Today as the world comes together for Obama’s Inauguration, a team of innovators are working to bring us closer through the power of video.

The Global Lives Project is a collective effort of more than 250 volunteer filmmakers, artists, architects, programmers and everyday people from around the world to build and display a video library of human life experience. Their goal is to record 24 hours in the lives of ten people that roughly represent the diversity of our planet’s population.

These ten lives will come together in an innovative video installation and form the basis of a collaborative online video encyclopedia of human life. Sound cool? If you’re in Asia, Eastern Europe or Africa, the project is looking for additional teams. Visit GlobalLives.org for more info!