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SANFORD HINDEN
PROJECT AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
2015
Families and Communities Education (FACE) Centers: Skills training to support thriving
families and thriving communities through stress-reduction, interpersonal communication, conflictresolution, family creative problem-solving, family goal-setting and community collaboration.
The Relationships Forum: Proposing ongoing discussion groups about relationships in libraries.
Creativity Retreats: Facilitating sessions in creativity for religious, civic and business
organizations.
Community Economics: Facilitating an ongoing group to understand methods and programs for
economics that help people, families, communities and nature.
2014Present
Lake Victoria Peace Center: Providing development consulting to a team in Kenya on
Lake Victoria.
2014
The Epic Planetary Challenge: Proposed a video game explaining two different psychologicalinterpersonal-economic models of living.
Whole Earth Economics / The Business School for Earth & Humanity: Promoting business
and economic models aligned with the Earth and humanity.
The Commonwealth for Earth & Humanity: A program to invest in infrastructure,
enlightenment of humanity, Earth care and repair, and social harmony to create sustainable families,
sustainable communities and a sustainable world.
The Earth Solutions Project & Sustainable Communities Inventory & Index: A two-part
program developing a global participatory research project via the Internet to solve 28 world
problems and promoted the use of a tool for measuring the sustainability of a community.
Global Interfaith Alliance for Peace: Proposed organizing full-day interfaith gatherings to affirm
peace, featuring morning-to-afternoon workshops in skills for thriving families and thriving
communities, and an evening concert for peace.
Conversations for Global Demilitarization: Proposed meetings with grassroots organizers, artists,
performers, government leaders and military personal to discuss global demilitarization.
2013
Communications Skills for Relationships: Training in communication and collaboration skills
for couples.
Youth and Parents Communication Skills: Provided workshops in schools and libraries.
2012
The Long Island Expo Center: Proposed developing a tourist destination to include business
exposition, a science and technology exhibit center, a center for enlightening entertainment, space
for conferences, a global teleconference center and a TEDX recording studio.
EARTH 2100: A three-hour briefing on the world of 2100 and what we need to do create
sustainable relationships, sustainable families and sustainable communities to create a sustainable
world. Topics include population awareness, global demilitarization, and investment in
infrastructure, Earth repair and enlightenment of humanity.
The Kahlil Gibran Hotel, Garden & Café: Proposed a process, performance piece and
development program.
2011
Desalinization Plants & Water Pipelines: Promoted investments to ameliorate rising sea levels
and flooding through desalinization and water pipelines for electricity, agriculture, sanitation,
drinking and cooking water.
The Whole Earth Green Group: Facilitated a monthly meeting exploring inner and outer
practices for a creative, sustainable planet that works for all.
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2010
The African Business & Community Development (ABCD) Corporation: Founder. Met with
the President of the Pan African Parliament. Investment capital was needed.
2009
7 Keys to Love: Published 7 Keys to Love ~ Opening Love’s Door to Joy & Well-being.
2008
WholeEarthARTS: Founder. Proposed to educate, celebrate and support the appreciation of
nature and the adoption of Green principles and practices in our work, schools, communities and
homes. Was designed to create an Annual Exhibit, Awards Ceremony and Benefit Performance
honoring leaders in the Community, Business World, Environment and the Arts, with proceeds
going to deserving organizations in the community, environment, peacemaking and the arts.
2005-10
Long Island Men’s Center: Founder. Facilitated monthly meetings to help men with health,
character development for young men, work, economic development, gangs, re-entry of formerly
incarcerated men into society, consciousness raising, communication, relationship skills,
community service and mentoring.
2005
Lakota Youth Arts Center: Founding Advisory Council Member for youth arts.
2003
Peace Partnership International: Development plan written. PPI partially funded educational
programs for the US Department of Peace Campaign.
Pentagon Meditation Club: Wrote proposal for International Transformation Training.
Peace Makers Institute: Prepared a development plan.
2002-14
Dix Hills Center for the Performing Arts & John Lennon Center for Music & Technology,
Five Towns College: Executive Director, coordinated performances, marketing, public relations
and fundraising.
2000
International Network of Museums for Peace: Helped affiliate more than 50 peace museums
worldwide with the United Nations.
1998-00
Community Partners for Coordinated Services at Suffolk Community Council: Project
Director. Reorganized a countywide collaboration for health, human service and school social
workers for at-risk children and families for Suffolk County, New York.
1995-98
Metropolitan Peace Museum Project: Founder for the New York City area.
1985
The Concert for the Earth: Initiated a concert with The Paul Winter Consort and Chorus for the
UN Environment Program. Recorded at the United Nations.
1979-85
Universal Children's Gardens: Founder. Fostered 135 community gardens in 17 countries.
Nongovernmental organization representative to The UN Tree Project for International Youth Year.
1976-78
Community Organizing: As a resident, organized parents and children to take care of community
gardens and establish recreation programs in Mitchell Gardens housing cooperative, Queens,
New York.
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