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Have you ever wondered, "Why do languages matter?"Dr. Victor Santos, author of What Makes Us Human, a poetic riddle about language, history, and culture released in partnership with UNESCO for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, helps us uncover the powerful role languages play in shaping our identities, cultures, and communities. In this episode, we explore the perks of being multilingual and multicultural, the unique sounds and structures of different languages, and the intriguing work of linguists. Perfect for curious kids and their grown-ups, this episode will inspire you to appreciate the diversity of languages and understand why preserving them is crucial. Tune in for fun facts, insightful discussions, and a special quiz about the number of languages in the world! Don't miss out on the adventure—hit subscribe and stay tuned for more exciting episodes. Dr. Victor Santos: https://www.authorvictorsantos.com/ Purchase What Makes Us Human HERE. ******************************************************* To our valued listeners: please consider requesting that your local library add a copy of What Makes Us Human to their collection! To request a book purchase with your library (you must be a patron), you can simply Google for your library's name plus the keywords "suggest a title" or "request a title" and it should take you to a form where you can request a copy of What Makes Us Human using the information provided in the email template below. If that does not work, you can simply email your library using the wording in the email below (all you need to do is fill in your name): Subject: Book Purchase Request for Library Collection To the person in charge of acquisitions of children's books,  My name is (Your name) and I am a patron of the library.  I would like to request purchase for our collection of a wonderful new non-fiction children's book called "What Makes Us Human". The book, on the theme of language, languages, and cultural diversity, has received a starred review from School Library Journal and has been chosen by UNESCO as the official children's book for the United Nations International Decade of Indigenous Languages. Below is further information about the book: ISBN: 978-0802856258 Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Year: 2024 Format: Print More information: starred School Library Journal review and very positive reviews by Booklist and Hornbook.  I believe this book would be an incredible addition to our library's collection and a way for our library to show our patrons that it cares about linguistic and cultural diversity.  Thank you for considering adding "What Makes Us Human" to your collection. Best regards,  (Your Name) ******************************************************* Birthday shoutouts, comments: hello@culturekidsmedia.com Please leave us a 5 star rating!: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culture-kids-podcast/id1649055929 Instagram: @culturekidsmedia

We are back for episode two of our series in commemoration of the United Nations International Day for People of African Descent! Listen in as Ikram, Brenda, and I talk with Dr. Barbara G. Reynolds, Chairperson of the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on the importance of the International Day for People of African Descent, the International Decade for People of African Descent, the role of Member States in promoting the Decade, and addressing racial inequality through an intersectional lens. Ms. Reynolds is the Vice-President for Administration, Advancement and Planning at the University of the Southern Caribbean in Trinidad and Tobago. She served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Guyana from August 2014 to September 2019. Prior to this, Ms Reynolds was Head of Education for Save the Children UK, after having spent the previous two decades with UNICEF in programme, management and representational roles at Headquarters and country offices. Ms. Reynolds began her professional career as a teacher and continues to be involved in education. She Co-Chairs the CARICOM Digital Skills Task Force and is a Member of the Independent Technical Advisor Panel for the Global Partnership for Education. She is an active human rights professional, and an experienced human rights and gender mainstreaming facilitator. She holds a BA Education (Caribbean Union College), MA in Curriculum and Teaching (Howard University), the Post-Graduate Diploma in Distance Education (University of London) EdD in International Education Development/Curriculum and Instruction (Columbia University) and the MSt in International Human Rights Law (University of Oxford). Ms Reynolds' second working language is Portuguese. Mandate of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

We are back for episode two of our series in commemoration of the United Nations International Day for People of African Descent! Listen in as Ikram, Brenda, and I talk with Dr. Barbara G. Reynolds, Chairperson of the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on the importance of the International Day for People of African Descent, the International Decade for People of African Descent, the role of Member States in promoting the Decade, and addressing racial inequality through an intersectional lens. Ms. Reynolds is the Vice-President for Administration, Advancement and Planning at the University of the Southern Caribbean in Trinidad and Tobago. She served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Guyana from August 2014 to September 2019. Prior to this, Ms Reynolds was Head of Education for Save the Children UK, after having spent the previous two decades with UNICEF in programme, management and representational roles at Headquarters and country offices. Ms. Reynolds began her professional career as a teacher and continues to be involved in education. She Co-Chairs the CARICOM Digital Skills Task Force and is a Member of the Independent Technical Advisor Panel for the Global Partnership for Education. She is an active human rights professional, and an experienced human rights and gender mainstreaming facilitator. She holds a BA Education (Caribbean Union College), MA in Curriculum and Teaching (Howard University), the Post-Graduate Diploma in Distance Education (University of London) EdD in International Education Development/Curriculum and Instruction (Columbia University) and the MSt in International Human Rights Law (University of Oxford). Ms Reynolds' second working language is Portuguese. Mandate of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

Language, if we are not thinking about it, can be just a way to get from place A to B, a way to order lunch or a way to pass an exam.  But language is much more than a way to communicate with words. This is especially true if you have had your language forcibly removed from you, like the thousands of Indigenous children who survived Canada's colonial assimilation project.Languages hold within them philosophies, worldviews, culture and identity.Language also has a lot to do with our relationships — how we relate to other people, to our families, to our ancestors and to the natural environment.These are precisely the aspects of Indigenous life that the Indian Residential School system was designed to destroy.  Last year, the United Nations acknowledged the importance of Indigenous languages by declaring the decade ahead to be the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.But long before the UN declaration, First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples have been pushing to revitalize more than 70 Indigenous languages across Canada.  In 2019, the Indigenous Languages Act was passed by the government of Canada.Still, progress — and redress — have been slow to come.In this special episode of Don't Call Me Resilient, as we look ahead to National Indigenous Peoples Day, guest host, Veldon Coburn speaks with Prof. Frank Deer, Canada Research Chair and associate dean of Indigenous Education at the University of Manitoba. They tackle the issue of disappearing Indigenous languages and delve into how much more needs to be done to revitalize them and why doing so is critical.This week's episode was produced in collaboration with IndigiNews and their publisher, Eden Fineday. 

On this week's episode, Liberal Black Caucus reps and friends of The Drip, MPs Arielle Kayabaga and Michael Coteau, returned to the pod to discuss Budget2023 and its impacts on Canadians. We also had an honest conversation about the state of politics in Canada, and got some insight into what the federal government could do to commemorate The International Decade for People of African Descent, which officially concludes next year.Tap in.-- ‘NightTime' provided by Toronto's very own, B.ONLOCATION. Remember, if you like what you hear, subscribe and share.#Cdnpoli #ONPoli #TOPoli #Nanos #JustinTrudeau #PierrePoilievre #DougFord #Volkswagen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In line with the International Decade on Indigenous Languages, the Indigenous Media Zone, a special platform set up for Indigenous Journalists, will aim to encourage the participation of Indigenous media practitioners in a wide variety of Indigenous languages from different regions. Cultural Survival spoke to Holly Helton. Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar) Interviewee: Holly Helton(Anishinaabe) Image: Cultural Survival Music "Remember Your Children", by Salidummay, used with permission. "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

In line with the International Decade on Indigenous Languages, the Indigenous Media Zone, a special platform set up for Indigenous Journalists, will aim to encourage the participation of Indigenous media practitioners in a wide variety of Indigenous languages from different regions. Cultural Survival spoke to Naw Ei Ei Min, an Indigenous Woman from Myanmar. She is the founder and director of Promotion of Indigenous and Nature Together (POINT). Produced by Avexnim Cojti (Maya K'iche) and Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan) Interviewee: Naw Ei Ei Min (Karen) Image: Twitter Music "Anania2", by The Baba Project, used with permission. "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

The UN has declared 2022-2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, as thousands of them are facing extinction. Our guests are Wil Meya of The Language Conservancy and Alex Fire Thunder of the Lakota Language Consortium, to talk about their efforts with the Lakota Language, and the New Lakota Dictionary and app now available at the New York Public Library. For more, visit languageconservancy.org and lakhota.org.

Blue Marble: Quality Water for Life.  Rev. Char Bear shares spirited conversations about ways to put your green faith into action and to manifest good magic for the planet!  This month focuses on Water security and the UN Water Conference March 22-24, 2023.  90% of today's climate disasters are water related.  2018-2028 was resolved by the UN to be an International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development, and this conference will be a midterm comprehensive review.  Bear will walk you through what matters and what you can do to honor this essential element of water.

Of the estimated 7,000 known languages globally, 32 percent of them, which means as many as 2,300 languages are spoken by Indigenous Peoples living in Asia. But lately, because of many reasons, Indigenous languages are disappearing at an alarming rate globally. Linguists have predicted and also warned that half of all the 7,000 languages currently spoken will go silent by the end of the century. Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) a regional umbrella organization of Indigenous Peoples Organization in Asia, following the official launch of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, starting from 2022 continuing until 2032, has specifically focused plans for revival, revitalization and strengthening of Indigenous language and culture in Asia. Interviewee: Gam Shimrey, Secretary General of AIPP Producer and Interviewer: Dev Kumar Sunuwar Music: Remember Your Children by Salidummay, Used with Permission Photo Cultural Survival This is a production of Indigenous Rights Radio. Our programs are free to download and broadcast.

Cultural Survival attended the High-level Celebration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. In this interview, we spoke to Ulla Karin Sarri. Produced by Avexnim Cojti (Maya K'iche') Interviewee: Ulla Karin Sarri (Sami) Remember Your Children by Salidummay, Used with Permission "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Cultural Survival attended the High-level Celebration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. In this interview, we spoke to Richard Kistabish. Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar) Interviewee: Richard Kistabish (Anicinabe, Algonquin) Remember Your Children by Salidummay, Used with Permission "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Cultural Survival attended the High-level Celebration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. In this interview, we spoke to Myrna Cunningham (Miskitu) Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar) Interviewee: Myrna Cunningham Remember Your Children by Salidummay, Used with Permission "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Cultural Survival attended the High-level Celebration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. In this interview, we spoke to Leena Evic. Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar) Interviewee: Leena Evic (Inuit) Remember Your Children by Salidummay, Used with Permission "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Cultural Survival attended the High-level Celebration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. In this interview, we spoke to Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild. Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar) Interviewee: Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild (Cree) Remember Your Children by Salidummay, Used with Permission "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Cultural Survival attended the High-level Celebration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. In this interview, we spoke to Binota Dhamai. Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar) Interviewee: Binota Moy Dhamai (Jumma - Tripura) Remember Your Children by Salidummay, Used with Permission "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Cultural Survival attended the High-level Celebration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. In this interview, we spoke to Fernand De Vareness. Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar) Interviewee: Fernand De Vareness Remember Your Children by Salidummay, Used with Permission "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

The United Nations has declared 2022 the start of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, aiming to raise awareness of the ongoing global loss of Indigenous languages. Ongoing attacks on human rights defenders and restrictions on civil society are critically challenging the effectiveness of these efforts. Read Indigenous Language Rights and the Politics of Fear in Asia - Issue 7 of The La Trobe Asia Brief. Dr Gerald Roche (Senior Research Fellow in Politics at La Trobe University, La Trobe Asia fellow). Recorded 29 September 2022.

Approximately 7,000 languages are signed or spoken in the world today, more than half of them by Indigenous people. These languages are critical to services like education and healthcare, and their neglect threatens the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people. Language is literally a matter of life and death. The United Nations has declared 2022 the start of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, highlighting the need for governments and societies to amplify the voices and knowledge of Indigenous peoples globally, and involve them directly in the process. However, in Asia's largest and most linguistically diverse countries, human rights defenders and civil society are under attack, creating a climate of fear that poses serious challenges to successfully implementing the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. This event launched the new issue of the La Trobe Asia Brief: Indigenous Language Rights and the Politics of Fear in Asia, authored by Gerald Roche, Madoka Hammine and Tuting Hernandez. Panel: Dr Gerald Roche (Senior Research Fellow, Politics, La Trobe University) Professor Jakelin Troy (Director, Indigenous Research, University of Sydney) Dr Dolly Kikon (Senior Lecturer, Development Studies, University of Melbourne) Professor James Leibold (Politics, La Trobe University) (Chair) Recorded on 4 October 2022.

How close are we to truly understanding the legacy of slavery — and doing something about it? In this in-depth conversation, which we aired over two days, social worker Robert Wright answers those questions. Robert also looks at whether progress has been made during the first three-quarters of the UN's International Decade for People of African Descent, which began in 2015.

Sheila S Walker, PhD is a cultural anthropologist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. She is the President of Afrodiaspora Global LLC that creates and shares with the public information about the Global African Diaspora. Relevant works include the edited volumes African Roots/ American Cultures: Africa in the Creation of the Americas and Conocimiento desde adentro: Los afrosudamericanos hablan de sus pueblos y sus historias; and the documentaries “Scattered Africa: Faces and Voices of the African Diaspora,” and ``Familiar Faces/Unexpected Places: A Global African Diaspora,” which was shown for Black History Month 2018 at the United Nations in the context of the International Decade for People of African Descent. www.afrodiasporaglobal.com

The Rosetta Stone is famous as an inscription that let us read Egyptian hieroglyphs again, but it was created in the first place as part of a long history of signage as performative multilingualism in public places. Choosing between languages is both very personal but it's not only personal -- it's also a reflection of the way that the societies we live in constrain our choices. In this episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch get enthusiastic about language policy and how organizations and nation-states make language decisions that affect people's everyday lives. We also talk about the excellent recent lingcomm book Memory Speaks by Julie Sedivy, the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (currently ongoing!), and many ways of unpacking the classic quote about a language being a dialect with an army and a navy. Read the transcript here: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/682191718408388608/transcript-episode-67-what-it-means-for-a Announcements: In this month's bonus episode we're getting enthusiastic about word games and puzzles with Nicole Holliday and Ben Zimmer of Spectacular Vernacular! We talk about patron questions, including lots of Wordle content: what Ben and Nicole learned from interviewing the creator of Wordle, our favourite Wordle variants such as IPA Wordle and Semantle, and comparing our Wordle solving strategies with a demo game on air. www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm Join us on Patreon to listen to this and 60+ other bonus episodes. You'll also get access to the Lingthusiasm Discord server where you can play and discuss word games and puzzles with other language nerds! www.patreon.com/lingthusiasm For links to all the things mentioned in this episode: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/682191350734667776/episode-67-what-it-means-for-a-language-to-be

In our ongoing series of Inuktitut language podcasts, host Madeleine Allakariallak speaks with Ms. Aluki Kotierk about the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032.The United Nations named 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages. As that year came to a close the UN announced the International Decade of Indigenous Languages lasting from 2022 to 2032. A Canadian launch event is being held by the Royal Canadian Geographic Society in Ottawa on April 22nd, 2022.Aluki Kotierk is President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), and a member of the Global Task Force for the IDIL Arctic Region, based in Iqaluit. She will be at that event.Aluki is originally from Igloolik, and has earned both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. She has worked at key Inuit organizations such as Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Pauktuutit, NTI and Nunavut Sivuniksavut. She has held senior management positions at the Government of Nunavut, and the Office of the Languages Commissioner.Aluki is a passionate advocate for our language – Inuktitut.Funding for this podcast was provided by Heritage Canada's Indigenous Language Component.ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓄᑦᑐᓵᔭᔅᓴᑦ – ᐊᓗᑭᑰᑦᑎᖅ – ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒻᒥ 10 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖏᑦᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ  2022-2032ᑲᔪᓰᓐᓇᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᑭᖑᓕᕇᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᖅᑐᑦ ᑐᓵᔭᔅᓴᓂ, ᐅᖃᖅᑎ ᒫᑕᓕᓐ ᐊᓚᒃᑲᕆᐊᓪᓚᒃ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ  ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᕐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒻᒥ 10 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ 2022-2032.ᑲᑐᔾᔨᔪᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ 2019ᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒻᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓄᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᕐᕌᒍ ᐃᓱᓕᓕᕐᒪᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᔪᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖃᑎᒌᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒻᒥ 10 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ 2022ᒥᑦ 2032ᒧᑦ. ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔭᑦᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑯᐃᓐ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᓴᓴᐃᐊᑎᖓᑕ ᐋᑐᐋᒥ ᐊᐃᕐᕆᓕ 22, 2022ᒥ.       ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᓄᑦ (ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ), ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ 10 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒧᑦ, ᑐᙵᕕᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓂ. ᐃᓚᐅᓛᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᑲᑎᑦᑐᓂ.  ᐊᓗᑭ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒻᒥᐅᑕᔅᓴᔭᕕᓂᖅ, ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᐹᑦᓯᓗᒧᑦ ᒫᔅᑐᔅᒧᓪᓗ ᐃᓱᓕᑦᑎᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᑐᕋᓐᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕝᕕᔾᔪᐊᒻᒥ, ᐲᑕᐳᕈ, ᐋᓐᑎᕆᐅᒥ.   ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑎᒥᖏᓐᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ, ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᔅᓴᕗᒃᑯᓐᓄᓪᓗ. ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑲᐅᑎᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓂᓃᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕘᑉ ᒐᕙᒪᖓᓂ, ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓᓂᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓄᑦ ᑲᒥᓴᓇᐅᑉ.      ᐊᓗᑭ ᐊᒃᓱᕉᑎᖃᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ – ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ.ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒧᖓ ᑐᓵᔭᔅᓴᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᑦᑕᕐᓂᓴᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ. Inuktitut Uqausinganut Tusaajassat – Aluki Kuuttiq – Nunarjuammi 10 Arraagungit Nunaqaqqaaqsimajut Uqausinginnut  2022-2032Kajusiinnaqtunut kinguliriittunut Inuktituuqtut tusaajassani, uqaqti Matalin Alakkariallak uqaqatiqaqpuq Aluki Kuuttirmik Nunarjuammi 10 Arraagungit Nunaqaqqaaqsimajut Uqausinginnut 2022-2032. Katujjijut Gavamaqatigiingittut attiqsilauqtut 2019-mik Nunarjuammi Arraagu Nunaqaqqaaqsimajunut Uqausinut. Taanna arraagu isulilirmat katujjijut gavamaqatigiingittut uqalauqtut Nunarjuammi 10 Arraagungit Nunaqaqqaaqsimajut Uqausinginnut 2022mit 2032mut. Kanatami aulajjattauniaqtut Kuin Kanatami Nunalirinirnut Sasaiatingata Aatuaami airrili 22, 2022mi.Aluki Kuuttiq Angajuqqaangujuq Nunavut Tunngavik Timinganut (Tunngavikkut), ilagijaullunilu Nunarjuarmut Qaujisaqtinut Nunarjuarmi 10 Arraagungit Nunaqaqqaaqsimajut Uqausinginnut Ukiuqtaqtumut, tunngaviqaqtuni Iqalunni. Ilaulaaqtuq taikani katittuni. Aluki Iglulimmiutassajaviniq, ilitarijausimallunilu Paatsilumut Maastusmullu isulittinirnut Turant Silattuqsavvijjuammi, Piitapuru, Aantiriumi.Iqqanaijaqsimajuq atuutiqattiaqtuni Inuit timinginni suurlu Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Pauktuutit, Tunngavikkut Nunavut Sivunissavukkunnullu. Angajuqqautiuniqsaujunut ininiisimajuq Nunavuup Gavamangani, Titirarvinganilu Uqausinut Kamisanaup. Aluki aksuruutiqattiaqtuni ikajuqtiujuq Uqausittinnut – Inuktitut. Kiinaujaqaqtitaujut taassumunga tusaajassarmut Ittarnisalirijikkut Kanatami Nunaqaqqaaqsimajut Uqausilirijinginnut.

The United Nations' declaration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032) raises a critical issue: Indigenous languages are in an endangered state. The UN's declaration is hoped to spur preservation and promotion of them and curb the tide of extinction. Papua New Guinea holds more Indigenous languages than anywhere else in the world. Current estimates of its living languages are between 830 to over 850, but that number is in steady decline as Papua New Guinea's communities become more mobile and interconnected. Yet, while extinction to local languages remains a severe problem in Papua New Guinea, in 2020, a new language was added to its list – and there's potential for more. Jessica Collins, the Lowy Institute's Research Fellow for the Aus-PNG Network and Pacific Islands Program, talks with four experts about language, diversity, and cultural identity in Papua New Guinea. The panel includes Dr Kilala Devette-Chee, Senior Research Fellow and Program Leader of the Education Research Program at the Papua New Guinea National Research Institute; Dr Sakarepe Kamene, Head of Linguistics and Modern Languages at the University of Papua New Guinea; Adjunct Professor Craig Volker, of The Cairns Institute, James Cook University; and Dr. Lidia Federica Mazzitelli, post-doctoral researcher at the Slavic Institute, University of Cologne and scientific consultant at the Australian National University.

Sadhguru spoke at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on the World Water Day, March 22, 2018. The event launched the International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development" 2018-2028. Sadhguru was a panelist in the Panel Session on the "Contribution of the Water Decade to the implementation of water related SDGs: addressing challenges and seizing opportunities through strengthening cooperation and partnerships." The session was moderated by Mr. Sirodjidin Aslov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.Courtesy: http://webtv.un.orgConscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.org Sadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__appOfficial Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.orgSadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusiveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sadhguru spoke at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, on the World Water Day, March 22, 2018. The event launched the International Decade for Action "Water for Sustainable Development" 2018-2028. Sadhguru was a panelist in the Panel Session on the "Contribution of the Water Decade to the implementation of water related SDGs: addressing challenges and seizing opportunities through strengthening cooperation and partnerships." The session was moderated by Mr. Sirodjidin Aslov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan.Courtesy: http://webtv.un.orgConscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.org Sadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__appOfficial Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.orgSadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive

The United Nations General Assembly (Resolution A/RES/74/135) proclaimed the period between 2022 and 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032), to draw global attention on the critical situation of many indigenous languages and to mobilize stakeholders and resources for their preservation, revitalization and promotion. Cultural Survival partnered with the Botswana Khwedom Council to revitalize the Tsiga language, which is disappearing. Keikabile Mogodu tells us more. Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan) Interviewee: Keikabile Mogodu (Botswana Khwedom Council) Music: Whispers by Ziibiwan, used with permission. "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Navajo, the most widely spoken indigenous language within US territory, is spoken by less than 200,000 people. In the coming decade, the UN plans to provide indigenous peoples with the support needed to preserve and revitalize their native languages.

Today we discuss the Tuesday Jan. 11, Wood Buffalo Council meeting with Mayor Sandy Bowman. We go through the newly announced International Decade of Indigenous Languages, Beacon Hills new park, working on transit, councilors working remotely, and a new business advisory committee. Fort McMurray Matters airs every weekday at noon and is brought to you by Fort McMurray Orthodontics, Cooper & Company, and Colin Hartigan with Coldwell Banker. Without them none of these shows would be possible.

In this segment of By Any Means Necessary, Sean and Jacquie are joined by John Kane, Mohawk activist and educator, producer and Host of the Let's Talk Native Podcast, and co-host of Resistance Radio on WBAI Pacifica Radio NY to discuss the beginning of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages and the US refusal to outline a plan to save indigenous languages, the US's historic and continued complicity in the extinction of languages, the shortcomings of the decade and the need to note the murderous infrastructure that continues colonization and anti-indigenous violence in the US, and the use of indigenous names and languages for militarism.

Democrats Won't Save Us, Vaccine Apartheid and Stereotyping of Africa, US Complicity In Indigenous Language Extinction In this episode of By Any Means Necessary, hosts Sean Blackmon and Jacquie Luqman discuss the breakdown of the Build Back Better bill, the folly of relying on Democrats to offer any real solution to the struggles of working and poor people, and the necessity of unity for working and oppressed people in struggles for liberation.In the second segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Rudolf Okonkwo, a Nigerian American writer, journalist and host of the political satire show Dr. Damages Show on IrokopostTV to discuss the corporate media's misleading coverage of the destruction of COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria and the reality of vaccine apartheid behind it, the devaluation fo African life by corporations and settler-colonialism demonstrated in the giving of Nigeria expired or soon-to-expire vaccines despite the challenges posed by issues with the country's administration infrastructure, and the stereotyping of the African continent as monolithic and backwards.In the third segment, Sean and Jacquie are joined by John Kane, Mohawk activist and educator, producer and Host of the Let's Talk Native Podcast, and co-host of Resistance Radio on WBAI Pacifica Radio NY to discuss the beginning of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages and the US refusal to outline a plan to save indigenous languages, the US's historic and continued complicity in the extinction of languages, the shortcomings of the decade and the need to note the murderous infrastructure that continues colonization and anti-indigenous violence in the US, and the use of indigenous names and languages for militarism.Later in the show, Sean and Jacquie are joined by Jon Jeter, award-winning journalist and foreign correspondent, radio and television producer, Bluesologist and Decolonizer, and author of the book “Flat Broke in the Free Market: How Globalization Fleeced Working People” to discuss Joe Biden's claim that there are no federal solutions to the pandemic, the death and legacy of Bishop Desmond Tutu, the selling out of South Africa to the neoliberal capitalist regime, and the campaigns of Herschel Walker and Winsome Sears.

Vernon Discusses the United Nations General Assembly's proclamation of the International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD), which was made in December 2013, for the decade of 2015 through 2024. He discusses previous social justice movements, notes the similarities between them, and then offers the alternative to use cooperatives to solve the community problems cited by the different movements.

Titilayo Oyinsan Speaks with Jide Martin on building a comic book franchise in Africa He is the founder of Africa's first digital comic book company: Comic Republic. He is an illustrator, designer, producer, and entrepreneur with a passion for shaping Africa's narrative through compelling stories and art.Born in Lagos, Nigeria, his desire to showcase the beauty of African art led to the creation of the largest comic book company in Africa and the only company to publish bi-weekly comics to its over 1.5 million page views on www.thecomicrepublic.com.His books have received critical claims on five continents with features on CNN, Forbes, BBC, Comixology, Aljazeera for the quality of the art and content produced and the potential that the Comic Republic universe presents.In 2017, his company became the first and only African Comic Book Brand to attract investors and a first of its kind licensing partnership that produced over 2 million school notebooks with stories about African heroes.In 2020, his company also became the first and only African Comic Book Brand to create the world's first crypto comic, which has raised over $200K in funding.Jide is a Law graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife and the Creative Enterprise Programme for Entrepreneurs facilitated by the British Council and the University of Edinburgh, a TEDx Speaker, named an African change-maker by the UNICEF and was nominated in 2017 by MIPAD 100, a list of the Most Influential People of African Descent under the age of 40, an initiative in support of the United Nations' International Decade for People of African Descent.

Titilayo Oyinsan Speaks with Jide Martin on building a comic book franchise in Africa He is the founder of Africa's first digital comic book company: Comic Republic. He is an illustrator, designer, producer, and entrepreneur with a passion for shaping Africa's narrative through compelling stories and art.Born in Lagos, Nigeria, his desire to showcase the beauty of African art led to the creation of the largest comic book company in Africa and the only company to publish bi-weekly comics to its over 1.5 million page views on www.thecomicrepublic.com.His books have received critical claims on five continents with features on CNN, Forbes, BBC, Comixology, Aljazeera for the quality of the art and content produced and the potential that the Comic Republic universe presents.In 2017, his company became the first and only African Comic Book Brand to attract investors and a first of its kind licensing partnership that produced over 2 million school notebooks with stories about African heroes.In 2020, his company also became the first and only African Comic Book Brand to create the world's first crypto comic, which has raised over $200K in funding.Jide is a Law graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife and the Creative Enterprise Programme for Entrepreneurs facilitated by the British Council and the University of Edinburgh, a TEDx Speaker, named an African change-maker by the UNICEF and was nominated in 2017 by MIPAD 100, a list of the Most Influential People of African Descent under the age of 40, an initiative in support of the United Nations' International Decade for People of African Descent.

Titilayo Oyinsan Speaks with Jide Martin on building a comic book franchise in Africa He is the founder of Africa's first digital comic book company: Comic Republic. He is an illustrator, designer, producer, and entrepreneur with a passion for shaping Africa's narrative through compelling stories and art.Born in Lagos, Nigeria, his desire to showcase the beauty of African art led to the creation of the largest comic book company in Africa and the only company to publish bi-weekly comics to its over 1.5 million page views on www.thecomicrepublic.com.His books have received critical claims on five continents with features on CNN, Forbes, BBC, Comixology, Aljazeera for the quality of the art and content produced and the potential that the Comic Republic universe presents.In 2017, his company became the first and only African Comic Book Brand to attract investors and a first of its kind licensing partnership that produced over 2 million school notebooks with stories about African heroes.In 2020, his company also became the first and only African Comic Book Brand to create the world's first crypto comic, which has raised over $200K in funding.Jide is a Law graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife and the Creative Enterprise Programme for Entrepreneurs facilitated by the British Council and the University of Edinburgh, a TEDx Speaker, named an African change-maker by the UNICEF and was nominated in 2017 by MIPAD 100, a list of the Most Influential People of African Descent under the age of 40, an initiative in support of the United Nations' International Decade for People of African Descent.

In today’s episode, in recognition of Africa Week, we highlight the United Nations designated International Decade for People of African Descent. The decade runs from 2015-2024. The theme of the Decade is: “People of African descent: recognition, justice and development.” We would like to raise the volume on this so that it gets the recognition and buy-in that it should within our community and beyond. We welcome guests: Dr. Livingstone Thompson – a theologian, lecturer and cultural competency consultant of Jamaican descent who is the current Chair of the African & Caribbean Support Organisation Northern Ireland (ACSONI) and Ms. Lori Gatsi-Barnett- originally from Zimbabwe who is an entrepreneur, co-founder of Join Her Network and Chair of the Strategy Group at ACSONI. Together, we speak on the need to amplify this decade. We hope you enjoy the conversation. This episode and all other episodes can also be viewed on our YouTube Channel: UnMute Now. Find us on Social Media: FB and IG - UnMute Now and Twitter: UnMuteNow1. Send us an email to: unmutenow1@gmail.com Also, feel free to like, comment, rate, share and subscribe to our podcast on other platforms! #unmutenowpodcast #ukpivot #africaweek #poad #raisingthevolume --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/yonara-angel/message

In the fourth episode of our Inuktitut podcast series, host Joanna Awa speaks with the President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) Aluki Kotierk. NTI represents the Inuit of Nunavut.She was first elected in 2016, and re-elected in February 2021. She is originally from Igloolik, and has earned both a Bachelor's and Masters degree from Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.  Aluki Kotierk has worked at key Inuit organizations such as Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Pauktuutit, and Nunavut Sivuniksavut – all in Ottawa. She has held senior management positions at the Government of Nunavut, and the Office of the Languages Commissioner. This podcast focuses on her advocacy for the Inuit language as President of NTI. She has spoken out at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), and during the International Year of Indigenous Languages in 2019. She addresses the upcoming International Decade of Indigenous Languages from 2022-2032. Music on this podcast is by Nelson Tagoona, Inuit throat boxing artist from Baker Lake, Nunavut. Additional narration is by Hazel Ootoowak, Project and Office Coordinator at ICC Canada.ᐊᔾᔨᒌᙱᑦᑐᓂᑦᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦᓂᐱᓕᐅᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦᐹᑦᑳᔅᑯᑦ –ᓄᓇᕗᒃ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑦ ᐹᑦᑳᔅᑯᑦ, ᐅᖃᓪᓚᒃᑎ ᔪᐊᓇ ᐊᕙ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᔭᖓ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖏᑦ ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ. ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᒥᓂᖅ 2016−ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᑲᓐᓂᖅᑐᕕᓂᐅᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᕖᕝᕗᐊᕆ 2021−ᒥ. ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒻᒥᐅᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕇᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᖁᑦᓯᓕᕇᖕᓂᒃ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᑯᑎᑖᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᑐᕆᓐᑦ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᔾᔪᐊᖓᓂ ᐱᑐᐳᕈ, ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᙱᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᐸᐅᒃᑑᑎᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᒃᓴᕗᒻᒥ−ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑎᒃ ᐋᑐᐋᒦᑦᑐᑦ. ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᒥᓯᓇᐅᑉ.ᐹᑦᑳᔅᑎᒍᑦ ᑕᕝᕘᓇ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᒍᑎᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᑕ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖓᓐᓄᑦ. ᓂᓪᓕᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᑲᑎᑦᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥᐅᑦ ᐊᑐᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔾᔪᑕᐅᕙᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒋᔭᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᖃᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍ 2019−ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᐸᑦᑐᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐅᓛᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᖁᓕᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᐃᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᐱᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂ 2022 ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ 2032.ᑐᓴᕐᓈᑎᑦᑎᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᖏᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᐹᑦᑳᔅᑯᑦ ᑖᔅᓱᒪᐅᑉ ᓂᐅᓪᓴᓐ ᑕᒍᕐᓈᖅ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑕᔾᔭᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᓱᒍ ᐃᙱᓲᖅ ᖃᒪᓂᑦᑐᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑕ. ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᕼᐊᐃᓱ ᐆᑦᑐᕙᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅᑐᖅ, ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒡᓚᕝᕕᒻᒥᓪᓗ ᑲᒪᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᑕᐅᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ. Ajjigiinngittunit Inuktitut Nipiliurijausimajut Unikkaat Paatkaaskut – Nunavuk Tunngavik Angajuqqaangat Aluki KuuttiqTisamani nipiliurijausimajuq Inuktituuqtunik nipiliurijausimajunit unikkaat paatkaaskut, uqallakti Juana Ava uqaqatigijanga angajuqqaangannik Nunavut Tunngavik Timingit Aluki Kuuttiq. Niruaqtaminiq 2016−ngutillugu, niruaqtaukanniqtuviniullunilu Viivvuari 2021−mi. Iglulimmiuq, ammalu ilinniariiqsimajuq Qutsiliriingnik paippaakutitaaqsimalluni Turint Silattuqsarvijjuangani Pitupuru, Aantarijumi. Aluki Kuuttiq Inuit timiqutinnginnut iqqanaijaqattaqsimajuq suurlu Inuit Tapiriit Kanatamikkunni, Pauktuutit, ammalu Nunavut Sivuniksavummi−iluunnatik Aatutaamiittut. Angajuqqaangunirmik iqqanaijaaqaqsimajuq Gavamakkunginni Nunavut, ammalu Titirarvingani Uqausilirinirmut Kamisinaup. Paatkaastigut tavvuuna nilliagutiqaqtillugu Inuit Uqausingita miksaanut Angajuqqaarijaulluni Nunavut Tunngavikkut Timingannut. Nilliaqattaqsimajuq Katittuni Nunarjuamiut Atunginnarnialiqtillugu Katimanirmi Nunaqaqqaaqsimajunut Isumaaluutaujut Katimajjutauvanninginnit ammalu Nunarjuami Arraagugijautitaujumi Nunaqaqqaaqsimajut Uqauqasinginnut Araagu 2019−ngutillugu. Uqausiqaqpattuq katimaniulaaqtumik Nunaqaqqaaqsimajut Qulit Arraaguit anigunningit pillugit Nunaqaqqaaqsimajut Uqausingit pigiarluni 2022 tikillugu 2032. Tusarnaatittitillugu ingiqtut nipiliurijausimajumik paatkaaskut taassumaup Niulsan Tagurnaaq, Inuit katajjarniq atuqsugu inngisuuq Qamanittuaq, Nunavummiuta. Qaakkanniagut ᕼaisu Uuttuvak unikkaaqtuq, Piliriaksanut Aglavvimmillu Kamajiujuq Inuit Ukiuqtaqtumiutauqatigiit Katimajinginnut Kanatami. 

Of course Black Lives Matter. (I know you know that.) And the sad and pathetic racism that continues to be experienced is not only in the United States. (I know you know that too.) I've always wanted to interview family friend Dominque Jacobs who was born in Cape Town, South Africa, fleeing persecution from the apartheid regime to come to Canada in 1980s. She now lives in Victoria, British Columbia where she is raising four year old Jade on her own. She works for The Support Network for Indigenous Women and Women of Color continuing her work as a Communications Specialist with international experience. A passion for social justice issues, Dom identifies as an intersectional feminist. She is currently advocating the implementation of the International Decade of People of African Descent in British Columbia.Welcome Dominique!

In 1999, the Organization of African Unity cited dissatisfaction with the solely “global” approach that the UN had applied in their International Decade for Disabled Persons (1983–1992), and declared an African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (1999–2009) to explore “local” approaches. Was the UN's approach truly detached from the ground reality? In this podcast, Sam De Schutter discusses his award-winning paper “A Global Approach to Local Problems? How to Write a Longer, Deeper, and Wider History of the International Year of Disabled Persons in Kenya” published in Brill's Diplomatica, where he argues that to get to the truth historians must go beyond the global-local dichotomy. Sam de Schutter won the Brill/Diplomatica Mattingly Prize 2019 for this paper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

In 1999, the Organization of African Unity cited dissatisfaction with the solely “global” approach that the UN had applied in their International Decade for Disabled Persons (1983–1992), and declared an African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (1999–2009) to explore “local” approaches. Was the UN's approach truly detached from the ground reality? In this podcast, Sam De Schutter discusses his award-winning paper “A Global Approach to Local Problems? How to Write a Longer, Deeper, and Wider History of the International Year of Disabled Persons in Kenya” published in Brill's Diplomatica, where he argues that to get to the truth historians must go beyond the global-local dichotomy. Sam de Schutter won the Brill/Diplomatica Mattingly Prize 2019 for this paper.

In 1999, the Organization of African Unity cited dissatisfaction with the solely “global” approach that the UN had applied in their International Decade for Disabled Persons (1983–1992), and declared an African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (1999–2009) to explore “local” approaches. Was the UN's approach truly detached from the ground reality? In this podcast, Sam De Schutter discusses his award-winning paper “A Global Approach to Local Problems? How to Write a Longer, Deeper, and Wider History of the International Year of Disabled Persons in Kenya” published in Brill's Diplomatica, where he argues that to get to the truth historians must go beyond the global-local dichotomy. Sam de Schutter won the Brill/Diplomatica Mattingly Prize 2019 for this paper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1999, the Organization of African Unity cited dissatisfaction with the solely “global” approach that the UN had applied in their International Decade for Disabled Persons (1983–1992), and declared an African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (1999–2009) to explore “local” approaches. Was the UN's approach truly detached from the ground reality? In this podcast, Sam De Schutter discusses his award-winning paper “A Global Approach to Local Problems? How to Write a Longer, Deeper, and Wider History of the International Year of Disabled Persons in Kenya” published in Brill's Diplomatica, where he argues that to get to the truth historians must go beyond the global-local dichotomy. Sam de Schutter won the Brill/Diplomatica Mattingly Prize 2019 for this paper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1999, the Organization of African Unity cited dissatisfaction with the solely “global” approach that the UN had applied in their International Decade for Disabled Persons (1983–1992), and declared an African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (1999–2009) to explore “local” approaches. Was the UN's approach truly detached from the ground reality? In this podcast, Sam De Schutter discusses his award-winning paper “A Global Approach to Local Problems? How to Write a Longer, Deeper, and Wider History of the International Year of Disabled Persons in Kenya” published in Brill's Diplomatica, where he argues that to get to the truth historians must go beyond the global-local dichotomy. Sam de Schutter won the Brill/Diplomatica Mattingly Prize 2019 for this paper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

In 1999, the Organization of African Unity cited dissatisfaction with the solely “global” approach that the UN had applied in their International Decade for Disabled Persons (1983–1992), and declared an African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (1999–2009) to explore “local” approaches. Was the UN's approach truly detached from the ground reality? In this podcast, Sam De Schutter discusses his award-winning paper “A Global Approach to Local Problems? How to Write a Longer, Deeper, and Wider History of the International Year of Disabled Persons in Kenya” published in Brill's Diplomatica, where he argues that to get to the truth historians must go beyond the global-local dichotomy. Sam de Schutter won the Brill/Diplomatica Mattingly Prize 2019 for this paper.Guest: Sam de SchutterHost: Leigh Giangreco 

[Note: This program was produced & recorded in 2017] Needless to say, most of you are extremely aware that we are indeed living in a moment that implores each and every one of us to have a clear, resolute, and radical perspective of one's own position in the current sociopolitical environment as well as develop strategies that are broadly informed to address present and coming forms of marginalization. To be clear…the current systemic forms of violence—that is legal, physical, economic, cultural, political, and social—are not new phenomena to Africans and people of African descent. I say this because historically, the naked imposition of power as exhibited through the mechanisms of racial capitalism—chattel slavery; colonialism, neocolonialism; settler colonialism; Jim Crow; Apartheid—has often manifested itself in the material and nonmaterial life of the African world. The difference today…by most accounts is the reconstitution of these older forms of marginalization in a new time and space. The idea of progress is wedded to the movement of time—history. The standard equation reads that the further away we move from something the smaller or the further away we move from that point. So, this accepted understanding brings us to a deep problem…time is often materially bound to structures that are constructed to support various forms of social, political, cultural, and economic relations that are relative to the worldview of those who are in positions of perceived power or authority. Being so, it becomes the work of the radical intellectual—the radical black intellectual in our case—to dig at the root of these structures…pushing the foundations of these structures, systems, and institutions to expand, include, or break! I sat down with M1 of Dead Prez to explore his work, political activity, and the importance of the relationship between cultural production and strategy…in our current moment… When then turn our attention to the International Decade for People of African Descent. The UN General Assembly has proclaimed 2015-2024 as the International Decade for People of African Descent citing the need to strengthen national, regional and international cooperation in relation to the full enjoyment of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights by people of African descent, and their full and equal participation in all aspects of society. Today, we will contribute to this mandate by paying tribute to the people of African descent in the U.S. history month by listening to various speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One of the most often overlooked aspects of Dr. Martin Luther King in his evolution within the Black freedom movement is his ever evolving internationalism—and growth toward embracing a more radical fight against racism—imperialism—and colonialism…Although we have been inundated with sound bites and narrow frames of reference when exploring Dr. King…Dr. King's activism in many respects was just as evolutionary as El Hajj Malik Shabazz—the ends on the same pole...Dr.King was living in revolutionary times that was grounded and guided by the foundation set by the work of towering international left activist such as Paul Robeson, W. E. B. Du Bois, William Patterson, James and Esther Jackson, National Negro Congress, an early more radical NAACP …In fact, it is often lost that Dr. King in his last book—was keenly aware of the importance of the international struggle. With the help of a compilation produced by Dj Sese titled: Liberating Dr. King: The L is Coming, we will be exposed to Dr. King from a decidedly radical perspective (Big shout-out to @imixwhatilike). Our show was produced today in solidarity with the Native/Indigenous, African, and Afro Descendant communities at Standing Rock, Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Kenya, Palestine, South Africa, and Ghana and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all peoples! Enjoy the program…

The cost of the major internet shutdowns in 2019 has been estimated as $8bn according to a report by the Top10VPN website, with WhatsApp being the platform that is blocked most often. Twitter bots and trolls on bush fires Could the latest orchestrated social media disinformation campaign be unfolding in Australia. Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology have been analysing thousands of tweets and found some concerning activity. Could paid for trolls be behind tweets suggesting that arsonists are responsible for this year’s bush fires? Indigenous language keyboards The United Nations has just declared an International Decade of Indigenous Languages. It is to begin in 2022, so we have been finding out about getting indigenous languages onto a device – and it isn’t always as hard as you think. Worm robots Robotic worms might be soon being used to sniff out people as part of search and rescue operations. Our reporter Jason Hosken has been to the lab where they’re developing chemical sensors that could help trace people who have perhaps been trapped under rubble following a natural disaster. The robotic worm could end up assisting, or reducing the need for, specially trained sniffer dogs. Producer: Ania Lichtarowicz (Photo: Internet shut down in India. Credit: AFP)

Yeddi Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) pun e 19th Anniversary broadcass bout de @GullahGeechee!  E gwine crak e teet bout de State of de Gullah/Geechee Nation.  Queen Quet will provide updates on the progress of the International Decade of People of African Descent activities that the Gullah/Geechee Nation's leaders have engaged in.  She will also discuss efforts forwarding the Paris Climate Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Also, hunnuh gwine yeddi a lil bit bout wha gwine on fa "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2019."  Mek sho hunnuh gwine dey dey wid hunnuh famlee. Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.GullahGeecheeNation.com

Anthony Morgan is a lawyer and the Training & Development Consultant in the City of Toronto's Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit. Through coordination and delivery of strategic learning and education sessions to City of Toronto staff, he is responsible for the implementation of the anti-Black racism training and development curriculum based on the Toronto Action Plan to Confront Anti-Black Racism. Prior to joining the City of Toronto, Anthony was an Associate at Falconers LLP, specializing in the areas of civil, constitutional and criminal state accountability litigation. He has a special interest in anti-racist human rights advocacy, particularly in the area of anti-Black racism. He has appeared at various levels of court, including the Supreme Court of Canada, and has also represented the interests of African Canadians before United Nations human rights treaty bodies. In both 2016 and 2017, Anthony was nominated as one of Canada's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. Anthony is a frequent legal, social and public affairs commentator on issues concerning race and racism, critical multiculturalism and critical race theory in Canada. His comments on these issues have been featured in the Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, Ricochet, Huffington Post Canada, and other major newspapers and broadcast outlets, including CNN. As a member of Legal Aid Ontario (LAO)'s Test Case Committee since 2017, Anthony provides LAO with expert, independent advice on applications for legal aid assistance for public interest matters. In addition to holding an LL.B. and B.C.L. from McGill University, Faculty of Law, he holds an Hons. B.A. from the University of Toronto in Ethics, Society & Law. Recently, Mr. Morgan was on our show talking about The International Decade For People Of African Descent As An Opportunity For Pan-African Renewal. During the conversation, Mr. Morgan talked about: – Some of his background including on how the book Holler If You Hear Me that his mother gave him influenced his life – His mother being a major influence in his life and his decision to study law – The background behind the International Decade For People Of African Descent including the Canadian federal government allocating $25 million for initiatives supporting the International Decade For People Of African Descent in Canada – How can the International Decade can help Pan-Africanism – “Anti-blackness is borderless.” – The need to education many about the International Decade – Some of the areas in which Pan-Africanism need to be renewed – The city of Toronto's response to the International Decade – If the United Nations put any data measurements to monitor the progress of the International Decade – The biggest challenge in getting the International Decade to move forward – Educate, collaborate, elevate You can contact Mr. Morgan via: Twitter Linkedin You can find out more information about the United Nation's International Decade For People Of African Descent here Visit The Dr. Vibe Show™ at https://www.thedrvibeshow.com/ Please feel free to email The Dr. Vibe Show™ at dr.vibe@thedrvibeshow.com Please feel free to “Like” the “The Dr. Vibe Show” Facebook Fan page here God bless, peace, be well and keep the faith, Dr. Vibe

The decade from 2015 to 2024 has been proclaimed the International Decade for People of African Descent by the UN. The UN advise all states to "Celebrate the launch of the International Decade at the national level, and develop national programmes of action and activities for the full and effective implementation of the Decade". However, in Norway, the state has not taken any initiative regarding the Decade, and they are not planning to. Why is the Decade not a priority for the government? Approximately 100 000 people living in Norway today are of African decent. What challenges do they experience growing up and living in the Norwegian society, and how does this influence their sense of identity? How has Norway historically treated people of African decent? And what is the way forward?

A brief report on the Great Spirit Relay delivery of its Global Peace Plan to the White House Nov1 and to the UN Nov11, and a discussion of the next events being promoted and organized to fulfill its mission of public and governmental acceptance of this Ten Point Global Peace Plan shown in the top post at the Facebook Page: greatspiritrelay These next events include the March 10, 2019, Tree of Peace Ceremony at UC Santa Barbara, the April 8-22, 2019, 25th Annual Global Peace Walk from Taos NM to the Santa Fe Indian School for a “Reunion of the Condor and Eagle and Beyond” mutual prophecy fulfillment event featuring a Ceremony planting a Tree of Peace symbol of the Great Law of Peace inside a Mayan Sixth Sun Sacred Calendar Dreamcatcher constructed by Jose Munoz, the April 28, 2019, Sacred Calendar Dreamcatcher installation in Taos, the United Nations 75th Anniversary Global Peace Forum in Santa Fe NM, October 24-31, 2020, and the campaigns for 2019 as Global Oneness Year and 2020-2030 as the International Decade of Global Oneness.   Regference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_Peace http://joseajpumunoz.com Facebook Groups: Global Peace Walk Global Peace Now UN75th Global Peace Forum 2019 Global Oneness Year Global Oneness Campaign Facebook Events at the Page: greatspiritrelay  

The Nov7 Great Spirit Relay Weekly Wednesday 3pmEST Podcast reports on latest developments: The Nov1 arrival to Washington DC of the Leonard Peltier Freedom Ride 2018, the conclusion of the Oct24-31 Global Peace Council camp in Greenbelt National Park and its Global Peace Plan being offered for consideration by the general public, by the White House, and by the United Nations. Discussion for this purpose includes the 100th Armistice Day Anniversary November 11th events: in Washington DC, the Global Peace March in New York City and four other coordinated locations (India, Los Angeles, Bear Butte SD, Niagara Falls) on the theme of Global Oneness Day to promote 2019 as Global Oneness Year and 2020-2030 as the International Decade of Global Oneness. Discussion to this end includes the United Nations 75th Anniversary Global Peace Forum in Santa Fe NM, October 24-31, 2020, being organized since 2016 and being convened by the UN50th Anniversary Global Peace Walk Project initiator Reverend Yusen Yamato with the intent to bring together for the first time the Catholic Pope with the Tibetan Dalai Lama whose blessing and message the Global Peace Walk has been carrying and sharing with its annual walks since 1995 along with the Hopi Declaration of Peace per request of its author, Hopi Interpreter Thomas Banyacya. With Yamato’s help, Banyacya in 1991 fulfilled his life mission since 1948 according to Hopi Prophecy to open the door to “The House of Mica” (United Nations) which took place on December 10, 1992, when he and other global indigenous leaders first spoke to the UN General Assembly. http://global-emergency-alert-response.net/tbhopi.html See the Global Peace Plan in the top post at the Facebook Page: greatspiritrelay See Facebook Pages: Global Oneness Campaign   2019 Global Oneness Year

Global Peace Plan, Mayan Sacred Calendars Project for Global Peace beginning December 21, 2021 Report on the Global Peace Council Day8of8 via a recorded and auto-transcribed Conference Call patched into the podcast. The Conference Call will begin at 2:30pmEDT and continue for discussion after the 3-4pm podcast portion of the call is finished.  Summary of the Mayan Sacred Calendar Dreamcatcher Project and will begin with a quick review of the Global Peace Council status of its Global Peace Plan, and of plans for November 1 at the Capitol Mall, convening a 9am prayer circle for Executive Clemency for Leonard Peltier in the tree grove across the street from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, followed by the second Global Peace March, a few hundred yards down the Mall to David’s Tent DC, for a 12pm prayer circle, asking in the name of Jesus Christ for Presidential and Public Acceptance of the Message of Peace depicted by the six symbols on the Global Peace Pole.  http://global-emergency-alert-response.net/GPPsymbols.html http://davidstentdc.org Following  will be a discussion of plans for November 11, the 100th Armistice Day Anniversary, also designated as a Global Oneness Day in New York, featuring an 11am Circle in Central Park at the John Lennon “Imagine” Memorial followed by a short Global Peace March to the United Nations.  Inspired by the designation of 2019 as Global Oneness Year, following on the Oct24 Global Oneness Day Summit, the Great Spirit Relay project of the Global Emergency Alert Response Network is promoting recognition of 2020-2030 as the International Decade of Global Oneness with the promotion of the October 24-31, 2020, United Nations 75th Anniversary Global Peace Forum in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Details are in this post: https://www.facebook.com/173258413372666/posts/257068124991694/

In western countries, people of African Descent are the most targeted group when it comes to violent hate crimes and discrimination. In this podcast we sat down to discuss and learn more about a UN platform that aims to combat this: the International Decade for People of African Descent (the Decade). The podcast features an RWI Visiting Researcher, Michael McEachrane, who recently attended the Decades regional meeting in Geneva. He also helped the OHCHR to develop the conference program. The Decade was proclaimed in resolution 68/237 by the General Assembly and is to be observed from 2015 to 2024. It provides a solid framework for the United Nations, Member States, civil society and all other relevant actors to join together with people of African descent. They will work together to create and take effective measures for the implementation of the programme of activities in the spirit of recognition, justice and development. “The Decade is an opportunity for people of African descent to promote our interests and concerns and so forth. The decade is a vehicle for us” In this podcast, we discuss why the Decade is important, the draft on the upcoming UN Declaration on people of African Descent and about identifying ongoing structures to create improvements.

Deze week is de briljante cultuurhistoricus Nancy Jouwe te gast en met haar praten we over over blackness oftewel Zwartzijn.Wat is zwartzijn? Wanneer ben je zwart? Wie bepaalt eigenlijk of je wel of niet zwart bent en wat betekent dat voor je positie in de maatschappij? Met Nancy gaan we de term verkennen en maken wij het óók persoonlijk! Spoiler alert: Ras is een dynamische, fluide sociale en historische constructie. Ook geeft Nancy ons een spoedcursus Nederlands kolonialisme en imperialisme dat maar liefst op vijf continenten heeft plaatsgevonden. Verder legt Anousha uit wat een 'deelprojectleider' is en doet een shoutout naar International Decade for People of African Descent en Helen Christelle in het bijzonder, Mariam legt uit wat haar beef is met het woord 'integratie' en Ebissé over Wij Zijn Hier/We Are Here, de dakloze ongedocumenteerde vluchtelingen in Amsterdam.   Onderwerpen die besproken zijn: Stichting Papua Erfgoed voor meer info, artefacten, documenten, boeken, films, foto’s en verhalen  De conferentie Decade for People of African Descent vond maandag 12 december plaats Steun Wij Zijn Hier, volg updates via hun Facebook en Twitter Het boek Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life en een gesprek tussen een v d auteurs Barbara Fields en Ta-Nehisi Coates Recommended read: The European Tribe Een recente essay over zwartzijn in Europa Afropean is een online tijdschrift over 'Adventures in Black Europe'

Tune een ta we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) discusses her 17th anniversary of her first UN speech as well as the continued human rights violations and remembrances from TransAtlantic Slave Trade to Walter Scott.  The continued issues that the Gullah/Geechee Nation is now facing as a result of their stand for the right to self-determination will be elaborated on during this special broadcast.   The International Decade of People of African Descent opened with blood of Gullah/Geechees being spilled in Charleston, SC once again and the world has turned its focus back to tourism and those that entertain instead of remaining vigilant in regard to the protection of human rights.  Yeddi de Queen crak e teet bout disya. www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune in for the first Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio broadcast for 2016.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) launches the annual on air "Black History/African Heritage Month" celebration for the second year during the "International Decade of People of African Descent."  She will focus on the exploitation of African people that has contributed to the wealth building of America.  She will discuss the journey that the Gullah/Geechees took from exploitation to being a nation and how this living history journey has been overlooked even by those who are considered historians unless they can capitalize on the story. Tune een fa yeddi we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Join The Gist of Freedom and hear Queen Quet discuss the Gullah/Geechee Movement from the Middle Passage to The United Nation's Slavery Monument, with Guest hosts Stella Antley and Dr. Sidney Davis! by Gullah/Geechee Nation In honor of Middle Passage Month in the Gullah/Geechee Nation and the International Decade of People of African Descent, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation(www.QueenQuet.com) hosted "Gullah/Geechee Movement from the Middle Passage to this Moment" on International World Peace Day 2015.  This happens to coincide with her "Gullah/Geechee Land & Legacy World Tour" stop in New York City for Climate Week.   The Permanent Memorial was unveiled on 25 March 2015, which marks the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The memorial, located on the United Nations Visitors Plaza in New York, will invite people everywhere to contemplate the legacy of the slave trade and to fight against racism and prejudice today. Visitors can pass throughThe Ark of Return to intimately experience three primary elements. The first element, Acknowledge the Tragedy, is a three-dimensional map that depicts the global scale of the triangular slave trade.

Tune in as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and hostess of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" presents the history of the Gullah/Geechees from the time of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade and how they were involuntarily moved to the Sea Islands.  She connects this to the Gullah/Geechee Diaspora that is now moving to reconnect from around the world even in the face of climate and sea level rise issues that are now moving land literally from beneath their feet.   This special broadcast ws done on "World Peace Day 2015" in tribute to the International Decade of People of African Descent.  Queen Quet has been continuing spreading this message during her "Gullah/Geechee Land & Legacy World Tour." Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeechee.net www.gullahgeecheenation.com

In an effort to build consensus across the Global African Diaspora around strategies for cooperating and coordinating, CFA collaborates with African Views to facilitate a conference call of Diaspora leaders in the Western Hemisphere, as part of the 2015 Ronald H. Brown African Affairs Series.  While time, distance and travel resources have proven to be significant obstacles in the coordination of Diaspora in support of Africa, this effort can bridge the gap, by holding the first of several conference calls of Diaspora leaders around the globe to open and strengthen dialogue. SESSION I: 9:00 am – 10:00TITLE: Strategies to Address the Healthcare Infrastructure Challenges in AfricaKeynote Speaker:  Allen A. Herman, M.B., Ch.B, Ph.D.Dr. Allen Herman is an epidemiologist and public health physician. He was the founding Dean of the National School of Public Health, Medical University of Southern Africa of the Republic of South Africa.SESSION II: 10:00 am – 11:00 amTITLE: Promoting STEM in AfricaKeynote Speaker:  Nkem Khumbah, Ph.D.Mathematics lecturer at the University of MichiganCoordinator of the STEM-Africa Initiative at the University of MichiganExecutive Curator at the NEFSESSION III 11:00 am – 12:00 amTITLE: Engaging and Mobilizing the Diaspora Keynote Speaker: Barryl A. Biekman, Ph.D.Netherland Statesman, Social Scientist with expertise on Global African AffairsCivil Society Representative on International Decade for People of African DescentAt the United NationsHOST Hermine G. Zossoungbo Ph.D. (abd)/ (African Immigrants)Founder and President of African Immigrant, is a Sociologist and Cultural Anthropologist and expert on African immigrant/African diaspora and African Women and gender issues. 

In an effort to build consensus across the Global African Diaspora around strategies for cooperating and coordinating, CFA collaborates with African Views to facilitate a conference call of Diaspora leaders in the Western Hemisphere, as part of the 2015 Ronald H. Brown African Affairs Series.  While time, distance and travel resources have proven to be significant obstacles in the coordination of Diaspora in support of Africa, this effort can bridge the gap, by holding the first of several conference calls of Diaspora leaders around the globe to open and strengthen dialogue. SESSION I: 9:00 am – 10:00TITLE: Strategies to Address the Healthcare Infrastructure Challenges in AfricaKeynote Speaker:  Allen A. Herman, M.B., Ch.B, Ph.D.Dr. Allen Herman is an epidemiologist and public health physician. He was the founding Dean of the National School of Public Health, Medical University of Southern Africa of the Republic of South Africa.SESSION II: 10:00 am – 11:00 amTITLE: Promoting STEM in AfricaKeynote Speaker:  Nkem Khumbah, Ph.D.Mathematics lecturer at the University of MichiganCoordinator of the STEM-Africa Initiative at the University of MichiganExecutive Curator at the NEFSESSION III 11:00 am – 12:00 amTITLE: Engaging and Mobilizing the Diaspora Keynote Speaker: Barryl A. Biekman, Ph.D.Netherland Statesman, Social Scientist with expertise on Global African AffairsCivil Society Representative on International Decade for People of African DescentAt the United NationsHOST Hermine G. Zossoungbo Ph.D. (abd)/ (African Immigrants)Founder and President of African Immigrant, is a Sociologist and Cultural Anthropologist and expert on African immigrant/African diaspora and African Women and gender issues. 

"In proclaiming this Decade, the international community is recognizing that people of African descent represent a distinct group whose human rights must be promoted and protected." - United Nations The Yardie Skeptics are back this Sunday, August 9th at 12:30pm EDT (11:30am Jamaican time) to discuss the inauguration of the International Decade on People of African Descent 2015-2024. What are the goals of this initiative? Why are we still chanting "Black lives matter" a whole four decades after the civil rights movement? Will the lived realities of Afrodescended persons improve in any meaningful way over the next 10 years, or are we destined to suffer under the heal of racism?  Joining us live on air will be Prof. Verene Shepherd, professor of social history and director of Gender and Development studies at UWI, Mona, and Alison Moses, founder and president of RICA Diaspora LLC, a business consultancy firm geared for persons of African descent. We want to hear from you folks of African descent - what do want for yourselves as a group over the next ten years? To listen to this episode live, or catch the archived version afterwards, simply click the link below. Feel free to call in and share your views live on air or interact with other listeners in the live chatroom.  Be sure to like our new Facebook page Yardie Skeptics Network! Yardie Skeptics Radio iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yardie-skeptics/id655758991?mt=2 "The home of the ackee of rationality and the saltfish of skepticism" ?

Tune in as Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio celebrates "Black Music Month 2015."  This first broadcast for the month will focus on not only the history of Black Music Month, but also how this relates to the International Decade of People of African Descent and the Gullah/Geechee Nation.   Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) is the hostess of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio on behalf of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coaltion (www.gullahgeechee.net).  Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Host  Alice Backer of  www.kiskeacity.com  welcomes  Marian Douglas-Ungaro joins to discuss the International Decade of People of African Descent, the United Nations in Haiti and issues faced by Afrodescendants. Marian Douglas-Ungaro is a Black American woman writer and "semi-public Intellectual." A native of Washington, DC, she is a broadcast journalist and international consultant in elections and human rights who has worked in international CIVILIAN (NON-military) election and human rights missions in countries in the Americas (including Haiti) and also in former Yugoslavia. She is the founder of AFROAMERICAS, a 501(c)3 non-profit organisation working for real recognition, justice, and grassroots development for the Afrodescendant People of the Americas. Currently focused on implementing, observing, and celebrating the International Decade for People of African Descent, 2015-2024. She speaks and works in five (5) languages. 

On this concluding episode of the 2014 Kwanzaa celebration, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) relates the Nguzo Saba principle of IMANI which is "taith" to Emancipation Day in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  She also will announce the beginning of the International Year of People of African Descent.  Tune een fa yeddi we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com