VISIONARY FORUM, RAINDANCE FESTIVAL 2010!!! COOPERATIVE FOOD EMPOWERMENT DIRECTIVE
CoFed will kick off the forum by hosting dinner at the Forum, starting at 6pm, for the first 100 or so festival diehards, and also a presentation. www.cofed.org
QUANTUM MEHNDI THERAPY
Integrating ancient and contemporary she has created Quantum Mehndi Therapy (aka sacred galactivational mehndi)- divinatory henna body art for emotional, cellular, & DNA re-patterning. Inspired by Dr Emoto's work with the crystalline structures of water, Nassim Haramein's Unified Field theories, quantum physics, cymatics, sacred geometry, phiometry, symbology, Reiki and more she paints visual representations of vibrations on the body (many times on correlating meridian lines) for specific healing and evolutionary effects. She enhances her henna paste with gem, planetary, floral, & mineral essences along with a Reiki meditation, to essentially use the body as the ultimate 'time is art' canvas for evolution.
IBOGAINE THERAPY
John Harrison, PsyD., (cand.) has had life experiences ranging from mountaineer to massage therapist (at Esalen Institute), to Federal fugitive ( from injustice ) followed by a stint as a guest of our Bureau of Prisons,to methadone counselor to political activist and an advocate for a fair and just drug policy, to psychologist, to writer and researcher into compassionate addiction treatment, among many other incarnations. John is also a connoisseur of amazing and breathtaking sunsets. Mateo Williford: An Energy Revolution
Mateo Williford has worked in the world of solar energy for over 13 years. He is currently the Technologist for Sungevity, an Oakland based solar company developing new ways to bring solar to the rooftops of every home. Prior to that he was an action coordinator and renewables specialist for Greenpeace. This line of work took him from installing wind generators at proposed coal plants in Thailand to blockading off shore oil rigs in the Arctic ocean and working to pass the game changing Million Solar Roofs program here in California.
Chris Sia: Defeating Empire & The Rise of the Love Rebellion
Chris Sia is the co-founder & co-creator of the !Armageddon Prevention Team, a multimedia artist cadre dedicated to using the performance stage & canvas as a platform to address our impending global geo/socio-political & spiritual crises, and also seeing these crises as a catalyst for the evolution of consciousness. He has been the facilitator of the Visionary Forum for Raindance for the last three years, as well as performance artist, dj/music producer for all of the Raindance Festivals. He is deeply honored to serve his community again this way this year. |
After a successful campaign to prevent the first fast food chain from entering UC Berkeley, a group of students raised $130,000 to open a student-driven, financially viable alternative - The Berkeley Student Food Collective - a cooperative cafe that will act as a hub for sustainability activism. Now, they are taking that experience and spearheading the organizing necessary to help reproduce similar projects on campuses across North America. The organization is called the Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive (CoFed) and and CoFed will create an army of advocates and organizers towards a just and sustainable food system and give them a structure to sustain and grow that energy after they graduate.
CoFed is a research institute, a support network and a training program that will empower university leaders to create community-run, ethical food cafes on their campus. Our six-day June intensive will launch a regional network supported by local producers and mentors and train a handful of campus teams to develop their business model and launch a grassroots campaign to implement it back at school. 
Master Artist Mehndi Mama has been a professional mehndi artist for over 15 years. Having lectured with universities, symposiums, retreats, libraries, museums, and other events she strives to inspire expression and connection through the interactive prehistoric body art of Mehndi.
John Harrison’s Ibogaine research has been presented at the 2008 World
Psychedelic Forum in Basel, Switzerland,
We live in a world where oil wells and coalmines are our major forms of energy. Join us in a discussion on the current energy structure and positive outlooks for the future. Imagine a world where we do not have to yield war and power to continue to support an energy structure that is fueling the fires of global warming. Renewables like solar, wind, hydro, and biomass; what are they and how can they steer us away from our destructive path?
Where are we today as a global society today, here in 2010? We are playing out the archetypal story of good vs evil, the empire vs the rebellion. What is their agenda? What is ours? What can we do as individuals and collectively?