� 2004 Conference Update - U.S. Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) will address our conference on the opening day, June 13, 2004. Rep Woolsey will speak about the "Smart Security Platform (Resolution #392) for the 21st Century" that she has introduced in Congress. - U.S.�Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA) from Monterey will also be speaking. He and Congresswoman Woolsey both were early sponsors of Dennis Kucinich's Department of Peace Bill. - Tom Hayden has confirmed his participation in the conference! - Danny Sheehan - A graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard - Carrie Olson (of MoveOn.org) will be spending the entire week with us at � Peter Camejo, Green Party candidate for governor of California in 2003. Peter is also chair and co-founder of Progressive Asset Management, Inc, which promotes socially responsible investments. www.votecamejo.org � Caroline Casey, visionary activist, popular radio host on Pacific Radio, master of symbols, and political astrologer. www.visionaryactivism.com � Peter Coyote, actor, musician, and committed political activist for four decades. www.petercoyote.com � Gordon Davidson, Co-author of �Spiritual Politics,� co-founder of the Center for visionary Leadership and executive director of the Social Investment Forum. www.visionarylead.org � Matt Gonzalez, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and former Deputy Public Defender of SF. Matt ran an extraordinary grassroots campaign as the Green Party candidate for mayor of SF in Dec. 2003, where he captured 47% of the votes. www.mattgonzalez.com �� Tom Hayden, former 20-year member of the California state legislature and life-long activist. He is the author of several books, including �The Lost Gospel of the Earth� and his latest, �Rebel.� www.tomhayden.com � Barbara Marx Hubbard, author, visionary, futurist, former grassroots vice-presidential candidate, and president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. www.evolve.com � Van Jones, Director of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, an organization that challenges the U.S. criminal justice system. He also served as Arianna Huffington�s campaign manager for her run for governor in 2003. www.ellabakercenter.org � Georgia Kelly, Director and founder of Praxis Peace Institute, political activist, and musician (harpist, composer, recording artist). www.georgiakelly.com � David Korten, author of �When Corporations Rule the World.� He is co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Positive Futures Network, which publishes Yes! Magazine, and he is an associate of the International Forum on Globalization. www.davidkorten.org � Fred Luskin, Founder and director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, author of �Forgive for Good,� and co-director of the Stanford-Northern Ireland HOPE project. www.learningtoforgive.com � Corinne McLaughlin, Co-author of �Spiritual Politics,� co-founder of Center for Visionary Leadership and coordinator of President Clinton�s National Task Force on Sustainable Development. www.visionarylead.org � Ocean Robbins, (now 30) founded and has directed YES (youth for environmental sanity) since 1990. He has held 83 week-long camps for young leaders from 55 nations and is the author of� �Choices for Our Future.� www.yesworld.org � Carrie Olson is Chief Operating Officer of Moveon.org. She played an integral part in the formation of MoveOn.org in the fall of 1998 and she remains one fo the core team today. Prior to work with MoveOn, Carrie was director of Internal Operations for Berkeley Systems, a successful internet and software development company. She has also been a grassroots activist for many years. www.moveon.org � Larry Robinson, City Council member and former mayor of Sebastopol, CA, poet, and ecopsychologist. Larry has also been a teacher and is on the board of Praxis Peace Institute. � Danny Sheehan, attorney on the Pentagon Papers case, the Watergate McCord case and was lead counsel on the Karen Silkwood case. He was president and founder of the Christic Institute in Washington D.C. and teaches at UC Santa Cruz, CA. � Swami Beyondananda, (aka Steve Bhaerman) is an internationally-known author, cosmic comic and workshop leader. He is the author of �Driving your own Karma� and �Duck Soup for the Soul.� www.wakeuplaughing.com � Lynne Twist, co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance, international activist, extraordinary fundraiser and fundraiser for The Hunger Project. She is the author of �The Soul of Money.� www.soulofmoney.org � John Vasconcellos, California State Senator, now serving a second term, after 30 years in the CA state assembly. He has authored several books and founded The Politics of Trust Network. www.sen.ca.gov/vasconcellos� or www.politicsoftrust.net WORKSHOP FACILITATORS and Panelists In addition to the facilitators listed here, some of the plenary speakers are also conducting workshops. Please check our webiste for workshops being added. �� Linda and Charlie Bloom, authors of �101 Things I wish I knew when I got married.� The Blooms are educators, therapists, and seminar leaders. They have been leading relationship workshops internationally for many years. www.bloomwork.com �� Steve Olweean, President of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, Director of Common Bond Institute, and director of the annual Conflict Resolution conference in St. Petersburg, Russia. www.ahpweb.org/cbi/home.html �� Skip Robinson and Jon Townsend have been mediators and negotiators throughout the U.S. and in Russia, Poland, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Guatemala and other countries. Both teach in the Conflict Resolution program at Sonoma State University. �� Natalie Rogers, is a pioneer in expressive arts therapy and leads trainings in the U.S. and internationally. She is a professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies and has been a practicing psychotherapist. Dr. Rogers is the author of �The Creative Connection� and �Emerging Woman.� www.nrogers.com Conference Planning Committee: Charlie Bloom, Joshua Holcomb, Georgia Kelly, Aftab Omer, Larry Robinson, and Natalie Rogers. �When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people fear the government, you have tyranny.�� -� Thomas Jefferson
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