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There are now more than 122 million people worldwide, forcibly displaced from their homes. While trauma, depression and anxiety are prevalent says the UN World Health Organization (WHO), many refugees and migrants struggle to access mental health services.Jîn Dawod is an entrepreneur from Syria who fled to Türkiye to escape the brutal war. Suffering post-traumatic stress disorder herself, she created Peace Therapist, a pioneering social technology initiative dedicated to providing online mental health services to vulnerable populations – free of charge. UN News's Emma Trager-Lewis caught up with her after she took part in the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation this week in New York.Emma began by asking Ms. Dawod when she first came up with her game-changing idea.  

The digital revolution has created unprecedented opportunities for children and young people across the globe to communicate, learn, and socialise.However, browsing the internet as artificial intelligence gathers pace, also presents dangers – from sexual abuse to cyberbullying – highlighting the need for smarter and more effective regulation to keep youngsters safe.As the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) holds its annual forum on Science, Technology and Innovation, UN News's Emma Trager-Lewis spoke to Baroness Kidron, Founder of 5Rights, a UK-based organization dedicated to children's rights in the digital world.Emma began by asking the former film director and producer, who addressed Tuesday's session on harnessing AI for sustainable development, why she first got involved in campaigning for digital rights.

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In this episode, our host Dawn Marie Lemonds interviews Maria Fornella-Oehninger, SI UN Representative in New York, on social development. Maria explains that social development improves well-being by enhancing quality of life, opportunities, and social structures. It promotes education, gender equality, healthcare, and economic growth, aiming for a fair and inclusive society.Maria elaborates on the barriers to social development and the role that advocacy can play. She also speaks about CSocD63 (the Commission for Social Development). Maria outlines how the commission plays a key role in reviewing and promoting global social policies to improve well-being and achieve sustainable development. She also references Soroptimist International's written statement on Social Development which was submitted to the UN Economic and Social Council.

At age eight, Zoya Kalinsky was instructed to leave the classroom by her math's teacher who told her she can only come back when she "stops twitching." - a condition outside of her control. Today, that same girl stands confidently in the United Nations Economic and Social Council chamber, addressing global leaders about her experience, the need to solve the bullying issue once and for all, and how we can transform our education systems to achieve that. In this episode, we meet Zoya at thirteen, fresh from speaking at the UN's Summit of the Future and launching ambitious initiatives as Skyway's youth ambassador. The Learning Economy established the Skyway initiative to address the growing need for a modernized approach to learning, as many existing systems struggle to keep up with the demands of an evolving, interconnected global society. Zoya is one of many students pioneering this novel learning model of change. But Zoya isn't just talking about change – she's living it. Between addressing world leaders and developing youth councils, she composes piano pieces about resilience, creates artwork that challenges bullying, and advocates for young voices in rooms where decisions about their future are made - often without their consent. In this episode WISE Director Elyas Felfoul sits down with Zoya to explore how she's experiencing a whole new way of learning with new technologies that could help create a system where no child feels left behind. Together, they unpack what it really means to transform education in an AI-powered world, and why having young people at the decision-making table isn't just important – it's essential. Subscribe to WISE On Air: https://pod.link/wiseonair Learn more about Zoya: 1. Instagram @zoyakalinsky 2. Website www.zoyakalinsky.com 3. UN anti-bullying speech Nov 2023 https://youtu.be/y_zbZH4fZaU?si=dcGWNS5P-ESh980S 4. Closing remarks and speech for AGIP Youth Power Summit Sept 2024 https://youtu.be/LZOp2X5_1O8?si=UkgnVmLv83LMOysQ 5. Blue Gallery NYC piano performance 2024 https://youtu.be/JoKVmlEWyGw?si=Iv9giXtNx5rn7Z1q 6. Skyway fundraising dinner NYC 2024 https://youtu.be/WPeX83dCdMA?si=zFkFLWND3YL-l_3m 7. iLead Hybrid School press release https://ileadschools.org/ilead-hybrid-7th-grader-zoya-kalinsky-addresses-united-nations/ 00:00 Introduction to Skyway and Its Mission 00:45 Meet Zoya Kalinsky: A Journey from Bullying to Advocacy 03:30 Zoya's Homeschooling Experience and Advocacy 09:44 The Role of AI and Technology in Education 16:14 Zoya's Involvement with International Organizations 17:40 The Importance of Youth in Decision-Making 21:13 Traveling and Learning: A Homeschooling Perspective 24:38 Art and Music: Tools for Advocacy 29:05 Future Plans and Upcoming Events

This year, COP 29 takes place in Baku and a key focus at the conference will be finance, countries requiring considerable amounts of finance to significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions and protect people from the worsening effects of climate change. The Conference aims to find a new collective quantified goal on finance. Countries also presented their updated climate action plans, as under the Paris Agreement. COP 29 is seen as an important opportunity to accelerate action to tackle the climate crisis. This panel of experts explores what was achieved during COP 29 and whether there were any missed opportunities, with a specific focus being paid to the work of agreeing a collective quantified goal on finance. Ahead of the tenth anniversary of the Paris Climate Accords, the panel also reflects on COP process and whether a new forum is required in order to achieve greater change. About the Speakers: Jerry Mac Evilly is Head of Policy in Friends of the Earth where he manages research, advocacy and stakeholder engagement in support of campaigns on fossil fuel phase-out and climate action. Jerry has over 15 years' experience in developing, researching and influencing policy in both the government and Not-For-Profit sectors. Previously he held policy positions in the Oireachtas, the Department of Foreign Affairs, the CRU, as well as a number of NGOs. Jerry is a member of the National Economic and Social Council, the EPA Advisory Committee and EirGrid's National Advisory Committee. Dr Sinead Walsh is Climate Director in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Ireland. Prior to this she served as the EU Ambassador to South Sudan. Dr Walsh has worked for Ireland's DFA since 2009, and previously served as the Ambassador of Ireland to Sierra Leone and Liberia and was the Head of Irish Aid in the two countries. Before joining the DFA, Sinead spent ten years working in the NGO sector and is the co-author of Getting to Zero: A Doctor and A Diplomat on the Ebola Frontline. Sam Peacock is the Managing Director, Corporate Services, Regulatory and Strategy at SSE. He has been a member of the SSE Group Executive Committee since 2020 and leads SSE's teams overseeing corporate strategy, government and regulatory affairs, communications, brand, and local project communications. Prior to joining SSE in 2011, he directed government affairs at the UK Regulator, Ofgem and worked at leading communications agency Edelman, as well as in the UK Parliament and in the UK Government. Erin Maher is Lead Sustainability Strategist and Adviser at ENSO. ENSO is a certified B corporation that helps SMEs with ESG Strategy and regulatory preparedness. Erin holds a BSE from the University of Michigan in Climate Science and Impacts Engineering with a focus on climate adaptation, and a MSc in Development Practice from Trinity College Dublin. She is passionate about addressing the climate crisis in a just and equitable way, focusing on just transitions, accessibility and communication, and environmental justice. This event has been organised in conjunction with SSE.

In this episode, Hermon Afowork discusses her experience attending the 2024 United Nations ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) Youth Forum at the UN Headquarters in New York City. As a delegate through the Major Group for Children and Youth, Hermon was part of the North America constituency, joining over 200 youth from around the world. She shares insights from her engagement with other young leaders on contributing to solutions for achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She also touches on how the 1834 Fellowship prepared her to advocate at the UN forum. Tune in to hear Hermon's reflections on being part of a gathering of global change-makers!Host: Iyanu Soyege------Connect with the 1834 Foundation and its initiatives below:Instagram (1834 Fellowship): instagram.com/1834fellowshipTwitter (1834 Fellowship): twitter.com/1834FellowshipLinkedIn (1834 Fellowship): linkedin.com/1834-foundationInstagram (1834 Global): instagram.com/1834globalTwitter (1834 Global): twitter.com/1834global

As the pace of technological change continues to accelerate, driven by advancements in generative AI, machine learning, and quantum computing, organisations and enterprise have been faced with increasing uncertainty. Amongst this uncertainty, climate change, geopolitical competition and demographic changes continue to pose challenges to society and businesses across Europe. In this panel discussion, expert speakers discuss how horizon-scanning tools can assist and support policymakers, citizens, and organisations in making sense of, and addressing, uncertainty as well as identifying potential opportunities arising. This panel has been organised in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland, and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. About the Speaker: Larry O'Connell is the Director of the National Economic and Social Council. Aaron Maniam is a Fellow of Practice and the Director of Digital Transformation Education at the University of Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government. Soile Ollila is the Foresight Manager at Business Finland. Alessandra Colecchia is the Head of Science and Technology Policy at the OECD.

With Ireland facing a severe housing shortage and mounting pressure to meet climate targets, a new report from the National Economic and Social Council highlights ‘Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)' as a potential solution. We discuss this with Daithi Downey, Policy Analyst there at NESC.

With Ireland facing a severe housing shortage and mounting pressure to meet climate targets, a new report from the National Economic and Social Council highlights ‘Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)' as a potential solution. We discuss this with Daithi Downey, Policy Analyst there at NESC.

Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring one key issue currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World, hosted by deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan. "Ex astrophysicist now Hobbesian realist." Not many people can pull off that social media profile moniker. In fact, there's likely only one: Prof. Gerald Steinberg, the founder of NGO Monitor. Today, Steinberg is an emeritus professor of Political Studies from Bar Ilan University. Among his realms of interest, he is an expert in human rights, soft power and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). He's delved so deeply into NGOs that in 2002 he founded one himself, the Institute for NGO Research, which is a recognized organization in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council since 2013. NGO Monitor states that it aims to promote accountability and discussion on the reports and activities of NGOs claiming to advance human rights and humanitarian agendas in Israel. Steinberg often targets the bigger "corporate" NGOs such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, and a word that came up several times in our discussion is “hypocrisy.” But during our conversation, he also names several smaller groups that are going fair-minded work. So this week, we ask Prof. Gerald Steinberg, what matters now. What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by the Pod-Waves.  IMAGE: Prof. Gerald Steinberg, the founder of NGO Monitor, at The Times of Israel's Jerusalem office, July 30, 2024. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/ToI)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before we sat down to record this week's episode, authorities in Iran announced that Hamas' political leader, Ismael Haniyeh, was killed in Tehran. This news came just hours after Israel claimed responsibility for the targeted assassination of a top Hezbollah commander, who was killed in retaliation for a gruesome missile attack in the Golan Heights. Amidst this flurry, there is a heightened prospect that conflict will escalate further throughout the region. However, the UN offers a way out of this escalatory spiral, identified no less by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, which on Wednesday released a statement saying, “The only way to prevent an all-out war is the immediate implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701.” In our first segment, we explain what this means and whether an 18-year-old Security Council resolution can really prevent a wider war in the Middle East.Our second segment uses the occasion of Sierra Leone becoming the President of the Security Council for the month of August to tell the good-news story of one of the most successful UN peacekeeping missions of all time. Our third segment takes a deep dive into the work of ECOSOC, the Economic and Social Council, a UN body that receives very little attention despite its highly consequential work.As always, we depend on our audience to help us keep the light on. Please support our work with a paid subscription. You'll unlock bonus content, like our recent segment on what Project 2025 says about the United Nations. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globaldispatches.org/subscribe

For the past 77 years, since the founding of Pakistan at the partition of British held India, the United States and Pakistan have worked together to try and bring stability to this region of the world. As the fifth largest country in the world, as measured by population, and sitting at a geopolitical strategic crossroads, Pakistan remains an important partner on a wide range of issues of global, regional, and national interest. Whether it is managing their own relations with India, balancing the interests of the United States and China, or working on transnational issues such as climate change and terrorism, this country plays a key role in responding to the various challenges facing the world today. In this episode, we speak with Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan, to explore the role that Pakistan would like to fill in the international system, to discuss where interests overlap, and to identify what Pakistan wants to see from its relationship with the United States. Through this conversation, we highlight the importance of understanding the deeper relationships than what is typically talked about. By discussing how the US-Pakistan relationship goes deeper than counterterrorism, we can better understand the ways this relationship can be leveraged to benefit both countries. Ambassador Masood Khan is currently serving as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States, a role he has held since 2022. Prior to that he was the President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir from August 2016 to August 2021. Immediately before becoming the President he was the Director General of the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad, one of the top think tanks in Pakistan.Ambassador Masood Khan had a distinguished diplomatic career. Most notably, he served as: Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2005; Pakistan's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2005 to 2008; Pakistan's Ambassador to China from 2008 to 2012; and Pakistan's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters, New York, from 2012 to 2015. In his earlier diplomatic career, he held important diplomatic positions in China, The Netherlands, United Nations (New York) and the USA (Washington D.C. from 1997 to 2002).Over the years, he has also held leadership positions in the international community which include: President of the Conference on Disarmament, Chairman of the Committee on Internet Governance of the 2005 World Summit for Information Society. President of the Biological Weapons Review Conference 2006, President of the Governmental Group of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Chairman of the ILO Reform Committee, Chairman of the Council of the International Organization for Migration Chairman of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Geneva. Chairman of the Group of 77 and China. In New York, Ambassador Khan represented Pakistan as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council from 2012 to 2013 and became the President of the Security Council in January 2013.While in New York, he was also the Vice President of the Economic and Social Council, Vice President of the UN General Assembly and President of the Executive Board of UNICEF. Ambassador Masood Khan also remained Pakistan's Chief Negotiator (Sherpa) for the US-led Nuclear Security Summits, from 2009 to 2015.

A member of the Democratic Party, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove represents California's vibrant, diverse 37th Congressional District in Los Angeles County. She is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and serves as Vice Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee. She is the Co-Chair of the Congressional Brazil Caucus, and a Whip and Outreach Co-Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus. Congresswoman Kamlager-Dove is also a fierce advocate for the African diaspora both in California's 37th District and around the world. She leveraged her role on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa to help establish the Congressional Black Caucus Institute's Global African Diaspora Initiative (GADI) and secure its special consultative status within the United Nations Economic & Social Council. Brazil is going through challenging times. There's never been a more important moment to understand Brazil's politics, society, and culture. To go beyond the headlines, and to ask questions that aren't easy to answer. 'Brazil Unfiltered,' does just that. This podcast is hosted by James N. Green, Professor of Brazilian History and Culture at Brown University and the National Co-Coordinator of the U.S. Network for Democracy in Brazil.Brazil Unfiltered is part of the Democracy Observatory, supported by the Washington Brazil Office. This podcast is edited and produced by Camilo Rocha in São Paulo.https://www.braziloffice.org/en/observatory#activities

Professional regulatory authorities are government agencies or public organizations that have authority delegated by law from government. They provide oversight and certification to specified regulated occupations in B.C. (Government of BC, 2024). Professional regulation of the nursing profession has undergone significant change over the last decade with the Health Professions Act [HPA], primarily with professional associations and amalgamation of all nursing and midwifery colleges in BC. Listen as Patrick describes the evidence needed for both decision-making and evaluation with regulatory review, reform, and modernization. As professional regulatory competence, conduct, and discipline of health providers shifts to greater transparency and governmental oversight, is the public better protected? Patrick Chiu is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing at the University of Victoria. He has held several policy and professional practice positions in professional associations, regulatory bodies, and government. He holds a Bachelor of Science from McMaster University, a Master of Public Health from Simon Fraser University, a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Alberta (2022), and a Certified Global Nurse Consultant (CGNC) designation through the International Council of Nurses & CGFNS. Patrick holds several leadership roles at the national and global levels and currently serves as a Liaison to the United Nations (Economic and Social Council) for Sigma Nursing, Chair of CNA's Professional Associations and Membership Advisory Council, and is a member of the editorial advisory board for the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership and Canadian Nurse Journal.Health Regulation in BC:  https://bchealthregulators.ca/health-regulation-in-bc/ Professional Regulatory Authorities:  https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/organizational-structure/ministries-organizations/regulatory-authorities British Columbia College of Nurses & Midwives: https://www.bccnm.ca/Pages/Default.aspxNotes for the season acronyms:Allied Health Professions – other health care providers such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nutritionists, speech language pathologists, audiologists, respiratory therapists, and so on.ARNBC - Association of Registered Nurses of BCBCCNM - BC College of Nurses & MidwivesBCNU – BC Nurses UnionCNA - Canadian Nurses Association HHR – Health Human ResourceIEN - Internationally Educated NursesLPN – Licensed Practical Nurse NNPBC – Nurses and Nurse Practitioners of BC (formerly ARNBC)NBA – Nurses' Bargaining AssociationNPS – Nursing Policy Secretariat within the BC Ministry of HealthRNABC - Registered Nurses Association of BCRPN – Registered Psychiatric NurseInstagram: @calling.all.nursesComments and feedback can be sent to our email: callingallnurses.podcast@gmail.com

Dana Robb and Carolina Allen are joined by Sharon Slater to discuss the Model of Powerful Impact.   “If you have a willing heart, somehow God puts you at the right place at the right time with the right tools.” - Carolina Allen   “Just one individual can make such a difference when you … take opportunities and just think, ‘What if my gifts and my talents and my willingness were to be used for a greater purpose?'” - Carolina Allen   FamilyWatch.org   Stop Comprehensive Sexuality Education   “We've got to immunize our children against this by helping them understand the threats, understand who's behind it, understand where this goes.” - Sharon Slater “The number one defense is to find out what is happening at your school. And if you find something offensive, go to the Stop CSE website and go through the tools and start with a Stop CSE action plan. It will take you step by step. It even gives you talking points to use at a board meeting, at your school, or wherever you need to be.” - Sharon Slater   “Just be aware. Become aware. Educate yourself. Find all the information you can.” - Sharon Slater   “We can reframe those challenges, and we can use that knowledge and information to have heart to heart conversations in the sanctity and safety of our homes with our children. We can talk to them about their value that they have as [future] mothers and fathers. And we can talk about reproduction; we can talk about sex. We can talk about all of these things that other people would have us outsource to more professional people, but that we can share those things in a very personal way and in a way that really honors our value system, and that we can strengthen our children to be able to understand and then also stand for their values when they are faced with challenges.” - Carolina Allen   “There's a lot of things - just spending time with our children - that can immunize them, just our influence and our power and our love, like you said, which can continue through the generations.” - Sharon Slater   “It's worth it. Our children need us, they need our time, and that's my message.” - Sharon Slater Whenever presented with the opportunity for adventure, Dana Robb is all in. Currently, this includes riding the local mountain biking trails with her husband, canyoneering, and climbing the hills of southern Utah. She loves to learn and explore with her six kids. She is drawn to the opportunities being involved with Big Ocean Women provides. Dana loves connecting to a global sisterhood where women's issues are being addressed through reframing and an abundance mindset.   Carolina Allen is the founder and leader of Big Ocean Women, the international maternal feminist organization representing perspectives of faith, family, and motherhood throughout civil society. Carolina holds a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Utah with an emphasis in cultural religions and philosophy of science. Her inspirational and philosophical work has been presented at various international U.N. conferences. She is a native of Brazil, and a fluent trilingual. She and her husband Kawika are parents to 7 children. She is an avid soccer fan and had a brief career as a semi-professional player.   Sharon Slater is the president of Family Watch International (FamilyWatch.org), a nonprofit organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. She also chairs the UN Family Rights Caucus (UNFamilyRightsCaucus.org) and is a consultant to multiple UN Member States. Sharon writes a regular column for “The Family Watch,” an online publication read in over 170 countries, and she has authored numerous policy briefs on family issues. She also chairs the Global Family Policy Forum for UN ambassadors and delegates held annually. She her husband Greg are the parents of seven children, including three siblings from Mozambique orphaned by HIV/AIDS whom they adopted, and they have five grandchildren.

Chief Arvol Looking was born on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota. His primary responsibility is serving as the 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe – a role he was given at the age of twelve making him the youngest pipe keeper in Lakota history. As keeper of the sacred Pipe he also serves as the spiritual leader to the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nation and advocates for the restoration of the Lakota Nation's rights to the Black Hills—as guaranteed by the 1868 Laramie Treaty. He grew up in an era of religious suppression, where traditional Lakota ceremonies were outlawed in both the US and Canada from the early 1900's until the Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1978. His family was forced to hold Sundance, sweatlodge, vision quests, and healing ceremonies underground for fear of arrest by the police. Arvol's advocacy of environmental and Indigenous rights and issues has been recognized globally as a recipient of the Wolf Award of Canada, the Juliet Hollister Award, a Non-Governmental Organization with Consultation Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. He is also the author of White Buffalo Teachings and a guest columnist for Indian Country Today. Since 1990, Arvol has also devoted himself to facilitate healing to all people and cultures through several sacred Prayer Rides on Horseback including The Annual Wintertime Chief Bigfoot Memorial Ride to Wounded Knee in order to mend the Sacred Hoop that was broken during the Massacre in 1890, The Unity Ride from B.C. to Six Nations in the early 2000s whose purpose was to heal historical trauma through the land and animals, and since 2005, he has supported and participated on the Dakota 38 Ride that takes place every December from South Dakota to Mankato, Minnesota to honor the memory of the 38 + 2 Dakota men who died under order of President Abraham Lincoln the Day after Christmas in 1862 in what was the largest mass hanging in U.S. history.

In May 2023, Coalition 2030 published their Report, authored by Sorley McCaughey (independent freelance public affairs, advocacy and communications strategist), 'Furthest Behind First, or Falling Behind Further? The human stories that challenge Ireland's claims to be leaving no one behind' which can be accessed HERE. Following on then, in July 2023, a delegation of Coalition 2030 members travelled to the United Nations for the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development. The Coalition 2030 delegation comprised: Louise Finan, Head of Policy and Programme, Dóchas Dr. Sadhbh O'Neill, Co-ordinator, Stop Climate Chaos Belinda Nugent, Community Development Project Leader, Inner City Organisation Network (ICON) Dr. James Casey, Policy Lead, Independent Living Movement Ireland Meaghan Carmody, Co-ordinator, Coalition 2030 Susanne Rogers, Research and Policy Analyst, Social Justice Ireland. The HLPF 2023, convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, was held from Monday, 10 July, to Friday, 14 July 2023 in New York. The high-level segment of the Council, including the three-day ministerial segment of the HLPF, was held from Monday, 17 July, to Thursday, 20 July 2023. Ireland presented its second Voluntary National Review during the second week and Dr. James Casey from the delegation responded from the floor of the UN.  In this episode, we gathered together to discuss the Coalition's Report, Ireland's Voluntary National Review (VNR) and what we brought to and away from the experience.  Ireland's Second Voluntary National Review 2023 can be accessed HERE.   Watch Ireland's VNR presentation and the civil society statement read by Dr. James Casey (VNR from 2:40:00, Civil society intervention from 3:18:50, Minister Ryan's response from 3:32:20) HERE. Any Irish organisations who would like to know more about Coalition 2030 and get involved can email : infocoalition2030@gmail.com  

In this edition of Madison Book Beat, host Andrew Thomas speaks with Nicole Fox about her monograph, After Genocide: Memory and Reconciliation in Rwanda (2021, The University of Wisconsin Press Press). How does a society move forward after the mass violence of genocide? What role do public memorials play in creating healing narratives ? Whose experiences get told and re-told, and whose experiences get marginalized as years go by? 2024 marks thirty years since the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, and scholar Nicole Fox provides insight into these questions based on years of interviews with survivors who now dedicate their time to working at and maintaining public memorials. Fox makes a powerful argument for conceptualizing memorials "as a form of restorative justice through their ability to provide information on past atrocities, facilitate localized reconciliation and educational programs, and give survivors a sense of hope for the future."Nicole Fox is an associate professor of criminal justice at California State University, Sacramento where she teaches about atrocity crimes, mass incarceration, global criminology and law. Her research centers on how racial and ethnic contention impacts communities, including how remembrances of adversity shape social change, collective memory and present-day social movements. Her book we're discussing today, After Genocide, focuses on how physical memorials to past atrocity shape healing, community development and reconciliation for survivors of genocide and genocidal rape. Her most recent project examines bystander intervention, with an emphasis on individuals who conducted acts of rescue during times of social unrest and political violence. Her scholarship has been published in Social Problems, Signs, Social Forces, Deviant Behavior, the Journal for Scientific Study of Religion, Sociological Forum, and Societies Without Borders, among others. Her work has generously been supported by numerous national grants, and she also serves on the United Nations Economic and Social Council and contributes to the UN Commission for the Status of Women held annually at the UN headquarters.You can find out more about Nicole Fox at http://nicolefoxphd.com.Cover photo courtesy of The University of Wisconsin Press.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, told the Security Council that “full compliance with human rights is the best antidote to the inequalities, unaddressed grievances and exclusion which are often at the root of instability and conflict.”Press conference by Guilherme Canela De Souza Godoi, Chief of the section of Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists for the United Nations Economic and Social Council, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2023.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill ahead of his party's weekly caucus meeting. He responds to questions from reporters on Michael Chong's family being targeted by a Chinese diplomat over a Uyghur genocide motion sponsored by the Conservative MP in February 2021. The Conservative leader reiterates his calls for a public inquiry into alleged Chinese interference in Canada's 2019 and 2021 federal elections. He also comments on the new amendments introduced by the federal government for its firearms legislation, Bill C-21.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks briefly with reporters on Parliament Hill as the federal Liberal caucus holds its weekly meeting. He faces questions on when he become aware that a Chinese diplomat was targeting Michael Chong's family over a Uyghur genocide motion sponsored by the Conservative MP in February 2021. The prime minister is also asked about Russia's claims that Ukraine attempted to assassinate President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack.

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. Cultural Survival attended the permanent forum in April 2023, and spoke to some of the delegates who attended. Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar) Interviewee: Margaret Lokawa (Karimjong) 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

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. Cultural Survival attended the permanent forum in April 2023, and spoke to some of the delegates who attended. Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar) Interviewee: Ole Christer Haetta (Sami) 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.

”United Nation Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 22nd Session: 17-28 April 2023 Highlights on Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach” Indigenous peoples are approximately 5% of the world's population, manage at least 25% of the world's land surfaces, 40% of the world's protected areas, and steward about 80% of the world's biodiversity. Each year Indigenous peoples from scores of different nations and cultures across Mother Earth convene at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in the settler colonial city, state, and nation-state New York City, New York, United States. Here, Indigenous peoples express their grievances at the most well-known international political body (i.e., the United Nations) even though after 100 years of existence between the League of Nations and the United Nations, Indigenous peoples' rights continue to be ignored, violated, and threatened. The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. On today's program we hear testimonies from Indigenous peoples throughout Turtle Island regarding a wide range of struggles and issues. The Indigenous testimonies are from the April 18th and April 19th, 2023, sessions only. Revealing, powerful, and shameful for the nation-states across Mother Earth knowingly, willfully, and complicitly are committing acts of genocides. The voices of Indigenous peoples and organizations, along with the intervention by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples are highlighted and can be heard throughout the hour. If you like what you hear, then support KPFK (www.kpfk.org) and pick the up the book, Pagans in the Promise Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery for $100:00 and/or the DVD: The Doctrine of Discovery, Unmasking The Domination Code (2014) dir. Sheldon Wolfchild, for $100.00. Guests: • Terry Rambler, Chairman of the San Carlos Apache – Protecting Chi'chil Biłdagoteel (Oak Flat). • Sami Youth Representative, Suoma Sámi Nuorat (Finland, Sweden, and Norway) on the Greenwashing the Green Economy and Protecting Mother Earth. • Francisco Cali Tzay, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Intervention. Report on the Intervention of Protecting Mother Earth. English Translation. • Representative of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus on Protecting Mother Earth, Women, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Survivance, more. • Representative of Society of Threatened Peoples on the Mongolian Genocide committed by the Chinese Government. • Nathan Phillips (Omaha Nation) on Language, Freedom for Leonard Peltier, Incarceration and Human Rights Violations, Survivance, and Survivance. • Delegation, Crimean Tartar, from the Crimean Tartar Resource Center on the Crimean Genocide committed by Russia. • Ryukyuan delegation on the United States militarization of the surrounding southern Japanese prefectures constructing military bases, poisoning lands, illegally removing Indigenous ancestors, and more. • Rodrigo Eduardo Paillalef (Puma Mapuche Nation) on Protecting Cultures, Intellectual Property Rights, and the 100-year legacy of the League of Nations and the United Nations denying Indigenous peoples and nations their rights. • Addie Parker, Shoshone-Paiute Shoshone of the Duck Valley Nation (NV), the “Green Gold Rush” and Lithium companies' expansion, the extractive industries, and Protecting Traditional Homelands. American Indian Airwaves is an all-volunteer collective and Native American public affairs program that broadcast weekly on KPFK FM 90.7 Los Angeles, CA, Thursdays, from 7:00pm to 8:00pm.

News Elder Holland's Health (he won't speak at SUU graduation) $6.2 million was donated to charity in the giving machines this past December. The World Report showed a woman living in rural Moldova who was gifted a pig. The world's largest annual outdoor Easter Pageant is happening in Mesa Arizona right now. A local news reporter said, “We need spaces where we feel welcome just as a fellow human being. Again, I know next to nothing about the LDS church or Muslims or evangelicals or the many other Christian denominations. But I do know that our society is being ripped apart in the name of our faith values and our view of the world. This isn't about any church after all. It's about a moment. It's about the experience of just being with one another. We need more of that – a lot more.” The Church Audit report in General Conference sounded pretty much the same as it always does… that the church followed appropriate accounting procedures. But, we know that there was a large settlement recently focused on some of the church's accounting procedures. Does the fact that this was not mentioned in Conference say anything about how much people should trust these statements? Melissa The church announced 15 new temples in General Conference. You correctly predicted San Jose, and I correctly predicted none in Utah or Idaho. Are there any locations on the list that seem particularly significant? The statistical report is a rare opportunity to see how the church is doing compared to previous years. The Deseret News put out a comparison table. It looks like there is growth of about 1% in most categories, but children of record baptisms are down slightly. Convert baptisms are up 26%. What does this mean? Sister Ana Maria Bonny Hernandez has recently been called as the new representative of the Church to the NGO Committee on the Status of Women in Geneva, Switzerland. Ana Bonny, who is a native from Spain, is the first European member of the Church to hold this assignment. The Committee on the Status of Women group promotes gender equality and the empowerment and defense of the rights of women and girls across the globe. NGO CSW Geneva comprises representatives from some 40 UN-accredited nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) who have consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. The Church is one of those organizations, through Latter-day Saints Charities. On the topic of gender equality, how strange that only two sisters were asked to speak even though the YW General Presidency was released. It is taking a long time to find jurors in the Lori Vallow Daybell case. I'm shocked at the number of people who have heard nothing about the case. Side note: Should this case be considered “Mormon News”? Mosty national stories call her a member of a Doomsday Cult. Do we really want to tell them that our church is somehow associated with THAT? Isn't this more a fringe movement or an off-shoot of the church like FLDS? Big Deal, Little Deal, No Deal Some family members will be allowed to attend the Lori Vallow Daybell trial April 6 is a really important day in church history. (Maybe do this in big deal, little deal, no deal) A King from Ghana attended General Conference. More about him is in this article (2nd to last paragraph), wikipedia doesn't have much more about him. Is this significant? (Maybe do this in big deal, little deal, no deal) The church gives more to unhoused Utahn's than you think Glenn Beck Good Friday nationwide fast Famous Mormon-Adjacent Individuals (Which former Mouseketeer was raised LDS?) Justin Timberlake Ryan Gosling Brittney Spears Mormons Doing Goodly A woman died after saving her friend's life while climbing a frozen waterfall (Raven Falls) in Duchesne. Author Brandon Sanderson responds kindly to smear This Week in Mormon History 90 Years ago. J. Reuben Clark Jr.

EP: Episode 66 Episode Title: A Music Executive, International Renaissance Man & Political Activist Feat. Cappriccieo Scates Episode Info: In this episode Durell is joined by music executive, music publisher, author, and political activist. Durell and Cappriccieo begin the episode talking about how he got started in music as a drummer and ultimately decided it was best for him to make a pivot to the business side of music and take an executive role providing promo services for several different major record labels. Cappriccieo and Durell talk about his work in different parts of the music industry from his work in the P.R.O. (Performance Rights Organization) space at SESAC, and representing songwriters as a music publisher. Cappriccieo and Durell talk about his work as a member of The Georgia Music Industry Task Force that consulted former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue on the economic impact of music, film, and entertainment during his last term in office. Durell and Cappriccieo talk about his work as the author of two books. He wrote his first book 10 Steps To Successfully Managing Recording Artists in 2004 & The 11th Step I Missed in 2018. Durell and Cappriccieo talk about how much the music industry changed between the time span of him writing both books. Durell talks to Cappriccieo about him being awarded the Phoenix Award and a Proclamation from the Atlanta City Council proclaiming September 22nd 2011 “CAPPRICCIEO SCATES DAY”. Cappriccieo talks about receiving a Doctor Of Philosophy and awarded an Ambassadorial Appointment in Special Consultative Status with The United Nations Economic & Social Council which is the highest level of accreditation that is awarded internationally to all designates. Cappriccieo talks about being a consultant to the Congressional Black Caucus and being the second person in history to receive the Congressional Black Caucus Lapel Pin. Durell and Cappriccieo end the episode talking about him being knighted into the Royal Order Of Knights Of Malta of Africa and the Diaspora and how he prides himself on his personal slogan “Your floor is someone else's ceiling” “Always be appreciative for where you are, but never stop trying to reach the best floor” has helped him achieve success in his career. For more info on Cappriccieo Scates, please visit his social media profile below, Instagram @cappriccieo

EP: Episode 66 Episode Title: A Music Executive, International Renaissance Man & Political Activist Feat. Cappriccieo Scates Episode Info: In this episode Durell is joined by music executive, music publisher, author, and political activist. Durell and Cappriccieo begin the episode talking about how he got started in music as a drummer and ultimately decided it was best for him to make a pivot to the business side of music and take an executive role providing promo services for several different major record labels. Cappriccieo and Durell talk about his work in different parts of the music industry from his work in the P.R.O. (Performance Rights Organization) space at SESAC, and representing songwriters as a music publisher. Cappriccieo and Durell talk about his work as a member of The Georgia Music Industry Task Force that consulted former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue on the economic impact of music, film, and entertainment during his last term in office. Durell and Cappriccieo talk about his work as the author of two books. He wrote his first book 10 Steps To Successfully Managing Recording Artists in 2004 & The 11th Step I Missed in 2018. Durell and Cappriccieo talk about how much the music industry changed between the time span of him writing both books. Durell talks to Cappriccieo about him being awarded the Phoenix Award and a Proclamation from the Atlanta City Council proclaiming September 22nd 2011 “CAPPRICCIEO SCATES DAY”. Cappriccieo talks about receiving a Doctor Of Philosophy and awarded an Ambassadorial Appointment in Special Consultative Status with The United Nations Economic & Social Council which is the highest level of accreditation that is awarded internationally to all designates. Cappriccieo talks about being a consultant to the Congressional Black Caucus and being the second person in history to receive the Congressional Black Caucus Lapel Pin. Durell and Cappriccieo end the episode talking about him being knighted into the Royal Order Of Knights Of Malta of Africa and the Diaspora and how he prides himself on his personal slogan “Your floor is someone else's ceiling” “Always be appreciative for where you are, but never stop trying to reach the best floor” has helped him achieve success in his career. For more info on Cappriccieo Scates, please visit his social media profile below, Instagram @cappriccieo

“Child protection systems are a set of usually government-run services designed to protect children and young people who are underage and to encourage family stability. UNICEF defines[1] a 'child protection system' as: the set of laws, policies, regulations and services needed across all social sectors – especially social welfare, education, health, security and justice – to support prevention and response to protection-related risks. These systems are part of social protection, and extend beyond it. At the level of prevention, their aim includes supporting and strengthening families to reduce social exclusion, and to lower the risk of separation, violence and exploitation. Responsibilities are often spread across government agencies, with services delivered by local authorities, non-State providers, and community groups, making coordination between sectors and levels, including routine referral systems etc.., a necessary component of effective child protection systems. — United Nations Economic and Social Council (2008), UNICEF Child Protection Strategy, E/ICEF/2008/5/Rev.1, par. 12-13.” I endured the Sin City meth labs and the Sin City weed spots of the organized crime aspect of my boyhood. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/antonio-myers4/support

UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer discusses the United Nations Economic and Social Council special meeting to expel the Islamic Republic of Iran from the UN Women's Rights Commission. The remarks on this podcast were originally delivered during a live Q&A session on Instagram ahead of the vote.

The UN Economic and Social Council has ousted Iran from a United Nations women's council for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls. Iran and China both expressed their outrage over the move, as did Russia. - Encûmena Aborî û Civakî ya Neteweyên Yekbûyî Îranê ji konseya jinan ya Neteweyên Yekbûyî derxist ji ber siyasetên wê yên li dijî mafên jinan û keçan. Vê pêngavê Îran, Rûsya û Çîn hêrs kir.

The UN Economic and Social Council has ousted Iran from a United Nations women's council for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls.

World leaders will soon be flying into New York, for High-Level Week at the UN General Assembly. On Friday, the Peace Bell at UN Headquarters was rung by the UN Secretary-General and President of the General Assembly, and hundreds of young students filled the Economic and Social Council chamber, to reflect on this year's theme for International Day of Peace, End Racism, Build Peace. Conor Lennon from UN News went along to the commemorations, and met some of the young people, activists and celebrities taking part. This episode also contains a lookahead to some of the key events taking place during the busiest week of the year for most people working at Headquarters.

World leaders will soon be flying into New York, for High-Level Week at the UN General Assembly. On Friday, the Peace Bell at UN Headquarters was rung by the UN Secretary-General and President of the General Assembly, and hundreds of young students filled the Economic and Social Council chamber, to reflect on this year's theme for International Day of Peace, End Racism, Build Peace. Conor Lennon from UN News went along to the commemorations, and met some of the young people, activists and celebrities taking part. This episode also contains a lookahead to some of the key events taking place during the busiest week of the year for most people working at Headquarters.

World leaders will soon be flying into New York, for High-Level Week at the UN General Assembly.On Friday, the Peace Bell at UN Headquarters was rung by the UN Secretary-General and President of the General Assembly, and hundreds of young students filled the Economic and Social Council chamber, to reflect on this year's theme for International Day of Peace, End Racism, Build Peace.Conor Lennon from UN News went along to the commemorations, and met some of the young people, activists and celebrities taking part. This episode also contains a lookahead to some of the key events taking place during the busiest week of the year for most people working at Headquarters.

Welcome to Valuable Conversations with the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. In this episode, MPA alumni Gwen Casazza and Justin Beirold talk to IIPP's fearless leader, Mariana Mazzucato. Like many people at IIPP, Gwen and Justin came to the institute in large part because of Mariana and her ideas. Mariana is one of the most influential economists in the world, and as a result, there are hundreds of podcasts, YouTube videos, interviews, and lectures featuring her. We decided that we would get into the weeds about the substance of her research, but we also wanted to learn more about her as a person. We talked about her childhood in an Italian family in New Jersey and being inspired by her High School history teacher. We discussed the trials and tribulations of the past decade, as she went from being a respected professor to running her own institute and becoming low-key famous (relative to most economists). She tells us about the critical importance of crafting new economic narratives in addition to new policy ideas. And of course, we covered some of the most exciting projects she is working on at the IIPP, including her work with Camden Council, the City of Barcelona, and the (all-women) WHO Council on Economics of Health For All. Guest Bio: Mariana Mazzucato is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP). She is winner of international prizes including the 2020 John von Neumann Award, the 2019 All European Academies Madame de Staël Prize for Cultural Values, and the 2018 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. She was named as one of the '3 most important thinkers about innovation' by The New Republic, one of the 50 most creative people in business in 2020 by Fast Company, and one of the 25 leaders shaping the future of capitalism by WIRED. She advises policymakers around the world on innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth. Her current roles include being Chair of the World Health Organization's Council on the Economics of Health for All and a member of the Scottish Government's Council of Economic Advisors, the South African President's Economic Advisory Council, the OECD Secretary General's Advisory Group on a New Growth Narrative, the UN High Level Advisory Board for Economic and Social Affairs, Argentina's Economic and Social Council, Vinnova's Advisory Panel in Sweden, and Norway's Research Council. Previously, through her role as Special Advisor for the EC Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation (2017-2019), she authored the high-impact report on Mission-Oriented Research & Innovation in the European Union, turning “missions” into a crucial new instrument in the European Commission's Horizon innovation programme. We hope you enjoy this conversation! - Read Mariana's latest book - “Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism (Link) https://marianamazzucato.com/books/mission-economy - Learn more about the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All (Link) https://www.who.int/groups/who-council-on-the-economics-of-health-for-all/members Follow Mariana on Twitter: @MazzucatoM Learn about our alumni hosts: - Justin Beirold (Link) https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/justin-beirold - Gwendolyn Casazza (Link) https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/gwendolyn-casazza Follow IIPP on Twitter: @IIPP_UCL https://twitter.com/IIPP_UCL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/ Production and music by Justin Beirold

Pastor Rudy Esqueda and Velma Anne Ruth speak with Bishop Michael Petro at General Flynn's and Clay Clark's ReAwaken America Tour in Virginia Beach, VA. In this interview Velma discusses Christian Leadership Council, an organization where Pastors can come together in unity and develop local partnerships from constituencies, law enforcements, schools and more. Pastor Rudy and Bishop Michael Petro share how the government of God needs to infiltrate into the government of the United States to see reformation and restoration. How Pastors should not be under a 501(c)3 as the Church becomes under governmental control, subjecting under someone other than Jesus. The state was never meant to be in the Church affairs. It's time to cancel the 501(c)3 and go back to the original mandate of the Constitution. Velma Anne Ruth founded ABS Community Research in 2001 per the request of advisors to the U.S. Department of Justice, in response to needed advancements in community justice partnerships for increasing public safety and public welfare. This nonprofit was established based on Velma's Masters Degree thesis on criminal psychology, creative psychology, and the criminal justice system. Velma earned a Master's Degree of Education in Psychology with focus on Criminal Justice. ABS Community Research is a nonprofit 501c3 volunteer organization, funded through Velma's boutique consulting business, Independent Review Inc. Velma was awarded Ambassador for Peace status under the UN Economic & Social Council in 2013 by UPF for her advocacy (image). In 2001, Velma was recognized and honored with lifetime status under Who's Who in America.Connect with #VelmaRuth:https://absnetwork.info VOH Radio Sponsors:► My Pillowwww.mypillow.com/vohradioUp To 66% off - Use Promo Code: VOHRadio ► Buy Gold - Beverly Hills Precious Metals Exchange | General Flynn's Gold Buyer of Choice.Visit: https://bh-pm.comClick First-Time Customers Sign Up Form.Insert #VOHRadio - How Did You Hear About Us? ► Dr. Zelenko's Protocol Z-Stackhttps://zstacklife.com/VOHRADIOUse this link to get 10% off all your purchases.Use ‘VOHRadio' Coupon Code for 5% off every purchase! ► Dr. Mark Sherwood Courses and Supplements9,000 COVID-19 Patients (0 Deaths)https://sherwood.tvUse ‘VOHRadio' Coupon Code for savings on supplements and courses! ► Dr. Stella, MD - Covid Prevention Treatments and Telehealth Services:https://marketplace.drstellamd.comUse ‘VOHRadio' Coupon Code for 5% off every purchase! ► The Epoch Times - Digital Subscription Savings:$1 for 1 month trial, then $77/year - Original Promotion: $99/yearSubscribe Link: IReadEpoch.comUse Promo Code: VOH ► ReAwaken America Discounted Tickets:Text (918)-851-0102 or Visit www.timetofreeamerica.comUse Promo Code “VOH Radio” for a 10% discount! ► All Sponsors Click Here: https://vohradio.com/partners ► Sign Up For Our Newsletter! - https://vohradio.com/ ► Support and Partner: https://vohradio.com/donate ► Merch, Books, Teachings: https://voh.church/shop ► Watch ALL our content in FULL on Banned.Video: bit.ly/VOHRadio-BannedVideo ► Watch ALL our content in FULL on Rumble: bit.ly/VOHRadio-Rumble ► Watch ALL our content in FULL on CloutHub: bit.ly/VOHRadio-CloutHub ► Watch ALL our content in FULL on BitChute: bit.ly/VOHRadio-BitChute ► Connect with #VOHRadio:https://instagram.com/vohradiohttps://twitter.com/_vohradiohttps://gab.com/vohradio ► ALL LINKS: https://sociatap.com/TheVoiceofHealingRadio ► #VOHRadio Podcasts:Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2FFwIFoApple: https://apple.co/2FCIHnlAmazon Music: https://amzn.to/35WprLXTuneIn: https://bit.ly/33x3ZLhGoogle: https://bit.ly/35Dju76Deezer: https://bit.ly/3c55MLeStitcher: https://bit.ly/3iBnvfQRadio App: https://bit.ly/2El7nQOJioSaavn: https://bit.ly/35XKMVFGaana: https://bit.ly/39fxSV3 ► To learn more about Michael Petro visit http://michaelpetro.com/ ► Connect with #MichaelPetro:https://instagram.com/michaeljopetrohttps://twitter.com/michaeljopetro ► Business or Media Inquiries - Email us at: info@vohradio.comSupport the show: https://vohradio.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The truth about the US Indian boarding school policy has largely been written out of the history books. Started in the 1800s across the US and Canada, Indian Boarding schools were government-funded and often church-run. The goal? Forced assimilation of Native children into white society under the belief of “Kill the Indian, Save the Man,” which still contributes to how we see and treat Indigenous Peoples today. Sadly, the marked and unmarked graves of children have been found in the residential school systems of both Canada and the US. The total is now over 6,500 indigenous youth, having died amid accusations of abuse and neglect. Our guests, SunRose IronShell and Manape LaMere, update us on the current situation and the history of this generational trauma, and how bringing home the remains has become a way to tell the children's stories and hold to account these schools. Listen to Part 2 of this discussion: https://wilderutopia.com/ecojustice-radio/lost-children-of-turtle-island-part-2/ Check out their 2020 Appearance on EJR: https://www.wilderutopia.com/landscape/culture-landscape/tribal-sovereignty-and-self-determination/ Manape LaMere has relinquished his U.S. citizenship and is a Government Representative of the Sioux Nation of Indians and an U.N. Economic and Social Council committee member to the United Nations. Manape is currently working to rebuild all social and economic development for his nation and provide proactive approach in response to genocide and 150 years of economic sanctions. SunRose IronShell, Is an Artistic Visionary Dreamer. Hailing from the Missouri River valley area in Sioux City Iowa. SunRose is Sicangu and Oglala Lakota of the Titowan band of the Oceti Sakowyn - the Seven Council fires, Internationally known as the Sioux Nation of Indians. She is a cultural bearer and High School teacher. She was featured in the documentary, Women of the White Buffalo [https://womenofthewhitebuffalo.com/cast/6/] soon to be released. You can catch her every Friday for Native News in 10 on Woman of the White Buffalo Facebook page. Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: https://socal350.org/contribute-to-socal-350-climate-action/ Executive Producer: Jack Eidt Host/Producer: Jessica Aldridge Engineer: Blake Lampkin Show Created by Mark and JP Morris Music: Javier Kadry Episode 116 Image: Courtesy Manape and SunRose

In September 2015, leaders from around the world gathered in New York at the United Nations General Assembly and committed to an ambitious global agenda, setting forth seventeen “Sustainable Development Goals”, or SDGs, to be achieved by 2030. These goals, if accomplished, would mark incredible feats of human history. Unfortunately, the most recent report from the UN Economic and Social Council shows that the world is not on track to meet these targets by the 2030 deadline. This episode of the Oxford Policy Pod will dive into the progress and delays on the SDGs, and understand what it will take to reach these goals. We also explore how policymakers are using these voluntary international commitments to guide and prioritize work in practice, specifically in the context of developing urban areas.  https://www.sdglab.ch/en-team/edward-mishaud (Edward Mishaud), is a Senior Advisor and current acting Director with the https://www.sdglab.ch/ (SDG Lab) at UN Geneva. He has over 15 years of expertise across policy, donor relations, governance, advocacy, and communications, and has worked with several UN and other international organizations, such as the UN Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the Joint UN Programme on HIV and the Green Climate Fund.  https://www.ucl.ac.uk/urban-lab/research/research-projects/making-africa-urban/people/sylvia-croese (Dr. Sylvia Croese) is an urban sociologist who is a Senior Researcher at the South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning at the School of Architecture and Planning of the University of the Witwatersrand and Research Associate with the African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. She has conducted extensive research on urban planning, politics and governance through the lens of housing, land, urban infrastructure and mobility, with a particular focus on the localization of global urban development goals in African cities. She has published widely on this work in major international journals, as well as three co-edited books: Refractions of the National, the Popular and the Global in African Cities (African Minds, 2021), Reframing the Urban Challenge in Africa: Knowledge Co-production from the South (Routledge, 2021) and Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in African cities (Springer, in press). Currently, her research examines the transcalar workings of developmental policy circuits as part of the ERC funded comparative research project Making Africa Urban: the transcalar politics of large-scale urban development. This episode was produced and hosted by Livey Beha, with support from Read Leask. Season 4 of the Oxford Policy Pod is executive produced by Livey Beha and Read Leask.  To learn more about the Sustainable Development Goals, check out: The SDG Lab: https://www.sdglab.ch/ (https://www.sdglab.ch/) Sustainable Development Goals and 2030 Agenda: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/ (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/) UN SDG Progress Report https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/29858SG_SDG_Progress_Report_2022.pdf (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/29858SG_SDG_Progress_Report_2022.pdf)  

March 13, 1962 Mr. Vice President, Ambassadors from our sister Republics, members of the OAS, the nine wise men upon whom so much depends, Members of the Congress, whom I am very glad to see here today--on whom we depend so much in guiding and supporting and stimulating and directing our policies in this Hemisphere--Ambassador Moscoso, the Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress, gentlemen: One year ago, on a similar occasion, I proposed the Alliance for Progress. That was the conception, but the birth did not take place until some months later, at Punta del Este. That was a suggestion for a continent-wide cooperative effort to satisfy the basic needs of the American people for homes, work, land, health and schools, for political liberty and the dignity of the spirit.   Our mission, I said, was "to complete the revolution of the Americas--to build a Hemisphere where all men can hope for a suitable standard of living--and all can live out their lives in dignity and freedom." I then requested a meeting of the Inter-American Economic and Social Council to consider the proposal. And, seven months ago, at Punta del Este, that Council met and adopted the Charter which established the Alianza para el Progreso and declared, and I quote, "We, the American Republics, hereby proclaim our decision to unite in a common effort to bring our people accelerated economic progress and broader social justice within the framework of personal dignity and individual liberty." Together, the free nations of the Hemisphere pledged their resources and their energies to the Alliance for Progress. Together they pledged to accelerate economic and social development and to make the basic reforms that are necessary to ensure that all would participate in the fruits of this development. Together they pledged to modernize tax structures and land tenure-to wipe out illiteracy and ignorance-to promote health and provide decent housing-to solve the problems of commodity stabilization--to maintain sound fiscal and monetary policies--to secure the contributions of private enterprise to development-to speed the economic integration of Latin America. And together they established the basic institutional framework for this immense, decade-long development. This historic Charter marks a new step forward in the history of our Hemisphere. It is a reaffirmation of the continued vitality of our Inter-American system, a renewed proof of our ability to meet the challenges and perils of our time, as our predecessors met these challenges in their own days. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century we struggled to provide political independence in this Hemisphere. In the early twentieth century we worked to bring about a fundamental equality between all the nations of this Hemisphere one with another--to strengthen the machinery of regional cooperation within a framework of mutual respect, and under the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt and the Good Neighbor Policy that goal was achieved a generation ago. Today we seek to move beyond the accomplishments of the past--to establish the principle that all the people of this Hemisphere are entitled to a decent way of life-- and to transform that principle into the reality of economic advance and social justice on which political equality must be based. This is the most demanding goal of all. For we seek not merely the welfare and equality of nations one with another--but the welfare and the equality of the people within our nations. In so doing we are fulfilling the most ancient dreams of the founders of this Hemisphere, Washington, Jefferson, Bolivar, Marti, San Martin, and all the rest. And I believe that the first seven months of this Alliance have strengthened our confidence that this goal is within our grasp. Perhaps our most impressive accomplishment in working together has been the dramatic shift in the thinking and the attitudes which has occurred in our Hemisphere in these seven months. The Charter of Punta del Este posed the challenge of development in a manner that could not be ignored. It redefined the historic relationships between the American nations in terms of the fundamental needs and hopes of the twentieth century. It set forth the conditions and the attitudes on which development depends. It initiated the process of education without which development is impossible. It laid down a new principle of our relationship--the principle of collective responsibility for the welfare of the people of the Americas. Already elections are being fought in terms of the Alliance for Progress. Already governments are pledging themselves to carry out the Charter of Punta del Este. Already people throughout the Hemisphere--in schools and in trade unions, in chambers of commerce, in military establishments, in government, on the farms-have accepted the goals of the Charter as their own personal and political commitments. For the first time in the history of Inter-American relations our energies are concentrated on the central task of democratic development. This dramatic change in thought is essential to the realization of our goals. For only by placing the task of development in the arena of daily thought and action among all the people can we hope to summon up the will and the courage which that task demands. This first accomplishment, therefore, is essential to all the others. Our second achievement has been the establishment of the institutional framework within which our decade of development will take place. We honor here today the OAS Panel of Experts--a new adventure in Inter-American cooperation--drawn from all parts of the continent--charged with the high responsibility--almost unprecedented in any international cooperative effort--of evaluating long-range development plans, reviewing the progress of these plans, and helping to obtain the financing necessary to carry them out. This group has already begun its work. And here, today, I reaffirm our government's commitment to look to this Panel for advice and guidance in the conduct of our joint effort. In addition, the OAS, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Inter-American Bank have offered planning assistance to Latin American nations--the OAS has begun a series of studies in critical development fields--and a new ECLA Planning Institute is being established to train the young men who will lead the future development of their countries. And we have completely reorganized in our own country our assistance program, with central responsibility now placed in the hands of a single coordinator. Thus, within seven months, we have built the essential structure of the institutions, thought and policy on which our long-term effort will rest. But we have not waited for this structure to be completed in order to begin our work. Last year I said that the United States would commit one billion dollars to the first year of that Alliance. That pledge has now been fulfilled. The Alliance for Progress has already meant better food for the children of Puno in Peru, new schools for people in Colombia, new homes for campesinos in Venezuela--which I saw myself during my recent visit. And in the year to come millions more will take new hope from the Alliance for Progress as it touches their daily life--as it must. In the vital field of commodity stabilization I pledged the efforts of this country to try to work with you to end the frequent, violent price changes which damage the economies of so many Latin American countries. Immediately after that pledge was made, we began work on the task of formulating stabilization agreements. In December 1961 a new coffee agreement, drafted by a committee under a United States chairman, was completed. Today that agreement is in process of negotiation. I can think of no single measure which can make a greater contribution to the cause of development than effective stabilization of the price of coffee. In addition the United States has participated in the drafting of a cocoa agreement; and we have held discussion about the terms of possible accession to the tin agreement. We have also been working with our. European allies--and I regard this as most important--in a determined effort to ensure that Latin American products will have equal access to the Common Market. Much of the economic future of this Hemisphere depends upon ready availability of the markets of the Atlantic Community, and we will continue these efforts to keep these markets open in the months ahead. The countries of Latin America have also been working to fulfill the commitments of the Charter. The report of the Inter-American Bank contains an impressive list of measures being taken in each of the eighteen countries--measures ranging from the mobilization of domestic resources to new education and housing programs--measures within the context of the Act of Bogota, passed under the administration of my predecessor, President Eisenhower, and the Alliance for Progress Charter. Nearly all the governments of the Hemisphere have begun to organize national development programs--and in some cases completed plans have been presented for review. Tax and land reform laws are on the books, and the national legislature of nearly every country is considering new measures in these critical fields. New programs of development, of housing, of agriculture and power are underway. These are all heartening accomplishments-the fruits of the first seven months of work in a program which is designed to span a decade. But all who know the magnitude and urgency of the problems realize that we have just begun--that we must act much more rapidly and on a much larger scale if we are to meet our development goals in the months and years to come. I pledge this country's effort to such an intensified effort. And I am confident that having emerged from the shaping period of our Alliance, all the nations of this Hemisphere will accelerate their own work. For we all know that no matter what contribution the United States may make, the ultimate responsibility for success lies within the developing nation itself. For only you can mobilize the resources, make the reforms, set the goals and provide the energies which will transform our external assistance into an effective contribution to the progress of our continent. Only you can create the economic confidence which will encourage the free flow of capital, both domestic and foreign--the capital which, under conditions of responsible investment and together with public funds, will produce permanent economic advance. Only you can eliminate the evils of destructive inflation, chronic trade imbalances and widespread unemployment. Without determined efforts on your part to establish these conditions for reform and development, no amount of outside help can do the job. I know the difficulties of such a task. It is unprecedented. Our own history shows how fierce the resistance can be to changes which later generations regard as part of the normal framework of life. And the course of rational social change is even more hazardous for those progressive governments who often face entrenched privilege of the right and subversive conspiracies on the left. For too long my country, the wealthiest nation in a continent which is not wealthy, failed to carry out its full responsibilities to its sister Republics. We have now accepted that responsibility. In the same way those who possess wealth and power in poor nations must accept their own responsibilities. They must lead the fight for those basic reforms which alone can preserve the fabric of their societies. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. These social reforms are at the heart of the Alliance for Progress. They are the precondition to economic modernization. And they are the instrument by which we assure the poor and hungry--the worker and the campesino--his full participation in the benefits of our development and in the human dignity which is the purpose of all free societies. At the same time we sympathize with the difficulties of remaking deeply rooted and traditional social structures. We ask that substantial and steady progress toward reform accompany the effort to develop the economies of the American nations. A year ago I also expressed our special friendship to the people of Cuba and the Dominican Republic and the hope that they would soon rejoin the society of free men, uniting with us in this common effort. Today I am glad to welcome among us the representatives of a free Dominican Republic; and to reaffirm the hope that, in the not too distant future, our society of free nations will once again be complete. But we must not forget that our Alliance for Progress is more than a doctrine of development--a blueprint of economic advance. Rather it is an expression of the noblest goals of our society. It says that want and despair need not be the lot of free men. And those who may occasionally get discouraged with the magnitude of the task, have only to look to Europe fifteen years ago, and today, and realize the great potential which is in every free society when the people join and work together. It says in our Hemisphere that no society is free until all its people have an equal opportunity to share the fruits of their own land and their own labor. And it says that material progress is meaningless without individual freedom and political liberty. It is a doctrine of the freedom of man in the most spacious sense of that freedom. Nearly a century ago Jose Hernandez, the Argentine poet, wrote, "America has a great destiny to achieve in the fate of mankind ... One day . . . the American Alliance will undoubtedly be achieved, and the American Alliance will bring world peace... America must be the cradle of the great principles which are to bring a complete change in the political and social organization of other nations." We have made a good start on our journey; but we have still a long way to go. The conquest of poverty is as difficult if not more difficult than the conquest of outer space. And we can expect moments of frustration and disappointment in the months and years to come. But we have no doubt about the outcome. For all history shows that the effort to win progress within freedom represents the most determined and steadfast aspiration of man. We are joined together in this Alliance as nations united by a common history and common values. And I look forward--as do all the people of this country--to the day when the people of Latin America will take their rightful place beside the United States and Western Europe as citizens of industrialized and growing and increasingly abundant societies. The United States-Europe--and Latin America--almost a billion people--a bulwark of freedom and the values of Western civilization--invulnerable to the forces of despotism--lighting the path to liberty for all the peoples of the world. This is our vision--and, with faith and courage, we will realize that vision in our own time. Thank you. —-- Note: The President spoke in the State Dining Room at the White House at a reception for the diplomatic corps of the Latin American Republics. In his opening remarks he referred to Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; to the "nine wise men" (the original members of the Committee of Nine of the Alliance for Progress): Hernando Agudelo Villa, Colombia, Ernesto Malaccorto, Argentina, Manuel Noriega Morales, Guatemala, Phillipe Pasos, Cuba, Harvey Perloft, United States, Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, United Kingdom, Paul Saez, Chile, Ary Torres, Brazil, Gonzalo Robles, Mexico; and to Ambassador Teodoro Moscoso, Coordinator of the Alliance for Progress. John F. Kennedy, Address on the first Anniversary of the Alliance for Progress. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/236988 JFK Archives (link)  Copyright Notice: Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States as part of their official duties are in the public domain.   

Moe begins today's show with his 'Moe-ment of Truth," where he condemns today's decision by the Supreme Court striking down a New York gun law that had restricted 'conceal carry.' He is then joined by Jacopo Bencini, who since 2019 works closely with Rondine - Cittadella della Pace, in the role of Campaign and Advocacy Advisor under the wider Leaders for Peace campaign project. The two discuss Rondine and its incredible work. Rondine - Cittadella della Pace, is a non-profit organization based in Tuscany, Italy. Through its restored medieval hamlet 15 minutes by car from Arezzo, it hosts university students coming from conflict and post-conflict areas from all over the world, especially the Caucasus, the Balkans, the Middle East, West Africa, and South America, together with students from all over the Mediterranean and Italy. Rondine's approach is based on a methodology developed over more than twenty years of activity, called the Rondine Method for creative conflict resolution. At the core of the Methodology lies the residential experience, living and sharing rooms with the “enemy”, and the deconstruction of the “enemy” itself as a poisonous concept. Rondine's programs last for one or two years, and – as far as we know – are the longest, globally, in the field of creative peacebuilding. Once back home, all Rondine alumni receive support to implement local impact projects, especially if involving communities from the other side of the border. Rondine's students understood that this very experience could not remain a small, yet successful experiment in the Tuscan countryside and, in December 2018, went to the United Nations in NYC to launch a global campaign, called 'Leaders for Peace.' Through the campaign, Rondine's students asked all 193 UN Governments to invest more in peace education and the teaching of human rights in national school systems. So far, the campaign has been endorsed by Italy, Costa Rica, the European Economic and Social Committee, and Pope Francis. In 2021, Rondine gained the status of special observer at the U.N. Economic and Social Council. In April 2022, a delegation of Rondine was received in NYC by U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, right before his trip to Russia and Ukraine. Rondine is currently opening its horizons overseas and it is looking forward to hosting students from the United States for short residential experiences, building on successful experiences with Canadian universities over past years. Their website is www.rondine.org/en and their Twitter handle is @RondineNobel. Jacopo's handle is @JacopoBencini. Jacopo is an international relations, campaign and advocacy consultant based in Florence, Italy. He has a background in International Relations and several work and research experiences around the world with the European Commission, the African Union Commission, Chatham House, the European Economic and Social Committee, the German Development Institute, and others. He has co-authored studies for the UNFCCC and other intergovernmental institutions. Moreover, he has been Youth Ambassador for the ONE Campaign for three years. You can watch this episode in the following places: Twitter - https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpKkZNmrBYxj YouTube - https://youtu.be/A1Nq9fJEXms Facebook - https://fb.watch/dQU6LDt_y8/

Moe begins today's show with his 'Moe-ment of Truth," where he condemns today's decision by the Supreme Court striking down a New York gun law that had restricted 'conceal carry.'He is then joined by Jacopo Bencini, who since 2019 works closely with Rondine - Cittadella della Pace, in the role of Campaign and Advocacy Advisor under the wider Leaders for Peace campaign project. The two discuss Rondine and its incredible work. Rondine - Cittadella della Pace, is a non-profit organization based in Tuscany, Italy. Through its restored medieval hamlet 15 minutes by car from Arezzo, it hosts university students coming from conflict and post-conflict areas from all over the world, especially the Caucasus, the Balkans, the Middle East, West Africa, and South America, together with students from all over the Mediterranean and Italy. Rondine's approach is based on a methodology developed over more than twenty years of activity, called the Rondine Method for creative conflict resolution. At the core of the Methodology lies the residential experience, living and sharing rooms with the “enemy”, and the deconstruction of the “enemy” itself as a poisonous concept. Rondine's programs last for one or two years, and – as far as we know – are the longest, globally, in the field of creative peacebuilding. Once back home, all Rondine alumni receive support to implement local impact projects, especially if involving communities from the other side of the border. Rondine's students understood that this very experience could not remain a small, yet successful experiment in the Tuscan countryside and, in December 2018, went to the United Nations in NYC to launch a global campaign, called 'Leaders for Peace.' Through the campaign, Rondine's students asked all 193 UN Governments to invest more in peace education and the teaching of human rights in national school systems. So far, the campaign has been endorsed by Italy, Costa Rica, the European Economic and Social Committee, and Pope Francis. In 2021, Rondine gained the status of special observer at the U.N. Economic and Social Council.In April 2022, a delegation of Rondine was received in NYC by U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, right before his trip to Russia and Ukraine.Rondine is currently opening its horizons overseas and it is looking forward to hosting students from the United States for short residential experiences, building on successful experiences with Canadian universities over past years.Their website is www.rondine.org/en and their Twitter handle is @RondineNobel. Jacopo's handle is @JacopoBencini.Jacopo is an international relations, campaign and advocacy consultant based in Florence, Italy. He has a background in International Relations and several work and research experiences around the world with the European Commission, the African Union Commission, Chatham House, the European Economic and Social Committee, the German Development Institute, and others. He has co-authored studies for the UNFCCC and other intergovernmental institutions. Moreover, he has been Youth Ambassador for the ONE Campaign for three years.You can watch this episode in the following places:Twitter - https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpKkZNmrBYxjYouTube - https://youtu.be/A1Nq9fJEXmsFacebook - https://fb.watch/dQU6LDt_y8/

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high-level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The twenty-first session of the Permanent Forum is taking place from April 25th to May 6th, 2022, at UN Headquarters, New York. In this interview, Cultural Survival's Director of Programs Avexnim Cojti (Maya Ki'che) speaks to Diphetogo Anita Lekgowa (San) from the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC) about Indigenous language revitalization efforts In Africa. Produced by Avexnim Cojti (Maya Ki'che) and Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan) Interviewee : Diphetogo Anita Lekgowa (San) Music: "LIBRES Y VIVAS" by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission. "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Part 1 The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health, and human rights. Since 2000, Indigenous peoples throughout the world have been and continue participating in the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as an international mechanism for articulating our grievances to the international, settler colonial, nation-states. From April 25th, 2022, to May 6th, 2022, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is being held at the UN headquarters in New York. This year's theme is “Indigenous peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including free, prior and informed consent”. In the first segment of today's program we hear excerpts from the UN Press Conference Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held on April 25, 2022, and the call for the United Nations to launch a formal investigation into the Canadian government's role in violating the human rights of Indigenous peoples and their First Nations associated with Canada's violent legacy of residential schools and committing acts of genocide. Guests: RoseAnne Archibald (Taykwa Tagamou Nation), the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), and the first female National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations speaking at the April 25th, 2022 press conference. Part 2: The United States incarcerates more people per capita than any other developed country. In fact, in March 2020, before many COVID-19-related releases took place, about 2.3 million people were imprisoned in state, federal, military and U.S. territory prisons; local and federal jails; juvenile and immigration detention centers; Indian Country jails; civil commitment centers and state psychiatric hospitals. In addition, before the 1970s, 100 people out of every 100,000 were incarcerated. In 2018, 655 people out of 100,000 were behind bars. Native American, American Indians, Native Hawaiians, etc., often are disproportionately incarcerated at higher rates compared to “other” populations. In some states, such South and North Dakotas, Alaska, etc., Native Americans comprise of ~10% of the state's overall population but represent ~38% of the prison population. Nonetheless, the prison-industrial-complex system has consistently grown since early 1970s when former U.S. President Nixon declared the “War on Drugs”. In the state of California, over 5,300 mostly non-white incarcerated peoples are serving life without parole despite not committing murder. Senate Bill 300, The Sentencing Reform Act of 2021, passed the California senate in 2021, but still needs to pass the California state assembly. Tune in to hear our second guest, a long-time social justice advocate, inform listeners about the need for judicial reform in helping stop incarcerated peoples serving life without parole who never murdered anyone, but did commit misdemeanors felonies. SB 300 would provide California state judges judicial powers and discretion in stopping this human rights injustice in the California judicial system. Guest: Geri Silva, founder and coordinator of Families United to End Life Without Parole (FUEL).

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high-level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The twenty-first session of the Permanent Forum is happening from April 25th to May 6th, 2022, at the UN Headquarters in New York. This year's special theme is “Indigenous Peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including Free, Prior and Informed Consent” In this interview, Cultural Survival's Director of Programs Avexnim Cojti (Maya Ki'che) speaks to Chris Honahnie (Dine/Hopi) from the International Indian Treaty Council about the revitalization of the Hopi language. Produced by Avexnim Cojti (Maya Ki'che) and Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan) Interviewee : Chris Honahnie( Dine, Hopi) Music: "LIBRES Y VIVAS" by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission. "Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

Desirée Amanda Bombenon has over 30 years of business operational experience, and strategic leadership. Awarded Ernst & Young 2019 Entrepreneur of the year for the Prairies in Communication Technology, she is a bold innovator, futurist, and purpose driven leader. Her portfolio includes business strategy, social enterprise, and culture building. Desirée is an active member of a number of organizations including YPO (formally Young President's Organization) and International Women's Forum, and has chaired several industry boards and focus groups. She is a past director of the National Music Centre, is a past Chair of YPO Alberta Chapter, and a past Chair of YPO Canada Region. Desirée currently serves as Chair of the Governance & HR committee for the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, Chair of Governance, HR & Nominating committee for Children First Canada, and Vice Chair with CAMX, the Canadian Call Management Association. She also currently Chairs the YPO International Wine Network and is an Executive Committee member of the YPO Sustainable Business Network. She is a cohort for Singularity University and a Harvard Alumni for the Advanced Leadership Initiative 2017 Cohort. She is involved in mentorship programs in her community and through Women's Executive Network. Desirée has earned her B Admin, CIAC Certification as a Strategic Leader, and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, and is currently enrolled in Queen's University EMBA program through Smith School of Business. Under Desirée's leadership SureCall has been recognized for numerous industry awards for service excellence, ethics, and integrity. The Centre for Economic and Leadership Development, in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, recognized Desirée as a transformational leader naming her "Champion of Sustainable Development" and honouring her with the ‘Enabler of Vision' award at the 2017 UN Summit in New York. Desirée has pivoted her company into a social enterprise and through the "GoodCall" program has established SureCall as a "purpose driven" organization. SureCall became a Certified Benefits corporation (B Corp) in April of 2019 and was named a ‘Best For the World' Honouree in 2019, rounding out Desirée's vision of utilizing business as a Force for Good. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada's economy. To support Canada's businesses, subscribe to our YouTube channel and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. Want to stay up-to-date on the latest #entrepreneur podcasts and news? Subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter

Prof. René Wadlow is the President of the Association of World Citizens, a global organization promoting oneness with humanity and seeing the whole planet as our home. It has official consultative status in the UN's Economic & Social Council. René first met Garry Davis at the home of Harry Jacobsen -- the machine-shop Guru and teacher of Natarajan's Indian philosophy -- who played a key role in inspiring Garry to declare a government of, by and for the people of Earth. Hear more about this key time in the life of the man who inspired our Podcast and "The World Is My Country" movie. René -- a Princeton graduate and Professor and former Director of Research of the Graduate Institute of Development Studies in Geneva -- is a font of wisdom, spiritual and practical knowledge about how to avert catastrophe and create a flourishing and regenerative future! awcunited.org awcungeneva.com -- See the video at: PeoplePoweredPlanet.com -- Music by: „World Citizen“ Jahcoustix feat. Shaggy courtesy of Dominik Haas, Telefonica and EoM Also, check out the film on World Citizen #1 Garry Davis at: www.theworldismycountry.com

When you think of storytelling, scientific studies and analyses aren't necessarily the first things that come to mind. So how can we capture audiences' attention when we have extensive data to present? My guest today Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff is a pro at communicating the story behind scientific research that is dear to her heart. Her life's work is in amplifying impact, and storytelling has played a huge role in her professional projects on a worldwide basis. She teases the story out of information to get people to pay attention to important causes. In this episode, Rachel and I discuss the effectiveness of using stories for communicating issues at scale. How can story come into play when you're looking at an issue and want to increase awareness of it to encourage change? What is one of the best ways to influence people to do something so that change actually happens? We answer all of these questions...plus, you'll see exactly why storytelling can create ripple effects that change the world. Get ready, because we're going deep on some important topics today! What you will learn in this episode: How stories can stir action to change the world Why words are unnecessary to be a storyteller How to purposefully use story to highlight urgency Who is Rachel? Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff is a thought leader, creative writer, speaker, and former journalist who emphasizes climate and conservation, among other things, in her marketing and communications expertise. She assists in finding solutions that benefit people and the planet while still producing profit. Currently working as a communications and sustainability consultant, she intuitively understands how storytelling connects with causes to magnify impact. As a sustainability expert, Rachel has gained recognition by appearing on The Today Show and CNN Headline News and being featured in Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. In addition, the 5 Gyres Institute received a special consultative status with the U.N. Economic and Social Council under her leadership as its former Executive Director. All of her experience has influenced her writing as well. Rachel has written for Organic Spa, Mommy Greenest, and Women's Wear Daily and serves as an associate fiction editor at the Northwest Review. She's also currently pursuing an MFA through the low-residency program at Pacific University. Links and Resources: Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellincolnsarnoff on Instagram @rachellsarnoff on Twitter @RachelLincolnSarnoff on Facebook Storytelling School Website @storytellingschool on Instagram @storytellingSchool on Facebook

We've never had it so good – that's the data-driven message delivered at UN Headquarters this month, by one of the world's foremost public intellectuals, Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker. He was delivering the Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) Inaugural Presidential Lecture, with the journalistically counter-intuitive declaration, that humankind is more peaceful, prosperous, healthy and free, than ever before. For this latest UN News Lid Is On podcast, Matt Wells caught up with Professor Pinker who explained why the Sustainable Development Goals are one of the most “glorious, noble, thrilling” achievements of all time. Music credit: Audiobinger, Rise and Shine.

About the Book: For centuries an aggressive secularism has fought to occupy the place once held by religion in Western society. Its intellectual leaders are ambitious. Their goal is to remove God from public discourse and then from memory. While they claimed that godlessness would bring about an era of peace, it brought history's bloodiest century instead. Civic institutions founded on Judeo-Christian principles began to crumble apart from them. Firm and commonly held ideas — about rights, duties, and dignity — have vanished when their divine origin was denied. Alberto Martinez Piedra, a respected scholar and former U.S. ambassador, tells the intellectual story of our time in a sweeping overview that places the New Atheism in its proper context and valiantly upholds the greatness and incomparable richness of the Judeo-Christian tradition. Sir Winston Churchill said in 1948: “Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” No God, No Civilization:The New Atheism and the Fantasy of Perpetual Progress aims to help opinion leaders and policymakers of today avoid the tragic mistakes of the past. About the Author: Amb. Alberto Martinez Piedra, Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus at the Institute of World Politics. In 1959, Amb. Piedra was the Director General of Exports and Imports of the Cuban Ministry of Commerce. He was the Technical Assistant of the Department of Economic Development of the Cuban National Council. Amb. Piedra was the Director of the Latin American Institute and Chairman for the Department of Economics and Business at The Catholic University of America. He was the U.S. Representative to the Economic and Economic and Social Council of the Organization of American States. He served as the United States Ambassador to Guatemala from 1984-1987. From 1987-1988, he was the Senior Area Advisor for Latin America during the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Amb. Piedra has authored two books, Natural Law: The Foundation of an Orderly Economic System and No God, No Civilization:The New Atheism and the Fantasy of Perpetual Progress.

The Western Balkans—Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Albania, and Serbia—are re-emerging as a region of stagnation and instability due to poor governance, the influence of outside forces and tense relations between ethnic groups and neighboring states. The U.S. Institute of Peace hosted the authors of a report—all veterans of U.S. diplomacy in the Balkans and Europe—as they present a strategy for the United States and Europe, working in a revitalized partnership, to forestall a downward spiral in the Western Balkans, which could potentially lead to fractured states and widespread instability on Europe’s borders. Speakers Amb. Sarah Mendelson, ModeratorDistinguished Service Professor of Public Policy and Head of Heinz College in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Mellon University, and former U.S. Representative to the Economic and Social Council at the United Nations Amb. Frank G. WisnerInternational Affairs Advisor, Squire Patton Boggs and former U.S. ambassador to Zambia, Egypt, the Philippines and India Jonathan LevitskyPartner, Debevoise & Plimpton, and former Counselor to Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations Amb. Cameron MunterCEO and President, The EastWest Institute and former U.S. Ambassador to Serbia and Pakistan Tom GrahamSenior Fellow and Managing Director, Kissinger Associates, Inc. For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/time-action-western-balkans