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host visionary people, projects and events dedicated to enhancing
healthy human evolution. The purpose of the organization is to address
global social and environmental problems by applying the knowledge
gained from studying nature's universal patterns and by developing the
creative potential of individuals and their communities. Unity Scholars
comprises a worldwide web of people who share our dedication to
this purpose and who support our endeavors through the exchange of
ideas, teaching and participation in Unity Scholar's projects.
Unity Scholars' founders and their affiliates are social designers with
many years of study and practice. Social design and invention are
recognized strengths of the organization's leaders and members and
these capacities will be critical in addressing the many challenges
facing our world in the new millennium.
Unity Scholars' staff and affiliates base their work upon the values and
ideals that support the best stewards of the earth and the finest
teachers of tolerance and compassion. In concert with these values,
we create and support projects that will galvanize the communities of
the future into sustained action through the use of:
methods of enhancing creativity developed by Unity Scholars
leaders and researchers;
tools for applying newly discovered predictable patterns found
in nature to find and face social and environmental challenges;
innovative communication tools and techniques developed by
the Forum foundation of Seattle, Washington, our partner in
many joint projects;
the study and practice of adult learning.
History of Unity Scholars
Unity Scholars began in 1983 as a vehicle for the social invention and
collaboration which August Jaccaci and his colleagues at the Creative
Problem Solving Institute in Buffalo were doing in systems theory and
applications. The organization was approved as a 501C-3 in 1984.
Unity Scholars Board
August T. Jaccaci, President, Unity Scholars
Philip Bishop, Secretary, computer consultant, geometer
Joanne Jaccaci, Treasurer, adult educator
Bertram Waters, financial consultant and fundraiser
Hank Whitsett, videographer and Unity Scholar
Patricia Bedell, businesswoman, writer