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Carolina Allen discusses motherhood with Erica Komisar, LCSW and Madeline Wallin from FEFAF and Haro    “Free women. Free women from feeling terrorized and imprisoned by the narrative that unless they are a hard driving career woman, making lots of money competing with men out in the world, that they have no value. Free women, and give them permission to embrace instincts that they feel, but society doesn't give them permission to feel.” - Erica Komisar   “How can we talk about the future of the world if we can't talk about, and especially in a forum that's supposed to be for women, [if] we are not using the word ‘mother' or ‘family' and we're talking about the future?” - Carolina Allen   “We need to use the words more. We need to show motherhood. We need to talk about it so much more and use the correct words. … Nobody exists without the mother!” - Madeline Wallin   https://bigoceanwomen.org/our-work/subscribe/ A graduate of Georgetown and Columbia Universities and The New York Freudian Society, Erica is a psychological consultant bringing parenting and work/life workshops to clinics, schools, corporations, and childcare settings, including The Garden House School, Goldman Sachs, Shearman, and Sterling and SWFS Early Childhood Center.    Erica Komisar is a clinical social worker, psychoanalyst, parent coach, and author. With 40 years of experience in private practice,  she works to alleviate pain in individuals who suffer from depression, anxiety, eating, and other compulsive disorders. By helping them live better lives and have more prosperous, more satisfying relationships, she assists them in achieving their personal and professional goals and living up to their potential.    Erica is also the author of the book Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters and has appeared on major media networks such as CBS, ABC, FOX, and NPR. She regularly contributes to the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Daily News, and FOX 5 NY. She is a Contributing Editor to the Institute for Family Studies. Her second book, Chicken Little The Sky Isn't Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety was released in 2021.  Her upcoming book, guiding parents through divorcing healthily, will be released in 2025. She lives in New York City with her husband, optometrist, and social entrepreneur  Dr. Jordan Kassalow, with whom she has three teenage and young adult children.   Madeleine Wallin is General Secretary of the European Federation of Parents and Caregivers at Home (FEFAF) as well as the International Coordinator and Board Member for Haro: she previously served as President of both organizations. In her work at FEFAF and Haro, she advocates freedom of choice and equality for parents in Swedish family politics and wants to raise awareness about children's needs and the importance of motherhood. She has been interviewed by and written articles for many magazines, newspapers, and international media including the Wall Street Journal and the BBC. She is a mother of five children between 22 and 36 years of age. She lives in Hyssna, in the countryside close to Gothenburg in Sweden with her husband. Together they founded Malwa Forest AB, a business that manufactures and sells small forestry machines. Madeline is currently one of the owners and a member of the board.   Carolina Allen is the founder and leader of Big Ocean Women, the international maternal feminist organization representing perspectives of faith, family, and motherhood throughout civil society. Carolina holds a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Utah with an emphasis in cultural religions and philosophy of science. Her inspirational and philosophical work has been presented at various international U.N. conferences. She is a native of Brazil, and a fluent trilingual. She and her husband Kawika are parents to 7 children. She is an avid soccer fan and had a brief career as a semi-professional player.

On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, Razib talks to Titus Techera, a Romanian living in Budapest, but commenting extensively on American and European culture. He is the Executive Director of the American Cinema Foundation, International Coordinator of the National Conservatism Conference and is a primary contributor to the Substack PostModernConservative. Techera also hosts a podcast for the American Cinema Foundation. Razib first talks to Techera about the 2024 Romanian presidential election that was overturned by the courts over accusations of Russian interference. Techera explains the social and cultural context of the candidate initially declared victorious against a backdrop of Romanian society's typical stock characters. Techera also discusses the tension between having a nation-state with a distinctive character and becoming part of the broader EU project that is attempting to forge unity across 27 countries. He then addresses what a “Postmodern Conservative” is in the context of the arts. Perhaps most importantly, PostModern Conservatives take the 20th century and the modernist period seriously; they are not simply reactionaries who want to return to the 19th century. Conservatives who value the arts and culture cannot simply roll the tape back; they have to engage with what has come before. Razib and Techera also consider how inferences from the sciences, like the rejection of the “blank slate,” might influence the arts. They also discuss their disagreements about the latest Dune films, Techera prefers David Lynch's attempt to adapt the book in 1984 to Denis Villeneuve's 2021 version.

Support and know more about Torry MowattThe Fellowship of Christian Athletes' exciting local radio program, Heart of the Athlete, airs Saturdays at 9 am MST on KBXL 94.1 FM. The show is hosted by local FCA Director, Ken Lewis. This program is a great opportunity to listen to local athletes and coaches share their lives, combining sports with their faith in Jesus Christ each week!Our relationships will demonstrate steadfast commitment to Jesus Christ and His Word through Integrity, Serving, Teamwork and Excellence.NNU Box 3359 623 S University Blvd Nampa, ID 83686 United States (208) 697-1051 klewis@fca.orghttps://www.fcaidaho.org/Podcast Website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/heart-of-the-athlete/

Send us a Text Message.Jan Hively and Moira Allan and several of their country liaisons, Hans Kristjan Gudmundsson from Iceland, Dieter Zwicky from Switzerland, and Cullen T. Hayashida from Hawaii, will discuss the history and evolution of the Pass It On Network. The vision of the Pass It On Network is to promote positive, productive aging worldwide and encourage older adults to share their strengths with others to help themselves, each other, and their communities as much as feasible. The mission of the network is to spread information worldwide about Positive Aging programs led by older adults who share their strengths to help themselves, each other, and their communities.About Jan Hively:Dr. Jan Hively, Ph.D., USA, International Consultant and Country Liaison for the U.S. and Co-Founder. Jan Hively describes herself as an "Encore Entrepreneur" in Minnesota, after a city planning and administration career, Jan Hively earned her Ph.D. in 2001 at age 69 with a dissertation on Productive Aging in Rural Communities. Since then, she has focused on transforming expectations for aging - realizing the potential for positive aging based on twenty-first-century trends and research. Jan has co-founded several thriving networks that support positive aging, including the Vital Aging Network and a global program exchange, the Pass It On Network. As a Purpose Prize Fellow, she is an internationally known presenter and consultant for programs that engage older adult leadership and support "meaningful work, paid or unpaid, through the last breath." Jan's academic degrees were earned at Harvard University and the University of Minnesota.About Moira Allen:Moira Allan, France, International Coordinator and Co-Founder. Moira Allan is the co-founder and international coordinator of the Pass It On Network, an Internet platform that connects positive aging advocates from around the world so they can share their strengths to help each other, their communities, and themselves. She serves on the councils of EURAG, Europe's oldest federation of senior organizations (155 in 32 countries), the International Longevity Center-France, and is the international liaison for Old'Up, the cutting-edge French association leading the way for the 80+.She started in journalism and public relations and acquired skills that have served throughout her career as a life coach (University Paris 8), trainer, and manager. Moira is from South Africa and has lived in Paris for the last 40 years. She coordinates the Too Young To Retire network in Europe, started after the first Positive Aging Conference at Eckerd College, Florida, in 2007, where she met Jan Hively, Ph.D. Together, they set out on a collaborative exploration of the longevity revolution. They co-created with World Café Europe, the European Voices for Active Aging (EVAA) project in 2012 during the European Union's Year for Active Aging, and went on to launch the Pass It On Network in November 2013 in Paris.Get in touch with the Pass It On Network:Visit the Pass It On Network: https://www.passitonnetwork.org/What to do next: Click to grab our free guide, 10 Key Issues to Consider as You Explore Your Retirement Transition Please leave a review at Apple Podcasts. Join our Revolutionize Your Retirement group on Facebook.

Preaching for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sr. Abby Avelino, MM, offers a reflection on working together to end human trafficking: "The Spirit of God which calls us together in the work to end human trafficking is the same Spirit that has been present since the beginning of time working to bring forth life and free God's people." Sister Abby Avelino, MM is International Coordinator of Talitha Kum (UISG), a global Sister-led network against human trafficking. Originally from the Philippines, Sr. Abby is a Catholic woman religious who belongs to the Maryknoll Sisters of Saint Dominic. Before entering missionary religious life, she worked as a mechanical/systems engineer. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/06302024 to learn more about Sr. Abby, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

Welcome to 2024 and perhaps one of our most important episodes. This is the story of the Gaza Sunbirds, a Palestinian para-cycling team located in Gaza, as told by Karim Ali, the team's UK-based International Coordinator. While we wished that sharing this story would have been under better and peaceful circumstances, we're here to tell you that this is a story of hope and true resilience. A story of Sumud, which is explained in the episode. Like so many across the world, we've found it truly difficult to make sense of what is happening in this little strip of land on the Mediterranean Sea. Like many also, we've spent the past three months, learning more historical context, hoping for peace and doing what we can to show the world that athletes - living in, and from the wider Middle East, Palestinians included - want nothing more than what any of us want, to live in peace, security, & freedom and to experience all the joy that life offers. In this episode, we discuss the original mission and origins of the Gaza Sunbirds including the story of its founder Alaa al-Dali and the circumstances that saw him go from Olympic hopeful to amputee and then para-athlete in his new reality. We learn about members of the team, what life was like for this team of para-cyclists before October 7, how their mission has changed and what hopes they have for the future. As we mention in the episode, below are some resources and further information that we invite you to check out:

Deepa Gulrukh Patel is a Sufi teacher in the Inayati Order, which she also serves in her capacity as International Coordinator and Executive Director for the Zenith Institute, a four-week Sufi meditation camp in the Swiss Alps, where she guides retreats for young adults. She is also the Chair of Tamasha Theatre Company and the Loss Foundation, a bereavement support service for people who have lost loved ones to cancer. Her past roles have included being a music education producer for the BBC, a campaigner on HIV/AIDS for Action Aid, and Managing Director of Creative Partnerships (a national UK Government Initiative on creativity in schools). She currently facilitates programs for organizations globally on the art of collaboration, conversation and contemplation.

In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing my friend and colleague, Dr. Ed Dunkelblau, who is the International Coordinator for the Academy for SEL in schools to discuss social & emotional learning. I was, of course, previously aware of EQ, or emotional quotient, but wasn't up-to-date with SEL and Ed brought the receipts. We talked about what SEL is, the skills that comprise it and the benefits of implementing it in schools. Ed had a great response to the question, "When should we be teaching kids SEL skills in school?" and he said, "When their parents are in kindergarten." The benefits of SEL are astounding and everything educators and parents would want. In addition, research shows greater SEL skills lead to better academic grades. It's not an extra, fluffy thing; SEL actually is something that enhances learning. Ed also shared the choice he made to get involved with aath.org as a significantly positive choice he made. He found his home at the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. To reach him for more information, email ed@teacheq.com. If you are interested in certification in SEL, there are two online certification course series at Rutgers University that lead to certification. There are two strands, one for educators to learn SEL in the classroom and the other for administrators to apply SEL in their school setting. You will find both programs here.

Charlotte Kates (@charlottekates) is International Coordinator with Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network Guest hosted by longtime friend of the show Max Ajl (@maxajl)   Support www.patreon.com/east_podcast

On this episode of Humanism Now, we're exploring the inspiring world of young humanists. Our co-host AJ and new panellist Nicole, fellow coordinators of Young Humanist UK share what campaigns and activities motivate Humanists in the 18-35 age range. Nicole also shares her experience of starting a new humanist group in Leicester and the joys of bringing humanist values to life through meaningful Humanists Ceremonies.AJ & Nicole share how they became engaged with Humanism and offer advice for anyone looking to set up a new group or attract more young members. In discussing events and campaign that encourage greater engagement, we explore the alignment of humanism with climate and social justice activism.In this week's guest interview ,  Javan Lev Poblador, International Coordinator for the Young Humanists International Group, provides insights in to the Global Young Humanist movement, describes the state of humanism in the Philippines and highlights some of the lesser known human impacts of the growing climate crisis. Finally, in our mailbag section we discuss what events and campaign topics appeal most you Young Humanists.Episode references:Leicester Humanists Launch Event, with Andrew Copson,  8 Nov 2023Young Humanists UKYoung Humanists InternationalHUK: Setting up a local groupAbout Javan Lev Poblador:Young Humanists International YHI on Facebook, Twitter, and InstagramSupport us on Patreon Click here to submit questions, nominate guest & topics or sponsor the show. Follow Humanism Now @HumanismNowPodX (Twitter) YouTubeInstagramTikTokFollow Central London Humanists @LondonHumanists Centrallondonhumanists.org.uk MeetupFacebookX (Twitter) YouTubeCLH are an official partner group of Humanists UK and an associate member of Humanists International

Episode Bios:United States Attorney Alexander M.M. UballezAlexander M.M. Uballez serves as the United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico.  Nominated by President Joseph R. Biden on January 26, 2022, and confirmed by the United States Senate on May 17, 2022, Mr. Uballez is the chief federal law enforcement officer for the district.Prior to his confirmation as United States Attorney, Mr. Uballez was as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of New Mexico where he led organized crime investigations and prosecuted child sexual abuse and human trafficking crimes, transnational and organized crime, and violent crime. He also served as the District's Project Safe Neighborhoods Coordinator, International Coordinator, and Internship Coordinator. Previously, Mr. Uballez served as an Assistant District Attorney in the First and Second Judicial District Attorney's Offices of New Mexico where he prosecuted crimes against children, community and drug crimes, domestic violence and driving while intoxicated offenses.Mr. Uballez received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 2011 and his B.A. in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Pomona College in 2008.Dates of Service2022 - Present Aja BrooksAja Nicole Brooks is the Executive Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico.  She enjoys public service and has worked in several different community-oriented roles during her legal career, including working for the Law Office of the Public Defender, as the Pro Bono Coordinator for New Mexico Legal Aid's Volunteer Attorney Program, and as the Director of the Center for Self-Help and Dispute Resolution at the Second Judicial District Court.  She serves as the current Secretary-Treasurer of the State Bar of New Mexico Board of Bar Commissioners, as the President of the New Mexico Black Lawyers Association, and as the Secretary of Region X of the National Bar Association.Disclaimer:Thank you for listening! This episode was produced by the State Bar of New Mexico's Well-Being Committee and the New Mexico Lawyer Assistance Program. All editing and sound mixing was done by BlueSky eLearn. Intro music is by Gil Flores. The views of the presenters are that of their own and are not endorsed by the State Bar of New Mexico or the Department of Justice. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment or legal advice. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. 

Melodifestivalen season kicks off in style with a bumber episode looking ahead to this year's competition. Ben Robertson from ESC Insight, the Bet Eurovision podcast, and International Coordinator for OGAE Sweden joins Rob and James to preview all the action, while there's also time for a chat with two of the acts competing in Heat 1, Tone Sekelius and Eva & Ewa.03.05" - Ben Robertson Part 121.35" - Party Playlist28.03" - Tone Sekelius Interview40.00" - Eva & Ewa Interview48.31" - Ben Robertson Part 2Follow us on Twitter & Instagram or email hello@eurotrippodcast.com, and find us online at eurotrippodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nontando Hadebe preaches for Christmas, offering a reflection on being "Christmas People": "So Christmas is not a once-off event that happens on the 25th of December, but it is a calling at the very core of our identity to be a Christmas people...Christmas cannot be celebrated without people experiencing the mercy and the love of God in tangible ways. And the only way they can do that is through us. We are Christmas. Christmas is waiting to happen through us." Dr. Nontando Hadebe is a lay woman theologian and International Coordinator for Side by Side, a faith movement for gender justice. She was previously senior lecturer at St. Augustine College in South Africa, specializing in African Theology, Pastoral & Contextual Theology, Feminist & Womanist Theology, Liberation Theology and Pastoral Psychology. She is a member of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians as well as the TCCRSA Women's Caucus comprising Catholic women theologians in Africa. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/12252022 to learn more about Dr. Hadebe, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

Therese works at the International Office here at Linköping University and was born and raised in Sweden. She's here today to give you some insights regarding the Swedish Winter and what the locals like to do during this time of the year.   Guest: Therese Lindkvist, International Coordinator, LiU Host: Rebecca Fonseca Pilzecker

Tea Törmänen and Marco Visscher join Ash Milton to discuss their recent article on how Finland's Greens chose nuclear energy and the differences between degrowth and ecomodernism. Recently, the Finnish Green Party has been leading the way among green movements in embracing nuclear energy. Tea and Marco tell us why that came to be and how it could be the future for the rest of Europe. The trio also discuss how human demography has and will shape energy consumption, and the question of degrowth-oriented environmental solutions that seem to prioritize "punishing" humanity more than redeeming it. Tea Törmänen is a Finland-based biologist and member of Finland's Green Party. She is the International Coordinator of RePlanet. Marco Visscher is a Netherlands-based journalist and author of Waarom we niet bang hoeven te zijn voor kernenergie (Why We Need Not Fear Nuclear Energy).

Leslie is joined by Tamara Lefcowitz, International Coordinator for the USW Health Care Workers Council. Tamara provides support to the union's more than 50,000 health care workers across the United States and Canada. Tamara got her start as a community organizer in 2006, investigating police misconduct for the City of Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board. In 2009, she began working with organized labor advocating for health care workers. She now proudly bargains contracts, trains activists, and organizes workers to advocate for themselves, their patients, and our communities. The two discuss how healthcare workers are taking safety into their own hands. Health care workers made incredible sacrifices to help their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic, relying on each other to protect their patients and themselves. Now, they're using that same solidarity to make huge improvements to their jobs, their workplaces and America's care system. Even before the pandemic, health care workers faced urgent threats to their workplace health and safety. Workplace violence has long been a problem for health care workers. In 2016 the GAO found that health care workers were at least five times more likely to experience violence on the job as workers in other industries. Now, threats against health care workers are rising. Legislation like the Workplace Violence Prevention for Healthcare and Social Service Workers Act would help provide meaningful protections, like compelling OSHA to establish an enforceable workplace violence standard. Unfortunately, it's been twice held up in the Senate. Longstanding problems with maintaining appropriate staffing levels were also exacerbated by the pandemic and also jeopardize health care workers' health. Nursing shortages are a real and urgent concern. But turnover in other positions like environmental services and dietary also hurts workers across the board and the care they can provide. The pandemic created additional hazards for health care workers, like a lack of adequate PPE and exposed glaring holes in the safety net, like the lack of OSHA guidance on infectious diseases. More than 3,600 health care workers died in the first year of the pandemic alone. And more than half are still reporting symptoms of burnout. This ended up putting not only health care workers at risk, but their patients and communities as well. Now, workers are taking matters into their own hands. One of the big things health care workers are doing is organizing. New research from the AFL-CIO shows that 71 percent of health care workers would join a union if they had the chance. Late last year roughly 500 Pittsburgh area health care workers voted unanimously to join the USW for a voice on the job. Unionized health care workers are also winning good contracts. Approximately 800 USW members at Oroville Hospital in Oroville, Calif., this fall ratified a contract that not only provides significant wage increases, but also establishes a labor-management safety committee that gives a real voice to the front-line workers who best know how to address the hazards they and their patients face every day. USW members at Copper Country Mental health in Houghton, Mich., just this week ratified a contract that includes hard-fought workplace violence language. Nurses at three Steward Health Care hospitals in Florida achieved protections from unsafe scheduling and the creation of an infectious disease task force in their new agreement, while workers at Kaleida Health in New York successfully fought for wages increases, a health and safety committee and the health system's commitment to create 500 new positions to address unsafe staffing issues. All of these successes come down to building relationships and working together – another way the USW is tackling workplace health and safety concerns in the health care sector – including a pilot program aimed at worker education and empowerment. This collective action is now resulting in better patient outcomes, more inspections for workplace hazards and better access to personal protective equipment (PPE), among many other advantages, making it good not only for workers but for whole communities. The website for the USW is www.USW.org and their handle on both Twitter and Instagram is @steelworkers. Tamara's Twitter handle is @TLefcowitz.

Leslie is joined by Tamara Lefcowitz, International Coordinator for the USW Health Care Workers Council. Tamara provides support to the union's more than 50,000 health care workers across the United States and Canada. Tamara got her start as a community organizer in 2006, investigating police misconduct for the City of Pittsburgh Citizen Police Review Board. In 2009, she began working with organized labor advocating for health care workers. She now proudly bargains contracts, trains activists, and organizes workers to advocate for themselves, their patients, and our communities. The two discuss how healthcare workers are taking safety into their own hands. Health care workers made incredible sacrifices to help their communities during the Covid-19 pandemic, relying on each other to protect their patients and themselves. Now, they're using that same solidarity to make huge improvements to their jobs, their workplaces and America's care system. Even before the pandemic, health care workers faced urgent threats to their workplace health and safety. Workplace violence has long been a problem for health care workers. In 2016 the GAO found that health care workers were at least five times more likely to experience violence on the job as workers in other industries. Now, threats against health care workers are rising. Legislation like the Workplace Violence Prevention for Healthcare and Social Service Workers Act would help provide meaningful protections, like compelling OSHA to establish an enforceable workplace violence standard. Unfortunately, it's been twice held up in the Senate. Longstanding problems with maintaining appropriate staffing levels were also exacerbated by the pandemic and also jeopardize health care workers' health. Nursing shortages are a real and urgent concern. But turnover in other positions like environmental services and dietary also hurts workers across the board and the care they can provide. The pandemic created additional hazards for health care workers, like a lack of adequate PPE and exposed glaring holes in the safety net, like the lack of OSHA guidance on infectious diseases. More than 3,600 health care workers died in the first year of the pandemic alone. And more than half are still reporting symptoms of burnout. This ended up putting not only health care workers at risk, but their patients and communities as well. Now, workers are taking matters into their own hands. One of the big things health care workers are doing is organizing. New research from the AFL-CIO shows that 71 percent of health care workers would join a union if they had the chance. Late last year roughly 500 Pittsburgh area health care workers voted unanimously to join the USW for a voice on the job. Unionized health care workers are also winning good contracts. Approximately 800 USW members at Oroville Hospital in Oroville, Calif., this fall ratified a contract that not only provides significant wage increases, but also establishes a labor-management safety committee that gives a real voice to the front-line workers who best know how to address the hazards they and their patients face every day. USW members at Copper Country Mental health in Houghton, Mich., just this week ratified a contract that includes hard-fought workplace violence language. Nurses at three Steward Health Care hospitals in Florida achieved protections from unsafe scheduling and the creation of an infectious disease task force in their new agreement, while workers at Kaleida Health in New York successfully fought for wages increases, a health and safety committee and the health system's commitment to create 500 new positions to address unsafe staffing issues. The website for the USW is www.USW.org and their handle on both Twitter and Instagram is @steelworkers. Tamara's Twitter handle is @TLefcowitz.

Haiti is in ever-increasing crisis with fuel ports blocked by local gang leaders, escalating levels of violence including the sexual assault of girls, women and, elders and a widespread cholera outbreak. In this episode we discuss the state of things as well as the path forward and why the potential UN/US intervention may not be the way to go … again. We are joined by Mamyrah Dougé-Prosper, professor of global and international studies at University of California, Irvine. She specializes in research on social movements in the Caribbean and Latin America – particularly Black and Haitian social movements. She is also the International Coordinator for the Pan-African Solidarity Network with Community Movement Builders in the United States. We are also joined by Frantz Jerome, a long time Haitian human rights activist, living in Florida. —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Potential for armed intervention in Haiti w/ Mamyrah Dougé-Prosper & Frantz Jerome appeared first on KPFA.

Harald Wiltsche is back as a guest in the podcast! In this episode he tells us more about what he has discovered about the Swedish university system.  Guest: Harald Wiltsche, Professor, Department of Culture and Society Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

Vanessa Esperance Rodrigues has been in Linköping for six years now. Why did she choose LiU, and why did she decide to stay? And what about Sweden does she appreciate the most? FInd out in this episode!   Guest: Vanessa Esperance Rodrigues, Principal Research Engineer, Department of Computer and Information Science Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

From India to Sweden, right when the pandemic took off. What that was like? Avani Mital knows first-hand. In this episode she shares her story about coming to LiU. Guest: Avani Mital, Postdoc, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology  Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU  Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

Jesus Youth International Formation Director and former International Coordinator, Manoj Sunny speaks to H.E. Bishop Paul Hinder, the outgoing Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia. Read Online : https://eng.kairos.global/?p=11940 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe at : http://www.jykairosmedia.org Read Kairos Global Online : http://eng.kairos.global Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ReadKairosglobal Twitter : twitter.com/readkairos Instagram : www.instagram.com/jy_kairos YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/c/KairosStudio1 Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kairos-global-audio-magazine/id1501126301 Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/show/4IbehFD4Zfa0ZpS6o0Bjk3 Google Podcasts : https://tinyurl.com/c94688mu

Marie Francisco's best tip for surviving the Swedish winter? Vitamin D! This and more tips in this episode.   Guest: Marie Francisco, PhD Student, Department of Thematic Studies Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

“Please try not to get your beard stuck in the mailbox or poop in the blue cabinet!” Say what now?! Even if you know Swedish, some of the Swedish sayings in this episode might not make sense to you. We'll do our best to explain!  Guest: Therese Lindkvist, International Coordinator LiU Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell  

The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused a shock wave throughout our world. As the images of destruction besieged our social media, many of us wondered how we could help. The Trauma Resource Institute was called into action by our Ukrainian colleagues at EdCamp Ukraine on February 24, 2022, when they asked us to provide support for their national network of educators, children, and wider community. They shared their thoughts about the support that was needed. They requested a Community Resiliency Model workshop to be offered in a series of four webinars, meeting through Zoom and to stream on EdCamp Ukraine's Facebook Live for accessibility to their wider community. They then requested daily support meetings where we could address questions with regard to the stress and trauma of war. Thus, TRI's Ukrainian Humanitarian Resiliency Project (UHRP) was created. Wendy Flick is the International Coordinator for the Trauma Resource Institute and coordinating the logistics for UHRP. She will dialogue with Elaine Miller-Karas, TRI's co-founder of their experience in supporting Ukrainian from afar. They will share poignant questions posed by Ukrainian parents and teachers and how the Trauma Resource Institute is responding with trauma therapists and Community Resiliency Model Teachers.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused a shock wave throughout our world. As the images of destruction besieged our social media, many of us wondered how we could help. The Trauma Resource Institute was called into action by our Ukrainian colleagues at EdCamp Ukraine on February 24, 2022, when they asked us to provide support for their national network of educators, children, and wider community. They shared their thoughts about the support that was needed. They requested a Community Resiliency Model workshop to be offered in a series of four webinars, meeting through Zoom and to stream on EdCamp Ukraine's Facebook Live for accessibility to their wider community. They then requested daily support meetings where we could address questions with regard to the stress and trauma of war. Thus, TRI's Ukrainian Humanitarian Resiliency Project (UHRP) was created. Wendy Flick is the International Coordinator for the Trauma Resource Institute and coordinating the logistics for UHRP. She will dialogue with Elaine Miller-Karas, TRI's co-founder of their experience in supporting Ukrainian from afar. They will share poignant questions posed by Ukrainian parents and teachers and how the Trauma Resource Institute is responding with trauma therapists and Community Resiliency Model Teachers.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine caused a shock wave throughout our world. As the images of destruction besieged our social media, many of us wondered how we could help. The Trauma Resource Institute was called into action by our Ukrainian colleagues at EdCamp Ukraine on February 24, 2022, when they asked us to provide support for their national network of educators, children, and wider community. They shared their thoughts about the support that was needed. They requested a Community Resiliency Model workshop to be offered in a series of four webinars, meeting through Zoom and to stream on EdCamp Ukraine's Facebook Live for accessibility to their wider community. They then requested daily support meetings where we could address questions with regard to the stress and trauma of war. Thus, TRI's Ukrainian Humanitarian Resiliency Project (UHRP) was created. Wendy Flick is the International Coordinator for the Trauma Resource Institute and coordinating the logistics for UHRP. She will dialogue with Elaine Miller-Karas, TRI's co-founder of their experience in supporting Ukrainian from afar. They will share poignant questions posed by Ukrainian parents and teachers and how the Trauma Resource Institute is responding with trauma therapists and Community Resiliency Model Teachers.

Francesco Colona is currently doing his postdoc research at LiU. Although he did have some experience from Sweden before, some things still took him by surprise. Find out what in this episode! Guest: Francesco Colona, Postdoc, Department of Thematic Studies Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell 

Moving to a new country with a family can be pretty challenging. Myanna Lahsen, Senior Lecturer at LiU explains what hardships she met and how she dealt with them. Guest: Myanna Lahsen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Thematic Studies Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell 

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Mamyrah Prosper, Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of California Irvine and International Coordinator with Community Movement Builders to discuss recent strikes by workers in Haiti for better wages, the history of US imperialism in impoverishing Haitian workers and exploiting the power of the dollar, and how the labor movement fits into the recent wave in labor activism in the United States.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Hannah Dickinson, professor and organizer with Geneva Women's Assembly in Geneva, NY and Managing Editor of Breaking The Chains Magazine to discuss efforts to protect some of the gains won by reproductive justice activists through the Women's Health Protection Act, what the political outlook is in the Senate and why the movement is not only necessary, but crucial, to its passage, the attacks on women's health and reproductive justice that have come from state governments and the Supreme Court, and how we can get involved in the fight to protect women's health.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Mamyrah Prosper, Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies at the University of California Irvine and International Coordinator with Community Movement Builders to discuss recent strikes by workers in Haiti for better wages, the history of US imperialism in impoverishing Haitian workers and exploiting the power of the dollar, and how the labor movement fits into the recent wave in labor activism in the United States.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Asantewa Nkrumah-Ture Organizer and Member of the Philadelphia Tenant Union, and the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign/Poor People's Army to discuss a victory over intimidation tactics used to try to force Asantewa Nkrumah Ture to leave her home despite her legal rights to remain in her home for a certain period of time, the importance of the Philadelphia movement in keeping Asantewa safe and helping her secure her legal victory, and how the intimidation faced by Asantewa is more commonplace than generally known.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Walter Smolarek, a journalist and activist editor of Liberation newspaper, and managing editor of LiberationNews.org to discuss the rapid-fire propaganda being pushed by the corporate media on Ukraine and the potential for war with Russia and what history such coverage conveniently leaves out, the misplaced “neither Washington nor Moscow” attitude among some members of the movement and why full focus should be on the US because of its dominance in world affairs, and why it's important to fight against US imperialism in solidarity with poor, working, and oppressed people who are subject to imperialism all over the world.

One of the first Swedish words you might learn when you start working in Sweden is the word FIKA. Fika basically means having a cup of coffee, but it's so much more than that! Therese Lindkvist explains why the Swedish fika, especially at the workplace, is so important. Guest: Therese Lindkvist, International Coordinator LiU Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell 

Thomas Keating has worked in different countries, but is now a Postdoc at LiU. What he knew about Sweden before he moved here? What he found out on Youtube! Listen to why he chose Sweden and his best tips when moving here. Guest: Thomas Keating, Department of Thematic Studies Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell 

Preaching for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Dr. Nontando Hadebe offers a reflection on the history-making relationship between Mary and Elizabeth and its power for women today: "There was another power operating in the most unlikely place - that is in the lives of these two women from an oppressed nation who had no significance, status or power. The two women had no male presence or authority to mediate their experiences for them; they were left on their own to make sense of the extraordinary events that were happening in their lives. Left to themselves, they discovered their power borne out of their relationship with God and with each other to face with courage, resilience and faith the uncertain future that lay ahead of them." Dr. Nontando Hadebe is a lay woman theologian and International Coordinator for Side by Side, a faith movement for gender justice. She was previously senior lecturer at St. Augustine College of South Africa. A member of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, she is passionate about gender equality, Africanization, and social justice. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/12192021 to learn more about Nontando, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

How achievable is the goal of universal access to affordable and clean energy for all by 2030? And can this be achieved in Africa whilst transitioning from fossil fuels to decentralised renewable sources of energy?  Jackie Kimeu is the International Coordinator at ACCESS Coalition. They advocate for people living in poverty to have access to safe, reliable, and affordable energy. Jackie speaks to Paul van Zyl about the Coalition's regional approach to capacity building, the challenges of storing surpluses of renewable energy, and of the large-scale behavioural change campaigns needed to shift mindsets.

Isabel García Velázquez, a PhD Student at LiU moved from the sun in Mexico to the winter in Sweden. Although Sweden can be dark and cold, she has a very positive attitude towards it. In this episode Isabel shares her secret to how to deal with wintertime.  Guest: Isabel García Velázquez, PhD Student, Department of Thematic Studies  Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU  Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell 

What is EUREAXESS and how can one benefit from it? Therese Lindkvist, from the International Office at LiU will tell you all about it in this episode! Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU Guest: Therese Lindkvist, International Coordinator LiU

Arata is currently working as an Associate Field Officer in Uganda with UNHCR (the Refugee Agency) and previously worked in the DR Congo and Sudan. She also worked in Morocco with another UN organization and JICA (Japanese International Cooperation Agency) as a volunteer. Prior to joining the UN, she worked with an NGO called Peace Boat where she visited over 50 countries around the world while working as an International Coordinator and volunteer interpreter. Arata continues to make a difference around the world working with the UN Refugee Agency. Felsted School online Website: www.felsted.org Instagram: felsted_school Facebook: felstedschool Twitter: felstedschool LinkedIn: FelstedSchool 

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: President Joe Biden's August 31st deadline to pull US troops out of Afghanistan is just 8 days away, but the president has not ruled out extending it beyond that date. This comes as chaotic scenes continue to play out at the airport in Kabul, and fears that terrorists could target Americans trying to get on planes to flee the country continue. Democrats on Capitol Hill are pushing ahead to get two major infrastructure bills passed along with a controversial voter reform measure. Democrats are trying to pass all three with a single vote. Amber Athey, the Washington Editor at the Spectator, shares her reaction to the scenes at Kabul airport and whether she thinks President Biden's comments have sent a strong enough message to the Taliban. And today the FDA fully approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. Director of St. Joseph's Institute for Autoimmune and Rheumatic Diseases, Dr. Bob Lahita, joins to talk about the significance of that and when he thinks the other vaccines may also get the green light. Finally this evening, founded in 2009, Talitha Kum shares the desire to coordinate and strengthen the already existing activities against human trafficking around the world. International Coordinator of Talitha Kum, Sister Gabrielle Bottani, joins to tell us more about the organization and what she specifically does. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn

On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: President Joe Biden's August 31st deadline to pull US troops out of Afghanistan is just 8 days away, but the president has not ruled out extending it beyond that date. This comes as chaotic scenes continue to play out at the airport in Kabul, and fears that terrorists could target Americans trying to get on planes to flee the country continue. Democrats on Capitol Hill are pushing ahead to get two major infrastructure bills passed along with a controversial voter reform measure. Democrats are trying to pass all three with a single vote. Amber Athey, the Washington Editor at the Spectator, shares her reaction to the scenes at Kabul airport and whether she thinks President Biden's comments have sent a strong enough message to the Taliban. And today the FDA fully approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. Director of St. Joseph's Institute for Autoimmune and Rheumatic Diseases, Dr. Bob Lahita, joins to talk about the significance of that and when he thinks the other vaccines may also get the green light. Finally this evening, founded in 2009, Talitha Kum shares the desire to coordinate and strengthen the already existing activities against human trafficking around the world. International Coordinator of Talitha Kum, Sister Gabrielle Bottani, joins to tell us more about the organization and what she specifically does. Don't miss out on the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Get EWTN News Nightly delivered to your email: https://ewtn.com/enn

On this episode, part two of a two part interview, Mamyrah Prosper discusses the aftermath of the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, as well as grassroots responses. This interview was recorded just days before the recent earthquake added to the turmoil in Haiti.Mamyrah Prosper is International Coordinator for Community Movement Builders, and Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies at UC Irvine. She immigrated to the U.S. from Haiti at age 15, leaving her parents behind, and moved in with her sister's family in New Jersey. Following a family tradition of activism for social justice – her father was a human and labor rights activist – she champions causes including women's rights, affordable housing and land rights. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on the Haitian Platform for Advocacy for an Alternative Development, a central social movement for social justice in Haiti.Outside of the classroom, Mamyrah has volunteered at Take Back the Land, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, and the Correctional Association of New York. During her time at FIU, she helped organize two conferences on Afro-Latino social movements and feminist reimaginings of the nation that involved academics, students, activists and performing artists. She also served as a teaching assistant and lecturer. Mamyrah has authored and co-authored dozens of peer-reviewed book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, book reviews and encyclopedia entries.See more of the work of host Max Rameau at pacapower.org. Stay subscribed to The Next World for more news from the frontlines of movements for justice and liberation. You can read more about the issues we explore on our podcast and much more at dignityandrights.org, the website of Partners for Dignity & Rights.Support the show (https://dignityandrights.org/donate/)

On this episode, part one of a two part interview, Mamyrah Prosper discusses her personal history as the daughter of a political prisoner in Haiti through her movement activism and work as a scholar, as well as recent Haitian political history, from the Duvaliers through Jovenel Moïse. Stay tuned for part two, as we discuss the assassination of Moïse and the aftermath, as well as grassroots responses.Mamyrah Prosper is International Coordinator for Community Movement Builders, and Assistant Professor of Global and International Studies at UC Irvine. She immigrated to the U.S. from Haiti at age 15, leaving her parents behind, and moved in with her sister's family in New Jersey. Following a family tradition of activism for social justice – her father was a human and labor rights activist – she champions causes including women's rights, affordable housing and land rights. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on the Haitian Platform for Advocacy for an Alternative Development, a central social movement for social justice in Haiti.Outside of the classroom, Mamyrah has volunteered at Take Back the Land, the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, and the Correctional Association of New York. During her time at FIU, she helped organize two conferences on Afro-Latino social movements and feminist reimaginings of the nation that involved academics, students, activists and performing artists. She also served as a teaching assistant and lecturer. Mamyrah has authored and co-authored dozens of peer-reviewed book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles, book reviews and encyclopedia entries.See more of the work of host Max Rameau at pacapower.org. Stay subscribed to The Next World for more news from the frontlines of movements for justice and liberation. You can read more about the issues we explore on our podcast and much more at dignityandrights.org, the website of Partners for Dignity & Rights.Please subscribe, spread the word, and support the show.Support the show (https://dignityandrights.org/donate/)

After two weeks of intense debates that took place from June 3rd to June 19th, the first segment of the 109th session of the International Labour Conference – ILC – is now over. In this episode, we talked to worker leaders who attended the ILC to share their impressions and learnings from the event that had Social Protection on the forefront of the debates. Featuring: Oksana Aboud, international Coordinator of StreetNet International Jeannette Nyiramasengesho, SNI Council Member and SYTRIECI Jacquelina Flores, FACCyR /UTEP Fish Ip, Asia regional coordinator from International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) Suntaree Saeng-Ging, International Coordinator of HomeNet South East Asia Carmen Britez, Vice president of the International Domestic Workers Federation *Our theme music is Focus from AA Aalto (Creative Commons)

Gender discrimination and intersecting structures of marginalisation mean women and girls experience unique and disproportionate business-related human rights abuses. Recent work on the UNGPs acknowledges the structural gender barriers at play, but much still needs to be done by governments and businesses to translate policies into practices that protect and advance the rights of women and girls. How do business operations both perpetuate and exacerbate gender discrimination? Has the UNGP framework been a useful tool for gender justice - and what opportunities and challenges lie ahead? Your panel for this episode includes: Golda Benjamin, Programme Director, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre Anannya Bhattacharjee, International Coordinator, Asia Floor Wage Alliance Professor Surya Deva, Vice Chair of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights Kayla Winarsky Green, Human Rights and Business Adviser, Danish Institute for Human Rights

If you are newly admitted to LiU, listen up! In this episode Therese from the International Office, and Rebecca on of our student ambassadors will guide you through what you need to do when you arrive at Linköping University. Everything from roll-call to buying a bike! Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator Guests: Therese Lindkvist, International Coordinator, Rebecca Fonseca Pilzecker Editing: Per Wistbo Nibell

Episode Topic: The Myths and Terrible Truths of Human TraffickingHuman trafficking is a horrible reality in our world today. Our guest speakers this week have dedicated their lives and careers to addressing this issue, working alongside consecrated women from around the world as part of the Talitha Kum network. Sister Gabriella Bottani, S.M.C., and Sister Ann Oestreich I.H.M., will spend this hour with us, helping to dispel some of the myths about trafficking, shed light on the realities of this issue, and reveal the progress their organizations are making to save the children, women, and men suffering from the crime of human trafficking.Featured Speakers: Sr. Gabriella Bottani, S.M.C., International Coordinator, Talitha KumSr. Ann Oestreich, I.H.M., President, U.S. Catholic Sisters Against Human TraffickingChris Stevens, Co-Founding Director, Inspired Leadership InitiativeRead this episode's recap over on the University of Notre Dame's open online learning community platform, ThinkND: go.nd.edu/963c89. This podcast is a part of the Inspiring Conversations ThinkND Series titled “Transforming Lives and Lives Transformed”.

Sheila Oparaocha of the International Network on Gender and Sustainability discusses the global effort to ensure gender equality in energy access, as an essential foundation for economic development and public health.  ---One billion people around the world lack access to electricity, and three times as many do not have access to fuel and appliances that allow for clean and safe cooking inside the home. The lack of clean and reliable energy is a major barrier to economic development and an ongoing threat to human health in some of the poorest parts of the globe.Sheila Oparaocha, the recipient of the Kleinman Center’s 2021 Carnot Prize for outstanding contributions in energy policy, discusses efforts to bring access to reliable, affordable and clean energy to areas in need, and ensure that energy becomes a foundation of economic development that is available to women and men alike.Oparaocha is the International Coordinator of ENERGIA, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy. ENERGIA partners with governments and industry to provide women with access to finance, training and technical skills to build energy-based businesses. It also works with governments and other key actors to integrate gender-responsive approaches in energy policies, programs and projects.Sheila Oparaocha is the International Coordinator of ENERGIA, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy.Related ContentPowering the Slum: Meeting SDG7 in Accra’s Informal Settlements https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/powering-the-slum-meeting-sdg7-in-accras-informal-settlements/Mongolian Energy Futures: Repowering Ulaanbaatar https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/mongolian-energy-futures-repowering-ulaanbaatar-challenges-of-radical-energy-sector-decarbonization/ Balancing Renewable Energy Goals with Community Interests https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/research/publications/balancing-renewable-energy-goals-with-community-interests/

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, host Jacquie Luqman and producer Wyatt Reed are joined by Charlotte Kates, International Coordinator for the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, to discuss the general strike being held today in resistance to the Israeli onslaught, the unprecedented unity behind the campaign among Palestinians throughout occupied Palestine, and how supporters of Palestinian liberation abroad can stand in solidarity.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, host Jacquie Luqman is joined by producer Wyatt Reed to discuss how pervasive and longstanding racial and class-based oppression in Colombia served as a catalyst for the anti-neoliberal movement sweeping the country, as well as some of the other factors which set the stage for the ongoing national strike.In the second segment, Jacquie and Wyatt are joined by Charlotte Kates, International Coordinator for the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, to discuss the general strike being held today in resistance to the Israeli onslaught, the unprecedented unity behind the campaign among Palestinians throughout occupied Palestine, and how supporters of Palestinian liberation abroad can stand in solidarity. In the third segment, Jacquie is joined by Tech for the People editor Chris Garaffa for another edition of our weekly segment “Tech For The People.” They discuss the crackdown by Venmo on donations to Palestinians, why Google maps renders occupied Palestinian territory blurry, and Facebook's secret rules regarding the word “zionist.”Later in the show, Jacquie and Wyatt are joined by Eleanor Goldfield, a creative activist, journalist, and co-host of the Common Censored podcast with Lee Camp, to discuss the refusal of Pasquotank County, District Attorney Andrew Womble to file charges against the officers who killed unarmed Andrew Brown in Elizabeth City, N.C., the continuing protests against Mountain Valley Pipeline in southwestern Virginia, and the revelation that the Colonial Pipeline shutoff which caused a massive spike in gas prices only occurred because the company wanted to ensure it could still bill customers.

In this episode we interview Dr. Mamyrah Prosper.  Mamyrah Prosper is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College and the International Coordinator with Community Movement Builders’ Pan African Solidarity Network. Mamyrah discusses the current struggle in Haiti in connection with the long history of US and European imperialism after the Haitian Revolution. Specifically she addresses initial imperialistic responses to the Haitian Revolution, and focuses our attention on the struggles of the 20th and 21st Century against the US’s determination to recolonize Haiti politically, militarily and economically. In light of this history, Dr. Prosper challenges people in the US to broaden our imaginations and practices of solidarity to the Haitian people. And she also discusses her work with Community Movement Builders and their Pan African Solidarity Network, on working to materially support a Haitian left in ways that might be similar to their work in Atlanta.  A couple quick notes. At the end of the show, Mamyrah references a conversation that was held this past Monday at the People’s Forum. Check it out here. We are close to our February goal for Patreon support. Just a reminder that we are completely funded by our listeners and if you like the work that we do you can support us on Patreon. If you are interested in learning more about Community Movement Builders, check out our last conversation with Kamau Franklin. Content Notice: This episode includes discussion of sexual assault, murder, rape and dismemberment

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Ali Abunimah, co-founder of electronicintifada.net and the author of 'One Country' and 'The Battle for Justice in Palestine,' to discuss the Israeli backlash to the announcement by the International Criminal Court that it has territorial jurisdiction to investigate suspected Israeli war crimes in Gaza and the West Bank, the predictable allegations by the apartheid government that any such investigation would be evidence of antisemitism. In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Dr. Mamyrah Prosper, visiting Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College and International Coordinator with Community Movement builders, to discuss protests in Haiti against the Haitian government of Jovenel Moise, the horrific tactics employed by Haitian state security forces, and the role of the US in propping up the controversial regime.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by TechForThePeople.org editor Chris Garaffa for another edition of the new weekly segment “Tech For The People." They discuss how the Minneapolis police compelled Google to reveal the identities of those “within the geographical region” of the infamous AutoZone in the days following the police execution of George Floyd, and how surveillance companies have been exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to attempt to put more drones in the hands of law enforcement.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Rachel Hu and Monica Cruz with Breakthrough News to discuss their new podcast, "It's Not You, It's Capitalism," the announcement by World Health Organization's investigative team in Wuhan that the conspiracy theory alleging the COVID-19 virus escaped from a Chinese laboratory was ‘extremely unlikely,' and how the ruling class in the US exploits political ignorance at home to maintain economic control across the globe.

In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman are joined by Dr. Mamyrah Prosper, visiting Professor of Africana Studies at Davidson College and International Coordinator with Community Movement builders, to discuss protests in Haiti against the Haitian government of Jovenel Moise, the horrific tactics employed by Haitian state security forces, and the role of the US government in propping up the controversial regime.

With an eye on the 2021 Season of Creation, high-level Christian leaders from around the world share how the world's 2.3 billion Christians can work together to have a home for all, and how creation care unites Christians everywhere.GuestsRev. Dr. Chad Rimmer, Executive for Theology, relating to Ecotheology at the Lutheran World FederationFr. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam, Coordinator of the Sector of Ecology and Creation at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human DevelopmentDr. Louk Andrianos, Consultant on the Care for Creation, Sustainability and Climate Justice at World Council of ChurchesRichard Murray, Vice-Chair of Eco-Congregation Scotland and a lay reader in the Scottish Episcopal Church, Aberdeen & Orkney DioceseModerated by Amy Woolam Echeverria, International Coordinator of Justice, Peace, and Ecology for Columban MissionariesGo to seasonofcreation.org to learn more about the Season of Creation, and visit catholicclimatemovement.global/blog to learn more about this episode.

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

Priscilla Santos Priscilla Santos is The Salvation Army Social Justice Commission’s International Coordinator for Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Response.  And, Priscilla, is an Adjunct Professor at Vanguard University’s Global Center for Women and Justice where she teaches courses on justice & holistic survivor care. She obtained a Masters in Intercultural Studies, specializing in International…

Do you have questions about iam the Pageant Powerhouse? Are you wondering how this will impact the 2021 pageant season for National American Miss and International Junior Miss?LaKishia Edwards, the iam International Coordinator, NAM National Coordinator, and IJM International Coordinator, is here to spill all of the tea with Jesse Ladoue McMullen, our Queen of Customer Success! Find a pageant near you Read our Top 10 Tips to Succeed at National American MissWant to sell your pageant items? Click here to get started! You can ship from anywhere in the world! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A well-known Siouxland priest passed away on Sunday, September 27 th due to complications of COVID-19 and cancer at the age of 76. Father John Vakulskas served many Catholic parishes in Siouxland during his half-century career. He was also known as the “Carnival Priest” and was appointed International Coordinator of Carnival Ministries by Pope John Paull II in 1993. His nephew Brian Vakulskas of Sioux City talks to Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer about Father John's life and the impact of COVID-19 on his uncle's beloved amusement park industry and health. Thank you to Brian Vakulskas for sharing his uncle’s story with Sheila who first met Father John decades ago when he served as priest in her hometown of Dow City, IA For more on Father John Vakulskas click here . Obiturary can be found here.

Audio from a webinar sponsored by Workers World Party. Buy Essential Dissent a coffee ($3): https://ko-fi.com/essentialdissent Part of the globally coordinated actions from September 18-26 defending Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their homes and lands throughout Palestine, reclaim their properties and ensure restitution and reparations. These days of action will mark the commemoration of the Sabra and Shatila massacres, the September 1970 massacres in Jordan, the signing of the Oslo agreements and the continuing attacks, including the current farce touted as a “peace initiative”, against the rights and struggle of Palestinian refugees for return and liberation. All of these U.S. supported efforts promote militarism and delay the potential for true peace in the region–peace based on justice and human dignity. A statement signed by more than 50 organizations raised international solidarity with the demand: No Normalization with Occupation and Colonization. This webinar will discuss the ongoing struggles of the Palestinian people and how we can build solidarity together for the liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea. Featuring (In order of first appearance): Ted Kelly - An organizer with Workers World Party and active in Solidarity with the Palestinian Struggle Charlotte Kates - International Coordinator of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network and organizer with the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel and Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition Susan Abulhawa - Palestinian novelist, poet, and member of WWP and US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel Khaled Barakat - Palestinian writer and activist whose work in Arabic and English has been widely published in a number of outlets, International Coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat Essential Dissent Online: YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh a-Infos Radio Project: https://tinyurl.com/y5k6t4ub iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy

Just how were the Egyptian pyramids built? Our intrepid science reporters, Jeanna and Mindy dig away some of their favourite archaeological mysteries and discoveries that continue to puzzle archaeologists. Below you can find links to further reading on the topic discussed in this episode. Mystery: How Were the Egyptian Pyramids Built? (https://www.livescience.com/32616-how-were-the-egyptian-pyramids-built-.html) INTERVIEW with Jay Haigler and Steve Lubkemann about underwater archaeology and how it’s  helping historians put together missing pieces of a grim chapter in human history — the trans-Atlantic slave trade era.  Steve Lubkemann is a maritime archaeologist and the co-founder and International Coordinator of the Slave Wrecks Project and Jay Haigler is dive training coordinator for the  Slave Wrecks Project (https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/initiatives/slave-wrecks-project) , and the lead instructor and safety dive officer for the marine archaeology nonprofit Diving With a Purpose (https://divingwithapurpose.org/) . Don’t forget to subscribe! You can find more answers to life’s little mysteries at the Live Science website (https://www.livescience.com/) and you can follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/LiveScience) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/livescience/) too. Tell us what your life’s little mysteries are at forums.livescience.com (https://forums.livescience.com/) .   Music by Chad Crouch - Algorithms Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)

After a decade with ACAP Saint John, Graeme Stewart-Robertson has a new job with the World Wildlife Fund, as the International Coordinator for People Protecting Landscapes and Seascapes.

Dog person? Cat person? No, no, no. We're all Snow Leopard people. AI, the difficulty of finding snow leopards, a strange form of social networking, tricky trail cam footage, using their floofness as a conservation tool, what to call a group of snow leopards, how snow leopards are world-class experts at social distancing, and so much more, with Dr Koustubh Sharma, Senior Regional Ecologist and the International Coordinator of the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection program for Snow Leopard Trust! Learn more about Snow Leopard Trust at www.snowleopard.org Follow: @koustubh_sharma and @snowleopard Become a Patron of The Wild Life for as little as $1 per month at patreon.com/TheWildLife https://thewildlife.blog/shop/ (https://thewildlife.blog/shop/) for shirts, mugs, stickers, phone cases. and more! Follow on Twitter @thewildlifepod and @devthenatureguy Follow on Instagram @thewildlife.blog and @devonthenatureguy Support this podcast

Equality is one of the corner stones in Swedish society and many consider Sweden as one of the most equal countries in the world. Is this true? Åsa-Karin Engstrand is here to talk about equality in Sweden and equality at LiU.--Guest: Åsa-Karin Engstrand, Senior Lecturer, LiUHost: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, LiU Recording and editing: Per Wistbo Nibell--Podcasts from Linkoping University:https://liu.se/en/podcast

In this episode, I am joined by Leiko Hidaka, an Evidence Based Birth Instructor from the Dominican Republic. Leiko holds a Master’s degree in Human Settlements and Environment. She earned her birth doula certification with DONA International, and her childbirth educator certification with the International Childbirth Education Association. She serves as International Coordinator for ICAN, and also leads the local ICAN chapter of the Dominican Republic, where she is a highly respected and passionate leader for women’s autonomy through evidence based care. Leiko became an EBB Instructor in 2018, and she teaches classes and workshops for parents and birth professionals in the Dominical Republic. She is also working to establish a free standing birth center there.  Leiko and I talk about what birth is like in the Dominican Republic, and the challenges all women face in finding the provider who is right for their unique needs. We also discuss a technique called motivational interviewing, and how to use that strategy to navigate communication with providers. Trigger warning: This podcast address obstetric violence and fear.  For more information and news about Evidence Based Birth®, visit www.ebbirth.com. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Ready to get involved? Check out our Professional membership (including scholarship options) and our Instructor program. Find an EBB Instructor here, and click here to learn more about the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class. Resources: Follow Leiko Hidaka on her website, Instagram, and Facebook Click here  for the Evidence Based Birth COVID-19 resource page. Click here to see EBB’s new Sample Informed Consent Form for Refusal to Separate Birthing Parent and Infant. This document is also available in Spanish. For Spanish translations of EBB’s one-page handouts, click here. Check out our Spring Sale in the Evidence Based Birth Shop! T-shirts are on sale - buy two, get $10 off your order. Also - we are offering FREE downloads of the e-book version of Babies Are Not Pizzas!  The Evidence Based Birth Pro membership is on sale through this Friday, May 1! Click here to get 20% off the monthly or annual term. 

Jan Hively is a social entrepreneur who transforms how communities view aging and lifelong work. She organizes networks that empower older adults to identify and share their strengths as advocacy leaders who help themselves, each other, and their communities. Jan is an internationally known writer, speaker, teacher, community organizer, and group facilitator. After a career in city planning and administration, Jan Hively earned her PhD in 2001 at age 69. Since then, Jan has co-founded several thriving networks that support positive aging, the most current of which is the Pass It On Network. Moira Allan is the Paris-based Co-founder and International Coordinator for the global Pass It On Network, a peer learning network of positive aging advocates who meet virtually to explore, document, and spread concepts, activities and resources that are shaping a new way of talking and of being as we adapt to a longer life span. Through the Pass It On Network, Moira is involved with the UN's Open-Ended Working Group on Aging, and is a member of the UN's Stakeholders Group on Aging. She is also involved with Europe's Task Force on Human Rights, along with French and African associations on aging. Please join us as we talk with Jan Hively and Moira Allan in a global conversation on longevity, opportunity and hope.Resources:Pass It On Network: https://www.passitonnetwork.orgUnited Nations Development Goals: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/sdgs/17-global-goals

Fika, lagom, queuing and being on time – typically Swedish? That’s what they say! David Ludvigsson, historian at LiU will tell you more about Swedes in this episode, so listen up and learn more about what makes Swedes so Swedish.--Guest: David Ludvigsson, Associate Professor, LiUHost: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, Linköping UniversityRecording and editing: Per Wistbo Nibell--Podcasts from Linkoping University:https://liu.se/en/podcast

In this month, we start a especial mini-series on social protection for informal workers in the context of the Covid-19 global pandemic. This global health crisis has brought many countries, cities and states to a halt, as authorities try to slow down the spread and “flatten the curve”.This unprecedented lockdown has also deep social and economic consequences, and impact the lives of billions of workers. In this opening episode of the series, we invite Sally Roever to discuss how this health and economic crisis impacts informal workers, the policy responses and the challenges governments will have to face in order to protect informal workers’ health and livelihoods. Sally Roever is WIEGO’s International Coordinator. She holds a PhD in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, and she has studied for 20 years the ways in which laws, policies and politics shape informal work and informal workers' organizations. In this talk, Sally analyses the immediate responses to the crisis, such as cash grants, and projects the challenges that might lie ahead for governments and workers. On the next episodes, we will explore more in-depth other issues that revolve around protection of informal workers, in terms of healthcare provision and work and income security for informal workers, as the global pandemic crisis unfolds. References WIEGO Covid-19 crisis page - https://www.wiego.org/covid19crisis Global Rec (waste-pickers) Covid-19 page: https://globalrec.org/covid19/ WIEGO Blog: Pandemic: Informal workers urgently need income replacement — and more protections https://www.wiego.org/blog/pandemic-informal-workers-urgently-need-income-replacement-and-more-protections StreetNet International (street vendors) statement http://streetnet.org.za/2020/03/24/streetnet-international-statement-in-response-to-covid-19/ StreetNet International Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/StreetNet-175851405831761/ IDWF (domestic workers)statement https://idwfed.org/en/updates/global-idwf-statement-on-protecting-domestic-workers-rights-and-fighting-the-coronavirus-pandemic IDWF Facebook facebook page https://www.facebook.com/IDWFED/ I

Do you have a temporary contract with LiU, but want to stay in Sweden and work? There are opportunities on the Swedish labor market (outside of the University world), and one way of getting a foot in the door at an employer is to network. Anna Broeders will tell you why a network is important and how to get started.--Guest: Anna Broeders, Community & Employer Branding Manager, Linköping Science Park Host: Priya Eklund, International Coordinator, Linköping UniversityRecording and editing: Per Wistbo Nibell--Podcasts from Linkoping University:https://liu.se/en/podcast

Rick Torrison joins Doug to share principles he has learned on the journey to building a house of prayer. Rick is Founder & President at Right Now Leadership LLC, and the International Coordinator for Prayer at Somebody Cares America/International. He leads his own weekly podcast called 321Grow.

Today on Sojourner Truth, an exclusive one-hour interview with Winnie Overbeek, a Brazilian environmentalist who has supported forest and land defenders around the world. Overbeek is the International Coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement. He is based in the Brazilian town of Vitoria in the Espirito Santo state. He is also an active member of NGO Cepedes and the Brazilian Alert against the Green Desert Network providing support to communities affected by against large scale tree plantations and other large-scale (agro) industrial projects. We spoke to Overbeek during the North American Forest & Climate Convergence at the Shawnee National Forest from Oct. 11-14, 2019.

Today on Sojourner Truth, an exclusive one-hour interview with Winnie Overbeek, a Brazilian environmentalist who has supported forest and land defenders around the world. Overbeek is the International Coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement. He is based in the Brazilian town of Vitoria in the Espirito Santo state. He is also an active member of NGO Cepedes and the Brazilian Alert against the Green Desert Network providing support to communities affected by against large scale tree plantations and other large-scale (agro) industrial projects. We spoke to Overbeek during the North American Forest & Climate Convergence at the Shawnee National Forest from Oct. 11-14, 2019.

Today on Sojourner Truth, an exclusive one-hour interview with Winnie Overbeek, a Brazilian environmentalist who has supported forest and land defenders around the world. Overbeek is the International Coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement. He is based in the Brazilian town of Vitoria in the Espirito Santo state. He is also an active member of NGO Cepedes and the Brazilian Alert against the Green Desert Network providing support to communities affected by against large scale tree plantations and other large-scale (agro) industrial projects. We spoke to Overbeek during the North American Forest & Climate Convergence at the Shawnee National Forest from Oct. 11-14, 2019.

Today on Sojourner Truth, an exclusive one-hour interview with Winnie Overbeek, a Brazilian environmentalist who has supported forest and land defenders around the world. Overbeek is the International Coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement. He is based in the Brazilian town of Vitoria in the Espirito Santo state. He is also an active member of NGO Cepedes and the Brazilian Alert against the Green Desert Network providing support to communities affected by against large scale tree plantations and other large-scale (agro) industrial projects. We spoke to Overbeek during the North American Forest & Climate Convergence at the Shawnee National Forest from Oct. 11-14, 2019.

This episode features an interview with Christine Ahn, founder and International Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ and currently working with Korea Peace Now ,  a global campaign to educate, organize and advocate for a Korea peace agreement by 2020.   The group is currently working to promote passage of House Resolution 152 calling for a formal end to the Korean War.  The bill was introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna of California on February 26th, and has 22 co-sponsors including Representatives Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Pramila Jayapal of Washington, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Tulsi Gabbard of Hawai’i.  The bill has been referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Walter Smolarek and John Kiriakou are joined by Brian Becker, who is in Hanoi covering the US-North Korean summit, and Christine Ahn, a co-founder of the Korea Policy Institute and the International Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ.President Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un held a joint press conference today during which Trump said that he foresees a North Korea that is an economic powerhouse in East Asia. He added that he expects to make progress this week on outstanding issues between the two countries and repeated that he has an excellent personal relationship with Kim. Former attorney for President Trump Michael Cohen testified in open session before the House Oversight Committee today. He submitted documents to the committee including copies of hush money checks that Trump wrote to him, financial documents, and emails. Ted Rall, an award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist, whose work is at www.rall.com, joins the show. A series of airstrikes have dramatically escalated the conflict between India and Pakistan. Are we headed toward another war in South Asia? Brian and John speak with Dr. Marvin Weinbaum, Scholar-in-Residence and director of the Middle East Institute’s Center for Pakistan and Afghanistan Studies. Venezuela’s self-declared president Juan Guaido said today that he will begin exercising his “presidential duties” as soon as he returns to Venezuela from Colombia, where he met with Vice President Pence and Colombian President Ivan Duque. Meanwhile, the diplomatic tide appears to be turning in favor of President Maduro as several countries vigorously opposed foreign intervention at the UN Security Council and a major pro-government international civil society conference is held in Caracas. Anya Parampil, a Washington-based journalist for The Grayzone Project, joins the show. Wednesday’s weekly series, In the News, is where the hosts look at the most important ongoing developments of the week and put them into perspective. Today the hosts focus on the Congressional vote of disapproval of the national emergency, the US-Korean summit going on now in Vietnam, and the ongoing debate about letting U.S. citizen Hoda Muthana back in the country after leaving ISIS. Jacqueline Luqman, the co-editor-in-chief of Luqman Nation, which hosts a livestream every Thursday night at 9:00 p.m. on Facebook, joins the show. Wednesday’s regular segment, Beyond Nuclear, is about nuclear issues, including weapons, energy, waste, and the future of nuclear technology in the United States. Today the hosts talk about Diablo Canyon, where nuclear reactors are scheduled to shut down; the massive proposed Holtec New Mexico radioactive waste dump; and the nuclear weapon state conflicts of India v. Pakistan and US v. Russia. Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, and Sputnik news analyst and producer Nicole Roussell, join the show.

Is good governance a choice between markets and states, or is there a third way? How can institutional diversity help us fight climate change or enhance social welfare? Tune in to this conversation with Dr Derek Wall of Goldsmiths College on what we stand to learn from the intellectual legacy of Elinor Ostrom, the first and only woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. Subscribe on iTunes and Spotify Subscribe to the Governance Podcast on iTunes and Spotify today and get all our latest episodes directly in your pocket. The Guest Dr Derek Wall is an associate lecturer in Political Economy at Goldsmiths College.  His books include The Sustainable Economics of Elinor Ostrom (2014) and Elinor Ostrom's Rules for Radicals (2017).  He is a former International Coordinator of the Green Party of England and Wales and contested the Maidenhead constituency in the 2017  General Election.  He is currently writing a political biography of Hugo Blanco.  He is a patron of Peace in Kurdistan. For more information about our upcoming podcasts and events, follow us on facebook or twitter (@csgskcl). Skip Ahead 0:45: What was Elinor Ostrom's main contribution to the social sciences? 1:55: Was Ostrom successful in moving beyond markets and states? 4:44: What is the relevance of her work for green politics? 8:00: Is Ostrom's framework limited to localities? If so, how well does it tackle environmental problems in the global commons? 15:30: What is the connection between Ostrom and John Dewey? 19:26: How did Vincent Ostrom influence Elinor's work? 22:43: Was there a possibility of confirmation bias in Elinor's work? Was she interested in demonstrating outcomes in her empirical work that we might view as favourable to building a self-governing citizenry in the way that Vincent envisioned it? 25:46: What happens when localities come up with bad rules, or even oppressive ones? Should the state monitor local policy experimentation? 29:43: What are the social justice implications of Ostrom's research framework? Should we be comfortable in accepting institutionally diverse approaches to income redistribution? 31:23: If there are macro-level structural inequalities in society that are too big for any one person to overcome, wouldn't the state be the only entity capable of solving problems at that scale? 36:01: Let's switch gears a little bit and talk about your political background. How do you translate such complex ideas from the academy into policy? 40:15: What are the 13 rules for policy makers to begin thinking in an Ostromian way? 42:28: Let's take a more pragmatic challenge to the Ostroms. If we're dealing with a diverse constellation of rule systems in a given country, it looks like utter chaos for investors. Doesn't the diversity and localism implied in the framework undermine the Ostroms' pragmatism? 45:02: What is Elinor Ostrom's legacy? What research programs has she left open for the future?

I don't mean to make a scene, but please open your eyes and look around. There are complex scenes everywhere and we have all served witness to them. A scene is an experience in which we feel connected to other people. Scenes also cultivate skills, create ambiances, and nourish communities. In Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life(University of Chicago Press, 2016), Daniel Aaron Silver and Terry Nichols Clark examine the patterns and consequences of amenities that shape our daily lives. They articulate the core dimensions of the theatricality, authenticity, and legitimacy of local and global scenes (e.g., churches, cafes, restaurants, parks, galleries, bowling alleys, and more). The scenes that make up a city are reciprocally part of shaping (and reshaping) the economic development, residential patterns, and political attitudes and actions of its people. Silver and Clark challenge reimagine the city in cultural terms and to think about the influences of place. Dr. Daniel Aaron Silver is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. He conducts research in the areas of social theory, cities, culture, and cultural policy. Silver is co-editor of The Politics of Urban Cultural Policy and for Theory (the Newsletter of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociological Theory). He was the recipient of the 2013 Theory Prize and received an honorable mention for the 2015 Junior Theorist Award, both from the American Sociological Association Theory Section. Silver is currently researching the role of arts and culture in city politics, economics, and residential patterns; the enduring political orders of cities; the use of diagrams and figures in social theory; and international variations in how sociological theory is taught. Dr. Terry Nichols Clark is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He is the International Coordinator of the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation Project, which is surveying city officials across the United States and in thirty-five other countries. Clark also serves as a board member for the Cultural Policy Center at University of Chicago; he is a Task Force Member for Advancing Chicago's Civic Agenda Through the Arts; and serves as Co-Chair for the Cultural Institutions Committee, Task Force on Quality of Life in Bronzeville, Chicago. Clarks research interest is in the use of decision-making theory to approach urban politics and other social phenomena. Michael O. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is currently conducting research on the continuous process that occurs with placemaking at farmers' market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I don’t mean to make a scene, but please open your eyes and look around. There are complex scenes everywhere and we have all served witness to them. A scene is an experience in which we feel connected to other people. Scenes also cultivate skills, create ambiances, and nourish communities. In Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life(University of Chicago Press, 2016), Daniel Aaron Silver and Terry Nichols Clark examine the patterns and consequences of amenities that shape our daily lives. They articulate the core dimensions of the theatricality, authenticity, and legitimacy of local and global scenes (e.g., churches, cafes, restaurants, parks, galleries, bowling alleys, and more). The scenes that make up a city are reciprocally part of shaping (and reshaping) the economic development, residential patterns, and political attitudes and actions of its people. Silver and Clark challenge reimagine the city in cultural terms and to think about the influences of place. Dr. Daniel Aaron Silver is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. He conducts research in the areas of social theory, cities, culture, and cultural policy. Silver is co-editor of The Politics of Urban Cultural Policy and for Theory (the Newsletter of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociological Theory). He was the recipient of the 2013 Theory Prize and received an honorable mention for the 2015 Junior Theorist Award, both from the American Sociological Association Theory Section. Silver is currently researching the role of arts and culture in city politics, economics, and residential patterns; the enduring political orders of cities; the use of diagrams and figures in social theory; and international variations in how sociological theory is taught. Dr. Terry Nichols Clark is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He is the International Coordinator of the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation Project, which is surveying city officials across the United States and in thirty-five other countries. Clark also serves as a board member for the Cultural Policy Center at University of Chicago; he is a Task Force Member for Advancing Chicago’s Civic Agenda Through the Arts; and serves as Co-Chair for the Cultural Institutions Committee, Task Force on Quality of Life in Bronzeville, Chicago. Clarks research interest is in the use of decision-making theory to approach urban politics and other social phenomena. Michael O. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is currently conducting research on the continuous process that occurs with placemaking at farmers’ market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I don’t mean to make a scene, but please open your eyes and look around. There are complex scenes everywhere and we have all served witness to them. A scene is an experience in which we feel connected to other people. Scenes also cultivate skills, create ambiances, and nourish communities. In Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life(University of Chicago Press, 2016), Daniel Aaron Silver and Terry Nichols Clark examine the patterns and consequences of amenities that shape our daily lives. They articulate the core dimensions of the theatricality, authenticity, and legitimacy of local and global scenes (e.g., churches, cafes, restaurants, parks, galleries, bowling alleys, and more). The scenes that make up a city are reciprocally part of shaping (and reshaping) the economic development, residential patterns, and political attitudes and actions of its people. Silver and Clark challenge reimagine the city in cultural terms and to think about the influences of place. Dr. Daniel Aaron Silver is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. He conducts research in the areas of social theory, cities, culture, and cultural policy. Silver is co-editor of The Politics of Urban Cultural Policy and for Theory (the Newsletter of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociological Theory). He was the recipient of the 2013 Theory Prize and received an honorable mention for the 2015 Junior Theorist Award, both from the American Sociological Association Theory Section. Silver is currently researching the role of arts and culture in city politics, economics, and residential patterns; the enduring political orders of cities; the use of diagrams and figures in social theory; and international variations in how sociological theory is taught. Dr. Terry Nichols Clark is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He is the International Coordinator of the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation Project, which is surveying city officials across the United States and in thirty-five other countries. Clark also serves as a board member for the Cultural Policy Center at University of Chicago; he is a Task Force Member for Advancing Chicago’s Civic Agenda Through the Arts; and serves as Co-Chair for the Cultural Institutions Committee, Task Force on Quality of Life in Bronzeville, Chicago. Clarks research interest is in the use of decision-making theory to approach urban politics and other social phenomena. Michael O. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is currently conducting research on the continuous process that occurs with placemaking at farmers’ market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I don’t mean to make a scene, but please open your eyes and look around. There are complex scenes everywhere and we have all served witness to them. A scene is an experience in which we feel connected to other people. Scenes also cultivate skills, create ambiances, and nourish communities. In Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life(University of Chicago Press, 2016), Daniel Aaron Silver and Terry Nichols Clark examine the patterns and consequences of amenities that shape our daily lives. They articulate the core dimensions of the theatricality, authenticity, and legitimacy of local and global scenes (e.g., churches, cafes, restaurants, parks, galleries, bowling alleys, and more). The scenes that make up a city are reciprocally part of shaping (and reshaping) the economic development, residential patterns, and political attitudes and actions of its people. Silver and Clark challenge reimagine the city in cultural terms and to think about the influences of place. Dr. Daniel Aaron Silver is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. He conducts research in the areas of social theory, cities, culture, and cultural policy. Silver is co-editor of The Politics of Urban Cultural Policy and for Theory (the Newsletter of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociological Theory). He was the recipient of the 2013 Theory Prize and received an honorable mention for the 2015 Junior Theorist Award, both from the American Sociological Association Theory Section. Silver is currently researching the role of arts and culture in city politics, economics, and residential patterns; the enduring political orders of cities; the use of diagrams and figures in social theory; and international variations in how sociological theory is taught. Dr. Terry Nichols Clark is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He is the International Coordinator of the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation Project, which is surveying city officials across the United States and in thirty-five other countries. Clark also serves as a board member for the Cultural Policy Center at University of Chicago; he is a Task Force Member for Advancing Chicago’s Civic Agenda Through the Arts; and serves as Co-Chair for the Cultural Institutions Committee, Task Force on Quality of Life in Bronzeville, Chicago. Clarks research interest is in the use of decision-making theory to approach urban politics and other social phenomena. Michael O. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is currently conducting research on the continuous process that occurs with placemaking at farmers’ market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I don’t mean to make a scene, but please open your eyes and look around. There are complex scenes everywhere and we have all served witness to them. A scene is an experience in which we feel connected to other people. Scenes also cultivate skills, create ambiances, and nourish communities. In Scenescapes: How Qualities of Place Shape Social Life(University of Chicago Press, 2016), Daniel Aaron Silver and Terry Nichols Clark examine the patterns and consequences of amenities that shape our daily lives. They articulate the core dimensions of the theatricality, authenticity, and legitimacy of local and global scenes (e.g., churches, cafes, restaurants, parks, galleries, bowling alleys, and more). The scenes that make up a city are reciprocally part of shaping (and reshaping) the economic development, residential patterns, and political attitudes and actions of its people. Silver and Clark challenge reimagine the city in cultural terms and to think about the influences of place. Dr. Daniel Aaron Silver is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. He conducts research in the areas of social theory, cities, culture, and cultural policy. Silver is co-editor of The Politics of Urban Cultural Policy and for Theory (the Newsletter of the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociological Theory). He was the recipient of the 2013 Theory Prize and received an honorable mention for the 2015 Junior Theorist Award, both from the American Sociological Association Theory Section. Silver is currently researching the role of arts and culture in city politics, economics, and residential patterns; the enduring political orders of cities; the use of diagrams and figures in social theory; and international variations in how sociological theory is taught. Dr. Terry Nichols Clark is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. He is the International Coordinator of the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation Project, which is surveying city officials across the United States and in thirty-five other countries. Clark also serves as a board member for the Cultural Policy Center at University of Chicago; he is a Task Force Member for Advancing Chicago’s Civic Agenda Through the Arts; and serves as Co-Chair for the Cultural Institutions Committee, Task Force on Quality of Life in Bronzeville, Chicago. Clarks research interest is in the use of decision-making theory to approach urban politics and other social phenomena. Michael O. Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at William Penn University. He is currently conducting research on the continuous process that occurs with placemaking at farmers’ market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sr. Gabriella Bottani preaches for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary time, offering a reflection on Jesus' invitation to "arise" and stand up for justice. Sr. Gabriella has been the International Coordinator of Talitha Kum, the Worldwide Network of Religious Life against trafficking in persons, constituted by the UISG (International Union of General Superiors) since 2015. Talitha Kum -- headquartered in Rome, Italy -- is a network of 22 local networks, based in 76 countries in 5 continents. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/07012018 to learn more about Sr. Gabriella, the Talitha Kum network, see her preaching video with captions, and read her text.

Bonus: https://www.patreon.com/posts/19613514 I talk to Christine Ahn Founder & International Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ, an organization of women mobilizing for peace in Korea about the North Korea Summit, what it means, and what the media is getting wrong about it. Then I talk to Emma Vigeland about Trump's immigration policy, how it's similar to and different from Obama's legacy and tender age shelters. And we talk about Israel and the Trump administration's withdrawal from the UN's Human Rights Council.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Christine Ahn, International Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ, and author and professor Tim Beal. One of North Korea’s top leaders is arriving in the United States today for talks with Trump Administration officials, and possibly with the President himself, on kickstarting the US-DPRK summit originally planned for June 12 in Singapore. General Kim Yong Chol is one of Kim Jong Un’s closest advisors and is a former chief of the North Korean Intelligence Service. The hosts continue the weekly series “False Profits -- A Weekly Look at Wall Street and Corporate Capitalism with Daniel Sankey”. The Trump Administration over the past several days has tried to defend itself against allegations that it has lost track of 1,500 undocumented children placed in temporary care. The accusations come on the heels of news reports that the Department of Homeland Security has implemented a policy of separating undocumented parents from their children. But the truth is that the policy dates from the Obama Administration, and at this point in his presidency, Obama deported far more people than Trump has. Brian and John speak with Ajamu Baraka, National Organizer of Black Alliance for Peace. Italy’s current political situation is in a state of chaos. Just days after two populist parties--the Five Star Movement and the far-right League party--agreed to form a new government, the deal fell apart and President Sergio Matterella has called new elections. The two parties are expected to win even more seats in the next parliament. John Wight, host of the weekly Sputnik Radio show Hard Facts, and Sputnik News analyst Walter Smolarek join the show. Colombians have failed to elect a president outright, setting the stage for a bitter runoff between two frontrunners from opposite ends of the political spectrum, while a fragile peace process with leftist former rebels hangs in the balance. Mario Murillo, author and professor of Communications and Latin American studies, joins Brian and John. Electronic incarceration--the use of ankle bracelets and other monitoring devices on released prisoners are popular government alternatives to prison. But are they really that different? The devices have turned prisoners’ homes into prisons. In addition, prisoners are charged a daily fee for electronic incarceration. And if they can’t pay for it, they go right back to prison. James Kilgore, research scholar at the Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) who writes at ChallengingECarceration.org, joins the show.Harvard University’s T. H. Chan School of Public Health released a study this morning saying that the government’s estimate of 64 deaths in Puerto Rico from last year’s Hurricane Maria grossly underestimated the true number. The report puts the number of deaths at 4,600. Many of them because of delayed medical care. Brian and John speak with Camilo Matos, a member of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Mark Sleboda, an international affairs and security analyst, and Sputnik news analyst Walter Smolarek. Turkish forces yesterday fired artillery shells at Syrian government forces that had moved to the area of Afrin in northern Syria to assist Kurdish fighters there. Turkish president Erdogan also warned Iran against becoming more involved in the Syrian civil war. Meanwhile, Turkey announced that it would carry out a naval exercise in waters inside the Cypriot economic zone. And 17 Turkish government employees and their families defected to Greece by rowing to a Greek island in a dinghy.Vice President Pence was supposed to have a secret meeting on February 10 with Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and with Kim Yong Nam, North Korea’s nominal head of state. The meeting was cancelled two hours before its start when the North Koreans withdrew. Meanwhile, the resumption of postponed U.S.- South Korean military drills threaten the thaw between North and South. Christine Ahn, a co-founder of the Korea Policy Institute and the International Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ, joins the show. The Daily Beast just published an article that claimed all guests on Radio Sputnik went through Moscow’s approval first--but this is 100% false. Brian and John speak with Walter Smolarek, Sputnik News analyst and producer for Loud & Clear. For the first time in nearly 30 years, West Virginia teachers plan a statewide strike to protest low wages and rising health care costs. The state ranks 38th in the nation in the quality of public education. Frank Ariet, a community organizer, and Travis Boothe, an organizer with the Morgantown Tenants Union, join the show. Border Patrol agents are working on private property without permission and setting up so-called “border checkpoints” 100 miles inland from any border under a little-known federal law that was ignored until Donald Trump became president. Isabel Garcia, co-founder of Coalición de Derechos Humanos, joins Brian and John. Brazil’s military was put in charge of security over the weekend in Rio de Janeiro, the country’s largest city, as gang violence continues to escalate. Aline Piva, with Brazilian Expats for Democracy, joins the show.Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman announced that he will arrange for the deployment of an elite unit of Pakistani guards to protect him and other royal family members, ostensibly from his own people. Brian and John speak with Ali al-Ahmed, the director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs.The anniversary of Ukraine’s 2014 revolution--what many people call a coup--is today. We take a look at this regime change effort that brought to power a far-right, pro-western government. Kevin Zeese, co-coordinator of Popular Resistance, joins the show.

Christine Ahn is Founder and International Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ, women mobilizing for peace in Korea. She is a writer and organizer working for peace, justice, and demilitarization of our world.

Winston Churchill said, "Mountaintops inspire leaders, but valleys mature them."Men and women discover themselves during their days in the valley. Those Valley experiences prepare them for the mountaintop.  However, the key to successfully move through the valley is personal leadership. Sadly, when some people hear about personal leadership, they think about perfection.Personal leadership is never on the premise that you are a perfect being. The basic ideology is that your are to take  responsibility for your life outcomes.It has never been an issue of acting perfect. It's recognizing that you are on a journey. And the end of the journey is greatly dependent on the decisions you take per time.It's on this note that I bring to you Lead Your Life Series.If you follow me on any of my social media channels, you would have seen me share about "Lead Your Life Series."It's a special edition of Lead Your Life Podcast. We would be  sharing real life experiences of how personal struggles and seeming setbacks were turned into phenomenal stories of hope and grace.You won't be hearing my voice. I would feature different people from different works of life. Basically, I hope to inspire and empower you to begin or continue taking responsibility for your own life outcomes as you aspire to live a life of impact and fulfillment.Today, we launch Lead Your Life Series with the first episode. I have a phenomenal lady this week. About Chineze Oluwasina Chineze Oluwasina (fondly called Chichi) is a young and passionate strategist with core competence in team building and organizational structure. Chichi was born in Ibadan, Nigeria on the 24th of October. She graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife with a Bachelor of Science (Agriculture) and currently rounding off her Masters Degree in Agronomy from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Chichi believes in given herself over to continuous learning, thus she has a diploma in Social Work and strategic management from the Open Training Institute. Chichi is currently involved in community development and agricultural research. She is a sought after facilitator for several profit and non- profit organizations with focus on team building, project management, leadership and communication skills. Her agricultural research aims at helping community farmers have access to improved cassava varieties. She is a Research Fellow at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. She was nominated to attend the Global Leadership Submit 2016 in Indonesia and the One Young World Submit 2016 in Ottawa. She obtained a MasterCard scholarship to learn Foundations for Entrepreneurial Leadership at the African Leadership Academy, Johannesburg. She is currently a cohort-2 participant of the Young African Leaders Initiative, Regional Leadership Centre, Accra, Lagos Campus. She has just been nominated as the International Coordinator for Consortium of Young African Civil Society Organizations. Her passion to see inner city girls rise above every prejudice associated with her background and gender, Chichi founded GIRL Afrique, a budding organization aimed at helping inner city girls harness their potentials by equipping them with relevant skills to make informed decisions. She enjoys facilitating, playing lawn tennis and swimming. She is happily married to her campus sweetheart who is also in the development sector. Chichi would be telling us about her struggles, What were her redefining moments, the two most important steps she took differently, what were the aftermath, and what lessons she would like you to take away from her story. Enjoy! *  *Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:50 — 18.8MB) You can also listen on: iTunes | Android | Email | RSS Be SocialPlease share the love by sharing this post across your Facebook, Twitter and other social channels.  What can you make of Chi Chi's story? Is there any part that you can relate with? 

Céline Nahory is International Coordinator for Peace Boat and the Global Article 9 Campaign. She also serves as Regional/International Representative in the International Peace Bureau's Council. She has worked for fifteen years with NGOs in the US, Japan and India, carrying out research and running advocacy campaigns on issues of peace, security, disarmament, economic justice and sustainable development. See: http://peaceboat.org/english https://facebook.com/peaceboat http://article-9.org/en/index.html https://facebook.com/article9

Dan Slade is the International Coordinator for Partners in Harvest, the network of churches that we are a part of.

Dan Slade is the International Coordinator for the Partners In Harvest Network of churches. Dan has a missional heart and served with his wife Gwen as missionaries in the Ukraine and Eastern Europe for over twelve years. He is passionate about spreading the Gospel and planting churches around the world. He loves to speak on the Anointing, the Power of God and Family Life themes.

Dan Slade is the International Coordinator for the Partners In Harvest Network of churches. Dan has a missional heart and served with his wife Gwen as missionaries in the Ukraine and Eastern Europe for over twelve years. He is passionate about spreading the Gospel and planting churches around the world. He loves to speak on the Anointing, the Power of God and Family Life themes.

Master Griot / NBBTA Radio presents The Digital Drummer, with Jim Neusom, the official radio show of the URBAN TECH FAIR! Our special guests this week are Urban Tech Fair National Organizing Committee members Andrew Williams, Jr.  Founder of PARTXC and International Coordinator for AJ Action Team and Cynthia Renee Frazier, Founder/CEO of Tech Divas Uncorked. CALL IN (646) 716-7994. From blog to radio, Jim Neusom brings to conversations around the awesome, interesting, historical, and down right technical digital information he shares online. Stay updated on the Urban Tech Fair and learn about Blacks and people of color in technology, lastest tech trends, strategies of implementation to community empowerment. Subscribe to The Urban Tech Fair at www.urbantechfair.org and LIKE us at http://facebook.com/UrbanTechFair.

SisStar Jahdusha V. Shines presents L.I.P. Service (Liberation Information Program), a service designed to liberate, inspire and invoke your person into divine action! Through the medium of inspiring music and word power - SisStar Jahdusha takes us on a fun-filled journey toward self-real-eyes-ation in order to assist in expanding our collective and power filled consciousness. SisStar Shines is also the International Coordinator for Dr. Jewel's Balancing Program. This program is like a box of chocolates - you just never know what you might get!