In 2005 Turk and Christy Pipkin founded The Nobelity Project, an education and action nonprofit, to make movies that make a difference. We collaborate with Nobel laureates and other inspiring leaders to make enlightening and motivating films that bring people awareness and move them to action. The Nobelity In Schools program works with teachers nationwide engaging students with the issues that will affect their futures. And our Kenya Schools Fund is building classrooms, libraries, computer labs and clean water systems across rural Kenya, including Mahiga Hope High School-the only secondary school in that region. On film, online, and in schools, The Nobelity Project is a place to explore global issues and discover ways to effect positive change.
By connecting hands, hearts, and minds we can all be part of a better way.
Writer and filmmaker Turk Pipkin is the founder of The Nobelity Project and the director of the organizations three feature documentaries about global problems and solutions. The latest film, Building Hope, tells the story of The Nobelity Project’s partnership with a rural Kenyan community to build the area’s first high school.
Turk is also the author of ten works of fiction and nonfiction, including the NY Times bestseller, The Tao of Willie, co-authored with Willie Nelson.
As the Executive Director, Christy Pipkin works to bring the non-profit’s initiatives to fruition— creating motivating documentaries and short films, helming educational outreach in the US and abroad, and maintaining oversight on development projects around the world.
“I am a firm believer that local action has global impact, and that no act is too small to matter. At times global issues can seem overwhelming, but I like to remember when Desmond Tutu told us of a saying in Africa–“There is only one way of eating an elephant…one piece at a time.”
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