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April 2015 edition Featured Articles on: Homeboy Industries – Creative Visions – Tiger Time – David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation – Not Impossible Labs – The Milagro Foundation – Mouvement – Ocean Conservancy

HOMEBOY

Join us for Lo Máximo Awards and Dinner!   April 11, 2015

Lo Máximo celebrates the transformational work that thousands of men and women undertake each year at Homeboy Industries.

Eat, drink, laugh, cry, and spend the evening re-discovering the common bond you share with former gang members and previously incarcerated men and women, indeed with all humanity. Together raise the roof and widen the circle of compassion.

Individual tickets for the annual gala are available now. Visit homeboyindustries.org/lomaximo to purchase yours.

Thank you for all your help and support.

Father Greg speaks internationally, nationally and most often locally in Southern California. Besides these speaking engagements, Father Greg’s time is committed to working with former gang members at Homeboy, visiting youth camps and prisons,’and serving on a myriad of advisory committees and task forces. Click here to invite Father Greg to speak at your event.

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HOPE HAS AN ADDRESS Homeboy Industries provides hope, training, and support  to formerly gang-involved and recently incarcerated men and women, allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of their communities. Homeboy Industries serves at-risk and gang involved youth with a continuum of services and programs designed to meet their multiple needs, and runs four businesses that serve as job-training sites. Please Visit: www.homeboyindustries.org

Homeboy Industries is looking for dedicated volunteers in the Educational Services Department.

If you are interested in volunteering with Homeboy and mentoring their trainees, these are some of the immediate areas they could really use your expertise. Please go to this link to fill out the volunteer application.

Thank you for all your help and support.

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CREATIVE VISIONS

One of the Tribe Zoe Tryon

Our Featured Creative Activist Project

Guided by the understanding that we are all part of one human tribe, we fund and support tribe-driven health, education and economic capacity building projects, and use film, photography, books and art to raise awareness about indigenous issues, foster environmental stewardship and corporate responsibility, and inspire people everywhere to be one of the tribe.  

Having grown up in the rather tame wilds of the English countryside, Zoe Tryon, founder and project director of One of the Tribe, has always had a passion for wild places. Zoe suspected that indigenous people may have had a better idea of how to be truly happy, than we in the modern world do, and how to live in relationship with nature. 

Inspired by wild places and indigenous peoples, Zoe hopes that even in a small way, One of the Tribe will benefit this and all future generations, flora and fauna of our world.

Please view at http://www.creativevisions.org/projects/one-of-the-tribe/

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THE JOURNEY IS THE DESTINATION

Inspired by the life of Dan Eldon, Creative Visions Foundation inspires and supports creative activists – individuals who use media and the arts to raise awareness of critical issues around the globe and ignite positive change. Creative Visions Foundation provides tools, mentorship, resources and a linked community to help our activists harness the power of media, arts and technology to solve global problems in the areas of: human rights, environment, youth & education, woman empowerment, and global consciousness. Please visit:  www.creativevisions.org

CREATIVE VISIONS is a premiere agency for the use of media and the arts to ignite positive change in the world. Please join the tribe at: http://www.creativevisions.org/get-involved

Thank you for all your help and support.

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TIGER TIME

Keeping Tigers on the Agenda

2015 is an important year for the tiger. Following intense discussions at CITES in July 2014 some very specific recommendations on tigers were adopted:   

         Countries are to ensure that their legislation prohibits domestic trade, including in parts of captive bred tigers

         It requires those who are currently trading to report the scale of that trade

         It requires countries to report on the volume of existing stockpiles

         It requires countries to destroy the bodies of deceased captive tigers

Between now and the next meeting in January 2016 progress will be assessed by a working group being chaired by China.

Help TigerTime demonstrate how important we feel these recommendations are to the survival of the tiger.

Our aim is to deliver over half a million signatures to the Chinese Embassy in London in October 2015 respectfully requesting that China, in its key role as chair of the inter-sessional working group, guarantees the compliance of CITES members to all of these recommendations. Without that compliance, the future of the wild tiger remains uncertain.

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Please be part of it. TigerTime already has over 300,000 signatories – help us reach the 500,000 mark by signing up at www.bantigertrade.com  

David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation   David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation responds to urgent conservation threats by supporting trusted, reputable individuals and organisations operating in the field.

The Founder, David Shepherd, is known internationally as an artist and ambassador for wildlife. In 1960 he became a conservationist overnight when he came across 255 zebra lying dead around a poisoned waterhole in Tanzania. Since then, with the help of supporters across the world, the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF) has given away over £5million in grants to save critically endangered mammals in their wild habitat and benefit the local people who share their environment. David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation as an adaptable and flexible, non-

bureaucraticorganisation supports a range of innovative, vital and far-reaching projectsthroughout Africa and Asia, achieving real results for wildlife survival.

The Foundation supports sending undercover agents into the field to investigateillegal wildlife crime, training and supplying anti-poaching patrols. It has helped

establish nature reserves and other protected areas and works with governments to establish conservation laws and regulations.

The Foundation educates wildlife consumers about the plight of the animals they‘use’ and teaches young people about endangered wildlife through art and schoolprojects.

 Please visit: www.davidshepherd.org Thank you for all your help

and support.

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NOT IMPOSSIBLE

Don’s Voice

“Don’s Voice” is a heart-warming look at the true story of Don and Lorraine Moir, a farm family debilitated by ALS. Don and Lorraine married in 1989. Six years and three children later, Don was diagnosed with ALS. Week by week, Don lost more of his motor-neurological functions. Then on May 21, 1999, Don was fitted with a ventilator. He hasn’t spoken since.

Don communicates via a letter board: a simple sheet of paper with the alphabet divided into quadrants. Letter-by-letter, word-by-word, the disease has forced Don to communicate silently through others for over a decade.

After hearing Not Impossible Founder Mick Ebeling on the radio, Lorraine contacted Not Impossible to help create a digital solution for her husband. The Not Impossible team, led by volunteer Javed Gangjee, utilized its know-how, the HP x360 Convertible PC and SpeakYourMind Foundation software to develop a simple interface that replicated Don’s paper letter board. Don was now able to access a new world of technology and communication for the first time since being diagnosed.

Through this simple technology, Don independently wrote a love letter to his wife and was able to audibly say “I love you, Lorraine” for the first time in 15 years.

“We hope ‘Don’s Voice’ will inspire and remind others to tell their loved ones they love them, and to use the amazing technology at our disposal to connect with each other rather than disconnect,” states Ebeling. “In the midst of busy schedules, and the madness of everyday life — sometimes you just need a reminder to #VoiceYourLove to those you care about most.”

Please view at: https://youtu.be/LtSCemhpIWk Thank you for all your support.

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NOT IMPOSSIBLE NOWThe People at Not Impossible Now believe in technology for the sake of humanity.While nobody can do everything, everybody can do something, so we crowdsource our solutions to real-world problems. Suddenly, yesterday’s pipe dreams are Not Impossible Now!

By helping one person we can all inspire others to do the same – it’s their “Help One Help Many” philosophy and it breaks down barriers, enabling greater access to all in need.

Access to healthcare, literacy and technology shouldn’t ever be limited by finances, geography or physical ability. 

Listen in on Not Impossible founder Mick Ebeling's conversation on CBC radio's program "Q" right here: http://www.cbc.ca/q/popupaudio.html?clipIds=2476780836

In the book, which is available in stores and online now, Mick discusses how he’s made a difference in people’s lives through technology by assembling teams to help others in need. Here's an excerpt!

Also, we’re thrilled to announce that Not Impossible has received the “Innovative 3-DIY” award at the 2015 SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday night, March 17. The award is in honor for Not Impossible’s work on “Project Daniel.”.

“Project Daniel” focuses on a teenager who’d lost both arms in a bomb blast in Sudan. When Not Impossible sent a team there to 3-D print limbs for Daniel, the impact resonated farther than any could have predicted. “Project Daniel” has not only restored hope for a teenager in Sudan, it’s spurred other individuals to take up the charge and make a difference.

Learn more about “Project Daniel” here and by watching the video below:

https://youtu.be/SDYFMgrjeLg Thank you for all your help and support.

THE MILAGRO FOUNDATION

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MILAGRO ON TOURSantana donates 50 cents for every ticket sold to The Milagro Foundation.

Please check out the UPCOMING TOUR DATES:

5/20/2015 House of Blues Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV TIX

5/22/2015 House of Blues Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV TIX

5/23/2015 House of Blues Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV TIX

5/24/2015 House of Blues Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV TIX

5/27/2015 House of Blues Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV TIX

5/29/2015 House of Blues Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV TIX

5/30/2015 House of Blues Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV TIX

5/31/2015 House of Blues Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV TIX

Please visit www.santana.com for Tickets and more dates.

MILAGRO LATEST GRANTEE

Enriching Lives Through Music

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Bringing free, intensive, high quality music instruments, classes, performance opportunities and lessons to children in communities with limited access to instrumental music education, in particular – the Canal neighbourhood of San Rafael, CA.

Please visit for the complete list:http://www.milagrofoundation.org/grantees.asp For more information about DONATING, please visit www.milagrofoundation.org. Thank you for your consideration and support.

The Milagro Foundation

Milagro (“Miracle”) is a charitable foundation that supports underrepresented and vulnerable children and youth in the areas of arts, education and health. The Milagro Foundation was started in 1998 by Carlos Santana and his family to benefit children around the world.

Please view the video to learn more at http://www.milagrofoundation.org/movie.asp

THE UNIVERSAL TONECarlos’ book, THE UNIVERSAL TONE, is not just the history of a musician that has sold millions of albums. It is the story of an individual who is ceaselessly creative, spiritually focused and yet fearlessly part of a world that brought him fame and adulation and challenged his dedication to his music and to doing good.

Please read the overview at: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-universal-tone-carlos-santana/1119888283?ean=9780316244923

Thank you for all your help and support.MOUVEMENT

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CONNECTING GOOD INTENTIONS TOUR

Our Connecting Good Intentions Fall Tour 2014 staged workshops in partnership with Carlos Santana’s Milagro Foundation for students, parents, teachers, and other community members in Mouvement’s Om Dome:

In Los Angeles, at the Carlos Santana Arts Academy Nov. 5 to Nov. 8; In Malibu at the Boys and Girls Club from Nov. 11 to 15; and In Las Vegas at the Boys and Girls Lied Memorial Clubhouse from Nov. 17 to Nov.20.  Participants were delighted and surprised by their own curiosity, and the sense of joy and freedom created through play by Mouvement’s educational, rhythmical, co-creative experiential & FUN activities. Please visit www.altruistica.org  and http://studiomouvement.com/en/ or www.facebook.com/studiomouvement for more information and upcoming dates for Fall of 2015.

MOUVEMENTMouvement is a unique mobile studio that offers cultural-artistic experiences based on rhythm and music, percussion and dance through playshops, performances and activities open to all ages and walks of life.

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BLISS: A 5Rhythms® & Yoga Retreat 

Villa Sumaya, Lake Atitlan, GuatemalaApril 25 to May 2, 2015

Dance the 5Rhythms® into Bliss with Evangelos Diavolitsis at a picturesque Villa Sumaya retreat center located on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Activities include dance, yoga, percussion, vocal exploration and a traditional Mayan ceremony. Private money, life, vocal and percussion coaching available.

Presented by Mouvement and La Caravan Dance Theatre with Evangelos Diavolitsis, Tatiana Nemchin, Joël Delaquis and Maya Lewandowsky.

Please visit for more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/668673796541409/

OM DOME ON TOUROn the road this fall and winter Mouvement installs the Om Dome; an inviting, unique, bright and peaceful space for participatory events and activities in the community, music concerts and festivals.

The Om Dome is a white 30-foot diameter geodesic dome tent that may be set up as an enclosed, intimate space or with an open-arch serving as a unique and practical covered presentation area.

Mouvement’s experienced facilitators will host an array of community-building events and activities, and trademark collaborative playshops using the power of rhythm, movement, dance, percussion and music, creating connection and cultivating freedom of expression.

Performances and many other skillfully adapted presentations and programming initiatives are also offered. Playshops include Elaborhythm, RhythOm and Soul Movement! Yoga classes are also offered.

Please check out for more info: http://www.studiomouvement.com/enwww.facebook.com/studiomouvement

Thank you for all your help and support.

OCEAN CONSERVANCY

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SAVE THE   RIVIERA   MAYA TODAY: SIAN   KA’AN BEACH RECLAMATION PROJECT  The beautiful coastline of the Sian Ka’an,”The Birthplace of the Sky“, Biosphere Reserve has been polluted by local and global waste. The 64 km stretch of once virgin beachfront is home to dolphins, manatees, endangered sea turtles, and 339 unique bird species.

Please view at http://altruistica.org/save-the-riviera-maya-today-preserve-the-sian-ka%E2%80%99an/

Join us for our Sian Ka’an Beach Cleanups on April 11 in the southern portion and April 28 in the northern portion, respectively. Your contribution will initiate clean up of the beaches, coordinate local organizations, and raise global awareness.  Our project will make an immediate and crucial impact in the following ways: 

Reduce the plastic and other non-biodegradable garbage on the beaches Create responsibility for local and global polluters Foster effective collaborative efforts between local stakeholders Reduce the amount of animals with dangerous toxicity levels and animal

deaths Increase the survival rate of newborn sea turtles, marine birds, manatees,

and dolphins As part of Altruistica’s larger media campaign, SAVE THE RIVIERA MAYA TODAY: PRESERVE THE SIAN KA’AN, these impacts will be leveraged for the present and future well being of these species and their environment. Please DONATE now by clicking the DONATIONS Box on Altruistica’s Home Page, www.altruistica.org

Join Ocean Conservancy in working every day with partners around the world to fulfill the vision of clean water and healthy beaches

Thank you for all your help and support.

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OCEAN CONSERVANCY: Clean Beaches - Clean Water

We have a profound stake in a healthy ocean that is free of trash and marine debris.The ocean sustains us with the basic elements of life—it produces half of the oxygen in the air we breathe, and it is an essential part of the water cycle, helping to provide the water we drink.The world’s beaches, the frontier of this essential resource, support ocean health. They provide habitat and nesting grounds for important ocean wildlife like sea turtles and sea birds, and they attract vacationers from around the world, helping to sustain complex coastal economies.

Please check out: http://www.oceanconservancy.org/healthy-ocean/clean-beaches-clean-water/

Trash Free Seas

Ocean trash ranks as one of the most serious pollution problems of our time. Much more than an eyesore, trash in the water and on the shore affects the health of people, wildlife and economies. For example, trash in the water:injures swimmers and beachgoers;harms wildlife that eat it or get trapped in its mess;drives away tourists—and their wallets; andensnares boat propellers, a costly navigation hazard.

The good news is we can prevent trashed beaches and debris-filled water. Ocean Conservancy has a vision of trash free seas, and we’ve been leading the way for more than 25 years.Ocean Conservancy is creating a world of trash free seas by:

Organizing and executing the International Coastal Cleanup®, the world’s largest volunteer effort to clean up our beaches and waterways, with partners around the globe.

Publicizing data  that help the public and the global science community better understand the problem of ocean trash.

Creating innovative solutions to the ocean trash issue with leaders from the private, public and academic sectors.

Building a movement to help inspire all of us to stop trash before it starts and live cleaner, healthier lives.

Thank you for your consideration and support.

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