Anne’s life philosophies were strongly shaped by her experience as the daughter of Alan Watts, well-known pioneer interpreter of Eastern religion and philosophy for the Western world.  At the age of 20 (in 1962) she married successful harpist Joel Andrews. Anne and Joel gave birth to two bright, musically gifted children whom they raised together until their divorce in 1972.  For the next ten years Anne was a working single parent.

Her experiences, along with her ability to empathize with people in a way that transcends social and cultural boundaries, combine in Anne to create a richly loving and compassionate person.

Anne began her formal interest in human potential in 1964 when she first studied with Virginia Satir, founder of Conjoint Family Therapy.  Her career and studies include a BA in Humanities, teaching and interpreting for the deaf and teaching Special Education in public schools.

In 1983, Anne participated in workshops offered by the Human Awareness Institute, founded by Dr. Stan Dale.  There she experienced transformation on a deep and practical level in all areas of participants’ lives; they opened their hearts to themselves and others through the magical healing power of love.  She soon realized that she had found the vehicle to manifest her life commitment, and trained to be a workshop facilitator.

She became a Certified Hypnotherapist and an educator, facilitator and counselor in the areas of Human Sexuality, sexual abuse, family stress, self-esteem, healing the “inner child,” financial and aging issues.  Since 1985, she has facilitated hundreds of workshops in the US, Australia, Japan, England and Germany.

Anne has been enthusiastically received as a guest on radio and TV, and featured in newspapers.  She is a warm and engaging speaker.  She has a successful counseling practice in Santa Rosa, California where she lives in a deeply loving relationship with her husband, Mark Kupke, who has been her partner since 1984.

About Alan Watts

Early Years

Alan Watts was born in London in 1915, at the start of the first World War. At a young age he became fascinated with the Far East, and at fourteen he began to write and was published in the Journal of the London Buddhist Lodge before writing his first booklet on Zen in 1932. He moved to New York in 1938 and then to Chicago, where he served as an Episcopal priest for six years before leaving the Church. In 1950, he moved to upstate New York before going on to San Francisco to teach at the Academy of Asian Studies. Among Alan Watts' earliest influences were the novelist Sax Rohmer and Zen scholars D.T. Suzuki and Christmas Humpreys. In late 1950, he visited with Joseph Campbell and composer John Cage in NYC.

Worldview

Alan Watts was profoundly influenced by the East Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Buddhism, and by Taoist thought, which is reflected in Zen poetry and the arts of China and Japan. After leaving the Church, he never became a member of another organized religion, and although he wrote and spoke extensively about Zen Buddhism, he was criticized by American Buddhist practicioners for not sitting regularly in zazen. Alan Watts responded simply by saying, "A cat sits until it is done sitting, and then gets up, stretches, and walks away."

1950's and early '60's

After teaching at the Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco, he became Dean and began to give regular radio talks on KPFA, the Berkeley free radio station. In 1957, he published his bestselling Way of Zen, and in 1958 returned to Europe where he met with C.G. Jung. He was an early subject in pioneering psychedelic trials, and, after recording two seasons of the public television series Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life, traveled to Japan several times in the early sixties. By the late sixties, he had become a counterculture celebrity, and traveled widely to speak at universities and growth centers across the US and Europe.

Later Years

By the early seventies, Alan Watts had become a foremost interpreter of Eastern thought for the West, and was widely published in periodicals including Earth, Elle, Playboy, and Redbook. He appeared on CBS television's Camera Three in 1969, and in 1971 he recorded a pilot for a new show titled A Conversation with Myself for NET, the precursor to PBS. When the series was not produced, he recorded the shows with his son Mark and his long-time audio archivist Henry Jacobs in 1972. Overall, Alan Watts developed an extensive audio library of nearly 400 talks and wrote more than 25 books during his lifetime, including his final volume, Tao: The Watercourse Way. Alan Watts died in his sleep in November of 1973, after returning from an intensive international lecture tour.

David M. Gallup is the President and General Counsel since 1992 of the World Service Authority (WSA).  He became the president of the WSA, in the year 1999. David Gallup received a Juris Doctor Degree or professional doctorate in Law in 1991 from the Washington College of Law, American University in Washington, DC and an A.B. in French and an A.B. in History from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, in 1988. For fifteen years, David Gallup was the Secretary of the United Nations Association Task Forces on UN Restructuring and on Cultures of Peace. David Gallup professional memberships include the Maryland, American, World Jurist, and World-Space Bar Associations. David Gallup wrote several chapters in a United Nations Association Report entitled, "Restructuring the UN to meet 21st Century Global Needs.". David Gallup is the legal columnist for World Citizen News. David Gallup has spoken recently on the topics of "World Citizenship and World Law" as a guest lecturer at American University on September 25, 2015. David Gallup spoke at "World Citizenship, World Law and Human Rights" at the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference in the Netherlands. David Gallup has been interviewed on numerous shows such as on PRI's "The World," Huffington Post Live, BBC's "Postmark Africa," Works That Work (No. 6), and twice on WABC, covering topics such as human rights, creating a global justice system, terrorism, world citizenship, trans-border and migration issues.

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David Gallup, Esq.

Specializes in promoting, implementing and educating about human rights, world citizenship and world law.

Mr. Gallup is President of the World Service Authority ® , Washington, DC, a global public service human rights organization founded in 1954. In addition to his role as President, he has served as General Counsel since 1992 and previously served as Vice-President since 1994.

Prior to working at the WSA, Mr. Gallup was a Legal Research Consultant conducting research on construction contracts and mechanics’ liens and a Dean’s Fellow at the Washington College of Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic, Washington, DC, where he researched asylum and international human rights issues, developed and maintained a human rights document library, coordinated a human rights education workshop and represented asylum applicants.

His professional memberships include the Maryland, American, World Jurist, and World-Space Bar Associations. For fifteen years, he was the Secretary of the United Nations Association Task Forces on UN Restructuring and on Cultures of Peace. He maintains active involvement in his local community having served as Vice-President on the Board of a local day care organization, raising funds for tuition assistance, as a local Alumni interviewer for the admissions department of Washington University, and as President and Treasurer on the Board of a local neighborhood association.

Mr. Gallup’s publications include a feature article in the periodical Current World Leaders: International Issues and Letters to the Editor in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times on the topics of nationalism and terrorism. He wrote several chapters in a United Nations Association Report entitled, “Restructuring the UN to Meet 21 st Century Global Needs.” He is the legal columnist for World Citizen News. He writes the World Citizen Blog and moderates two online forums with thousands of members.

Mr. Gallup has spoken most recently on the topics of: “Who are the Idealists and Realists in International Law Organizations and Policy?” as a guest lecturer at American University’s School of Professional and Extended Studies on September 22 and February 10, 2016 and September 25, 2015, the “World Court of Human Rights” in an American Bar Association International Courts Committee Conference Call on May 14, 2015, “Garry Davis: His Life and Legacy” at the Burlington City Arts Center, on January 5, 2014, “World Citizenship, Religion, and the Nation-State” at Manhattanville College on June 5, 2013, “FAQs about World Government” on May 17 and 31, 2013 in YouTube interviews and “What is World Citizenship?” at a conference of teenagers at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in July 2012. Other recent speeches include: “Claiming Your Rights as a World Citizen” on the World Citizen Radio show on the Global Radio Alliance, “The Right to Self-Determination: Local Citizenship Linked to World Citizenship” in Philadelphia, PA, “What is a Human Rights Lawyer?” at Pinecrest Elementary School, “World Peace Starts with You” in an online webinar, “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights for children and World Citizenship” at Forest Knolls Elementary School and on “Human Rights, Individual Sovereignty and World Citizenship” at the Roots Activity Learning Center in Washington, DC. He spoke at the US Capitol Building in support of the rights of association and assembly at a Falun Gong March on Washington in July 2001. Other noteworthy speeches include “World Citizenship, World Law and Human Rights” at the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference in the Netherlands, “Human Rights and Global Recognition of Taiwan” in Taipei, Taiwan, and “Celebration of the Creation of the Esperanto Language” before the Esperanto Society of Washington, DC.

He has been interviewed on numerous occasions for books, newspapers, magazines, TV, internet radio shows and FM radio news broadcasts, such as on BBC TV’s “Global” news show, BBC Radio 4 “The World Tonight,” PRI’s “The World,” Huffington Post Live, BBC’s “Postmark Africa,” The New York Times, Foreign Policy Magazine, Works That Work (No. 6) and has appeared twice as a talk radio show guest on WABC – covering topics such as human rights, creating a global justice system, terrorism, world citizenship, trans-border and migration issues. In 2015, he was interviewed by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian for her book, Cosmopolites:The Coming of the Global Citizen. In 1997, he was interviewed by Sylvia Nasar for her biography, A Beautiful Mind.

He received a J.D. in 1991 from the Washington College of Law, American University in Washington, DC and an A.B. in French and an A.B. in History from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, in 1988. He has taken coursework toward an M.A. in International Affairs at the School of International Service, American University, and has spent a year at the Université de Caen in France.

LiAhRa - artist, visionary, intuitive

Mark Susnow knows change. He is passionate about you making positive changes in your life, so that it becomes a vibrant, on-going journey of growth and discovery. Mark is an Executive Life Coach, Life Discovery Guide, author, JD, and recognized thought leader, with more than fourteen years coaching experience and thirty years of daily mediation and yoga practice.

More than inspiring his clients, readers and radio program listeners to believe in themselves, he also motivates you to start taking action to live a more fulfilling life.

His enthusiastic and inspiring keynotes on change, leadership and connection consistently reach into your audiences and engages them in stepping through long needed changes.

Mindfulness: Supporting the 'New Competitive Edge'

Mark supports his private and organizational clients who have been newly embracing meditation, mindfulness, and self-awareness practices with a variety of resources. Familiar with many modalities, Mark coaches clients as they begin, keep, navigate and integrate the inner changes such practices often generate. See New York Times article.

Mark's interest in helping people and social change led to his first career as a San Francisco trial attorney. The New York Times, Rolling Stone Magazine, Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle all covered his exciting legal career. He is the author of Dancing on the River: Navigating Life's Changes. Most recently he has written Discover the Leader Within. He is a coauthor, along with Zig Ziglar and Brian Tracy in 101 Great Ways to Improve your life. Mark continues to expand his own personal life journey as an avid hiker, musician and writer

DR CHRISTIAN PETER WAGNER

For survival initially, and then by interest, Chris has always been focused on understanding what it means to be human AND how to improve the human condition by the use of technology.

This focus has kept him with a bit of a split personality for most of his life – as he struggled to figure out how to integrate the mathematics and precision of being a professor of Engineering for 35 years, AND the spiritual transformative experiences of visits from Divine Energies.

His research area as a professor has been Artificial Intelligence – he has worked for years helping to bring human intelligence into computers, with doctoral students scattered in many places around the globe taking his understanding of AI into really real world scenarios!

His teaching in spirit has been propelled by his forced entry into trance channeling – wherein he opens up to Divine Source and lets unexpected and unplanned beautiful words

flow into his consciousness.

Chris’ current focus are many:

1. The Soul Engineering Website – a major revision coming soon – soulengineering.com

2. Two new books, both in 2nd draft and to be done by the end of the year.

a. One is the Biography of his wife, Starr Porter –

b. The second is a book on deep romance

3. Involvement in a new movie that starts shooting in January and should be out by the end of the year that shows the common ground between all people in a drama set in Iraq.

4. The Human Operating System – what we do not know DOES HURT US! Perhaps the most important thing that Socrates ever said were those two words – KNOW THYSELF As we learn more about HOW WE WORK IN THE BODY, we gain control, compassion, delight, love, and expansion for our lives.

5. Muze from Senso Laboratories – a new technology that takes information on a person’s individual biometrics to HYPER-Personalize how your life can be made better by computer technology.

We are all in this together!

The time is now for those of good heart to come together – the world needs our interconnectivity and support NOW!!!

MICHAEL BARNUM

Michael Barnum is a singer-songwriter born and raised in Long Beach, California. Fusing sounds of pop, rock, and soul, Barnum’s sound is all his own. With a strong presence in the Los Angeles and Orange County music scenes, he has performed at events and venues across Southern California, including the 626 Night Market, the Moon Festival, a residency at Kafe Neo, The World Famous Doll Hut and The Mint, among others.

The Mint in Los Angeles hailed Barnum to have, “…the unique ability to bring his pitch-perfect voice from a delicate almost whisper, to a roar, all without losing that desirable tone and pitch all singers strive for.”

A self-taught guitar player, he grew up in a musical household playing piano, singing and acting. As an actor, Barnum has appeared in many productions from rock musicals like Spring Awakening and Next to Normal to classics like The King and I. He graduated from California State University, Long Beach with a degree in Theatre Arts.

While performing locally as a musician and actor, he found his biggest audience through live streaming apps, Periscope and Krue, where thousands of followers world-wide tune in each week to watch live broadcasts of his concerts. It was these fans that encouraged him to full-heartedly pursue a music and songwriting career.

Barnum released his debut album Trust in September 2016 after a highly successful crowdfunding campaign—with an outpouring of support from his fans around the world he made 122% of his goal. He co-wrote the entire album which was produced by David Chua Boon Ghee (Andy Grammer, Jessie J, Rachel Platten, One Direction). The songs on Trust are deep, meaningful and based on Barnum’s own personal experience. They explore the journey of finding one’s place in the world and trusting in the path that you’re on.

With uplifting melodies, powerful lyrics and stirring vocals, Barnum delivers a sound reminiscent of artists like Ed Sheeran, Andy Grammer and John Legend. On the heels of the release of Trust, Barnum is planning a West Coast tour and album release concert to-be-announced.

Jonathan Pelto has been actively involved in Connecticut public policy, advocacy and electoral politics for 40 years.

Presently, an investigative blogger and citizen journalist, Pelto uses blogging and social media as advocacy tools to educate, persuade and mobilize people with a focus on issues related to public education and the Corporate Education Reform Industry’s growing efforts to undermine and privatize public education in the United States.

In addition to writing a daily blog, which has become the most read commentary site in Connecticut, he has also written a number of articles about education reform issues for media outlets including The Progressive Magazine and Truthout.

In conjunction with education advocate Diane Ravitch, Pelto created and continue to manage the Education Bloggers Network, a confederation of over 238 bloggers and commentators from around the country who share a belief in public education and a willingness to use their time and energy fighting against the Corporate Education Reform Industry.

In 1984, Pelto was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives as a senior at the University of Connecticut and, over five terms, rose to the level of Deputy Majority Leader.  Pelto was a long-time member of the Appropriations and Education Committee and chaired the Appropriations Sub-Committee on Higher Education.

Since leaving the Legislature in 1993, he’s worked as a communications strategist developing and implementing sophisticated public relations, media relations and advocacy programs aimed at educating, persuading and mobilizing targeted audiences.  His clients have included many of Connecticut’s most significant non-profit organizations, corporations, associations and unions, as well as Native American Tribes.

Over the years he’s also managed or worked on numerous political campaigns at the federal, state and local levels including campaigns Chris Dodd, Gary Hart, Connecticut gubernatorial and congressional campaigns and many state legislative races.

In 2014, Pelto was a petitioning candidate for governor in Connecticut running as the nominee of the newly created Education and Democracy Party.  Pelto’s running mate was Hartford Connecticut educator and policy activist, Ebony Murphy.  Pelto and Murphy were not able to collect the necessary signatures to get on the November 2014 ballot.

Wendy Lecker is a senior attorney at the Education Law Center, where she oversees ELC's school funding and school equity work in New York.   Wendy was a staff attorney at the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE), plaintiffs in New York’s landmark school funding case. She has also worked as a consultant in education finance and policy for The Rural School and Community Trust and Connecticut Voices for Children. She is currently an education columnist for Hearst Connecticut Media Group.