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About Do1Thing.org

WHO IS DO1THING
We are award-winning photographers, journalists, editors, designers,
and writers who have come to together for one mission: To use the
power of storytelling to shine an “ongoing” light into the many dark
places that affect our most vulnerable children and teens.

HOW DID DO1THING START?
Back in 2005, many of us helped launch the Heart Gallery of New
Jersey
by donating our talent and experience to shoot 346 portraits of
foster
children who were eligible to be adopted.

Our charge was to help capture the individuality and unique spirit of
each of these children—all of who were deemed “unadoptable.” The
photographs were then shared via the web and through gallery exhibits
in the hope that potential families would be moved to inquire about
adoption.

The results were undeniable.

These revealing portraits told a story that a thousand words couldn’t
tell. They touched people. So much so, that by 2007, 150 of those
children found permanent homes through adoption as a result of the
awareness we created.

INSPIRED INTO ACTION
Inspired by the success of the Heart Gallery, the co-founders, Najlah
Hicks and Pim Van Hemmen, started thinking big:

"What if we use this same approach to shine the light on multiple
issues impacting children and teens? Not all at the same time. But
one
at a time, so each issue gets the attention and awareness it
deserves."

"And what if we partner with organizations that support a particular
cause, and then reach out to people and corporations to follow our
lead and do one thing to help make a difference?"

The "what ifs" turned into "Why not?" And do1thing was born.

WHY DO1THING IS SHINING ITS "FIRST" LIGHT ON HOMELESS TEENS?
There are more homeless people today than at any previous time in
U.S.
history.

Right now, more than 1.3 million of them are children.

They’re out there alone, and they need our help.

We believe that by focusing on highlighting one cause, while asking
people to do one thing for that cause—great change can occur.

More than 33 Pulitzer-winning photojournalists and some of the most
recognized names in photojournalism have come together to put a
"face"
on teenage homelessness while asking you to put a "face" on activism
and do "1 thing" to help.

We’re doing our 1 thing. What’s yours?

Join us!

http://www.do1thing.org