We, the Bead People of planet Earth, agree to take care of each other, Mother Earth and all her creatures and to never harm another because he or she is different from me.
The Bead People International
Non-profit Organization, International
Jamie’s Web site: www.jamielee.manykites.org
The Bead People International Web site: www.thebeadpeople.org
Patricia Jamie Lee is the founder of The Bead People International – a global peace project started in 2006. Since that time over 6500 Bead People have taken their story to over 17 countries. As an educator, national presenter, writer, and human development specialist, Jamie believes that creating new things in the world IS peacemaking.
During the 1990’s Jamie and her husband, Milt Lee, produced over 60 documentary radio programs on Indian people. A visionary thinker and writer, Lee is the author of several books including Washaka—the Bear Dreamer and the nonfiction book The Lonely Place, Re-Visioning Adolescence and the Rite of Passage. Washaka was awarded The Ben Franklin Award for Best New Voice in Fiction and was also a finalist in the PEN USA for Children’s Literature.
Jamie is actively seeking others with like-minded goals who would like to host Bead People projects for their groups and classrooms.
Who Are The Bead People?
The Bead People have no agenda but to make the world a more peaceful place. They teach tolerance and acceptance and celebrate diversity. They have traveled to over 17 countries already. Their population is now 6500 and growing each day. People of all ages have read their story (The Wind of a Thousand Years) and made the pledge to join in creating global serenity and celebration.
It is easy. Every time a Bead Person is seen dangling around some human person’s neck or swinging from their rear view mirror, it’s evidence this person has made a statement to actively work toward not just tolerating others–but celebrating them.
The Bead People think that war, racism, bullying, and all those other things they do not care for arise out of fearing our differences. Each one of us is completely unique–and yet we share so much. We have hearts that beat, spirits that yearn to create, families to care for . . .
We are more alike than different. The Bead People feel that if we could just get to know each other better, we would no longer fear.
The Bead People are on the MOVE and we need YOU.
[artwork image copyright: The Bead People International]
