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For the fourth year in a row in association with Rogers & Cowan, Variety's PURPOSE: The Family Entertainment & Faith-Based Summit dedicated to the growth of family entertainment.
PURPOSE features leaders at studios, networks, digital media, and brands who are succeeding in the family and faith-based entertainment space. Storytelling innovators also shared what content is best connecting with today’s audiences and key industry leaders discussed various upcoming projects and their involvement in the Family & Faith markets.
Below are a few quotes I tweeted last week from the PURPOSE Summit that sums up this couple perfectly.
"Love is a verb. You have to do something. We decided to take our celebrity and reach out and do something. We try to choose smart things. You have to really dream big. Be bold and be willing to trip." "Everything begins with intention. We do have a bias toward family and stories that shine a real light of positivity and love," Roma said about LightWorkers Media, their faith and family film and television production company. "We want to make things that inspire or elevate,"
Roma's latest project is "Answered Prayers" for TLC a show about modern day miracles and divine intervention. In Roma's words, "It's TV as a window into Hope."
And although TV and Film is what they are best known for – I wanted to highlight another aspect this power couple has been working on: Operation Smile - read on for more.
First a little background from wikipedia:
Roma Downey is a Northern Irish, British, actress and Emmy nominated producer from Londonderry. She played kind-hearted angel Monica on the American TV series Touched by an Angel, alongside Della Reese; they remained close friends after the series. Downey received two Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her role on the show.
She was the executive producer of the television miniseries The Bible on the History channel, in which she also played the role of Mary. Roma and her husband Mark Burnett produced the movie version of the series, Son of God, which was released on February 28, 2014 it's sequel, A.D.: The Bible Continues, premiered on NBC Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015. She is an author of three books for children and producer of the children's series, Little Angels.
BUT my favorite part of Roma's work is an ambassador for Operation Smile.
Today, Roma continues her role as a real-life angel by touching children's lives through her work as a spokesperson and Board of Governors member for Operation Smile.
Today, Roma continues her role as a real-life angel by touching children's lives through her work as a spokesperson and Board of Governors member for Operation Smile.
At Operation Smile's Los Angeles fundraising gala in September 2006, Downey was reunited with Madelein. In March 2008, Downey traveled with her husband Mark Burnett and their three children to Amman, Jordan, to attend an Operation Smile medical mission as well as the opening ceremony of the Roma Downey Life Support Training Center.
The Training Center will provide local medical professionals with Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) training in accordance with Operation Smile's International Training Organization accreditation with the American Heart Association. Downey donated life support program equipment and books, as well as funds needed to support training programs for one year.
Roma's husband, Mark Burnett, known for pioneering reality television, joined his wife in February of 2006 on an Operation Smile medical mission in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and in 2008 in Amman, Jordan. He continues his support as a Smile Ambassador for Operation Smile.
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