Podcasts about chanju mwanza

Recorded July 30th. Chanju Mwanza continues our series on Faith at Work.

In June this year, UCL launched the UCL Walking Tour, a free guided walking tour aimed at inviting members of the public onto campus to learn more about UCL as a university and research institution and embrace its place at the heart of the Bloomsbury community. This month, host Cerys alongside Ariana Razavi, Molly Rasbash and Chanju Mwanza, delve deeper into three of the tours stops, the Wilkins Building, the Petrie Museum and the Student Centre and discuss the role that these places on campus have on the people who use them every day – students and staff. While these buildings form key parts of UCL's history, they are just a small part of the tour, only by taking the full tour can visitors learn about the noble laureates and the famous alumni that have studied or researched at UCL, the mysterious secret tunnels that run under the Cruciform building and the Japanese Garden which stands as a symbol of UCL's diverse community and international links. To book onto the free tour: https://bit.ly/UCLWalkingTour

Welcome back to series three of Made at UCL! Cerys Bradley is our producer-turned-host this year alongside six new UCL student hosts. Join Cerys, Taqwa Sadiq, Chanju Mwanza and Katie Davies for this months episode: Data Moves. We're looking at the impact of data, the absence of data and how data can be utilised across three of our incredible REF case studies. For more information on Made At UCL and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/ For more information on each case study check out the REF hub: www.ucl.ac.uk/impact/research-excellence-framework-2021

Welcome back to season three of #MadeAtUCL. We're mixing things up this season with six new student hosts joining Cerys Bradley our producer-turned-host from last season! We will be continuing to share stories from our community, bringing to life the research and work being done at UCL UCL's award-winning campaign, Disruptive Thinking Since 1826 and hashtag #MadeAtUCL, has been phenomenal in its scope with hoardings at UCL East in London, graphics and animations on our website; a festival, podcast series, and involvement of the wider public to vote for their favourite breakthrough UCL research. Listen to a new episode every first Monday of the month. Find season two here: soundcloud.com/uclsound/sets/madeatucl-podcasts-season-2 Catch up on season one here: soundcloud.com/uclsound/sets/madeatucl-podcasts-season-2 For more information, visit www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/podcasts Date of episode recording: 03/2022 Duration: 0:54 Language of episode: English Presenter: Cerys Bradley, Chanju Mwanza, Ariana Razavi, Taqwa Sadiq, Molly Rasbash, Katie Davies, Maria Bunyon Producer: Cerys Bradley

This month, the podcast team interviewed Chanju Mwanza, founder of the Zambian Narratives Project, and Daphne Titus, a consultant and a former career State Department professional. We spoke with these women about dealing with microaggressions in the workplace, including the distinction between microaggressions and discrimination, how they handle microaggressions when they are subjected to them, and how to be good allies to other people facing similar situations. If you’d like to support the work of WiFP, please consider donating at PayPal via www.paypal.me/lmgouletor becoming a patron on Patreon at www.patreon.com/womeninforeignpolicy. Cheery Monday Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

EPISODE 31: #SHEROES with Chanju Mwanza and Yaz Omran VERVE Operative, Melanin Takeover Host & Blogger Chanju Mwanza hosts this episode with VERVE’s Social Media and Content Manager Yaz Omran where they discuss their SHEROES in Palestine and the UAE. Yaz discusses what inspired her to write about Palestinian youth activist Ahed Tamimi and why activism by Muslim women is not often represented without negative connotations. Chanju talks about the recent UAE Gender Balance Index Awards where not one single woman received an award and why she created her own list of Emirati women who deserved to be recognised. Chanju and Yaz chat about the difficulties POC women face in gaining exposure in mainstream media and history, and what we can do to help further their stories beyond writing articles. Read Yaz’s blog here:https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/shesgotverve-ahed-tamimi-a-girl-with-guts Read Chanju’s blog here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/five-women-who-should-have-received-the-uae-gender-balance-index-awards Yaz’s blog on the History of Egypt’s Feminist Consciousness: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/the-history-of-egypts-feminist-consciousness Read more of Yaz’s blogs for VERVE here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid?author=5bfd6a1e4fa51a145cca2209 Read more of Chanju’s blogs for VERVE here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid?author=5a82eb02db7926cb172dbe43 Chanju’s Website: www.chanjumwanza.com VERVE links: Website: www.verveup.com IG: www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: twitter.com/verve_up FB: www.facebook.com/verveup/ Host: Chanju Mwanza (VERVE Operative, Melanin Takeover Host & Blogger) Co- Host: Yaz Omran (Social Media & Content Manager for VERVE) Podcast Editor: Yaz Omran Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative Please reach out if we've missed something, or anything you’re excited about or angry over - you matter! contact@verveup.com

Episode 30: Melanin Takeover with Chanju Mwanza Welcome to the VERVE She Said Melanin Take Over with VERVE Operative and Blogger, Chanju Mwanza. Once a month-ish Chanju will be bringing you all things melanin and shining a light on global issues from a non-eurocentric perspective. Chanju Mwanza has just come back from spending 7 weeks in Zambia to launch her Zambian Narratives Project. In this episode Chanju chats about her new project and reads three of her most recent blogs. She writes about the issues that Black people around the world are facing, from the use of their dead bodies as entertainment for white audiences to celebrating African successes such as Ethiopia’s steps to reaching gender equality. Chanju’s blogs in this Episode: Why are Dead Black Bodies still Being Used for Western Consumption? https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/why-are-dead-black-bodies-still-being-used-for-western-consumption “Transracial” is not the new “Transgender”: Why Race and Gender Are Not Synonymous. https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/transracial-is-not-the-new-transgender-why-race-and-gender-are-not-synonymous Ethiopia is Setting New Standards for Gender Equality https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/ethiopia-is-setting-new-standards-for-gender-equality Read more of Chanju’s blogs for VERVE here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/?author=5a82eb02db7926cb172dbe43 Chanju’s Website: https://www.chanjumwanza.com VERVE links: Website: www.verveup.com IG: www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: twitter.com/verve_up FB: www.facebook.com/verveup/ Host: Chanju Mwanza - VERVE Operative, Melanin Takeover Host & Blogger Podcast Editor: Helena Burton Jones & Yaz Omran Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative Please reach out if we've missed something in our episode notes. contact@verveup.com

EPISODE 28: VERVE 2018 End of Year Wrap Up! This episode Anna Quick- Palmer (Founder & ‘Mother’ of VERVE) talks with Erin Whiteley (Chief Managing Feminist at VERVE) about everything VERVE have done this year in the name of Feminism! Take a listen to hear about all the events, fundraising, protests & vulva cupcakes we’ve had in 2018… We’d like to thank all followers, old & new, for making our year as Femi-tastic as possible! And thank you to all of you who are causing ripples in the world. We look forward to seeing you in the New Year! If you want to know a bit more about our evening in support of the documentary ‘We Still Rise’, head over here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/karma-footprint-verve-ptt-for-we-still-rise-documentary-jan-2018?rq=we%20still%20rise%20 If you want to know more about the ‘We Still Rise’ Documentary, go to this link: https://www.westillrisemovie.com More information on the Time’s Up Rally 2018 here: https://www.womensmarchlondon.com/times-up-rally/2018/1/21/times-up-rally Read our blog on our 2nd Annual My Bloody Galentine 2018 here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/karma-footprint-my-bloody-galentine-2018-rocked-our-feminist-world?rq=my%20bloody%20galentine%20 Read about our International Women’s Day event here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/karma-footprint-verve-ptt-x-iwd-2018?rq=IWD%202018 The pub we went to on IWD was called The Lexington - a WOMAN owned bar! Take a look here: http://thelexington.co.uk Read Anna’s blog on VERVE’s time at WITW conference in NYC here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/wow?rq=WOW%20 Look up the AMAZING work that luminary bakery do: http://www.luminarybakery.com Take a look at Chanju Mwanza’s Karma Footprint blog on our Think Tank with Molly Melching, founder of Tostan: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/prosecco-think-tank-molly-melching-tostan?rq=tostan Learn more about our Partnership event with Welcome Sessions here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/verve-partnership-event-welcome-sessions-1-may-2018?rq=rich%20mix Read our Karma Footprint blog on our volunteer trip to Calais with Refugee Community Kitchen here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/karma-footprint-verve-calais-volunteer-trip-with-refugee-community-kitchen-august-2018?rq=calais Read our interview with Erin Whiteley on her time volunteering in Calais here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/a-volunteer-trip-with-help-refugees-an-interview-with-team-verve-member-erin?rq=calais More on our event with Buy From A Black Woman here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/2018/9/11/buy-from-a-black-woman-verve-think-tank-september-2018-philladelphia-usa?rq=buy%20from%20a%20black%20woman And here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/buy-from-a-black-woman-a-verve-think-tank-event?rq=buy%20from%20a%20black%20woman And here!: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/karma-footprint-verve-hq-prosecco-think-tank-london-aug-2018-buy-from-a-black-woman?rq=buy%20from%20a%20black%20woman Here’s a little bit more on our decision to take the ‘prosecco’ out of the Think Tank…: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/verve-think-tank-taking-the-prosecco-out-of-the-think-tank?rq=VTT (If you want to know more, come to our next event and ask…) Take a look at our wrap up blog from our event with Partners in Health here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/wrapup-verve-think-tank-with-partners-in-health?rq=PIH VERVE links: Website: https://www.verveup.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/verve_up FB: https://www.facebook.com/verveup/ Host: Anna Quick- Palmer - Founder & Mother of VERVE Co-host: Erin Whiteley - Chief Managing Feminist at VERVE Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Podcast Editor: Helena Burton- Jones Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative Please reach out if we've missed something in our episode notes. contact@verveup.com

EPISODE 27: Diversity in Politics It’s the Melanin Takeover !!! This episode has Melanin Takeover host & curator Chanju Mwanza talking to Vanessa Martins, Isabel Fanfan and Jeannie Dunn from Seize The Vote to discuss how we can close the class gap in politics, which continues to be largely inaccessible to people who grow up in more diverse, socioeconomically poorer schools. Founded in June 2017, Seize the Vote aims to ensure the sustainability of a high youth turnout in British elections by educating young people about political participation. Have a listen to hear what the next steps for Seize the Vote are, and how WE can get our younger brothers & sisters & non-binary friends to get more involved in our political climate! Keep a look out for events with My Life my Say on this website: http://mylifemysay.org.uk Keep up to date with Seize the Vote through these handles: Twitter: https://twitter.com/seizethevote Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seizethevote/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seizethevoteldn/ VERVE links: Website: https://www.verveup.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/verve_up FB: https://www.facebook.com/verveup/ Host: Chanju Mwanza - VERVE Operative & Blogger Guests: Vanessa Martins, Isabel Fanfan & Jeannie Dunn - founders of Seize the Vote Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Podcast Editor: Helena Burton- Jones Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative Please reach out if we've missed something in our episode notes. contact@verveup.com

EPISODE 25: A Conversation with Freddie Harrel It’s your favourite Melanin Takeover - now a monthly instalment for our podcast! We’ve decided to continue the Melanin Takeover because VERVE doesn’t believe we should talk about Black Experiences just 1 month a year. So, Chanju Mwanza is BACK and talking to Freddie Harrel, social media influencer & founder of @ bighair_nocare and the SHEUnleashed workshop. Listen to hear Chanju & Freddie talking about being Black Women in the world, growing up Black, loving your hair & exploring the importance of therapy. Freddie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freddieharrel/ Big Hair No Care Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bighair_nocare/ Big Hair No Care Official Website: https://bighairnocare.com Freddie’s Official Website: http://freddieharrel.com Freddie’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHFoY087mQKPGAhQ65d4gnA Freddie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/FreddieHarrel?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Freddie’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freddieharrel/ To buy tickets to our last V.T.T of 2018, go here!: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/verve-think-tank-london-tickets-52097062717 For anyone who can’t join our VTT but want to contribute, visit this link: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/vervethinktankglobal2018?utm_term=yp6p9p6gW - where all donations made will be matched and donated to P.I.H. VERVE links: Website: https://www.verveup.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/verve_up FB: https://www.facebook.com/verveup/ Host: Chanju Mwanza - VERVE Operative & Blogger Guest: Freddie Harrel - Social Media Influencer, founder of Big Hair No Care & SHE Unleashed Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Podcast Editor: Helena Burton- Jones Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative Please reach out if we've missed something in our episode notes. contact@verveup.com

EPISODE 23: “Lest We Forget” with Chanju Mwanza In this week’s episode, Chanju Mwanza (VERVE Operative & Blogger) and Anna Quick- Palmer (Founder of VERVE and Chief Managing Feminist) sit down to read & discuss Chanju’s latest blog ‘“Lest We Forget” Remembering The Contributions of Volunteer Colonial Troops in the World Wars’. As a way of honouring all those who fought in the World Wars, Chanju talks about the often forgotten Black soldiers. Throughout the discussion Anna & Chanju talk about the toll war has on its citizens, how girls and women are sidelined and why we need to remember those our history books have forgotten! For more by Chanju, visit these sites: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/lest-we-forget-remembering-the-contributions-of-volunteer-colonial-troops-in-the-world-wars https://www.chanjumwanza.com https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/?author=5a82eb02db7926cb172dbe43 To buy tickets to our last V.T.T of 2018, go here!: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/verve-think-tank-london-tickets-52097062717 For anyone who can’t join our VTT but want to contribute, visit this link: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/vervethinktankglobal2018?utm_term=yp6p9p6gW - where all donations made will be matched and donated to P.I.H. VERVE links: Website: https://www.verveup.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/verve_up FB: https://www.facebook.com/verveup/ Host: Anna Quick- Palmers - VERVE Founder & Chief Managing Feminist Guest: Chanju Mwanza - VERVE London Operative & Blogger Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Podcast Editor: Helena Burton- Jones Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative Please reach out if we've missed something in our episode notes. contact@verveup.com

EPISODE 21: Stella Dadzie: Being A Black Woman In Britain This is Episode 5/5 of our October / Black History Month edition For five weeks during October / Black History Month UK, we’ll be handing over the mic to VERVE Operative and blogger, Chanju Mwanza for a She/Said Melanin Takeover. Chanju will be welcoming a range of guests including Stella Dadzie, one of the authors of Heart of the Race, Black Women’s life in Britain. The Melanin Podcast Takeover will be covering topics like misogynoir, the politics of black hair and how to survive a white curriculum that denies your voice. For the final episode of our 5/part Melanin Takeover, Chanju invites Stella Dadzie into the studio - co-author of the feminist classic ‘Heart Of The Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain’. Chanju & Stella discuss her book recently becoming a Feminist Classic, and the differences between living as a Black Woman in Britain when the book was first written to now. Thank you to Stella for coming in, and Chanju for hosting the last 5 amazing episodes celebrating Black History Month! Notes: Heart Of The Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain by Beverley Bryan & Stella Dadzie: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heart-Race-Britain-Feminist-Classics/dp/1786635860/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540900166&sr=8-1&keywords=heart+of+the+race Advice from Stella: - Go out there & read everything - Accessible books - Reading novels leads a way into politics -Watch this space! - If you want to find someone, you can find someone! VERVE links: Website: https://www.verveup.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/verve_up FB: https://www.facebook.com/verveup/ Guest Host: Chanju Mwanza - VERVE London Operative & Blogger Special Guest: Stella Dadzie, co-author of Heart Of The Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Podcast Editor: Helena Burton- Jones Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative Please reach out if we've missed something in our episode notes. contact@verveup.com

EPISODE 20: Michelle Asentewa & Navigating the White Curriculum This is Episode 4/5 of our October / Black History Month edition For five weeks during October / Black History Month UK, we’ll be handing over the mic to VERVE Operative and blogger, Chanju Mwanza for a She/Said Melanin Takeover. Chanju will be welcoming a range of guests including Stella Dadzie, one of the authors of Heart of the Race, Black Women’s life in Britain. The Melanin Podcast Takeover will be covering topics like misogynoir, the politics of black hair and how to survive a white curriculum that denies your voice. This week Chanju invites Michelle Asentewa, self-published author, co-founder of ‘Way Wive Wordz’ & independent Scholar, to discuss how to navigate the ‘White Curriculum’ throughout education. Michelle was born in Guyana, South America, but came over to London to live with her mother and attend English schooling. Chanju & Michelle discuss the difficulties of integrating into a school in a new country with an accent and feelings of displacement. As a woman with a Masters & a PHD, Michelle is well versed in navigating the white curriculum. Listen to this podcast to hear the honesty in Michelle’s story, and how to overcome educational systems that ignore Black voices. Take a look at ‘Way Wive Wordz’, co-founded by Michelle Asentewa, here: https://www.waywivewordz.com If you want to expand your Black Curriculum, take a look at Michelle’s suggestions here: http://www.blackhistorywalks.co.uk https://www.newbeaconbooks.com http://www.nabss.org.uk VERVE links: Website: https://www.verveup.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/verve_up FB: https://www.facebook.com/verveup/ Guest Host: Chanju Mwanza - VERVE London Operative & Blogger Special Guest: Michelle Asentewa - Co-Founder of Way Wive Wordz Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Podcast Editor: Helena Burton- Jones Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative Please reach out if we've missed something in our episode notes. contact@verveup.com

EPISODE 19: Chanju Mwanza: Her Blogs, Her Thoughts This is Episode 3/5 of our October / Black History Month edition For five weeks during October / Black History Month UK, we’ll be handing over the mic to VERVE Operative and blogger, Chanju Mwanza for a She/Said Melanin Takeover. Chanju will be welcoming a range of guests including Stella Dadzie, one of the authors of Heart of the Race, Black Women’s life in Britain. The Melanin Podcast Takeover will be covering topics like misogynoir, the politics of black hair and how to survive a white curriculum that denies your voice. This week our London VERVE Operative, Chanju Mwanza, reads some of her favourite blogs that she’s written for verveup.com & speaks a little bit after each one on why she wrote them & why the topics are important to her. Expect the problem with tokenism within the goal for diversity & inclusion; the problem with private & higher education when you’re one of the only black girls there; questioning where Africa’s #metoo movement is, and the issues with poverty porn. Listen to Chanju read her own words, and prepare to be educated. Find ‘Let’s Talk Tokenism’ blog here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/lets-talk-tokenism?rq=chanju%20 If you want to read ‘Equal Education For All? It’s A Myth’, go here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/equal-education-for-all-its-a-myth Find ‘Where Is Africa’s #metoo Movement?’ blog here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/where-is-africas-metoo-moment If you want to read ‘Poverty Porn: Perpetuating Stereotypes and Denying Real Activism’, go here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/poverty-porn-perpetuating-stereotypes-and-denying-real-activism If you want to read anything else that Chanju has written, head over here: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/?author=5a82eb02db7926cb172dbe43 VERVE links: Website: https://www.verveup.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/verve_up FB: https://www.facebook.com/verveup/ Guest Host: Chanju Mwanza - VERVE London Operative & Blogger Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Podcast Editor: Helena Burton- Jones Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative Please reach out if we've missed something in our episode notes. contact@verveup.com

EPISODE 18: Sophia Ukor & Violet Simon This is Episode 2/5 of our October / Black History Month edition For five weeks during October / Black History Month UK, we’ll be handing over the mic to VERVE Operative and blogger, Chanju Mwanza for a She/Said Melanin Takeover. Chanju will be welcoming a range of guests including Stella Dadzie, one of the authors of Heart of the Race, Black Women’s life in Britain. The Melanin Podcast Takeover will be covering topics like misogynoir, the politics of black hair and how to survive a white curriculum that denies your voice. This week Chanju gets the chance to talk with founder of the lifestyle brand ‘Violet Simon’, Sophia Ukor. In this episode they explore Ukor’s upbringing - how it brought her to where she is now; how she dealt with her own violent past; how she related with her body and her hair, and how her own mental health issues have shaped who she is today. By opening up the discussion on being successful as a Black Woman, Chanju & Sophia explore the journey that many other Black Women will be able to relate to. More on Sophia Ukor & her accomplishments: Article on her first issue published July 2018: https://www.diarydirectory.com/newsarticle/womens-lifestyle-company-violet-simon-launches-debut-magazine/20113 Link to her lifestyle website: https://www.violetsimon.co.uk Book recommendations: http://www.theslumflower.com/the-book/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Louise-L.-Hay/e/B000APL6J4 https://www.amazon.com/Braving-Wilderness-Quest-Belonging-Courage/dp/0812995848 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Need-Your-Love-approval-appreciation/dp/1844130266 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maya-angelou https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neon-Soul-Collection-Poetry-Prose/dp/1449484832 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thought-Was-Just-But-Isnt/dp/1491513853 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Call-Myself-Feminist-Twenty-Five-Thirty/dp/0349006555 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Belong-You-Quiet-Noise/dp/1501145398 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Voice-Joss-Sheldon/dp/1786975092 https://gettingthingsdone.com https://www.amazon.co.uk/Success-Sixteen-Lessons-Napoleon-Hill/dp/1617201782 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boundaries-Leaders-Results-Relationships-Ridiculously/dp/0062206338 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boundaries-Cloud-Townsend/dp/0310351804/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539181458&sr=1-1&keywords=boundaries+cloud+townsend https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eric-Ries/e/B004VIDMR0 Violet Simon Social: IG : @violetsimonofficial https://www.instagram.com/violetsimonofficial/ Twitter: @violetsimon_ https://twitter.com/violetsimon_?lang=en Violet Simon Magazine: IG: @violetsimonmagazine https://www.instagram.com/violetsimonmagazine/ Sophia Aukor Social: IG: @sophiaukor https://www.instagram.com/sophiaukor/ VERVE links: Website: https://www.verveup.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/verve_up FB: https://www.facebook.com/verveup/ Guest Host: Chanju Mwanza - VERVE London Operative & Blogger Guest: Sophia Ukor - Founder of Violet Simon Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Podcast Editor: Helena Burton- Jones Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative Please reach out if we've missed something in our episode notes. contact@verveup.com

EPISODE 17: Misogynoir - Black History Month UK This is Episode 1/5 of our October / Black History Month edition For five weeks during October / Black History Month UK, we’ll be handing over the mic to VERVE Operative and blogger, Chanju Mwanza for a She/Said Melanin Takeover. Chanju will be welcoming a range of guests including Stella Dadzie, one of the authors of Heart of the Race, Black Women’s life in Britain. The Melanin Podcast Takeover will be covering topics like misogynoir, the politics of black hair and how to survive a white curriculum that denies your voice. Chanju Mwanza reads her blog from VERVE She/Said titled "Feminist Facts: What is Misogynoir?" After reading her blog - Chanju is joined by VERVE London Operative Karine Davilmar to talk about what Misogynoir means to them as Black Women living in London. Link to Chanju's Blog: Feminist Facts: What is Misogynoir? https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/what-is-misogynoir Link to other blogs by Chanju Mwanza: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/?author=5a82eb02db7926cb172dbe43 Books mentioned: Slay in Your Lane - The Black Girl Bible by Yomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinené Heart of the Race - Black Women’s Lives in Britain - Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie and Suzanne Scafe Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by Bell Hooks Young Female and Black by Heidi Safia Mirza Why I’m no Longer talking to white people about race - Reni Eddo Lodge VERVE social links: Website: https://www.verveup.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/verve_up FB: https://www.facebook.com/verveup/ Guest Host: Chanju Mwanza - VERVE London Operative & Blogger Guest: Karine Davilmar - VERVE London Operative Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative Please reach out if we've missed something in our episode notes. contact@verveup.com

EPISODE 14: Your Voluntourism Is Doing More Harm Than Good This week VERVE bring in Chanju Mwanza, badass feminist who contributes to VERVE’s blog, to read and discuss her recent blog ‘Your Voluntourism is Doing More Harm Than Good’. Afterwards Chief Feminist Operative & CEO of VERVE, Anna Quick Palmer, and Chief Managing Feminist, Erin Whiteley, talk to Chanju about the complex issue of ‘White Saviour-ism’. We discuss the negative impacts of young adults using their 'volunteering' as a way to travel, how awful it is for children to get attached to those they won't see again, and how to know when to help & when to step back. Has your own volunteering been more harmful than helpful? Listen for the ways in which you can help instead of hinder through your own volunteering. Article ‘Your Voluntourism is Doing More Harm Than Good’ by VERVE Contributor Chanju Mwanza: https://www.verveup.com/shesaid/your-voluntourism-is-doing-more-harm-than-good?rq=voluntourism GVI Volunteering that Anna mentions her daughters helped with: https://www.gvi.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMImoqM3su13QIV6pztCh2nRwucEAAYASAAEgIx_fD_BwE Defining what ‘White Saviour Complex is’: https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/06/white-savior-problem/ What the volunteering programme that Anna mentions, ‘Peace Corps’: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Corps More on one of VERVE’s favoured charities, Tostan: https://www.tostan.org VERVE social links: Website: https://www.verveup.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/verve_up/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/verve_up FB: https://www.facebook.com/verveup/ Speaking: Anna Quick-Palmer - VERVE Chief Feminist Operative Erin Whiteley - VERVE Chief Managing Feminist Chanju Mwanza - VERVE Contributor Helena Burton- Jones - VERVE Podcast Manager & Editor Music Intro & Outro: Jamie Masterson - Freelance Music Producer (insta: jaytmasterson) Speaking over Intro & Outro music: Anna Quick- Palmer - VERVE Founder & Chief Feminist Operative