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Posted by Alan Moore on December 26, 1999 at 19:22:02:

Dear butterfly friends:

Peter asked me to post a message. I won't be able to check out this site for any responses, so I suggest you contact me directly or be a butterfly liason between me and this site.

The product of my last phone calls to Patch Adams was a plan to establish the Patch Adams Peace and Justice Center in Berkeley and Santa Cruz. Patch is totally behind this and I am truly honored that he has endorsed our butterfly plans and has allowed us to name our Center after him.

The Patch Adams Center will house Project Chrysalis, the butterfly peace initiative, a Peace and Justice Commission for youth, the Butterfly Gardeners Association, a support group for the Peace and Justice Commission in Berkeley, our group promoting transformation through music and art that will be a branch of Performers and Fine Artists for World Peace, Authors for a Positive Millennium, and other peace groups and projects.

Our event is tentatively scheduled for March 22, 2000 to also commemorate the first Earth Day of John McConnell. Wavy Gravy is cohosting the event with (tentative) participants: Out of Many One, Reggae Angels, Vision Walker, Clan Dyken, Dancing River Dogs, Gorilla Choir, Hali Hammer, Nameless and Faceless, Iword, Ronnie Ray, Redwood Mary, Julia Butterfly conference with Patch Adams, Paula Peterson and Sonne Rayne(Ceremony), Ron Lampi(Poet of the New Age), and Butterfly Woman Kelley Lewis on harp. Elonifer Skyhawk and Osti are focusing on the production details and staging. All are welcome to participate.

We are also hoping to get Joan Baez, Neile Young, and Bonnie Raite.

After this we plan to promote a Concert for the Planet with a butterfly theme of global transformation through music and art. We are looking to bring into the fold performers such as Donovan, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Madonna, Jackson Brown, Maria Carrie, Paul Simon, Don Henley(Eagles), Cindy Lauper, Bob Dylan, Cecelia, Elton John, Foreigner, Melanie, Buffie Saint Marie, Smashing Pumpkins, Wide Spread Panic, Pete Seeger, Kim & Reggie Harris, Magpie, Moody Blues, Mike Pinder, Artist formaly known as Prince, Peter-Paul-& Mary, David Bowie, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Paul Winter, Stix, Michael Brewer, Bee Gees, Olivia Newton John, Fleetwood Mac, Simon & Garfunkel and Jefferson Starship. Most of these artists wrote butterfly songs fo one sort or another.

If you are not on this list and should be, give me us a holler. If you find yourself listed, this is your official notice of our intention to finally make this happen. Please RSVP as soon as possible. We need to discuss logistics. Please also offer your assistance and expertise. We are looking to partner with diverse organizations and individuals as we build intentional communities.

If you can help us to enlist any of the performers mentioned please give me a holler.

May Peace Prevail on Earth!

Alan Moore / Member-Peace and Justice Commission/City of Berkeley
Butterfly Gardeners Assoc. & Project Chrysalis/Director and founder
Patch Adams Peace and Justice Center
Mendocino Coast Environmental Center
Global Renaissance Alliance in the San Francisco Bay Area/Circle leader
1563 Solano Ave. #477
Berkeley, CA 94707
510-528-7730
Email: bflyspirit@aol.com

www.woodstocknation.org/butterfly.htm http://prop1.org/butterfly.htm
www.integratedpsychology.com/proclamation.html Endorser list
www.renaissancealliance.org Global Renaissance Alliance
www.treeisland.com/ Tree Island & Millennium Meal Project
www.earthsite.org John McConnell, father of Earth Day
Of Butterflies and Essence Jean Houston's A Mythic Life
www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert2000 The Millennium Gathering

Patch Adams Peace and Justice Center

The following is a proposal presented at the Planning Commission workshop on effective citizen participation in Berkeley decision making that was held on Wednesday, November 10 from 7-9 PM at the North Berkeley Senior Center- 1901 Hearst Ave. It is on the Peace and Justice Commission agenda for December 13 at 7 PM at the same location. Please plan to attend.

A major avenue of public input to the City of Berkeley regarding action by the City Council is provided by a system of Commissions. Since most input is concerned and related to imminent action items to be taken up by City Council, there is a need to provide citizens a place to share, dream, and cocreate new ideas and visions over a long period of time. Neighbor groups are somewhat filling that goal now, but a permanent center is needed that would devote itself to the issues of peace, social and environmental justice, indigenous rights, nonviolence education, public service, community building and networking.

There is a need for Peace and Justice Center because the issues of peace and social justice have been an integral part of the history and life of the City of Berkeley and its people, and because there is is a vast wealth of resources, skills, and experiences concerning these issues within Berkeley's institutions, be it governmental, educational, or private that has remained untapped. The issues of peace and justice affect the citizens of Berkeley at almost every level, be it economic, political, spiritual and, most importantly, the quality of life itself.

The solving of today's ever widening and complex problems will need an informed, unified and resilient citizenry to tackle the difficult but not impossible challenges that face it.

The violence and fear that so fascinate and permeate the media needs imaginitive, integrated, loving solutions before they further errode our schools, neighborhoods, and places of work.

No problem can be solved until we inventory the needs that can facilitate a solution.

1. There is a need to create citizen awareness around the issues of social justice and develop educational programs for the implementation by the City Council and the School Board.

2. There is a need to develop proposals for the City Council and the School Board for actions in furtherance of the goals of peace and justice, and help publicize such actions in the community.

3. There is a need to initiate and encourage research programs to collect and assess information relevant to the effect of the arms race and military spending on funding for City and school programs and on the quality of life for the citizens of Berkeley.

4. There is a need to develop new ways to resolve conflict which do not involve violence and which may be applied on a local level as well as a national level.

5. There is a need for a liaison between community groups organizing around issues of peace and social justice and city government.

6. There is a need to prepare inventories of the City resources, both public and private, that are available for furthering the work of promoting international peace and social justice.

The citizens and City Council of Berkeley have enacted the means to address these needs when they instituted the Peace and Justice Commission for the City of Berkeley.

The above enumerated needs are mandated to the Peace and Justice Commission in Section 7 of Ordinance # 5705 in 1986. The Peace and Justice Commission has never comprehensibly addressed or completed all the needs and goals mandated to it. The Peace and Justice Commission would welcome more citizen involvement in helping it to achieve all its needs and goals.

A Peace and Justice Center in the City of Berkeley could also help the Peace and Justice Commission fulfill its needs and goals, as well as other Commissions, and be of assistance to those Commissions in their ongoing work.

Peace and Justice Commissioner Alan Moore has placed the establishment of the Patch Adams Peace and Justice Center on the agenda for December 13, 1999, and a local church has offered the use of a space for a Peace and Justice Center within the City of Berkeley for no charge that would incorporate their project for a Youth Peace and Justice Commission.

The staff and volunteers for the Berkeley Peace and Justice Center would be supported by mostly private donations for which a benefit is already being planned.

The Planning Commission and the City of Berkeley should consider a Peace and Justice Center with the aforementioned goals as critical and vital to the effective long range citizen participation process that this hearing is addressing and offer its advice and expertise in making a Berkeley Peace and Justice Center all it can be in serving our community.

May Peace Prevail on Earth!

Alan Moore / Member-Peace and Justice Commission/City of Berkeley
Butterfly Gardeners Assoc. & Project Chrysalis/Director and founder
Mendocino Coast Environmental Center/Board member
Global Renaissance Alliance in the San Francisco Bay Area/Circle leader
1563 Solano Ave. #477
Berkeley, CA 94707
510-528-7730
Email: bflyspirit@aol.com

www.woodstocknation.org/butterfly.htm http://prop1.org/butterfly.htm
www.integratedpsychology.com/proclamation.html Endorser list
www.renaissancealliance.org Global Renaissance Alliance
www.treeisland.com/ Tree Island & Millennium Meal Project
www.earthsite.org John McConnell, father of Earth Day
Of Butterflies and Essence Jean Houston's A Mythic Life
www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert2000 The Millennium Gathering

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: Dear butterfly friends: Peter asked me to post a message. I won't be able to check out this site for any responses, so I suggest you contact me directly or be a butterfly liason between me and this site. The product of my last phone calls to Patch Adams was a plan to establish the Patch Adams Peace and Justice Center in Berkeley and Santa Cruz. Patch is totally behind this and I am truly honored that he has endorsed our butterfly plans and has allowed us to name our Center after him. The Patch Adams Center will house Project Chrysalis, the butterfly peace initiative, a Peace and Justice Commission for youth, the Butterfly Gardeners Association, a support group for the Peace and Justice Commission in Berkeley, our group promoting transformation through music and art that will be a branch of Performers and Fine Artists for World Peace, Authors for a Positive Millennium, and other peace groups and projects. Our event is tentatively scheduled for March 22, 2000 to also commemorate the first Earth Day of John McConnell. Wavy Gravy is cohosting the event with (tentative) participants: Out of Many One, Reggae Angels, Vision Walker, Clan Dyken, Dancing River Dogs, Gorilla Choir, Hali Hammer, Nameless and Faceless, Iword, Ronnie Ray, Redwood Mary, Julia Butterfly conference with Patch Adams, Paula Peterson and Sonne Rayne(Ceremony), Ron Lampi(Poet of the New Age), and Butterfly Woman Kelley Lewis on harp. Elonifer Skyhawk and Osti are focusing on the production details and staging. All are welcome to participate. We are also hoping to get Joan Baez, Neile Young, and Bonnie Raite. After this we plan to promote a Concert for the Planet with a butterfly theme of global transformation through music and art. We are looking to bring into the fold performers such as Donovan, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Madonna, Jackson Brown, Maria Carrie, Paul Simon, Don Henley(Eagles), Cindy Lauper, Bob Dylan, Cecelia, Elton John, Foreigner, Melanie, Buffie Saint Marie, Smashing Pumpkins, Wide Spread Panic, Pete Seeger, Kim & Reggie Harris, Magpie, Moody Blues, Mike Pinder, Artist formaly known as Prince, Peter-Paul-& Mary, David Bowie, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Paul Winter, Stix, Michael Brewer, Bee Gees, Olivia Newton John, Fleetwood Mac, Simon & Garfunkel and Jefferson Starship. Most of these artists wrote butterfly songs fo one sort or another. If you are not on this list and should be, give me us a holler. If you find yourself listed, this is your official notice of our intention to finally make this happen. Please RSVP as soon as possible. We need to discuss logistics. Please also offer your assistance and expertise. We are looking to partner with diverse organizations and individuals as we build intentional communities. If you can help us to enlist any of the performers mentioned please give me a holler.May Peace Prevail on Earth!Alan Moore / Member-Peace and Justice Commission/City of Berkeley Butterfly Gardeners Assoc. & Project Chrysalis/Director and founder Patch Adams Peace and Justice Center Mendocino Coast Environmental Center Global Renaissance Alliance in the San Francisco Bay Area/Circle leader 1563 Solano Ave. #477 Berkeley, CA 94707 510-528-7730 Email: bflyspirit@aol.com www.woodstocknation.org/butterfly.htm http://prop1.org/butterfly.htm www.integratedpsychology.com/proclamation.html Endorser list www.renaissancealliance.org Global Renaissance Alliance www.treeisland.com/ Tree Island & Millennium Meal Project www.earthsite.org John McConnell, father of Earth Day Of Butterflies and Essence Jean Houston's A Mythic Life www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert2000 The Millennium Gathering Patch Adams Peace and Justice CenterThe following is a proposal presented at the Planning Commission workshop on effective citizen participation in Berkeley decision making that was held on Wednesday, November 10 from 7-9 PM at the North Berkeley Senior Center- 1901 Hearst Ave. It is on the Peace and Justice Commission agenda for December 13 at 7 PM at the same location. Please plan to attend. A major avenue of public input to the City of Berkeley regarding action by the City Council is provided by a system of Commissions. Since most input is concerned and related to imminent action items to be taken up by City Council, there is a need to provide citizens a place to share, dream, and cocreate new ideas and visions over a long period of time. Neighbor groups are somewhat filling that goal now, but a permanent center is needed that would devote itself to the issues of peace, social and environmental justice, indigenous rights, nonviolence education, public service, community building and networking. There is a need for Peace and Justice Center because the issues of peace and social justice have been an integral part of the history and life of the City of Berkeley and its people, and because there is is a vast wealth of resources, skills, and experiences concerning these issues within Berkeley's institutions, be it governmental, educational, or private that has remained untapped. The issues of peace and justice affect the citizens of Berkeley at almost every level, be it economic, political, spiritual and, most importantly, the quality of life itself. The solving of today's ever widening and complex problems will need an informed, unified and resilient citizenry to tackle the difficult but not impossible challenges that face it. The violence and fear that so fascinate and permeate the media needs imaginitive, integrated, loving solutions before they further errode our schools, neighborhoods, and places of work. No problem can be solved until we inventory the needs that can facilitate a solution.1. There is a need to create citizen awareness around the issues of social justice and develop educational programs for the implementation by the City Council and the School Board. 2. There is a need to develop proposals for the City Council and the School Board for actions in furtherance of the goals of peace and justice, and help publicize such actions in the community.3. There is a need to initiate and encourage research programs to collect and assess information relevant to the effect of the arms race and military spending on funding for City and school programs and on the quality of life for the citizens of Berkeley.4. There is a need to develop new ways to resolve conflict which do not involve violence and which may be applied on a local level as well as a national level.5. There is a need for a liaison between community groups organizing around issues of peace and social justice and city government.6. There is a need to prepare inventories of the City resources, both public and private, that are available for furthering the work of promoting international peace and social justice. The citizens and City Council of Berkeley have enacted the means to address these needs when they instituted the Peace and Justice Commission for the City of Berkeley. The above enumerated needs are mandated to the Peace and Justice Commission in Section 7 of Ordinance # 5705 in 1986. The Peace and Justice Commission has never comprehensibly addressed or completed all the needs and goals mandated to it. The Peace and Justice Commission would welcome more citizen involvement in helping it to achieve all its needs and goals. A Peace and Justice Center in the City of Berkeley could also help the Peace and Justice Commission fulfill its needs and goals, as well as other Commissions, and be of assistance to those Commissions in their ongoing work.Peace and Justice Commissioner Alan Moore has placed the establishment of the Patch Adams Peace and Justice Center on the agenda for December 13, 1999, and a local church has offered the use of a space for a Peace and Justice Center within the City of Berkeley for no charge that would incorporate their project for a Youth Peace and Justice Commission.The staff and volunteers for the Berkeley Peace and Justice Center would be supported by mostly private donations for which a benefit is already being planned.The Planning Commission and the City of Berkeley should consider a Peace and Justice Center with the aforementioned goals as critical and vital to the effective long range citizen participation process that this hearing is addressing and offer its advice and expertise in making a Berkeley Peace and Justice Center all it can be in serving our community.May Peace Prevail on Earth!Alan Moore / Member-Peace and Justice Commission/City of Berkeley Butterfly Gardeners Assoc. & Project Chrysalis/Director and founder Mendocino Coast Environmental Center/Board member Global Renaissance Alliance in the San Francisco Bay Area/Circle leader 1563 Solano Ave. #477 Berkeley, CA 94707 510-528-7730 Email: bflyspirit@aol.com www.woodstocknation.org/butterfly.htm http://prop1.org/butterfly.htm www.integratedpsychology.com/proclamation.html Endorser list www.renaissancealliance.org Global Renaissance Alliance www.treeisland.com/ Tree Island & Millennium Meal Project www.earthsite.org John McConnell, father of Earth Day Of Butterflies and Essence Jean Houston's A Mythic Life www.cybernaute.com/earthconcert2000 The Millennium Gathering

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