Podcasts about Fulbright Program

Gregory Shepard is a highly accomplished serial entrepreneur with a remarkable track record of building and successfully exiting 12 businesses across diverse technology sectors, including BioTech, TransitTech, AdTech, and MarTech. His insights and expertise have earned him recognition as a Forbes Book Author and contributor, with features and quotes in prominent publications like Fortune. Further solidifying his thought leadership, Gregory is also a TEDx Speaker, a recipient of four Private Equity awards, and a Penguin Random House Author, dedicated to sharing his extensive knowledge to empower the next generation of innovators. Drawing from over 35 years of hands-on experience, Gregory specializes in navigating the complexities of the startup journey. His book, "The Startup Lifecycle," sponsored by the Fulbright Program, provides entrepreneurs with a battle-tested roadmap. It outlines a clear, seven-phase path, starting from crystallizing the initial "Vision & North Star" through rigorous market validation and purpose alignment, all the way to achieving a successful and lucrative exit. His approach focuses on imparting practical business science to help founders avert common mishaps and build sustainable ventures that can positively impact future generations. Through his platform, StartupScience.IO, Gregory and his team actively nurture technology startups, particularly from the seed stage to Series A funding. They leverage a proprietary Business Operating Support System (BOSS) designed to optimize operations for successful exits. Gregory's deep experience encompasses not just founding companies but also executing complex maneuvers like rollups, carveouts, turnarounds, and cleanups. StartupScience.IO serves as a comprehensive resource, powering hundreds of startup assistance programs and supporting thousands of founders globally. Listeners can expect Gregory to share actionable strategies gleaned from his extensive career and thousands of interviews. He expertly teaches entrepreneurs how to utilize industry-specific language effectively, secure the right types of investment, cultivate strong relationships with investors, and proactively avoid the common pitfalls that often derail early-stage companies. His insights, combined with resources like the StartupScience.IO platform (often offered with free access alongside his book), provide a comprehensive toolkit for aspiring and current founders aiming for success. For More Info: https://GregoryShepard.com

For decades, the Fulbright Program has fostered international exchange, creating recognition for Arkansas in the process. On today's show, we consider the legacy of The Fulbright Program. Plus, we remember an Arkansas basketball great: the late Oliver Miller.

For the past 80 years, the Fulbright Program has supported scholars, artists, writers, and professionals in connecting with international institutions to do cutting-edge work. At its heart, the Fulbright is an exchange program that funds research and projects outside of participants’ countries. It aims to build international relationships and cultural competency between Americans and the rest of the world. However, the recent federal funding freezes and layoffs have impacted several educational exchange programs, bringing its future into question. Funding has begun to trickle back in, but many have been affected by the freeze on federal grants to the Fulbright and other programs related to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs—including the Gilman Scholarships, the Critical Language Scholarship, and the IDEAS program and some fear the impacts could have long lasting consequences. In this segment, we discuss what the Fulbright is, why it matters, and who might be affected by funding freezes affecting international research. Guests: Nicolás Kisic Aguirre, sound artist and PhD student at the University of Washington Anita Ramasastry, the Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law and Senior Advisor and Director of Faculty Engagement in the Office of Global Affairs at the University of Washington. Related Links: Study-Abroad Funding Is Paused, Leaving Some Students Stranded — NYT Funding freeze leaves Fulbright and study-abroad scholars stranded — Washington Post Thank you to the supporters of KUOW. You help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes. Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Speaking Out of Place I talk with award-winning novelist Laila Lalami about her new novel, The Dream Hotel. What happens when the state, with the pretext of protecting public safety, can detain indefinitely certain individuals whose dreams seem to indicate they may be capable of committing a crime?  Set in a precarious world where sleep-enhancing devices and algorithms provide the tools and formulae for making one's unconscious a witness to one's possible waking life, this novel touches on a myriad of political, philosophical, and moral concerns as they particularly connect to issues of gender, race, ethnicity, privacy, and  the security state.Laila Lalami is the author of five books, including The Moor's Account, which won the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award, and the Hurston / Wright Legacy Award. It was on the longlist for the Booker Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Her most recent novel, The Other Americans, was a national bestseller, won the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, and was a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction. Her books have been translated into twenty languages. Her essays have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, The Nation, Harper's, the Guardian, and the New York Times.  She has been awarded fellowships from the British Council, the Fulbright Program, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University.  She lives in Los Angeles.  

Craig Arnold, born November 16, 1967 was an American poet and professor. His first book of poems, Shells (1999), was selected by W.S. Merwin for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. His many honors include the 2005 Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize Fellowship in literature, the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship, a Hodder Fellowship, and fellowships from the Fulbright Program, the National Endowment for the Arts, and MacDowell. He taught poetry at the University of Wyoming. His poems have appeared in anthologies including The Best American Poetry 1998 and The New American Poets: A Bread Loaf Anthology, and in literary journals including Poetry, The Paris Review, The Denver Quarterly, Barrow Street, The New Republic and The Yale Review. Arnold grew up in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Arnold's Made Flesh won the 2009 High Plains Book Award and the 2008 Utah Book Award.In 2009, Arnold traveled to Japan to research volcanoes for a planned book of poetry. In April of that year, he disappeared while hiking on the island of Kuchinoerabujima. In the New York Times, the poet David Orr mourned the loss of Arnold, but noted it would “be a mistake to think of him as a writer silenced before his prime... His shelf space may be smaller than one would wish, but he earned every bit of it.”-bio via Copper Canyon Press and Poetry Foundation Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Itto Outini is an author, book coach, and entrepreneur. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The North American Review, The Fulbright Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, and elsewhere, and she has earned support from the Fulbright Program, the MacDowell Foundation, and the Steinbeck Fellows Program at San José State University. The organizations for which she has spoken include Cal Tech University, Verizon Wireless, The International Trade Centre, and the United Nations. In partnership with her husband, Mekiya Outini, she founded The DateKeepers, a full-service author support platform dedicated to helping high achievers tell their stories and elevating creatives around the globe. Itto holds an MA in journalism and strategic media from the University of Arkansas.  Link to episode can be found here: #drdanamzallag, #drdanpodcast, #Happinessjourneywithdrdan, #ddanmotivation, #inspiringinterviews, #drdancbt, #drdantherapy, #drdancoaching, #drdanhappiness,   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/happinessjourney/support

In this episode of While She's Away, I chat Sojourner White about her journey from career confusion to traveling the world as a remote social worker! Sojourner shares how she switched to a remote social work role during the pandemic and the importance of always learning and being willing to fail. Sojourner White is a remote social worker, award-winning travel journalist, and train travel queen. Hailing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin she has been a digital nomad, called Spain home as a study abroad student turned English teacher with the Fulbright Program, and spent a summer in Germany as an International Social Work graduate student intern. But now, through her platform Sojournies, she helps 9-5ers fulfill their career goals and bucket list dreams to bask in freedom and flexibility outside the office. Sojourner has been featured in Buzzfeed, PopSugar, The Matador Network, HuffPost, and Thrillist and written for Travel + Leisure, USA Today, Fodor's, Insider, Lonely Planet, Viator, and more. We chat about juggling a 9-to-5 job with being a travel influencer, making the most of remote work, and dealing with cultural challenges abroad, especially as a black woman. Sojourner also honestly shares about her Fulbright experience in Northern Spain, the value of routines, and the peace she finds in train travel. Tune in to hear how Sojourner's curiosity has shaped her career and inspired others to go after their travel dreams! Connect with me and Sojourner on social media: Sojournies Website Sojournies Instagram Sojournies Tiktok Sojournies Youtube While She's Away Instagram While She's Away Tiktok    Travel Resources: Get 25% OFF Your TrustedHouseSitters Membership! Get $10 OFF Your Worldpackers Membership  Looking for affordable travel insurance specifically made for digital nomads? Sign up for Nomad Insurance which is the first insurance product built specifically for nomads, by nomads! Resources to support Aseel and Palestine: Help Aseel Evacuate Gaza Donate to Provide Clean water and food to families in Gaza Contact Your Reps, Find a Protest & Take Action  

In this episode of While She's Away, I chat Sojourner White about her journey from career confusion to traveling the world as a remote social worker! Sojourner shares how she switched to a remote social work role during the pandemic and the importance of always learning and being willing to fail.   Sojourner White is a remote social worker, award-winning travel journalist, and train travel queen. Hailing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin she has been a digital nomad, called Spain home as a study abroad student turned English teacher with the Fulbright Program, and spent a summer in Germany as an International Social Work graduate student intern. But now, through her platform Sojournies, she helps 9-5ers fulfill their career goals and bucket list dreams to bask in freedom and flexibility outside the office. Sojourner has been featured in Buzzfeed, PopSugar, The Matador Network, HuffPost, and Thrillist and written for Travel + Leisure, USA Today, Fodor's, Insider, Lonely Planet, Viator, and more.   We chat about juggling a 9-to-5 job with being a travel influencer, making the most of remote work, and dealing with cultural challenges abroad, especially as a black woman. Sojourner also honestly shares about her Fulbright experience in Northern Spain, the value of routines, and the peace she finds in train travel. Tune in to hear how Sojourner's curiosity has shaped her career and inspired others to go after their travel dreams!   Feeling overwhelmed by all the options for creating a digital nomad lifestyle and want the easiest path? My workshop, "Make Money While Traveling: How to Become a Freelance Podcast Manager," is for you, girly! In just 90 minutes, you'll learn everything from building your portfolio to landing your first client. Don't miss out—click here to be the first to know when the pre-sale goes live on September 2nd!   Connect with me and Sojourner on social media: Sojournies Website Sojournies Instagram Sojournies Tiktok Sojournies Youtube While She's Away Instagram While She's Away Tiktok      Travel Resources: Get 25% OFF Your TrustedHouseSitters Membership! Get $10 OFF Your Worldpackers Membership  Looking for affordable travel insurance specifically made for digital nomads? Sign up for Nomad Insurance which is the first insurance product built specifically for nomads, by nomads!     Resources to support Aseel and Palestine: Help Aseel Evacuate Gaza Donate to Provide Clean water and food to families in Gaza Contact Your Reps, Find a Protest & Take Action  

What role does gossip play in human societies? In this episode, Bridget Alex and Emily Sekine, editors at SAPIENS magazine, chat with host Eshe Lewis to explore gossip as a fundamental human activity.They discuss gossip's evolutionary roots, suggesting it may have developed as a form of "vocal grooming" to maintain social bonds in groups. It also helps enforce social norms, they argue, offering a way to share information about people's reputations and control free riders. Their conversation also touches on how gossip can aid in navigating uncertainties and expressing care.Bridget Alex earned her Ph.D. in archaeology and human evolutionary biology from Harvard University. Supported by the National Science Foundation, the Fulbright Program, and other awards, her research focused on the spread of Homo sapiens and extinction of other humans, such as Neanderthals, over the past 200,000 years. Prior to joining SAPIENS, Bridget taught anthropology and science communication at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena City College, and Harvard University. Her pop-science stories have appeared in outlets such as Discover, Science, Archaeology, Atlas Obscura, and Smithsonian Magazine. Follow her on Twitter @bannelia.Emily Sekine is an editor and a writer with a Ph.D. in anthropology from The New School for Social Research. Prior to joining the team at SAPIENS, she worked with academic authors to craft journal articles and book manuscripts as the founder of Bird's-Eye View Scholarly Editing. Her anthropological research and writing explore the relationships between people and nature, especially in the context of the seismic and volcanic landscapes of Japan. Emily's work has been supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Society of Environmental Journalists, among others, and her essays have appeared in publications such as Orion magazine, the Anthropocene Curriculum, and Anthropology News.Eshe Lewis is the project director for the SAPIENS Public Scholars Training Program. She holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Florida and has spent the past 10 years working with Afro-descendant peoples in Peru on issues of social movements, women's issues, Black feminism, and gender violence. Eshe is based in Toronto, Canada.Check out these related resources: "What Is Linguistic Anthropology?" "Why Envy Might Be Good for Us" "Why Do We Gossip" 

Fort Lewis College Professor Justin McBrayer has won a prestigious award from the Fulbright Program. McBrayer will spend a term in Italy both conducting research and teaching at the University of Genoa, Italy in 2025. This is the second time McBrayer has received an award from the prestigious Fulbright Program, which is “devoted to increasing mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” McBrayer said the award will allow him to continue exploring the issue of misinformation and fake news. By Connor Shreve.  Watch this story at www.durangolocal.news/newsstories/philosophy-professor-justin-mcbrayer-wins-fulbright-award  This story is sponsored by Kroegers Ace Hardware and Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers.Support the Show.

The inspiration for Jonathan Capp's art comes from the experiences that shape his life. Whether hiking the Appalachian Trail, coaching Little League Baseball, becoming an archaeological illustrator halfway around the world, or competing on Blown Away, he channels those experiences into ideas and fully embraces life as a part of his art. Capps states: “I welcome new ideas and innovations in the studio, bringing fun, energy, and an inspiring enthusiasm into the hot shop.” Raised in Knoxville, TN, Capps spent much of his youth outdoors, camping, hiking, and playing baseball. After moving to Kentucky in 2001, he developed a passion for glassblowing during undergraduate school at Centre College in Danville, KY, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005. For the following decade, he worked as a freelance glassblower, artist, and designer, traveling extensively to learn, teach, and pursue the mastery of his craft. During this time, he received several residencies and scholarships, including Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, The Pittsburgh Glass Center, Corning Museum of Glass, Penland School of Crafts, and an International Artist Residency at Lasikompannia in Nuutajärvi, Finland. After “thru-hiking” the Appalachian Trail in 2013, Capps attended graduate school at Ohio State University and, in 2016, earned a Master of Fine Arts degree. He received several awards and scholarships, most notably a travel grant and fellowship as an archaeological illustrator in the remote Oğlanqala region of the Autonomous Republic of Naxçivan, Azerbaijan. In 2018 and 2019, Capps was awarded a U.S. Fulbright Arts Grant to research Finnish glass and design for a year in Finland. In 2020, he was chosen to serve as an Alumni Ambassador to the U.S. Student Fulbright Program; today, he continues to engage in outreach and recruitment for the Fulbright Program and Finland's National Fulbright Foundation. His work is held in the permanent collection of the Finnish Glass Museum and the Prykäri Glass Museum in addition to private collections. Capps has taught and exhibited extensively in the United States and Internationally. Throughout his career, he has worked with many glass artists and master craftspeople, developing a diverse practice that fluently moves between traditional techniques and experimental methods, pushing the boundaries and seeking new applications of the glass medium. He says: “My studio practice is rooted in the multicultural traditions of the glass craft; significantly, the physical nature of glass blowing requires reliance on others to create art successfully. For me, learning and then mastering a variety of glass techniques is where the culture behind the craft comes alive. “My work in the visual arts is rooted in the hot glass studio. My research has developed, over time, into a global practice of interdisciplinary collaboration, social engagement, and cultural exchange. I have learned that there is something in my use of the glassmaking tradition that goes beyond form and function, and enters into the realm of experience, relationships, and communication.” Most recently, Capps competed in Season 4 of the hit Netflix series Blown Away. On Saturday, May 18 at the Glass Art Society convention in Berlin, Germany, Capps will demonstrate at Berlin Glassworks from 10 a.m. to 12   – an opportunity he won on the show. From June 10 – 14, he will teach a summer intensive at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, Lifting the Veil, and present a free lecture on June 11.  He will also be the featured guest artist for this year's Gay Fad Studio's Festival hosted at the Ohio Glass Museum. https://www.gayfadstudios.com    

Welcome to Cosmic Top Secret, the definitive podcast on NATO's past, present, and future. In this episode, we explore the pivotal role of the Weimar Triangle—comprising France, Germany, and Poland—in shaping the security order of Europe. With insights from Andrea Rotter, heading the Foreign and Security Policy Division at the Hans Seidel Foundation, and Lukasz Kulesa, Deputy Head of Research at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, we delve into the complexities of European security against the backdrop of Ukraine's ongoing conflict and shifting global power dynamics.Key Discussion Points:Understanding the Weimar Triangle: Originating in 1991, the Weimar Triangle was established to foster closer consultations and policy coordination among France, Germany, and Poland. Initially aimed at integrating Poland into Western European structures, its relevance has evolved in response to contemporary security challenges.Weimar Triangle 2.0 Exercise: A groundbreaking workshop organized by the Hans Seidel Foundation and the Polish Institute of International Affairs simulated scenarios to examine the Weimar Triangle's potential contributions to European security. Experts from France, Germany, and Poland explored responses to hypothetical future developments, including a regime change in Russia and Ukraine's plea for security guarantees.Scenario Analysis: The exercise highlighted the aligned threat perceptions among the Weimar states regarding Russia and underscored the importance of a united European stance. Despite differing national priorities, a shared commitment to supporting Ukraine emerged as a unifying theme.Implications for European Security: The findings from the workshop emphasize the Weimar Triangle's capacity to foster consensus on critical issues like support for Ukraine and engagement with Russia. The experts proposed enhanced military assistance for Ukraine and the establishment of a Weimar consultation mechanism to coordinate efforts effectively.Looking Ahead: The episode concludes with reflections on the necessity for increased European self-reliance in security matters, particularly in light of potential changes in U.S. foreign policy. The role of the Weimar Triangle in facilitating European unity and strategic autonomy is deemed essential for the continent's future security architecture.This episode of Cosmic Top Secret offers a deep dive into the strategic importance of the Weimar Triangle in navigating the complexities of European security. The insights from Andrea Rotter and Lukasz Kulesa shed light on the potential for France, Germany, and Poland to lead a concerted effort in supporting Ukraine and crafting a coherent stance towards Russia. As Europe faces uncertain times, the Weimar Triangle emerges as a key platform for collaboration and consensus-building among its major continental powers.To learn more about the topics discussed and to access the full report on the Weimar Triangle and the future security order in Europe, visit the Hans Seidel Foundation and the Polish Institute of International Affairs websites.Thanks to our producer, Jon Keur of Wayfare Recording, and the Fulbright Program of the United States for supporting the research behind this episode.Music is considered “royalty-free” and discovered on Story Blocks.Technical Podcast Support by Jon Keur at Wayfare Recording Co.

Jane Wong joins Let's Talk memoir for a conversation about the challenge of reflection in memoir, writing that teems with the specific and particular, capturing the experience of being a chinese american woman on the page, writing about exes and domestic violence, keeping ourselves safe while creating, constellations in our lives, avoiding sentimentality, and her new memoir which she calls a love song to her mother, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City. Also in this episode: -how she's never funny in poems -the super secret Jane Wong's been keeping -finding your people   Books mentioned in this episode: Seeing Ghosts by Kat Chow Tastes like War by Grace M. Cho Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha The Grave on the Wall by Brandon Shimoda  Jane Wong is the author of the debut memoir, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, out now from Tin House (2023). She is also the author of two books of poetry: How to Not Be Afraid of Everything from Alice James (2021) and Overpour from Action Books (2016).    She holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Western Washington University. Her poems can be found in places such as Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019, Best American Poetry 2015, The New York Times, American Poetry Review, POETRY, The Kenyon Review, New England Review, and others. Her essays have appeared in places such as McSweeney's, Black Warrior Review, Ecotone, The Common, The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, and Want: Women Writing About Desire (Catapult).   A Kundiman fellow, she is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships and residencies from the U.S. Fulbright Program, Artist Trust, Harvard's Woodberry Poetry Room, 4Culture, the Fine Arts Work Center, Bread Loaf, Hedgebrook, Willapa Bay, the Jentel Foundation, UCross, Mineral School, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Loghaven, and others. She grew up in a Chinese American restaurant on the Jersey shore and lives in Seattle.   Connect with Jane: Website: https://janewongwriter.com/ Get Jane's Book: https://tinhouse.com/book/meet-me-tonight-in-atlantic-city/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paradeofcats   — Ronit's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Rumpus, The New York Times, The Iowa Review, Hippocampus, The Washington Post, Writer's Digest, American Literary Review, and elsewhere. Her memoir WHEN SHE COMES BACK about the loss of her mother to the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and their eventual reconciliation was named Finalist in the 2021 Housatonic Awards Awards, the 2021 Indie Excellence Awards, and was a 2021 Book Riot Best True Crime Book. Her short story collection HOME IS A MADE-UP PLACE won Hidden River Arts' 2020 Eludia Award and the 2023 Page Turner Awards for Short Stories. She earned an MFA in Nonfiction Writing at Pacific University, is Creative Nonfiction Editor at The Citron Review, and lives in Seattle with her family where she teaches memoir workshops and is working on her next book. More about Ronit: https://ronitplank.com Sign up for monthly podcast and writing updates: https://bit.ly/33nyTKd   Follow Ronit: https://www.instagram.com/ronitplank/ https://twitter.com/RonitPlank https://www.facebook.com/RonitPlank   Background photo credit: Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash Headshot photo credit: Sarah Anne Photography Theme music: Isaac Joel, Dead Moll's Fingers

Our lives are filled with distances, the physical spans that we travel but also the stranger, vaster expanses between our past and our present or between feeling anchored and connected and feeling terribly alone. A poem can capture all of those in a way that a map can't, as Elisa Gonzalez superbly demonstrates in “To My Twenty-Four-Year-Old Self.”Elisa Gonzalez is a poet, essayist, and fiction writer. Her work appears in the New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, Paris Review, and elsewhere. A graduate of Yale University and the New York University MFA program, she has received fellowships from the Norman Mailer Center, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Rolex Foundation, and the U.S. Fulbright Program. She is the recipient of a 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. Her debut poetry collection is Grand Tour (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2023).Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.We're pleased to offer Elisa Gonzalez's poem, and invite you to read Pádraig's weekly Poetry Unbound Substack, read the Poetry Unbound book, or listen back to all our episodes.

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GDP Script/ Top Stories for Sunday June 18th Publish Date: Friday June 16 From the Henssler Financial Studio Welcome to the Gwinnett Daily Post Podcast Today is Sunday June 18th , and happy 79th birthday to Singer Barry Manilow ***Manilow****   I'm Bruce Jenkins and here are your top stories presented by Peggy Slappey Properties Second cat with rabies attacks someone, this time in Sugar Hill Gwinnett County school board adopts $3.04 billion budget, but chairwoman raises concerns And Gwinnett's Elliott Brack honored by Georgia Press Association   Plus, All of this and more is coming up on the Gwinnett Daily Post podcast.    Break 1 :  Slappey          Story 1.  cat   Gwinnett County Animal Welfare and Enforcement officers have captured a second cat within a month that tested positive for rabies. The recent incident involved a cat attacking a person in Sugar Hill. Previously, another cat had attacked someone in Dacula. County officials are urging residents to take precautions and report any animals exhibiting unusual behavior. Pet owners are advised to ensure their pets are up-to-date on rabies vaccinations. Unvaccinated pets exposed to a rabid animal must undergo strict quarantine for four months. Rabies is a dangerous virus that affects the nervous system and can be transmitted to humans. Immediate medical attention is crucial if bitten or scratched by animals suspected of having rabies. Contacting the Gwinnett County Health Department and Animal Welfare and Enforcement Bite Office is recommended for reporting incidents and seeking assistance. Residents are urged to avoid contact with strange animals or wildlife and refrain from keeping wild animals as pets.   STORY 2: budget   Gwinnett County Public Schools have approved a record-breaking budget of $3.04 billion for fiscal year 2024. However, concerns have been raised by some school board members that the budget does not adequately address certain needs. Board Chairwoman Tarece Johnson voted against the budget, expressing concerns about early learning and English language learning support. Despite requests for adjustments, district officials stated that no changes were made to the budget. While the budget includes raises for teachers, cost-of-living increases for non-teaching employees, and additional staff positions, board members and teachers have voiced concerns about unmet needs. The school board acknowledged the possibility of addressing these concerns through budget amendments later in the fiscal year. The millage rate, which determines property taxes allocated to schools, is set to remain at 20.65 mills, but property owners may still see an increase in their tax bills due to property value assessments. Final adoption of the millage rate will occur in the coming month…………get more details at gwinnettdailypost.com Story 3:  brack Elliott Brack, a long-time newspaper professional, was recently inducted into the Georgia Press Association Golden Club for his 50+ years of service in the industry. The induction took place during the GPA's annual convention. Brack was honored alongside R. Griffin Lovett and Kathleen Williamson, both esteemed journalists. Brack expressed gratitude for his fulfilling career in various newspaper roles, from rural to metropolitan areas and even the internet. He began his career in south Georgia and later spent many years in Gwinnett County and the metro Atlanta region. Throughout his career, Brack served as a publisher, vice president, general manager, associate professor of journalism, and columnist. He officially retired in 2001 but continued his contributions through internet commentary and publishing. Brack has written over 10,000 columns and authored books on the history of Gwinnett County. He was recognized as Citizen of the Year by the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce and held leadership positions in various newspaper organizations.   we'll be right back   Break 2:  MOG - Tom Wages - then Obits   STORY 4: parkview   Justin Henry, a recent graduate from Mercer University and Lilburn resident, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student award for the 2022-23 academic year. Henry received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Colombia. Mercer University, which has had 32 student and alumni Fulbright Award recipients since 2010, expressed pride in its students' accomplishments. Henry, a double major in public health and Spanish, plans to pursue a master's degree in public health after his teaching assistantship. The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the U.S. government, aims to foster mutual understanding between the United States and other countries. It provides grants to individuals based on academic or professional achievement and leadership potential.   Story 5: 7th   Reina Lee, a seventh-grade student from North Gwinnett Middle School, has been named the official 2023 Doodle for Google winner for the state of Georgia. The Doodle for Google competition invites students from kindergarten to 12th grade to create their own Google logo. Lee's winning artwork, which features a gymnastics theme, could be featured on Google's homepage. Her doodle was selected from thousands of entries and represents her gratitude for gymnastics. Lee may also become the national winner through public voting, which would award her a $30,000 college scholarship and provide her school with a tech package worth $50,000.   Story 6:  Duluth   Duluth officials have implemented a new ordinance to combat street racing activities in the city. The ordinance grants Duluth police officers the ability to file Street Racing charges against organizers, participants, and spectators. The goal is to expedite the prosecution process by bringing cases to the Duluth Municipal Court more swiftly. Those charged with street racing can face fines of up to $1,000, up to six months in prison, or a combination of both. Vehicles involved in street racing can be impounded for at least 30 days, with expenses borne by the owner. The police have already issued citations and made arrests in response to street racing incidents, and several vehicles have been towed. The Duluth Police Department is determined to enforce the ordinance and ensure public safety.   We'll be back after this   Break 3:  Ingles 3 – Lawrenceville (generic)– GCPS tfn   Story 7:  Slayton   New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton is organizing the Slayton Skills Camp, a free youth football camp, which will take place at his former school, Greater Atlanta Christian, on July 15. The camp is open to students in grades 6 to 10 and will run from 9 a.m. to noon. Participants can register for the camp on the website slaytonskillscamp.com. It's a great opportunity for young athletes to learn from an NFL player and enhance their football skills.   Story 8: Lacrosse   Triniti Cassidy, a senior at Brookwood High School, has been named the Daily Post's Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year. Cassidy and her teammates have achieved significant success over the past four seasons, transforming the Brookwood girls lacrosse program. This year, the team won the Area 1-7A championship, the school's first area or region title in the sport, and reached the Elite Eight of the Class 7A state playoffs for the first time. Cassidy's individual performance was exceptional, breaking numerous school records and earning accolades such as first-team all-state and Gwinnett Lacrosse League Midfielder of the Year. She scored a remarkable 115 goals in a single season, totaling 316 goals throughout her high school career. Cassidy's leadership and impact extend beyond the field, as she actively contributes to the Brookwood community and maintains a 4.1 GPA. She will continue her lacrosse career at Belmont Abbey College.   We'll have final thoughts after this   Break 4:  Henssler 60 Thanks again for listening to today's Gwinnett Daily Post podcast. Giving you important news about our community and telling great stories are what we do. Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? 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Today, Tania James discusses her new romp of a novel, LOOT, and how it helped her re-find her way as a writer, staying in it over a long career, researching 18th century Mysore and Europe, working with Knopf, and more!  Tania James is the author of the novels The Tusk That Did the Damage and Atlas of Unknowns and the short-story collection Aerogrammes. Her fiction has appeared in Freeman's, Granta, The New Yorker, O, The Oprah Magazine, One Story, and A Public Space. Tania has been a fellow of Ragdale, MacDowell, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, and the Fulbright Program. She teaches in the MFA program at George Mason University and lives in Washington, D.C.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tania James' novel Loot (Knopf 2023) is about a young woodcarver who is ordered by Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in late 18th century India to carve a large wooden tiger. The tiger seems to devour a life-sized European man. As the apprentice of an alcoholic French clockmaker, Abbas has a short time to create this gift for the sultan's youngest sons after they return from being held captive by the British. Later, British forces attack Mysore, kill as many as they can reach, and ship everything of value back to England. Abbas survives the attack and then the sea and other adventures in order to reach Rouen, where his teacher's teacher lives. Spanning 50 years and two continents, Loot is a hero's quest, a love story, and an exuberant heist novel that traces the bloody legacy of colonialism across the world. Tania James is the author of the novels The Tusk That Did the Damage and Atlas of Unknowns and the short-story collection Aerogrammes. Her fiction has appeared in Freeman's, Granta, The New Yorker, O, The Oprah Magazine, One Story, and A Public Space. Tania has been a fellow of Ragdale, MacDowell, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, and the Fulbright Program. She teaches in the MFA program at George Mason University and lives in Washington, D.C. When she's not writing, James likes to dance--whether it's the classical Indian dance form of kuchipudi or simply busting a move in her living room. Her favorite mode of transport is bicycle and her favorite place to chill is the terrace of the Martin Luther King Jr library. G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com). 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

Tania James' novel Loot (Knopf 2023) is about a young woodcarver who is ordered by Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in late 18th century India to carve a large wooden tiger. The tiger seems to devour a life-sized European man. As the apprentice of an alcoholic French clockmaker, Abbas has a short time to create this gift for the sultan's youngest sons after they return from being held captive by the British. Later, British forces attack Mysore, kill as many as they can reach, and ship everything of value back to England. Abbas survives the attack and then the sea and other adventures in order to reach Rouen, where his teacher's teacher lives. Spanning 50 years and two continents, Loot is a hero's quest, a love story, and an exuberant heist novel that traces the bloody legacy of colonialism across the world. Tania James is the author of the novels The Tusk That Did the Damage and Atlas of Unknowns and the short-story collection Aerogrammes. Her fiction has appeared in Freeman's, Granta, The New Yorker, O, The Oprah Magazine, One Story, and A Public Space. Tania has been a fellow of Ragdale, MacDowell, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, and the Fulbright Program. She teaches in the MFA program at George Mason University and lives in Washington, D.C. When she's not writing, James likes to dance--whether it's the classical Indian dance form of kuchipudi or simply busting a move in her living room. Her favorite mode of transport is bicycle and her favorite place to chill is the terrace of the Martin Luther King Jr library. G.P. Gottlieb is the author of the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series and a prolific baker of healthful breads and pastries. Please contact her through her website (GPGottlieb.com). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is not just about territory and resources, though they play a part. It's also a struggle to control historical memory. Russia seeks to simplify history writing, teaching, and mythology down to a few selective narratives that support its current political structure and imperial revanchism. Ukrainian history is complex, messy and offers an alternative take on Russian and Soviet mythology and undermines its propaganda. Ukraine's struggle is one for identify, culture, language and even survival, but its also a struggle to retain the right to question and reshape historical narratives and tell alternative stories that don't fit neatly into an imperial Russian worldview. Mariia Kravchenko is Program Coordinator for the Fulbright Program in Ukraine and a former Junior Researcher at the World History Institute, NANU. Established in 1946, the Fulbright Program is the oldest and most prestigious international program for the exchange of scholars and students funded by the United States government. Today it supports academic exchanges with 155 countries of the world.

Today, Jane Wong reads from her new memoir, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, and discusses transforming her collection of essays into a non-linear memoir, “Wongmom.com,” working in poetry and prose, “writing up to the present,” writing the hard stuff, tonal shifts, and more!  Jane Wong is the author of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything from Alice James Books (2021) and Overpour from Action Books (2016). Her debut memoir, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, is forthcoming from Tin House in May, 2023. She holds an M.F.A. in Poetry from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Western Washington University. Her poems can be found in places such as Best American Nonrequired Reading 2019, Best American Poetry 2015, The New York Times, American Poetry Review, POETRY, The Kenyon Review, New England Review, and others. Her essays have appeared in places such as McSweeney's, Black Warrior Review, Ecotone, The Common, The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, and This is the Place: Women Writing About Home. A Kundiman fellow, she is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships and residencies from the U.S. Fulbright Program, Artist Trust, Harvard's Woodberry Poetry Room, 4Culture, the Fine Arts Work Center, Bread Loaf, Hedgebrook, Willapa Bay, the Jentel Foundation, SAFTA, Mineral School, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Loghaven, and others. The recipient of the James W. Ray Distinguished Artist Award for Washington artists, her first solo art show “After Preparing the Altar, the Ghosts Feast Feverishly” was exhibited at the Frye Art Museum in 2019. Her artwork will also be a part of “Nourish,” an exhibition at the Richmond Art Gallery in 2022. A scholar of Asian American poetry and poetics as well, you can explore "The Poetics of Haunting" project here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CDR Andrea Cameron, Ed.D., Ph.D. of the Naval War College and Fulbright Program shares her insights from teaching a PME course on climate and security studies. CDR Cameron gives us her take on curriculum, what we can learn from our allies, and the frites in Brussels!

Anyone who is in prison has been charged for a crime by a prosecutor. The charges are important because they determine someone's punishment. How do prosecutors make their charging decisions? And what are the long-term impacts of those decisions?   Reported by Esteban Salmón, an anthropologist born and raised in Mexico City, we learn just how powerful a charging decision can be in the Mexican criminal justice system.  SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human is produced by House of Pod. Cat Jaffee was the editor for this piece, with help from producer Ann Marie Awad. Seth Samuel was the audio editor and sound designer. The executive producers were Cat Jaffee and Chip Colwell.  Esteban Salmón is an anthropologist who studies the ethics of criminal prosecution in Mexico City. He is currently a doctoral candidate in anthropology at Stanford University. His first book explores how immigration enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border affects the relations between a community of undocumented migrants in New York and their hometown in central Mexico. Before attending graduate school, Esteban worked as a community organizer and policy advocate for access to justice initiatives in Mexico City. His research has been funded by the Fulbright Program, the National Science Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council. Follow him on Twitter @EsteSalmon. SAPIENS is an editorially independent podcast funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. SAPIENS is part of the American Anthropological Association Podcast Library. Episode sponsor: ·   This episode is included in season 5 of the SAPIENS podcast, which is part of the SAPIENS Public Scholars Training Fellowship funded with the support of a three-year grant from the John Templeton Foundation.

Japanese American, Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma is an author, translator, teacher, and performer. His translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, The Kural: Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural, was recently published by Beacon Press. Other books include The Safety of Edges (poems), Give, Eat, and Live: Poems of Avvaiyar (translated from the Tamil) and Body and Earth (with the artist C.F. John). He speaks and performs widely, teaches for the Cozy Grammar series of online video courses, and has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, 4Culture, Artist Trust, and the U. S. Fulbright Program. - ஜப்பானிய அமெரிக்கரான தாமஸ் ஹிட்டோஷி ப்ரூக்ஸ்மா (Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma) ஒரு எழுத்தாளர், மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர், ஆசிரியர் மற்றும் கலைஞர் ஆவார். நெறிமுறைகள், அதிகாரம் மற்றும் காதல் பற்றிய தலைசிறந்த தமிழ் படைப்பான திருவள்ளுவரின் திருக்குறளை அவர் அண்மையில் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு செய்துள்ளார். அது தவிர ஔவையாரின் கவிதைகள் உட்பட வேறு தமிழ் இலக்கியங்களையும் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு செய்துள்ளார்.

Japanese American, Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma is an author, translator, teacher, and performer. His translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, The Kural: Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural, was recently published by Beacon Press. Other books include The Safety of Edges (poems), Give, Eat, and Live: Poems of Avvaiyar (translated from the Tamil) and Body and Earth (with the artist C.F. John). He speaks and performs widely, teaches for the Cozy Grammar series of online video courses, and has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, 4Culture, Artist Trust, and the U. S. Fulbright Program. - ஜப்பானிய அமெரிக்கரான தாமஸ் ஹிட்டோஷி ப்ரூக்ஸ்மா (Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma) ஒரு எழுத்தாளர், மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர், ஆசிரியர் மற்றும் கலைஞர் ஆவார். நெறிமுறைகள், அதிகாரம் மற்றும் காதல் பற்றிய தலைசிறந்த தமிழ் படைப்பான திருவள்ளுவரின் திருக்குறளை அவர் அண்மையில் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு செய்துள்ளார். அது தவிர ஔவையாரின் கவிதைகள் உட்பட வேறு தமிழ் இலக்கியங்களையும் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு செய்துள்ளார்.

On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, the Lannan Center hosted a reading and conversation with writer Laila Lalami and moderated by Aminatta Forna. Laila Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco, Great Britain, and the United States. She is the author of five books, most recently, Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America, which was shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. Her other books include, The Moor's Account, which won the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. It was on the longlist for the Booker Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Her most recent novel, The Other Americans, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award in Fiction. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, The Nation, Harper's, the Guardian, and the New York Times. She has been awarded fellowships from the British Council, the Fulbright Program, and the Guggenheim Foundation and is currently a distinguished professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside. She lives in Los Angeles.Music: Quantum Jazz — "Orbiting A Distant Planet" — Provided by Jamendo.

This week, I'm joined by my friends Alyssa & Nicole. We met through the Fulbright Program as English Teaching Assistants in Germany back in 2006!Incorporating clips from the “podcast project”, the three of us listen to the clips and carry on the conversation started by my students Armaan & Danny.If you're looking to gain insight into disability inclusion work and Asynchronous communication, you're in the right place!Topics Include:DEI in OrganizationsImportance of Creating an Inclusive CultureSelf ImprovementSituational LeadershipFormal Training vs On the Job TrainingReconnecting and Rejoining Society After these last Few YearsAlyssa Ryanjoy (she/her) leads a team supporting an equitable and inclusive hybrid work environment at CUNA Mutual Group. Her career has included diverse roles and industries but she has always enjoyed bringing structure to new ideas while coaching and mentoring others. She is deeply involved in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work with a special focus on disability inclusion.  Alyssa attended the University of Wisconsin - Madison for both her Bachelor's degree in Economics/German and her MBA. She loves volunteering with local organizations and currently serves on the board of First Unitarian Society of Madison, her faith organization, and Movin' Out, a disability justice organization focused on housing. Connect with Alyssa on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.Nicole Walberg (she/her) has worked over the past 18 years as an admissions counselor, academic advisor, fellowship advisor, study abroad advisor, international student advisor, and director of a college advising office. She currently owns her own business, which helps students navigate their college application and academic experience.She is a Pacific Northwesterner, Fulbright scholar, German speaker, kitchen vixen, lover of the outdoors, and a cancer survivor. She loves to support others as they battle cancer and to help people navigate the path to their future career. Connect with Nicole on her website, Facebook, and LinkedIn.Daniel Stonis (he/him) is currently a Temple Graduate Student, studying for his MS in City and Regional Planning.Connect with Daniel on Instagram and LinkedIn.Mohamed Armaan Nathani (he/him) is a current student in the Adult and Organizational Development major at Temple University. Connect with MG on Instagram and Facebook, too!Follow BTV on Instagram and Facebook for all updates and releases.A ByVesta Production.

因為雙親成立布袋戲劇團，從小就跟戲偶很有緣份的台北偶戲館館長蔡易衛，透過文化部與美國國務院傅爾布萊特計畫（Fulbright Program）合作薦送的藝文專才專案，6月起在紐約展開3個月的布袋戲文化交流，拾起珍藏以久的戲偶來到美國紐約，不僅圓了個人與父母的夢，也把台灣布袋戲帶到更遠的地方。 主持人：賴靜嫻 來賓：蔡易衛 台北偶戲館館長 主題：帶著布袋戲偶前往紐約表演 台北偶戲館館長為自己與父母圓夢 本集播出日期：2022.09.15 寶島有意思 FB 台北偶戲館 #布袋戲 #掌中戲 #戲偶 #台北偶戲館 #寶島聯播網 #寶島有意思 --- 寶島有意思 準時放送 19：00 北部-寶島新聲 FM98.5 嘉義-嘉義之音 FM91.3 高雄-主人電台 FM96.9 21：00 中部-大千電台 FM99.1

Princess Agina reflects on her career journey and takes us through the systemic issues impacting the state of education. Princess Agina is an Edtech entrepreneur in making. Through her experiences with Teach For America, Peace Corps, the Fulbright Program, and the county of Hawaii, students have always been her motivation. She reflects on her learnings from the different aspects of her career journey, as she takes us through the systemic issues impacting the state of children's and adult education, especially in the US; in an episode that could have been a lot more daunting, we manage to unearth the things that give us hope about our shared vision for the future of education. PS: If you are here, we would love to hear from you! Please fill out this survey to share your feedback about the podcast: https://bit.ly/3bQFvEv

Originally from Russia, Rita came to the U.S. as a Fulbright Program's Graduate Student to study journalism and communications. Prior to that, she was an associate fashion editor at Sobaka.ru magazine in St. Petersburg, Russia, and a freelance writer for advertising agencies. In addition to that, she was involved in event and entertainment industries helping with St. Petersburg Fashion Week and nationwide gastronomic festivals. She is also a Cultural Vistas' 2022 fellow (Edmund S. Muskie Professional Fellowship Program) promoting international relationships and collaboration, who's currently working in a creative production company in NYC. On this episode, she talks with Ilina Luthra about her career as a journalist in Russia, various creative internships and how she decided to leave it all behind to pursue her dream of studying abroad and exploring the world through cultural exchange.

Michelle Moyd is the Ruth N. Halls Associate Professor of History and the Associate Director of the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is a specialist in the history of Eastern Africa and she wears a lot of hats at IU. Michelle received her undergraduate degree at Princeton University, her MA at the University of Florida, and a second MA and a PhD at Cornell University. Before pursuing her PhD, Michelle spent 8 years in the Air Force as an intel officer, serving in Germany and Somalia. She is the author of Violent Intermediaries: African Soldiers, Conquest, and Everyday Colonialism in German East and she is the co-editor, with Yuliya Komska and David Gramling, of Linguistic Disobedience: Restoring Power to Civic Language. Michelle has also authored more than a dozen articles and essays, including contributions to First World War Studies, Radical History Review, and some excellent edited volumes: Santanu Das' Race, Empire, and First World War Experience and Tammy Proctor and Susan Grayzel's Gender and the Great War. Her latest book, Africa, Africans, and the First World War, is currently under contract with Cambridge University Press. Michelle's work has been supported by the Fulbright Program, the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies, and the International Research Center Work and Human Lifecycle in Global History, Humboldt University, Berlin, and the Institute for Historical Studies at UT Austin. Michelle has her finger on the pulse of what's going on in the profession beyond the military history field and she is on the editorial boards of the Journal of African Military History, the Journal of Military History, First World War Studies, Central European History, and the British Journal of Military History, and Ohio University's African Military Histories series. She contributed to an essay forum on the impact of COVID-19 on scholars of European History edited by Christian Goeschel, Dominique Reill, and Lucy Riall in the journal Central European History (Vol. 54, Issue 4, December 2021), that discussed among many things her COVID lockdown Facebook diary. Her public service ranges from giving public lectures to fighting to keep Nazis out of Bloomington's Farmers' Market. Michelle has presented her work all over the world, and we are most appreciative that she will be adding our little podcast to her amazing list of media appearances! Rec. 03/18/2022

In 1972, Richard Nixon made a historic visit to China. The trip broke 25 years of silence between the U.S. and China, paving the way for the establishment of full diplomatic relations later in the decade. Around the same time, second-generation Chinese American Gish Jen started writing; she first visited China with her family in 1979, the experience undoubtedly shaping her identity as both a Chinese American and a writer. Jen's latest book, Thank You, Mr. Nixon, collected 11 stories spanning 50 years since Nixon's landmark visit and meeting with Chairman Mao. Beginning with a cheery letter penned by a Chinese girl in heaven to “poor Mr. Nixon” in hell, Jen embarked on a witty (and at times heartbreaking) journey through U.S.-China relations, capturing the excitement of a world on the brink of change. The stories paint vignettes of the lives of ordinary people after China's reopening: a reunion of Chinese sisters after forty years; a cosmopolitan's musings on why Americans “like to walk around in the woods with the mosquitoes”; and Hong Kong parents who go to extremes to reconnect with their “number-one daughter” in New York. Together with writer Daniel Tam-Claiborne, Gish Jen discussed stories of culture and humanity sparked by a pivotal era in U.S.-Chinese history. Gish Jen has published short work in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and dozens of other periodicals, anthologies and textbooks. Her work has appeared in The Best American Short Stories four times, including The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike. Nominated for a National Book Critics' Circle Award, her work was featured in a PBS American Masters' special on the American novel and is widely taught. Jen is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She has been awarded a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, a Guggenheim fellowship, a Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study fellowship, and a Mildred and Harold Strauss Living; she has also delivered the William E. Massey, Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization at Harvard University. She is currently a Visiting Professor at Harvard. Daniel Tam-Claiborne is a multiracial essayist and author of the short story collection What Never Leaves. His writing has appeared in Literary Hub, The Rumpus, SupChina, The Huffington Post, The Shanghai Literary Review, and elsewhere. A 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow, he has also received fellowships and awards from the U.S. Fulbright Program, the New York State Summer Writers Institute, Kundiman, the Jack Straw Writers Program, and the Yiddish Book Center. Daniel serves as Director of Community Partnerships & Programs at Hugo House in Seattle and is currently completing a novel set against the backdrop of contemporary U.S.-China relations. Buy the Book: Thank You, Mr. Nixon  Presented by Town Hall Seattle. To become a member or make a donation click here. 

Laila Lalami talked about her award-winning books, The Other American, The Moor's Account, Secret Son, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits & Conditional Citizens.Laila Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco, Great Britain, and the United States. She is the author of five books, including The Moor's Account, which won the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award, and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. It was on the longlist for the Booker Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. Her most recent novel, The Other Americans, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award in Fiction. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, The Nation, Harper's, the Guardian, and the New York Times. She has been awarded fellowships from the British Council, the Fulbright Program, and the Guggenheim Foundation and is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of California at RiversideCreated and hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About the afikra Conversations:Our long-form interview series features academics, arts, ‎and media experts who are helping document and/or shape the history and culture of the Arab world through their ‎work. Our hope is that by having the guest share their expertise and story, the community still walks away with newfound curiosity - and maybe some good recommendations about new nerdy rabbit holes to dive into headfirst. ‎Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com

Chloë Goodchild in conversation with author, poet, translator & teacher, Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, discussing compassion, poetry, the Tirukkural, leadership, voice, silence, and much more. The VOCE Dialogues offer a simple, accessible in-depth ground for poets, authors, musicians, visual artists, and visionary teachers to share and disseminate their insights about the transformative practice of contemplative, creative and compassionate communication.Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma is an author, poet, translator, teacher, magician, musician, and lover of life. Since 2001 he has devoted his life to the highest possibilities of words and their power to join our hearts across time and place.He was born in Seattle, Washington, and has lived and worked in Tamil Nadu, India, and Oaxaca, Mexico. His new translation of the classical Tamil masterpiece on ethics, power, and love, THE KURAL: Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural, appeared in January 2022 from Beacon Press. Other books include The Safety of Edges (poems), Give, Eat, and Live: Poems of Avvaiyar (translated from the Tamil) and Body and Earth: Notes from a Conversation (with the artist C. F. John). He is currently at work on a translation of and a book about Juan Rulfo's masterpiece, Pedro Páramo.He also delights in speaking, teaching, and performing internationally, combining poetry, story, magic, and song in talks and presentations for the young and old alike. His solo shows include A Thousand Thanks: The Gift of Sadako and Her Cranes, and By Heart: A Celebration of Words, Magic, and Memory. He serves as Language Consultant for the Cozy Grammar series of online video courses and has received grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, 4Culture, Artist Trust, the Community of Writers, the U.S. Fulbright Program, the American Literary Translators Association, Ohio State University, Oberlin Shansi, and Oberlin College.Thomas makes his home on Vashon Island, Washington, with his husband, David Mielke. Together they're developing an original show, The Driftwood Bridge: An Offering of Story and Song.https://thomaspruiksma.com/https://thomaspruiksma.com/category/kural/conversations/https://thomaspruiksma.com/books/tiruvalluvars-tirukkural/Chloë Goodchild is an international singer, innovatory educator, author and founder of The Naked Voice (1990) and its UK Charitable Foundation (2004), dedicated to the realization of compassionate communication in all realms of human life. Deafness in childhood catalysed Chloë's deep encounter with her inner self, and began a lifetime's experiential research into the voice as a catalyst for personal evolution and global transformation.https://www.chloegoodchild.com/

The 1980s and '90s saw Latin American governments recognizing the property rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendent communities as part of a broader territorial policy shift. But the resulting reforms were not applied consistently, more often extending neoliberal governance than recognizing Indigenous Peoples' rights. In Negotiating Autonomy: Mapuche Territorial Demands and Chilean Land Policy (U Pittsburgh Press, 2021), Kelly Bauer explores the inconsistencies by which the Chilean government transfers land in response to Mapuche territorial demands. Interviews with community and government leaders, statistical analysis of an original dataset of Mapuche mobilization and land transfers, and analysis of policy documents reveals that many assumptions about post-dictatorship Chilean politics as technocratic and depoliticized do not apply to Indigenous policy. Rather, state officials often work to preserve the hegemony of political and economic elites in the region, effectively protecting existing market interests over efforts to extend the neoliberal project to the governance of Mapuche territorial demands. In addition to complicating understandings of Chilean governance, these hidden patterns of policy implementation reveal the numerous ways these governance strategies threaten the recognition of Indigenous rights and create limited space for communities to negotiate autonomy. Kelly Bauer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Nebraska Wesleyan University, and member of the Red De Politólogas – #NoSinMujeres. Her research and teaching examine state policy and rhetoric about Indigenous rights, irregular migration, and human security regimes in South America. She also researches pedagogy and knowledge production in political science classrooms, and migration politics and rhetoric in Nebraska. Her work has been externally funded by the U.S. Fulbright Program, Inter-American Foundation's Grassroots Development Fellowship, and APSA Centennial Center. Lamis Abdelaaty is an assistant professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She is the author of Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees (Oxford University Press, 2021). Email her comments at labdelaa@syr.edu or tweet to @LAbdelaaty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-american-studies

The 1980s and '90s saw Latin American governments recognizing the property rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendent communities as part of a broader territorial policy shift. But the resulting reforms were not applied consistently, more often extending neoliberal governance than recognizing Indigenous Peoples' rights. In Negotiating Autonomy: Mapuche Territorial Demands and Chilean Land Policy (U Pittsburgh Press, 2021), Kelly Bauer explores the inconsistencies by which the Chilean government transfers land in response to Mapuche territorial demands. Interviews with community and government leaders, statistical analysis of an original dataset of Mapuche mobilization and land transfers, and analysis of policy documents reveals that many assumptions about post-dictatorship Chilean politics as technocratic and depoliticized do not apply to Indigenous policy. Rather, state officials often work to preserve the hegemony of political and economic elites in the region, effectively protecting existing market interests over efforts to extend the neoliberal project to the governance of Mapuche territorial demands. In addition to complicating understandings of Chilean governance, these hidden patterns of policy implementation reveal the numerous ways these governance strategies threaten the recognition of Indigenous rights and create limited space for communities to negotiate autonomy. Kelly Bauer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Nebraska Wesleyan University, and member of the Red De Politólogas – #NoSinMujeres. Her research and teaching examine state policy and rhetoric about Indigenous rights, irregular migration, and human security regimes in South America. She also researches pedagogy and knowledge production in political science classrooms, and migration politics and rhetoric in Nebraska. Her work has been externally funded by the U.S. Fulbright Program, Inter-American Foundation's Grassroots Development Fellowship, and APSA Centennial Center. Lamis Abdelaaty is an assistant professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She is the author of Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees (Oxford University Press, 2021). Email her comments at labdelaa@syr.edu or tweet to @LAbdelaaty. 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 1980s and '90s saw Latin American governments recognizing the property rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendent communities as part of a broader territorial policy shift. But the resulting reforms were not applied consistently, more often extending neoliberal governance than recognizing Indigenous Peoples' rights. In Negotiating Autonomy: Mapuche Territorial Demands and Chilean Land Policy (U Pittsburgh Press, 2021), Kelly Bauer explores the inconsistencies by which the Chilean government transfers land in response to Mapuche territorial demands. Interviews with community and government leaders, statistical analysis of an original dataset of Mapuche mobilization and land transfers, and analysis of policy documents reveals that many assumptions about post-dictatorship Chilean politics as technocratic and depoliticized do not apply to Indigenous policy. Rather, state officials often work to preserve the hegemony of political and economic elites in the region, effectively protecting existing market interests over efforts to extend the neoliberal project to the governance of Mapuche territorial demands. In addition to complicating understandings of Chilean governance, these hidden patterns of policy implementation reveal the numerous ways these governance strategies threaten the recognition of Indigenous rights and create limited space for communities to negotiate autonomy. Kelly Bauer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Nebraska Wesleyan University, and member of the Red De Politólogas – #NoSinMujeres. Her research and teaching examine state policy and rhetoric about Indigenous rights, irregular migration, and human security regimes in South America. She also researches pedagogy and knowledge production in political science classrooms, and migration politics and rhetoric in Nebraska. Her work has been externally funded by the U.S. Fulbright Program, Inter-American Foundation's Grassroots Development Fellowship, and APSA Centennial Center. Lamis Abdelaaty is an assistant professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She is the author of Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees (Oxford University Press, 2021). Email her comments at labdelaa@syr.edu or tweet to @LAbdelaaty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/latin-american-studies

The 1980s and '90s saw Latin American governments recognizing the property rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendent communities as part of a broader territorial policy shift. But the resulting reforms were not applied consistently, more often extending neoliberal governance than recognizing Indigenous Peoples' rights. In Negotiating Autonomy: Mapuche Territorial Demands and Chilean Land Policy (U Pittsburgh Press, 2021), Kelly Bauer explores the inconsistencies by which the Chilean government transfers land in response to Mapuche territorial demands. Interviews with community and government leaders, statistical analysis of an original dataset of Mapuche mobilization and land transfers, and analysis of policy documents reveals that many assumptions about post-dictatorship Chilean politics as technocratic and depoliticized do not apply to Indigenous policy. Rather, state officials often work to preserve the hegemony of political and economic elites in the region, effectively protecting existing market interests over efforts to extend the neoliberal project to the governance of Mapuche territorial demands. In addition to complicating understandings of Chilean governance, these hidden patterns of policy implementation reveal the numerous ways these governance strategies threaten the recognition of Indigenous rights and create limited space for communities to negotiate autonomy. Kelly Bauer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Nebraska Wesleyan University, and member of the Red De Politólogas – #NoSinMujeres. Her research and teaching examine state policy and rhetoric about Indigenous rights, irregular migration, and human security regimes in South America. She also researches pedagogy and knowledge production in political science classrooms, and migration politics and rhetoric in Nebraska. Her work has been externally funded by the U.S. Fulbright Program, Inter-American Foundation's Grassroots Development Fellowship, and APSA Centennial Center. Lamis Abdelaaty is an assistant professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She is the author of Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees (Oxford University Press, 2021). Email her comments at labdelaa@syr.edu or tweet to @LAbdelaaty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/native-american-studies

The 1980s and '90s saw Latin American governments recognizing the property rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendent communities as part of a broader territorial policy shift. But the resulting reforms were not applied consistently, more often extending neoliberal governance than recognizing Indigenous Peoples' rights. In Negotiating Autonomy: Mapuche Territorial Demands and Chilean Land Policy (U Pittsburgh Press, 2021), Kelly Bauer explores the inconsistencies by which the Chilean government transfers land in response to Mapuche territorial demands. Interviews with community and government leaders, statistical analysis of an original dataset of Mapuche mobilization and land transfers, and analysis of policy documents reveals that many assumptions about post-dictatorship Chilean politics as technocratic and depoliticized do not apply to Indigenous policy. Rather, state officials often work to preserve the hegemony of political and economic elites in the region, effectively protecting existing market interests over efforts to extend the neoliberal project to the governance of Mapuche territorial demands. In addition to complicating understandings of Chilean governance, these hidden patterns of policy implementation reveal the numerous ways these governance strategies threaten the recognition of Indigenous rights and create limited space for communities to negotiate autonomy. Kelly Bauer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Nebraska Wesleyan University, and member of the Red De Politólogas – #NoSinMujeres. Her research and teaching examine state policy and rhetoric about Indigenous rights, irregular migration, and human security regimes in South America. She also researches pedagogy and knowledge production in political science classrooms, and migration politics and rhetoric in Nebraska. Her work has been externally funded by the U.S. Fulbright Program, Inter-American Foundation's Grassroots Development Fellowship, and APSA Centennial Center. Lamis Abdelaaty is an assistant professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She is the author of Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees (Oxford University Press, 2021). Email her comments at labdelaa@syr.edu or tweet to @LAbdelaaty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

The 1980s and '90s saw Latin American governments recognizing the property rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendent communities as part of a broader territorial policy shift. But the resulting reforms were not applied consistently, more often extending neoliberal governance than recognizing Indigenous Peoples' rights. In Negotiating Autonomy: Mapuche Territorial Demands and Chilean Land Policy (U Pittsburgh Press, 2021), Kelly Bauer explores the inconsistencies by which the Chilean government transfers land in response to Mapuche territorial demands. Interviews with community and government leaders, statistical analysis of an original dataset of Mapuche mobilization and land transfers, and analysis of policy documents reveals that many assumptions about post-dictatorship Chilean politics as technocratic and depoliticized do not apply to Indigenous policy. Rather, state officials often work to preserve the hegemony of political and economic elites in the region, effectively protecting existing market interests over efforts to extend the neoliberal project to the governance of Mapuche territorial demands. In addition to complicating understandings of Chilean governance, these hidden patterns of policy implementation reveal the numerous ways these governance strategies threaten the recognition of Indigenous rights and create limited space for communities to negotiate autonomy. Kelly Bauer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Nebraska Wesleyan University, and member of the Red De Politólogas – #NoSinMujeres. Her research and teaching examine state policy and rhetoric about Indigenous rights, irregular migration, and human security regimes in South America. She also researches pedagogy and knowledge production in political science classrooms, and migration politics and rhetoric in Nebraska. Her work has been externally funded by the U.S. Fulbright Program, Inter-American Foundation's Grassroots Development Fellowship, and APSA Centennial Center. Lamis Abdelaaty is an assistant professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She is the author of Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees (Oxford University Press, 2021). Email her comments at labdelaa@syr.edu or tweet to @LAbdelaaty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/public-policy

The 1980s and '90s saw Latin American governments recognizing the property rights of Indigenous and Afro-descendent communities as part of a broader territorial policy shift. But the resulting reforms were not applied consistently, more often extending neoliberal governance than recognizing Indigenous Peoples' rights. In Negotiating Autonomy: Mapuche Territorial Demands and Chilean Land Policy (U Pittsburgh Press, 2021), Kelly Bauer explores the inconsistencies by which the Chilean government transfers land in response to Mapuche territorial demands. Interviews with community and government leaders, statistical analysis of an original dataset of Mapuche mobilization and land transfers, and analysis of policy documents reveals that many assumptions about post-dictatorship Chilean politics as technocratic and depoliticized do not apply to Indigenous policy. Rather, state officials often work to preserve the hegemony of political and economic elites in the region, effectively protecting existing market interests over efforts to extend the neoliberal project to the governance of Mapuche territorial demands. In addition to complicating understandings of Chilean governance, these hidden patterns of policy implementation reveal the numerous ways these governance strategies threaten the recognition of Indigenous rights and create limited space for communities to negotiate autonomy. Kelly Bauer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Nebraska Wesleyan University, and member of the Red De Politólogas – #NoSinMujeres. Her research and teaching examine state policy and rhetoric about Indigenous rights, irregular migration, and human security regimes in South America. She also researches pedagogy and knowledge production in political science classrooms, and migration politics and rhetoric in Nebraska. Her work has been externally funded by the U.S. Fulbright Program, Inter-American Foundation's Grassroots Development Fellowship, and APSA Centennial Center. Lamis Abdelaaty is an assistant professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She is the author of Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees (Oxford University Press, 2021). Email her comments at labdelaa@syr.edu or tweet to @LAbdelaaty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law

Alyea Pierce is a Spokenword Poet and Researcher, National Geographics's Into the Depths.  An alumna of the Fulbright Program, Alyea uses her creative work with poetry, spoken word performance, audio, & photography to examine oral storytelling and folklore traditions across the African diaspora.  She has performed internationally from the UK, Trinidad, and Tobago to South Africa and at numerous Tedx events.  Her work has been published online and in print, including the Guardian, New York Daily News, and the Caribbean Writer.  

In this slightly different episode, I interview Lia who has already graduated UMD and is now stationed in Kosovo on the Fulbright Program. My website: https://collegerealitycheck.com/  My email: kamila@collegerealitycheck.com My instagram: _acollegekid_

For more information on the Fulbright Program, visit https://us.fulbrightonline.org/For more information on NALCAP, visit https://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/eeuu/convocatorias-programas/convocatorias-eeuu/nalcap.html

Welcome to Travel Takes, Outgoing! Generation Travel Radio is excited to release updates in travel for those traveling within or out of the United States with our knowledgable new voices, Duff Archie and Rita Guzmán. Tune in every 6 weeks to keep up with changes in the travel landscape. Show Notes: CNBC article about the Department of State travel advisory announcement: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/24/covid-80-percent-of-world-is-unsafe-for-travel-amid-pandemic-state-dept-warns.html Bill Bull for CIEE on Dec. 9th, 2020: https://www.ciee.org/about/blog/covid-19-upends-traditional-framework-for-evaluating-risk-study-abroad International Air Transport Association: https://www.iata.org/en/youandiata/travelers/health/ Skrift on digital health passports: https://skift.com/2021/01/29/digital-health-passports-explained-in-5-questions/ Phocuswire on digital health passports: https://www.phocuswire.com/health-passport-standards-interoperability-critical-for-revival-of-international-travel OffWeGo: https://www.offwego.io/ Biographies Rita Guzmán As a strong believer that international experiences are critical in higher education, Rita Guzmán studied abroad in London and participated in the Tippie Dublin Summer Internship Program. Her internship experience as a radio host in Dublin led her towards the field of international education. She worked for the University of Iowa Study Abroad Office and Tippie College of Business as a program ambassador, diversity ambassador, mentor, and outreach assistant. After graduating in 2018 with a marketing major, international business certificate, and Portuguese minor, she taught English in Portugal through the Fulbright Program. After Fulbright, she moved to Chicago to continue working in higher education. She currently advises online graduate students in her role as an Enrollment Advisor for All Campus. Duff Archie Duff Archie is the Co-Founder of OffWeGo, a student-centric risk management platform for international education. Duff graduated Cum Laude from St. Lawrence University with a joint degree in Economics and Business in the Liberal Arts. While at St. Lawrence, he lived and studied abroad twice: London during his first semester of Freshman year and Copenhagen during his junior spring. Duff specializes in product management, human-centered design, and design thinking to help make safety a forethought for student travel and ease the pains of international offices everywhere! His favorite place he's traveled is Iceland.

Personal story updates include: case management team change; possible medication change; need for employment, and support to get there. (first 5 minutes of podcast)Then, a  conversation with Amedeea Enache, Exec. Director of Estuar Foundation in Romania, Board Member of Mental Health EuropeWe talk about:Deinstitutionalization, esp. After break from communism in 1989, then joining European Union in 2007 - where do patients go once discharged?Disparities between the urban and rural area in terms of services providedStigma/secrecy - people diagnosed, and their familiesEmployment for those with SMI -importance, availabilityAwareness in the field, who are the main actors, and what is the families and members involvementWhat our countries can learn from each otherLinks: https://estuar.org/ (it's in Romanian, though) - facewbook page: https://www.facebook.com/estuarclubhouseEstuar Foundation was established in 1993 by Penumbra Association from Scotland and Romanian League of Mental Health and it is the first Romanian organization created for adults with mental health challenges. It's a network of day community care centers and accommodation services that were certified and recognized at local and national level.They work with:Families and friends of people with mentalhealth problemsCommunity membresAdults with mental health problemsRepresentatives of local and central authoritiesAdults with temporary problems of adjustmentand communicationMental health specialistsAbout our guest:A passionate professional, focused on achieving results, with eighteen years activity in serving communities and vulnerable groups. Ten years as director of social services provider NGO. Experience in organizational and project management, mental health services development, national and international partnerships development, human rights, and advocacy in mental health field.EDUCATION in US (current) 2020-21Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of MinnesotaHumphrey International Fellow, Affiliated with Fulbright Program

Winona LaDuke—an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) member of the White Earth Nation—is an environmentalist, economist, author, and prominent Native American activist working to restore and preserve indigenous cultures and lands.She graduated from Harvard University in 1982 with a B.A. in economics (rural economic development) and from Antioch University with an M.A. in community economic development. While at Harvard, she came to understand that the problems besetting native nations were the result of centuries of governmental exploitation. At age 18 she became the youngest person to speak to the United Nations about Native American issues.In 1989 LaDuke founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project in Minnesota, focusing on the recovery, preservation, and restoration of land on the White Earth Reservation. This includes branding traditional foods through the Native Harvest label.In 1993 LaDuke gave the Annual E. F. Schumacher Lecture entitled “Voices from White Earth.” That same year she co-founded and is executive director of Honor the Earth, whose goal is to support Native environmental issues and to ensure the survival of sustainable Native communities. As executive director she travels nationally and internationally to work with Indigenous communities on climate justice, renewable energy, sustainable development, food sovereignty, environmental justice, and human rights.Among the books she has authored are All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life (1999, 2016); The Winona LaDuke Reader: A Collection of Essential Writings (2002); Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming (2005); The Militarization of Indian Country (2013).LaDuke's many honors include nomination in 1994 by Time magazine as one of America's 50 most promising leaders under 40; the Thomas Merton Award in 1996, the Ann Bancroft Award for Women's Leadership in 1997, and the Reebok Human Rights Award in 1998. In 1998 Ms. Magazine named her Woman of the Year for her work with Honor the Earth. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2007, and in 2017 she received the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy, and Tolerance.Winona LaDuke was an active leader as a Water Protector with the Dakota Access Pipeline protests in 2017 at Standing Rock, where the Sioux Nation and hundreds of their supporters fought to preserve the Nation's drinking water and sacred lands from the damage the pipeline would cause. Over the years her activism has not deviated from seeking justice and restoration for Indigenous peoples.Leah Penniman is an educator, farmer/peyizan, author, and food justice activist from Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, NY. She co-founded Soul Fire Farm in 2011 with the mission to end racism in the food system and reclaim our ancestral connection to land. Penniman is part of a team that facilitates powerful food sovereignty programs – including farmer trainings for Black & Brown people, a subsidized farm food distribution program for people living under food apartheid, and domestic and international organizing toward equity in the food system.Penniman holds an MA in Science Education and BA in Environmental Science and International Development from Clark University. She has been farming since 1996 and teaching since 2002. The work of Penniman and Soul Fire Farm has been recognized by the Soros Racial Justice Fellowship, Fulbright Program, Omega Sustainability Leadership Award, Presidential Award for Science Teaching, NYS Health Emerging Innovator Awards, and Andrew Goodman Foundation, among others. She is the author of Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land (2018).

In this episode of La Verdad Duele Podcast, our guest Tanya Donangmaye, a current U.S Foreign Service Officer, a graduate of Columbia University (Master's), George Mason University (Bachelor's) and nova community college. Tanya is a Fulbright Grantee and Charles B Rangel Fellow. She shares with the fans her tips on success, building self-confidence, and overcoming challenges. She also shares her journey from Northern Virginia Community College to George Mason University and to obtaining her Master's degree from Columbia University. Listen as she discusses her journey from the Fulbright Program to being a Rangel Fellow. Resources: @NVCC @GMU @Fulbright @Rangel Our Social Media (IG): @laverdadduelepod Mailing List: LVD Podcast Listserv