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December 7, 2016 by johnnoltner

One of the great joys of this project is encountering amazing people across the country and spending time together. We share an intense few hours talking about the big stuff, and then we make a portrait. One of the great challenges is that often I don’t ever see them again. Maybe I feel a bigger connection, because I spend so much time editing their story, but I’m never quite sure if the impact leaves such a big an impression on […]

Categories: Blog • Tags: a peace of my mind, American Stories, forgiveness, gang, Hashim Garrett, New Jersey, orange, peace, stories

Yanina Calderone

November 21, 2016 by johnnoltner

Yanina Calderone was born in Guatemala City. Raised by her mother and two grandmothers, she moved to New York City at age 14 to live with her father. Yanina was raped at age 15 and became pregnant. She decided to keep her “little froggy,” the son that jumped in her stomach. Rather than let a violent act ruin her life, she decided to funnel all of her love toward her child. “I let go all of the hurt that I […]

Categories: Podcast • Tags: abuse, gang, Guatemala, Harlem, love, New York, peace, rape, revenge, violence

Hashim Garrett

October 28, 2016 by johnnoltner

Hashim Garrett grew up in Brooklyn, New York. As a young boy, he changed schools and was picked on and bullied. He realized that he could avoid the torment if he befriended his tormentors, and he eventually joined a gang. There was something powerful about having others fear him for a change. He said that when he was good, nobody noticed him, but when he was bad, everybody knew his name. At 15, Hashim was shot and paralyzed from the […]

Categories: Podcast • Tags: Brooklyn, forgiveness, gang, love, New Jersey, paralyzed, peace, reconciliation, stories, values

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Powerful interview and photo shoot this morning with Patricia Flowers, the education coordinator of the Holocaust museum of Peru. Grateful for the connection through @gooddeedsday and the translation help by @krummindustries #neverforget #teachkindness #limaperu #apeaceofmymind #gooddeedsday

I’ve never done a studio series in any language other than English.. so for this work in Lima, Peru, I’m deeply grateful for the translation help of my longtime friend Jason Krumm who I met 20 years ago on an aid project in Honduras. As it turns out, it’s a whole new layer of complication and challenge...and it has been absolutely worth it. Exporting the Spanish version of the video now... #translation #english #spanish #limaperu #gooddeedsday #apeaceofmymind

Going to be a long production night after gathering nearly 100 stories from the folks at the @gooddeedsday gathering in Lima Peru...but beautiful people and powerful responses to the question, “What inspires you to do good?” Looking forward to sharing some of them with the group tomorrow. #dogood #gooddeedsday #apeaceofmymind

So glad to partner with @gooddeedsday in Lima, Peru for their 3rd regional conference in Latin America. Good Deeds Day works in 108 countries to encourage people to do good for others and for the planet. “Doing good transcends language.” At this conference, with 110 people from 20 countries, we are asking people, “What inspires you to do good?” #gooddeedsday #apeaceofmymind #latinamerica #limaperu

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