About Images & Voices of Hope

Images & Voices of Hope is a global dialogue dedicated to strengthening the role of media as agents of world benefit.

Mission: to expand awareness of the choices those in media make that raise public trust, generate constructive meaning, and amplify human hope, enhancing humanity's capacity for life-promoting action.

"The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but seeing with new eyes." -Marcel Proust

Principles: A change in awareness precedes a change in our outer world. We are committed to a shift in awareness among those of us engaged in the creation of a new world story of possibility. We believe that by changing our inner awareness, we change the way we see and speak about the world.

• We work with individual media professionals and those who aspire to make media their vocation, showcasing the work of thought leaders in media.
• We focus on the world we want to create (not on problem solving the world we have), using Appreciative Inquiry or other strength based approaches to public conversation.
• We work with four discreet media sectors:  Journalism; Advertising and Marketing; Arts and Entertainment; Corporate Communications and PR
• We are committed to conversation & narrative as a method of cultural transformation.

• To support the creation of regional and global networks of journalists, media professionals and artists committed to enlarging the options for the world through a positive and constructive world media.
• To encourage new work in media that elevates vision, amplifies possibility and showcases life affirming stories in the world.
• To recognize and celebrate those in media fields who are launching magazines, opening wire services, creating film festivals, developing film and television projects that make the constructive action in the world more visible and tangible for the viewing global public
• To encourage scholarship that explores the generative capacity of affirmative media in the development of curriculums in journalism, communication and the arts, emphasizing the powerful role media plays in the unfolding of world events.

Philosophy

Elements of Images & Voices of Hope Conversations