Intergenerational Dialogues with Captain Maggie Hallahan

Welcome to the Intergenerational Dialogues Podcast!Hosted by photographer  Captain Maggie Hallahan, this podcast is an open conversation with a wide variety of Co-Hosts and guests, candidly talking about gender equality and other important issues in the world.The podcast will officially launch on March 23, 2020, but before we drop the First Episode, we are sharing some bonus content that was produced last year, during Women's History Month 2019.In this Episode, tune in to hear IDPodcast Host & Creator, Captain Maggie chat with Dr. Betty Reardon, a feminist and activist known for her international work in the development and dissemination of peace education.More about Dr. Betty Reardon:  She is a theorist and activist on gender and peace, arguing for the necessity of an equal role for women in all aspects of peace and security. She is the Founding Director Emeritus of the International Institute on Peace Education, a global network and annual gathering of peace educators around the world, founded in 1982. She was also one of the initiators of the Global Campaign for Peace Education launched in 1999. Her unique planetary perspective emphasizes the interrelationships among gender equality, environmental sustainability, human rights and peace as the foundations of human security. Her six decades of practical experience and over 300 published works, including the well-known book Sexism and the War System, solidifies her profound impact on our society. Her work advocating for The Women, Peace and Security agenda is anchored in the principle that effective incorporation of gender perspectives and women’s rights can have a meaningful and positive impact on the lives of women, men, girls, and boys on the ground. She made an important contribution to SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 which has protected millions of women worldwide and enhanced their role is peace making by including women and girls in decision-making, conflict resolution, post-conflict processes, UN programming and reporting, UN peace support operations. Her publications and papers are archived in the Canaday Special Collections at the Library of the University of Toledo, Ohio.About Captain Maggie Hallahan:  Captain Maggie is a photographer and video director that has a unique perspective from her experience as internationally respected photography and video journalist and visual brand expert. She specializes In Gender Equality and work with unconscious gender bias in brand and marketing photography and video. She had the opportunity to be a road builder in the digital photography and audio communication publications for MSNBC and Martha Stewart Living. Her company, MHPV, has worked with dozens of corporations and publications around the globe focusing on in country marketing for technology solutions and in the public health sector. Since 1982 her work has been published in print and for hundreds of editorial and non-profits publications. Working as a contract photographer and videographer for UNFPA and UN Women since 1982, sharing the stories of human rights and gender equality. She is a Captain with USCG Merchant Marines and is a founding member and current President ofthe board, Na Wahine O'ke Kai, a San Francisco outrigger canoe team which coaches women to become paddlers, captains and navigators....please rate, comment, and subscribe to the Podcast...then tell a friend! You can send comments, questions, inquiries and guest suggestions to us at IntergenerationalDialoguesPod@Gmail.com.  

Welcome to the Intergenerational Dialogues Podcast! Hosted by photographer  Captain Maggie Hallahan, this podcast is an open conversation with a wide variety of Co-Hosts and guests, candidly talking about gender equality and other important issues in the world.The podcast will officially launch on March 23, 2020, but before we drop the First Episode, we are sharing some bonus content that was produced last year, during Women's History Month 2019.In this Throwback Episode, Captain Maggie moderates a conversation between tech entrepreneur Megan Smith and ocean navigator Captain Lehua Kamalu. --More about Megan Smith: Megan is an award-winning entrepreneur, engineer, and tech evangelist. She recently co-founded shift7, a company focused on tech-forward networked innovation for impact and economic inclusion. Smith served as the third U.S. chief technology officer from 2014-2017. She spent over eleven years as a vice president at Google, leading new business. In that role, she led acquisitions of Google Earth, Maps, and Picasa. Earlier, Smith was CEO of PlanetOut, worked on early smartphone technologies at General Magic and at Apple Japan. She is an advisor to the MIT Media Lab, Vital Voices, Thinkof-Us, co-founded the Malala Fund, and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT, where she serves on the board as a life member. She completed her master’s thesis work at the MIT Media Lab and was a member of the MIT student team that designed, built, and raced a solar car 2,000 miles across the Australian outback.More about Captain Lehua Kamalu: Lehua is the first woman to serve as captain and lead navigator of a long-distance ocean crossing for the Polynesian Voyaging Society, on the ancestral voyaging canoe Hikianilia. Her 13-person crew traveled some 2,800 miles over 23 days from Honolulu to Half Moon Bay, California, to raise awareness about the dire state of our oceans. Instead of GPS, the crew used traditional Polynesian wayfinding techniques, taking cues from the sun, stars, waves and birds. Lehua was born in New York and raised in Hawaiʻi, and holds a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawaiʻi. She’s been involved with the Polynesian Voyaging Society since 2009. 

Welcome to the Intergenerational Dialogues Podcast! Hosted by photographer  Captain Maggie Hallahan, this podcast is an open conversation with a wide variety of Co-Hosts and guests, candidly talking about gender equality and other important issues in the world.The podcast will officially launch on March 23, 2020, but before we drop the First Episode, we are sharing some bonus content that was produced last year, during Women's History Month 2019.In this Throwback Episode, Captain Maggie moderates a conversation between Fedtech's Sarah Chen and FreshGlow's Kavita Shukla. More about Sarah Chen: Sarah’s leadership career spans across venture capital and innovation, in both emerging markets in Asia and the United States. Currently Principal at Fedtech, she focuses on bridging the gap between venture and deep tech, inspired to commercialize great innovation developed across DoD, NASA and other laboratories. She is also Co-Founder of The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, a global consortium of venture funds mobilizing $1Bn towards women-founded companies.Prior to Fedtech, she pioneered a corporate venture capital unit within $13Bn publicly traded Asian conglomerate, Sime Darby, investing in later-stage biotechnology companies. Since then, she has been at the forefront of multi-million cross border investments, including a $30Mn deal signing witnessed by former President Obama. She was integral in structuring and executing commercialization plans for her portfolio companies, from project financing to market opportunities across Southeast Asia.Named Forbes 30 Under 30, she is a recognized speaker, commentator and advisor on venture capital, innovation and women in leadership, having been featured among others on Der Spiegel, the Wall Street Journal and at the United Nations. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Laws, LL.B (Hons.) from King’s College London. A proud Malaysian, she spends her time between US- Asia.More about Kavita Shukla: Inventor, designer and social entrepreneur, Kavita Shukla was inspired by her Indian grandmother’s healing herbal tea to invent Freshpaper, battling food waste naturally by keeping produce fresh for up to 2-4x longer. Her company FreshGLOW features simple tools for inspired living. She holds four patents, and was the youngest woman to receive the biennial INDEX: Design to Improve Life Award – the world’s largest prize for design. Her work has been featured by CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Oprah Magazine, Glamour, and The Today Show. She has been recognized as one of the "5 Most Innovative Women in Food" by TIME Magazine, “7 Entrepreneurs Changing the World” by Fast Company, and the Forbes “30 under 30.”...please rate, comment, and subscribe to the Podcast...then tell a friend! You can send comments, questions, inquiries and guest suggestions to us at IntergenerationalDialoguesPod@Gmail.com.