Center For Peace Council
Candice (Candy) Barbee aka FireBear, aka CanDog
"Being involved with John Pehrson and Jeanne White Eagle and the For the One Dance is bringing together many pieces of my spiritual path. I have been a dancer since 1995, having danced eight Drum Dances, eight Web of Life Dances, a For the One Dance, and a Long Dance. I've also chiefed/Danced four Corn Harvest Dances. I have served as Alpha Dog for seven For the One Dances (including two For the One youth dances), a Star Dance, a Sun-Moon Dance, and a Web of Life Dance. I have served other dances in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia over an eleven-year period in various other capacities as support, drummer, and fire keeper.
"I was one of the chiefs at the May 2007 For the One Dance in Germany, which was a life-changing event for me. I am so looking forward to more traveling and serving the Dance.
"Serving on the Center for Peace Council for more than ten years has been a rewarding personal growth experience in learning to work by group consensus. Having the opportunity to serve in this way is an important aspect in my life.
"In addition, I have been involved in the international More To Life Program (formerly Life Training) for many years, doing personal development and conflict resolution. I've also been trained in Hawaiian Huna and Core Shamanism journeywork. I am an organic beekeeper and do shamanic artwork in water media and sculpture. I love antiques and junk and tend to gather both around me to create a kaleidoscope of color and texture in my visual and tactile sacred space. I love to fish, grow herbs, and be outdoors with my border collie, Kate, and my cats.
"I believe everyone is a creative, artistic being and I am looking forward to going to different countries to meet the people and work together in creating a Dance." email Candy
Nan Citty
Steve Citty
Margarita DiVita
"I met Center for Peace co-founder Perry Robinson at a Coptic Conference in April 1998. Two years later, I attended one of his Huna Workshops, and I have been an active member of the Center For Peace community ever since. In the last seven years, my service has evolved as a dancer as well as a member of several dance support crews, beginning with working in the kitchen to serving as a dance coordinator, a firekeeper, and presently a moon mother. I accepted an invitation to join the Council in the fall of 2002, which has offered me a wealth of opportunity to grow in community.
"For the last two years, I have served the For The One organization as the international coordinator. I have been attuned as a third-degree Reiki practitioner as well as to the energy of Magnified Healing, a channeled energy healing practice from Quan Yin, the Buddhist Deity of Compassion. I am also an ordained priest in the Order of Melchizedek, a non-denominational order of healers. It is in deep gratitude that I am able to connect with my spiritual family through the Center For Peace." email Margarita
Alan Fletcher
Council Member
"I'm Al Fletcher and I've been associated with the Center for Peace since 1987. My vocation as a salesman has landed me in all 50 States and beyond, but a singular happening in my life in 1987 sent me searching. And as Spirit would have it, I found the Center. Over the intervening years, I've participated in many of the Center's diverse activities, and now I'm serving on the Council. It has been an interesting and rewarding experience." email Al
Katy Koontz
Council Member, Fire Elder
"I've been blessed to be the Fire Elder at the Center since 2001 and a Council member since 2002. I've also had the pleasure of assisting Nan Citty with Native Nurturing, the Center's program for young people, for more than a decade. I began dancing in 1997 with the Long Dance and am now a longtime Sun-Moon dancer. I've also danced the For the One and the Women's Web of Life dances and have participated in two firewalks at the Center.
"In 2004, Caroline Myss, Ph.D., certified me as an archetype consultant, and I've presented workshops at the Center on identifying and working with archetypal patterns in one's life. I'm also a longtime student of A Course in Miracles." email Katy
Cheryl Rose Patterson
Ordained Minister of The Center For Peace,
Council Member, Ceremonial Dance Chief
"I came to the Center For Peace in 1990 and found my true family. I first studied A Course in Miracles with Perry Robinson and continued to learn from him, Jeanne Robinson, Joseph Rael, and many other wonderful teachers the Center has sponsored over the last 20 years. I became a council member in 1993 and have continued in actively guiding the Center's programs. I danced the first Long Dance here in 1993 and feel that dancing is a true path to vision for me. In 2005, I became one of the first ministers the Center ordained and feel it is my life's work to continue the spiritual vision and goals of the Center for Peace. With Jeanne Robinson, I am privileged to lead the Women's Web of Life dance and I am also a dance chief with the For The One Organization." email Cheryl Rose
Jeannie & Perry Robinson see Founders
Marcus Weseman
Council Member
"I first came to the Center for Peace in 2002 as part of my own spiritual journey. I had become aware of being touched by spiritual energy about 10 years ago and had felt the power of mystical experiences, mostly while in nature and at sacred sites. This was all quite surprising to me because although I grew up Catholic, from the age of 20 I considered myself to be an atheist. In this past decade, I have been exploring various spiritual traditions and how they help me connect with the divine. I have learned that my strongest connections are generally through the nature-based traditions.
"The Center is a major part of my spiritual journey as I grow spiritually and personally in all the activities that I experience through this community. My strongest and deepest mystical experiences come from the sweat lodges and the dances. I have served on the Council since 2004, and one of my primary contributions has been to organize and coordinate fund-raising efforts.
"My professional career is in managing health education programs for medical personnel and the general public. I am a Vice President and Program Director at a non-profit organization. We focus on controlling the spread of infectious diseases and disease prevention. Most of this work is done for the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health. email Marcus