Y2K Cultural Creatives Outreach Project
Market researcher Paul Ray reports that 24% of U.S. adults are "Cultural
Creatives" -- people with strong social and environmental values. They
are interested in personal development and spiritual/psychological issues,
and leading edge ideas in human and natural sciences and other fields (although
they aren't fascinated by technology, per se; they tend to use sufficient
technology for their needs, but not pursue it for its own sake). They think
systemically more readily than most Americans and they do community volunteer
or social change work or act in other conscious, socially responsible ways.
These qualities make them ideal as early adopters of Y2K-breakthrough understandings,
and as early organizers of community and societal responses to Y2K. They
can effectively be reached through certain organizations, media and leaders.
Alerting these organizations, media and leaders to the Y2K crisis may the
highest-leverage action we could take to further the Y2K-breakthrough agenda.
A group of us (including Paul Ray) are currently working to identify as
many of these organizations, media and leaders as possible. Then we will
reach out to those we are personally connected to. However, this task is
obviously far too large for any one person or group. So I am posting on
my web site our list of cultural creative organizations, media and leaders
as we identify them. Please pick 1-10 of these organizations or
people (or any others) that you are associated with, and communicate with
them about preparing for Y2K problems and opportunities, using the materials
on this site. If 1000 people communicate to one organization, that's
fine! We want to do this as broadly and as intensively as we can. As part
of this project, we will also speak to friends and associates and encourage
them to contact any such organizations they're related
to, and to suggest such actions to their friends and associates,
etc....
Among the steps needed in this project are:
- Create an evolving list of cultural creative organizations, leaders,
media
- Supply contact information for them
- Communicate to them about Y2K-related dangers and opportunities and
the need to prepare. A form letter or "open letter" to unnamed
roles is better than nothing, but it is far better for a person actually
related in some way to the organization or leader to communicate a message
that is customized to their special perspectives and needs.
- Get others to do steps 1-3
- Post sample letters people have written to such groups, leaders or
media, to make it easier for other people to do the same
Below is a first attempt to list organizations/people that I (Tom Atlee)
know of. It is only a beginning. If you know how to contact them and/or
have other ideas for groups or people to contact, let us know (cii@igc.apc.org).
If you contact such groups or people, send us a copy of what you say. We'll
post model letters or contact-stories we think will be useful to other people
doing this project.
I will try to update this project page at least once a week.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Earth Island Institute
Resource Research Institute www.rri.org Huey Johnson (Dept of Resources
under Jerry Brown)
Donella Meadows
Bicycle activists
Sierra Club
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Union of Concerned Scientists
The Loka Institute
ECO-TECH/GREEN BUSINESS/SUSTAINABILITY
The Natural Step
Seventh Generation/Harmony
Real Goods
Paul Hawken
Sustainable America
The Permaculture Network
COMMUNITY-CENTERED
Civic Practices Network (they disappeared; what happened to them?!)
Amatai Etzioni (Communitarians)
Capitalizing on Change (Alberta, CA)
Consensus Organizing Institute
Carolyn Lukensmeyer
Local Money people - Carol Brouillet, Tom Greco
Center for the Common Good
The National Civic League
DEMOCRACY
Public Citizen/Ralph Nader
COMPUTERS
Computer Professionals for Social Resp
BUSINESS/ECONOMICS
Peter Senge
Businesses for Social Responsibility
Center for Economic Conversion
Co-Op America
YOUTH
YM/WCA
YM/WHA
Girl Scouts
Boy Scouts
OLDER PEOPLE
AARP
Grey Panthers
WOMEN
Gloria Steinham
NOW
PEOPLE OF COLOR
NAACP
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
EDUCATION
Teachers unions
American Association of Women Professors (?)
Educators for Social Responsibility
Study Circles Resource Center
The National Community Education Association
Community Colleges assn
MEDIA
Media Alliance
American News Service
Alternative Radio
Pacifica
NPR
Public Television
Hightower
New Dimensions
NON-PROFITS
Non-profit journal (?)
HEALTH CARE
Physicians for Social Responsibility
American Red Cross
Urban Health Initiative
PSYCHOLOGY
Theodore Roszak
Jay Earley
Sherry Turkle
Am. Assn of Humanistic Psychologists
Association of Transpersonal Psychology
POLITICS
League of Women Voters
New Party
Green Party
Gordon Davidson, Marianne Williamson et al
Project Vote Smart
RELIGION/SPIRITUALITY
Quakers (Yearly Meeting)
Unitarians
Buddhists - Buddhist Peace Fellowship
National Council of Churches
David Spangler
"Connections" newsletter
Matthew Fox
VISIONARIES
Duane Elgin
IONS
Foundation for Global Community
PROGRESSIVES
IGC
Institute of Policy Studies
The Nation
Mother Jones
PUBLICATIONS
Yes!
In Context
Utne (they could alert all the alternative journals)
Earthlight
Yoga Journal
TRANET
Whole Earth
New Age
PHILANTHROPIC
Ted Turner (Ishmael)
George Soros (democracy + Eastern Europe)
Journal of Philanthropy
Responsible Wealth
Fetzer Institute
Pew Charitable Trusts
Kellogg Fdn.
Kettering
AUTHORS
Starhawk
Ernest Callenbach
Marge Piercy
Ursula LeGuin
Alice Walker
OTHER OPINION LEADERS
CO-INTELLIGENT PRACTITIONERS
Open Space
Future Search
Co-Counselling
Process Work
Despair and Empowerment
ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Civilian-Based Defense
Interhelp