About World Trust
Heart to Heart Conversations®
World Trust’s vision:
Power, intimacy, transformation, honor and respect: we live in a world where peace is ordinary and the transformative love that permeates it ... Extraordinary!
Our mission is to advance deep learning, healing and action towards living harmoniously on this planet.
World Trust implements its mission by:
- Producing and directing social media programs and interactive materials that support community conversations and social action worldwide
- Hosting global cross-disciplinary dialogues and programs known as Heart to Heart Conversations®
- Developing social media and materials for networks of individuals and organizations committed to equitable and sustainable global social transformation
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1987 - World Trust incorporates as a 501 (c)(3) organization.
1994 - World Trust launches Heart to Heart Conversations®, a national program of public and reflective dialogue for the purpose of dismantling racism by building effective coalitions across boundaries of race, class, gender and culture.
1995 - World Trust begins research and development for The Women's Video Project as a way to highlight the differing racial, ethnic and cultural perspectives of women related to issues of race and gender.
1998 - World Trust releases it’s first Heart to Heart Conversations® conversation video, The Way Home (90 TRT). This nationally acclaimed film provides 21 modular topics for dialogue, which may be shown in its entirety or, viewed in segments. The insights of 8 separate ethnic groups: Indigenous, Latina, African American, European American, Arab, Jewish, Multi-Racial and Asian provide the backdrop for deep learning and change.
2001 - World Trust becomes World Trust Educational Services, Inc. in order to be more readily recognizable as an educational organization.
2002 - World Trust released its second video for its Heart to Heart Conversations® video, Light in the Shadows. This film discloses some of the ways conversations related to race and culture break down, even when there is a commitment to creating strong bonds across racial and cultural divides.
2006 - World Trust proudly released its newest conversation video, Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible. This conversation centerpiece focuses on the experiences and learning pathways of white people who have committed their lives to challenging racism in the U.S. This film provides both an invitation and examples of exploring what it means to white in the United States. The deep dialogue that follows serves as a bridge between whites and people of color interested in attempting to build a more equitable and democratic society built that includes a social justice framework.
The issues that emerge in this video are examples of what must be addressed when worldviews and experiences-the result of a history of aberrant social conventions, public policy and institutionalized practices-interfere with creating an equitable and humane society. The intention of this video is to create an environment conducive to transformation, healing and social justice.
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testimonials
This work goes beyond a basic awareness of racism to explore the subtle, rarely acknowledged roots of self-hatred and lack of under- standing among even the most progressive people
Gary Delgado,
Former Executive Director, Applied Research Center