Donors

This event would not have been possible without the generous donations of these organizations and individuals.

Dana Greeley Foundation for Peace and Justice

Fetzer Institute

University of Massachusetts Student Senate

University of Massachusetts College of Public and Community Service

Anonymous, Dave and Amy Anderson, Jorge Santiago Arce, Sibylle Barlow, Kathryn and Lee Benjamin, Karen Berggren, Matthew Blais and Lucretia Hatfield, Sue Buckholz, Mohamed Kalifa Camara, Di and Jack Clymer, Misha Dutka, Bill Fine, Elaine Fong, Reebee Garofalo, Gene Hall, Dan Hogan, Rev. Mel Hoover and Rev. Rose Edington, Nina Capra Jordan, Nancy Karella, Stefanie Katz, Rebecca King, Virginia LaCrow, Cristia Lesher, Nora Lester, Jeff Lowe and Devorah Rosenberg, Suzanne Mancinelli and Paul Borda, Paul Marcus, Ann Mathes, Yvonne Pappenheim, Camilla Parham, Reinaldo and Regina Lee Rivera, Alice Rosen, Lori Rowan, Jim and Sue Cunio Salem, Horace Seldon, Fran Smith, Judy Stern, Estelle and Gerry Swilling, Barbara and Don Tomaskovic Devey, Jay Vogt, Deborah Watrous, Chris Watson, Patricia Watson

Thanks and Appreciations

An event like this one does not happen without the help and support of a great many people. Deepest thanks are due to these individuals, who have gone above and beyond to help manifest the vision of Mending the Sacred Hoop:

Amy Anderson, Ari Ma’ayan, Audrey Everett, Bert Gunn, Bob Bloom, Camilla Parham, Chantal D’Arleville, Corinne Allain, Dave Anderson and "Damn Good Sound", Ed Rogers, Gene Hall, Ginny LaCrow, Karen Berggren, Katja Esser, James Walkowiak, Oannes Pritzker, Paul Marcus, Reebee Garofalo, Rodger Osgood, Sandy Karahalis

Many thanks to Jay Vogt, for the generous donation of his time and skill to facilitate the Open Space process for this gathering.

Thanks to the individuals who participated in the Seed Councils, in which much of the groundwork for this gathering was laid: Horace Seldon, Paul Marcus and Carol Rinehart of CCI, Cornell Coley, DeAma Battle, Donna Bivens, Pablo Lonesome Wolf, Andras Corban Arthen, Jerrie Hildebrand, Yvonne Pappenheim, and Elaine Fong.

And of course, the Steering Committee members, who have been available for the past two years for meetings, ideas, financial support, donated skills and services, contacts and networking, moral support and encouragement: Horace Seldon, Elaine Fong, Nanatasis Bluto-Delvental, Jerrie Hildebrand, Marilyn Middleton.

The "Vision of a Healed Earth" was created by the Seven Sisters and their extended families in 1999: Amy Anderson, Camilla Parham, Deborah Watrous, Karen Berggren, Kathleen Chapin-Exar, Lori Rowan, and Morwen Two Feathers.