Over 300 organizations are now part of Let it Ripple project through our free customization project. Find out how to have a free customized version of any of the films here. These films, and all the donated customized films, are made possible through the wonderful support of our partners:
The Bezos Family Foundation
The Bezos Family Foundation supports rigorous, inspired learning environments for young people, from birth through high school, to put their education into action. Through investments in research, public awareness and programs, the foundation works to elevate the field of education and improve life outcomes of all children. bezosfamilyfoundation.org
THE INTERDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT’S INTERDEPENDENCE DAY
The Interdependence Movement is a network of “citizens without borders,” who recognize the brute facts of global interdependence and work to create a constructive interdependent consciousness that facilitates global cooperation and global governance. Since 2003, people from around the world have celebrated September 12 as Interdependence Day. This will be our 9th Interdependence Day Forum and Celebration, with previous meetings held in Philadelphia, Rome, Paris, Casablanca, Mexico City, Brussels, Instanbul, and last year in Berlin. This year, with the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Interdependence Day will be centered in New York, with a symposium featuring distinguished speakers at Lincoln Center’s Library for the Performing Arts on the 11th, and an Interdependence Day Celebration at the state of the art 3-Legged Dog Art and Technology Center on the 12th as well as local arts and civic events in locations on four continents. Speakers in New York include Leon Botstein, Howard Dean, Josh Fox, Carol Gilligan, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Tiffany Shlain, Tavis Smiley, Robert Thurman, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and Cornel West.
dotSUB
Dotsub is leading our “100 language challenge” to translate A DECLARATION OF INTERDEPENDENCE into 100 languages. Dotsub – “Any Video Any Language” – brings simple tools that create profound change by connecting people of all cultures.dotSUB powers other massive video captioning and translation crowd-sourcing projects such as the legendary TED conferences that use dotSUB’s platform to enable 6,000 volunteers all over the world to complete 21,000+ translations of 995 of their high-quality video Talks into many of 89 languages through their site 100 Translations Interdependence Challenge” will accept translations by any qualified volunteer of the English captions now available for “A Declaration of Interdependence” on dotSUB’s website starting immediately after the film’s debut on the 12th. Linguistic quality will be controlled by those who apply, volunteer and project manage the process to 100 languages, maybe more. Volunteer translators will also be acknowledged on the websites will be acknowledged in name on the website of the partner Interdependence Day organizations including dotSUB.com, Moxie Institute, Connected – the film, the Interdependence Movement, WE Campaign, Youth Now and other interdependent global organizations.
genConnect
genConnected helps Millions of people around the world filter and apply information found on the Internet in order to improve their lives. They provide you with trusted recommendations from legitimate, world-class experts through the phenomena of online networking, connecting unique visitors with experts and each other to enhance lives. Over 250 World-Class Experts on genConnect, all of whom are brand names with mass reach and acclaimed credibility, offer their wisdom and advice in the areas of life that matter most to you: Career, Relationships, Health, Lifestyle and Giving Back. genConnect is for a thinking audience who want to learn, talk intelligently and engage with experts and like-minded community members. Our members can share our expert articles with their friends on genConnect as well as with their contacts on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and other social-networking platforms. www.genconnect.com/
The WE Campaign
The WE Campaign is a global organization that forms strategic alliances of organizations and individuals for greater impact to accelerate social change and promote a shift in consciousness to ‘WE’. For over 10 years, we have been connecting socially conscious organizations and individuals to amplify their efforts, generate public awareness and action. The WE Campaign’s 11 Days of Global Unity began in 2004 with the support of Desmond Tutu, Dr. Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra and others and takes place Sept. 11 – 21 each year connecting and promoting events and programs in over 60 countries. This year, our major partners include United Religions Initiative (URI) NA, Four Years. Go, 350.org, Pathways to Peace, Tiffany Shlain’s Connected team, CivWorld’s The Interdependence Movement and many others. Youth Now, a project of the WE Campaign, is a youth led network for dialogue and action. Youth Now calls on youth around the world to take action in their communities to increase youth activism and provides ‘doctalk’ a documentary film screening program to high school and college campuses which will utilize Tiffany Shlain’s Connected and ‘Let It Ripple’ film series. The WE Campaign is an initiative of We, The World, non-profit organization based in NYC. www.WE.net
Talenthouse
Talenthouse, based in Palo Alto with offices in Los Angeles and London, is the leading platform for creative collaboration, providing life-changing opportunities for the creative community. Talenthouse embraces artists at every level of their career, as well as all supporters of the arts. Attracted by the potential for discovering, collaborating with and mentoring emerging talent many acclaimed industry icons and global brands partner with Talenthouse by hosting projects and initiatives known as ‘Creative Invites’. Artists and brands choose Talenthouse to engage with their audience in a targeted, relevant and credible context. For more information, visit www.talenthouse.com
BabyCenter is the voice of the 21st Century Mom® and modern motherhood. Now the Web’s #1 global interactive parenting network, it has nurtured more than 100 million parents since its launch in 1997. BabyCenter reaches over 78 percent of new and expectant moms online in the United States, and 7 in 10 babies born in the United States in 2009 were BabyCenter babies. visit www.babycenter.com
Mozes
The vision at Mozes is to connect customers to billions of people at the points of inspiration. They are the team behind our text-in signup and our Declare Your Interdependence map. mozes.com
International Museum of Women
I.M.O.W. is a groundbreaking social change museum that inspires global action, connects people across borders and transforms hearts and minds by amplifying the voices of women worldwide through global online exhibitions, history, the arts and cultural programs that educate, create dialogue and build community. With its unique focus on cultural change, I.M.O.W. advances the human right to gender equity worldwide. www.imow.org
Global Oneness Project
The Global Oneness Project produces films, media and educational materials that explore how the simple notion of interconnectedness can be lived in today’s complex world. Our library of films are freely available on our website, and on DVD through our screening and education program. Our goal is to tell stories that encourage people to reimagine their relationship to the world, engage with the ideas and issues raised in our films, stimulate dialogue and take action. Currently, we are in post-production on a new feature documentary film, Elemental, scheduled for release in 2012. www.globalonenessproject.org/
Global Lives Project
The Global Lives Project is a collaboration of filmmakers, photographers, artists and everyday people working together to create a video library of human life experience.globallives.org
The Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute mission is twofold: to foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues. The Aspen Institute does this primarily in four ways: Seminars, which help participants reflect on what they think makes a good society, thereby deepening knowledge, broadening perspectives and enhancing their capacity to solve the problems leaders face; Young-leader fellowships around the globe, which bring a selected class of proven leaders together for an intense multi-year program and commitment. The fellows become better leaders and apply their skills to significant challenges; Policy programs, which serve as nonpartisan forums for analysis, consensus building, and problem solving on a wide variety of issues; Public conferences and events, which provide a commons for people to share ideas.
The Institute is based in Washington, DC, Aspen, Colorado, and on the Wye River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and has an international network of partners. www.aspeninstitute.org/
Active Voice
Active Voice uses film, television and multimedia to spark social change from grassroots to grass tops. Our team of strategic communications specialists works with mediamakers, funders, advocates and thought leaders to put a human face on the issues of our times. We frame and beta-test key messages, develop national and local partnerships, plan and execute high profile, outcome-oriented events, repurpose digital content for web and viral distribution, produce ancillary and educational resources, and consult with industry and sector leaders. Since our inception in 2001, Active Voice has built a diverse portfolio of story-based campaigns focusing on issues including immigration, criminal justice, healthcare and sustainability.
The Hope Phones Campaign
The Hope Phones campaign gives old mobiles new life on the front lines of global healthcare. Half a million phones are discarded in the United States every day, polluting our environment. But these phones can have a greater value. Through responsible recycling initiatives, we fund Medic Mobile’s healthcare projects and connect communities worldwide. Free mailing labels and collection materials help people run phone drives that benefit over 5 million people in 14 countries. If we can recycle just 1% of the phones thrown away, we can facilitate real, positive impact in the lives of 50 million people. hopephones.org/
