Currently there is more war, hunger, environmental degradation, and worse yet, more ambivalence from the majority of the world’s population to these issues than ever before. It is time for the Majority--not simply the Minority--to facilitate stability, peace, awareness, and pro-activity. Virtual Mayor, the necessary middle point, unites the Minority with the Majority and supports the development of the skills necessary for everyone to contribute to solutions.

Thus, in addition to being an omni-portal for collaboration,  the Virtual Mayor system addresses the need all people have for accessibility to cutting-edge learning and offers a ‘lifelong’ model that fosters confidence and compassion, creativity, collaboration, communication, critical problem solving, and cross-cultural relationship building.

Eligible Virtual Mayors are drawn from every corner of the globe, and from every age. They include students and those who are seeking retraining as the global economy creates new demands of the workforce. The Virtual Mayor system offers individuals the opportunity to fully engage in the most meaningful project-based learning environment possible: real life. By connecting individuals with organizations who also seek to lead and cause conscious system shifts through enterprises (that include the development of  services, apps, games and sites), Virtual Mayor activates the enormous—and as yet, relatively untapped—resources that currently reside in the youth and others who will, for the first time in their lives, offer their unique contributions to the world.  Ideally, as Virtual Mayors showcase their skills and craft their passions and projects into entrepreneurial opportunities, they may also earn academic placements, scholarships, prosperous business opportunities, and/or fulfilling employment.

Virtual Mayor is a strategy that integrates three critical needs: educational reform (both in school and retraining programs), engagement of youth, and global collaboration that fosters systemic changes. We believe that this integration is critical to the success of any initiative to cause a full spectrum systemic shift. In Virtual Mayor’s case education, psychology, business, entertainment, and technology merge for a powerful impact. Ultimately, the entire planet benefits from a world that is more environmentally resilient, socially just, peaceful and spiritually fulfilling.

• There is a global community of confident, creative, collaborative, fully literate, critical thinkers who are prepared to thrive in the 21st century. They know what makes them come alive and bring flexibility and enthusiasm to all they do, including personal enterprises that meet current and future challenges of our world.
• More organizations function effectively as they lead the way in promoting conscious, full-spectrum projects with measurable results. Financial statements and annual reports measure some of these improvements.
• The cost of primary and continuing education in both developing and developed nations is reduced, as digital technology complements traditional techniques and improves systems for learning. More students complete secondary education than ever before and choose to continue learning, either formally or informally, for the rest of their lives.
• People are better prepared to contribute to their communities because they feel connected to others, both locally and around the world.

As a Virtual Mayor enterprise itself, we are following the structure of Virtual Mayor as we build our enterprise. We have established our profile and are currently building the Virtual Mayor omni-portal and digital resources. As we do this, we are also enrolling schools, teachers and students to demonstrate the validity of the vision. They benefit by experiencing our literacy program as they create a wide variety of learning objects. We all win!

You can track our Virtual Mayor projects site here. Please be patient as it is currently under construction!