Love Is the Answer – Our Story

HAiR is more relevant today than it was 55 years ago when we started.

The world was a mess. We were out on the streets protesting the war in Vietnam. The government was sending kids of color to the front lines while a lot of privileged kids were getting deferments. JFK's assassination took away our faith in government, then his brother was murdered. The assassination of Martin Luther King was a horrible moment. The assassination of John Lennon was again shocking, and everyone was following the narrative. We did not have words like "fake news." It was what it was.

Our mothers were stoned on diet pills, our fathers were working two jobs. We were cutting class to hang out under the bleachers and taking day trips to the Planting Fields to trip on mushrooms. The women's liberation movement was in full force, and women were burning their bras in protest. The Summer of Love had come, and ours was the Age of Aquarius.

Today the planet is in worse chaos than it was 55 years ago.

"Instead of peace and love there seems to be a lot more aggression, gun violence, intolerance for differences, divisiveness and meanness encouraged by some politicians and media. While there's been some progress in civil rights, a lot of attitudes we thought would change seem to have changed for the worse."
— HAiR Tribe Family Member Barbara Stewart Green

Today, the drugs the kids are taking are deadly. What's going on in North Korea and China is in our face and no one is doing anything about it. The war in Ukraine is unprecedented. Freedoms are being taken away from people around the world. Everyone is on edge and fighting each other over the divides created by the media.

The hippies had it right. John Lennon, MLK, JFK and RFK all had it right. Love is the answer.

That is why HAiR Tribes exists: to bring people together, whatever they believe, around one simple truth. We Are All ONE – One Love, One Life, One Human Race.

Our art promotes global peace and love in memory of Michael Butler, James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot, Tom O'Horgan and all the HAiR Tribes, living and passed.

Join the Tribe: become an Ambassador for Peace & Love and download your complimentary Certificate of Ambassadorship.

On with the groovy revolution! ✌️

— Sherwin "Ace" Ross, founder of HAiR Tribes