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San Jose, Costa Rica, March 11-13, 2008           
"Scaling-up connectivity of the emergent new world order"

The Human Forum; a gathering of Humanity

"At this moment, nothing is more important for healing the world than to link all those who believe that we must set forth a new narrative and create a new world where hope, social justice, peace, and a sense of the sacredness of life prevail. For this, we need to form a critical mass of humanity that influences change at a global scale, to bring together the inner streams of sensitive human beings" - Deepak Chopra

Every year since 2003

Leaders from all walks of life have been quietly meeting at the Human Forum of the Alliance for a New Humanity. On previous years the Forum has brought together Nobel Prize winners Rigoberta Menchu, Betty Williams, Oscar Arias and Al Gore, noted writers like Antonio Skarmeta and Sergio Ramirez, film makers like Shekhar Kapur, entertainment personalities like Queen Latifah, Riclky Martin, environmentalists like Ashok Khosla, inspired social workers like Mae Chee San Sanee from Thailand, educators like Satish Kumar from Schmacher College, corporate leaders like Ray Anderson economists, social scientists like Jim Cliffton CEO of Gallup and Paul Ray, economists  leading anti-poverty campaigns like Jeffrey Sachs, inspired women for change like Marianne Williamson and Lynn Twist , journalists like Roberto Savio founder of Inter Press Service and Ignacio Ramonet Director of Le Monde Diplomatique.

They have been joined by numerous others well known and less well known, individuals, organizations, agents for change in all spheres of human transformation. From Kiej de los Bosques, transforming the livelihoods of Mayan women, to global organizations like CARE, to Chat the Planet communicating the young of the world, the All Palestine’-Israeli Radio bringing news of peace by young people caught up in an world of war, and many other extraordinary organizations like Heifer International, Trickle-Up, and  Iniciativa Comunitaria. Organizations and individuals who are making a difference in the world, in and outside, of public knowledge.

Why do they all come to this human gathering? To strengthen their resolve to change the world. To declare their humanity and invite others to do so. To learn from each other’s best practices and forge new imaginative partnerships for action. To create a human network for change. To give testimony to the greatness of the human heart and its potential for transformation. To recognize and celebrate the oneness of all life.

This Year the Human Forum 2008 will be in San Jose, Costa Rica, March 11-13th

explore, how to scale up and synergize the global transformation movement.

A pre-Forum business round table; doing great while doing good

The meeting will be preceded on 10th and 11th by a special business roundtable led by Jeff Dunn former president of Coca Cola for the Americas and Richard Barrett corporate transformation leader and  author of Liberating the Corporate Soul; Building a Visionary Organization. The participants in this small roundtable would join the Human Forum on the 11th and share their collective and individual vision.

The Human Forum 11, 12 and 13th

The Forum will be inaugurated the evening of the 11th by the President of Costa Rica Oscar Arias and by the President of the Alliance Deepak Chopra at the National Museum of Costa Rica where in 1949 the abolition of the army of Costa Rica was proclaimed.

The Forum will continue 12 and 13th , at the Real Intercontinental in Ezcazu, will be structured around interactive conversations. These will explore a shared vision, the actions being taken towards its attainment, the commitments and inner changes necessary to align ourselves with the change we are seeking, and the tools, actions and next steps that would enable synergies and networks to scale up the transformation movement.

The interactive dialogs will be led by panels formed by inspiring authors and speakers Marianne Williamson, and Deepak Chopra, Malaysian consumer protection and environmental leader Anwar Fazal, historian and philosopher Richard Tarnas, author and co-producer of PBS award winning documentary Sam Keen, British movie producer, scriptwriter and humorist, John Cleese, social and environmentally responsible investment leader Alisa Gravitz, father of the children of the streets of Bogota, (Papa) Jaime Jaramillo, innovator in deliberative democracy, public administration, and organizational development founder of America Speaks, Carol Lunkensmeyer, world renowned concert pianist and visionary advocate for the arts in education Lorin Hollander, author and corporate transformation consultant Richard Barrett, recipient of