Human Rights Award of Palm Springs
and the Mayor honored her with a Proclamation and
declared it to be the Dr. Sharron Stroud Day! Recipient of the
Lifetime Achievement Award, the International Peace Prize,
Top 100 Speaker’s of the World Award, and Decree of
Excellence in Communication. The Soroptimists
International named her Woman of the Year of the
Southwest and served on the Nobel Peace Prize Nominating
Commission in Oslo, Norway. If you walk down the streets of
Palm Springs at the Village Green Heritage Center, in front
of a Bronze Indian Maiden sculpture, you will see a star on
the sidewalk, bestowed by the Palm Springs Walk of Fame,
that reads: Dr. Sharron Stroud, Humanitarian and Minister
of Peace.
1315 Participants 2355 People Reached
HOW TO BE AN ALLY: TRANSGENDER AND NON-BINARY
IDENTITIES
Marty K. Casey best known as “Dr. Marty”, is the owner of
a trauma informed business UnGUN Institute. She is an
“Actrivist” an artist/ activist applying her experience to help
people all over the world disarm trauma. Dr. Marty’s motto
is “Hurt people hurt people. HEALED people, HEAL people.”
She can be found on all social media outlets or you can visit
Unguninstitute.com
Antoinette Rootsdawtah is very proactive in the Global
Outreach Ministry for several organizations including The
Urantia Movement, Parliament of the World’s Religions, and
1GOD.com, She is also the leader of several online spiritual
communities including, Minister Pato Banton, Daughters of
the Divine Mother, Unity Earth, and COEXIST! Antoinette is
an accomplished speaker and recently gave a presentation
for the Convergence Gathering at the United Nations Chapel
in New York.
Teri Angel is a Happiness Coach, energy healer, author,
spiritual teacher and mentor, and a
motivational speaker. Teri hosts and cohosts six online
broadcasts, all syndicated on Enlightened World Network
and simultaneously on YouTube.
In September 2020, Teri began a pilgrimage called Our
Journey Of Healing: Peace On Earth Tour where she is
traveling the earth to conduct healing for both Mother Gaia
and her inhabitants.
Website: angelspeakers.com
Instagram: gratitudegrl
Pinterest: gratitudegrl
86 Participants 114 People Reached
INTERFAITH DEVOTIONAL AND CLIMATE
CONVERSATION WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS … A
GREAT WORLD HOUSE
169 Participants
284 People Reached
DISMANTLING RACISM PRESENT - RACIAL
RECONCILIATION ROUNDTABLE
1632 Participants 3094 People Reached
DISMANTLING RACISM FUTURE
Hosted by Rick Ulfik, Shannon CrossBear and Sue Blythe
Featuring The Voices of Youth including
Adrian Alvarez, Raheem Fatima and Brianna Rain Skildum
Join us in this third in a series around dismantling racism. This panel conversation
and listening session will center on the future of race relations as we enter the World
House that Martin Luther King Jr spoke about. We will be joined by the voices of
those that will be living in that future and destined to determine what dreams will be
realized.
Rick Ulfik (Co-Host) is the Founder of We, The World
and the WE Campaign at WE.net. Rick is the Co-Creator of
11 Days of Global Unity – 11 Ways to Change the World
with participants including Desmond Tutu, Jane Goodall,
Deepak Chopra, Eve Ensler, Bill McKibben and many
others.
Shannon CrossBear articulates her purpose as: To
demonstrate and promote gentle healing. She expresses
her commitment to healing through her work in the world.
Her own community and family history propelled her to
develop leadership in order to address disparities that have
led to poor outcomes for friends and relatives. She has
worked with communities in providing assistance to the
development of Systems of Care and Circles of Care
utilizing traditional interventions and the promotion of
culturally congruent and trauma informed practices.
Shannon is co- founder of International Children’s Month
and co-coordinator of the WE campaign for
Interdependence.
Sue Blythe is doing what she can to make a sustainable,
just and peaceful future for her eight grandchildren and
their great-grandchildren. She coordinates We, the
World’s campaign for the Environment and the Climate
Collaboratory, a pilot project of We, The World and the
University of Florida Extension.
Adrian Alvarez is 13 years old, reaching out to educate
and inspire people of all ages about the Earth Charter and
the climate. He is a youth spokesperson for the Climate
Collaboratory, a pilot project of We, the World and the
University of Florida Extension.
Raheen Fatima is a 13 year old writer stand up
comedian, theater actress, and an ambassador for
International Children’s Month. She lives in Islamabad,
Pakistan
1064 Participants 2193 People Reached
RACISM, HISTORY & LIES WITH MAX DASHU
This visual webcast shows how distortions of history have been used to justify white
supremacist beliefs, and still function as an ideological template for domination. We
examine the assumptions embedded in naming and language: “the March of
Civilization,” “barbarism,” “progress,” and phrases like “Old World'' and “New
World.” What is left out in talk about “The Ancient World,” “the Classics,” “the
Canon.” We look at pseudo-scientific race theories of “Caucasoids'' and Others;
attempts to whiten the Egyptians; stereotypes of Indigenous peoples in the Americas;
Black South Asians and Australasians, and how narratives of “vanishing” peoples
cover up historical genocides. It’s not just textbooks; white supremacy is also
propagated in novels, movies, advertising, comics, public monuments, and maps. We
finish with a glimpse of the cultural achievements and treasures from cultures that
most people are never taught about.
Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in 1970 to
research women in the global cultural record. From her collection of some
50,000 images, Dashu has created and presented hundreds of slideshows
at universities, community centers, bookstores, conferences, festivals,
schools and libraries, internationally. She is the author of Witches and
Pagans: Women in European Folk Religion, and and the forthcoming
Pythias, Melissae and Pharmakides: Women in Hellenic Culture. She also
publishes videos, such as Woman Shaman: the Ancients and Women’s
Power in Global Perspective. She teaches with images via her online
courses, webcasts, videos, the Suppressed Histories Facebook website and
FB page. See www.suppressedhistories.net
94 Participants
227 People Reached
Brianna Rain Skildum is an Ojibwe Ikwe, a young
Ojibwe Woman, she currently lives in Denver, Colorado.
Brianna has been a jingle dress dancer, a published writer
and a supporter of social justice causes.
WELCOME TO WE! SHOW
385 Participants
786 People Reached
POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN
14 Policy Priorities to Heal The Nation:
A Moral and Economic Agenda
For the First 100 Days
Featuring
Rick Ulfik (Host) is the Founder of We, The World and the WE Campaign at WE.net . Rick is the Co-Creator of 11 Days of Global Unity – 11 Ways to Change the World with
participants including Desmond Tutu, Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra, Eve Ensler, Bill
McKibben and many others.
Brian Mallory is a Tri-Chair of the Ohio Poor Peoples Campaign Coordinating
Committee and part of the Cleveland End Poverty Now Coalition. Upon becoming
homeless himself as a young adult, Brian began a personal journey, first as a volunteer
in shelters, then as a worker in social service agencies serving the unhoused, and now
working as a Community Organizer for Organize Ohio. See PoorPeoplesCampaign.org
and OrganizeOhio.org
Zillah Wesley , II is a native Washingtonian. She loves working in the DC community.
Zillah has returned to college at the University of the District of Columbia to complete
her bachelor’s in political science. Zillah will be graduating in May 2020. She is
enjoying working with the Poor People’s Campaign: A National call for Moral Revival
and in the DC Community. Zillah started working with the Poor People Campaign: A National call for
Moral Revival in the winter of 2017. Zillah one of the Chairs of the DC Poor People Campaign: A
National Call for Moral Revival. Working with Poor People Campaign: A National call for Moral
Revival has made her a better organizer. She loves DC.
See PoorPeoplesCampaign.org/committee/washington-dc
Samuel Prince serves as the Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio Board chair. He has
served as co-chair of the Oberlin Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Board and in
several other congregations as chairs of both Adult Religious Education/Faith
Development and the Anti-Racism Team. He has also served on the Unitarian
Universalist Association General Assembly Planning Committee and currently serves
on the Unitarian Universalist Funding Panel and the Black Lives UU Organizing
Collaborative. Samuel is a Tri-Chair for the Coordinating Committee of Ohio. See
PoorPeoplesCampaign.org
1189 Participants 2046 People Reached
CELEBRATING MLK MANIFESTING THE DREAM
We, The World
Celebrating MLK Manifesting The Dream
Creating a WE-Based Society to Achieve MLK’s Beloved Community
with
Rick Ulfik, ShaRon Rea, Shannon CrossBear, Yvette Dubel & Sue Blythe
This Session is part of
Being Beloved Community
Open Space Session #1
We, The World hosted a Breakout Session during the closing weekend of MLK 40 Days of Peace. The
weekend is called Being Beloved Community Convening and offers ceremonies and creative Open
Space gatherings designed to reflect, look back and move forward together.
We discussed what we have learned from the inspiring activities of MLK Manifesting The Dream
during the MLK 40 Days of Peace and where we are going: Creating a WE-Based Society to Achieve
MLK’s Beloved Community.
2729 Participants 2815 People Reached