Change your media, change your life, change the world

Hurray! Today, we're a TypePad featured site. Our thanks to TypePad and to the many people -- you know who you are -- who are helping to create "the change we want to see" in the media and the world. That's our little acceptance speech ;)

Only a short six months ago, we launched with a vision of media that could inspire, motivate, and inform. We realized that since the stories we all read and hear shape our view of what's possible in the world, it made sense that publishing more stories about possibility and healing would lead to something amazing: It would start to seem more and more possible to create a healed world.

What we're noticing is that people who are world-changing on local and global levels have this in common: They've glimpsed some form of disparity in the world, and they can't look back. Another way to say that is that they have seen what's possible -- sometimes while traveling, and sometimes while going about their daily lives. They didn't turn away -- they saw it was possible to create peace and healing, and that they themselves had something unique to contribute.

We've been lucky enough to interview people like the founders of the Campaign for Female Education, and MicroPlace, the , the author of a memoir about an activist midwife in Mali, and a deputy director of the United Nations Millennium Villages project in Rwanda. We've also loved telling the stories of people who've just stepped in like Amanda, Stuart, Saoirse, and others. You'll find these and more by scrolling through the interviews or by browsing the "Conversations" on the left side of this page. For the fun stuff we write about when we're not following these amazing people, check out "Tangents" on the lower right. And if you're wondering why we're doing this, check out "How We Started" on the top right side of the page.

At HumanKind Media, we believe that by changing your media consumption, you can change your life, and contribute to healing the world.

This video, intended to be a public service announcement in India, also speaks volumes about what we believe at HumanKind. The wonderful song lyrics mean, "If you walk, the country walks with you." We like it because we've seen that when people start walking toward changing a part of the world they care about, and when we (or another media source) share that story, we find that it inspires more people to start walking with them. EnjoyaZz:

And, speaking of walking together, wouldn't you like to see where you're at on the Humankind Map? Since HumanKind launched, we and our readers have been participating in a new HumanKind Challenge every other month or so. The map was HumanKind Challenge #3, and it's still going -- readers around the world placing their pin--for peace, connection, love of humankind, or just because we asked, and we'd love to see you there, too.

If you're a new reader, welcome to HumanKind. You can get our free updates here. If you're a regular, thanks for your support. Let us know what HumanKind can do to keep the media you'd like to see coming your way. Send us a comment!

Comments

[Mae]

Wow, wow, WOW! I think I could stay here all day (do you accept overnighter's?) I am putting you in my favourites and will be visiting frequently. I like this space alot!