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We spoke with Pmc Rides, Co-Coordinator of the Suffield PMC Rides Chris Nikolis about the 2025 PMC Kids Rides on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at McAlister School.

In March of 1924, more than 100 Black and white attendees were at a dinner party in downtown Manhattan. The party was organized by prominent thinkers Charles S. Johnson and Alain Locke and included people like W.E.B. DuBois. Their goal was to bring together Harlem’s young Black writers with white publishers to help the writers’ work find a national audience. The party was a success. So much so that it’s often considered the start of the period known as the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance saw a boom in the popularity of Black writers, just as the party’s organizers hoped. Writers like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston might get the most attention, but the period was not just about writing— music and visual arts also flourished. This hour, we’re listening back to our episode exploring the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance. UConn professor Erika Williams joins us to explain what the Harlem Renaissance was and to help us understand how people thought about queerness during the Harlem Renaissance. We’ll also hear from Denise Murrell who curated a recent exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art called "The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism." She says exhibits like this one can help expand the museum-going public. GUESTS: Erika Williams: Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut. Denise Murrell: Merryl H. & James S. Tisch Curator at Large at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She recently curated an exhibit called "The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism," which was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2024. Brandon Hutchinson: Associate Professor of English, Affiliate Faculty of Women and Gender Studies and Co-Coordinator of the Africana Studies Program at Southern Connecticut State University. Jonah Craggett: one of Brandon Hutchinson's former students John Guillemette: one of Brandon Hutchinson's former students Frankie Devevo: one of Erika Williams' former students and former CT Public intern To learn more about Zora Neale Hurston, you can listen to our interview with Tracy Heather Strain. This episode originally aired on December 20, 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on Talk World Radio we are talking about peace activism in the United States with Al Mytty who has been involved in a variety of social justice and peace programs including Pax Christi, Just Faith, Veterans For Peace, and World BEYOND War. He has been an active supporter of World BEYOND War since 2015 and now serves as the Co-Coordinator for the Illinois chapter. Previously, when he resided in Florida, he served as Co-Coordinator for the WBW Florida chapter. Upcoming Zoom on starting a World BEYOND War chapter: https://actionnetwork.org/events/online-info-session-starting-a-world-beyond-war-chapter?clear_id=true

If you've forgotten how powerful, creative and connected you are - this episode with Alyssa Dennis will help you remember! Today we dive deep into how re-connecting with plants and Nature can help you access the wealth of wisdom, knowledge and power that's already inside of you.⚡️ IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT:How your biggest challenges can inspire purpose and growthTips for listening to your body and living in harmony with the seasonHow herbalism can help you understand manifestation and alchemyThe intersection of creativity, herbalism and nature to enhance your healing journeyHow clinical herbalists support holistic health, and accessible resources like Herbalists without BordersMORE ABOUT ALYSSA: Alyssa Dennis is a deep ecologist, educator, interdisciplinary artist and clinical herbalist dedicated to the movements of peace, justice & environmental kin-ship. She is the founder of Eclipta Herbal and steward of a small herbal sanctuary in Baltimore City. Home to over 100 different species of medicinal plants (& growing) this educational space is an experiment in ecological conservation of the human body and that of the land body as well as a gathering ground for community building, earth skills workshops, plant tours and collaboration. She has a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art and a MFA from Tulane University. She completed her herbal training at Arbor Vitae School of Traditional Herbalism and is a Co-Coordinator of the Herbalist Without Borders Baltimore Chapter. CONNECT WITH ALYSSA:WEBSITES: https://ecliptaherbal.com/ and https://www.alyssadennis.com/FOLLOW on IG: @ecliptaherbal  and @alyssadennisstudiosMORE ABOUT GINA:Gina Casbarro is a certified Life Designer® coach and feng shui expert who empowers her clients to blaze their own path and design the life and space of their dreams. Gina's passion for coaching began as a manager at lululemon. She spent more than eight years there coaching hundreds of people to develop as leaders and crush their goals. Her love of nature, symbolism, and intuition led her to feng shui. She now weaves these passions together to support her clients in aligning their mindset, their lifestyle, and their environment with their truest goals and values. Gina is the host of the podcast “Follow your Spark”, which she began on a year-long road trip around the USA. She now interviews people all over the world on what it looks like to create a life you love. CONNECT WITH GINA: Website:  https://ginacasbarro.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gina_casbarro/ LOOKING FOR 1:1 SUPPORT?Book a free Consultation Call here!FREE TOOLS TO HELP YOU FOLLOW YOUR SPARK:Download Gina's top 15 Transformational Tools:  https://ginacasbarro.com/transformational-toolsMusic: https://www.purple-planet.com/ 

Fresh from her trip to the Olympics in Paris, guest host Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati talks about her travels.  She also speaks to Kimberly A. Lloyd, President and CEO of the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation, a public/private community development corporation that focus on neighborhoods and commercial corridors.  Lloyd is also President of the Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and Co-Coordinator of the 54th Eastern Regional Conference taking place in Philadelphia August 15th-18th.  In addition, Lloyd aloo shares her thoughts for the monthly feature "What is Philadelphia Reading?"https://phillyalumnae-dst.org/https://www.instagram.com/phillydeltas/ https://oarcphilly.org/

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Matty and Kikau chat with Aaron Brown, Cassie Abate, and Tom Delbello, the co-heads of the Musical Theatre program at Texas State University. Their recommendations include Cowboy Carter, The Art and Practice of Musical Theatre, and Director/Choreographer, Tuan Malinowski. -------- Aaron currently serves as a Co-Head of Musical Theatre: Director of Student Relations, Production and New Work at Texas State University. He formerly, served as assistant professor and Co-Coordinator of Musical Theatre at Sam Houston State University from 2019-2023. Some of Aaron's past directing credits include the world premiere of ShaWanna Rivon's You're Cordially Invited to Sit-In (Stages), Houston for the Holidays (Stages), Shakespeare in Love, Airness, Detroit '67, Once on this Island, Violet, Godspell (WaterTower), Crazy for You, Hamoncé: A Devised Piece, Black Magic: A Shakespeare Adaption, The Pavilion, and Hairspray. His assistant director credits include the world premiere production of Regina Taylor's Bread (WaterTower Theatre), Ain't Misbehavin (TUTS), and the regional premiere of Dear Jack, Dear Louise (A.D. Players). Aaron Brown holds an MFA in Directing from Baylor University and a BM in Music Theatre from Oklahoma City University. Aaron is a proud supporter and promoter of diversity in the arts. He is a firm believer that Representation Matters! Aaron is grateful for the love of his amazing wife Holly and their two kids, Eliza Grace and Isaiah Carter Brown. Cassie Abate is a Co-Head of the Musical Theatre Program. Cassie originally hails from Sarasota, FL and has spent the last 15 years working as a performer, director and choreographer in New York and throughout the country. Cassie received a BFA in Musical Theatre from The University of Miami and an MFA in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University. Other training includes Ann Reinking's Broadway Theatre Project and Gil Stroming's Break the Floor in New York City. Cassie was an adjunct professor in the Musical Theatre Program at Montclair State University as well as a Graduate Student Instructor at San Diego State University where she taught dance at the undergraduate and graduate level. Tom is a Co-head of Musical Theatre: Head of Production and New Works. They hold a Masters in Directing from Texas State University. At TXST, Tom has directed Spring Awakening, Guys & Dolls, Cabaret, Hair, Speech and Debate, the New Musical workshop of Dylan Spencer's Cat Obedience School, and many other new works. In Texas he has worked as an associate director at regional theatres such as The Zach Theatre in Austin, and Theatre Under the Stars in Houston. Select acting credits include, the world premier and Toronto companies of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Boys in the Photograph and the North American tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolored Dreamcoat. He has performed at regional theatres across North America and cruised the high seas as a lead vocalist with both Disney Cruise Lines and Princess Cruises.

The episode was recorded on 28 November 2023 in cooperation with Ponto. A new power balance is emerging in the South Caucasus – especially visible after the Second Karabakh War – whereby Turkey and Russia are simultaneously competing and cooperating in the region. Turkey is Azerbaijan's staunchest ally and has assisted it militarily in its war effort. Russia, on the other hand, spearheads the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), in which Armenia is a member. However, Moscow has been ambiguous about its support for Yerevan in the conflict with Baku, refusing to back Yerevan militarily in the Second Karabakh War in 2020 and the subsequent Azerbaijani offensives in 2021-2023. With the exodus of Karabakh Armenians in September after Baku's complete takeover of the territory, Russia's peacekeeping force stationed in the region has been rendered meaningless. But will Russian forces leave the region? Will Turkey normalize its relations with Armenia now that Azerbaijan has all of Nagorno-Karabakh under its control? What kind of involvement might Russia have in the establishment of a route through Armenia to Nakhichevan? What interest does Turkey have in transport connections in the region? In this episode, we discuss these and other motivations for the continued involvement of Turkey and Russia in the South Caucasus. Guests: Mustafa Aydın is a Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University (Istanbul), and the President of International Relations Council of Turkey. Previously, he worked at Ankara University and Economy and Technology University, and was the Rector of Kadir Has University between 2010 and 2018. Professor Aydın was guest researcher and/or lecturer at Michigan, Harvard, and Athens universities, as well as at Richardson Institute for Peace Studies, the EU Institute for Security Studies and the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen. He was member of Economy and Foreign Policy Study Group of the President of Turkey (2003-2009), Co-Coordinator of the International Commission on Black Sea (2010); and Director of International Policy Research Institute (2005-2011). Mustafa Aydin's publications include The Levant; Search for a Regional Order (ed., 2019), Eurasia Trilogy (ed. in Turkish, 2008, 2010, 2012), International Security Today; Understanding Change and Debating Security (ed. with K. Ifantis, 2006); Turkish Foreign and Security Policy (2006); Turkish Foreign Policy; Old Problems, New Parameters (2010); and Non-Traditional Security Threats and Regional Cooperation in the Southern Caucasus (2011). Kirill Krivosheev is an independent foreign policy expert from Russia, focusing on the post-Soviet states. In addition, he observes political developments in Türkiye and Afghanistan, as key neighbors of the former USSR. From 2016 to 2023, he worked as a foreign desk correspondent for Kommersant newspaper, covering elections, protests, and wars, especially the Karabakh conflict. After finishing his tenure at Kommersant, Kirill began writing analytical pieces for the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin as well as other platforms. Moderation: Marylia Hushcha, Researcher and Project Manager at the IIP

Indonesia's ambitious plan to move the administrative headquarters of its capital city from Jakarta to a new location on the island of Borneo, in the East Kalimantan province, is nearing the completion of its first phase. Known as Nusantara, the new city's inauguration is scheduled to coincide with Indonesia's Independence Day on 17th August, the date of the final term of office for the current President Joko Widodo. The project has been deemed necessary as Jakarta is considered no longer fit for purpose. Located on the island of Java, it ranks as one of the most densely populated cities in the world and it is reported to be sinking by around 17 centimetres a year in some areas, due to a combination of environmental pollution and climate change. With four more phases to go, around two million people are expected to inhabit Nusantara by the planned completion date of 2045, but that remains dependent on a number of factors and the schedule has already hit some challenges. Future development is reliant on billions of dollars from foreign investors and currently the Government is struggling to secure much commitment. Furthermore, with Presidential elections due next month, there are concerns about whether a new leader will be inclined to continue with the vision announced by the outgoing President Joko Widodo. So this week on The Inquiry, we're asking ‘Can Indonesia pull off relocating its capital?' Contributors: Dr Athiqah Nur Alami, Head of Research Centre for Politics, National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia. Dimas Wisnu Adrianto, Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Brawijaya University, Indonesia Sulfikar Amir, Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang University, Singapore Julia Lau, Senior Fellow and Co Coordinator, Indonesian Studies Programme, ISEAS, Yusuf Ishak Institute, Singapore Presenter: Charmaine Cozier Producers: Matt Toulson and Jill Collins Editor: Tara McDermott Technical Producer: Nicky Edwards and Toby James Production Co-ordinator: Tim FernleyMain image: Indonesia's President Joko Widodo speaks about the planned new capital Nusantara, at Ecosperity Week in Singapore June 7, 2023. Image credit: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg/Getty.

Travel with us to Chile to learn from Nicole Markwick, Co-Coordinator of Citizen Engagement for the Municipality of Viña del Mar. This episode covers everything from the importance of civic education and being connected to community groups, to how governments can use creative outreach tactics and tools like WhatsApp to expand their reach. Nicole also shared how trust building comes with vulnerability both from community members and local governments. Intrigued? Listen in!  

Your daily highlights of Toronto Today with Greg Brady & Sheba Siddiqui. On today's episode: 1 - Greg talks Day 4 of Israeli/Hamas ceasefire & Chrystia Freeland. (0:15 - 8:35) 2 - Dr. Eric Kam, Economics Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, about McDonald's story/Fall Economic Statement/Bad Boy Furniture (8:41 - 17:05) 3 - Rafi Aaron, Spokesperson, Interfaith Coalition to Fight Homelessness & Co-Coordinator of the Out of the Cold Meal Program at St. Luke's United Church.  (17:22 - 25:31) 4 - David Matlow, attorney - began writing letters to 10 year-old Ofri Brodutch - held by Hamas terrorists, she had attended summer camp in GTA this past summer. (24:04 - 32:41)

Your daily highlights of Toronto Today with Greg Brady & Sheba Siddiqui. On today's episode: 1 - Greg talks Day 4 of Israeli/Hamas ceasefire & Chrystia Freeland. (0:15 - 8:35) 2 - Dr. Eric Kam, Economics Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University, about McDonald's story/Fall Economic Statement/Bad Boy Furniture (8:41 - 17:05) 3 - Rafi Aaron, Spokesperson, Interfaith Coalition to Fight Homelessness & Co-Coordinator of the Out of the Cold Meal Program at St. Luke's United Church.  (17:22 - 25:31) 4 - David Matlow, attorney - began writing letters to 10 year-old Ofri Brodutch - held by Hamas terrorists, she had attended summer camp in GTA this past summer. (24:04 - 32:41)

November 22nd, 1963 – 60 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed while riding in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas. It was one of the defining moments of the 20th century. During that week in November, 1963, there was an observance of another seminal moment in American history – the 100th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. President Kennedy was invited to speak in Gettysburg, but declined and went to Dallas later in the week. On The Spark Wednesday we talked about that week in 1963 in Gettysburg, documents that survive and Kennedy and Gettysburg. Appearing on the program, Jill Ogline Titus, Associate Director of the Civil War Institute, Co-Coordinator of Public History Minor at Gettysburg College and author of the book Gettysburg 1963 Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America's Most Famous Small Town, said Kennedy could have chosen to attend both the commemoration of the Gettysburg Address and gone to Dallas as well,"The Gettysburg Centennial Commission did invite Kennedy to come for the anniversary and the the anniversary commemoration wasn't just the (November) 19th. The events really spanned from the 17th through the 19th. There were a few more things on the 20th, and the invitation to Kennedy was to speak on the 19th itself. But there were a number of other activities that the Commission would have loved to have him involved in if he had been here for longer than just the 19th. That it's definitely true that people involved with the commemoration, as soon as word of the assassination reached them, immediately drew the conclusion that if Kennedy had come, his life would have been saved. They wrote about that very extensively. You know, if President Kennedy had only accepted our invitation, he'd still be alive and the country would have been spared this this horrible tragedy. But I think the documentation shows us that it's not quite that much of a black and white issue." Titus indicated that Kennedy went to Texas because there was a political feud amongst Democrats on the state level and Kennedy wanted to shore up support in an important state in the 1964 election. Andrew Dalton, Executive Director of the Adams County Historical Society said on The Spark that documents in the Historical Society's archives include plans for President Kennedy if he came to Gettysburg, but he added those plans included someone who had a significant role after the president was killed,"It's actually just very kind of hastily put together notes from a meeting that was held, sort of a memo that was created based on this meeting held on September 5th, 1963, between Louis Simon, who was the secretary of the planning committee here in Gettysburg, and Malcolm Kilduff, who was the assistant press secretary.  I just wanted to point out, I didn't know this until a few hours ago, but Malcolm Kilduff ended up going to Dallas with Kennedy a few days after and was actually the acting press secretary there with Kennedy. He was in, I think the third car of the motorcade that went to the hospital. He was actually the man who informed Lyndon Johnson that Kennedy had died. He gave the statement in front of TV cameras to the press and then actually recorded the oath of office on the plane when Johnson was sworn in. So this guy, just a few days later, is right there on the front lines of what was going on in Dallas. But fast rewind 78 days and you have this meeting in the press office at the White House between the folks in Gettysburg and Kilduff." The document Dalton referred to (see below) included logistical questions about Kennedy's time in Gettysburg and the activities surrounding the 100th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. One question from the White House was whether Kennedy would ride in a car through the streets of Gettysburg to the National Cemetery, where Kennedy would speak, or if there was a place for a helicopter to land closer to the cemetery. Dalton speculated there was concern about the president riding in an open car.Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, I have the honor of interviewing Dr. Jamie Aten, the Co-Founder of Spiritual First Aid, an 8-session certification course that teaches frontline peer-to-peer spiritual and emotional care for individuals and churches. We discuss the mental health crisis facing the Church today and tangible ways the Body can help those in crisis or experiencing personal grief or trauma. Through facilitated small group training, SFA is designed to equip leaders and laypersons with trauma-informed tools for providing initial support for those in their community, workplace, and home.  About Dr. Aten: Dr. Aten is the Co-Founder of Spiritual First Aid and the Founder and Co-Director of Humanitarian Disaster Institute, Blanchard Chair of Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership, and Co-Coordinator of the Trauma Certificate Program at Wheaton College and co-host of The Better Samaritan Blog and Podcast at Christianity Today.  Resources:  https://www.jamieaten.com To check out more about Spiritual First Aid please visit: https://www.spiritualfirstaid.org What is the Church's role in mental health care? Sign up today for the FREE  Mental Health Summit on October 10th. https://www.churchmentalhealthsummit.com Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

I'm not sure where you live, but it seems like every location these days is experiencing some sort of disaster: wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods. It's one thing to experience that on a personal level—let's say your basement floods after a heavy rain. But it's another thing to experience that as a community or entire region. I've learned that I often have no idea of either the short-term or long-term impact of such a disaster. Not until I had this conversation with Jamie Aten. Jamie is the co-founder of Spiritual First Aid. He also provides leadership in several programs for humanitarian and disaster relief, including the Trauma Certificate Program at Wheaton College. On a personal level, though, he has experienced disaster and trauma of his own as a Hurricane Katrina and late-stage early onset cancer survivor. So Jamie has not only done the research, he has experienced it for himself. And what he has to share is enlightening and encouraging. If you or your church have been praying about ways to support those experiencing the impact of disaster, I can't wait for you to hear what he has to share. We start by defining disaster and then move into the impact disaster can have on someone's life and how we can support them. He isn't just generous with his knowledge; Jamie has a ton of examples to share along the way.  Kari   MEET JAMIE:  JAMIE ATEN, P H . D . , is Co-Founder of Spiritual First Aid. He is also the Founder and Co-Director of Humanitarian Disaster Institute, Blanchard Chair of Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership, and Co-Coordinator of the Trauma Certificate Program at Wheaton College. Personally, he is both a Hurricane Katrina and late-stage early onset cancer survivor. Professionally, as a disaster psychologist he has responded to and researched disasters and mass traumas around the globe. He is cohost of The Better Samaritan Blog and Podcast at Christianity Today. You can follow Jamie on Twitter at @drjamieaten.   RELATED EPISODES + RESOURCES: ·       Church Mental Health Summit: http://lovedoesthat.org/mentalhealth23 ·       Spiritual First Aid: An 8-session certification course on responding to trauma ·       Episode 16: Trauma-Informed Care: Being the Cover for Those Who are Hurting with Kristen Brock ______ >> Free Journaling Workshop: 3 Ways to Encounter God on the Pages of Your Journal http://lovedoesthat.org/journalingworkshop >> Journal Gently: An 8-week program designed to help you process grief and trauma with God http://lovedoesthat.org/journalgently >> Written Spiritual Direction: Recognize God's presence in your pain http://lovedoesthat.org/spiritualdirection

It is back to school time and parents everywhere are faced with questions about their kids’ safety. Statistics show that the number of shootings within schools, even elementary schools, is at an all time high in our country. Should parents be scared? Should their kids be scared? Join us for this episode of the CarSeat Questions podcast with Dr. Jamie Aten for a discussion on these realities that face parents everywhere. JAMIE ATEN, PhD, is Co-Founder of Spiritual First Aid. He is also the Founder and Co-Director of Humanitarian Disaster Institute, Blanchard Chair of Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership, and Co-Coordinator of the Trauma Certificate Program at Wheaton College. Personally, he is both a Hurricane Katrina and late-stage early onset cancer survivor. Professionally, as a di­saster psychologist he has responded to and researched disasters and mass traumas around the globe. He has published 9 authored and edited books and over 150 scholarly publications including in some of the top peer-reviewed jour­nals in the field of psychology. His research has been supported by over $7 million dol­lars in awarded grants. He is frequently cited, interviewed, and published in outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, CNN, Fox News, BBC News, Psychology Today, Religion News Service, Moody Radio, and Christianity Today. In 2016 he was awarded the FEMA Community Preparedness Champion Award at the White House. He also received the Early Career Award and Applied Psychology of Re­ligion and Spirituality Award from the American Psychological Association’s Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. He is cohost of the award winning The Better Samaritan blog and podcast at Christianity Today. You can follow Jamie on Twitter at @drjamieaten. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chile! There has been so much going on in the 6 weeks I was trying to REST my mind! And from that, here we are! Whew! ****Note: This is a 2-part episode. Here is the link to the mentioned video on the YouTube Channel ASK A MORTICIAN ft. Dr. Kami Fletcher. Dr. Fletcher is Associate Professor of American & African American History and Co-Coordinator of Women & Gender Studies at Albright College. Follow Dr. Fletcher on Twitter: @kamifletcher. Link: https://youtube.com/watch?v=0J8LQZtusuc&feature=shareb

The federal government announced $1.5M in emergency funding for increased security for Pride festivals. We connect with Valley Pride co-coordinator Ashley Cyr to talk about security concerns following an anti-drag protest and leading up to the valley's first pride festival.

Jennifer is Co-Coordinator of Nevada Griffons Housing. The Griffons need a few more host families.

CONTENT WARNING: Mentions of sexual and gender based violence. The conversation featured in this episode was recorded a few weeks before Judy Heumann passed away on March 4th, 2023. This is the fourth of 5 final episodes of The Heumann Perspective that will be published over the next few weeks. All episodes of The Heumann Perspective will remain available indefinitely at judithheumann.com. The transcript for this podcast episode is available here. This episode is also available in video format on YouTube. Abia Akram has been engaged in the Disability Movement since 1997. She is known as one of most active women with disabilities leader globally. In the struggle of giving voice to women with disabilities, she has been lobbying with parliamentarians, UN high level representatives focusing on developing advocacy strategies to raise awareness, network, and build capacity and at the UN level in relation to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Inclusive Development. She also coordinates efforts of including persons with disabilities in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its sustainable development goals. In particular, she established National Forum of Women with Disabilities, Special Talent Exchange Program (STEP), Aging and Disability Task Force (ADTF), and has been recently assigned the responsibility as Chair, Asia Paific Women with Disabilities Network. She is the Co-Coordinator, Asia Pacific Women with Disabilities United and Coordinator, South Asia Disability and Development Initiative (SADDI) Project, Executive Board Member, Commonwealth Disability Forum. Abia is also a Trustee for the Sightsavers UK and a Board Member of Asia Pacific Women, Law & Development (APWLD). Zahida Hameed Qureshi lives in Multan, Pakistan. When she was just 6-months-old, she got polio and as a result, both of her legs were paralyzed. She began using a wheelchair and found independence doing her daily chores without depending on her family. Zahida went to school, college, and university just like any other independent student. She completed her Masters in Economics from Bahauddin Zakriya University. After completing her education, Zahida was rejected from jobs in her field because of her disability. She finally landed a position at an organization called SPO where people with disabilities are encouraged to work. Working with SPO enabled Zahida to pursue her passion to work for people with disabilities, especially women with disabilities. This passion became an institution in 2007 when Zahida setup a DPO called Society for Special Persons. It works on the concept that "Disabled people are their best advocates" and provides them a platform to express their problems openly and fight for their rights. Zahida strongly believes that people with disabilities should not be view as a burden on society of their families. They must try their best to create opportunities for themselves in order to help improve the country. Related Links: Article about Zahida and Society for Special Persons Society for Special Persons Website National Forum of Women with Disabilities Website UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Sightsavers Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law & Development Stay tuned for the final episode of The Heumann Perspective dropping next Wednesday. Intro music by Lachi. Outro music by Gaelynn Lea.

The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security threats have empowered law enforcement agents, while the lack of adequate reform has upheld institutional weaknesses. This exploration of policing in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial capital, reveals many colonial continuities. Both civilian and military regimes continue to ensure the suppression of the policed via this institution, itself established to militarily subjugate and exploit in the interests of the ruling class. However, contemporary policing practice is not a simple product of its colonial heritage: it has also evolved to confront new challenges and political realities. Based on extensive fieldwork and around 200 interviews, this ethnographic study reveals a distinctly ‘postcolonial condition of policing'. Mutually reinforcing phenomena of militarisation and informality have been exacerbated by an insecure state that routinely conflates combatting crime, maintaining public order and ensuring national security. This is evident not only in spectacular displays of violence and malpractice, but also in police officers' routine work. Caught in the middle of the country's armed conflicts, their encounters with both state and society are a story of insecurity and uncertainty. Zoha Waseem an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. She also Co-Coordinator for the Urban Violence Research Network (UVRN), an international platform connecting academics and researchers working on urban violence and related issues. Her research interests include policing, security/insecurity, armed violence, counterinsurgency, informality, militarisation, and migration in Pakistan, South Asia, and beyond. Deniz Yonucu is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology at Newcastle University. Her work focuses on counterinsurgency, policing and security, surveillance, left-wing and anti-colonial resistance, memory, racism, and emerging digital control technologies. Her book, Police, Provocation, Politics Counterinsurgency in Istanbul (Cornell University Press, 2022), presents a counterintuitive analysis of policing, focusing particular attention on the incitement of counterviolence and perpetual conflict by state security apparatus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security threats have empowered law enforcement agents, while the lack of adequate reform has upheld institutional weaknesses. This exploration of policing in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial capital, reveals many colonial continuities. Both civilian and military regimes continue to ensure the suppression of the policed via this institution, itself established to militarily subjugate and exploit in the interests of the ruling class. However, contemporary policing practice is not a simple product of its colonial heritage: it has also evolved to confront new challenges and political realities. Based on extensive fieldwork and around 200 interviews, this ethnographic study reveals a distinctly ‘postcolonial condition of policing'. Mutually reinforcing phenomena of militarisation and informality have been exacerbated by an insecure state that routinely conflates combatting crime, maintaining public order and ensuring national security. This is evident not only in spectacular displays of violence and malpractice, but also in police officers' routine work. Caught in the middle of the country's armed conflicts, their encounters with both state and society are a story of insecurity and uncertainty. Zoha Waseem an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. She also Co-Coordinator for the Urban Violence Research Network (UVRN), an international platform connecting academics and researchers working on urban violence and related issues. Her research interests include policing, security/insecurity, armed violence, counterinsurgency, informality, militarisation, and migration in Pakistan, South Asia, and beyond. Deniz Yonucu is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology at Newcastle University. Her work focuses on counterinsurgency, policing and security, surveillance, left-wing and anti-colonial resistance, memory, racism, and emerging digital control technologies. Her book, Police, Provocation, Politics Counterinsurgency in Istanbul (Cornell University Press, 2022), presents a counterintuitive analysis of policing, focusing particular attention on the incitement of counterviolence and perpetual conflict by state security apparatus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security threats have empowered law enforcement agents, while the lack of adequate reform has upheld institutional weaknesses. This exploration of policing in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial capital, reveals many colonial continuities. Both civilian and military regimes continue to ensure the suppression of the policed via this institution, itself established to militarily subjugate and exploit in the interests of the ruling class. However, contemporary policing practice is not a simple product of its colonial heritage: it has also evolved to confront new challenges and political realities. Based on extensive fieldwork and around 200 interviews, this ethnographic study reveals a distinctly ‘postcolonial condition of policing'. Mutually reinforcing phenomena of militarisation and informality have been exacerbated by an insecure state that routinely conflates combatting crime, maintaining public order and ensuring national security. This is evident not only in spectacular displays of violence and malpractice, but also in police officers' routine work. Caught in the middle of the country's armed conflicts, their encounters with both state and society are a story of insecurity and uncertainty. Zoha Waseem an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. She also Co-Coordinator for the Urban Violence Research Network (UVRN), an international platform connecting academics and researchers working on urban violence and related issues. Her research interests include policing, security/insecurity, armed violence, counterinsurgency, informality, militarisation, and migration in Pakistan, South Asia, and beyond. Deniz Yonucu is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology at Newcastle University. Her work focuses on counterinsurgency, policing and security, surveillance, left-wing and anti-colonial resistance, memory, racism, and emerging digital control technologies. Her book, Police, Provocation, Politics Counterinsurgency in Istanbul (Cornell University Press, 2022), presents a counterintuitive analysis of policing, focusing particular attention on the incitement of counterviolence and perpetual conflict by state security apparatus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security threats have empowered law enforcement agents, while the lack of adequate reform has upheld institutional weaknesses. This exploration of policing in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial capital, reveals many colonial continuities. Both civilian and military regimes continue to ensure the suppression of the policed via this institution, itself established to militarily subjugate and exploit in the interests of the ruling class. However, contemporary policing practice is not a simple product of its colonial heritage: it has also evolved to confront new challenges and political realities. Based on extensive fieldwork and around 200 interviews, this ethnographic study reveals a distinctly ‘postcolonial condition of policing'. Mutually reinforcing phenomena of militarisation and informality have been exacerbated by an insecure state that routinely conflates combatting crime, maintaining public order and ensuring national security. This is evident not only in spectacular displays of violence and malpractice, but also in police officers' routine work. Caught in the middle of the country's armed conflicts, their encounters with both state and society are a story of insecurity and uncertainty. Zoha Waseem an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. She also Co-Coordinator for the Urban Violence Research Network (UVRN), an international platform connecting academics and researchers working on urban violence and related issues. Her research interests include policing, security/insecurity, armed violence, counterinsurgency, informality, militarisation, and migration in Pakistan, South Asia, and beyond. Deniz Yonucu is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology at Newcastle University. Her work focuses on counterinsurgency, policing and security, surveillance, left-wing and anti-colonial resistance, memory, racism, and emerging digital control technologies. Her book, Police, Provocation, Politics Counterinsurgency in Istanbul (Cornell University Press, 2022), presents a counterintuitive analysis of policing, focusing particular attention on the incitement of counterviolence and perpetual conflict by state security apparatus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security threats have empowered law enforcement agents, while the lack of adequate reform has upheld institutional weaknesses. This exploration of policing in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial capital, reveals many colonial continuities. Both civilian and military regimes continue to ensure the suppression of the policed via this institution, itself established to militarily subjugate and exploit in the interests of the ruling class. However, contemporary policing practice is not a simple product of its colonial heritage: it has also evolved to confront new challenges and political realities. Based on extensive fieldwork and around 200 interviews, this ethnographic study reveals a distinctly ‘postcolonial condition of policing'. Mutually reinforcing phenomena of militarisation and informality have been exacerbated by an insecure state that routinely conflates combatting crime, maintaining public order and ensuring national security. This is evident not only in spectacular displays of violence and malpractice, but also in police officers' routine work. Caught in the middle of the country's armed conflicts, their encounters with both state and society are a story of insecurity and uncertainty. Zoha Waseem an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. She also Co-Coordinator for the Urban Violence Research Network (UVRN), an international platform connecting academics and researchers working on urban violence and related issues. Her research interests include policing, security/insecurity, armed violence, counterinsurgency, informality, militarisation, and migration in Pakistan, South Asia, and beyond. Deniz Yonucu is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology at Newcastle University. Her work focuses on counterinsurgency, policing and security, surveillance, left-wing and anti-colonial resistance, memory, racism, and emerging digital control technologies. Her book, Police, Provocation, Politics Counterinsurgency in Istanbul (Cornell University Press, 2022), presents a counterintuitive analysis of policing, focusing particular attention on the incitement of counterviolence and perpetual conflict by state security apparatus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security

The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security threats have empowered law enforcement agents, while the lack of adequate reform has upheld institutional weaknesses. This exploration of policing in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial capital, reveals many colonial continuities. Both civilian and military regimes continue to ensure the suppression of the policed via this institution, itself established to militarily subjugate and exploit in the interests of the ruling class. However, contemporary policing practice is not a simple product of its colonial heritage: it has also evolved to confront new challenges and political realities. Based on extensive fieldwork and around 200 interviews, this ethnographic study reveals a distinctly ‘postcolonial condition of policing'. Mutually reinforcing phenomena of militarisation and informality have been exacerbated by an insecure state that routinely conflates combatting crime, maintaining public order and ensuring national security. This is evident not only in spectacular displays of violence and malpractice, but also in police officers' routine work. Caught in the middle of the country's armed conflicts, their encounters with both state and society are a story of insecurity and uncertainty. Zoha Waseem an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. She also Co-Coordinator for the Urban Violence Research Network (UVRN), an international platform connecting academics and researchers working on urban violence and related issues. Her research interests include policing, security/insecurity, armed violence, counterinsurgency, informality, militarisation, and migration in Pakistan, South Asia, and beyond. Deniz Yonucu is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology at Newcastle University. Her work focuses on counterinsurgency, policing and security, surveillance, left-wing and anti-colonial resistance, memory, racism, and emerging digital control technologies. Her book, Police, Provocation, Politics Counterinsurgency in Istanbul (Cornell University Press, 2022), presents a counterintuitive analysis of policing, focusing particular attention on the incitement of counterviolence and perpetual conflict by state security apparatus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security threats have empowered law enforcement agents, while the lack of adequate reform has upheld institutional weaknesses. This exploration of policing in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial capital, reveals many colonial continuities. Both civilian and military regimes continue to ensure the suppression of the policed via this institution, itself established to militarily subjugate and exploit in the interests of the ruling class. However, contemporary policing practice is not a simple product of its colonial heritage: it has also evolved to confront new challenges and political realities. Based on extensive fieldwork and around 200 interviews, this ethnographic study reveals a distinctly ‘postcolonial condition of policing'. Mutually reinforcing phenomena of militarisation and informality have been exacerbated by an insecure state that routinely conflates combatting crime, maintaining public order and ensuring national security. This is evident not only in spectacular displays of violence and malpractice, but also in police officers' routine work. Caught in the middle of the country's armed conflicts, their encounters with both state and society are a story of insecurity and uncertainty. Zoha Waseem an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. She also Co-Coordinator for the Urban Violence Research Network (UVRN), an international platform connecting academics and researchers working on urban violence and related issues. Her research interests include policing, security/insecurity, armed violence, counterinsurgency, informality, militarisation, and migration in Pakistan, South Asia, and beyond. Deniz Yonucu is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology at Newcastle University. Her work focuses on counterinsurgency, policing and security, surveillance, left-wing and anti-colonial resistance, memory, racism, and emerging digital control technologies. Her book, Police, Provocation, Politics Counterinsurgency in Istanbul (Cornell University Press, 2022), presents a counterintuitive analysis of policing, focusing particular attention on the incitement of counterviolence and perpetual conflict by state security apparatus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security threats have empowered law enforcement agents, while the lack of adequate reform has upheld institutional weaknesses. This exploration of policing in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial capital, reveals many colonial continuities. Both civilian and military regimes continue to ensure the suppression of the policed via this institution, itself established to militarily subjugate and exploit in the interests of the ruling class. However, contemporary policing practice is not a simple product of its colonial heritage: it has also evolved to confront new challenges and political realities. Based on extensive fieldwork and around 200 interviews, this ethnographic study reveals a distinctly ‘postcolonial condition of policing'. Mutually reinforcing phenomena of militarisation and informality have been exacerbated by an insecure state that routinely conflates combatting crime, maintaining public order and ensuring national security. This is evident not only in spectacular displays of violence and malpractice, but also in police officers' routine work. Caught in the middle of the country's armed conflicts, their encounters with both state and society are a story of insecurity and uncertainty. Zoha Waseem an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. She also Co-Coordinator for the Urban Violence Research Network (UVRN), an international platform connecting academics and researchers working on urban violence and related issues. Her research interests include policing, security/insecurity, armed violence, counterinsurgency, informality, militarisation, and migration in Pakistan, South Asia, and beyond. Deniz Yonucu is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology at Newcastle University. Her work focuses on counterinsurgency, policing and security, surveillance, left-wing and anti-colonial resistance, memory, racism, and emerging digital control technologies. Her book, Police, Provocation, Politics Counterinsurgency in Istanbul (Cornell University Press, 2022), presents a counterintuitive analysis of policing, focusing particular attention on the incitement of counterviolence and perpetual conflict by state security apparatus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The police force is one of the most distrusted institutions in Pakistan, notorious for its corruption and brutality. In both colonial and postcolonial contexts, directives to confront security threats have empowered law enforcement agents, while the lack of adequate reform has upheld institutional weaknesses. This exploration of policing in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and financial capital, reveals many colonial continuities. Both civilian and military regimes continue to ensure the suppression of the policed via this institution, itself established to militarily subjugate and exploit in the interests of the ruling class. However, contemporary policing practice is not a simple product of its colonial heritage: it has also evolved to confront new challenges and political realities. Based on extensive fieldwork and around 200 interviews, this ethnographic study reveals a distinctly ‘postcolonial condition of policing'. Mutually reinforcing phenomena of militarisation and informality have been exacerbated by an insecure state that routinely conflates combatting crime, maintaining public order and ensuring national security. This is evident not only in spectacular displays of violence and malpractice, but also in police officers' routine work. Caught in the middle of the country's armed conflicts, their encounters with both state and society are a story of insecurity and uncertainty. Zoha Waseem an Assistant Professor in Criminology at the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. She also Co-Coordinator for the Urban Violence Research Network (UVRN), an international platform connecting academics and researchers working on urban violence and related issues. Her research interests include policing, security/insecurity, armed violence, counterinsurgency, informality, militarisation, and migration in Pakistan, South Asia, and beyond. Deniz Yonucu is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in the School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology at Newcastle University. Her work focuses on counterinsurgency, policing and security, surveillance, left-wing and anti-colonial resistance, memory, racism, and emerging digital control technologies. Her book, Police, Provocation, Politics Counterinsurgency in Istanbul (Cornell University Press, 2022), presents a counterintuitive analysis of policing, focusing particular attention on the incitement of counterviolence and perpetual conflict by state security apparatus.

In this episode, we address a proposal by CMS to cover seat elevation equipment in Group 3 power wheelchairs. Our guests are Joe Nahra, Co-Coordinator of the ITEM Coalition, and Ali Ingersoll, a disability strategy consultant, Ms. Wheelchair America 2023, and a day trader. Co-hosts are Patricia Sullivan, AMRPA Director of Communications, and Kate Beller, AMRPA Executive Vice President for Government Affairs.   Take action and learn more about seat elevation coverage at www.rise4access.org.  

The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) was signed in 1959, and will not be modified until 2048. Climate diplomacy expert Dhanasree Jayaram tells Bertie about the environmental risks that could threaten Antarctica before then, including illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, militarisation, bioprospecting, increased tourism, and resource extraction. Dr. Jayaram is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, and Co-Coordinator of the Centre for Climate Studies, in Manipal Academy of Higher Education, and an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation International Climate Protection Fellow. Further reading: In 30 years the Antarctic Treaty becomes modifiable, and the fate of a continent could hang in the balance, The Conversation By Dr. Jayaram:'Geopolitics, Environmental Change and Antarctic Governance: A Region in Need of a Transformative Approach to Science Diplomacy', Assessing the Antarctic Environment from a Climate Change Perspective'Geopolitical and geoeconomic implications of climate change in the Arctic region: the future of contestation and cooperation', Understanding Present and Past Arctic Environments 'Geopolitics, Science and Climate Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific: An Assessment', Science Diplomacy ReviewClimate Diplomacy and Emerging Economies: India as a Case StudyClick here to visit The Future Unrefined, our curated collection of articles and podcasts on raw materials and extraction. Find more podcasts and articles at www.landclimate.org

Reading, we've long understood, is fundamental. Where we lack consensus, however, seems to be on what the fundamentals of reading are. Amy and Mike invited educator Dr. Linda Hirsch to share new insights into literacy. What are five things you will learn in this episode? Why is early literacy so foundational? What is the history of the "reading wars"? Why has pedagogy shifted to its current re-emphasis on phonics? How do decoding strategies and cultural knowledge interact in reading  How do we encourage children to become readers? MEET OUR GUEST Dr. Linda Hirsch is a professor in the English Department at Hostos Community College/CUNY and a literacy development expert. She is also the creator, producer, writer and host of EdCast, a TV program that examines pressing issues in education. EdCast airs on CUNY TV, WNYE and the web.  Since its inception, EdCast has received seven Telly awards for excellence in cable broadcasting. These include “How to Spot Fake News,” “Holocaust Education,” NYC Men Teach: Bringing Men of Color into the Classroom,” “A Conversation with André Aciman: Whose Text is it Anyway?” “Addressing Bullying,” “New Approaches to Stuttering” and “Children's Emerging Literacy Development.”  Dr. Hirsch is the Director of the Liberal Arts Degree and Co-Coordinator of the Writing-Across-the-Curriculum (WAC) Program at Hostos. She holds a Ph.D. in English Education from NYU and is the author of numerous publications on literacy, English-language learners and WAC. She has taught graduate courses at Columbia University's Teachers College, New York University, and the CUNY Graduate Center on literacy and linguistics and was a consultant for the PBS children's literacy series, Ghostwriter. Linda can be reached at LHIRSCH@hostos.cuny.edu. LINKS "EdCast" Playlist A Brief History of 'The Reading Wars' Casualties of the Reading Wars RELATED EPISODES IMPROVING READING SKILLS WITH STRUGGLING TEENS (PART 1) IMPROVING READING SKILLS WITH STRUGGLING TEENS (PART 2) SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTION AND READING COMPREHENSION ABOUT THIS PODCAST Tests and the Rest is THE college admissions industry podcast. Explore all of our episodes on the show page. ABOUT YOUR HOSTS Mike Bergin is the president of Chariot Learning and founder of TestBright. Amy Seeley is the president of Seeley Test Pros. If you're interested in working with Mike and/or Amy for test preparation, training, or consulting, feel free to get in touch through our contact page.

In this bonus episode we are switching things up by talking to a biblical scholar, Dr. Caryn Reeder. Dr. Reeder is Professor of New Testament and Co-Coordinator of Gender Studies at Westmont. We talk to Caryn about how she understands biblical studies and its importance in the church, as well as her work on John 4 and the Samaritan woman. Check out her book The Samaritan Woman's Story: Reconsidering John 4 after #ChurchToo.

This week, I am joined by Dr. Wilfredo Alvarez. Dr. Alvarez is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media, and Co-Coordinator of Communication and Social Justice at Utica University, and we can add the author to the list of things that Dr. Alvarez does because I had a chance to chat with him about his new book "Everyday Dirty Work: Invisibility, Communication, and Immigrant Labor." He explores how Latin American immigrant janitors communicate in predominantly White academic institutions from marginalized standpoints. Specifically, it takes a look at how custodial workers perceive, interpret, and thematize periodic messages regarding race, ethnicity, and other intersecting identities, and how those messages and overall communicative experiences affect both their work and personal lives. CLICK TO TAKE THE PODCAST SURVEY Stay in Touch with: ↳ Dr. Alvarez on Twitter ↳ Dr. Alvarez on Instagram ↳ Dr. Alvarez on Linkedin   Wanna Read Dr.Alvarez's Book

Farhana Yamin is an international climate change lawyer, public speaker, author and social justice activist.Farhana is a Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts in London, Associate Research Fellow at Chatham House, Senior Adviser to SystemIQ and Co Coordinator of Camden Think and Do.Farhana has spent over three decades working in the climate space – she represented small island and developing countries at climate conferences (she has been deputy chair of the Expert Group of Advisors to the Climate Vulnerable Forum), worked at Children's Investment Fund Foundation, served as a special adviser to the EU Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard, founded Track 0 and taught at a number of universities. Farhana was one of the Coordinators of Extinction Rebellion's Strategy team.Farhana read PPE at Somerville College, Oxford and is a qualified solicitor. She feature on the 2020 BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Power list.

In this mini episode, Co-Coordinator of "Behind Closed Doors", Kersh Siva, joins us to discuss the mission and story behind the upcoming event, as well as our collaboration with the team.Get your tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/behind-closed-doorsFor support please contact:1800RESPECTICSA - Indian (sub-cont) Crisis & Support Agency - http://www.icsa.net.au

"I'm really into using music to teach culture and life lessons... It's like cuisine. With different tastes come different etiquettes. It's the same thing with music. You want to show respect for how the music was written and try to have it sound that way."John Stafford II is the Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities, and Co-Coordinator of the Music Department at Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC). Professor Stafford was a 2015 recipient of the John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Award for outstanding teaching and leadership at the community college level. Also, Stafford was the recipient of the Henry Louis Award for Teaching Excellence at KCKCC in 2020 (our Faculty of the Year award). He has also received two other teaching awards from KCKCC for Recruitment and Teaching Excellence.Previously, he was appointed at Millikin University, Eastern Illinois University, and Danville Area Community College teaching composition, theory, orchestration, history, and vocal jazz. He holds degrees from Millikin University (music business), Bowling Green State University (composition), and has done additional doctoral studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (choral conducting).To get in touch with John, you can email him at jstafford@kckcc.edu .Email choirfampodcast@gmail.com to get in contact with our hosts.Podcast music from Podcast.coPhoto in episode artwork by Trace Hudson from Pexels

Authors of Union features a conversation with one of our many published authors. Today's guest is Peter Lazes, (Union Ph.D. '74) alumnus with concentrations in Clinical and Industrial Psychology. Peter's book “From the Ground Up: How Frontline Staff Can Save Americas Healthcare,” coauthored with Marie Rudden, M.D., outlines concrete steps to improve the healthcare system with research-based labor management practices that apply to all areas of work. A specialist in organizational change, leadership development, and labor-management partnerships, Dr. Lazes will discuss the importance of worker participation in decision-making that has applications in many sectors of our economy. Dr. Lazes is the founder and former director of the Healthcare Transformation Project and Programs for Employment and Workplace Systems at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, where he served for 40 years. He is now Visiting Professor and Co-Coordinator, Healthcare Partnership Initiative, School of Labor and Employment Relations, Penn State University. He has worked with labor union and management leaders in the U.S. and Europe to customize and implement strategic worker participation programs and employee-driven innovative opportunities. His recent work involves assisting hospitals and healthcare organizations to develop methods to improve patient care and reduce costs with a focus on frontline staff engagement. He has written more than 30 articles on such topics as the creation of agile work systems, new roles for unions in the 21st century, ways to create meaningful jobs, methods to increase civic participation, strategies for keeping American jobs and has produced several videotapes on topics such as creating breakthroughs in organizations. Dr. Lazes and his partner Marie Rudden, MD, plan to create a series of webinars about labor/management partnerships in the near future. Your host is Dr. Linwood Rumney, professor in the UI&U General Education Program, poet, and author. He is the winner of the 17th Annual Gival Press Poetry Award for Abandoned Earth. His poems and nonfiction essays have appeared in many publications including the North American Review and Crab Orchard Review. His translations of Aloysius Bertrand, an early practitioner of the modern prose poem in French, have appeared in Arts & Letters and Hayden's Ferry Review. His fellowships include the American Antiquarian Society, The Writers' Room of Boston, and the St. Botolph Club, as well as a residency from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center. He recently completed his Ph.D. as a Charles Phelps Taft Dissertation Fellow at UC.

Authors of Union features a conversation with one of our many published authors. Today's guest is Peter Lazes, (Union Ph.D. '74) alumnus with concentrations in Clinical and Industrial Psychology. Peter's book “From the Ground Up: How Frontline Staff Can Save Americas Healthcare,” coauthored with Marie Rudden, M.D., outlines concrete steps to improve the healthcare system with research-based labor management practices that apply to all areas of work. A specialist in organizational change, leadership development, and labor-management partnerships, Dr. Lazes will discuss the importance of worker participation in decision-making that has applications in many sectors of our economy. Dr. Lazes is the founder and former director of the Healthcare Transformation Project and Programs for Employment and Workplace Systems at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, where he served for 40 years. He is now Visiting Professor and Co-Coordinator, Healthcare Partnership Initiative, School of Labor and Employment Relations, Penn State University. He has worked with labor union and management leaders in the U.S. and Europe to customize and implement strategic worker participation programs and employee-driven innovative opportunities. His recent work involves assisting hospitals and healthcare organizations to develop methods to improve patient care and reduce costs with a focus on frontline staff engagement. He has written more than 30 articles on such topics as the creation of agile work systems, new roles for unions in the 21st century, ways to create meaningful jobs, methods to increase civic participation, strategies for keeping American jobs, and has produced several videotapes on topics such as creating breakthroughs in organizations. Dr. Lazes and his partner Marie Rudden, MD, plan to create a series of webinars about labor/management partnerships in the near future. Your host is Dr. Linwood Rumney, professor in the UI&U General Education Program, poet, and author. He is the winner of the 17th Annual Gival Press Poetry Award for Abandoned Earth. His poems and nonfiction essays have appeared in many publications including the North American Review and Crab Orchard Review. His translations of Aloysius Bertrand, an early practitioner of the modern prose poem in French, have appeared in Arts & Letters and Hayden's Ferry Review. His fellowships include the American Antiquarian Society, The Writers' Room of Boston, and the St. Botolph Club, as well as a residency from the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center. He recently completed his Ph.D. as a Charles Phelps Taft Dissertation Fellow at UC.

In this episod,e our host, Dan Kimbrough, talks with Rev. Joshua Brockway, who is an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren where he serves as the Director for Spiritual Formation and Co-Coordinator for Discipleship Ministries. Rev. Brockway is also an adjunct history professor at Northern Seminary and was recently appointed to the City of Elgin Task Force on Policing.  We'll discuss the role Christianity has played in perpetuating and upholding systemic racism in America, ranging from Columbus setting sail through modern times. We'll then look at some work being done to address race and systemic racism in and around churches and how they can become a bigger part of the bigger discussion. 

What's the episode about? In this episode, hear Dr Kami Fletcher on death and American and African American history, African American burial grounds, late 19th and early 20th century Black undertaker and contemporary Black grief and mourning.   Who is Kami? Dr. Kami Fletcher is an Associate Professor of American & African American History and Co-Coordinator of Women's and Gender Studies at Albright College. She teaches courses that explore the African experience in America and unpacks social and cultural U.S. history all at the intersection of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Her research centers on African American burial grounds, late 19th/early 20th century Black female and male undertakers, and contemporary Black grief and mourning. She is the co-editor of Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed which examines the internal and/or external drives among ethnic, religious, and racial groups to separate their dead (University Press of Mississippi, April 2020) She is currently working on Grave History: Death, Race & Gender in Southern Cemeteries from Antebellum to the Post-Civil Rights Era investigates the southern places where cemeteries take root as well as probe the interplay of southern history, culture, race, class, gender, and climate in these cities of the dead (University of Georgia Press). Currently, Dr. Fletcher is working on a manuscript that historicizes Mount Auburn Cemetery in Baltimore, the first Black owned and operated cemetery in Maryland. The book positions African American cemeteries as the point where life and death meet arguing that this meeting point is a symbol of Black freedom from White control. At the end of the show, Beth asks about one of the paintings on the wall behind Kami. Kami's lifemate, sociologist and artist Dr. Myron T. Strong, painted it. It is entitled "Guardian". If you are interested in seeing it or purchasing a print, you can do so at his website. For more on Dr. Fletcher visit her website: www.kamifletcher.weebly.com and/or contact her on Twitter using @kamifletcher36 How do I cite the episode in my research and reading lists? To cite this episode, you can use the following citation: Fletcher, K. (2022) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 12 January 2022. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.18272015 What next? Check out more ⁠episodes⁠ or find out more about the ⁠hosts! ⁠Got a question? ⁠Get in touch⁠. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedeathstudiespodcast/message

Dana K. Kassel (she/her/hers) is currently Program Director for the McKnight Fellowship Programs for Dancers and Choreographers. She brings a wealth of experience to the position with her long history as a performer and a highly skilled and respected administrator. She served in an administrative capacity for several Twin Cities dance organizations, including Threads Dance Project, Voices of Sepharad, Corning Dances & Company, and for writer/choreographer Judith Brin Ingber. She was Co-Coordinator of the Minnesota SAGE Awards for over twelve years, has been an advisory member for DanceMN, and a board member for Young Dance. In addition, she worked in event management and catering for over two decades. Kassel graduated from the University of Minnesota Dance program in 1992; she was a company member in JAZZDANCE by Danny Buraczeski; and danced with Cathy Young and Zenon Dance Company, among others. In recent years Kassel has performed with Laurie Van Wieren, the New Standards Holiday Show, in Rhythmically Speaking, and as part of Choreographers' Evening at the Walker Art Center.

In this episode, we will be learning about an occupational therapy practitioner working in school-based & community dance programs. You will hear from the personal and professional experiences of Arnel Calvario, OTD, OTR/L. Believing in using his talents & resources to promote community outreach, “respect for all people,” artistic expression, and education, Dr. Arnel Calvario has dedicated himself to the dance community since his college days. In 1992, he founded UC Irvine's own Kaba Modern. He currently serves as the Board President of Culture Shock International and as an active member of the KINJAZ. He managed Kaba Modern, Fanny Pak, the Beat Freaks, & Kinjaz during their runs on MTV's hit show America's Best Dance Crew. Arnel also helped manage Kinjaz during their 2017 run on NBC's World of Dance. He also launched his “Dance Therapy Program for Neurodivergent Children” in April 2014 in collaboration with Culture Shock LA & the DEA. Arnel has been a guest lecturer at UC Irvine, USC, Grossmont College, Cal State Fullerton, UCLA, Cornell University, & Princeton University. He also continues to teach his ROOTS B4 BRANCHES dance workshop and his international virtual program LEADERSHIP TOOLS for the DANCE LEADER, judge dance competitions, speak on discussion panels & participate in program development & leadership mentorship internationally. He is also the United States judge for the annual Hip Hop International (HHI) Dance Championships and is the Co-Coordinator for the annual HHI World Battles. He does all this while continuing to work as a full-time Doctor of Occupational Therapy for Long Beach Unified School District Related Services. Show Key Points:· Arnel gives us a glimpse of his background and interests· Arnel describes The Uncommon OT work that he does, the setting and population he serves· Arnel describes what drew her to this type of work and how she got there· Arnel describes a typical session on the job· Arnel dispels some myths about the profession· Arnel discusses how OTs can branch into Creative Arts Programs· Arnel provides his contact information RESOURCES:LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ArnelCalvariohttps://www.kinjaz.com/www.cultureshockla.org Instagram: @kabamodernInstagram: @CultureShockLA Instagram: @Kinjaz Children's Hospital LAhttps://secure1.chla.org/site/Donation2?df_id=2241&mfc_pref=T&2241.donation=form1 As always, I welcome any feedback & ideas from all of you or if you are interested in being a guest on future episodes, please do not hesitate to contact Patricia Motus at transitionsot@gmail.com or DM via Instagram @transitionsot THANK YOU for LISTENING, FOLLOWING, DOWNLOADING, RATING, REVIEWING & SHARING “The Uncommon OT Series” Podcast with all your OTP friends and colleagues! Full Episodes and Q & A only available at: https://www.wholistic-transitions.com/the-uncommon-ot-seriesSign Up NOW for the Transitions OT Email List to Receive the FREE Updated List of Uncommon OT Practice Settingshttps://www.wholistic-transitions.com/transitionsot Happy Listening Everyone! Big OT Love!All views are mine and guests own.Be a Patron to support The Uncommon OT Series Podcast project via Patreon.

I interviewed Therissa Libby who is an Associate Professor and Co-Coordinator, Graduate Programs in Counseling, Metropolitan State University. Therissa works in collaboration with Metropolitan State University on the Recovery Narratives Project and Minnesota Recovery Connection. The Recovery Narratives Project is an inquiry into experiences of recovery from substance use and mental health disorders. The episode entailed myself and Therissa Libby getting into topics and conversations that involved what true recovery may mean for each person struggling with addiction and mental health issues. We get into topics on how individuals in the mental health addiction field need to make more money as well as some ideas on how to do it. Throughout the episode, we went into topics of harm reduction that included the benefits of opioid replacement therapy with the use of methadone and suboxone. We also challenge many of the stigmas not just society has on individuals with addictions but stigmas that healthcare professionals have on clients in their recovery. We also get into controversial topics as it comes to the use of MDMA as well as other psychedelics as an intervention for people struggling with mental health and substance abuse disorders. I just have to say it was a true honor and blessing having Therissa on my podcast. I hope to work with her again down the road.  Contact Info talibby.com therissa.libby@metrostate.edu recoverynarratives.org   ProfLibbyMetrohttps://twitter.com

ART is a trauma therapy used to treat a number of mental health conditions. Trauma in the perinatal population  is often under recognized and under treated.  ART offers an effective and faster recovery than other treatment options.  Crystal:Crystal Clancy is the owner of Iris Mental Health, a group practice of specialists in Perinatal Mental Health, located in Burnsville. She is a Founding Member of Pregnancy & Postpartum Support MN (PPSM), and former Executive Director. She helped facilitate PPSM become the 5th State Chapter in the country for Postpartum Support International (PSI), and is also Co-Coordinator and Faculty member for PSI. In addition to working with PMADs, Crystal also specializes in fertility challenges, and those parents who were raised by a "difficult parent". She is married, and the proud mama of two!Katy:Katy (She/Her/Hers) has experience in both outpatient and hospital settings working with service members, using evidence-based trauma therapy.She has completed Basic and Advanced trainings in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), an eye movement therapy that can be very helpful for those struggling with distressing images, nightmares, flashbacks and intrusive thoughts.Katy offers appointments in office, via teletherapy, and Walk & Talk Therapy.Instagram Facebook Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=vblZSuHu8pG-N5SwBtRcDUcCaWtwzWJusvEAAnrC7FXTD8re8fsLkKK_PKon5LtwuhiCeeZeXm3j3Szr)

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley. Today I've got Colin Rajah on the show to talk about, in his words, the "messy but beautiful" business of advocating for civil society in global migration governance. Colin is the Coordinator of the Civil Society Action Committee (AC), the largest global platform of civil society organizations and networks engaging in global migration governance and policy advocacy, housed by the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). He also serves as the Co-Coordinator of the Global Forum on Migration and Development's Civil Society Coordinating Office, which coordinates the civil society mechanism for the GFMD summit. Colin was previously the International Organization for Migration's (IOM's) Civil Society Liaison (2017-2018) for the Global Compact for Migration negotiation process (GCM). Prior to that, he was a co-founder and International Coordinator of the Global Coalition on Migration (2011-2016), and held senior positions at the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) (2003-2011) and Migrants Rights International (MRI) (2006-2016). He also co-founded the People's Global Action on Migration, Development and Human Rights (PGA) (2006-2016) and co-chaired the Civil Society Forum during the 2013 United Nations High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development (UNHLD). And if that wasn't enough, he co-founded the largest Malaysian global diaspora network and has been involved in a number of grassroots social justice groups. As you've just heard, Colin has long been at the forefront of civil society engagement in global migration governance. In fact, with the thirteenth Global Forum on Migration and Development currently ongoing at this episode's release in January 2021, Colin has been present at every single one of the previous 12 GFMDs. He was therefore the ideal person to tell us about the work of the Civil Society Action Committee and civil society engagement in global migration governance more broadly. We talk about the shared migration interests of global civil society and how the Action Committee manages to channel the views of such a diverse set of organisations into coherent advocacy work, including at the GFMDs. We learn what "global advocacy" actually means in practice and how Colin's work at the GFMDs and in processes like the Global Compact for Migration then filters down to concrete action that benefits migrants. And I ask Colin for his big lessons learned from his extensive experience as a civil society advocate. So here's our interview and, as always, thank you and I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed recording it. Useful links Connect with Colin on LinkedIn Civil Society Action Committee Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) GFMD Civil Society Information on the 13th GFMD summit (18-26 January 2021) Short video of Colin talking about civil society engagement with states in the Global Compact for Migration Subscribe to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast

Rural America and the 2020 ElectionGuest: Sarah Smarsh, Author of “Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth”Rural America helped Donald Trump win the presidency and could give him another four years in office. Kansas author Sarah Smarsh says the prevailing story of what rural America is –who the people are, what they want, why they voted for Donald Trump –is largely wrong. Autopsy of a Wrongful ConvictionGuest: John Hollway, Associate Dean and Executive Director of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at the University of Pennsylvania Law School2,482. That's how many people over the last 30 years have spent time in prison–an average of 8 years –and then been exonerated of the crime because it turned out they were innocent. 2,482 people. How do mistakes like that happen? Or maybe it's not mistakes –it's outright misconduct on the part of cops or prosecutors? Increasingly, cities around the country are setting up task forces to uncover wrongful convictions –and in a few cases, when they do, another task force comes into figure out what went wrong. Seniors Are at Higher Risk for SuicideGuest: Yeates Conwell, MD, Director of Geriatric Psychiatry, Co-Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, University of RochesterAs Baby Boomers reach their golden years, the risk of suicide among seniors is a growing concern. Americans 85 years and older have one of the highest suicides rates of any age group.National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Seagulls Have Some Redeeming QualitiesGuest: Sarah J. Courchesne, Associate Professor of Natural Science at Northern Essex Community College, Co-Coordinator for the Gulls of Appledore Project with the Shoals Marine LaboratorySeagulls can be really annoying. They steal your French fries. Poop on your beach towel. Harass your kids. The pesky birds have become such a problem in a New Jersey city that officials spent thousands of dollars this month on hawks, owls, and falcons to scare away the gulls. But maybe it's time we stop hating on them so much - Sarah Courchesne has been studying seagulls for the past 11 years, and she says we're missing how amazing these creatures are. How One Fungus Could Wipe Out the Banana as We Know ItGuest: Randy Ploetz, Professor of Plant Pathology at the Tropical Research & Education Center, University of Florida in Homesteadfungus that has been wiping out banana plantations in Asia and Australia has finally crossed the ocean to Latin America –where we get most of our bananas. The Colombian government has declared a national emergency. And scientists are scrambling to figure out how to protect the world's bananas.  Tackling Mental Health, Finding Hope on Social MediaGuest: Caroline Kaufman @poeticpoison, Author of “When the World Didn't End”Caroline Kaufman started posting raw, personal poetry on Instagram when she was a freshman in high school. At first, she did it anonymously under the handle @poeticpoison. Then her poems went viral and her following grew to over a hundred thousand. Teenagers, in particular, connected with her short, powerful poems about struggling with mental illness and thoughts of suicide, learning to cope with heartbreak and be kinder to herself. Six years later, Caroline Kaufman is attending Harvard and publishing her second poetry collection –the first came out last year was called “Light Filters In.” Her latest is “When the World Didn't End.”