The Woodstock Nation Foundation got its name from a phrase coined by the former Abbey Hoffman, an outspoken activist and revolutionary thinker in the 60s and 70s. He said that he was referring to everyone that was involved in or was affected by the Woodstock Festival. The Woodstock Nation itself is nothing more than a dream of a nation wothout borders, an ideal that no one can officially interpret.
Many people around the world associate the Woodstock Festival with hippies, even though it wasn't really a hippy event. It was a large-scale Rock and Roll concert, geared toward a general message of peace, love and music. To many people it seams to have identified the spirit of the sixties, if not consciously then perhaps subconsciously or emotionally.
What is Woodstock today? Actually, it's difficult to say. Although it is so undefined, hundreds of thousands of people, all over the world, who hold Woodstock memories and dreams close to their hearts, continue to respond to any hint that what was happening at Woodstock '69 still lives on.
The WNF does not claim to be the final authority on what Woodstock is.
The Woodstock Nation Foundation will continue to work with other likeminded organisations that are working towards healing the world, in one form or another. We will also be aloting funds to give grants to developing artists and musicians for the education and tools that they might need. We try to show a prefference those who seam to have a heart torwrd helping others, especially those who are poor and needy.
- Dunn Eggink, current President of the board
This website (www.woodstocknation.org) will be continuously updated with current events to help keep the visitors informed and we will be providing discussion forums for people to post their comments.
