How did we get from the terrible 2020s to here?

Suzanne Taylor created an essay contest to answer that question and people shifted from being overwhelmed by doom and gloom to excitement about humanity’s future! Join us in talking with Suzanne about the wealth of ideas generated by her contest -- and where we can go from here.

Suzanne was a painter and an actress – her many TV credits include The Dick Van Dyke Show (she played Van Dyke’s secretary in the feature film, Divorce American Style), I Dream of Jeannie, and My Favorite Martian.

In the 1970s, she turned all her attention to the world problematique. She’s made wonderful contributions since then, including two feature documentaries about crop circles: What on Earth? Inside the Crop Circle Mystery and CROP CIRCLES: Quest for Truth, as well as doing 36 episodes of The Cosmic Fuel Pump, for “how I get sane in a crazy world,” on local Los Angeles TV.

On her current platform, NOW WHAT?, where the essay contest came from, she is urging a massive coalition of we-the-people to become the force we could be.

Suzanne’s website: https://SUESpeaks.org

Suzanne’s mailing list: https://suzannetaylor.substack.com/about

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Hear investigative journalist, art historian, attorney and author Charlotte Dennett who wrote Follow the Pipelines: Uncovering the Mystery of a Lost Spy and the Deadly Politics of the Great Game for Oil.

Charlotte tell us about her quest to uncover the truth about the mysterious death of her father, American’s first Master Spy in the Middle East -- and about her disturbing discovery of the role of oil and pipelines in the Gaza and Ukraine wars.

Followthepipelines.com

She is also the author of numerous Huffington Post and

CounterPunch articles including the best articles on

"Television Event" & "The World is My Country" and many more.

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Activist, Filmmaker, retired Art Historian and Educator Jean Stevens talks about her activism and how to alert folks of the danger of nuclear weapons using a multimedia event. Learn how you can screen "Television Event" as well! EVENT EXAMPLE: Schedule for Sunday February 25th in Albuquerque NM 1:00 PM: Only $5 at the Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE Albuquerque NM "Television Event" a riveting documentary about the world-changing 1983 TV movie “The Day After” that profoundly impacted then US President Reagan, nuclear policies, helped end the cold war, and led to a huge reduction in the nuclear arsenal. See the trailer and more info. at theworldismycountry.com/nuclear 2:50 PM: We will march four blocks, from the Guild Cinema to Triangle Substation Park 3:00 PM: Rally against nuclear weapons in Triangle Substation Park, 2901 Central Ave NE We will gather to share ideas about how we can change public opinion the way the movie did and bring about the abolition of nuclear weapons. Featuring music by Eileen O’Shaughnessy, Paul Pino, and the Raging Grannies! Plus more surprise guests! See footage of the event on Jean Stevens' YouTube Channel

BUILDING A WORLD WITHOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS - ONLINE FORUM

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Susan has been a successful director and producer of network soap operas. Directing over 750 hour-long episodes for shows like The Young and the Restless, Guiding Light, and Another World during her 22-year career, she has won both the Daytime Emmy Award and the Director’s Guild of America Award. As a Quaker and a feminist, Susan is passionate about bringing Setsuko’s inspiring story to as many people as possible. "The Vow From Hiroshima" is an intimate portrait of Setsuko Thurlow, a passionate survivor of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Her moving story is told through the lens of her growing friendship with a second generation survivor, Mitchie Takeuchi.

thevowfromhiroshima.com

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World Federalist Movement/Institute for Global Policy -- Program Director Alyn Ware tells us how New Zealand shifted its government, through public pressure, to reject nuclear weapons! Alyn Ware is one of the world’s most effective peace workers, who has led key initiatives for peace education and nuclear abolition in New Zealand and internationally over the past decades. He helped draft the Peace Studies Guidelines that became part of the New Zealand school curriculum, initiated successful programmes in schools and thousands of classrooms throughout the country, and has served as an adviser to the NZ government and the United Nations on disarmament education. He was active in the campaign that prohibited nuclear weapons in New Zealand, before serving as the World Court Project UN Coordinator which achieved a historic ruling from the World Court on the illegality of nuclear weapons. Ware has led the efforts to implement the World Court’s decision, including drafting resolutions adopted by the UN, bringing together a group of experts to prepare a draft treaty on nuclear abolition which is now being promoted by the UN Secretary-General, and engaging parliamentarians around the world through Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. wfm-igp.org nuclearweaponsmoney.org

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“Has a doll long criticized for perpetuating outdated gender norms and unrealistic body image become a feminist icon?”  NPR asked; “The movie takes place largely in Barbieland, a candy-colored, women-centered utopia where Barbies hold the positions of power (all of the jobs, really, except for "beach") and Kens are essentially peripheral.”  The Kens revolt - take over, start wars with each other, and try to dominate.  

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We invited Dr. Riane Eisler, the distinguished author of “The Chalice and the Blade” to give us her perspective on the “Barbie” movie.  In "The Chalice and the Blade” Riane tells a new story of our cultural origins. She shows that war and the “war of the sexes” are neither divinely nor biologically ordained.  Her research reveals that human society originated in female/male partnership but was then coerced into a dominator society. She goes on to show us that a better future is possible in partnership!  Anthropologist Ashley Montagu called it “the most important book since Darwin’s Origin of Species”. 

Dr. Riane Eisler is President of the Center for Partnership Studies and has received many honors, including honorary Ph.D. degrees, the Alice Paul ERA Education Award, and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's 2009 Distinguished Peace Leadership Award, and is featured in the award-winning book Great Peacemakers as one of 20 leaders for world peace, along with Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King.  She keynotes conferences worldwide, with venues including the United Nations General Assembly and the US Department of State.

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centerforpartnership.org

rianeeisler.com

Power of Partnership Podcast

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Andreas Bummel is founder and Executive Director of Democracy Without Borders.  A leading expert and advocate for a world parliament, he has been leading the campaign for a Parliamentary Assembly at the UN, supported by more than 1,500 parliamentarians from over 100 countries.

The “We The Peoples” campaign, which he co-convenes, advocates for more democracy at the UN.  It has been joined by over 200 groups, including leading environmental and

civil rights NGOs.

He served on the Council of the World Federalist Movement, which played a central role in supporting the creation of the International Criminal Court.

He co-wrote A World Parliament: Governance and Democracy in the 21st Century 

DemocracyWithoutBorders.org

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Heading the preeminent Citizens for Global Solutions is a top human rights attorney who created a global parliamentary campaign for Democratic Renewal and Human Rights - and also acts, directs and writes for the Theater! Garry Davis would have loved to meet her! An international lawyer, a democracy and governance practitioner, she spent more than 15 years working with non-governmental, inter-governmental, and private sector groups supporting human rights, democratic processes, and the rule of law -- on five continents! With the National Democratic Institute (NDI), Rebecca directed programming for the bipartisan House Democracy Partnership of the U.S. House of Representatives. Her publications include the first Global Parliamentary Report, Political Parties in Democratic Transitions, and Navigating between Scylla and Charybdis: How the International Criminal Court Turned Restraint Into Power Play -- which was honored with the Emory International Law Review Founder’s Award for Excellence in Legal Research and Writing. She served as a Visiting Professional in the Presidency of the International Criminal Court and has provided pro bono legal expertise to The Carter Center, International Refugee Assistance Project, United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. She even developed an international humanitarian law curriculum -- for the U.S. Marine Corps University! She is also a Co-Convener of the Washington Working Group for the International Criminal Court (WICC), a diverse coalition of human rights organizations.

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