I have written my thoughts on a Confederacy of Humanity based on tribes.

Dennis Kimambo +254 722 388 275, Rachel Wambui Kungu +254 721 626 389, Kennedy Owino +254 723 568 251 are very supportive and so I am emboldened to pursue this and to expand my thoughts with your help, advice, critique and proposals.

I am drafting a Constitution for Humanity that I will propose for the mid-March meeting of Pyramid of Peace that we will organize. Here is my current thinking. There are the kinds of structures:
* Command Structure: a command structure (ours is the Pyramid of Peace) by which peacemakers wield as much authority as possible as individuals. They act to prevent genocide and terracide. There will be leaders reponsible for the peace and security of various tribes and locations.
* Tribal Congresses: each tribe will be led by a Congress of thirty or so independent thinkers who are the voice for the tribe, who can establish, revoke, revive the tribe's traditions, who can annul oaths and establish counteroaths (which is important for helping people to leave militias), who can hold tribal militias accountable, who can speak on the tribe's behalf, and who can represent the tribe in any agreements with powers, governmental or otherwise. Tribal decisions will be made by majority rule so that difficult decisions (such as ending the practice of female circumcision) can yet be made that hold for everybody. Each Congress member will be responsible for the relationships with the traditional tribal structures in one or more villages.
* Diversity Councils: each location will have a council of twelve or so citizens who represent the full diversity of the area in terms of ways of life, including tribes, locations, gender, age, occupation. Typically they may be leaders of associations. The council works by consensus so that all are included and there is no unfairness in the sharing of resources. The council also reports on the local leader of the Pyramid of Peace command structure to help make sure the local leader does not show any favoritism to one group or another. The Diversity Council maintains the treasury (including for the Pyramid of Peace), raises money and issues any local currency, and organizes economic activity and economic projects so they are fair. There will be many local councils, but there will also be councils that cover larger bioregions. Those who participate in the larger areas must also be active in their local areas. The councils may also have supporters around the world who help, for example, raise money.
* Minciu Sodas is led by Andrius Kulikauskas to serve and organize independent thinkers. Minciu Sodas provides an environment where every independent thinker can openly grow and make evident their ability to work independently. Minciu Sodas structures the relationships between the Pyramid of Peace, Tribal Congresses and Diversity Councils so that they allow every person to contribute fully as an independent thinker. Every individual, tribe, group is free at any time to participate or not. They may choose to establish their own structures outside of Minciu Sodas.

There will be various checks and balances. For example, leaders of the command structure will not be able to be members of the tribal congresses of the diversity councils.

I was originally thinking that there could be a diversity council for Kenya, but now I realize this is a mistake and so I correct myself. I think that we have the opportunity to organize ourselves around larger and smaller bioregions, which is to say, according to nature rather than nation-states. (God created Nature but God is also keen on History so I may be wrong, but I think we gain much by acknowledging Nature here.) The boundaries do not need to be very exact. But the water system of rivers and lakes is a good guide as to who should work together so that all interests are included. Here are some bioregions that cover Kenya, according to the World Wildlife Fund:
* Shebele-Juba Catchments (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia)
* Lake Turkana (Ethiopia, Kenya)
* Lakes Kivu, Edward, George, and Victoria (Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
* Southern Eastern Rift (Kenya, Tanzania)
* Kenyan Coastal Rivers (Kenya)
* Pangani (Kenya, Tanzania)
So we would have a Diversity Council for each region that is relevant. I ask our Kenyan leaders to advise how you might approach this. This would keep us out of national structures and national politics and national allegiances.

I spoke further with Dennis Kimambo about the bioregions. We considered the areas of conflict in Kenya. What bioregions do they fall in? There seem to be three that are relevant for us now:
* Lake region, which is to say, the area around Lake Victoria, which includes Kisumu, Homa Bay, Mbita, Rusinga Island, but also parts of Uganda and Tanzania. Water from this region flows down the Nile into the Mediterranean Sea.
* Rift Valley region, which includes Nakuru, Eldoret, and many of the areas with the worst fighting. The Rift Valley is part of a large feature, a tectonic divide that goes from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea and through Ethiopia to Tanzania and Mozambique.
* Nairobi region, which is on the other side of the mountain from the Rift Valley. Water flows from here down to the Indian Ocean.

These bioregions actually are very significant in the current turmoil. Each has its own dynamic.
* The Rift Valley is the scene of some of the worst ethnic violence as various tribes are incited to drive people out and claim lands.
* The Lake region is supporting Raila Odinga so that they get their fair share in Kenya.
* The Nairobi region is a major metropolis with many slums and urban gangs because it is the hub for all the resources.
* The Coastal region - such as the port of Mombasa - is notably quiet.

These bioregions are I think relevant for us in a way that "Kenya" isn't. Of course, Nairobi/Kenya sets the laws and we will respect them. But given the choice, I don't see any need to organize the Pyramid of Peace in terms of Kenya. Indeed, by organizing in terms of the bioregions, we help to filter in those who care in real terms, and filter out those who must think in terms of the nation-state government and economy.

I find it helpful for focusing on real problems such as land issues in the Rift Valley or malaria in the Lake region. Note that the Lake region is connected by the Nile with Italy. Storks fly back and forth between Lithuania and Egypt. These kinds of connections are much more real for me than a construct like "Europe" or "Africa". The Lake region and the Nairobi region don't have so much reason to be related except for the road that brings goods from the port of Mombasa. Which makes clear why the Rift Valley region affects them both. And also raises the question, Why does the Lake region have to send tax money to the Nairobi region? unless it is for joint projects such as roads? and Why is the Lake region so dependent on imports?

We then see that the Pyramid of Peace is already active in three bioregions, and aside from sharing a Commander-of-Operations for this emergency, there isn't any need for any long term "nationwide" structure. The cause of the emergency is national, but I think the solution isn't. Mombasa seems to have solved the problem. We can help each bioregion solve the problem, too.

I therefore envisage that we think separately in terms of these regions. My thought is that in March we organize an Diversity Council for each region. Certainly, we will encourage bioregions to work together where they are interested. But we will also point out that in many cases they don't have to. Also, the question of participation in the structures organized by Minciu Sodas becomes separate from national structural issues. We can organize in this way around the world to include regions large and small. They can overlap and group themselves in many different ways.

I encourage us to speak up about such an approach. If it makes sense, then I will work with our Commanders Dennis Kimambo, Rachel Wambui Kungu and Kennedy Owino to organize our Pyramid of Peace command structure accordingly. I will ask them to suggest peacemakers who can lead each region, and we will rotate them. We will also train them if they are interested to be Commanders. Please let us know if you would like to be trained as a Commander. I don't think a Commander should be shy, but should nominate themselves, just like the boy David who took on Goliath.

Each Diversity Council will let us and donors know the priorities in the area, organize participation in community projects, help us check to make sure the lead peacemaker is acting fairly, manage the treasury and release funds for our operations, and work with a group of international supporters.

I also envisage an Diversity Council for the Earth. This would certainly be the place to organize consensus regarding global warming. Janet Feldman and Franz Nahrada, I think you would be both good organizers for such an Diversity Council. Of course, it would be quite a challenge to find twelve people who might reflect the diversity of the people of the world.

I envisage this as a Minciu Sodas activity. I will be very active to shape the structure of such Diversity Councils that I propose. I want an Diversity Council to be a voice expressing a consensus of all people AS THEY ARE, and the Congress of a Tribe to express the expectation of what people SHOULD be, and the Command Structure to demonstrate how virtuous people CAN be. I am taking initiative so that these three modalities can be vibrant and in harmony. I also think that participants should be active and accountable as independent thinkers. Minciu Sodas is a context for that.

I suggest that each Diversity Council have twelve people. My thinking is that twelve is a number large enough to reflect diversity, but small enough to achieve consensus. One mechanism to achieve diversity would be to have a system as follows. The members would serve for twelve months, but staggered. Each month one member's term would end and they would propose three candidates who might best add to the diversity of the council. The council would by consensus choose one of them.

I have proposed many ideas in a short time. I appreciate our thoughts on the whole or any part.