At state o­n June 27, 2013: 36 total, from whom

There are 16 Full GHA Members (with the ABC reviews) and

20 GHA Candidates(for three years until they write the ABC review)

3. GHA-USA Board

Today’s GHA-USA BOARD is composed of 9 positions/members:

VACANCY: GHA-USA HONORARY PATRON

VACANCY: GHA-USA HONORARY PRESIDENT

VACANCY GHA-USA President

VACANCY: GHA-USA CEO

VACANCY: GHA-USA CFO

Rev. Dr. Kurt Johnson, GHA-USA Vice-president

Dr. Saleem Ahmed, GHA-USA Acting Vice-president

David R. Ord, GHA-USA Acting Vice-President

Dr. Laj Utreja, GHA Vice-president

Dr. Charles Mercieca, GHA Vice-president

Dr. Nina Meyerhof, GHA Vice-president
Dr. Bruce Cook, GHA Vice-president

The GHA-USA has 5 representatives in the GHA Board 

4. GHA-USA Program

GHA-USA Long-term Program for USA

The mission of GHA-USA draws from a startling variety of projects, from which practical goals will be set from time to time. These are drawn from the GHA’s 42 projects of global harmony, which were devised over a period of almost 8 years: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=472. GHA-USA also serves an o­ngoing clearinghouse/informational function in support of these projects and other goals, such as Centers (School) of Interfaith Harmonious Education (CIHE). GHA’s unique projects that are in addition to the other o­nes in their economic effects are indicated as (+ business).

• International Treaty of Global Harmony for Nuclear, Universal and Complete Disarmament during 50 years through annual reductions in military spending in the world at 2% per year and the channeling of these funds to finance the global harmonious education. The initiators of this project for the UN can be any countries with USA as initiator;

• Ensure the collection of 500,000 signatures of the USA by September 21, 2013 (Day of Peace) under the GHA petition to the UN to provide full disarmament for 50 years:

            www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=529

• Russia – Georgia: Harmonization through Education instead of Militarization

   www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=337. This project is very useful for the solution of territorial conflicts in the word o­n the USA initiative. The UN defined: “wars begin in the mind.” Therefore, in order to eliminate the causes of war in the world, we must embrace harmonious education, providing to all nations o­ne peace-loving mind as contained in The ABC of Harmony textbook;

• Establishing the Center (School) of Interfaith Harmonious Education (CIHE) in New York;

• Offer in 2013 to the U.S. Department of Education the GHA Project of Reforming American Education based o­n the ABC of Harmony;

• Creation of National Foundation to Reform American Education based o­n the ABC of Harmony from the billions of dollars of the USA great 93 philanthropists (http://givingpledge.org/) (+ business);

• The mass printing and distribution ofThe ABC of Harmony in the USA and the world, the first publication of which in English at India in February 2012 marked the beginning of the Age of Harmonious Enlightenment of humanity (+ business);

• Establishment of an "ABC of Harmony" Department at a University of USA o­n the basis of "The ABC of Harmony" lecture course: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=525;

• Creating a Harmony Academy in a USA city o­n the basis of the appropriate department (+ business);

• Documentary: "The ABC of Harmony for the Nations, Presidents and the UN" (60 minutes) for the schools, colleges and universities of the USA and the world (+ business);

• The development of harmonious education first in the USA and in other countries based o­n "The ABC of Harmony" and Harmony Academy (+ business);

• Creating world’s first sculpture of "Harmonious Civilization" in Washington;

• International Foundation for Harmonious Education and Enlightenment with its first in the world Center in New York o­n the basis of billions of dollars of the USA’s great 93 philanthropists (http://givingpledge.org/) (+ business);

• The world’s first female World Contest: "Muse of Harmony" in New York (+ business);

• Creating world’s first International Scientific "World Harmony Institute" in New York;

• Creating world’s first "Encyclopedia of World Harmony" in New York (+ business);

• Creating world’s first Project of Harmonious, Just and Socially Responsible Economy for the Government of the USA and as a model for other countries (+ business);

• Creating world’s first Project of a Harmonious, Just and Socially Responsible Financial System based o­n the reserve currency of harmony for the Government of the USA and as a model for other countries (+ business);

• The world's first Comparative Sociological Study of Spheral Classes Dynamics of the Population of USA, India, Russia and Nigeria from 1950 to 2010 (+ business);

• Holding in New York the world's first Olympic Games of Harmony (+ business);

• Global Network of Harmonization Services for the Population, to start from o­ne of the USA states (+ business);

• Annual World Festivals of Harmony in L.A., Debra Giusti (+ business);

• The world's first International Peacemaking Conference under the UN aegis: "World Peace and Complete Disarmament for 50 years from Global Harmony" (or: "World Peace from the ABC of Global Harmony") in New York to discuss and approve the " International Treaty o­n General and Complete Disarmament within 50 years o­n the Global Harmony Ground" for the UN;

• The world's first International Scientific Conference under the UNESCO aegis: "The ABC of Global Harmony: Scientific and Educational Road for World Peace, Prosperity and Common Good of Humanity" in New York to discuss and approve the long-term "Program of Scientific Researches of Global Harmony in Different Countries";

• The world's first International Conference of Educators under the UNESCO aegis: "Global Harmonious Enlightenment and Education of the 21st Century o­n the Scientific basis of the ABC of Harmony" in New York to discuss and approve the Resolution calling the Governments to initiate a harmonious education based o­n the ABC of harmony in each country;

• The world's first International Spiritual Conference of World’s Religions under the Parliament of World's Religions aegis o­n the theme: "Divine Cosmic Harmony as a Basis for Spiritual Unity of World’s Religions in a Global Religious Harmony o­n Earth" in New York with the discussion and approval of the relevant Resolution;

• The world's first Global Thematic Congress of Poets: "The ABC of harmony in Poetry and Poetry of the ABC of Harmony", in New York;

• The GHA-USA Peace from Harmony Contest in US schools, with the GHA-USA Peace from Harmony Prize.

• The world first GHA Congress “World Peace and Harmonious Civilization in the 21^st Century” in 2014, in New York;

• And other projects: Mathematics of Harmony, Harmonious TV; Academy of Harmonious Leadership and Family Harmony Academy (+ business), etc.

These projects (29) will involve the GHA International leaders and competent specialists from many countries.

The GHA-USA Board defines for each year 2-3-4 priority projects from this long-term Program.

5. GHA Projects as "World Harmony Race", starting from the USA

The GHA has already proposed these projects to governments of other countries: India, China, Ghana and Russia. Thus, GHA initiated the harmonious global contest, if you will, "the harmony race", which is intended to supplant the "arms race". The harmonious global contest strengthens, develops and implements Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream: "We must shift the arms race into a peace race."The world leader of this shift can be the USA, the fatherland of Martin Luther King Jr. Realization of the projects of national and global harmony within the long-term program of the harmonization for each country and region can be the best peace race! This is a peace race from harmony, from concrete projects of social harmony at various levels that are adequate to different countries.

A Palace of social harmony is o­ne ultimate goal for all countries, but the path to it for every nation is unique. Each country chooses its own path to a harmonious civilization, starting with some of the proposed projects or by creating new o­nes. But first it is advisable to focus o­n projects for o­ne of the countries as an example for others. For the world this country could be the USA. This will provide the transformation of the USA from violent and militaristic world leader into the leader of peace and nonviolence.

The Implementation of the proposed projects will further the development of this historical world trend to peace from harmony, refuting the old militaristic false slogan: "If you want peace - prepare for war." The proposed projects are contrary to this principle. The principle of the GHA projects is "If you want peace - create harmony," which we yearn to obtain in the USA.

The implementation of proposed projects can provide increase of social peace and prosperity in the USA and the world as a whole. Purposeful implementation of such projects will open the age of Harmonious Enlightenment in the USA and - through it - conscious movement to building a harmonious civilization in the world for the common good and destiny of humanity in the 21st century.

6. GHA-USA budget for the year

Draft for the GHA-USA Board discussion and approval after emergence of funding. This budget is presented for planning purposes o­nly.

The GHA-USA Budget is based o­n expert evaluation of the four categories of costs:

1. Salaries of some GHA-USA Board members as permanent organizers.

2. Servicing staff salaries.

3. Cost of rent, maintenance and servicing.

4. Expenditures o­n the project’s implementation. The cost of each project varies from $ 50,000 to $150,000, so the average cost of a project is $ 100 thousand. At the year we plan to implement three projects.

On this basis, we build the Table of the GHA-USA budget for 2013 (or 2014).

Table of the GHA-USA annual budget, since 2013, in U.S. dollars

(Each number will be carefully discussed and corrected depending from the size of funding and after receipt)

So, GHA-USA financial needs for the year stand at about $ 421,600. The GHA-USA annual budget is reviewed and approved by the GHA-USA Board with the priorities for each year.

The annual budget can be found o­nly through initial volunteering work, own business and identification of the GHA-USA Honorary Patrons. Prestige of the organization and patronage of the influential person will provide financing. But the main potential for funding is the GHA business projects (in the Program they are marked as +business). Their financial potential is inexhaustible, but needs special business approach – Hi-Tech of harmony or harmonious Hi-Tech.

7. GHA-USA Charter

The GHA-USA Charter will be created o­n the basis of the updated Charter of GHA and will register after approval of this project in GHA.

Appendix 1 – Book - The ABC of Harmony

(first published in English in India, New Delhi, Doosra Mat Prakashan, 2012, 334 pages, ISBN – 978-81-923108-6-2and now available in two electronic formats: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=478 – HTML and

www.peacefromharmony.org/file/6079/ABC_of_Harmony_eng.pdf - PDF.

Book reviews are presented here: http://www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=489

The book may be ordered at: www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=508.

The book eviews are the first step to spiritual unity in conscious harmony of the GHA members from all the world’s cultural diversity. This unity is a primary prerequisite for the GHA’s membership and efficient activities. The spiritual unity of the GHA members in all our cultural diversity is our moral strength, fundamental world excellence and our highest creative energy of harmony.

The ABC of Harmony is represented in all the continents in the libraries of hundreds of educational institutions: schools, colleges and universities, as well as by the GHA members and friends in dozens of countries. It was nominated for the most prestige international awards.

The ABC of Harmony was prepared within GHA in 2011 and published in early February 2012 in Russian in St. Petersburg and in English in New Delhi, India. Among its 76 co-authors are prominent scientists, peacemakers, artists and politicians: former President of India, Dr. Abdul Kalam; architect of Ronald Reagan’s economic reform, Dr. Norman Kurland; head of the international organization of doctors (IPPNW), which received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985, Prof. Ernesto Kahan; Chancellor of the Pedagogical IASE Deemed Gandhi University, Kanak Mal Dugar; Catholic Professor and the UN agent, Dr. François Houtart; President of World Esperanto Association, Prof. Renato Corsetti; President of International Association of Educators for World Peace, Prof. Charles Mercieca; President of International Forum for Literature and Culture of Peace, Prof. Ada Aharoni; President of "World Constitution and Parliament" Association, Prof. Glen Martin; prominent Russian Professors: Vladimir Bransky, Gregory Tulchinsky, Alexander Subetto, Dimitry Ivashintsov and many others. Five co-authors have the GHA’s highest honorary title: World Harmony Creator as explained at peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=513.

The USA has ABC 6 coauthors from the GHA members:

1. Harold W. Becker, Founder and President, The Love Foundation, Inc.,
2. Norman G. Kurland, President, Center for Economic and Social Justice (CESJ),
3. Glen T. Martin, President, World Constitution and Parliament Association,
4. Charles Mercieca, President, International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP),
5. Rudolf Siebert, Professor of Religion and Society, Western Michigan University,
6. Laj Utreja, Founder, Institute of Spiritual Healing,

All of the co-authors are active peacemakers, each in his field. This is reflected o­n the GHA website Peace from Harmony (www.peacefromharmony.org), which has been visited by ~ 3,5 million people.

The outstanding American philosopher Glen Martin gave the shortest but very full definition for this book: the ABC of Harmony is “Our New Planetary Paradigm, the fundamental revolution in science and paradigm shift in human consciousness” (p. 296).

The ABC of Harmony is the first book of this kind in the world and the first global textbook o­n social harmony for the all nations, governments, presidents and the United Nations. The ABC of Harmony is unprecedented in world history as a scientific and spiritual peacemaking instrument with the missionto achieve world peace from conscious social harmony through a global harmonious education and enlightenment in the ABC textbook.

The presentation of this book at the International Seminar of Teachers in New Delhi o­n February 11, 2012, marked the beginning of a new era of humanity: the Age of Harmonious Enlightenment and Education, which aims to overcome the total ignorance of past history in regard to social harmony (www.peacefromharmony.org/?cat=en_c&key=511). The ABC global textbookis the theoretical base for the projects (below), which unfold its practical importance.

Therefore, the ABC of Harmony is a program book of GHA. It has the utmost importance for its members, who must, as members of the book’s parent organization, be outstanding examples to other people in the world by their familiarity with its knowledge and its application in all areas.