Friday, August 12, 2011

Founder's Address


Together we have the opportunity to create a movement which could transform how we relate to each other, our fellow living beings, and the Earth. The implications of this movement are nothing less than world transforming. All it involves is sharing 3 cents a day.  If a million people living in the developed countries of the world gave 3 cents a day, $11 dollars a year, this small donation alone would significantly increase funding going to children who go to sleep hungry every night, to sustainable development and agriculture, to schools and students without access to educational tools and resources, and to small nonprofit organizations and activists that work for the greater good of our human family.

However, something else would happen even more profound than the 11 million more dollars a year going to the sustainability and education projects of great NGO projects around the world. Imagine what an intentional gathering of such a magnitude might look like—one million people strong standing together for sustainability, education, and social good. Keep in mind, YouTube alone receives one billion visitors a day and there are more than 500 million people on Facebook. Through this simple gesture of sharing 3 cents a day, we can create a ripple effect which will result in a quantum leap forward in the way we communicate and share with our global brothers and sisters. ICAN is building bridges where there was once only division and hearsay—using emerging technology we are introducing a plan to create educational opportunity, unity beyond boundaries, and a model by which to strengthened local economies, increase public health, and provide agricultural independence through sustainable practice.

The potential for profound healing is ours to create. The ICAN Revolution is a unified world movement whose time has come. We need not wait any longer. For generations we have waited for a religious figure, a wealthy and benevolent government, a rich businessman to create equity and peace amongst the world's people. And for generations the desperate plight of a significant part of the human family continues. We must all work together now to overcome the obstacles we face, it’s time to become accountable, responsible for the future of our species, the myriad other species that share the Earth, and the land, air, and water we all live inseparably dependent upon.

Please support us as we launch this international conversation on global sustainability awareness, international educational opportunity, and social networking for social good in ICAN’s Human Family Forums!   On or after August 15th www.icanrevolution.org ,  come check out our new look and new mission…and sign up to become a member of the ICAN Revolution!

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