Those who gather talk about consensus a lot. There are a number of different understandings about how consensus takes place within the community of those who participate in Rainbow Gatherings.  In my humble opinion, too many people only involve themselves in the circle/council/counsel process for vision council when we decide were to go.  I think that leaves us as a family lacking in practice for how to discuss and reach things in a positive and loving manner.   That being said, there are different ways that consensus can happen. In a more formal council/counsel/circle is one way, but truly the number of people who participate in these are a fraction of those who attend gatherings, do the work at gatherings, and believe that gatherings are the practice for a new world order of peace, love, and cooperation. So how else does consensus happen? One way is what I call "consensus by foot."  This is when people use their feet to take them where they want to or don'

  This year I'm punting on my blog and just providing links to great blog posts from prior years. For my family who do not have a penis, please read On Peeing in the Woods .

 This year I'm punting on my blog and just providing links to great blog posts from prior years. Find the Rap on Access for differentially abled folks here .

This year I'm punting on my blog and just providing links to great blog posts from prior years. Find Where Do I Poop here?

Updated 6/23/2021 at 3 PM Pacific Time This year is shaping up to be multiple smaller gatherings and/or camp outs over the July 4th prayer for world peace. Some of these gatherings will have an emphasis on COVID-19 safety protocols, others perhaps not so much. Many people may chose not to gather.  The idea is not to have one large gathering, but to spread points of light around the land.   The pandemic is still on-going and many of us take this very seriously.  The idea is that of the prism where the light comes in an refracts out to many points around the USA. A lot of this is off the raider and very confusing. There are frequent Zoom webinars/conference calls where the plans are being discussed and people are being asked to plug in to different efforts. If you want the webinar/call information, please reach out to me at kzirk at earthlink dot net and I'll send you the information.   The Zoom is open 24/7 but I know there are specific times when more people are dialed in. You can

 This year I'm punting on my blog and just providing links to great blog posts from prior years. Find all you need to know about building a sanitary hand wash station here .

  This year I'm punting on my blog and just providing links to great blog posts from prior years. Here is a link to blog posts on gathering basics from 2019 .  I apologize if some of the links are broken.

 This year I'm punting on my blog and just providing links to great blog posts from prior years. Here is my series on Creating Peace from 2019.

 This year I'm punting on my blog and just providing links to great blog posts from prior years.   Read 2019's rap on circles.