Emerging the Beloved Community of Detroit
Modeling the United Nations celebration of International Day of Peace, including a consciousness raising march and a three day summit. The UN celebration recognizes peace is integral for raising consciousness of human rights and social justice in communities and around the world. The issues of Detroit are globally recognized human rights issues. Detroit holds the potential to dialogue, envision and be a voice/platform for all of the world to hear – a fulcrum for a shift of paradigm. The Sustainability Summit aims to cocreate through vision, conscious dialogue and solutionary actions that alters our paradigm from surviving to prosperous collective interdependent sustainability.
Registration
When and Where
The summit location is Marygrove College, 8425 McNichols, Detroit MI 48221, on the SE corner at Wyoming. The event will be held September 10 – 12, the weekend prior to International Day of Peace celebrated globally on September 21st.
A multi-dimensional event spanning four days, celebrating UN International Day of Peace.
The Summit will take us on a progressive journey.
Thursday Evening
Lighting a path for humanitarian evolution as a whole movement of human consciousness.
Consciousness Raising Walk ~ Candlelight Prayer Vigil
From local to global
Speak your Voice and Light a Candle
Community gathering in Spirit to give voice of current conditions in Detroit affecting neighborhoods, the community at large and recognition of these conditions on an international scale. The evening will end with a candlelight prayer vigil voicing intentions for building a new culture in Detroit and around the world. We will invite all of Detroit to place a candle or light on their porch and gather in their neighborhoods in Spirit of evolutionary transformation.
Friday
Vision for Living the Beloved Community
- Vision series – Showcasing evolutionary models in Detroit and voicing those which can be implemented.
- The Boggs Center Panel will present “Visionary Organizing and the Next American Revolution
Bridging the Gap between the Current Culture and the New Culture
Keynote Presentation from Professor Peter Hammer
“The Impacts of Beliefs and Conditionings on Society”
- Community Open Forum Dialogue for sharing and writing a document that voices the values and beliefs of the current culture vs. the Beloved Community. Speakers/Poets and community voicing both. Peter Hammer speaking on beliefs and conditionings. The impact beliefs and conditionings have on our lives, our relationships, our systems and how they keep us in a culture of separation.
- Public Call, Introduction with Professor Peter Hammer and Dr David Korten
Saturday
Keynote Presentation from Dr. Frederic Pearson
“Conflict Resolution Versus Peace”
Community Interconnectiveness/Interdependence
Community Interconnective Open Forum Project ~ The bonds of Community are interwoven, representing Individual Spirits, Purpose and Organizations. Spoken and written intentions and commitments.
Bring the language and skills of the new culture to common knowledge
The afternoon will highlight Open Forum Dialogue and Workshops, some including:
- Growing our Souls in honor of Grace Lee Boggs
- Evolutionary Principles
- Dialogue, Non Violent Communications
- What is Democracy?
And more.
Post Summit
There will be on-going evolutionary trainings, interconnectivity of groups for full visionary trajectory.
Transforming Our Culture
Evolution does not happen in a day, but it can become a daily practice.
Follow-up evolutionary leadership and skill building training will be on-going within a community setting.