So on Saturday May 12, we are setting up a booth for photography from 11-2 to support their cause.    So if you are a kid or adult kid and want a photo for your mum, we are game.   We’ll have 200 cards ready and photo printing on premise.   It’s by donation.   If there are more photos needed until our booth closes, we’ll send off digital files to you.

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Why kenton headshots is passionate about this:

I know that I am a son of woman, husband to a woman, a brother to women, and a father to a woman.    Woman are important to the shaping of our world.    They have shaped me and my story.

I am forever grateful to the people who hold “half the sky.”  My mother became the primary bread winner when my father almost died.    She sacrificed a lot and was not able to be there for us but gave her life to feed us.   My grandmother pitched in and loved us the best she could while my father found his way with his disability.

Some of the most powerful and influential voices are those of  women.   My sisters championed us throughout our childhood and gave us a moral compass to find our way.  Some wonderful elementary teachers looked out for me when the tragedy struck our family.  In junior high and high school a couple of teachers challenged me to dream big and think outside the box not knowing my history.  Through university, work, and grad school, female colleagues and professors shed light along the way and inspired me.   My life coaching training facilitators were empowered women who told us, “you can move mountains!”

Powerful stuff, eh!

The reality check is that I have heard stories of women and how they have been wrongly treated.   They faced prejudice and injustices for just being women – leaders, wives, and daughters.    I got to weep with some of them.   My mother and grandmother were brought up in a culture where they were devalued because of their gender.     They were less because they were not born as “sons.”   It is hard to shake that mentality.   My father made things right for my sisters even though some of it was not intentional.    My sisters are champions.

When I watched Born Into Brothels, that was when I began to realize the cycle and oppression women face.  Most recently, watching Miss Representation, got me asking the hard questions again about raising my daughter to know that she is not defined by her looks but by her personhood.      Over the past few years, I have been involved in organizations who are helping restore women and offer them wholeness.    I had the privilege to be at summer camps  to speak to young women and young men about these issues and challenge them to think differently.

Recently, my wife and I watched  Miss Representation  a documentary about how media affects women and how people are trying to create change.    When the my friends shared about their HALF THE SKY event the following week I  knew I had to be a part of it.  I hope you will too.    Even if you can’t make it, bookmark their website and check out the different groups we are supporting.

The images are of Milton Wong (some of my favourite headshots | cover shots) taken at his beautiful renovated home in Vancouver.  My favourite is the one below taken in front of his awesome kitchen where he would prepare a feast and do lots of philanthropic work on the same night.

I no idea who Milton was but saw bits and pieces in a documentary about his brother and family a few years ago of their tailor shop in Chinatown.    I met Milton while doing a covershoot for an article about his leadership.   He loved my photos and I printed them up for him as a gift and we struck a friendship.

He was a gift to me.  Probably he had no idea that he affirmed me in who I am and in the work I do.    I am still discovering some things about him that echo my story about his philosophical journey.  I got to have lunches and coffee with him just to talk about art, life, story, and business.    I never got to see business side of Milton.  I did get to see the man, his passion, and his approach to affecting change.    Who would of thought bringing the Dragon Boat festival would bridge cultural barriers while promoting a great cause.      My last connect was via email about reading from the same author Robin Sharma.  I miss him dearly and I can only think four or five persons that in my first meetings with them, leave such a great impression where generosity and vision ooze from their being.

Anyway, I am dedicating the short film I am directing and producing to him.  Stay tuned for details.  In the meanwhile, read more about Milton here or donate to the BC Cancer Foundation.

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