What brings me hope
The diversity of hope
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By Rosalind Tompkins
Special to the Outlook
What does an author of Christian fiction, a sitting senator, a medical mobile unit, a television show, a formerly incarcerated social activist, a peace farm that teaches environmental awareness in Jamaica, an outreach that reaches the poor in Pakistan and a publicist, have in common?
You might say that they are all the same race or gender, and the answer is no. You might say they all like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and the answer is I do not know.
The correct answer is they are all receiving HOPEE (Helping Others Practice Enduring Empowerment) Awards in April during the National Month of Hope. HOPEE Awards are given to those who exemplify excellence by empowering and spreading hope to others through their various occupations and initiatives.
When Mothers In Crisis started the HOPEE Awards in 2019 as part of our campaign to promote the awareness of hope through public advocacy, we had no idea that they would be so diverse and far reaching.
This is the first time that some of the honorees are from different nations with vastly diverse backgrounds which points to the diversity of hope. We all need hope to live. According to the often-quoted survival Rules of Three, you can survive 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food but only 3 seconds without hope. Hope is oxygen for the soul and these HOPEE Awardees are sharing hope while empowering others.
2022 List of HOPEE Awardees:
Local Community — Bethel Baptist Medical Mobile Unit (Rev. Dr. R.B. Holmes, Jr. & Dr. Claudette Harrell)
State of Florida —Desmond Meade, J.D.; Sen. Loranne Ausley
Detroit, MI’s Motto: “Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus” — Latin for “We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes.”
Apostle Pam Morgan, Dr. Pam Perry, Hon. Alberta Tinsley-Talabi, Kara Thomas
Nationwide —Vanessa Miller (Author), God Made Millionaire TV Show (TC and Vicki Bradley)
Dr. Ann Williams (Founder/President of Sisters Organization)
International — Green Team International (Jamaica)
Hope Network (Pakistan).
To hear interviews with several of the 2022 HOPEE Awardees please listen to Think Hope Podcast at www.blogtalkradio.com/thinkhope, Apple Podcast, and Amazon Radio.
Rosalind Tompkins, Ph.D. is author of “As Long As There Is Breath In Your Body, There Is Still Hope,” and other inspirational books. Tompkins is also founder of Turning Point International Church, the Chapel of Mothers In Crisis. She’s also founder of Turning Point International Alliance with ministries and churches in Pakistan, Nepal, Eswatini, Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, and St. Vincent in the West Indies.
