Why create a Global Peace Center on Alcatraz Island?
The Alcatraz Conversion Project is a consciousness-raising project, in alignment with the indigenous people’s perspective that Alcatraz Island is sacred land. Situated in the center of San Francisco Bay, it occupies a significant place in the minds of the people: we can all see it. We have a choice to look out into the Bay at an old abandoned prison, or create something aesthetically beautiful, which in no uncertain terms will add to the spiritual and psychological well being of the people of the Bay Area. San Francisco is one of the world’s great port cities, well-known for its appreciation of music and the arts, for peace, progressive values, and openness to the diversity of our human family and its sacred traditions. The Global Peace Center is a public statement commensurate with the city and people of San Francisco that will further strengthen its role in the world as a city of peace and enlightened values.
