Out of Eden Walk
Out of Eden Walk
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About this organization
Mission
EDUCATION, JOURNALISM, GLOBAL AWARENESS.
About
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAUL SALOPEK IS ON A NONSTOP, DECADE-LONG STORYTELLING WALK ACROSS THE PLANET THAT BRIDGES CONTINENTS, LANGUAGES, NATIONALITIES AND CREEDS USING 'SLOW JOURNALISM' METHODOLOGY. SINCE BEGINNING THIS PROJECT IN ETHIOPIA IN 2013, PAUL HAS TRAVERSED OVER 11,000 MILES, PUBLISHED MORE THAN 350,000 WORDS ON THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY-HOSTED STORYTELLING LABORATORY WEBSITE, WWW.OUTOFEDENWALK.ORG, PRESENTED OUT OF EDEN WALK EDUCATION RESOURCES TO THOUSANDS OF EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS ALONG THE WALKING ROUTE, CO-HOSTED SIX EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS FOR GRADE SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, AND PROFESSIONAL WORKING JOURNALISTS, AND PUBLISHED SEVEN STORIES IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE (AND DOZENS ON OTHER MEDIA PLATFORMS) TO SHARE THE OUT OF EDEN WALK'S MISSION OF LEARNING BY SLOWING DOWN AND BUILDING A GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF STORYTELLERS THAT PUSH BACK AGAINST THE NARRATIVES OF WALL-BUILDING AND "FAKE NEWS" PERVADING MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND GEOPOLITICAL SPHERES. 2018 ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE: 1) IN THE SECOND YEAR OF A FIVE-YEAR GRANT FROM THE ROBERT R. MCCORMICK FOUNDATION IN CHICAGO, "OUT OF EDEN WALK-CHICAGO" (OOEW-C) COMBINES THE POWER OF GRASSROOTS STORYTELLING WITH BOTH INNOVATIVE DIGITAL MAPPING TOOLS AND OLD-FASHIONED NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS TO BUILD A HIGHLY ORIGINAL BRIDGE OF DEEPER UNDERSTANDING, DIALOGUE, AND EMPATHY AMONG CHICAGO'S VARIED COMMUNITIES. THE THREE PRIMARY COMPONENTS OF OOEW-C ARE CIVIC WALKS, MAP-BASED, CITIZEN-GENERATED STORYTELLING, AND CLASSROOM ENGAGEMENT. AFTER TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS, APPROXIMATELY 1,500 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED, PARTICIPATING IN OUT OF EDEN WALK-INSPIRED PROGRAMS SUCH AS COMMUNITY MAPPING, INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF BORDERS AND CITIZENSHIP IN THEIR OWN AND NEW NEIGHBORHOODS, AND DOCUMENTING NARRATIVES OF THE PEOPLE THEY ENCOUNTER. IN 2018, OOEW-C COMPLETED DEVELOPMENT OF A MAP THANKS TO PRO-BONO CUSTOMIZATION FROM ESRI, ON WHICH CHICAGO CITIZENS OF ALL AGES CAN SHARE THEIR OWN STORIES IN THEIR OWN WORDS ON THE FREE, PUBLICLY-AVAILABLE AND SAFE WEB PLATFORM, WWW.HOMESTORYPROJECT.ORG. 2) WITH SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY (NGS), THE OUT OF EDEN WALK HOSTED SIX INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS IN INDIA WITH HUNDREDS OF APPLICANTS AND ABOUT 350 PARTICIPANTS. THREE WORKSHOPS TAUGHT SLOW JOURNALISM TO WORKING JOURNALISTS IN INDIA, RESULTING IN DOZENS OF ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY PARTICIPANTS FOR INDIAN MEDIA PLATFORMS, AND THREE TAUGHT THE SKILLS OF MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING TO YOUNG MINDS IN ORPHANAGES AND AT SCHOOLS ALONG THE OUT OF EDEN WALK ROUTE. 3) IN 2018, BY THE NUMBERS, THE OUT OF EDEN WALK COMMUNITY OF VOLUNTEER TRANSLATORS WHO SHARE OUT OF EDEN WALK CONTENT IN LANGUAGES SPOKEN ACROSS THE GLOBE: 221 REGISTERED VOLUNTEER TRANSLATORS, 66 OF WHOM HAVE PUBLISHED 650 TRANSLATIONS IN 25 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. 4) OUT OF EDEN WALK BOARD MEMBER DON BELT CONTINUES TO SHARE OUT OF EDEN WALK UNIVERSITY COURSES WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PULITZER CENTER ON CRISIS REPORTING. STUDENT STORYTELLING TEAMS ARE TAUGHT TO "SLOW THEIR REPORTING METABOLISM AND COVER THEMES AND SUBCULTURES IN THEIR CITIES. DON TEACHES HANDS-ON, SLOW JOURNALISM WORKSHOPS AT UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE UNITED STATES TO SHARE HIS WALK-BASED CURRICULUM WITH HUNDREDS OF EDUCATORS FROM THE PULITZER CAMPUS CONSORTIUM NETWORK AND OTHERS. PAST HOST INSTITUTIONS INCLUDE SYRACUSE, NORTHWESTERN, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, NOTRE DAME, CORNELL, AND SAN DIEGO STATE, AMONG OTHERS. AND, THROUGH HIS WORKSHOPS AND IN COORDINATION WITH THE JOAN OATES INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, DON CONTINUES TO TEACH RICHMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS STAFF, INCLUDING MORE THAN 130 TEACHERS OVER THE PAST YEAR, HOW TO USE OUT OF EDEN WALK SLOW JOURNALISM IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. IN 2018, WITH SUPPORT FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, DON CO-HOSTED SLOW JOURNALISM WORKSHOPS IN CHENNAI, KOLKATA, AND DELHI FOR WORKING JOURNALISTS ALONG THE OUT OF EDEN WALK'S ROUTE THROUGH INDIA. 5) OUT OF EDEN WALK'S CARTO-EDUCATION AND INNOVATIVE MAPPING INITIATIVES GREW IN 2018 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HARVARD CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS AND CUSTOMIZED OUT OF EDEN WALK LEARNING MAPS DESIGNED BY LEADING GIS-SOFTWARE DESIGN COMPANY ESRI. OUT OF EDEN WALK CONTINUES TO BE A LEADER IN OFFERING FREE, PUBLIC-FACING CARTO-EDUCATION RESOURCES ONLINE. HARVARD'S CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS MAPS PAUL'S EXACT WALKING ROUTE FROM GPS DATA AND OFFER CARTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION IN COORDINATION WITH HARVARD'S CENTER FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS (CGA). WITH SUPPORT FROM NGS AND OOEW, HARVARD CGA IS TEACHING CARTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION INSPIRED BY THE OUT OF EDEN WALK IN INDIA AND THE US, SO FAR, WITH MORE WORKSHOPS PLANNED NEXT YEAR. AND, IN COLLABORATION WITH ESRI, OUT OF EDEN WALK DEBUTED INNOVATIVE MAPS: AN INTERACTIVE STORY MAP OF THE SILK ROAD, WHICH READERS AND EDUCATORS HAVE RESPONDED TO WITH ENTHUSIASM, AND A MAP DISPLAYING PAUL'S "MILESTONES" (WHICH PROVIDE AN INTERVIEW TEMPLATE FOR STUDENTS USING OOEW EDUCATION RESOURCES) IN A NARRATIVE SEQUENCE. 6) OUT OF EDEN WALK PARTNER "OUT OF EDEN LEARN," AN ONLINE EDUCATION PLATFORM BUILT BY ACADEMIC RESEARCHES AT THE HARVARD GRADAUTE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION'S PROJECT ZERO, CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE SUCCESSFUL AND GROWING OUT OF EDEN LEARN PLATFORM. OOEL CURRENTLY IMPACTS OVER 20,000 STUDENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE AND CONNECTS CLASSROOMS ACROSS COUNTRIES AROUND THE OUT OF EDEN WALK TENETS OF SLOW JOURNALISM TO FOSTER MEANINGFUL CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOGUE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. IN ADDITION, OOEL PARTNERS CURATED A MULTIMEDIA EXHIBIT OF OOEL STUDENT WORK AT THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS IN AUGUST 2018, AND HELD A CLASSROOM INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATORS AT THE HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION IN JULY 2018.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The purpose of the non-profit is listed in the filing as “Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and national geographic fellow paul salopek is retracing on foot the global migration of our ancestors in a 21,000-mile, decade-long odyssey that begins in ethiopia and ends in tierra del fuego.”.
When discussing its operations, they were characterized as: “Education, journalism, global awareness.”.
- The non-profit's legally reported state of operation is NM.
- The filing states that the non-profit's address in the year 2020 is PO BOX 148, SANTA FE, NM, 87504.
- The form submitted by the non-profit for 2020 shows a total of 1 employees.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue is between $250,000 and $500,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$25,650.
- The organization has 5 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2012.
- The organization pays $212,361 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $19,821 in fundraising expenses.