A Vision
A global movement dedicates itself to serve humanity, the environment, and life itself. In each country, movements attend to the interests of their country as well as the interests of other nations, knowing that the more others thrive, the more they thrive. The people of each nation cooperate with other nations to protect themselves from powerful, selfish, global financial forces.
The movement encourages identifying as a member of the human family, affirms multiple identities, grows communities whose members help each other become better human beings, nurtures power-sharing partnerships throughout society, appreciates individual accomplishment, and recognizes the need for leadership.
In the United States, the movement promotes the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, aims to more fully realize America’s highest ideals -- political equality, human rights, and popular rule.
The movement Includes a “purple alliance” that backs improvements in national policy supported by a majority of Republicans, Independents, and Democrats. The alliance organizes popular support for these proposals, presses local officials and corporations to endorse them, conducts boycotts and nonviolent civil disobedience as needed to gain support, and back candidates who support the alliance.
The focus on winnable demands enables the alliance to build momentum by winning victories, which opens up new possibilities. Hope for deeper reforms increases. To more fully empower individuals and communities, the movement develops new structures and reforms existing structures with measures such as:
Limit the influence of big money on politics with public financing that provides a six dollar match for every individual small donation.
Establish voting by mail throughout the country.
Require large corporations to get a federal charter that obligates them to: 1) serve the public interest as well as earn a profit, and; 2) allow their employees to elect members to the board of directors.
Develop more worker-owned business.
Make Medicare available to all.
Make affordable, quality child care available to all.
Require states to establish independent commissions to draw lines for Congressional districts.
Require all Congresspersons and Senators to participate in a monthly two-hour public forum on the second Saturday at 12 Noon for constituents to make comments or ask questions on any topic.
Require all police departments to cooperate with civilian review boards that hold the power to impose discipline.
Encourage social service agencies to work with client councils that help manage their agency.
To increase individual and community empowerment, the movement includes a network of small teams whose members support each other with their self-development. These teams have two things in common: 1) members endorse the movement’s mission -- to serve humanity, the environment, and life itself -- and; 2) once a month members briefly report to one another on their self-improvement efforts.
The network of support circles includes previously organized groups -- such as book clubs and committees affiliated with existing organizations -- as well as friends, relatives, and individual members of organizations who form teams and join the network.
The personal reports are confidential and each member defines their own goals. The reports may be communicated at the beginning of a previously scheduled meeting or during an informal gathering, such as a meal. Each team may or may not engage in additional activities designed to nurture personal development.
With these methods, the movement advances evolutionary revolution and moves steadily toward transforming the world into a compassionate community dedicated to the common good of all humanity, the environment, and life itself.