Inspiring Videos
From time to time I hear about or stumble across an inspiring video I want to share with someone. So I created this post as a repository for videos that promote community, peace, health, courage, social justice, and goodwill. Please share them with your family and friends, and send links to videos you like to Jacqueline at thegrowingpeaceproject@gmail.com. Long or short, if it speaks to you I’d love to know about it.
I hope you are moved, inspired, transformed, emboldened, and healed.
- Jacqueline
TGPP Founding Director
#9 Kid President
Thanks to Noah for reminding me about these. Adorable and right on!
#8 Khloe Kares
After passing homeless people on her way to school each day, Khloe Thompson launched her own charity o help vulnerable women in her community.
#7 Being a Girl
Kayley Dixon, 14, reading “A Touch of Sexual Assault,” her powerful poem about what it’s like being a teen girl today. She’s part of an effort to fight sexual violence.
#6 Child Wisdom
Out of the mouths of babes…6-year-old wisdom to her recently divorced parents
#5 Right To Be Free
Watch these 3rd graders take action against child labor. So inspiring to see young activists at work!
#4 Ten Hours Of Walking
I might have to change the title of this pose. This video is definitely not inspiring; in fact, it’s disturbing for so many reasons. I’m including it here because it speaks to the courage women must muster every day. How can there be peace in the world if women are treated so disrespectfully and are robbed of their power as humans?
#3 Ryan’s Story
Here’s another one Angelina shared with me. I love this for so many reasons, most especially for the lessons on how to live with courage and conviction, and how to die with grace and dignity. I love Ryan’s question, “What kind of story are we going to live out?” and his invitation to “cultivate a sense of love and community where you live, where you work, and where you play.” Thank you, Ryan, for the reminders and for sharing your story.
#2 Climbing PoeTree
Thank you, Angelina and Sequoia, for this one! Climbing PoeTree is the creation of Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman. From their website: “Creativity is the antidote for violence and destruction. Art is our most human expression, our voice to communicate our stories, to challenge injustice and the misrepresentations of mainstream media, to expose harsh realities and engender even more powerful hope, a force to bring diverse peoples together, a tool to rebuild our communities, and a weapon to win this struggle for universal liberation.”
#1 International Women’s Day
The theme this year is Make It Happen. Here’s a remarkable young woman the whole world has come to know who, despite incredible obstacles, is making it happen for girls’ education every day…
