“People are emotionally exhausted. We are seeing a cascade of collective traumas (Roxane Cohen Silver, of the University of California at Irvine)." Beverly Kingston, director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado, asked: “How do we heal collective trauma?"

Our cause is not meant to be a cure-all. Nevertheless, it may give those overwhelmed by a natural or man-made catastrophe something they can hang onto, to come out of misery. The point is: people can make small changes in the way they live, and ultimately create a big change in their lives.

“After 19 children and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, last week, extraordinary trauma continues to haunt several survivors and the community alike (CNN, June 1, 2022).” “It is almost impossible to wrap our minds around the fact that a 6-year-old 1st grader brought a loaded handgun to school and shot a teacher; however, this is exactly what our community is grappling with today,” Newport News Mayor Phillip D. Jones said January 7, 2023.

An NBC headline: "Shooting at Nashville Christian school leaves 3 children and 3 adults dead (March 28, 2023)". And a headline in USA Today, May 7, 2023: "Gunman kills 8 in rampage at Texas mall in nation's 200th mass shooting of 2023". These problems aren't going away. And this is what happens when you do nothing. "People going about their daily lives in schools, parks, grocery stores and medical buildings in communities big and small must now grapple with the trauma and grief that lingers when the shooting stops (CNN, May 8, 2023)."

A purpose of a cross is to help lift a person out of a pit of despair; this to be located near the geographical center of the lower forty-eight states, near Interstate 40. It is a universal concept - it can mean a power against evil. Discovering the power of the cross against unseen evil is penetrating the darkness. The medal of St. Benedict has this written on the back:

"May the cross be my light. Step back, Satan...drink your own poison." Americans hate to read. But if they can look at videos of a large stainless-steel cross taken from the ground and from the air, placed online for them to view - they are more likely to look at three or four topics of interest on the ACG program, and move in a direction of a positive future. With a virtual tour, one can visit the site from home. 

A fair question to ask is - how can a cross help people recover some heart? The sign of the cross goes back to early Christianity. If it was important then, it is important now. The message of the cross means to: a) trust that things will get better no matter how bad they seem, b) expect the best possible outcome from any given situation, and c) a belief that good will triumph over evil.

A cross isn’t an ornament: it’s something much stranger - a disrupter of every fakery and an answer that makes a mockery out of every foolish question. As is written: "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away." A goal is for people's well-being, so they can believe in themselves again. A percentage may be allocated to fundraising.

Over a fifteen year period of time, the organization developed a large, extensive program – 135 topics, 25 links, 500 pages, in 103 languages, to help these people get a life back – www.americancross.org. The problem is 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅. People won’t read that which applies to them, so efforts to help traumatized persons go down the drain.

The idea is to create a large stainless-steel cross monument, with online videos taken of it – so the Tik-Tok generation will read the program, before it is too late for them. The organization makes it clear that nobody has a cure-all, but we believe we can make a difference.