"Discover your power and use it to help others!"
- Toan Lam, GIG founder
ABOUT GIG
Go Inspire Go (GIG) is a multimedia platform that "uses Social Networking to Inspire Social Change."
We feature inspirational, character driven stories, about "regular people" going above and beyond to help their community.
At the end of the videos, there is a "call to action" that inspires and challenges people to use their own power, resources and talents to give back to the featured cause.
Go Inspire Go is a collaborative effort of a group of people, who are connected through Founder/Creator, Toan Lam.
Additionally, GIG has popular momentum and tremendous support from its global community. Several videos immediately went viral and have been featured on ABC's Good Morning America, AOL and Yahoo!
Our team invites you to join our worldwide movement and inspirational journey to inspire, empower and uplift you and your community.
As you click around our website, we ask you to share the stories, email your ideas and consider contributing to our mission, by using and donating your resources to help GIG or the people featured in our stories.
Our GIG mantra: "What can YOU do?"
ABOUT TOAN LAM: "The Inspirator"
Toan was born in Vietnam but is ethnic Chinese and French. Just over 30 years ago, his family immigrated to America when he was a baby.
His family risked everything for America's promise of a better life and opportunites.
All ten of them were grateful to be living in the same trailer. They moved from ghetto to ghetto. Toan remembers feeling alone and powerless living in hoods filled with violence, hookers, liquor stores, drive by's and the infamous "barber shop" where you can get a "fade" (haircut) by day, drugs at night and attend church in the parking lot on Sunday.
Books were his passport out of the ghetto, but he hid his love for reading and writing because of neighborhood bullies.
Funny how life works, Toan grew up without a voice, but is now a determined voice for the voiceless- through a career as a TV Reporter, College Professor and his passion work: www.GoInspireGo.com (GIG).
He was invited by Arianna Huffington, to be a regular blogger for her website, The Huffington Post. He also blogs from "good news" website, Tonic.com and Deepak Chopra's website Intent.com.
Toan believes everyone is inspired by someone or something. Given his humble beginnings, he's grateful to create his own dream job title: "Inspirator" -- someone who helps people discover their power (gifts, talents, resources) and uses it to help others.
