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About the Unity Network
In a Sentence:
The Unity Network is collaborating to unite the people and movements of the world towards social transformation.
Short Summary About the Unity Network:
The Unity Network uses principles of sustainability, grassroots activism, and collaborative decision making to help find solutions to the greatest problems of the 21st century. Our goal is to support and catalyze unity between the diversity of people and movements across the world to work towards tangible solutions and social transformation to build balance with ourselves and the natural world. Currently our general priorities involve developing new governance and economic system proposals, based on natural ecology and sustainability, that can help meet basic life necessities of all people, as well as a variety of other social conscious projects.
Our world view is based on the foundation that global technological advancement and accompanied population growth has spun off a plethora of global crises never before seen or dealt with by any generation before us, and the current systemic structure of or society is not currently capable of addressing these crises and they are continuing to get worse. Without naming the laundry list of global and regional crises, we will just name 5 of the top issues that we and future generations are all facing.
5 of the many global crises we are facing:
- Economic Destabilization from technological unemployment and wealth stratification.
- Climate Destabilization from Green House Gas emissions and other particulate pollution.
- Destruction and land pollution of 70%+ of the ecological land ecosystems and 30% of the ocean ecosystems, with mass species die-offs in the range of 10,000 extinct species per year.
- Dysfunctional Governments that function too slow for the needs of 21st century people.
- Basic access to food, water, health care, education, incomes/jobs, and other life necessities.
The foundation of the methodology for the Unity Network is that if we only solve one single issue, it could very well make the other crises worse, or cause other unforeseen crises within areas that aren’t even current problems. Therefore our methodology consists of the theory of a comprehensive unified strategy and single interconnected series of solutions, as opposed to fragmented single solutions for single problems. We see this theory as just one of many possible options to solve our collective crises, but it is a viable option and should be includes in all discussion about how we solve any individual crises. Even if there is a small probability that we can’t solve any single crisis without solving all of them, we must consider this option as a viable solution. We see that there are common roots to all of our problems, and that there are collective solutions no matter what the problem is. Our hope is to educate and help provide an open framework for any issue or group to collaborate together and build support. Currently we see that many of the roots of our collective problems arise from un-representative democratic systems based on money and elite wealth having unequal power, so many of our current projects are solutions to that type of issue although we have many other seemingly unrelated issues and projects we also address and our focus can change at any time based on your and other peoples involvement and votes.
Some of the current activities we are working on:
- Community Elections, to prioritize ideas and proposals that anyone can input.
- Unity Flag, a visual iconic symbol of unity between the peoples movements. (Draft Example in this post)
- Unity Day, an annual event to support building unity between all people and movements.
- People’s Parallel Congress to create communication and representation for normal everyday People without influence from Money, Business, Lobbyists, or elite.
- The Comprehensive Plan, compilation of integrated step by step solutions to global crises, published along with an action adventure book.
Read bellow for More information about these projects.
Link to Activity Calendar to get involved in Conference Calls:
http://padhtml.wc.tc/wctc/all-pads/UnityNetCalendars.html
Why do what we are doing?
Our view is that there is a growing laundry list of global problems and crises that our current/old social decision making systems are not dealing with sufficiently on behalf of the people. The old systems of dealing with these issues are still primarily based on democratic bodies rooted in 200 year old processes disconnected from the people, or single topic individual movements that are fragmented and divided. We simply have a possible theory, that no matter what the solution, it will effect all other problems as they are all interconnected, (just as a butterflies wings can cause hurricanes half way around the world). So our theory and methodology is one of the only ones where we stand for a comprehensive interconnected plan to solve all global problems and crises simultaneously, because if you just solve one, it could cause even more problems down the road. Of course this is just a theory, so we also support fragmented movements, yet we feel the option must be on the table for an integrated unified approach to solving global crises.
One of the key roots of our global crises that we see, is that our local and globalized society has out grown its decision making processes and is no longer capable of making difficult and essential decisions on behalf of the people. Our outdated government systems of democracy, although they are the most evolved in history, still are not meeting the needs of todays populations anymore, and many government bodies are gridlocked with disproportional representation for big money, lobbyists, corporate and national special interests. The top 85 wealthiest people of the world, hold half of the entire wealth of the planet and the 1%ers own 65 times the bottom half of the world population. Did those 85 people do 1/2 of the work of the world to create all that wealth? Did the 1% do 65 times the work of the bottom half to deserve 65 times the wealth? No, not even close, in fact they have done less productive work because they simply invest old money and fund other people to do the actual work for them, the system is flawed and is rigged for the richest of the rich, because work is undervalued and money is WAY overvalued and is pumped upstream. Year after year this money and wealth has been taken from the people, and the only reason that they continue to control the majority of humanities wealth and the power that comes along with it, is because we the people of the world continue to allow them to do so. FACT: At anytime we can collectively decide to take it back, as they have no right to it under the natural laws of our planet, because everyone has a right to meet their basic life necessities.
The people, according to almost all democratic government constitutions, hold the power to directly make decisions for themselves when it is not expressly written in the constitution. Many of our current crises that we face today did not exist when most of the democratic constitutions were written, or have not been added in, and therefore people, and in many cases only people, have the ability and power to come together and unify to make decisions for ourselves in the failure/absence of the ability for national and multi-national governments to enact workable solutions, most likely dew to biases special interests. We need more Balance of Power and Separation of Powers within governance models that further increase individual and local freedoms by supporting the creation of new systems of democratic engagement including the Democratic Trilogy, of Participatory Democracy, Direct Democracy, and Representative Democracy, to represent PEOPLE separate from lobbyists, money, and business interests.
We can build on a methodology of open networking where anyone and everyone from any background and any interest can collaborate together even with different strategies and tactics using nodular, and holographic structures of self organizing. ALL PEOPLE must be created equal, and ALL IDEAS must be treated equal to allow anyone to openly and confidently express their ideas without ridicule, and for all ideas to be legitimately considered based on unbiased merit, without pre-judgement from individual or collective points of view. We call this “Ideaocracy” where all ideas are given equal consideration. Furthermore we need new economic systems based on natural laws to ensure access of basic life necessities for ALL PEOPLE and fair distribution of work, wealth, and income that doesn’t destroy the environment and the life systems of the planet that we depend on. The foundation of our human economy needs to be actual work, innovation, and equitable access to resources for individual freedoms and basic life necessities, and to end the existing era of the human economy being based on top down monetary control/investment, stock market gambling, market share domination, and purposefully allowing the limiting, in-debting and poverty of mass populations for the benefit of the few. Now is the time to enact alternatives, including far-fetched grassroots people-based systems, to solve our global crises. It can be done, and it can be done NOW if we all want it, so we need your help to make it happen.
Some of What we are already getting started with?
Listed here are some of the many projects and activities that we are initiating to help create models and processes that can allow people within the fast paced busy society to collaboratively make decisions on any issue in a strategic manner. In no way are these the only projects that we will focus on, but they are the starting point for our launch. Additionally it is important to mention that our approach is an initiation that includes the interconnectedness of each projects, as none of these projects are done separate and independent from the others.
Community Elections:
The Community Elections System is an idea we have been working on for over 2 years, and we are finely launching the Alpha stage. You can vote in the current Level 1 Election by clicking here: http://wc.tc/voteL1 , it only takes 1 minute. The general process is that anyone can input any idea, and then the community votes on them and the good ideas can bubble to the top. The goal is to help prioritize the issues and ideas in a way that the masses can get involved in, cause it is all based on simple fast click voting, but can also allow donations, volunteering, and very advanced voting and ranking systems as customizable for different level elections and direct democracy. The key is making it all integrated so that anyone from any group at anytime can be involved and empowered. An other way of thinking about it is trying to bridge the gap between our local communities with bottom up grass roots elections and voting, and top down government elections that only happen every 2-5 years. What ever issue or idea “wins” the election, the Unity Network will focus on that issue as the top priority for the community. Yet we will create a priority “agenda” and if an issue isn’t the top idea, it can still get done, just like the agenda items of a meeting. For more info and to vote: http://CommunityElections.org
Unity Flag:
Similarly, the interactive Unity Flag is created by everyone voting on all the symbols of the People’s collective movements. The symbols that get the most support then become the symbols used within the Unity Flag. Overtime as social movements change and evolve, the Unity Flag can evolve as well, but much slower than the top priority issues and ideas. What symbols do you think are the most important to represent the movements of the world? Peace Flag, Fist, Rainbow Flag, Earth Flag, Cannabis Flag, the list goes on and on and you can add your own symbols and vote . . . More info on the Unity Flag and to vote: http://UnityFlag.net
Unity Day:
Unity Day is our annual Unity Network event, with the date chosen interactively though online voting. This will be the primary day were the Unity Network invites everyone to come out and show support for uniting the diversity of people and movements of the world together, and to remind the governments who is really in charge. The goal is masses of people, not civil disobedience, which means Family Friendly and Safe! For those who are more interested in civil disobedience instead of family friendly, don’t worry, there will be a day for unified civil disobedience as well, and we will make sure you get information on that when ready, but your welcome to help out. More info on Unity Day and voting to choose the date: http://UnityDay.net
People’s Parallel Congress
Note: the United States Congress currently has 7% approval rating, we can do better than that with our eyes closed.
The People’s Parallel Congress is actually for the People, of the People, by the People, without lobbyists or direct corporate / business influence. The Peoples Parallel Congress, unlike the current official United States Congress would have…
- No Lobbyists
- No Corporate or Business influence or representation
- No decision making or voting based on Money
- No direct Elite influence or indirect influence from the 0.0000….0001%
- No influence from Big Banks, Weapons Manufacturers, Wall Street, Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big Telecommunications, Big Internet etc.…
The People’s Parallel Congress will be Non-partisan, any party affiliation can be involved, and any actual person Can Vote for representatives (including Elites, but that is the only way the richest of the rich and most powerful can be involved). Elected or Appointed Representatives must step down from 0.0000….0001% Elite influenced Jobs, and be pre-automatically recused from any decision that is a conflict of interest with their current or previous personal job or income, as well as other life activities including political activities, affiliations and campaigns. Additionally all communication, not just voting, must be documented and done in public NOT behind closed doors. Overall the idea of People’s Parallel Governance Systems can be done at the national level of any country (either congresses or parliaments), as well as the global level, or any other level of government.
Why go to all the Trouble to create such a body that has no constitutional or governmental power? There are at least five simple and very important reasons to do this.
- Corporations do not have the same interests as people!:People and corporations fundamentally have separate interests. The only overlap is that people need jobs and corporations provide them, but even this positive relationship is now ending because corporations are laying people off in mass, and replacing them with machines to increase profits. Therefore we need a place where people and their needs are represented outside of any corporate or big money interests.
- Communication between actual People:We believe the primary purpose of congress is communication between everyday people across the nation. Without communication between normal people it is impossible to make decisions, pass laws or bills on behalf of people. Currently congress is better at providing communication between Big money, lobbyists, and corporate interests than it is at having basic communication between normal everyday people.
- Comparative Analysis and Data: The People’s Parallel Congress will vote on every bill, law, or proposal that the official congress votes on, and overtime the voting record of the People’s Parallel Congress can be compared to the votes of the existing official United States Congress to analyze and compare, and then educate the people about the difference of a Congress for, by and of the People, and a Congress for, by, and of the influential rich, corporate, lobbyists.
- Training Ground for possible future representative candidates: The People’s Parallel Congress will be a place where people can get experience making government decisions which is great way to get the training you need to become a good representative when you actually are elected.
- Slate of Peoples Candidates who run against the real Congress: Everyone within the National People’s Parallel Congresses will run as a single national slate and national campaign every two years against the existing Congress. By running a huge national campaign, we can be much more successful than running 100’s of fragmented and un-funded local campaigns.
More detailed information about why and how to create a People’s Parallel Congress: http://wctc.titanpad.com/PeoplesParrallelCongress
Integration of all Projects; The Comprehensive Plan:
Its important to understand that all four activities, the Unity Elections, Unity Flag, Unity Day and the People’s Parallel Governance Systems are all interconnected together and are not separate independent activities. Whatever we choose for the date of Unity Day, that coincides with the primary Annual Election to choose the top idea for that year to announce it at the end of Unity Day. Additionally Unity Day becomes the primary day for the people to come together for decision making as local People’s Conventions which is one of the foundations of the People’s Parallel Governance System. A few months before Unity Day, the Unity Flag will be finalized, printed and distributed for that years Unity Day March and Manifestation. Currently our focus is very preliminary and rough, but as we start getting votes, the ideas and our focus will clarify. It could take a year or more to really have full understanding and agreement on what the primary focus of the Unity Network will even be, depending on how you and others vote. There are many other components which are also interconnected as the Comprehensive Plan is a step by step action plan for the transformation of our society, and the vision for our comprehensive strategy. These are the main 4 activities we are working on currently that you should know about, and overtime our priorities can change. Although our goal is to accomplish all of the steps of the plan as a comprehensive solution, it is perfectly fine to focus on one at a time, just like the agenda items of a meeting, yet hopefully we can get to all of the items and ideas eventually.
Note: Currently the Unity Network is now in “Pre-Launch” mode, and will not officially “Launch” until we can fundraise at least $5,000 for our core operations budget. Because many of our projects and programs are not monetary based, we are still moving forward with our Pre-Launch, it is just scaled back, and takes longer, from what our full Launch would look like. If you do get involved, please keep in mind that we are in “Pre-Launch” mode still, and many of our systems are in alpha testing levels, but that is better than not launching at all.
How to help out and Get Involved?
Questions? Contact Jay anytime: jay(at)jayslife(dot)net (415) 323-5833
Link to Activity Calendar to get involved in Conference Calls:
http://padhtml.wc.tc/wctc/all-pads/UnityNetCalendars.html
Anyone can get involved with the Unity Network at small, medium, or large commitment levels. In just a few minutes, someone can be a full participant in online decision making within the network. We structure our involvement levels based on a busy society, so we have many levels of involvement to allow for people to easily commit to easy involvement for the masses. Weather it is quick click voting or volunteering with just a 15 minute session, or if people want to jump in with a weekly internship, or even get paid for their work, there is a way that anyone can get involved. Here is a list starting with the smallest commitment levels.
Fast Click Vote in the Current Election (30 seconds-5 minutes a month)
Level 1: http://padhtml.wc.tc/wctc/all-pads/CurrentLevel1Election.html
Take a quick moment to vote on the top ideas and projects within the current Unity Election. Your votes decide the foundation of our focus and where we put the majority of our available resources. You can vote just once per year, and your vote will count within the annual voting which is the most important, or you can sign up to get regular reminders for monthly/weekly elections.
Link to One or All of our Unity Network Social Pages (1-3 minutes)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnityMOE
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnityNet
Email List: http://groups.google.com/group/unitynetwork
Vote to Prioritize the Symbols for the Unity Flag (2-5 minutes per year)
Link: http://unity.network.wc.tc/FlagPrioritizationVote.html
The Unity Flag is just as important as the Current issues, as it is our essential unifying flag to connect not just our issues, but all the peoples movements together. Only the top symbols will make it into the Unity Flag, so please take a few minutes to go through the possible symbols, vote/prioritize your top choices, and even add new options if you have them.
Make a Monetary Vote / Donation / Invest (5-15 minutes)
Standard Donation: http://IdeaFun.org/StandardDonation
Tax-Deductible Donation: http://IdeaFun.org/TaxDeductableDonation
You can donate to any idea or project you want to and it counts towards our decision making process. Donations can be tax deductible for most ideas, and some projects come with an optional gift with donations. If your not sure which project you want to donate to, but you know you want to support the Unity Network in some way, simply make a donation and we will always follow up with you to confirm where you want the money to go. Un targeted donations will go towards a general pool and the winning projects of the Unity Elections.
Buy one of our Products (5-15 minutes)
Unity Flags: http://unity.network.wc.tc/OrderFlags.html
Rainbow Poker Deck: http://rainbowpoker.net/
Mini Declaration iphone App: http://lawbypeople.com/MiniDeclaration/
Yet if you don’t just want to make a donation, you are welcome to purchase one of our many products so you get something for your money. 100% of the proceeds go to support the projects of the Unity Network. There are many options for products, many do not have websites yet, and more are being created every year.
Call Into The Comprehensive Plan (TCP) Info Q&A Session (5-15 minute)
TCP Info Q&A Sessions currently take place on Full Moons(100%), New Moons(0%), and Quarter Moons(50%). Please visit our Activity Calendar and look up the time and how to call into the TCP Info Q& A Sessions:
http://padhtml.wc.tc/wctc/all-pads/UnityNetCalendars.html
Call Into a Unity Network Info Q&A Session (30min-1 hour)
Want more information about the Unity Network in a simple Q&A format. Please visit our Activity Calendar and look up the time and how to call into the TCP Info Q& A Sessions:
http://padhtml.wc.tc/wctc/all-pads/UnityNetCalendars.html
Regular Activities, Meetings, & Conference Calls: (Annual – Weekly)
You can get involved as little as Once a Year during our Annual Unity Day event, or you can choose to be involved seasonally, monthly, bi-weekly, or weekly depending on the type of work and involvement you are interested in.
To Get Involved Please Fill Out This Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NcrkxNsH5ny9PrtxjUX-552HRaWwOcGVIOARZnScRfc/viewform?usp=send_form
Or email: jay(at)jayslife(dot)net
Also Please visit our Activity Calendar and look up the time and how to call into Conference Call of your choice, and / or in A-synchronous sessions.
http://padhtml.wc.tc/wctc/all-pads/UnityNetCalendars.html
Become a Representative in the People’s Parallel Governance Systems and Run for Elected Office for and of the People as a People’s Representative. (Unknown amount of time?? min 1-5+ hours per month)
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1f1R8TLyYrncPkAtdJ5SCsdsQyV31m57V72xUBwItOZM/viewform?usp=send_form
Thanks For your interest in the Unity Network:
Jay
Jay Blas Jacob Cabrera
415-323-5833
PO Box 20179
Stanford CA 94309
http://UnityNet.info
Reminder: Please Join the Update Streams Your interested in
At least join the main Unity Network updates, and if you want you can get on my update stream and some of the other project updates as well.