50 in 52

Following the 2016 election, our country is divided and many people genuinely hate one another. More than ever before, we need to see one another differently and understand how much we have in common.

Back in 2008, a working mother named Dafna Jenet had a mission "to change the mirror we use to reflect who we are as a society”.

She quit her job, liquidated her 401k account, and over the course of the 52 weeks of 2009 travelled to all 50 states and the Distric of Columbia searching for problem solvers and idea generators. She interviewed and captured their stories on video, posting them to her website for everyone to see. The video interviews may remind some who have seen it of the TV show "Story Trek" on BYUTV. Dafna is now a Colorado state representative-elect.

These video stories were created with the intent to help us see that who we are as a society has little to do with what you hear in the media or read in the news. It has little to do with movies and rock stars. It has to do with ordinary people who make up the society we all live in. They live in your community. They share the same challenges and have similar dreams as you do. They are the ones who raise their hands and say, "I have this problem and so do other people. I’m going to solve it for myself and for them."

For an unknown reason, some of the states do not have videos to choose from on their page. Enjoy the ones that do.

Watch. Be inspired. Take action.

http://50in52journey.com/