Podcast appearances and mentions of Mallika Dutt

Thomas is joined by Mallika Dutt, a longtime advocate for equity and well-being for people and the planet, and the founder of the non-profit organizations INTER-CONNECTED, Breakthrough, and Sakhi. They discuss the pivotal moments in Mallika's life that brought the concepts of sacredness, interdependence, and interconnectedness into her activism. Mallika shares her commitment to the collective liberation of all beings on this planet, and how anchoring ourselves to that commitment can move us out of old paradigms and enable us to create new, restorative patterns in our relationships and in the larger world. She and Thomas explore Mallika's personal path to understanding our fundamental oneness, and methods we can all use to find greater self-acceptance, mediate conflict, address harm, and heal trauma in a restorative and grounded way. Key Points: 00:00 Introduction 05:47 Putting the sacred in activism 13:46 Breaking the triangle of disempowerment 19:43 Collective liberation and how to get there 22:01 Interconnectedness as an awareness of our role in the world 26:18 Navigating conflict with presencing 29:49 The ability to hold complexity in safe spaces 33:05 The power of rituals 40:07 Daily practices for interconnectedness Sign up for updates by visiting our website:

What does pleasure have to do with human rights? How do we incorporate play and joy into our work of challenging violence and discrimination? To explore the topic of how we create movements that challenge structural exclusion while expressing diverse forms of desire and pleasure, I'm joined by Geetanjali Misra.   Tune in this week to discover how to use play, joy, fun, and pleasure in the fight for sexual rights. We're discussing how we can help people not just accounting for the harm they face, but also focusing on diverse sources of pleasure they want to experience, and how we can bring these two ends of the spectrum together.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e12 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

How does the loss of a family member to a tragedy like 9/11 affect your ability to lead? How can you stay grounded in love when working on challenging issues like abortion and HIV/AIDS? Terry McGovern, chair of the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia's Public Health School is here to explore the realities of staying accountable to the communities you serve and letting them lead the way.   Tune in this week to discover the resilience and focus it takes to survive personal tragedy and continue serving the most marginalized people in your community. Terry is sharing the most significant things she's learned in her fight for reproductive and health equality and how we need to ground our leadership in these turbulent times.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e11 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

How would your life change if care became the central organizing principle of how you do your work? As a co-founder of the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders (IM-Defensoras), Lydia Alpízar Durán faced this exact question, and she is here to explore how we can build collective capacity for our wellbeing in the face of increasing oppression.   Lydia has led the way in terms of diverse leadership and integrating diversity, care, and sustainability for the WHRDs who are fighting oppression, so tune in to discover the realizations and perspective shifts she has had over the years, and the practical steps she has implemented in her organization to bring people together and build a collective capacity to respond.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e10 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

Are you considering a significant work transition? Perhaps you're a founder looking to leave your beloved organization in search of new challenges. Or maybe the baton of an organization and mission is being passed to you. What does it take to succeed a charismatic leader? Here to discuss these topics are Lisa VeneKlasen, the founder of JASS, and Shereen Essof, JASS's new leader.   Join us this week to discover how to carry out big leadership changes with breath, love, and grace, even during times of global crises. We're discussing the reality faced when a founder decides to leave an organization, and how to bring forth leadership from within so that an organization can continue to move forward and do the important work of social justice.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e09 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

What is the importance of women's stories? How do we learn the art of listening with humility and respect for storytellers? Feminist independent publisher Urvashi Butalia is here to answer these questions, and give us an insight into publishing exclusive stories, practicing intergenerational leadership, and getting on a bicycle before you turn 70.   Tune in this week to discover the power of challenging yourself to listen in situations that make you uncomfortable. Urvashi Butalia is discussing her experiences of sharing the stories of women over the past four decades, and of accepting that now is the time for her organization to take the path of the next generation of leaders and changemakers.     Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e08 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

What does it take to go from a domestic worker to the director of an organization that represents thousands of Indigenous women in the public arena? Is that a journey of transformation you could imagine for yourself? Join me as I sit down with Tarcila Rivera Zea to learn how she overcame huge obstacles and emerged as a globally recognized mover and shaker.   Tune in this week to hear about what world leadership has to learn from Indigenous feminist leaders like Tarcila. Tarcila is sharing her harrowing story, how she found her calling in advocating for Indigenous women, and the adversity she had to work through so she could fight for the rights of herself and others.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e07 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

How does one continue to serve when the government that is supposed to protect you decides to turn on you for being a human rights defender? How do you manage your own fear while standing for the thousands of migrants that have become victims of organized crime? Well, my guest this week has firsthand experience to share of exactly this.   Tune in this week for a riveting conversation with Ana Lorena about the realities of serving those navigating life-threatening issues, what it takes to keep going when you're accused of the very thing you're trying to eradicate, and how she takes care of herself and has resolved fears for her own safety.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e06 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

How does one fight for equality while naming discrimination within the very philanthropic organizations that support their work? My guest this week has a powerful lesson on courage and serving others with bravery in the face of discomfort, even when you don't have all the answers.   Tune in this week as Françoise Moudouthe walks us through the importance of taking a stance and tackling discrimination, even when it risks affecting your popularity or financial resources. We're discussing how, as female leaders, we can address the issue of the colonization of philanthropy, avoid tokenism, and stand in solidarity and alliance with other organizations.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e05 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

What can discrimination, hardship, and resilience teach us about navigating COVID with courage and grace? My guest this week is Rukka Sombolinggi, Secretary General of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN)—the world's largest Indigenous Peoples organization, and she's here to discuss the complex answers to this question.   Tune in this week as Rukka shares her deep wisdom about how we can navigate pandemics, climate change, and other crises by focusing on the collective approach embodied by our planet's Indigenous communities, and some why Indigenous communities have had the opportunity to thrive during the COVID pandemic.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e04 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

My guest this week is an anthropologist who believes that the solutions to institutional and deeply-ingrained problems lie in the social sciences.   Tune in this week to discover the work Seteney Shami and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences are doing to bring academia and the humanities into the conversation around how to solve the challenges and crises the Arab world is facing.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e03 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

As a leader, when was the last time you had a conflict that led to a positive result? Well, my guest this week believes there is no growth without conflict, so Ellen Sprenger is here to discuss creative ways to generate new possibilities during conflict situations.   Join me and Ellen Sprenger for a conversation around how to address conflict, big or small, in generative and creative ways that uncover new possibilities for ourselves and our organizations. Ellen is sharing how to bring awareness to your current conflict strategy, and giving us her practical tips for finding the wisdom that conflict has to offer and sharing the responsibility of change.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e02 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

Where do we find courage in an environment that is deeply hostile when it comes to our rights as women, especially regarding sexual orientation and gender identity? How can we sustain ourselves and heal our own trauma as we stand for human rights? My guest this week is on the front line in this fight for equality and accountability.   Join me and Sibongile Ndashe as we discuss how she weaves her passion for fabric and fashion into her work for justice at ISLA. Sibongile is going in-depth around the importance of focusing on litigation in pursuit of human rights, and she's sharing how she protects herself and experiences joy in the work she does as a leader while promoting wellbeing as an important consideration for everyone undertaking a social justice mission.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://mallikadutt.com/s2e01 Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, Loubna Bouajaj, and Digital Freedom Productions Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

In our last episode we talked about the challenges of dismantling patriarchy and promised that our next episode would start to unpack different strategies to topple patriarchy. We have chosen to focus first on how leadership transitions happen and what happens to the leaders who choose to leave. There is a generational shift in leadership of feminist organizations around the world and we can see that these shifts happen differently in different contexts. They  represent a way in which we both wrestle with and challenge patriarchy. Older leaders, many founders of organizations, are stepping down in new ways. In this episode, we talk to three leaders who voluntarily stepped away to make way for new leadership and new voices in the organizations that they founded and dedicated themselves to for nearly two decades. We'll be  hearing from Mallika Dutt who created Breakthrough in 2000 and stepped down in 2017; from Lisa VeneKlasen who founded Just Associates or JASS in 2002 and stepped down at the beginning of 2020; and from Aruna Rao, who co-founded Gender at Work in 2003 and was its Executive Director for 14 years, stepping down in 2017. Some of the questions we explore are: Why did they step down? How did it feel once they stepped away? What did they gain? What did they miss? How can we prepare better for leadership transitions in feminist organizations in a way that continues to build community around a shared purpose for our work? Do join us in this conversation and let us know what you think. Please email us at genderatworkpodcast@gmail.com

Hi, I'm Mallika Dutt, host of the podcast, Leadership Moves. I am on a mission to promote leadership that creates shared wellbeing for people and planet. I created this podcast for change makers who are ready to be bold and courageous and generate new ideas for a more just and sustainable world.     Each week, I talk to visionary leaders who share strategies and lessons from a wide range of fields. You'll learn how to use digital tools to engage audiences, become a master storyteller, implement strategies to prevent burnout in the workplace, and much more.     If you're ready to be inspired and embrace your full potential, please subscribe or follow the show wherever you get your podcasts.     Leadership Moves is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation Podcast music composed by Devadas, (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Kiani Ned, and Digital Freedom Productions   Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC

Innovations usually arise locally. If conditions are right, they spread globally. That story is playing out around the world today. In India, human rights activist Mallika Dutt designed an elegant media campaign that successfully interrupts domestic violence live in real time. High school science educator Jay Vavra helped his San Diego students save endangered species in Africa by using simple genetic identification technologies in local African bush meat markets. Nonprofit leader Shannon Horst employs holistic rangeland management techniques to stop the spread of deserts in Africa, the U.S. and worldwide. What's spreading fastest is hope.

In celebration of the paperback book release of Sharon's latest book, Real Change, in November of 2021, the Metta Hour is releasing an anthology of interviews exploring the themes from the book.In celebration of the paperback book release of Sharon's latest book, Real Change, in Novemberof 2021, the Metta Hour is releasing an anthology of interviews exploring the themes from the book. These interviews originally aired on the podcast in 2020, with Sharon speaking to different meditation teachers and activists about the intersection of mindfulness and loving kindness practice with social action. For the fifth episode of this anthology, we're exploring the theme of The Interconnected World. This episode features interview clips from Anu Gupta, Ellen Agler, Sensei Joshin Byrnes, Mallika Dutt, Sebene Selassie, Soren Gordhamer, and Yung Pueblo. Each guest speaks about the nuanced ways in which interconnection informs their work and their own personal healing.The paperback edition of Real Change is now available! Order HereSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In celebration of the paperback book release of Sharon's latest book, Real Change, in November of 2021, the Metta Hour is releasing an anthology of interviews exploring the themes from the book.These interviews originally aired on the podcast in 2020, with Sharon speaking to different meditation teachers and activists about the intersection of mindfulness and lovingkindness practice with social action. For the fourth episode of this anthology, we're exploring the theme of Anger to Courage. This episode features interview clips from Devon and Craig Hase, Sensei Joshin Byrnes, Marc Solomon, Mallika Dutt, and Shelly Tygielski. Each speak about their transformational journey working with anger: the pitfalls and promises of this powerful emotion and how to harness it for a courageous heart and mind.The paperback edition of Real Change is now available! Order HereSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our world is in trouble.  We are ruled by fear, separation, conflict and division. We are disconnected from ourselves, our communities are struggling, our systems are broken, and our planet is burning. Our guest today, Mallika Dutt says, “It's time to remember that we are all interconnected.” She opens hearts and minds to a world where change is possible across the personal, political and spiritual realms. Strategic innovator, Mallika Dutt is the Founder and Director of Inter-Connected and has pioneered effective approaches of social change through the founding of several nonprofits, including Breakthrough and Sakhi for South Asian Women. She has also provided transformational leadership in her roles as a Program Officer for Human Rights and Social Justice at the Ford Foundation's New Delhi Office, the Director of the Norman Foundation, and the Associate Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University. Visit https://www.mallikadutt.com Listen to the Om Shanti album by Sister Jenna on Spotify. Visit www.americameditating.org and subscribe to our YouTube page at www.YouTube.com/AmericaMeditating.   

"...and the medicine showed me that many of the ways in which I did social justice work in the world, actually upheld all of the systems of oppression that I was trying to dismantle," says Mallika Dutt strategic innovator. Dutt joins Emergent Strategy podcast host, Mia Herndon, and shares her journey from from activist to innovator and how Spirit and centering with the earth was crucial to that process.

The rule of law is a necessary but insufficient condition for justice. From the war on drugs to mass protests, the rule of law has been used to both uplift and suppress human rights and social justice. Listen to this rich discussion with Vivian Newman as we explore the rule of law and movement building in Colombia, Latin America and the Global South.    Vivian Newman is Executive Director of the Center for Law, Justice, and Society — Dejusticia. She specializes in public law and international aid for development. Vivian has worked in the public sector with the Colombian Inspector General's Office, in the private sector, on international negotiations at Avianca SA and in the legal department of Bavaria SA. She has also led the coordination of the public law department at the Universidad Javeriana and taught administrative law.    https://www.dejusticia.org/   *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation.   “Inter-Connected Theme” composed by Devadas,  (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021.    Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman.   If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I'd also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you.   For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/   Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join   Follow Mallika:   Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt   Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt   Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt   YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC 

How do people of wealth leverage their status to advance social justice?  How can we use the power of storytelling to shift social and economic paradigms? Join Abigail Disney in a candid conversation about her Disney heritage, the power of creativity, and how she leverages her identities as filmmaker, philanthropist and activist to uplift peace and justice. Abigail E. Disney is a filmmaker, philanthropist, activist, and the Emmy-winning director of The Armor of Light. As president and CEO of the documentary production company Fork Films, she produced the groundbreaking Pray the Devil Back to Hell and co-created the subsequent PBS series Women, War & Peace. She is also the Chair and Co-Founder of Level Forward, a new breed storytelling company focused on systemic change through creative excellence. https://www.forkfilms.com/ *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation.  “Inter-Connected Theme” composed by Devadas,  (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I'd also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika's email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC 

How do we build a large community of online donors from a small group of supporters? How can we get an online fundraising program off the ground? Emma Ruby-Sachs walks us through these efforts, providing tools to help power our campaigns and build community through online fundraising. Emma Ruby-Sachs is a writer, lawyer and the Executive Director of SumOfUs, a global movement of over 18 million members worldwide. She previously was the Deputy Director at Avaaz, practiced constitutional appellate law and administrative law, and worked on issues of wrongful arrest and wrongful conviction in Canada. https://www.sumofus.org/ *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation. “Inter-Connected Theme” composed by Devadas,  (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC 

How have internet technologies impacted our idea of the public, communities, and our change agendas?  Jac sm Kee examines the ways movement building and organizing affects and is affected by the digital age we are living in now. Jac sm Kee is a leading figure at the intersection of digital technology and gender justice, and facilitates network and movement building on feminism and technology. She led the Women’s Rights Programme at the Association for Progressive Communications and is a team member of Malaysia Design Archive. https://www.malaysiadesignarchive.org/ *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation. “Inter-Connected Theme” composed by Devadas,  (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikadutt YouTube: youtube.com/c/MallikaDutt-IC 

As leaders, we are often outwardly focused and forget the importance of inner work for social change. In this episode, Mallika Dutt helps us explore our relationship to fear and how to shift from reactiveness to becoming more responsive and present leaders. Mallika Dutt is the president of INTER-CONNECTED and the founder of Breakthrough, a global human rights group that she led for 17 years.  She facilitates leadership that weaves together self, community, systems and the earth to become the humans the world needs now. *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation. “Inter-Connected Theme” composed by Devadas,  (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikaduttpublic YouTube: youtube.com/mallikadutt

Bridgit Antoinette Evans takes us on an in-depth journey from the personal to the political as she explains the burgeoning field of culture change.  Join her in a powerful exploration of narrative structures, archetypes, and a whole system ecological approach to transforming cultural norms for social change. Bridgit Antoinette Evans is an award-winning artist and thought leader in the culture change field, and since 2017, has served as Executive Director of the Pop Culture Collaborative. https://popcollab.org/ *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation. “Inter-Connected Theme” composed by Devadas,  (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikaduttpublic YouTube: youtube.com/mallikadutt

How do we measure the impact of culture change, communication and storytelling strategies?  Join Alan Jenkins on a journey to examine leading methodologies for evaluating cultural and communication campaigns through concrete examples and case studies. Alan Jenkins is the founder of The Opportunity Agenda and a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School where he teaches courses on Race and the Law, Communication, and Social Justice. *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation. “Inter-Connected Theme” composed by Devadas,  (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikaduttpublic YouTube: youtube.com/mallikadutt

Join Alan Jenkins on a clear and compelling journey to create effective communication and cultural strategies to change policy and transform culture. Alan Jenkins is the founder of The Opportunity Agenda and a Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School where he teaches courses on Race and the Law, Communication, and Social Justice. *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation. “Inter-Connected Theme” composed by Devadas,  (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikaduttpublic YouTube: youtube.com/mallikadutt

We are all storytellers. Story is how humans make meaning of the world. Kirk Cheyfitz illustrates what a story is, why stories work, and shows us how to construct and tell stories that engage people and change culture.  Kirk Cheyfitz is a storyteller, narrative strategist, and founder of Story World Wide and Political Narrative. *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation.  “Inter-Connected Theme” composed by Devadas,  (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikaduttpublic YouTube: youtube.com/mallikadutt

Mallika Dutt shows us how to bring broad concepts of culture change and narrative strategy into our organizations.  She shares campaigns and music videos on gender justice and practical lessons learned from her time leading Breakthrough. Mallika Dutt is the president of INTER-CONNECTED and the founder of Breakthrough, a global human rights group that she led for 17 years.  She has produced and created several multi-media campaigns and initiatives that have reached millions. *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation. “Inter-Connected Theme” composed by Devadas,  (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikaduttpublic YouTube: youtube.com/mallikadutt

In this potent 35-minute conversation, originally recorded at Omega's 2014 Women & Power Conference, Mallika Dutt, Tony Porter and Elizabeth Lesser share stories and perspectives on gender socialization in modern times. Mallika ends the episode by guiding you through a short visualization to promote interdependence.

In this potent 35-minute conversation, originally recorded at Omega's 2014 Women & Power Conference, Mallika Dutt, Tony Porter and Elizabeth Lesser share stories and perspectives on gender socialization in modern times. Mallika ends the episode by guiding you through a short visualization to promote interdependence.

Recent events in the world, along with the global pandemic have forced us to look at the complex relationships between nation states. In this timely discussion with Lopa Banerjee we discuss the possibilities and challenges of this uncertain and emergent moment in our human history. Lopa Banerjee is the Director of the Civil Society Division at UN Women, and leads the agency’s work on strengthening civil society contribution, participation and influence in the global, intergovernmental policy discussion and decision processes. *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation.  “Inter-Connected Theme” composed by Devadas,  (c) Mallika Dutt, LLC 2021.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikaduttpublic YouTube: youtube.com/mallikadutt  

After our last episode with Srilatha Batliwala we felt like we were not even close to done with our exploration of power in the workplace, and wanted to dive deeper into understanding and transforming repressive power dynamics within our organizations. In this episode Srilatha builds on the themes in our last episode, helps us identify complex hierarchical structures, and gives us the tools to begin dismantling them. Srilatha’s work has spanned grassroots activism, building movements of marginalized women, policy advocacy, and capacity building of young activists around the world. She currently serves as Senior Advisor, Knowledge Building with CREA, (Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action), a global organization based in New Delhi, India, that works at the intersection of gender, sexuality and human rights.  https://creaworld.org/   *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation. Theme music from Mann ke Manjeeré: an album of women’s dreams,  (c) Breakthrough 2000.  Used with permission.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikaduttpublic YouTube: youtube.com/mallikadutt

As more and more organizations implode, we urgently need tools to transform oppressive power dynamics in the workplace. Join Srilatha Batliwala as she shows us how to understand and analyze visible, invisible and hidden patterns of power to create dramatic organizational shifts.  Srilatha’s work has spanned grassroots activism, building movements of marginalized women, policy advocacy, and capacity building of young activists around the world. She currently serves as Senior Advisor, Knowledge Building with CREA, (Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action), a global organization based in New Delhi, India, that works at the intersection of gender, sexuality and human rights.  https://creaworld.org/ *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation. Theme music from Mann ke Manjeeré: an album of women’s dreams,  (c) Breakthrough 2000.  Used with permission.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikaduttpublic YouTube: youtube.com/mallikadutt

For episode 140 of the Metta Hour, Sharon speaks with friend and colleague Mallika Dutt.Mallika is a leading innovator in storytelling and culture change, bringing together the power of ancient wisdom and spiritual practices with contemporary technologies and tools for creative connection and transformation. She combines her creative advocacy for a thriving world with a coaching, speaking and strategy practice that connects planet, people, and purpose.This is the thirteenth episode of the Real Change Podcast series. In this conversation, Mallika shares what brought her to the path of activism and human rights, and how contemplative practices have informed her life. She and Sharon discuss some of the themes from “Real Change,” that have been relevant to Mallika’s journey: how identity plays a role in our engagement, working with anger and rage, and how Mallika cultivates resilience in an ongoing way. The episode closes with Mallika leading a guided Metta meditation practice.

How can we show up for ourselves and one another at work (even virtual)? How  do we weave nurturing and caring into the structure of our organizations and  movements? Virisila Buadromo and Tatiana Cordero Velázquez from Urgent Action Fund, Asia/Pacific and Latin America, share what’s needed to cultivate care at every level.  The Urgent Action Fund is a cutting edge and transformative feminist fund that advances the rights of women and transgender human rights defenders in over 110 countries around the world, including areas affected by armed conflict, escalating violence, political volatility and extreme repression.   https://www.uafanp.org/ https://fondoaccionurgente.org.co/en/   *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation. Theme music from Mann ke Manjeeré: an album of women’s dreams,  (c) Breakthrough 2000.  Used with permission.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikaduttpublic YouTube: youtube.com/mallikadutt

Join Rashad Robinson, leader of the largest online civil rights organization in the United States, as he lays out what’s needed to take a moment of possibility into a movement for systems change.  You’ll be riveted by Rashad’s descriptions of how Color Of Change has built the political infrastructure to successfully take on big corporations like FaceBook and others to challenge hate speech and more.     Color Of Change is driven by 7 million members who are building power for Black communities. The organization uses innovative strategies to bring about systems change in the industries that affect Black people’s lives: Silicon Valley, Wall Street, Hollywood, Washington, corporate board rooms, local prosecutor offices, state capitol buildings and city halls around the country.  colorofchange.org *** This series is supported by the BUILD program of the Ford Foundation. Theme music from Mann ke Manjeeré: an album of women’s dreams,  (c) Breakthrough 2000.  Used with permission.  Production team: Mallika Dutt, Devadas Labrecque, Ambika Pressman. If you enjoy the podcast, please share. I’d also appreciate a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us reach more people.  Thank you. For show notes and past guests and transcripts, please visit mallikadutt.com/podcast/ Sign up for Mallika’s email newsletter at mallikadutt.com/join Follow Mallika: Twitter: twitter.com/mallikadutt Instagram: instagram.com/mallikadutt Facebook: facebook.com/mallikaduttpublic YouTube: youtube.com/mallikadutt

Mallika Dutt talks with Laura Zarrow about her journey as an activist and social entrepreneur, and the ongoing challenge of protecting women and girls from sexual abuse and domestic violence. Dutt is the founder of global human rights organization, Breakthrough, and led the group as its President & CEO for 17 years. She also co-founded Sakhi for South Asian Women, which unites survivors, communities and institutions to eradicate domestic violence and form healthy communities.Aired May 31, 2017 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Human rights innovator Mallika Dutt joins us to share how her creative advocacy on behalf of women has changed lives in the US and around the world.

Mallika Dutt, 55 years old, is a leading innovator in human rights, multimedia, and culture change. She is the founder, president, and CEO of Breakthrough (http://us.breakthrough.tv/) and shares her cutting-edge approach to transformation through speaking, writing, commentary and game-changing multimedia campaigns. Born in India and based in the U.S. since she was 18 years old, Mallika is now forging a new path on her life journey: she’s been exploring energy medicine and healing as a way to transform individuals and the old myths that constrain us. As Mallika says, her passion is to work with others to create entirely new stories that dream new worlds into being. For more on Mallika see www.mallikadutt.com To watch the first music video that Mallika produced, check out Mann Ke Mannjeere. You’ll get goose bumps!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O4-l84EKRc

Mallika Dutt is the President and CEO of Breakthrough, a global human rights organization that uses the power of media, pop culture and community mobilization to inspire people to take bold action for dignity, equality and justice. Through award-winning initiatives in India and the United States, Breakthrough addresses critical global issues including violence against women, sexuality and HIV/AIDS, racial justice, and immigrant rights.

The Migration of Grassroots Solutions. Innovations usually arise locally. If conditions are right, they spread globally. That story is playing out around the world today. In India, human rights activist Mallika Dutt designed an elegant media campaign that successfully interrupts domestic violence live in real time. High school science educator Jay Vavra helped his San Diego students save endangered species in Africa by using simple genetic identification technologies in local African bush meat markets. Nonprofit leader Shannon Horst employs holistic rangeland management techniques to stop the spread of deserts in Africa, the U.S. and worldwide. Whats spreading fastest is hope

In this Episode: As someone who has spent most of her life fighting for the rights of others, Mallika Dutt has her share of stories. First, we hear about how she skillfully handled the “casting couch culture” during production of a music video about women’s rights. Then she talks about a recently unearthed traumatic childhood memory that helped her understand her own personal obstacles. Oh, and Mallika makes The Bartender cry when she explains how the power of storytelling can change the world.

To realize our full potential and co-create new directions for our planet, we need to change the frame. Media, arts and culture provide powerful tools for public dialogue. Mallika Dutt shares her organization Breakthrough's journey of transforming hearts and minds to build cultures that respect dignity for all. This talk was given at the 2010 Bioneers Annual Conference and is part of the Everywoman's Leadership Collection, Vol. 1. Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. To experience talks like this, please join us at the Bioneers National Conference each October, and regional Bioneers Resilient Community Network gatherings held nationwide throughout the year.

Robin comments on a high point in the human spirit—and on startling discoveries about how we process information. Guests: Karen Naimer of PHRC; Nelly Gicho-Niyonzima of The Connected Hearts; and Mallika Dutt on fresh, creative strategies to fight violence against women, trafficking, and conflict.

Mallika Dutt founder of human rights group Breakthrough discusses how she's using the arts and multimedia to transform the social and cultural norms that promote violence against women. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.