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Norman Lear Norman Lear producer. philanthropist. tv legend.

Norman Lear has enjoyed a long career in television and film. He is also a political and social activist and philanthropist. [www.normanlear.com]

 
Leilani Münter Leilani Münter race car driver. activist. carbon free girl.

Leilani Münter is a professional race car driver and an environmental activist who uses her voice in the number one spectator sport in America as a catalyst for change. [www.leilanimunter.com]

 
Kevin Bales Kevin Bales Freedom Fighter. Philanthropist. Game Changer.

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Mastin Kipp Mastin Kipp Writer. Entrepreneur. Daily Lover.

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Liz Phair Liz Phair singer. musician. crier.

Liz Phair is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. [www.lizphair.com]

 
Desmond Tutu Desmond Tutu archbishop. author. peaceful leader.

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Zainab Salbi Zainab Salbi author. ceo. humanitarian.

Zainab Salbi is the founder and CEO of Women for Women International, a group dedicated to helping women survivors of war rebuild their lives. [www.womenforwomen.org]

 
Sean Stephenson Sean Stephenson speaker. psychotherapist. life embracer.

Despite his physical challenges, Sean Stephenson has taken a stand for a quality of life that has inspired millions of people around the world. He's a professional speaker, psychotherapist, and author. [www.timetostand.com]

 
Kia Miller Kia Miller yogi. meditator. teacher.

Kia Miller teaches Yoga at Yoga Works in Los Angeles, leads teacher trainings, and runs retreats and workshops on meditation, chakras, pranayam, and mantras, and other practices. [www.kiamiller.com]

 
Simon Mainwaring Simon Mainwaring creator. writer. idea geek.

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Shannon Bindler Shannon Bindler Strategist. Writer. Life Coach.

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Mathieu Bitton Mathieu Bitton Designer. Art Director. Passionate Creator.

Grammy-nominated art director/designer/photographer Mathieu Bitton has designed over 450 CDs and movie posters. He's a renowned collector of and authority on black films and their soundtracks. [www.candytangerine.com]

 
Jorge Perez Jorge Perez Agent. Producer. Photography Enthusiast.

Opus Reps founder and agent-producer Jorge Perez travels the world producing photo shoots with great photographers and celebrities. He's also very involved with Meals on Wheels in Los Angeles. www.opusreps.com

 

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Lee Overtree Lee Overtree creative teacher. storyteller. kid sparker.

Lee is an actor, director, and a founding member of Story Pirates. He enjoys playing music and being a teaching artist. [www.storypirates.org]

Arts education is about creating the desire to learn about the world around you. A phrase we use a lot in our work with kids in schools is “Desire drives learning.” Sometimes it feels like our school system forgets that you have to help kids find the desire within themselves to learn instead of forcing learning upon them and then administering standardized tests to measure achievement. The most important thing to learn in school is that learning itself is fun. What’s meaningful to me is what I do in my work with Story Pirates – we take excitement into classrooms to give kids a positive experience with learning and school.

One of our mentors here at Story Pirates is a man named Charlie Russo. He said something to me once that I think about a lot. He said that when he’s doing charitable work what he’s trying to do is give kids a positive experience with an adult – and sometimes that’s all he does. That’s a very influential thing to do for a child. When we take that idea into schools with our programs, kids come away with the sense that they interacted with an adult and it wasn’t terrible. It was even fun and positive. If we create more positive experiences in schools and between adults and kids, then hopefully some of that transfers to a feeling in kids about what education can be.

It’s pretty amazing to see the way people light up over education reform once they have kids. I see a lot of parents who’ve spent their lives being passionate about things, then they have kids and all of a sudden their eyes are opened to the disparities and the inefficiencies of our education system.

The sorts of things we’re doing in schools right now are a tiny fraction of what could be modeled for integrating the arts into curricular studies that have become so dry for so many kids. It’s important to bring passion back into learning. Then kids are interested in a way that comes from within. And that changes everything.

– Lee Overtree

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