This phrase helped shape the entire hippie counterculture, as it voiced the key ideas of 1960s rebellion.

It was at this event that Timothy Leary voiced his phrase, ' turn on, tune in, drop out'. The prelude to the Summer of Love was a celebration known as the Human Be-In at Golden Gate Park on January 14, 1967, which was produced and organized by artist Michael Bowen. A few were interested in politics others were concerned more with art (music, painting, poetry in particular) or spiritual and meditative practices. Many were suspicious of the government, rejected consumerist values, and generally opposed the Vietnam War. Hippies, sometimes called flower children, were an eclectic group. More broadly, the Summer of Love encompassed the hippie music, hallucinogenic drugs, anti-war, and free-love scene throughout the West Coast of the United States, and as far away as New York City. The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. Inspiration for the Second Summer of Love We are so grateful to all who took part and honoured that Dr Pen Mendonça brought her graphic cartoon facilitation expertise to the project.Spencer Dryden, Marty Balin, and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane performing at the Fantasy Fair, early June 1967 And we accepted all interpretations of ‘outdoors’ so as not to impose our own views.

Our priority was to ensure contributors share their stories in ways that were authentic and honest to them.

The Outside Voices e-book is an anthology of human stories, with contributions from a diverse range of communities – download your copy (PDF, 3.3MB).Ĭontributions come from YHA users and members, from our community consultants’ networks, and through connections made as the project developed.

It asks what barriers exist and why exclusion persists and provides a creative outlet for voices so often unheard. The project, part funded by the National Lottery Emerging Futures Fund, delves into the impact of the pandemic on attitudes and access. Through honest interviews, graphic interpretation, heartfelt poetry and music, the Outside Voices project explores personal relationships with green and blue space.

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