You must be the change you want to see in the world. ~Gandhi

Our Non-Profit Village is dedicated to the vision of helping to make the world a better place through
political, environmental and social activism. Please be sure to stop by during the Vibes weekend!
In the meantime, you can visit the links below to learn more about these important, worthwhile
organizations. Please visit our Green Vibes page for more info on our green initiatives.

Generosity of Spirit:
A Celebration of Jerry Garcia’s
Contributions to Music, Culture &
Community with the Rex Foundation
It is now 15 years since Jerry Garcia passed away. As the lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead and founding
board member of the Rex Foundation, Jerry Garcia demonstrated a high level of vision and leadership
around creativity and acts of generosity. As one way to pay tribute to his contributions to music, culture
and community, through a series of “illuminations”, we seek to explore what it means to put forward
generosity of spirit - a level or attitude of generosity that extends beyond a specific act or monetary
contribution. With this exploration, we also seek to consider the benefits realized by experiencing such
generosity of spirit, as well how to nourish the seeds which will foster a culture of generosity and concern
for all of our brothers and sisters. Please join us for some great discussions and storytelling between
bands on the Green Vibes Stage on Friday.

Rex Foundation www.rexfoundation.org
Furthering what the Grateful Dead started 26 years ago with its own benefit concerts and other 
fundraising initiatives, the Rex Foundation endeavors to fund grassroots programs that are often under 
the radar of larger funding entities, yet work in bold, innovative ways to carry out essential work toward a 
healthy environment,promotion of the arts, protection of indigenous cultures, assisting others less fortunate, 
building strong communities and educating children and adults everywhere.  The Rex Foundation has 
distributed $8.6 million in grants to over 1,000 programs across the U.S. and internationally, while also 
carrying out initiativesthat foster creativity and positive community connections.  The Rex Foundation 
website provides a complete list of grantees as well information about current initiatives.

American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut
www.acluct.org
American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut www.acluct.org
The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.  We staunchly support every person's right to make personal decisions - without government interference - about religion, political ideals, reproductive choice, marriage, and other family and lifestyle matters.  We are working to make sure that emerging technologies do not diminish our rights to privacy and that freedom of speech is protected in cyberspace.  The ACLU's mission remains realizing the promise of the Bill of Rights for all and expanding the reach of its guarantees to new areas.

Bridgeport Community Land Trust
www.bridgeportcommunitylandtrust.com
The mission of the organization is to preserve open space in Bridgeport for the purpose of land conservation, environmental protection and community gardening for the benefit of its residents with a focus on its children. Through the application of grant funding from various private and public resources, the mission of the BCLT is to acquire property in order to preserve or otherwise clean up and apply the appropriate plantings to enable the Bridgeport population to enjoy open space and access to the waterfront.

Bridgeport Regional Business Council
www.brbc.org
Our mission will be promoting the City of Bridgeport.  Our booth will represent the Bridgeport Regional Business Council (local businesses), the Chamber of Commerce and the various attractions here in the City of Bridgeport such as the Barnum Museum, The Discovery Museum, Beardsley Zoo, Harbour Yard (our Bluefish Baseball team stadium) The Arena at Harbour Yard, The Klein Auditorium, Downtown Cabaret Theatre and many restaurants and venues.  We will be providing information and maps as it relates to Bridgeport and the surrounding area and basic information such as the closest Pharmacy, Home Depot, places to obtain supplies, etc.  We will serve as an informational resource to concert goers and represent the City of Bridgeport.

Cell Motion BioBus
www.biobus.org
Explore the inner lives of barnacles, star fish, snails, and single-celled sea creatures aboard the BioBus, the earth-friendliest mobile science lab. Say hello to Dr. Ben and his team of scientists, use research microscopes to meet tiny monsters from the ocean waters, and learn how wind, solar, and biofuels can fuel scientific discovery. New this year, check out the BioBus green roof that demonstrates plants can grow anywhere, even on the roof of a bus. Kids, join us for our special events where you will get an even deeper look at ocean life. .

Citizens Campaign for the Environment
www.citizenscampaign.org
Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE) was formed in 1985 by a small group of concerned citizens who recognized the need to provide public involvement to advance stronger environmental policy. Today, after 25 years as a not-for-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization, CCE has grown to an 80,000-member organization with offices in Farmingdale, NY, White Plains, NY, Albany, NY, Syracuse, NY, Buffalo, NY, and New Haven, CT. CCE continues to work to empower the public by providing members with opportunities to participate in the political process and thereby advance a strong environmental agenda.

Community Energy, Inc
http://www.newwindenergy.com
Community Energy, Inc. (CEI) is a marketer and developer of wind energy, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Community Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of IBERDROLA – one of the largest owners and operators of renewable energy facilities in the world. CEI developed and jointly owns the Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm, the Bear Creek Wind Farm, and has quite a few other wind energy projects under development. Community Energy representatives will be on hand to encourage attendees to join renewable energy programs and will inform them about specific steps that can be taken to kick the fossil fuel addiction.

Connecticut Community Boating
www.ctcommunityboating.org
The mission of Connecticut Community Boating, Inc. is to offer area residents affordable and fun access to Long Island Sound and its headwaters. We provide a physically and psychologically beneficial experience while keeping our students safety and enjoyment, our first priority. We do this through a complete array of training programs that emphasize self-esteem building, seamanship, teamwork, community consciousness and environmental responsibility, while promoting good stewardship of our greatest natural resource, Long Island Sound.

CT Clean Energy Fund
www.ctcleanenergy.com
The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund promotes, develops, and invests in clean energy sources for the benefit 
of Connecticut.  Through these efforts, our state will lead the nation in attaining a sustainable balance of energy
 production, economic growth and environmental impact.

Eden’s Rose Foundation
www.edensrose.org
Eden’s Rose Foundation works to relieve the suffering of the most impoverished and marginalized children in the world. Our work to end the cycle of poverty through community-wide empowerment and sustainability projects is rooted in the belief that all children need and deserve the basic provisions of access to clean water, nutritious food, education, hope, and safe sanctuary.

Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities
www.ecad1.org
At ECAD, we know Service Dogs open doors! A few different kinds of doors in fact… Our dogs open doors, 
provide anchor/balance, and emotional support, to name a few.  Our dogs open doors of independence for
individuals with diverse physical and/or emotional disabilities… as well as bringing them the joy of unconditional
love.  Our dogs open doors of success for our at-risk  students residential treatment facilities… as well as helping them build positive, cando attitudes while learning toeducate Service Dogs.

Global Coherence Initiative
www.glcoherence.org
The Global Coherence Initiative is a science-based initiative uniting millions of people in heart-focused care and intention, to shift global consciousness from instability and discord to balance, cooperation and enduring peace. This project has been launched by the Institute of HeartMath®, a nonprofit 501(c)(3), a recognized global leader in researching emotional physiology, heart-brain interactions and the physiology of optimal health and performance.

HeadCount
www.headcount.org
HeadCount is a 501(c)(3) non-partisan, not-for-profit organization devoted to voter registration and turnout. We are aligned with all of the top performers in improvisational music, including The Dead, Phish and Dave Matthews Band, and register voters at their concerts. HeadCount has registered 50,000 voters nationwide, more than any all-volunteer group in the country.

New England Organ Bank
www.neob.org
The New England Organ Bank (NEOB) is the oldest independent organ procurement organization (OPO) in the country. It is the federally-designated OPO for all or part of the six New England states. In addition to this regional coverage, NEOB provides services to Bermuda.Through its nine regional offices, NEOB serves twelve transplant centers with the combined capacity to perform all types of organ transplantation. NEOB allocates organs for transplant regionally and nationally through the United Network for Organ Sharing's (UNOS) national network.

Save the Sound
www.ctenvironment.org
Save the Sound, a program of Connecticut Fund for the Environment, is dedicated to the restoration, protection, and appreciation of the Long Island Sound region through advocacy, education and research. Save the Sound cleans up beaches, builds fish ladders and successfully defends the Sound from multi-national oil companies.

Solar Bus
www.solarbus.org
Stop by the Solar Bus and step into the world of renewable energy!  Recharge your cell phone with the Sun at our solar charging station! We'll have all kinds of educational displays set up for you to interact with, including a solar water fountain, solar toy car and airplane, solar fans, solar psychedelic toys, and much more.  At night we'll be showing solar powered movies.  At 10am on Saturday and Sunday we have 'Solar 101' classes where you can learn about solar energy and how to run a car on vegetable oil.  We also give tours of the bus all day long have a library and reading lounge, so stop by anytime to learn about solar energy!  The Solar Bus is also one of several places you can sign up to join the Green Vibes Carbon Cutters - a group of Vibes folks collectively working to reduce our carbon footprint.  See you at the Solar Bus!

Students for a Sensible Drug Policy
www.ssdp.org
Students for a Sensible Drug Policy is an international grassroots network of students who are concerned about the impact drug abuse has on our communities, but who also know that the War on Drugs is failing our generation and our society. SSDP mobilizes and empowers young people to participate in the political process, pushing for sensible policies to achieve a safer and more just future, while fighting back against counterproductive Drug War policies, particularly those that directly harm students and youth.

The Sky Is Not Limited
www.theskyisnotlimited.org
Our organization’s aim is to provide pure drinking water, made from desalted ocean water, to persons in need all over the world. The Sky is Not Limited has been set up, as a non-profit company, for no other reason than that of charity. The organization plans to set up renewable powered stations for desalting ocean water, throughout the world. Stations will use solar power, or photovoltaics, to generate electricity. As electricity is produced, it will provide power to an electric heating appliance, such as a hot plate. The stations will power themselves during sunlight periods.

The Terrapin Foundation
www.terrapinfoundation.org
The Terrapin Foundation believes that through the Arts we can nurture the communities in which we live and thus change the world one community at a time.

The Wharf Rats
www.wharfrat.org
The Wharf Rats are a group of concert goers who have chosen to live drug and alcohol free. Our primary purpose at shows is to make ourselves available to anyone who feels we may have something they want. We don’t tell others how to attend their show. We offer clean and sober support, strength, fellowship and hope. We are not affiliated with Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous or any other twelve-step group. We are a group of friends sharing a common bond. Look for the yellow balloons, signs and the Wharf Rats information table

World Peace Prayer Society
www.worldpeace.org
The World Peace Prayer Society cordially invites you to join in the Universal Prayer May Peace Prevail on Earth. People all over the world are joining together to bring peace to our hearts and our planet through the prayer May Peace Prevail on Earth. This prayer for world peace carries a message of great hope and healing. It transcends barriers of nationality, race and religion, to unite humanity in a call for the common good of all life on Earth.

University of Bridgeport
www.bridgeport.edu
UB is an international, doctoral intensive, comprehensive university, with award-winning academic programs. At the University of Bridgeport, students can earn degrees in a variety of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Wholesome Wave Foundation
www.wholesomewave.org
The mission of Wholesome Wave is to nourish neighborhoods by supporting increased production and access to healthy, fresh, and affordable locally grown food for the well-being of all. Wholesome Wave achieves success through partnership-based programs that serve food deserts of historically excluded urban and rural communities

WPKN
www.wpkn.org
WPKN-FM is a listener-supported, non-commercial radio station broadcasting at 10,000 watts on 89.5 Mhz FM in Bridgeport, CT. The station also broadcasts to the bulk of Fairfield and New Haven Counties in Connecticut, Suffolk County in New York (Long Island) as well as parts of Rhode Island.  The station dates back to the early 1960’s when it was affiliated with the University of Bridgeport. For the past 15 or so years, WPKN has not been affiliated with UB, but broadcasts from facilities located on the campus. WPKN’s programming mix is a cornucopia of genres and styles.