Marci dedicates Giraffe Juice in loving memory of Christian Valentino Arvesen and her beautiful grandmas, Helen Gross and Adele Winters.

Her family film Sweetwater, aired on PBS and is endorsed by KIDS FIRST!: The Coalition for Quality Children's Media. Marci is certified in Yoga, Chi Quong, Mediation and Meditation. She envisions a brighter world, graced with beautiful smiling giraffes!

From Marci:
Mahalo to Shaikelekuleku, kof gadol sheli, my best friend and brother Jarod Winters and his incredibly supportive, wise wife Par-Par Sonja whose sweetness and love has carried me; The Nettervilles to whom I am indebted to beyond measure; Jill Stone, your friendship is invaluable; Saundra McKenna, my inspired goddess; Caprice Winneman, your heart warms me; Beth Pratt, my faithful friend; and Edna and Amir Arbel for all your yummies!

More Mahalos and Todahs to Talia and Doron "Gamal" Hacham, so many laughs; Nitzan Solomonav, Avi "M'Seba", your yummies too; and to Co Co Baldwin, Lesa Sowell, Kathy Doyle, Debbie Siebers, Marni Galef, my soulful sisterhood, Austin, and the Kauai and Maui communities for your support through soulful sister and brotherhood. Tp JP, all the Allens, Limor, and her beautiful kids for sharing the Giraffe Juice vision.

And to family and friends at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Paradise Island: Carmon you opened my inner eye; Norma, Zoey, and all the Levins; Mala, Michael, Maera, Carol, Belle, Ronni, Sarit, Nicole, Mai, and Yoav in Israel. And especially to my students everywhere who are all my teachers.

About Marci's kid's movie: Why are Marci and JP promoting their other creative project here? Because the profits from the Giraffe Juice Project are being reinvested into spreading NVC around the world, this is a wonderful opportunity for them to let you know what else they are up to (and what is giving them the resources to serve the Million Giraffes Project as a mission).

http://www.smilemakerfilm.com/

He has directed several summer camps for kids sharing music, acting, and peaceful conflict resolution through the process of Nonviolent Communication.

As a professional harmonica player, JP played on CNN, Fox News, and toured the world with Grammy-nominated Abra Moore.

His love for the healing arts is currently expressed through regular practice of Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Yoga, meditation, nourishing whole-foods, and long distance running.

JP completed pre-medical studies, graduating from Northwestern University in 1988 with a BA in psychology and an enduring interest in educational psychology.

He is currently living on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.

Feel free to contact JP about this website, or the Giraffe Juice Project in general.

From JP:
I feel awestruck in gratitude for the abounding creativity that so many have offered this project. My heart offers an extra special thank you to you Marci. I know that without you this project would not exist. Thank you for your patience, your belief in me, and thank you for bringing this story to life...in full rainbow color of creativity.

Tamara worked as a drama and art teacher in an international primary school in Sri Lanka for 2.5 years where she wrote and directed her own school play "Whizzbo the Helpful Skweekabee". She deeply believes that peace is possible through self-enquiry, empathy and compassionate communication. At present she lives in Brighton Hove in England with her partner, the magical Andy. She likes pink bubblegum, avocados, humor and kindness. More of her art can be viewed at willowing.org.

Also a practitioner of NVC, Tania's specialties include working with type so words and thoughts are the stars of the pages and using graphic design to make artists' ideas shine. Tania was tickled pantone #239u (deep pink) to have participated in the NVC Parent Peer Leadership Program (PPLP) in 2006. Part of the Peaceful Families, Peaceful World Project of the international Center for Nonviolent Communication and BayNVC, PPLP is a learning ground for parents to deepen their NVC practice and to develop the skills to share NVC with other parents.

Go Giraffe Go Writing & Design helps people and organizations do branding and advertising everything from books and music CD designs to brochures, websites, logos and advertising campaigns.

Together, Brita and Tania are the moms of two children with whom they share giraffe language as best they can as part of their daily regimen of the heart.

John studied psychology as an undergraduate at Harvard University many years ago, but learned at least as much about people by helping found the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association there, and far more from his many explorations since then. He is a process artist believing that we are always in some process, and are blessed with wide responsibility and creativity to experiment with what processes might serve our needs in ever better ways. He engages in many processes that improve his own life and the lives of those around him, and he gets a lot of hope from seeing the rapid spread through the world of many powerful processes; in particular: Nonviolent Communication, wiki, meditation, Open Space and Dynamic Facilitation. John is a member of the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation, and serves as president on the board of the Co-Intelligence Institute, which researches and advocates processes that operate at the largest scales, inquiring into how we can apply the wisdom of the whole (of humanity) to serve the whole.

He is also a long-time computer geek, and in recent years has been a formative designer of Wagn, software that extends the power of wiki while maintaining its simplicity. He's also been involved in organizing the Recent Changes Camp series of Open Space conferences on wiki, and has presented on wiki and Wagn at several conferences.

John grew up in Massachusetts, and has also lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Sri Lanka before moving to Oregon.

You can contact him via his website.

Nonviolent Communication training evolved from Dr. Marshall Rosenberg's quest to find a way of rapidly disseminating much-needed peacemaking skills. The Center for Nonviolent Communication emerged out of work he was doing with civil rights activists in the early 1960s. During this period, he provided mediation and communication skills training to communities working to peacefully desegregate schools and other public institutions.

Since the center's inception, the response to Nonviolent Communication training has been extremely positive. It is seen as a powerful tool for peacefully resolving differences at personal, professional and political levels.

To learn more, visit www.cnvc.org online.

Since the inception of the Center, the response to Nonviolent Communication training has been extremely positive. It is seen as a powerful tool for peacefully resolving differences at personal, professional, and political levels. Dr. Rosenberg provides Nonviolent Communication training in 59 countries; Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium,Bosnia, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Colombia, Congo, Croatia,Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldavia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Puerto Rico, Russia, Rwanda, Scotland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United States, Yugoslavia. He works with such groups as educators, managers, mental health and health care providers, lawyers, military officers, prisoners, police and prison officials, clergy, government officials, and individual families. He is also active in war-torn areas and economically disadvantaged countries, offering Nonviolent Communication training to promote reconciliation and peaceful resolution of differences.

Worldwide reactions have been inspiring. Evaluations indicate that this training vastly strengthens the ability to connect compassionately with oneself and others, as well as to resolve differences peacefully. Reports also indicate that the benefit of the training is not only stable over time, but actually increases.