Who Are We ?
We want a better place, a country and world devoted to fulfilling a dream of
equality, opportunity, brother- and sisterhood, respect, tolerance and compassion.
Beyond simply
wanting these things we believe in leading our lives by example and do what we can to promote a better
country and world for all of us to share. Thus, we are committed to good
global citizenship. We understand that natural resources are finite,
and we agree to try to go gently upon the earth, not in our Hummer's,
but hopefully in our fuel-efficient cars, hybrids, or mass-transit,
carpools, biking or walking. We turn off our TV's and read (except,
perhaps when the Lakers are in the playoffs!). We analyze domestic
and international news from diverse sources, not simply Fox News
or a Clear Channel source. We vote, even when forced with the choice
of the lesser of two evils. Some of us, understanding the resources
required to raise animals for food, and the treatment of those animals
have made the decision to become vegans or vegetarians. We instill
in our children, and those around respect for other people and cultures.
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What do we (generally) believe ?
We are tired of picking up the paper and reading about another example of
man's inhumanity to each other. We believe every child born, anywhere should
have:
- Safe Food and Drinking Water.
- Clothing for warmth.
- Shelter.
- Education.
- Medical Care.
- Equal access to Justice.
- Equal
opportunity to provide for self and family.
- Clean air and environment.
- Freedom from violence or threat.
- Respect, tolerance and compassion regardless of race, gender, beliefs,
orientation, nationality or culture.
- Respect for our planet and the finite resources it offers
us.
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Why generally ?
We do not ask that our community blindly accept our majority perspective on
all issues. We recognize that our only possibility for success is through sheer
volume of actively voting membership, in every future election. Thus, if you
embrace most of our beliefs, we open our arms to you. As we evolve, a majority of our coalition may believe in
our fundamental principles, but disagree on the best manner to implement them.
We want to include all people (or as many as we can!) We would rather forge
a general agreement on all or most of our principles, join hands and walk
together than to be the 100-year argument over implementation, while nothing
gets done!
What do you mean, 100 Year March ?
Patience! I don't expect to be able to complete the march, or more appropriately,
journey. My wish is that future generations of all of ours will complete
it and continue the journey on our behalf. In order to affect the fundamental
changes that are necessary for our society, and sustain those changes, it will
take time and many elections here in America. Despite the fact that we are a
"we want it now" culture, we must have patience, be determined through setbacks
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do you measure success ?
Our success depends on each and every one of you. By becoming a member
and actively voting in each election, our ability to offset the money that special
interest groups contribute to our elected officials will increase over time.
Patience and commitment is an absolute requirement for us as we would not expect
to greatly influence immediate change in our leadership (as much as we would
like to). For example, if our community represented membership of 20 million
active voters, our ability to realize and sustain our vision is very possible.
If we work together and our community grows, we can take our country back!
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The
Future of the 100 Year March
We will provide links to your elected officials, their respective voting
records and will (attempt) to assist with candidate selection that adhere
(or commit to adherence) with our vision. We will provide feedback to
the elected officials and grade them in accordance to their voting records.
We want everyone to become more involved in the democratic process. We
want you to elect officials based upon their representation of your/our
vision, not who has the best or most commercials.
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