HUMANITY'S MOMENT OF CHOICE: SUMMIT OF THE FUTURE
September 13, 2024
Hosted by Dr. Kurt Johnson, with Ben Bowler, Doug King and our Correspondents
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This VoiceAmerica Special-- Humanity’s Moment of Choice: Summit of the Future-- is on the occasion of the United Nations September 2024 “Summit of the Future” and the event “The Deep and Rapid Transformation Convergence” being held at the Synod House of the Cathedral St. John the Divine in New York City in advance of the Summit on September 19, 2024. The Special speaks with the global leaders who have created the Deep and Rapid Transformation Convergence Event, now also known as the DRTC. The DRTC— see an information page at http://p0.vresp.com/4nPa1j -- is an initiative of the SDG Thought Leaders Circle (sdgthoughtleaderscircle.org) of the Evolutionary Leaders and it is aimed at influencing the achievement of the Summit of the Future (SoF) by infusing it with unitive principles and praxes.? The DRTC is composed of key thought leaders from each of the major dimensions of the SoF who are engaged in defining the core strategies needed to ensure that goals of the Summit, like the Sustainable Development Goals (embraced by 193 nations) are achieved in a way that serves all. Please see the biographies of the Special’s guests who will be introduced more briefly on the program itself. They are all affiliated with the Evolutionary Leaders, a project of the Source of Synergy Foundation, and include Diane Marie Williams, Daniel Stone, Heidi Sparkes Guber, Dr. Joni Carley, Dr. Richard Clugston, Tezikiah Gabriel, Dr. Jude Currivan and Emanuel Kuntzelman. This event is part of a greater celebration of the International Peace Week, and the International Day of Peace, which can be found under the umbrella of UNITE 4 Peace at unite4peace.org. There you can learn more, and how to be involved, in important September events in New York City, San Francisco & Japan, and, in October in these networks’ annual Global Oneness Summit. For more background on The Summit of the Future [SoF] see: www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future; for more background on the related Pact for the Future see: www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future/pact-for-the-future-zero-draft www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future/pact-for-the-future-revisions Vision of the Unitive Narrative can be found at: sdgthoughtleaderscircle.org/unitive-new-narrative/ and at the inspiring short film at YouTube “A Radical Guide to Reality”.
The Convergence
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We have not seen a moment in history quite like this one. It is a moment of choice to support an evolutionary leap. In a world inevitably going global and multicultural, we can choose to live by a consciousness of wholeness, to co-create a collective vision of a just, peaceful, and flourishing world, to nurture authentic relationships, to build vibrant and compassionate communities working together to uplift all, and to join hands in building a better world. On THE CONVERGENCE, VoiceAmerica host Dr. Kurt Johnson is joined by global thought leaders from The Evolutionary Leaders Circle, and other global change-makers, in this inspiring series of radio and video presentations-- “Humanity’s Moment of Choice”. Spiritual and cultural leaders, sacred and secular activists, scientists, artists, writers, economists, politicians and even shamans join in this discussion of a world trying to wake up and grow up. What is at stake today and what are the technologies and cosmologies creating a world that can work for everyone? If you are concerned for our world's future you'll want to tune in to The Convergence on the VoiceAmerica Empowerment Channel. See more at https://www.evolutionaryleaders.net/, a project of The Source of Synergy Foundation.
Dr. Kurt Johnson, with Ben Bowler, Doug King and our Correspondents
Dr. Kurt Johnson is a well-known scientist who is also a founder of the world's Interspiritual Movement. Author of the influential book The Coming Interspiritual Age and two bestselling books in popular science, he joins Australian interfaith leader Ben Bowler and American integral thinker Doug King in welcoming women and men from around the world to discuss change, and the ideas driving change worldwide today.
With expertise in evolutionary science, comparative culture and religion, and even mysticism, Kurt serves on diverse international boards and committees across the world service community. These include The Interspiritual Network, One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, Friends of the Institute of Noetic Science, Gaiafield, The Evolutionary Leaders, Forum 21 Institute, The National Ethical Service, Self Care to Earth Care, Community of The Mystic Heart, and the United Nations NGO committees on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns and The International Yoga Day. Ordained in a half dozen spiritual traditions he brings a broad firsthand knowledge of world spirituality.
Ben Bowler founded 1God.com, World Weavers and UDAY. Doug King is a founder of Presence.tv and certified in Spiral Dynamics and integral thought. With Kurt's over two hundred technical publications and books in ecology and evolutionary science they and their global guests weekly bring a profound expertise in the future of religion and spirituality and the spectrum of global change.