Community Engagement

The FUSION Foundation believes passionately in bringing groups of people together to experience face-time and its potential to transform us and our communities.

Overview of The FUSION Foundation

The FUSION Foundation is a 501c3 community organization focused on educating, empowering and inspiring local actions with a global vision. Our goal is to transform communities of conflict into communities of collaboration and creativity using the tools of the heart with stories, traditional ceremonies, arts & culture and local food - to build bridges matching needs with resources and resources with needs in our communities. 

The FUSION Foundation connects ancient wisdom with emergent needs to educate, empower and inspire individuals to bring forth a thriving, just, sustainable local communities in a global world.

The FUSION Foundation’s first commitment is the promotion of principled values such as humility, perseverance, respect, honor, love, sacrifice, truth, compassion, bravery, fortitude, generosity, wisdom and community development.

The FUSION Foundation‘s second commitment is the promotion of peace, harmony and understanding of our relationship with one and another and our relationship with the earth through ceremonies, rituals and traditions.

The FUSION Foundation’s third commitment is to feed the people of our community - with good, healthy, vibrant food.

The FUSION Foundation and the Peace Walker Society | Sangha are committed to developing a creative community that provides an environment for a culture of peace, compassion and nonviolence to flourish, to elevate the human condition and to share it with the planet. We draw upon the peace and wisdom traditions of all cultures and seek to discover the emerging next practices to model, share and teach. 

The FUSION Foundation Community Collaborations:

Artwerks Lateral 58:
A community development partnership working in the Centerline District of historic downtown Glendale AZ providing arts education, empowerment and inspiration through a seasonal First Saturday's art walk (October - May), community murals and a fire hydrant painting program for more information visit http://artwerkslateral58.org

AZ Local Food is a statewide community collaboration initiative of the FUSION Foundation working with community members to educate, inspire and empower Arizonans to become more active participants in their local food system, focusing on local food production, access, processes, purchasing and promotion, for more information visit http://azlocalfood.com.

Conscious Local Living:
Conscious Living is a monthly community collaborative produced by the FUSION Foundation on the fourth Tuesday of the month from 6 - 8 p.m. It is sponsored by Green Living AZ magazine and SOS Solutions. The FUSION Foundation is establishing a national community development model focused on educating, empowering and inspiring local actions with global visions, each month Conscious Living brings this mission to life as the community collaborative travels around the valley highlighting ace projects, local faces & cool places.

Healing Trees Program:
The FUSION Foundation in partnership with the Arizona Community Tree Council coordinates tree planting programs to heal our community, offer remembrance and celebrate life in response to the tragedy of January 8, 2011 in Tucson, AZ. Healing Trees are a visual life-giving memorial. Learn how you can get involved by visiting http://www.healingtrees.org.

Mouth To Mouth Media:
Providing media resources (pr, graphics, marketing, website, social media) to organizations so they can better communicate with their constituents and promote the successful programs and community development in which they are engaged. Learn more at http://mouthtomouthmedia.com.

One Planet magazine:
Dedicated to reporting the stories of visionaries, their ideas, projects and organizations - focused on people helping people - keeping hope alive. Learn more at http://oneplanetmagazine.com.

Spirit Keepers Program:
Providing resources and support for community spirit interaction - including a monthly new moon community drumming circle. Spirit Keepers creates opportunities for people from all walks of life to connect to spirit and experience the power of the drum on the journey of building community. Spirit Keepers New Moon Drum Circle is open to all - seekers of all spiritual paths gather on the New Moon for a community drum. The Circle is a sacred place where one learns to find within themselves who they really are. Learn more at http://spiritkeepers.info.

Support Our Girls:
A unique program addressing the daily needs of homeless and undeserved women, providing resources for clean undergarments (bras, underwear, socks) and personal hygiene items. Learn how you can get involved and make a difference today at http://supportourgirls.org

Thank you for your consideration.

To learn more about the FUSION Foundation, to volunteer, to make a contribution - please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 623-688-1278.

The FUSION Foundation Mission

The FUSION Foundation is a 501c3 community engagement model focused on educating, empowering and inspiring local actions with a global vision. Our goal is to transform communities of conflict into communities of collaboration and creativity using the tools of the heart with stories, traditional ceremonies, rituals, and local food, arts & culture - to build bridges matching needs with resources and resources with needs in our communities. EIN#26-3429018

Welcome to The FUSION Foundation

The FUSION Foundation ~ making connections for local action with global vision

The FUSION Foundation is a human capital initiative (we use existing individual and organiational resources) committed to addressing challenges through collaborative action.

An example of community development is when THE FUSION Foundation tackled the controversial SB-1070 legislation and brought Republicans, Democrats and Independents, Conservatives, Liberals and Moderates from diverse communities together in the Voices for Civil Dialogue program, and speaheaded and curated the SB-1070 an artist point of view exhibit.

The FUSION Foundation is a 501c3 community development organization taking local actions with a global vision to transform communities of conflict into communities of collaboration and creativity. EIN#26-3429018

Why art?

Art is the missing language that can bridge the gap in communication when words are not enough. Art has the ability to heal and help us to reach our full human potential.

Voices for Civil Dialogue

After spending 15 months running for Congress in Congressional District 3 in Arizona (Phoenix, Paradise Valley, Cave Creek Carefree, New River) The FUSION Foundation Co-Founder - Annie Loyd stepped down and made a commitment to dedicate her time to building a coalition from the public, private, corporate and government sectors addressing the challenge of immigration reform. Voices for Civil Dialogue is one of the many projects to emerge from this work. Voices for Civil Dialogue is a transpartisan, inclusive coalition of community leaders dedicated to genuine, respectful cooperation, involving groups and individuals from all sectors of society.

Answering the call made by community leaders and elected officials, Voices for Civil Dialogue is creating the conditions for diplomatic solutions for immigration reform. “It is time to convene diverse interest in dialogue and conversation to create responsible and effective solutions for immigration reform,” states Loyd. Proposed solutions focus on reducing the rhetoric through civil dialogue, thus affirming Arizona’s diverse intellectual resources, which strengthen economic growth. Loyd comments, “It is time to invite representatives from all sides to the table and conduct respectful and meaningful conversations.”

Speakers Bureau

Publishing

One Planet Media publishing is a cooperative with The FUSION Foundation and One Planet magazine to serve as the cultural vehicle that gives voice to the ideas and solutions of our revered societal leaders and provide a forum for our new cultural leaders. It provides a home for those who desire to Stand Up and Stand Out. Even though our culture has become very noisy with judgment of cultural significance being devoted to the bottom line, Fusion Publishing will adhere to a high standard based on evolutionary principles that elevates our thoughts, deepens our understanding and promotes connected-ness.

Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler Ross, Pope John Paul II, King Hussein and Mother Therese are just a few of the cultural voices that have left us in the past decade. Nelson Mandela, Arch Bishop Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Dr. Gladys Taylor McGarey, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Maya Angelou, Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter, are all formidable cultural voices and leaders that have transcended their individual professional pursuits to influence the world in which we live and who are now in their twilight years. We stand on their shoulders and so many others.

Who will rise up and take their place? Who will be the peacekeepers? Who will be the scientists who will lead us in discovery? Who will be the communication masters that evolutionize our language? Who will be the artists whose creations advance our understanding of ourselves? Who will be the Spiritual leaders who will guide us to tolerance and compassionate action?

One Planet Media can be counted on to identify these important voices and provide them the appropriate forum to share their insights and wisdom.

One Planet Media consists of:

• • Book Publishing both via the web and in Hard Text
  • Zine Publishing
  • Traditional Magazine Format
  • Speakers
  • Seminars
  • Special Events
  • Documentaries

Input, store ideas, content, writers and editors are being sought in all areas

• • Arts & Culture
  • Environment & Infrastructure
  • Health & Wellness
  • Relationships & Empowerment
  • Energy, Food & Water
  • Economics & Business
  • Science & Technology
  • Communications & Media
  • Governance & Law
  • Social Justice & Security
  • Learning & Education
  • Spirituality & Religion

Please note that all materials sent to One Planet Media/The FUSION Foundation will not be returned and there is no guarantee of placement in any publications. We are unable to accept responsibility for tracking unsolicited manuscripts. For more information please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Suggested writing guidelines click here.

One Planet magazine

One Planet magazine is our tool for communication! One Planet magazine inspires and stimulates thinking, fosters dreams, and gives rise to action. In short, creating a better world for us all. The format of One Planet magazine is based on a 12 part, whole system design which seeks to bridge divides through an integrated, evolving, holistic approach. Each issue has a focus on one of the 12 segments of this design — such as economics, relationships, governance, technology, social justice, arts and culture, and the environment - while the other segments acknowledge and support that focus.

FUSION Evolutionary Systems

Systems collapsing upon themselves is part of the convergence into the evolution of a new system and the transition to a higher order. The reliance on current systems has disrupted our connectedness the evolution of democracy in the whole system design understands the intradependency of human nature and of tribal gathering.

We are all connected and the system must work within and from that basic elementary understanding. Supporting the development, sustainability and building the capacity of relationships between identifying needs and resources is the most basic and essential element of a system design that is a catalyst for evolution and creating humanistic change.

Education Materials

Origin of the Wheel of Society

Dr. Barbara Marx Hubbard and the Foundation for Conscious Evolution created the Synergy Center. On a local basis this provides the opportunity for identifying key individuals in the particular piece of the pie. The FUSION Foundation has utilized this circle of opportunity to grow the organization and assist individuals, governmental, non governmental, non profit and for profit organizations, and corporations participate in the ongoing dialogue, resource allocation and identification of the principles of the best use practices and the communication distribution of the most current information through One Planet magazine.