DAY 2 - Friday Afternoon

Which side are you on?  How can we be successful at helping people realize that they are taking a position, taking a stand, being an activist, whether they become very active or if they chose to do nothing at all. Once we know something, we cannot unknow it.  We all have a responsibility once we become aware of a problem, an issue.  We are only innocent, if ignorant.  Here is a list that I made based on the response of  experts in education, politics, finance, the military,  and industry to the question:  “How can we be successful at helping people decide which side they are on?”

1.      We must look back.  We must build our vision, based on what we have learned and where we have been, to learn where we want to go.  Education is the key to learning where we stand.

2.      We should help people understand that they cannot believe the rhetoric from Mega-corporations, that Mega-corporations are, too often, only motivated by why gives them the most profits.

3.      We must help individuals connect the dots.  Our society must have a plan so that our citizens have a plan for our people, our environment, our peace, and our planet.

4.      We must help people understand that, often times, good things for people can also save money.  Healthy people, focusing on wellness, using emergency rooms appropriately, can save billions of dollars.

5.      We the people must act but, if we do not act, we must understand that we are acting just the same.  We are all taking sides on the important issues.

6.      We must help keep the voting process honest and open so that people feel the power they have at the ballot box.

7.      We must unite, align, with like-minded individuals and groups.  Education is our key.  People must understand that they have the power to change things that they don’t like.  Solidarity can move mountains.

8.      We must help our young people feel supported.  Older people must help younger people understand that it was not the people who broke the current situation.  Mega-corporations have been successfully changing our election process, our legal system, and our laws to benefit themselves to the detriment of the people.

9.      We must understand that our government no longer has the people’s best interest at heart.  It has been contaminated, and over taken, by the Mega-corporate element of the world.

10.   We have to understand that we don’t have a money problem, we have a priority problem.

11.   We must use local government to stand up to bigger, Mega-corporations, and bigger government.