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Rainbow Family of Living Light

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Help foster ridesharing"I was walking in shame and deep sorry one day when I looked down and found a dirty rock. I stopped because I had noticed the rock, and I picked it up. It was crusty and damaged. I picked at a piece of its crust and I saw a slight sparkle. I put it in my pocket and walked onward.

"Later, when I was not occupied of mind I remembered the rock. I pulled it out of my pocket and began to scrape at it. It began to sparkle. Then, as I looked closer, I saw it was a diamond. I then set out to cut this diamond and while doing so, I have been polishing it ever since." - Chaz


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Rainbow Family of Living Light

The path Home

 

The Rainbow Family of Living Light is not a political or religious movement; it is an all inclusive worldwide concept of cooperation that encompasses all walks of life. Hence, we are a Rainbow of colorful peoples standing together to shine the light of peace on the world.

Born from the ashes of war, in the 1960's, we formed to demonstrate what a peaceful society looks like. This concept fosters inclusion through acceptance by bringing folks together, in a stress free environment, under a theme that promotes peace and well being. This All Ways Free environment is called the Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes.

 

One of the principal values of the Rainbow Family of Living Light is to "harm no living thing." This calls upon each of us to "walk lightly upon the land." As we do, we are to be vigilant in our observation of all life around us and conscious as to our impact on their right to be here just as much as our own.


A Rainbow Message to All

We come as free individuals responsible for our own self regulation. We accept no organization or leadership, resting only upon group consensus and our willingness to participate.

The basic tenants defining the concept of the Rainbow Family of Living Light, strive to create an all inclusive environment (culture, religion, faith, belief, political position, sexual orientation, race, color, etc.) centered around healing; healing the land, our spirit as a people, and our relationships to the world around us all within our own perspectives. For this reason, everyone belongs with an equal voice of self representation; all things are achieved by consensus within the confines of the circles we are participating in. The only expectation is that we come as we are to cooperate in creating a Peaceful Scene through mutual aid and consensus.

 

Vision Council for 2023

Northern Appalachian Region

It is the consensus of the 50th Anniversary Vision Council that we hold our 2023 Annual Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes in the northern Appalachians, including and between the Alleghenies and the White Mountains National Forest.

Since the passing of Jerry Garcia, many Dead Heads have made their way into the Rainbow Family of Living Light. In so doing, in the opinion of Kind Ride Share, they have changed the National Gathering of the Tribes into something that has chased away tens of thousands of kind spirits. Attendance, once averaging 35,000 and above, is now at its all-time low. With under 10,000--most of those not being the traditional Rainbow Family--it is hoped this trend will reverse itself to create the beauty that once attracted 35,000 to 60,000 attendees.

 

Focalizing a Ride Share

Kind Ride ShareOur ride share board at Info has never really worked well; people are having too hard a time locating each other. To better focus our efforts, Kind Ride Share proposes we start a tradition where on the morning of July 5th, those who need a ride form a hitch out circle at Welcome Home and those who have a ride go through the Hitch Out Circle before they leave. This approach focalizes our efforts into a common area where folks know where to go when it comes time to get hooked up in a ride share.

 

Rainbow Family Related Websites

Over the years, since the Web was first made possible with the release of Netscape in December of 1994, some have had the technical skills needed to establish a presence on the web. Those individuals and their websites are listed below.

Butterfly Bill's Rainbow Gathering Site

 http://www.bliss-fire.com

Plumb packed with historical artcles, publications, photos, poems, stories and more. If you are looking to learn about the living history of the Rainbow Family of Living Light, Butterfly Bill's website is where its at.

Tradin' Bill's Rainbow Page

 Ocala Rainbow Family

This is a free Site dedicated to the FREE exchange of all Info concearning Rainbows & Rainbow Warriors of our planet based Folks in Ocala, FL. This is NOT an Official Anything Site. This is Free info from the Public, to the Public.

 

WelcomeHome.org

WelcomeHome.org is one of the oldest websites ever dedicated to the Rainbow Family of Living. Over the years, it has defied the long-standing consensus that directions to Gatherings not be posted on the web. The website has also been accused of presenting itself as an elitist who attempts to pick and choose legitimacy of kitchens and the individual efforts that go into creating a Gathering. Regardless of all the happenings surrounding WelcomeHome.org, it provides a ton of accurate and nonbiased information to help folks find their way Home.

RainbowFamilyOracle1972.com

Still under construction, RainbowFamilyOracle1972.com is supposedly being constructed to commemorate the 1st Annual Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes of 1972.

RainbowForum.Net

This is an independant discussion forum hosted privately in honor of the Rainbow Family of Living Light. This forum comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to all those who do not trust Facebook and refuse to join.

Shanti Sena Skill Share

Shanti Sena is a hindi phrase meaning "Peace Scene". At a Rainbow Gathering- If you need Emergency Assisstance, Shout "SHANTI SENA"! Help will come running. If you hear the shout, run help. Breathe In Awareness and speak with love diplomatically. We Are all Shanti Sena!

SomewhereUnderTheRainbow.org

This website belongs to an author who wrote a book about his experience with the Rainbow Family. It touts some photos and videos to appreciate and share.

Sounds From The Rainbow

Featured within this site are a collection of field recordings - music, stories, snippets, and poems - from rainbow gatherings around the world.

United States Forest Service Rainbow Q & A

Official government website for the United States Forest Service, providing Q & A's about the Rainbow Family of Living Light.

Seed Camp Journal: Notes from the 1999 Pennsylvania Rainbow Gathering

This is a narrative originally taking the form of a series of dispatches I sent off to the alt.gathering.rainbow newsgroup in the weeks leading up to the 1999 Pennsylvania Rainbow Gathering.

Idahoish 2020 Rainbow Gathering

Originally, Karin's Rainbow Gathering 2020 news and ideas. The blog is covering what is happening with the gathering in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. As with all things related to Rainbow Gatherings, this is not an official source of information and represents my thoughts and opinions only.

Experience the Rainbow - 1978 Full Movie

This is the full 45 minute video of the 1978 Rainbow Gathering in the Umqua National Forest. This version has been digitally remastered for higher quality.

2010 Rainbow Gathering

The 2010 Gathering in Pennsylvania. Thanks to all there were there. Big LOVE to Jonathan Kalafer for addition footage.

Idaho Rainbow Gathering 2001

Welcome Rainbows to Loman, Idaho

Rainbow Family Gatherings

This website is relatively new. It is owned and managed by Lookingheart (aka Steven Duncan) who has a long history of trying to mislead kind folks searching for the Rainbow. While canvassing Facebook, comments were found stating that folks are not sure how much info is being published at this website or what its focus is. After being attacked and spoofed by Steven Duncan and his Peace Conspiracy clan, Kind Ride Share can attest the website IS related to the Rainbow Family of Living Light but contains misleading information guiding folks from the rainbow into the Peace Conspiracy's music festival in Missouri.

Jesus Camp

We all know the love, care, and compassion given on the Land by the folks at Jesus Camp. This is their website.

Please send your links to Rainbow Family related websites to support@kindrideshare.net.


Rainbow Related Blogs

Blogs are the personal views of the individuals who publish them. They offer readers the opportunity to interact by leaving comments. The content on blogs is tightly controlled by their owners and most often try to push their own agendas, ideas, and concepts. When you think about it, these are similar to small and obscure camps off in their own space. Some are trolls while others are rays of light.

Sage Advice for First Time Gatherers

 Blog

This is a blog organized for the first timers searching for Welcome Home.

The First-Timer's Practical Guide to the Rainbow Gathering

This blog focuses on guiding folks going Home for the first time into what to expect at an Annual Rainbow Gathering.

 

Woodstock Musium - The 1st Rainbow Gathering

This page provides a brief history of the Rainbow Family as related to taking its roots from Woodstock in 1969.

AllThatIsInteresting.com

From Peace And Love To Murder And Drugs - The Story Of The Rainbow Family.

Rainbow Family - Wikipedia

A description of the Rainbow Family from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Rainbow Family - Urban Dictionary

A description of the Rainbow Family from Urban Dictionary.

Please send your links to personal websites created by members of the Rainbow Family to support@kindrideshare.net.


Supported Websites by Family

Many in the family have taken the initiative to share their art, poetry, and literature in an effort to raise awareness. Here is collection for your enjoyment.

Sprucetree.net

 Website

Victoria Polonia was born and raised on a farm in the rolling hills of Kentucky. Drawing on her farming background, she ran a summer business harvesting sage and huckleberries. In addition, she's worked in the medical and insurance fields, real estate, and other miscellaneous jobs. Victoria, The Word Archaeologist, exposes Word Families as "Word Archaeology".

Free-Assembly.org

 Website

Free Assembly is an association of volunteers, dedicated to preserving Constitutional Freedoms on Public Lands, upholding Ancestral Rights on Native Lands, and supporting Citizen Stewardship on All Lands.

 

PeoplesProjectEarth.org

People's Project Earth is committed to connecting communities, land stewards, and working groups with similar goals and values to facilitate permaculture practices, resource sharing, relief in the form of mutual aid, and safe space.

KingTreeBear.com

Created by James Trevor Byron Thompson (aka Tree Bear), this website discusses prominent prophecies and lays out the author's path to peace on earth. It is an interesting read that provides points of view rarely heard.

Please send your links to personal websites created by members of the Rainbow Family to support@kindrideshare.net.

 

In the News

Learn what locals are saying

Word that a Rainbow Gathering will be happening in the state of Colorado has created some buzz in the news. Here are links to the latest stories being published about this year's Annual Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes.

 

Denver 9News

Denver7

The Colorado Sun - Love, prayer and tickets: What we saw at the Rainbow Family gathering in northwest Colorado.

SummitDaily - Rainbow Family Gathering site focus of restoration as members move on from Colorado park.

The Denver Post - Rainbow Family Gathering site focus of restoration as members move on from Colorado park

KDVR Denver - Cleanup underway as Rainbow Gathering winds down.

Westward - End of the Rainbow: The Final Numbers on the Family's Gathering.

The Journal - Love, prayer and tickets: What we saw at the Rainbow Family gathering in northwest Colorado.

Westward - Rainbow Family's Colorado Invasion: 191 Arrests, Citations So Far.

HaydenColorado.com - 2022 Rainbow Gathering

The Denver Post - Rainbow Family settles on Colorado site for 50th anniversary of first peace and love gathering - Law enforcement has expressed concern over trash, drugs and the environment.

Steamboat Pilot & Today - Rainbow Family Gathering will be in Routt County.

The Colorado Sun - Rainbow Gathering picks remote area near Steamboat Springs for its angst-inducing 50th annual meeting of tribes - "Largest non-organization of non-members in the world" will reprise first Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes in the Routt National Forest.

The Colorado Sun - Arapaho National Forest and Grand County officials suspect the annual Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes could draw tens of thousands to remote federal land, sparking concerns about wildfire and impacts.

The Denver Post - The federal agency launched an incident management team to deal with the potential conflict.

The Denver Post - Thousands from Rainbow Family sect plan to descend on Colorado this summer, making law enforcement nervous.

9News - A location has not been confirmed, but rumors point to the gathering taking place in Grand County, both the sheriff's office and U.S. Forest Service acknowledge.

Denver 7 News - Rainbow Family Gathering reportedly coming back to Colorado this summer.

The Gazette - "Rainbow Gathering" could bring 1,000s to fragile Colorado backcountry, sparking outrage.

CPR News - Rainbow Gathering planned in Colorado sparks fire concerns.

US News - The Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes plans to return to Colorado this summer to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Sparking Fire Concerns.

4 CBS Denver - Online Speculation Abounds That Unsanctioned Rainbow Family Gathering Meeting Will Take Place In Colorado.

SkyHi News - Rainbow Family may infiltrate Grand County this summer.

TownSquare NOCO - 2022 Rainbow Gathering could bring destruction to Colorado's forest.

KDVR Denver - Rainbow Gathering plans to bring thousands to Colorado forest.

KRDO - Rainbow Gathering planned in Colorado sparks fire concerns.

Westword - Rainbow Family's Colorado Invasion: Law Enforcement Actions, Harassment Claims

Streamboat Pilot & Today - Thousands celebrate "interdependence" at 50th Rainbow Family Gathering (with video)

The Sun - Love, prayer and tickets: What we saw at the Rainbow Family gathering in northwest Colorado

KDVR Denver - Man accused of plan to sell fentanyl near Rainbow Family Gathering

Washington Post - The Rainbow Family comes to Colorado, bringing peace, love and anxiety

5280 - Will the Rainbow Gathering Run Roughshod Over Colorado's Public Lands?

KDVR Denver - July 4th to be peak day at Rainbow Family Gathering

USA Today - Meet the Rainbow Family: See 50 years of hippies flocking to one (illegal) annual gathering

OutThere - Controversial 'Rainbow Gathering' days away, 10,000-plus to gather in Colorado backcountry

KDVR Denver - Colorado preps for 10,000 on illegal, monthlong campout

Please send your links to personal websites created by members of the Rainbow Family to support@kindrideshare.net.


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Is it true the Rainbow Family is dead?

For over a decade now, the Rainbow Family of Living Light have lost tens of thousands of attendees who refuse to return. As early as 2010, we have seen the National Gathering of the Tribes shrink from an average of 35,000 to under 10,000 in 2022. Thousands complain that the once peaceful and loving atmosphere we once knew has changed from being family oriented to one where people are bringing in alcohol, hard drugs, violence, sexual abuse, film crews, and weapons to all parts within the gathering while blaming parents for bringing their children. Many complain that those attending council have overrun the Family with their special interests while carelessly directing where rainbow gatherings are held. Kind Ride Share would argue that they have and, in doing so, the once shining rainbow of many colors has turned ubly and grey.

Over the past few years, we have seen individuals take the image of the Rainbow Family on tour with their buses only to tarnish the Family with fraud, violence, drug trafficking, and predatorial deviant sexual interests. We saw this with the Suicide Awareness bus and we are seeing this with the so-called Dirty Kid Rescue Team. We have also seen these same individuals embellish filthy living as if it is something to be proud of while spreading disease and unhealthy lifestyles that cause real harm.

Kind Ride Share, which has been in beta since its return in November of 2021, is scheduled to be in its full version this year. Once the new version has been completed and investments are made to start promoting the ride share nationwide, until the Rainbow Family of today start to address the issues that are turning tens of thousands of kind souls away, it will not be supporting the Rainbow Family of Living Light. As a result, any and all associations made online connecting the Kind Ride Share to the Rainbow Family of Living Light will be removed and allowed to fade away. That includes this page. -Chaz