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1995 World Music Festival
Empowering Our Nation's Youth

Our country is facing an epidemic of youth violence.  *"Many of our youth see
their most positive option as being dead."  Leadership must come together and
facilitate the healing process now!

We propose to launch a national multi-media campaign to inspire and empower
our youth.  This will be launched through a television/music concert special
and a series of youth empowerment summits that will feature top musicians,
celebrities, and motivational speakers.

Our young people are our most precious resource.  They are the leaders of
tomorrow.  Yet in the wake of our nation's epidemic of violence our youth are
loosing hope in the future.  We must, as President Clinton recently said,
"find a way to help young people think in a hopeful way."

One of the most powerful ways to inspire hope and at the same time reach our
youth is through music.  And if the intent of the musician is to empower, as
Confucius once said, "then people's minds are led to right ideals and
aspiration, and we may see the appearance of a great nation."

As such, The World Music Festival will likewise serve to promote uplifting
and heart felt music with an intent to inspire our youth and the people of
our community to celebrate life and unite together in an effort to end
violence and heal its "root causes."

To further this change, proceeds from the event will be used to fund programs
that will cultivate self-esteem and personal and social responsibility.

The Importance of a World Music Festival

According to UNICEF's 1993 year end report the United States leads the
industrialized world in youth homicides and has the most children living
poverty.  The American Psychiatric Association reported in August of 1993
that 3 to 6 million adolescents suffer from depression.  And according to the
Center for Disease Control "Violence (in America) is the nation's 12th
leading cause of death and disability for people age 15 to 34.

For more information or comments and suggestions please respond to
John_Theodore@earthspirit.org via e-mail or

call or write to:	Steve Robertson
		The Humanity Federation (a 501c3 non-profit organization)
		5530 Allot
		Sherman Oaks, CA. 91401
	Phone:	310-205-7935
	Fax:	310-788-0022--

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