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What’s a belief or project you’re committed to, no matter how long it takes?

We’ve been working on our publication and platform for almost a decade because we deeply believe that the world will be a far more empathetic and collaborative place if we all had the ability to know each other’s stories. The past decade has brought unimaginable challenges along the way, but we persevere because we believe this is mission worth never giving up on. We often are inspired by the folks we’ve featured and their commitment to their respective missions and so we asked some of them to talk to us about this very topic and have share some responses below.

Ben Elder

Absolutely, it has to be Snacktime! and building out NONSTOP SNACKS as a brand and sound. My music is constantly shifting and growing, just like I try to do as an individual. The <i>SNACKPACK</i> series is built to serve this ideology, a modular world that I’m exploring just as much as everyone else. When I released the first Snacktime! Read more>>

Donald Milton

That everybody can and should sing. People tell me all the time that they can’t sing. They say it like it’s this powerful truth about their life; <i>other people are singers and I am definitely not</i>. It’s a very American, cultural thing and it’s completely false. Read more>>

Takenya Varner

A project I am committed to is writing a book that I am currently working on as it is challenging as being an author for this first time. I am very big on detail and organization. I have to make sure every detail in this book is accurate. I believe in everything you take your time on is going to be rewarded . Read more>>

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