Mission & Vision
“Your light shines bright, and it is the source of inspiration for this creative process. No child should ever have to live through the heartbreaking journey you had no control over. I will always bow down to your courage, big heart, and never-giving-up personality to the very end. You are my biggest hero.”
- Mom
Mission
ALEX4HOPE aims to break the stigma surrounding mental health issues while redefining “normal”.
ALEX4HOPE wants to bring awareness about today’s challenges our kids are faced with, from a culture that is highly sexualized, social media-, consumer-, and substance-oriented to a world in planetary crisis.
ALEX4HOPE wants to educate our communities about the pervasiveness of ACEs, or toxic stress in childhood, it’s long-term impact on our mental and physical health, and the necessity for the community working together to change the way we understand, respond to, and heal trauma while building Trauma-Informed-Care (TIC) systems.
ALEX4HOPE seeks to clarify the root causes of addiction while uncovering the myth that contributes to suffering.
ALEX4HOPE explores healthy alternatives for youth away from drug-fixation and risky peer habits including healing arts that invite authenticity, self-expression and empowerment.
“Don’t judge people by their color, money, or looks. You never know who is behind that surface.”
— Alex Movahedi
Vision
Future
ALEX4HOPE envisions a future in which our kids grow up in a world that reclaims its communal wisdom focused on protecting our youth’s health and wellbeing, while building a safe social culture that no longer focuses on substances or drugs.
Being Human
ALEX4HOPE envisions a culture that recognizes that emotional ups and downs are part of being human, a culture where being authentic and vulnerable is considered “cool,” and a culture that allows for youth to talk freely and fearlessly about their mental health.
Health
ALEX4HOPE envisions the transformation of our communities into youth-focused care systems, with trauma-informed schools that integrate expressive art forms, including story-telling, poetry, movement & dance, as well as nature quests and youth initiatives, all of which build resilience, inner strength, mental & emotional maturity & healthy peer culture.
Community
ALEX4HOPE joins the movement and collaborates with other inspiring, like-minded individuals, and local groups, to promote trauma healing, strengthen our communal connections and resilience, as well as, building bridges with people from different communities and around the world, all while focusing on our youth’s wellbeing.
Education
ALEX4HOPE envisions trauma-informed school and community systems that focus on prevention while fostering emotional health and wellbeing from the beginning of a child’s life, including K-12.
Healing
ALEX4HOPE envisions a world that is beyond stigma while including and respecting diversity, and striving to build moral courage to transform ourselves, awaken to the delusions of our dreams, and become a united, ecological, global community capable of healing our broken culture and world.
