Why This Is The Solution To The Problem

I started out today reminding myself how happy and grateful I am for all I have and that I enjoy, which I am, yet recent events kept me from conveying all that. It felt like I was in a dream that I could see into and be part of but not able to do anything about it. You know what I mean?

On top of that it is Christmas, and all is supposed to be merry and joyous and hunky dory with the world . . . like a Thomas Kincade painting of a cottage in the woods with wispy smoke coming out of the chimney and furry little animals at the picket fence, but it just isn't so, is it?

I labored over how I would talk about this but the fact is that there isn't a "syrupy way" to talk about it because what's happening has become epidemic and out of control. In the past two weeks alone it has really reared its ugly head.

And what's freaking me out is that I feel helpless and that I'm not reaching them before it happens as if something chains me to a wall and I'm trying to break free but can't.

However, it also tells me that what I've been working on for over 18 years IS the SOLUTION to a problem that is now running rampant like the black plague; and it may get worse before it gets any better.

What am I referring to and should I talk about this subject that most people believe doesn't even affect them; or, are people really thinking about this and wondering what they can do about it too? That's what I'm hoping for . . .

Well, it is December and Christmas is close at hand AND it is my birth month too
and so I have some well wishes for you and yours but before I do that I want to ask something of you.

I want you to consider the possibilities as well as the solution . . . here's what happened . . .

A few days ago as of this writing, a young man named Matthew Murray, age 24, went on a shooting spree killing four people ages 16 to 26 before he was shot to death in Colorado.

A couple days before that in Las Vegas two gunmen shot and wounded six young people at a bus stop, an attack that officials believe stemmed from a fight about a girl at the Mojave High school. If you have school aged children what must you be feeling I wonder?

In Omaha a few days before that on December 5th, Robert Hawkins aged 19, went on a killing
spree killing eight people before doing himself in at a shopping mall; a public place where your mom, dad, husband, wife, children, grandchildren all shop at.

Are you safe where you live and do you feel lucky anymore when you've made it home from your local mall? Is that how we want to live? Always looking over our shoulders?

And don't forget about Virginia Tech where Cho Sueng Hui killed 32 people before offing himself. I have college aged kids and this doesn't sit too well with me either. In fact it scares the crap out of me.

We can never forget the Columbine High School massacre which occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 near Denver and Littleton where two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a shooting rampage, killing 12 students and a teacher, as well as wounding 23 others, before committing suicide.

Ok, I could go on with citing incidents like this because they are happening about every two
months all over the US of A, according to the government stats. It's also happening around the
globe; we just don't hear about it.

So, why am I talking about this during the Christmas holiday and what am I asking you to do? Where do you fit in and how can you and I change these incidents?

I can't change the past; no one can but I am doing something about the present for our future and with your help we can slow this down and possibly eliminate it altogether, which is
my goal.

I've created and run a non profit organization called the United Arts Movement International at
http://www.uami.org/ where I work with troubled teens; actually "tweens" to twenties (ages 12 to 21) helping them express their inner emotions in a positive way.

I don't turn kids into artists unless they decide that's what they want to do and move towards
that in their life. Instead I use the power and the language of art to show kids how to manifest
positive changes in their lives through positive emotional expression.

My centers eliminate the FLEAS of the bubonic, black plague, not the RATS that this epidemic resembles.

I get right to the source of all this negative emotion and give kids another way to look at life and
how they can EXPRESS their emotions without having to harm others to get their point across.

They don't have to kill to be famous. That's the common denominator for many of these senseless massacres; fame. Are you following me with this and is it making sense to you?

It is obvious the government denies and won't or can't take steps to do anything about this
problem because they don't even recognize it as such. Only we, the people of the world, and I mean us parents, singles, men and women alike, can make the difference by helping our kids today before it really reaches EPIDEMIC PORPORTIONS!

Let me change this trend and heal our kids because I know how to do it because at UAMI, I AM already doing it.

Ok, here's the bottom line ok; I'm asking you to make a donation to the organization. I don't care what amount; a dollar, ten, twenty, a hundred or a thousand but please help support this 501 C3 non profit organization.

All of your donations are tax deductible and go to provide the materials and the tuition for these kids. You see I don't charge them a red cent because I don't want money to be a factor for them not attending and receiving the therapy they desperately want and need.

So I need you to help me with this mission I have been given and have taken on. Oh, I'm doing this already but I just can't do this alone forever because it is too big which is why I need your help.

The thing is that if we don't do something about this starting now then we are like the goose
standing in front of the farmer with an axe in his hand, you catch my drift? And our kids will continue dying and innocent lives will be wasted; yours or mine could be next.

Our kids are the most important resource we have on this planet and it is up to us to nurture
them back to health. I have found a way to do this and I ask for your donation and support to
implement my program.

My work has already helped some teens but it is in the beginning stages and I am "Turning Up The Volume" so that I can show the world that it can be done. You become a big part of the success of UAMI and your donations will go a long way in making this happen.

Now, there are so many organizations that help the abused, the sick and the impoverished young and they serve a purpose too and I gladly and lovingly support them but no one has come up with a solution that I HAVE and this is a SOLUTION to this particular EPIDEMIC.

I do this because I have no choice in the matter; it's my highest purpose to do so. But I know that you do have a choice and you can help me with this or not and that's ok. But, I am doing my part and I ask you to please do yours by helping me with this.

I will provide you with all the information you need and it is all on my website at http://www.uami.org/ so you can contact me and interrogate me if you have to. You can also respond to this post and write me back with questions and I will answer them, everyone!

Your donations are accepted at http://www.uami.org/donors.html and on that page there are different ways and amounts to donate. You can donate on a monthly basis or you can do a one time donation which, in either case, will be so much appreciated and put to good use. You can also send cash, money orders or checks to:

UNITED ARTS MOVEMENT INTERNATIONAL
1550 Barbara Rd. Suite 200
Redding, CA 96003

I will keep you informed as to the progress and those that become sponsors will receive other gifts as well and a prominent spot on my website. In fact all donors will be mentioned on the website.

All MAJOR SPONSORS that need more information can call me at the number at the bottom of this letter. I welcome all angels that can help me with this because I really need your help to nurture and give therapy of positive reinforcement to our kids again; making them whole once more.

Go to my website where you can read more information about me and my centers and at the end of this letter you will have the links that will take you there. I promised you some gifts and so here's one; it's called the gift of giving and you are already doing that with your generosity and understanding.

That gift can never be replaced by anything except joy, pride and the accomplishment of helping our kids. That feeling is like a rocket ship traveling through space taking you to places unknown
but knowing that it will be a better place than where you've been.

In return I give you the gift of healing our children and troubled teens, lowering teen depression, suicide rates and eliminating the violence on our kids by our kids. That is my gift to you.

This sounds like a plead; well IT IS but with your help it will end the rage and make our kids whole and that's worth investigating and a cause worth supporting. I've done what others can't. I'm just doing it bigger and affecting more kids; with your generous donation.

Thank you. Join the newsletter and visit my website at http://www.uami.org/ and you can make a donation also right there at http://www.uami.org/donors.html

Peace and Love. Help our kids Help our future

Jorge
Founder and Director
United Arts Movement International

YOU Can Make a Difference in a Child's Life.

Today I'm spilling my GUTS and exposing myself to you.

I want to share this because of its IMPORTANCE and how it affects our WORLD; our KIDS; our FUTURE.

Today, there is ONE person that can MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Today, that one person is YOU. I want to share with you how you can help me . . .

EMPOWER OUR KIDS WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT CHANGES OUR WORLD

Well now that’s a very powerful statement and lofty goal so let me set the scene up so you understand what I mean and then I can explain it better but . . .

Before I explain I want you to remember how, as a kid, you were told things like:

1. Don’t talk; just listen
2. A child is to be seen and not heard
3. Do as you told
4. Don’t do as I do; do as I say
5. Who said that life was fair?

Now, close your eyes and imagine if you can, HEARING that VOICE deep in your psyche.

Do you remember how you FELT hearing the sound of that VOICE?

It's a VOICE from the past that may be long forgotten on the conscious level but lies DEEP in your sub-conscious mind and never forgotten.

Perhaps this has affected you all of your life whether you know it or not, whether you want to admit it or not.

Let me ask you, who did you turn to for emotional release or emotional expression? Was it a favorite aunt or uncle, a brother or a sister or your mom or dad?

Like most kids maybe you just buried it inside, letting the HURT and ANGER well up and seethe inside you LONG enough that it affected your relationships at school and personal life.

Maybe your parents decided to seek therapy (POSITIVE) helping you release the emotions and finally moving on. Of course that came at a high price tag for your parents but worth it, right?


Or maybe. . .

Your parents didn't know, didn't care and didn't do anything about it. You may have found yourself in situations where you were always getting angry at the smallest things.

Later you became an addictive personality doing things detrimental to positive living. (NEGATIVE)

In other words you might have expressed yourself in the most negative way imaginable except for the fact you had . . .

ART AS THE CREATIVE LANGUAGE FOR EXPRESSION

When you were a kid you were surrounded by art in some form or fashion, mainly because you didn’t have television like we do today with hundreds of channels to choose from.

You didn’t have computers, cell phones, video games, ipods or any tool stealing your attention that buried your emotions even deeper .

Most of us at least had ART in the SCHOOL SYSTEM in some form LIKE MUSIC, DRAWING, PAINTING, or SINGING.

I remember singing every morning when I went to school about something
even if it was the star spangled banner.

We had periods of clapping rhythms, dance movements and all kinds of
ARTISTIC CREATIVE EXPRESSION. You probably did too.


Back in the day, we formed bands playing music together or dancing and listening to music. Remember vinyl records?

Statistics have PROVEN scientifically and medically, that the reason most of us don't go out and hurt someone is because we had . . . POSITIVE EMOTIONAL AND EXPRESSIVE RELEASE through art.

You have heard the old adage that "music soothes the savage beast"? There is TRUTH in that old cliché.

THE IMPORTANCE OF ART FOR OUR KIDS

Today, we live in a modern world with camera’s everywhere, news about everything that is going on which is mostly negative, and a constant barrage of subjects too sophisticated for kids.

Our children are exposed to more STRESSES, violence and everyday pressures from educators, parents and the media like never before.

Today, KIDS DON’T HAVE art in their lives like we had and the negative results show up in ways you and I never really dreamed of, like the tragedies of Columbine and Virginia Tech or the execution style murders of college age kids in New Jersey.

To make things worse, statistics show that teen suicides and DEPRESSION have risen dramatically in the last 25 years coinciding with ART being eliminated from the school systems across the country.

For some kids today, that anger and hurt, combined with the stresses today and with NO EMOTIONAL RELEASE THROUGH ART, takes them over the edge and they pick up a weapon, walk right into a high school or college and begin murdering innocent people.

I have DISCOVERED the SOLUTION to curb this while empowering our kids with positive knowledge and energy.

Here's where we left off . . .

HELPING OUR YOUTH WHILE CREATING A BETTER WORLD

In March of this year I formed a Corporation and private charity, non profit organization in California that I call the United Arts Movement International or UAMI for short.

http://www.uami.org/

I created this organization for the sole purpose of building centers across the country, and the world, to help our kids with positive ARTISTIC CREATIVE EXPRESSION.

Said another way, my program teaches our youth to express their emotions through the language of art in a positive manner while also learning and applying the basis of empowerment and creation.

When you realize that everyone creates their own reality at a young age, then a child becomes empowered to create a BETTER LIFE for themselves AT ANY AGE!

I opened my first center in Redding, California, and it grows in scope with each passing month. (refer to opening in article below)

My personal goal is to affect as many lives that I can and teach young people the basic keys to a positive life; one of hope; one of love and peace.

I want to impress upon them that there is a much better way to express their inner emotions and feelings through a safe medium like art.

By applying the DISCIPLINES of art, they also learn how to MANIFEST their dreams and turn their situations into what they want their lives to be.

My centers are also unique in that it has . . .

NO COST TO THE CHILD OR THE PARENT

What makes my enrichment centers of Artistic Creative Expression different from all the rest is not just the curriculum but that I do not charge any fees. All "art centers" CHARGE some sort of FEE for any of their programs.

In fact, they have too in order to stay in operation. However, with my centers I realized that charging any fee only holds back those that cannot afford to do it in the first place and they are usually the ones that are at a disadvantage because of the life they live.

Many of these kids and their parents are on welfare, low income jobs where 40 bucks won’t fill most gas tanks in this country and it just looms large for just about everyone.

I want ALL CHILDREN to be able to attend and to become empowered and I don’t want anything holding a parent or child back, especially because they don’t have the money.

Working single moms or single dads can’t spare another extra 40 bucks when they are stretched already trying to make ends meet.

Everyday I hear parents tell me how difficult it is to have their child participate in an art enrichment center and that if it weren’t for my center they would not have a place to send their kid to learn ARTISTIC CREATIVE EXPRESSION or positive emotional release.

HERE’S WHERE YOU COME IN AND HOW YOU ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION

Right now, I’m asking you to join me in this crusade to help balance our young, giving them an outlet to release their emotions in a positive manner thereby raising the consciousness and peace vibration of the world.

If you can FEEL my vision and can see a way to help me build these centers, not just here in Redding but in your hometown too, then I am asking for YOUR help in a couple of ways.

My mission is to affect as many of our kids and make them take responsibility for their part in ending violence, hatred anger, despondency and taking back their right to a better world.

You can help me with this. This is how . . .

1. Please send a donation of ANY AMOUNT. Every dollar will help the cause and you can do that by visiting my web site at: http://www.uami.org/donors.html

You can also send a check or money order in any amount to:

United Arts Movement International
1550 Barbara Rd. Suite 200
Redding, CA 96003

2. If you want one in your neck of the woods like many people have indicated as I’ve gone around the country talking about this, then please write me and tell me that you do at:

mailto:jorge@uami.org

3. You can also write your LEGISLATORS and tell them of my organization, UAMI, that is actually doing something to stop teen suicides, and violent crimes like Columbine and Virginia Tech, making our neighborhoods and our world just a bit safer.

Tell them you want one in your neighborhood, town and city too. And if you know magazine or newspaper writers, radio or TV personalities, OPRAH, LARRY, WARREN or BILL, then by all means spread the word.

I told you this was a long letter but I want to just finish saying that this is not a hand out – it’s a hand up.

You can make a difference right now. And if you’re a believer in karma, you know this will
come back to you so many, many times over. Thanks for all your help and if we can keep one youngster from committing a horrible crime or committing suicide, then your donation will have been well spent.

Thank you so much.

Peace and Love,
Jorge

UAMI'S PRE OPENING

United Arts Movement International has taken a GIANT step forward with its mission and ministry by having its pre-opening on July 23 of 2007 being the day the doors officially opened.

I say pre-opening because there was no fanfare or hoopla over it and the media was not informed but the "GRAND OPENING" is right around the corner and the details for that is being formalized now. There will be lots of fanfare and hoopla when that occurs so just remember to visit the blog from time to time to find out more.

Better yet, JOIN THE NEWSLETTER and that way you can stay informed with all the events and actions going on at the center, how we are progressing and where UAMI is headed.

We had a great time on Monday the 23 of July and it was, for me seeing what was only a dream at one time actually MANIFESTING INTO REALITY. And, it keeps getting bigger and bigger! Now what do I mean by that? Let me explain...

The second space that I have been working on to hold more classes on different dates has gone from simply renting space to actually "partnering" with another organization who sees the BIGGER PICTURE of my mission and where it is leading.

Because we are working out the details at the time of this blog entry, I really can't let out any details but when everything is finalized, you'll hear it first when you join the newsletter and that is easy to do; just go to the sign in form over to your right and simply fill in your name, email address and zip and you will have that information first.

THE ARTISTIC CREATIVE EXPRESSION or ACE PROGRAM

The ACE program which I developed is designed to empower children and young adults with the ability to express their emotions creatively and creating their lives to be positive, loving and powerful. No longer will any child feel powerless or be victimized through their situation once they understand and put into action the techniques they learn with the ACE program.

The program is designed to incorporate all the natural laws of the universe utilizing physical exercise, numerical timing and the actions that people like OPRAH, LARRY KING, BILL GATES and all of the highly successful people use in their every day lives, using ART as the vehicle. It is exciting to see in motion when kids GET IT using it in their daily experience.

I and the people I've introduced this program to, have witnessed the transformation of children within a 7 month period as their skills, social and otherwise, grew to a higher and more positive level. It's beautiful to watch as each child reached certain goals set forth.

It is this program that will change how we interact with each other while reducing teen suicides, depression in our children and lowering the violence our kids endure on a daily basis.

Imagine a world where kids can be kids again and reducing the violent incidents like the recent "NEW JERSEY EXECUTIONS" or the massacres at "COLUMBINE AND VIRGINIA TECH".

Please help me with this mission by making a donation. With your help I can bring this program and the centers to our kids here and in your neighborhood. Let me know that you want one near you too and that by donating whatever you can, together, we will make it happen.

Remember that every dollar helps and remember also that all donations are tax deductible.

You can donate either by visiting the donations page at:

http://www.uami.org/donors.html

or you can donate by sending a check or money order to:

UNITED ARTS MOVEMENT INTERNATIONAL

at the following address:

1550 Barbara Rd. Suite 200
Redding, CA 96003

http://www.uami.org/

Thank you for reading my blog and I look forward to you JOINING the UAMI Family.

Peace and Love,

Jorge

Director and Founder

http://www.uami.org/

United Arts Movement International

I suppose you're wondering what is the United Arts Movement International. It is my non profit organization with the mission to build enrichment centers where all children are welcome to explore, develop and nurture artistic tendencies.

This is important because by developing their artistic tendencies I find that children are better balanced and also are more equipped to handle societal pressures. With and through artistic enrichment, a child can express and release emotionally reducing negative and explosive behaviors.

http://www.uami.org

How do I know and who am I? I know because I was there and also because I work with kids who have this emotional and explosive behavior. I recognize the tendency to want to pick up a gun and blow everything away when feelings of inadequacy, low self esteem and fear of the unknown eat away at your psyche.

For most of my teenage and young adult life I had struggled with these feelings even though I had accomplished and triumphed in so many ways; but it was never good enough or just never enough.

In order to maintain my spiritual self as well as my physical and emotional well being, I used art as the means to "unload" and not take out those tendencies on the world at large.

It hasn't always been easy but my savior has been taking action, being involved with and totally immersing myself with art in some form or another. Nowadays the rage is no longer with me and I have come to terms with those aspects of my life.

Now, and at this stage of my life, I am now directed and dedicated in bringing this insight, experience and techniques to our younger generations so they don't have to struggle with it like I and so many others have.

And unfortunately, those young men of Columbine and at Virginia Tech didn't have or get that opportunity to express themselves in a more positive manner and instead took that rage and followed through with death and destruction.

Artistic immersion and infusion is what all people who become involved in my centers will experience and isn't it better for your child to attend my centers than you having to deconstruct who they are at your local psychiatrists office at $350 an hour?

Oh, and did I mention that my centers will be free to those that participate; the student and her parent? No cost and all on my dime. Now how's that for getting things done?

More to come and for more information visit my website at: http://www.uami.org

Jorge

What Really Happened at Virginia Tech and Who Pulled the Trigger

What the heck is going on?!? Why are our young people murdering our young people? What are our young people trying to tell us that we cannot hear? Who Really pulled the trigger?

Yes these are questions that we are all pondering because these crimes are, unlike what Gonzales and Bush claim, on the rise and they are going to happen more and more.

You want to know who really pulled the trigger? You're not going to like it but if you are over thirty five years of age, then it was YOU . . . and it was me. Maybe we had no control over the situation but we haven't done a damn thing about it since either.

Oh, this didn't happen overnight; it was slow in coming but it is finally here and the revolution is on. NO NO, not that revolution but the one our children are waging.

See something happened 25 years ago . . . and we let it happen. We LET the government MAKE the school system REMOVE and EXCLUDE art from the classroom and it hasn't been the same since. Yes they took prayer out too, but that's another cause and another case in point.

This decision has been so detrimental and yet so undetectable but like a slow eating cancer, it is now rearing its ugly head!! But most Americans are unaware that it is the true cause of the tragedies now being perpetrated on the public; on our kids.

But you better WAKE UP America, because it is now IN YOUR FACE! And mine too.

And it sickens me to death that our kids are living and reliving horror in real life.

It is not supposed to be this way but when Art was taken away 25 years ago, all hell was breaking loose and now the writing is on the wall.

Well, the government continues to come up with EXCUSES, as well as throwing bull crap solutions around like, "more GUN control" and "more awareness on how to take care of yourself". This is dribble at best and nothing the government is saying is going to help.

When are we, as parents, grandparents and as Americans going to stand up, hold our government accountable and then take matters into our own hands?? When??

Now you might say, "ART?? What's that got to do with anything?" Well my fellow Americans and parents . . . EVERYTHING.

Statistically, over the past 25 years, teen suicides have tripled; more children are suffering depression, anxieties and traumatic syndromes and even the "National Institute of Mental Health" NIMH for short, admits that we have a problem because they now recommend, and I quote, "[We must] offer art and play therapy for children." DUH!!

Now what is art? It is a vague term or concept for most people but to me it is . . .

...The expression of one's innermost feelings and thoughts brought out in some form that is beautifully unique, and that can be shared with others.

That's how I see art whether it is a painting, a song, sculpture, dance; it is the true expression of your innermost feeling and without art, a child can no longer express themselves creatively and therefore HOLDS things IN!

Our children have been telling us all along but we haven't listened and emotionally whatever they are feeling must come out and it's going to come out of a guitar or paintbrush, paper and crayons or it will be unleashed in a hail of gunfire or a brutal beating in the park, as in Virginia Tech or when those teenagers brutally beat a homeless person to death . . . for fun!

Art is essential to us as evolving human beings and is a major part in a developing child's psyche and well being. Without that they cannot express fully what they feel or desire.

A two year old cannot articulate what he or she is feeling but give them a box of crayons and a piece of paper and only an idiot couldn't tell what he or she is trying to emote. One has only but to look and you would know. Every parent knows what I am saying . . .

Art is what separates us from all the lower forms on earth. You don't see dogs and cats drawing pictures in the ground to tell us how they feel. Art, the emotional release and depictions of our innermost thoughts, our cultural tie to one another has been taken away. And the our kids are PISSED OFF!!

I have a solution to the problem and if Americans and government, because they are two different entities, will listen, we will start to curb this and totally turn it all around.

I have committed my life and it is my life's purpose to bring art BACK to the children.

I have created a non profit organization called the, "United Arts Movement International" and the sole purpose is to create art centers or institutes where children can be infused and inundated with art in all it's forms and variations. An institute or center where a child can once again express themselves emotionally, spiritually and without any boundaries through an art medium.

And the best part is that IT IS FREE! Free for the child, free for the parent and with no restriction or criteria except for someone wanting to learn through art; to learn how to express their inner emotions in positive ways.

I will pick up the tab through donations and fundraising. That will be my job so that a child and a child's parent never has to worry about whether they have to pay to get their child in. All races, all backgrounds, all are welcome.

I want us the parents to make sure we do not rob our children of emotional expression any longer because I have the solution. I will put one in every county, large or small town, inner city all across the nation.

I ask the Oprah's, Gate's, Rockefeller's, Carnegie's, Buffet's and all that can to DONATE MONIES helping me with this mission, life purpose, obsession if you will to nurture our children back to health, to infuse them with art so that they can express their emotions in a safe and non violent way.

My Centers will show our children that we love them, that it isn't all about Excel, excel, excel, and high grade point averages and homework, homework and all the pushing we have done to our kids.

They are telling us to let them be kids again. Let them draw, paint, play weird ass guitar. Let them write a song of angst as opposed to shooting and murdering our kids, their contemporaries.

This is madness but my solution is the real solution and not gun control, or more stupid laws that will only make things worse.

I invite any and all media to interview me, to invite me on their radio programs and TV programs. Help me get the message out. Let an American and a parent to do something about this problem, someone with a solution, instead of letting our government keep killing us, slowly like a cancer.

Larry King, put me on your show . . . Oprah, hear me and feel me and let me talk to your audience. Let me talk to the parents and let me do what God wants me to do and be, and that is to bring the arts back to our children.

This is the SECRET in motion. This is my mission . . .

I am a single dad who raised his children on his own. I did it artfully and they are the best. I'll do the same for your kids too, I promise.

For more information call Jorge at: 530-241-2330 or send me an email at: jorge@uami.org

I am finishing up my website now so you can see and read more information on what my organization is doing. It resides at

http://www.uami.org/

I'm starting in Redding, California, a small town but I'll finish in New York by the time I am done.

Thank you. More to come . . .

Peace and Love,

Jorge