About the Mediators FoundationMediators FoundationMF_3481a08e-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd33Mediators Foundation Board of DirectorsThomas HastChair of the Board of Directors and Vice President/TreasurerMark GerzonMember of the Board of Directors and PresidentJohn SteinerMember of the Board of Directors and Secretary_3481a280-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd33To foster global leadership for a peaceful, just and sustainable world by identifying, supporting and connecting visionary leaders working in the best interests of our small planet._3481a384-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd33ProjectsCatalyze civic and educational projects to address social issues of national and global importance_3481a460-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331Since our founding in 1987, we have catalyzed civic and educational projects to address social issues of national and global importance, and worked for a better understanding of global cultures and values. For those of you who have witnessed our efforts over the past twenty years, this focus may not be surprising. After all, many of the projects that we have undertaken – ranging from the Soviet American Entertainment Summit in the Eighties, to Global Partners and the Bipartisan Congressional Retreats in the Nineties, to our current projects – have reflected this priority. However, never before has this central mission of the Foundation been so clear or so compelling. Coordinated ActionServe as a global commons where leaders who share our vision can coordinate their actions._3481a53c-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.1LeadersMediators Foundation is committed to serving as a global commons where leaders who share our vision can coordinate their actions. Thousands of leaders are already working to achieve this end. Linkages & SynergyLink men and women from around the world so their activities can develop synergy_3481a62c-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.1.1Linking these men and women from around the world so that their activities can develop synergy is an essential step in increasing the likelihood that a just, sustainable and peaceful world will emerge.Current Projects_3481a712-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2Transpartisan MovementSupport ongoing efforts to bring collaborative leadership, decision-making, and genuine problem-solving into the public square; and link these initiatives into a transpartisan movement._3481a88e-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.1Mapping & ConnectionMap and Connect the Movement_3481a8de-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.1.1Our first strategy contains two key elements. First, for the past several months, we have started to map the elements of the transpartisan field. We have now completed the Transpartisan Field Map 1.0. For the first time, this map will enable those who are already participating in transpartisan work to witness themselves as part of a movement.Second, in partnership with the 1900-member National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD), we are forming an online community called the “Transpartisan Listserv.” For the first time, individuals and organizations that are active in this boundary-crossing work will have a communication channel that is professionally monitored and moderated. Through ongoing open networking and focused dialogues, this online community will be a meeting place and “listening post” that will immediately begin to consolidate and strengthen the movement.As individuals and organizations join the Transpartisan Listserv, we will invite them to locate themselves on the map. In this way, the online community will steadily expand and will generate larger, more comprehensive iterations of the Transpartisan Field Map.GatheringGather the Movement_3481aa8c-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.1.2The first convening of the Transpartisan field will take place on October 16, 2014, in Reston, Virginia. Designed as a single day pre-conference one day in advance of the 1900-member National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation’s (NCDD’s) 2014 national conference, we anticipate not only existing transpartisan thinkers and activists attending, but also NCDD members and others in the general public who are inspired by the transpartisan story and who want to explore joining the movement.This one-day gathering of the field will be the first time, to our knowledge, that those who are committed to bridging partisan divides, finding higher ground, and showcasing best practices for cross-spectrum collaboration will gather. By ensuring a video record of this event, posting it online, and presenting its results to the NCDD conference as a whole, we anticipate that 2014 will witness the birth of a real transpartisan movement.Teaching/Learning CommunityCreate a Teaching/Learning Community_3481abae-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.1.3In April 2014, the Center for Transpartisan Leadership will begin providing face-to-face and virtual opportunities for learning from veteran practitioners and thought leaders. Physical venues will include Boulder, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., and virtual spaces will include on-line courses and live-streamed workshops.StoryConstruct and Share the Movement’s Story_3481abea-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.1.4In the internet age, with camera-loaded cellphones and emails embedded with YouTube links, civic life is increasingly visual. Social media and video will become vital elements in telling the transpartisan story in several key ways:CTL Course Videos. As the number of course presentations expand, with faculty providing wide-ranging and cutting-edge instruction about transpartisan theory and practice, an online library will gradually be formed. Circulated by members of the Transpartisan Listserve, and promoted by faculty members themselves to their large mailing lists, the voting public will have up-to-date access to the best practices in the transpartisan field. Over the course of two years, we can anticipate thousands of “students” being exposed to this cyber-curriculum.CTL Annual Meeting of the Field. We intend to video the October 2014 gathering and share highlights with the 1900-member National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD) membership (2000), as well as the broader NCDD community mailing list (30,000). In addition, we anticipate press coverage which will bring key elements of the meeting onto the screens of tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands more. We then intend to sponsor an annual meeting of significant participants in the new transpartisan movement.Transpartisan YouTube Video. Every election cycle, hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on 30-second “spots” that promote one side or the other. For the first time, CTL will research, prepare and present a single video that offers an alternative. By exposing the barrenness of the dead-end ads and contrasting it with an inspiring vision, we will provide viewers with an experience that, if effective, will provide a startling new narrative.LaunchingLaunch the Movement in the Public Square_3481acee-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.1.5We are planning a National unConvention. Carefully timed in 2016 to precede the Democratic and Republican Conventions, it is intended to A) showcase the field and its many components, including the faculty and expanding students of the Center for Transpartisan Leadership; B) inspire and galvanize the American public with a new framing for democracy, public engagement, leadership, and public policy; and (C) potentially lead to a widespread national membership movement. Hosted in collaboration with key partners, this national gathering would consist of a microcosm of “Delegates” that reflect the true diversity of the American people. It would set a markedly different tone than the predictable Democratic and Republican Conventions in 2016.Working with partnering organizations, the unConvention would provide a public platform for transpartisan leaders, including the Center’s faculty and many others, to broadcast a healing, inspiring, and uniting message to the American public. Such a message will provide a turning point for establishing a new public discourse educating the citizenry about new, 21st century methods of decision-making, participatory democracy, and governance.We are also actively creating a musical dimension to this concept, a concert across the spectrum with well-known musicians who are willing to model and advocate transpartisan approaches to their art. Such a concert will raise the visibility of the transpartisan movement and help to support its growth.Global Citizens' JourneyShift awareness from sectarian, culture-bound, nation-focused attitudes to a boundary-crossing and more global worldview_3481adfc-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.2Mark GerzonProject DirectorImagine an experience that inspires authentic curiosity and respect for humanity, evokes a sense of belonging and unity, recognizes the complex global individual we each are and activates a sense of responsibility to partner with others to the whole.The Global Citizens’ Journey is such an experience. The journey is a rite of passage that, in Einstein’s words, shifts participants' level of awareness from sectarian, culture-bound, nation-focused attitudes to a boundary-crossing and more global worldview. It helps reframe everyday local experiences from a context of division to one of unity.WitnessingExpand capacity to witness the world_3481afaa-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.2.1AwarenessDevelop greater awareness of this integrated complex world_3481b0ea-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.2.2WorldviewLearn to "unlearn" and let go of narrow, ethnocentric worldviews_3481b306-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.2.3Conflict ManagementIncrease capacity to manage conflict creatively_3481c3b4-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.2.4Difference MakingSense that we can make a difference, that we matter_3481c3b5-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.2.5Connection DiversityFind joy in connecting with others not like ourselves_3481c3b6-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.2.6PartnershipsIncrease motivation to use individual gifts to partner with others_3481c3b7-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.2.7Wisdom Beyond BordersSupport the work of individual wisdom teachers and leaders through honoraria_3481c3b8-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.3Margo KingProject Director & SponsorJohn SteinerProject SponsorWisdom TeachersWisdom LeadersWisdom Beyond Borders is a fund, administered by Mediators Foundation, to support the work of individual wisdom teachers and leaders through honoraria -- a kind of private MacArthur Award.Because these recipients are people whose work is well recognized and understood and in order to simplify their lives, the money is offered freely, with no strings attached and with no expectation of written reports.Putting "Peaces" Together[Conduct] a seminar in the Middle East_3481c3b9-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd331.2.4Mark GerzonProject Director -- Fiscal SponsorshipRichard DashBarbara DashArabsArabs actively working in grassroots peace organizationsJewsJews actively working in grassroots peace organizationsRichard and Barbara Dash have prepared a three-day in depth residential seminar to be held in the Middle East. This program is for Arabs and Jews actively working in grassroots peace organizations. The tools provided will bring greater communication and conflict resolution skills to their valuable and vital work.Cultures & ValuesWorked for better understanding of global cultures and values._3481c3ba-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd332_3481c3bb-a4de-11e3-8ee3-f1d1d566cd332014-03-05http://mediatorsfoundation.org/about-us/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net