What is The Power of Us? (see below)

Received an invitation? Go here.

Want to share invitations? Go here.

Why and how do we reach 12 million people.

Why we need YOU. Go here

What is The Power of Us?

If you are hopeless, anxious, numb or checked out, we need you, for your despair is sacred. There is a broken heart in your despair that would contribute if it knew how, without becoming burned out or checked out.

Small dinner gatherings are the foundation of this movement centered in spirit, in the heart, and guided by values and principles to keep us committed to love and compassion.

We face the global crisis first by addressing where we are emotionally and mentally, and connecting with each other exactly where we are.

This love and connection is the bedrock of the world I wish to help create, and it is the sacred center which powered the movements of Gandhi, King and Mandela.

Small gatherings were the success of the American Revolution, and the women’s sufferage movement, the labor movement, the anti-Vietnam war movement and the environmental movement of the 70s which created the Clean Air Act. Margaret Mead said famously, “Never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. It’s the only thing that ever has.”

When we build on the wins and wisdom of past movements, we know that it only takes an engaged, nonviolent 3.5% of a population to overwhelmingly achieve a movement’s goals, as did every such movement in the 20th century. In the US that would be 12 million people.

When we reject the inflammatory propoganda fed to us by the major media channels, including our addiction to our devices and the algorithms controled by them, we see that the enemy is not the other political side, it’s mainly our own collective despair, and disengagement. And it’s the systemic political corruption and economic injustice that we feel powerless to change.

Our strategy has three phases: In addition to spending half of our efforts on ongoingly inviting new members, Phase one focuses on getting out the vote to help keep anti-democratic extremists out of office.

In phase two, as we near the 12 million people needed for a political slam dunk, we focus our energy on promoting and passing the American Anti Corruption Act, which would end corporate personhood, gerrymandering, bribery, and lobbying as we know it. Every other issue frozen until we greatly reduce political corruption and corporate power.

And phase three is to energize and promote the Transition Cities movement, which is about creating thriving, autonomouos local regenerative communities.

If you received an invitation

1. Subscribe to the newsletter at ThePowerOfUs.co, homepage (you won’t get more than one email a week)
2. Join their Google Group named on the invitation by searching for it at groups.google.com and requesting to join.
3. Write your name on the next line on the invitation.
4. Share that invitation with a trusted friend and ask them to come to this page (linked in the QR code on the invite) and follow the instructions.
5. Go to groups.google.com and create a new group with a name you give it
6. Print off a page of four invitations linked here.
7. Write the name of the group you just created on the invitation next to Group Name, and add your name on the first line
8. Pass those four invitations to folks you know and trust, and who share the values and principles named below.
9. If you are inspired, repeat, repeat, repeat!

Share invitations

1. Go to groups.google.com and create a new group with a name you give it
2. Print off a page of four invitations linked here.
3. Write the name of the group you just created on the invitation next to Group Name, and add your name on the first line
4. Pass those four invitations to folks you know and trust, and who share the values and principles named below.
5. If you are inspired, repeat, repeat, repeat!

Reaching 12 million people

Historically, non-violent movements have been overwhelmingly successful – not one failed in the 20th century – when they reached the tipping point of 3 1/2% of their nation’s population. Erika Chenoweth, a Harvard political scientist, discovered this fact in her research of over 100 nonviolent change movements. In the United States, 3.5% of the population is 12 million people.

Statistically, when someone invites a trusted friend to a cause, 50% sign up. Taking that into consideration, and using a viral calculator, here’s how we can reach 12 million people in a month. Assuming a starting group of 24, and share invitations within four days, here’s what could happen:

People enrolled by day 4 = 168
People enrolled by day 8 = 1,032
People enrolled by day 12 = 6,216
People enrolled by day 16 = 37,320
People enrolled by day 20 = 223,944
People enrolled by day 24 = 1,343,688
People enrolled by day 28 = 8,062,152
People enrolled by day 32 = 48,372,936

Why we need you

If in the face of our global crises you are despairing, anxious, or disengaged
we need you, for your despair and heartbreak are sacred

If you are eager to help relieve a suffering world but don’t see a viable path forward
we need you, for your longing is Life’s will to live

If you are tired of the dead-end political polarity and hatred,
we need you, for your frustration is the dawning for a new way

If you refuse to identify as a victim and reject fragility and cancel culture in favor of self responsibility and reconcilliation
we need you, for your courageous maturity is like fresh air

If you commit to living the universal ancient values and principles of honesty, compassion, humility, and treating all life with dignity, we need you, for your wisdom and integrity restore the balance of life

If you believe in democracy and helping create a world where the wellbeing of all life is our main concern,
we need you, for your caring spirit is light to the world

If you recognize that corporations and government have failed Life in favor of profits and power, but humanity has not failed us,
we need you, for your faith in the possibility of life is energizing

If you have paved your own path in life, rejecting the self-centered narratives of a domination culture, we need you, for your unique expression of the good fortifies us

If you recognize that we can’t change the world without changing ourselves, we need you, for your wisdom uplifts a struggling world

If you believe this planet is a sacred gift, to be enjoyed and shared by all life, and you are willing to take risks to help protect it, we need you, for your love and courage are the hope of future generations