Stories Lived

Tag Archive: Kindness to Others

Age of Hope

Age of Hope is a short doc film about my trip with «Age of Hope» (NGO) to the Hungarian city of Zakany in October 2015. «I’m on my way to Croatia with a German terrorist[…]

Donte Woods-Spikes – Change Agent

Many Columbus State students volunteer in their communities, but Donte Woods-Spikes takes it to the next level. The East Side resident reads to children at the local library, volunteers at church, organizes a meetup for[…]

Duke Trujillo and His Fight Against Poverty

THIS is a story of one man making a HUGE difference on the streets of Lake Charles. Poverty is an issue. It affects one too many people not only in Southwest Louisiana, but throughout our[…]

The Postman in the Mountains

He is a postman in mountains. Two decades of journey along hill roads, he always feels exhausted on this way but never gives up since those people in villages need him.   About the Filmmaker[…]

Dream: Dhurba’s Sapana Village – Chitwan, Nepal

For many of us, dreams are about “getting” something; they’re selfish….For Dhurba, dreaming means giving. “My parents are farmers. I never finished school.” He came from a poor village in the jungles of Nepal and[…]

America Heard: Refuge of Hope

Synopsis: Syracuse, New York is an unlikely home to over 10,000 former refugees now living in the U.S.. Two women at the forefront of this community reflect on what their presidential vote means to those[…]

The Disco Bunny

The United Kingdom has had a testing time in 2017. But however with all the darkness in the world the Disco Bunny travels up and down the UK to spread his message of positive energy[…]

Miles McCracken

Miles McCracken is an inspirational young man whose love of life and optimism shines through in everything he does. He goes out of his way each and every day to ensure that his friends and[…]

WIC: Women, Infants, Children

WIC stands for Women, Infants, and Children and is a supplemental nutrition program. There are 16 WIC grocery centers in Chicago that provide nutritious food for women, infants, and children in need. Access to healthy[…]

Homeward Bound

The Jesuit Constitutions instruct all Jesuit novices to do a month-long pilgrimage “without money… begging from door to door… to grow accustomed to discomfort in food and lodging.” Every Jesuit Scholastic, before taking their final[…]