When Ethan King left his home in Michigan to visit Mozambique with his father in 2009, he saw children playing soccer with balls made from plastic bags wrapped in twine. Ethan also saw, for the very first time, kids raising kids because older generations had…
Elevate Films
01 Jul / Imba Means Sing
“Imba Means Sing” is an independent documentary feature film following the journey of 20 Ugandan children from the slums of Uganda to the United States, Canada, the U.K and back again, performing as the Grammy-nominated African Children’s Choir. The audience is taken on this journey,…
Cancer patients and their families are confronted with the scary reality that there just aren’t many treatment options out there. That is to say, there aren’t many legal treatments. It is incredible to consider that people are going into full remission with the use of…
Standing in front of the House of Commons, Brand told the audience that England needs real democracy with proper representation. “The people of this building, generally speaking, do not represent us, they represent their friends in big business. It’s time for us to take back…
23 Jun / Twenty-Eight Feet
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain…
As the world struggles with social and environmental fragmentation, a GLOBAL YOUTH INITIATIVE called “We Are ALL Connected” will launch. The vision is to inspire young people across the planet to proclaim their INTERdependence by dancing and singing in public…with viral videos to tell the…
Tinder is a relatively new app that’s taking the online dating world by storm. The gist is, you download it onto your phone, pull some photos off Facebook, and by choosing people based on their photos, you can match up with people nearby who match…
Yesterday I had the honor of speaking to a class of young people at the LA Mission. My heart nearly exploding as I looked into the teary eyes of those sweet kids who for various reasons have had to take shelter. I was reminded of what…