Will the gathering be held near Cuba, NM? We will find out by the end of the week.

Directions:

From where State Highway 126 meets U.S. Highway 550 in Cuba, New Mexico, go east about 15 miles on 126, look for the sign for FS 20, (the 'G.S.' sign is there also), turn onto FS 20, cross Rio Las Vacas, come to Trail Creek about five miles from where the pavement ends. Travel safely



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Contact: Website: www.rpcnews.us
              Email: rpcrew1 at gmail.com

National Forest to be determined, (June 2, 2009) - The 38th annual Rainbow Family World Peace Gathering will be held in one of New Mexico's breathtaking National Forests from July 1 through 7, 2009. The annual reunion welcomes "everyone with a bellybutton" to a cost-free, rustic, back-to-nature encampment in a different National Forest across the nation every summer, culminating in a massive silent prayer for world peace on July 4th. Clean-up runs from July 8 to completion. Past gatherings have landed in New Mexico in 1995 and 1977. Thousands of peaceful people will gather, from babies to veterans of wars dating as far back as Korea and from vacationing professionals to adventurous backpackers, bringing millions of dollars into the small rural communities surrounding the site.

The Rainbow attendees are an international affiliation of individuals who gather together on public land to create a cooperative village that focuses on peace, love, healing and respect for the earth.

A specific location has not yet been selected for this year's gathering, but volunteers have been scouting both the Carson and Santa Fe National Forests, working with the United States Forest Service (USFS) to hone in on the best possible site.

The gatherers have a more than 37-year history of success in providing their own all-volunteer crews for parking, communications, and fire patrol. The gatherers are also very proficient in implementing their own security, public health, water, sewer and sanitation systems. Military-style slit latrines are dug. Kitchens are set up Swiss Family Robinson-style. The equipment and methods used to cook for thousands is immaculately clean; the kitchen volunteers adhere to the strictest of sanitation policies even in such primitive conditions, much to the approval of local Health Departments.

During the gathering, supplies will be trucked in daily, courtesy of donations given at meal circles large and small. Theatrical performances, religious services of all kinds, workshops, campfire musical jams, poetry slams, sign-language classes, pie bake-offs, parades and more will unfold amid the trees.

Cooperation between the Rainbow gatherers and government officials has become strained in recent years, often due to the conflicting agendas of the resource-protection and law-enforcement divisions of the USFS. District rangers are repeatedly impressed with the gatherers' respect for the chosen site - often cattle-grazing areas - and the intensive cleanup that follows. Dennis Havig, district ranger in Wisdom, MT, said he witnessed Gatherers at the 2001 Annual Gathering in Montana working long hours collecting trash and sorting recyclables. "There were 23,000 people here and you can find virtually no trash" – Missoula Independent, June 7, 2001. But the agency's Incident Command Team overrides the resource division's authority, turning the Gathering into a law-enforcement exercise and racking up millions of dollars in expenses every year.

So far, however, this year has marked a high point in peaceful relations between the gatherers and the cash-strapped federal agency. Besides working together on the site-selection process, early gatherers and USFS representatives are seeking an alternative to a recently passed unconstitutional regulation which states that a signed permit is required for gatherings of more than 74 people in a National Forest. This regulation is in violation of the First Amendment requiring that “Congress shall make no law...abridging...the right of the people peaceably to assemble.”

The narrator of a YouTube film entitled "Effects of Rainbow Gatherings on Local Residents" states that "the Rainbow Gathering takes place in a National Forest. This allows the event to be open to all and free of censorship, in keeping with the right of peaceable assembly and free speech as guaranteed by the First Amendment. There are several basic elements which uniquely define the event, and distinguish it from other forest service uses. They are free, non-commercial events open to everyone. There are no leaders, no closed committees, no authority, no administration and no office. Only self-appointed volunteers work to make the Gathering happen." www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VwVjvSSn5I&feature=related

This means of existence is in conflict with the permit's signature requirement. The gatherers' endeavor to remain without “leaders” or “representatives” is practical; gatherers who work too closely with the authorities have frequently been targeted by the Forest Service with threats, harassment and fines, and several have even done time in federal prison for not signing a permit. The actual charge? “Use and occupancy of National Forest System lands without a special use authorization when an authorization is required.”

Fortunately, a provision in the regulations allows the permit's requirements to be satisfied in an "alternative manner." It is hoped that at the most, the Forest Service will put in place an "operating plan" by July 1, negotiated by all parties but signed by none - an arrangement that worked well for over a decade before the permit regulation was on the books.

Scouts will come together for "Scout Council" on June 3 to compare notes on their site findings.

Interested members of the public can learn more at www.welcomehome.org, a website run by gathering enthusiasts who, naturally, represent no one but themselves.

This press release is provided as a service of the Rainbow press crew, a completely unofficial group of volunteers who – like all the other volunteers who work to make the gathering happen in a peaceful manner– have not been authorized by anyone to speak for any Rainbow related entities or events. Additional press releases are on the Rainbow press crew's website, www.rpcnews.us.

Please forward

Tony Nenninger (Goodwater) is an avid participant in Rainbow 
Gatherings as well as other Spiritual and social events. His efforts 
over the years include a host of skills and expertise that has blessed 
each gathering that he has had the good fortune to attend.

Over the course of years he has been instrumental in helping provide 
hot running water as well as filtered water to the masses. He is a 
solid and kind brother who can be counted on whenever there is a need 
be it mechanical, medical, kind counsel or just a great healing massage.

In 1998 Goodwater was issued a ticket for "Association" in a National 
Forest, he naturally tested this injustice in a court of law.

What follows below is an appeal for another case that he is currently 
working on. We invite you to read what follows with an open heart and 
then decide if you have it in your power to help progress this case 
forward. Volunteers are needed on many fronts.

http://welcomehere.org/nenninger/

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Happenings in North America, International and Underground

2009 Annual Rainbow Gathering ~ July 1st - 7th, 2009
http://www.welcomehere.org/gathering_of_the_tribes/annual/

(A) Gathering of the Tribes ~ July 1st - 7th, 2009
http://www.welcomehere.org/gathering_of_the_tribes/

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NY Rainbow's
Annual Gathering Planning Council
Wednesday June 10th 6:30 PM
Union Square Park, Manhattan
Central Flagpole

 
This will be a Council for folks to network on travel plans
and to council on camping, events and activities at the
Annual Gathering of the Tribes
July 1 - 7 in New Mexico

Directions:
Subway: Take the 4, 5, 6, Q, N, R, W or L
to Union Sq./14th Street Station
The Central Flagpole is at J on the map

Non-commercial
– ABSOLUTELY FREE –
Please, No Selling.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Bring a potluck food for munching on, if you'd like.

For Event Updates:
On < a href="http://twitter.com/" target="_blank">Twitter follow - nyrainbow
On Facebook - New York Rainbow Family
or call the NY Lightline: 212-560-7111
Click here to Use MTA Trip Planner
for point to point travel times and maps

Dear Family,
 
The second Scout Council as discussed and consensed at Thanksgiving Council '08
will take place June 3rd and 4th, 2009 at the Clear Creek primitive (unimproved)
camping area. This is an easy access location with good parking and good water
and no built-up facilities
 
Scouts will be meeting to discuss what they have found and to announce a location
for the Spring Council which is scheduled for June 10th.
 
Directions:
Take New Mexico State Road 126 from where it tees out of US Highway 550,
go East approx 11 miles until you come to  Clear Creek Road, which has a marker
sign pointing toward the San Gregario Trail and San Pedro Parks. Go North on this
road approx one-half mile and you will see the Clear Creek primitive camping area
on your right.
 
Along State Road 126 if you come to the improved Clear Creek Campground, you
have gone too far.
 
Peace, Love, Freedom and Safe Travels....

NY Rainbow's
26th Annual
Central Park Picnic/Council and Drum Circle

Sunday, May 18th
 Noon 'til Dusk
Central Park
Manhattan
NYC

Circle for Peace at 1:30 p.m.
Followed by a potluck picnic and council.

Bring plenty of food and & non-alcoholic drinks to share
Acoustic instruments, drums, games, puppets,
Kites, balloons, artwork, your creativity,
Friends, family, sharing caring hearts, good feelings & Love!

Directions:
Enter at 103rd St & Central Park West, walk 50 ft. turn left & go up
steps walk to V in path, bear left & walk into meadow
Subway: Take the C train to 103rd St. Station or
Take 1 train to 103rd St. Station

The 2009 Rainbow Guide is about to go to print. All entries into the
2009 Rainbow Guide need to be sent in prior to May 15, 2009 to allow
time to process those entries so that the publication can be sent to
the printers. Copies will be available in late June and early July -
Please visit the Welcome Home when attending any of the gatherings and
ask if any copies are available.

The Rainbow Guide is a freely printed, non-commercial directory of
Rainbow friends, tribes, communities, individuals and peaceful co-ops
world over and serves to help keep us connected throughout the year.
The Guide is compiled and published annually by volunteers with your
contributions of profiles, heartsongs, photos, art and whatever you
would like to add to the energy.

Currently the Rainbow Guide Crew is in need of original art work, high
resolution photos and any notices you would like to include in the
2009 edition.

Entries can be sent online by visiting http://rainbowguide.info/Entry/form.php
Funding the Rainbow Guide is a continuous, ongoing process. I am sure
we can all sympathize with putting together a project that costs
thousands of dollars for a group that never charges for anything.
Historically, the Guide has come up short on printing and shipping
costs and has left the Focalizers, that have already donated a
tremendous amount of time and effort, "holding the bag" or Rainbow
Guides left sitting unshipped.

Please Family, make supporting the Rainbow Guide a priority, as we
desire to create a publication and website of which we can be proud.
The funds that we generate set the range for the resources that we can
use. Give early, as the time we spend trying to find financing takes
away from creative efforts we could use for making the Guide.

Donations to help produce the Rainbow Guide: 
http://rainbowguide.info/donations.php

Please feel free to re-distribute this information to others who may
be interested.

"We Love You!" The Rainbow Guide http://rainbowguide.info

2009 Rainbow Guide
c/o Jeff Ebner
PO Box 772
Black Mountain, NC 28711

rainbow.gu...@yahoo.com 828-768-1442

The 2009 Rainbow Gatherings are closer than you think. We are creating  
the 2009 Rainbow Guide and it's time to start finalizing entries. We  
need your addresses, artwork, poems, photos, general comments, and  
financial contributions. Please feel free to pass this information  
along to other family in your region.

Rainbow Guide
c/o Jeff Ebner
PO Box 772
Black Mountain, NC 28711

rainbow.guide@yahoo.com

All entries into the 2009 Rainbow Guide need to be sent in prior to  
May 1, 2009 to allow time to process those entries so that the  
publication can be sent to the printers. Copies will be available in  
late June and early July - Please visit the Welcome Home when  
attending the gatherings and ask if any copies are available.

The Rainbow Guide is a freely printed, non-commercial directory of  
Rainbow friends, tribes, communities, individuals and peaceful co-ops  
world over and serves to help keep us connected throughout the year.  
The Guide is compiled and published annually by volunteers with your  
contributions of profiles, heartsongs, photos, art and whatever you  
would like to add to the energy.
Entries can be sent online by visiting http://rainbowguide.info/Entry/form.php

Funding the Rainbow Guide is a continuous, ongoing process. I am sure  
we can all sympathize with putting together a project that costs  
thousands of dollars for a group that never charges for anything.

Historically, the Guide has come up short on printing and shipping  
costs and has left the Focalizers, that have already donated a  
tremendous amount of time and effort, "holding the bag" or Guides left  
sitting unshipped. Please Family, make supporting the Rainbow Guide a  
priority, as we desire to create a publication and website of which we  
can be proud. The funds that we generate set the range for the  
resources that we can use. Give early, as the time we spend trying to  
find financing takes away from creative efforts we could use for  
making the Guide.

Please feel free to re-distribute this information to others who may  
be interested. "We Love You!"

The Rainbow Guide http://rainbowguide.info

Peace,

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P.S. All call for children's artwork and any information about Rainbow  
organizations that are helping spread consciousness outside of the  
gatherings.


For Rainbow Gatherings check:

http://rainbowguide.info - Rainbow guide Info.
http://welcomehere.org - Current Calendar and Forums
http://welcomehome.org - Hipstorical and More
http://rainbowgatherings.org - New, Fresh and active!


Need a ride? Got a ride? Get hooked up!
The Kind Ride Share - All Tribes Ride Share
http://kindrideshare.org

Friday evening, March 20th until 4 p.m. Sunday, March 22nd

at
Estar's Studio
135 Tinker St.
Woodstock, NY

Directions to:

From the North:
MA Pike ( I-90W) follow to the end.
-Continue onto New York State Thruway W (Gov.Thom Dewey Thruway) go 6.6mi.
-Exit 21B-1 (TOLL) I-87 S. on Left (new york city) 33 miles.
-Exit 20 (RT-32 Saugerties, Woodstock on Right) (TOLL)
-Turn LEFT onto RT-32 and then RIGHT on RT-212 9.3 miles.
-135 Tinker St. (Estar's) Woodstock NY Welcome Home!

From the South:
- I-87 N (I-287 W, Gov Thomas E Dewey Thruway N, New York State Thruway N) go 67.9 miles
-EXIT 19 on right TOLL (RT-28, Kingston, Rhinecliff Br) turn RIGHT ont RT_28 W (onteora Tr) TOLL go 6 miles.
-Turn RIGHT ont RT- 375 go 3.miles
-Turn LEFT ont RT-212 (Mill Hill Rd) go 1. mile
To 135 Tinker St. Woodstock, NY Welcome Home!

There is a bus to Woodstock and it is a short walk from the bus stop.
click here for bus info:  http://www.trailwaysny.com/

Tinker Street is Woodstock's main street where all the shops are.

A big thanks to Estar for opening her home to this council.  
Please be self-sufficient for your stay and bring some food for the meals.

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P.O. Box 1554 New York, NY 10009
www.nyrainbow.org
lightline: 212-560-7111
nyrainbow@nyrainbow.org
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