celebrating our 15th year
OUR VISION
We are a global community imagining collective liberation and the protection of Mother Earth, through revolutionary, ethical storytelling. We are more than photographers, and we believe that when we change the story, we change everything.
OUR MISSION
We are a global community that cares about collective liberation and protecting Mother Earth through ethical storytelling. We do this through our Revolutionary Storyteller Grant Program, Micro-Grants, and other grant-making and capacity-building programs. We also inspire new generations of storytellers through our acclaimed Storytelling School workshops, Storytelling for Change Series & Podcast, annual events, and other initiatives and resources. We also firmly uphold the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and UNDRIP, and prioritize capacity-building for community-based storytellers and community-led initiatives within our work.
OUR Values
We are committed to:
Collective Liberation: In acknowledging that colonialism is at the root of the problems we wish to solve (from conservation to climate change), we are committed to striving towards decolonizing all aspects of our work and the way we operate as an organization for the ultimate goal of collective liberation for all–human beings, non-human beings, forests, and water included.
Ethics: We believe nurturing ethical practices in our work is a crucial step in working towards collective liberation. We are committed to working together to continue co-creating and developing our code of ethics.
Intentional Impact: We believe in the power of intentionality to heal, and we know that lack of intention can cause undue harm despite our best intentions. We believe developing collaborative, reciprocal relationships with our stakeholders is an integral part of the work we do to create regenerative change.
Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity: Respecting and celebrating what makes us all unique and creating environments that are inclusive of those with diverse lived experience is the only way towards collective liberation.
Intersectionality: We believe we each carry unique positionalities and gifts, and so it is powerful to cultivate a lens of layered and intersecting awareness as storytellers.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We acknowledge that our work takes place on many lands, on the territories of many Indigenous peoples. We recognize that Indigenous peoples make up 5% of the global population, and have been successful at safeguarding over 80% of the world’s biodiversity. We recognize that land acknowledgments are merely a starting point in recognizing Indigenous peoples and communities as the rightful stewards of land across the planet since time immemorial, and that rematriation of land and Indigenous culture are key steps in bringing healing, justice, and regeneration forward.
OUR IMPACT
We have 1000 members worldwide, and our directory of photographers is available to editors and publishers. We have accrued over 1 million views on our video channels. Over the years we have completed over 130 Expeditions and Assignments with over 120 community partners in over 50 countries, and the images we have made have impacted hundreds of thousands of people. To date we have trained over 1000 storytellers in Ethical Storytelling, we have supported over 20 Revolutionary Storyteller Grantees, we have disbursed over 100 Scholarships and 20 Micro-Grants, addressing all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals / United Nations Declaration on Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
Our Members, Storytelling School participants and Revolutionary Storyteller Grantees have created tangible change all over the world. Some highlights include conserving 10 hectares of rainforest in Sumatra, supported reforestation efforts by planting hundreds of trees, sent several equity-seeking girls to school in India, helped human trafficking survivors in Kenya, and assisted with establishing a marine protection area in Mozambique.
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PWB is the proud winner of the 2018 Thrive Award for Top Workplaces Where Employees Thrive
"The Thrive Award recognizes Top Workplaces Where Employees Thrive, aimed at organizations that have created a healthy, productive and creative workspace by establishing a culture built on collaborative dialogue, trust, clear outcomes, tolerance and teamwork."
OUR supporters & PARTNERS
We kindly thank our supporters & partners for helping us make more of an impact each year.
