International Community Center Concept for Peace & Prosperity = “The OK Center”

Please take a look at my “Peace Plan”,  i wish to name, “The OK Center” because some few years ago i learned that the word “OK” is the most recognizable word, in ANY LANGUAGE, world-wide.  And, of course, it has a POSITIVE connotation.

If time is an issue, NOW, & you have been re-directed here, from the http://www.refresheverything.com/?WT.mc_id=pep24105 site, you may scroll down to the *** to view my proposal’s goals… if you do not know what that means, go there & check it out!  A FABULOUS OPPORTUNITY THAT PEPSI is sponsoring:  $1,300,000 a month in Grant funds for projects that support positive change in USA Communities!  The system is ABOUT the PUBLIC VOTING for THEIR FAVORITE PROJECT:  SOOOOO many ideas have been submitted, i was not able to join for the month of JULY, but hope to succeed on AUGUST 1st, for voting during the month of SEPTEMBER>>>>>> i will keep you all posted, but PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS, and go to that site daily, NOW,  to vote on these great projects, & pray MINE will make it in for daily voting during SEPTEMBER 2010…. AGAIN, this model below, which i seek seed money to create, CAN BE DUPLICATED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, and benefit so many people of all ages…. many, many thanks for your positive vibes sent in this direction!

INTRO: This is a brain-child i have been nurturing for several years, which came to me whilst i dreamt, the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, in the summer of 2005.  My kids & myself had flown over the region the day before, traveling  back to So Cal after spending a year in Florida, on the edge of the middle of their gulf coast.  The folks there always commented to us on how terrible it must be to live in areas where earthquakes are the dangers, but i will state, again, there is no comparison to the threat of hurricanes & tornadoes which are annual events, of long seasons of often constant, sequestered fear: NOT just the new residents, but the long-timers, too.  It was, in fact, the worst recorded season of hurricane activity, the year we lived there: too much for us.  Life is too short to be surrounded by negativity, and control it we must.  No one i’ve known in our home state of California ever thought much about our earthquakes, past nor future.  They are incredibly infrequent, give no warning, and so short & sudden, that fear has no place in our logical minds, even now, after memories engaged upon this writing return, regarding the poor fate of the folks in Chili (Feb. 2010), & recent years of tsunami wreckage, & yes, the few big Cali earthquakes, now many years ago… not to ignore the same & similar natural disasters world-wide & the strengths those folks have invisibly devoted to make their lives move-on. I wish to sincerely honor them all.  Then there are the disasters WITHIN OUR REACH :::::

In trying to gain some influential persons email addresses to send my appeal out to, i found that a similar CINEMA plan exists, FOUNDED BY A LOVING FATHER, with a dedication to his 12 yr. old boy named “Ahmed” .  I am so happy to see that THAT project has a LIFE NOW, to open April 2010, to honor the soul of  his innocent child who passed away from injuries sustained,  whilst playing like any other kid in the world, granted  (& so very unfortunately), with a TOY GUN,  in the streets of his own neighborhood.  In reality, it was due to political actions putting dangerous weaponry into the hands of devotees following orders, in his volatile West Bank town, a Palestinian refugee camp known as Jenin.  PLEASE NOTE MY MENTION OF THE CHAIN OF ACTIONS: many, many diverse persons, unknown to Ahmed,  made decisions that caused his life, as we know it, to end.  AND responses to tragedy need to be re-learned.  PERHAPS  CINEMA CENTER PROJECTS, such as his Father’s & mine, can help to re-train folks to think WELL:  we can change the world & create PEACE, one person at a time, one location by one location, by one more location.

Check out that documentary film (51 min., an “edit”? possibly a longer version is official?  viewable here>): “THE HEART OF JENIN” and the CINEMA FOR PEACE site that honors films that change the world.  This movie describes how his parents, in 2005, decide to donate their son’s organs to six Israeli children so as to save their lives.  About 2 years after the decision, Ahmed’s Father Ismael travels through Israel to meet the children they have helped and their families. It is a journey through a territory marked by prejudice.  Here is a quote from his speech at the Gala ceremony: “When I decided to donate Ahmed’s organs, my son’s organs, I didn’t check who would take these organs. Whatever – he might be Muslim, Jew, Christian, or anything else. Child is child, and I love children whatever they are and they are out of any kind of conflict. The children who took parts of Ahmed’s organs were actually part of different religions… Druze, Muslim, Jew and – no Christians, unfortunately. This encouraged me to continue the message of Ahmed. I established a centre for the children in the refugee camp in Jenin to be an alternative to the street playing where my son lost his life. And now I’m working on establishing the biggest cultural centre in the north of the West Bank, which is Cinema Jenin. I found out in my relation with the children in the centre that the best thing is to teach the children how to love each other. And the most difficult thing for our leaders is to make peace… So that depressed me, and I decided to try and make the peace with the children, to stop this conflict, which started 60 years ago. I hope and I think we can help these leaders to reach peace. Thank you very much.”

The film was awarded at the Gala in 2009 &  acclaimed for promoting reconciliation between Jewish and Arab inhabitants.  Mr. Jaka Bizilj, the founder of Cinema for Peace, traveled to Jerusalem and Jenin in June 2009 in order to meet the initiators of the project and offer support for “Cinema Jenin”.  The project was also offered support by the founder of the rock band, Pink Floyd and creator of  “The Wall” Roger Waters, who traveled to Jenin during the same time.  Since the conception in 2002, The Cinema for Peace Gala, held annually in Berlin, not only awards valuable movies and dedicated filmmakers but also raises money for charity organizations supporting health care, social concerns, as well as environmental issues.

* * * The OK Center: my Peace Plan * * *

Likewise, my Peace Plan supports the souls, minds & hearts of folks everywhere and HAS THE POWER TO  bring instant HOPE, when disasters hit, as well as to anyone’s everyday life, whether that is currently in contentment, angst, or seemingly insurmountable peril.
I wish to become a LEADER in this effort to CREATE the OK CENTERS, & hope one day this “Peace Plan” will come to fruition. Any possible way YOU may HELP would be very appreciated… email through the “reply”  section at the end of this page if you wish.

1. Create or ADOPT an “OK  CENTER”… sponsor/co-sponsor a Cinema, ANYWHERE, where anyone can enter for FREE, for a positive, PERSONAL, viewing experience: CINEMAS ARE OPEN EARLY & CLOSE LATE, perhaps even 24 hours… PERHAPS SOME CENTERS ARE OUT-DOOR ARENAS, a temporary use-age:  SPORTS STADIUM when THAT, & an OK CENTER all the rest of the time! …. SHORT FILMS RUN NON-STOP… ENTER & EXIT whenever you can, want, or need to:  fictional movies, documentary/HEALTH, WELLNESS & OTHER instructional films (how to build a fence or a drum, or fix a toilet, or wash your veggies, or prepare a recipe, or protect a newborn baby or animal, STOP SMOKING, where to get local addiction help, public service announcements), MUSIC VIDEOS, un-professional YOUTUBE spots, & video-taped lectures by MOTIVATIONAL & HEALTH EXPERTS, world-wide: FEEDING only positive audio-visual-subliminal (<< ? Hmmm) GOODNESS TO THE BRAINS of the VISITORS: permitting only POSITIVE, HEALING, INFORMATIVE, MOTIVATIONAL ideas: no BAD NEWS or GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA ALLOWED.

1. An “ALWAYS HAPPY PLACE TO GO TO”: near transportation centers, schools, shopping, missions for the poor/homeless, job centers, probation offices/courts/prisons…. Perhaps FREE food & clothing/showers/sleeping cots are available there.

1. AND NICE RESTROOMS, for everyone, for HANDICAPPED patrons, & special ones for parents’ need for CHANGING BABIES’ diapers: a QUIET chair/space for Moms whilst Breastfeeding.  Perhaps VOLUNTEERS (retired persons or church missionary folks, Psychology/medical/Child-Care students interning some hours, folks who must work Community Service hours by Court Order) maintain the grounds, give personal attention to visitors who wish to ask for help, work in kitchens, or co-op food/supplies  distribution, etc: a safe day-care area, for kids whilst parents take some rest time to get motivated via the films.

1. PERHAPS A LOCAL PANEL OF UN-PAID BOARD MEMBERS can serve to review the catalog of films offered on the Center’s World-Wide Network: they would represent all aspects of the local society: to include the poor & homeless, women, teens, young kids, and the aged.  NOT just some elitist assembly. SOME content may be inappropriate for their region.  Sensitivity to broad IDEALS, and the VALUE of short attention spans, will be projected to all film makers from the beginning to avoid wasted time, on all fronts.

1. LOCAL COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN LEARN HOW TO (& steadily work on in-coming films) DUB-IN THE LOCAL LANGUAGE, without cost to the center: NEEDED TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT MAY COME FROM ONE DONOR, as a ONE-TIME GIFT.  Because of the expense & desire to provide a high quality sound experience, perhaps grants can support translations done in distant studios, in the major languages, such as one I am familiar with, that belonging to a compassionate Church group in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.  WOULD THEY CONSIDER DOING SUCH NON-RELIGIOUS WORK? Perhaps not.  Back to ANY NATION’S LOCAL SCENE, a hands-on, translation contribution, trains students in many film/radio/communications skills for future careers & creates a showcase VENUE for other fields of endeavor such as LOCAL ASPIRING FILM MAKERS and ACTORS, ENTERTAINERS, ARTISTS OF ALL TYPES.

1. I submit it may be best to keep everything on FILM, NOT LIVE, as crowd control, ditching school & job hours, & fan hysteria can pose security risks & added costs, and may drive away many sectors of society…. IT IS ABOUT quick “introductions” & brief  “ideas”, spanning all walks of life, and all audiences, any generation:  “Grandma”  will KNOW SHE CAN take a trip to the café when the RAPPER music video arrives, & return a few minutes later TO SEE DEEPAK CHOPRA & FRIENDS recite the POETRY OF RUMI, or a 10 minute TOUR of the VIKING MUSEUM in OSLO, made by University students there…ALL IN A LANGUAGE SHE CAN UNDERSTAND, unless the individual film maker, or releasing owners,  specifically desires his/her/their work unchanged, which could risk rejection from some nations, but everyone participating within the project’s full scope, gets to make choices.  Film Makers worldwide can share their films at any of these centers…

1. ULTIMATE SHARING… more appropriate venues can better serve mass, specific appeal…. MANY LOCAL CAREERS & interviews can  portray immediate needs & instill direction in those who may feel hopeless & mentally stuck for ideas on where & how to move forward in their lives:  PORTRAY IDEAS IN FILM:   REPEATEDLY REACH THE MINDS OF MANY POTENTIAL APPLICANTS, FOR A BETTER individual LIFE, & FAMILY, & community & nation & world….

Suggested featured speakers in films (must still get permission: I am planning a world-wide PUBLICITY campaign for this model, with a major international retailer, now in the works: each location will need fiscal sponsors from the private sectors):  WAYNE DYER, Patrick Moore & Brian May, DEEPAK CHOPRA, David Wolfe, BILL GATES, Larry Benet, THE GRATIDUDES, Bob Geldof,  PAUL MC CARTNEY, Richard Branson, MARIANNE WILLIAMSON, John Robbins, MARK VICTOR HANSEN, Oprah, DONALD TRUMP, Odd Nerdrum, CHARLES STANLEY, Dr. Jeffery Thompson, DALAI LAMA,  Steven Covey, DAN MILLSTEIN, George Malkmus, DR. PHIL & WIFE, Rick Warren, TYRA BANKS, Bono, STING & TRUDY, Nelson Mandela, …. the names of possible contributors of short films of inspiration are ENDLESSSSSSS…. PASTORS, PRIESTS, MUNKS, RABIs, MAHAREESHIS, YOGIs,…. INFINITE AMOUNTS OF ARTISTS, SCIENTISTS, MUSICIANS, TEACHERS, BUSINESS & TRADESMEN, SPIRITUAL LEADERS, AUTHORS, &… FROM LOCAL famous talk shows, educational/actors & film/sports/spiritual/motivational/business/peace-negotiator PERSONALITIES, indigenous to EACH COUNTRY.

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This idea is OFFICIALLY drafted & will be also submitted to the Nobel Institute for their annual Peace Award consideration for the year of  2011 or 2012 (deadline February 1, annually).  Several requests have been submitted to possible sponsors already, but PLEASE WRITE ME IF YOU ARE A “PROFESSOR” or “Nobel Laureate“ or other potential nominee-sponsor & would consider being my sponsor for the application. It would be an extremely needed, stable, comforting, healthy, & unifying element in the lives of potentially millions everywhere, in any language: a place of rest & hope: a sanctuary that re-builds dreams of  love for self & others,  true & lasting success, PEACE & VALUE, BELONGING, AND RESPONSIBILITY, one-person at a time, serving a possible hundred or more souls at any given moment. PLEASE LET ME KNOW OF ANY GRANTS OR CONTESTS OR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS THAT MAY FIT THIS MODEL, THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF, WHICH MAY HAVE MISSED MY ATTENTION.  IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER LENDING YOUR NAME only, TO ITS PETITION FOR CREATION, PLEASE write me such in the “reply” section at the end of this page.

A personal tool for PEACE, with an unlimited reach for success: a place to renew joy & promise for a future that works; mental training is needed to create economic shifts: YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK, EVEN more than YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. An enlightening place for youths, away from street violence & drugs & temptations for  barterings of abuse-for-cash, in order to have food to eat.

SOME FILMS ARE FUNNY, some long, some short, some educational, some purely family fun, some practical: lectures, yoga, meditation, dance, short/positive “world news” features, interviews with folks who have gained entrepreneurial success with simple or complex ideas (“don’t give up, keep trying”) in ALL AGE GROUPS……  a place for the poorest of the poor to take a “date” or an entertainment adventure for a whole family, or the dad/mom/teenager/single adult without a job or a sense of help or love or prospect; to get out of the HEAT or COLD of the urban environment outside; to rest between the buses/trains to get you to work or home, EVEN IF ONLY 10, 20, 30 MINUTES (<< of happy enlightenment!) …. THINK HOW GREAT YOU WOULD FEEL IF YOU COULD WATCH, ON A BIG SCREEN, A HAPPY, ENCOURAGING PERSON of SUCCESS, speak, TO YOU, for even just a little while… we have this basically within our reach

ALSO: We could PURCHASE, wholesale/collectively or not, MP3 PLAYERS (& several pairs of headphones, per player) for the POOR, everywhere: PRE-LOADED WITH inspiring audio, in your own language, from SPEAKERS’ LECTURES FROM THE “OK CENTERS” above.   At the centers, a person could pick one up for free or really cheap, or perhaps you get one after you have ATTENDED SOME determined TIME at an  “OK CENTERS”, like a REWARD GIFT, so they do not become a pricey black market re-sale item.    But such a restriction to receive a MP3 would hurt the rural folks who can’t get there often.   But the MP3 would be soooo great: they are tiny & cheap:  You can take the messages on-the-road with you & continue to train your brain AS YOU LIVE WHERE EVER YOU ARE…. Perhaps you cannot get to an “OK CENTER” often: YOU CAN SHARE THE LESSONS WITH OTHERS WHERE EVER YOU GO.  Perhaps Churches, schools, cafes, NIGHT-CLUBS, radio stations, and city governments, village industries, & street-market merchants can volunteer or get-paid for services to folks,   OFFERING WAYS & MEANS TO ADD CONTENT TO A PERSON’S MP3, IN FUTURE, further creating a “community of sharing”, & meeting folks who have the same interests.  I see a powerful ripple effect of self-help that is infused with PEACE, & personal choice options that many poor folks feel they never get to grasp.  As i said early on for this page, the word, “OK” has been researched to be the most well recognized word in the whole of the human race, transcending language barriers like no other word, ever: that is why I wished to use this word:  &&&&& it brings new life to that old adage: “I’m OK, you’re OK”, inspiring tolerance, acceptance, & a positive outlook: “Everything is gunna be OK”.

If you wish to be included in a list of persons, organizations, & businesses that would care to follow the progress of this International Community Center Concept for Peace & Prosperity,  please send your chosen contact info to me as a COMMENT in the REPLY BOX below: your info will remain as private as I possibly know how: never exploited, shared, nor sold. If you have any SPECIFIC regional interest in the world, please state that.  No other info is necessary, but you may write as much or little as you care to…. Anything you have time to comment about may help us win support.

Even if you feel you are NOT interested in following this idea, but DO APPROVE OF ITS CREATION, PLEASE, PLEASE send  an email (moi@aprilsadvice.com), & write in the body:   “YES: WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW !” … I will remove your email identity and never write you back, but collect these and present with my final draft to the Nobel Committee & the many corporations & individuals who may desire sponsorships or offer grants for the project.

If you are a friend of, or know how to reach influential people who may find this attractive, please let me know, ASAP, or pass on this appeal/model outline yourself. This page serves as a public, general directive of this concept, available to view online, here at www.aprilsadvice.info/charity-ok  , if you wish to share it from this arena.  Any help I could get to move this forward would be so appreciated.  Feel absolutely free to blast it anywhere, but please do always list my return email/site, as its creation will be best served with UNITY & ORGANIZATION: my BUSINESS PLAN IS READY TO PRESENT TO SERIOUS INTERESTS, & I sincerely welcome any comments or help.

I am committed to WORLD PEACE & anything, EVERYTHING, always begins with a single HUMAN THOUGHT … we can EASILY encourage positive actions through INTERESTING & PERSONAL education … THIS PROJECT CAN ACHIEVE THAT HONORABLE & TIMELESS PURPOSE, with YOUR DEVOTED HELP, WHO EVER & WHERE EVER YOU ARE ….

THANK YOU from the depths of my soul, Namaste

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