Featuring Special Guests: Rev. Deborah Moldow, Téana David, Steve Farrell, Mariko Pitts with Dr. Kurt Johnson & Jon Ramer

In this panel, you’ll discover…
- What are Impact Networks?
- Why do we create them?
- Can they make a difference in our critical need for positive global change, and, if so, how?

HOSTED BY

Dr. Kurt Johnson

Dr. Kurt Johnson is Coordinator of the Synergy Circles of the Evolutionary Leaders and a founder of the Light on Light Press, publisher of recent books on emerging international movements and networks (see Links at end). Author and activist, he has worked in professional science and comparative religion over 40 years. A prominent figure on international committees, particularly at the United Nations, he is author or co-author of several influential and award-winning books: Our Moment of Choice (2020) (Gold Nautilus, COVR and Living Now Awards), The Coming Interspiritual Age (2013), Nabokov’s Blues (2000) and Fine Lines (2015) (Brian Boyd Prize, 2019).

Kurt served on the faculty of New York’s Interfaith Seminary for 15 years and, for 25 years, was associated there with the American Museum of Natural History. He is host for the Convergence series on VoiceAmerica, publisher of three magazines: The Convergence, Light on Light, and Conscious Business. A partner in UNITY EARTH, Kurt is ordained, or certified, in five religious traditions.

He has a PhD in Evolution and Ecology and is author of over 200 scientific articles and seven technical books. A former monastic, is he a member or founder of the Evolutionary Leaders, Association of Transformational Leaders, Contemplative Alliance, Gaiafield Subtle Activism Networks, Self Care to Earth Care network, UN NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, NGO Forum 21 Institute, the UN Committee for International Yoga Day, and is President of the Friends of the Institute of Noetic Science and on the Council for Prosocial.world

Jon Eliot Ramer

Jon is the founder of ONE WORLD (https://oneworld.earth/) and the SINE Alliance and Network. SINE (Synergized Impact Network Exchange) is a global collaboration that fuels collective empowerment. The SINE syndicated network and social change engine amplify the positive impact of the alliance member's initiatives. SINE demonstrates how co-management and collective capacity building can uplevel and amplify social change initiatives and their outputs, outcomes, and impacts. Jon also conceived of and produced the "Compassion Games: Survival of the Kindest" serving over 18 million people. As a member of the Evolutionary Leaders he is the co-founder, with Ben Bowler of the UNITY & PEACE Synergy Circle (https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/synergycircles).

Ramer serves as Chief Technology Officer at Four Worlds International Institute, focusing on the International Treaty To Protect and Restore the Sacred, signed by over fifty different tribes throughout North America. As an entrepreneur, civic leader, inventor, and musician, he is a co-founder of several collaborative technology companies including ELF Technologies, Inc., whose main solution, Serengeti, connects over 7000 law firms with their clients and was purchased by Thomson Reuters. The designer, author, and co-founder of several Deep Social Networks, he launched the International Campaign for Compassionate Cities, that led the effort to make Seattle the first city in the world to affirm Karen Armstrong's Charter for Compassion. As a result, there are over 450 similar Compassionate Community Campaigns around the world.

PANELISTS

Rev. Deborah Moldow

Deborah is an ordained interfaith minister committed to assisting in the transformation of human consciousness to a culture of peace. Deborah is the founder of the Garden of Light, an online platform that provides a virtual home for a new community rooted in the emerging global spirituality.

She is Director of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle, an initiative of the Source of Synergy Foundation that brings together visionaries committed to the acceleration of conscious evolution. She is a co-editor of the award-winning 2020 book by 43 Evolutionary Leaders, "Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future." She is also Vision Keeper at Unity.Earth.

Deborah served for more than 20 years as the Representative to the United Nations of May Peace Prevail on Earth International. At the United Nations, she co-chaired the International Day of Peace NGO Committee, the Values Caucus, and the United Religions Initiative multi-faith Cooperation Circle, URI-UN.

Rev. Deborah makes her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she leads a monthly Spirit Salon.

Ben Bowler

Ben Bowler is the Executive Director of UNITY EARTH, a global network dedicated to empowering solutions for unity, purpose and peace.

Steve Farrell

Steve Farrell is the co-founder and Worldwide Executive Director of Humanity’s Team, a global nonprofit headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, dedicated to advancing the understanding that all life is deeply interconnected. The organization empowers people globally to realize their deeper selves and embrace unity. Before his pivotal role at Humanity’s Team, Steve was at the helm of two rapidly growing technology firms in Silicon Valley during the 1990s, both of which were celebrated in the INC 500 list.

His active engagements included prominent roles in the Young Entrepreneurs' Organization and the Young Presidents’ Organization. Moved by Neale Donald Walsch’s vision of infusing conscious leadership into business practices, Steve shifted from a flourishing corporate career to co-founding Humanity’s Team in 2003. Under his guidance, the organization has grown to include nearly 700,000 supporters across 150 countries, all committed to the mission of making conscious living pervasive by 2040.

Steve is the author of A New Universal Dream: My Journey from Silicon Valley to a Life in Service to Humanity, and a contributor to the Gold Nautilus Award-winning book, Our Moment of Choice: Evolutionary Visions and Hope for the Future. He is a member of the Evolutionary Leaders Circle.

With over 20 years experience, Mariko Pitts is no stranger to the public relations (PR) and marketing arena. Her career blossomed quickly in one of the foremost PR agencies in Los Angeles, where she designed multi-touchpoint campaigns for large corporations, such as Kelloggs, Sony, Wells Fargo, New Line Cinema, Pacific Gas and Electric, among others.

But after an intense spiritual awakening in 2008, Mariko's entire life perspective shifted, including her career path. She was no longer willing to contribute to manipulative campaigns that didn't serve humanity's best interests—and vowed to craft communications with integrity; and to use her creativity to awaken, inspire, and elevate others.

Mariko Pitts

Mariko's career has spanned multiple fields, including live and virtual event production (national and international), NGO Board and directorial leadership positions, and over 15 years of transformational coaching and training. She has designed and executed many programs and events for conscious organizations and leaders around the world, including motivational speaker and athlete Bill Bradley, modern mystic Thomas Hübl, renowned theologian Matthew Fox, visionary Stephen Dinan, and more. Most recently, she was the foundation director of The UPLIFT Foundation.

Mariko is now the Core Synergist of the Holomovement. Learn more at www.holomovement.net and https://www.linkedin.com/in/marpitts/