to take our individual pow er back to change
the entir e dynam ics of the existing pow er
enlightening tr ip to Elele, River State, Niger ia w hich w as
str uctur e that deliver s fear in w hich to contr ol
sponsor ed by M adon n a Un i ver si t y. I w as the thir d
hum anity.
r epr esentative of the US delegation for I nter nationa l
The good new s is that w e individually
Foundation of Wor ld Pea ce a nd Resea r ch, headed by
Dr. Shar r on Str oud, Pr esident. Our ten day stay in outnum ber the existing pow er str uctur e by 100
Niger ia w as the m ost life-changing tr ip of my life. It w as M illion to 1 in w hich to cr eate an effective
an oppor tunity for m e to explor e in m or e detail how w e tipping point of lasting change. Regar dless of
w hether you ar e aw ar e of it, this pool of
can achieve w or ld peace dur ing our lifetim e.
collective thought CAN tr ansfor m the planet,
the global economy and our per sonal lives
faster than w e have could ever im agined.
Du r i n g Apr i l /M ay of 2015, I en j oyed an
Th e Pl i gh t of Ni ger i an Wom en
M y tr ip to Niger ia took m e out of my com for t
zone in w hich to engage, connect, under stand
and exper ience how m any people live in ver y
difficult and har sh conditions.
The US Delegation: Clayton Beaver, Dr. Sharron Stroud and Jewels
Johnson
A Si m pl e Ex pl an at i on of Col l ect i ve Con sci ou sn ess
All hum an, anim als and plants cr eate a pool of thought
energies w her e a dom inant patter n em er ges. This
deter m ines w or ldw ide events such as peace or w ar,
pover ty or abundance, love or hate affecting billions of
people globally. W ithout even voicing our agr eem ent
or disagr eem ent, a dom inant collective vibr ation com es
together to for m a m ass consciousness that actively
cr eates. This pool of ener gy is w hat the Univer se (God)
r eads fir st.
Histor ically, this m ass consciousness has been
m anipulated by fear and hate. M any people have used
this know ledge to gain pow er and contr ol over people
and even countr ies and nations.
The inter net,
how ever, has been a pow er ful tool w hich allow ed us
im m ediate access to infor m ation that keeps us aw ar e of
w hat is happening globally. At lightning speed, w e can
see w hat the r est of the w or ld is thinking and how, by
connecting w ith other s ar ound the w or ld, could
deter m ine a new outcom e. This r ecognition allow s us
The fact that w om en and young gir ls in Afr ica
ar e br utalized is in epidem ic pr opor tions.
Ther e is a deep cultur al belief, especially in
Niger ia, that it is socially acceptable to hit a
w om an as a for m of discipline. In Afr ica,
dom estic violence is w idespr ead and show s no
sign of lessening because of the social context
is based lar gely on its' patr iar chal society.
Violence against a w ife is seen as a tool for a
husband to chastise and im pr ove her as if she
w er e an anim al that could be tr ained. The
com m on loss of w om en? r ights upon m ar r iage
s
in Sub-Sahar an Afr ica and the im plicit
obedience and defer ence tow ar ds m en is
socially encour aged w ithin their society. in
spite of their stong beliefs about w om en, I
hear d stor ies of m other s and elder ly w ise
w om an w ho tr anscended the abuse and
becam e highly r espected w om en of their
villages. Although these stor ies w er e few and
far betw een, my hopes and expectations w er e
incr eased w ith the belief that the futur e could
be differ ent thr ough shifting of the collective
consciousness.
M adon n a Un i ver si t y i s M ak i n g a Di f f er en ce
M adonna Univer sity has appr oxim ately 10,000
students w ith fr equent pilgr im ages com ing
fr om r em ote villages to par take in catholic
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