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Citizen Hope

At Citizen Hope Podcast, we believe that humans are awesome. We believe that celebrating this awesomeness should be mandatory, and we believe that telling the stories of everyday heroes will uplift our spirits, engage our higher minds, and remind us to dream big and work hard to realize those dreams. There are no limits to human goodness and strength. There are no boundaries to love. There is always… hope.

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Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy, teaches us that our passion projects and hobbies can become fulfilling and impactful careers that can influence millions across the globe. We can carve a path for ourselves that not only fosters our own curiosity, sense of play and deep values, but can help others achieve that same dream.

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Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/

Khan’s Book: The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined.

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SOURCES:

https://www.ted.com/speakers/salman_khan

https://www.khanacademy.org/about/the-team

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal_Khan

https://hbr.org/2014/01/salman-khan

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-07-16-sal-khan-test-prep-is-the-last-thing-we-want-to-be

https://www.eecs.mit.edu/people/alumni/alumni-eecs-connector-2013/sal-khan-sb-meng-98

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Today’s episode features Valerie Thomas, an American inventor who worked with NASA. Thomas’s story shows us that even though our parents, our teachers, and societal standards may try to dictate what we create and give to the world, we can overcome those barriers, work hard in the direction of our dreams, and become who we are meant to be.

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iMPositive App (FREE!): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/impositive/id1561676473

Website: https://citizenhopepodcast.com/

Instagram: @CitizenHopePodcast

Twitter: @CitizenHopePod1

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/citizen-hope-podcast/

SOURCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Thomas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion_transmitter

http://www.myblackhistory.net/Valerie_Thomas.htm

https://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/article/face-behind-landsat-images-meet-dr-valerie-l-thomas

https://www.revolt.tv/2021/2/17/22287474/nasa-valerie-thomas-interview

https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/valerie-thomas

https://www.beyondcurie.com/valerie-thomas

https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nssdc_news/sept95/04_j_green_0995.html

https://www.biography.com/scientist/valerie-thomas

https://scoop.upworthy.com/meet-valerie-thomas-the-nasa-scientist-who-invented-3-d-movies

https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws

https://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm

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Today is the second installment of everyday heroes! We’ll learn that kids are incredible givers, too. Maybe even the best givers.  A quick note that some of the stories I share have videos that accompany them. You can find those videos on the website – check the show notes for a link to the site!

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Website: https://citizenhopepodcast.com   

Go Fund Me for Mikey Neidigk: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mikey-neidigks-medical-bills 

Go Fund Me for Jose Villaruel: https://www.gofundme.com/f/2b320zi4dc?qid=b7b01ce0faf38555a9be9fd792392b8a 

SOURCES:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/student-gives-ice-cream-money-help-pay-funeral-teachers-father-law/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teacher-kept-petition-61-years-memento-student-kindness/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/former-students-return-to-surprise-their-music-teacher-she-drops-to-her-knees-in-tears/ 

https://www.11alive.com/article/life/heartwarming/substitute-teacher-living-car-27k-check-former-student/85-fcea014c-2fb5-4d7a-abe4-4d08e01f5577 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-do-students-give-teachers-apples-and-more-from-the-fruits-juicy-past-26381703/ 

https://www.yaktrinews.com/student-gives-teacher-all-of-the-marshmallows-from-her-cereal/#/questions 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teacher-moved-to-tears-by-students-replacing-stolen-shoes/ 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teacher-cant-afford-holiday-gifts-sick-son-students-leave-surprise-desk/ 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/students-ensure-teacher-will-finish-bucket-list/ 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/students-serenade-choir-teacher-last-minutes-life/ 

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/400-students-gather-sing-outside-window-teacher-fighting-cancer-watch/ 

https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/why-a-retired-anacortes-teacher-kept-a-piece-of-paper-for-more-than-60-years/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVyIlVzA1Ng 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hanlIxl0Ts 

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Today’s episode explores the lengths that humans will go to survive. Aron Ralston was a 27 year old outdoor enthusiast out for a day hike and climb in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park, when a bolder fell on his hand and trapped him in a slot canyon. What followed shows the unshakeable nature of the human spirit, and how far we’ll go when our life is on the line.

SHOW NOTES:

· Website: https://citizenhopepodcast.com

· Instagram: @CitizenHopePodcast

· Twitter: @CitizenHopePod1

For more on Aron Ralston:

· Book: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston

· Movie: 127 Hours, directed by Danny Boyles, available on Amazon Prime Video

· Ralston Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd01hidVzv4

SOURCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ralston

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/dec/15/story-danny-boyles-127-hours

https://www.5280.com/2018/10/its-been-15-years-since-aron-ralston-amputated-his-arm-in-blue-john-canyon/

https://www.outsideonline.com/1821786/aron-ralston-between-rock-and-hardest-place

https://www.cmu.edu/magazine/03fall/aralston.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd01hidVzv4

https://listverse.com/2018/12/20/10-unbelievable-cases-of-self-amputation-for-survival/

https://aliciapatterson.org/stories/when-sea-calls

https://www.backcountrysurvival.co.uk/2016/05/20/minimum-amount-of-water-needed-to-survive/

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Today’s episode covers two tales of human ingenuity from different points in time – The Loretto Chapel staircase, and the Discrete Cosine Transform developed by Nasir Ahmed. We learn that there is evidence all around us, and from all points in human history, that our incredible brains can create real-life miracles.

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Nasir Ahmed’s Books:

· Orthogonal Transforms for Digital Signal Processing

· Discrete Time Signals and Systems

SOURCES:

https://www.lorettochapel.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretto_Chapel

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a35539211/who-is-nasir-ahmed-esther-true-story/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasir_Ahmed_(engineer)

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fJ9_Og0AAAAJ&hl=en

https://dblp.org/pid/60/3286-1.html

https://meaww.com/nasir-ahmed-esther-love-story-real-life-this-is-us-genius-indian-engineer-dct-jpg-file

https://users.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave.Marshall/Multimedia/node231.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_cosine_transform

https://squidarth.com/rc/math/2018/06/24/fourier.html

https://news.yahoo.com/incredible-true-story-behind-nasir-000000344.html

https://people.com/tv/this-is-us-nasir-ahmed-pearsons-births-covid/

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This week features a collection of short stories about amazing teachers!

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Good News Resources:

· Tanks Good News: https://tanksgoodnews.com/ and @tanksgoodnews on Instagram

· Good News Network: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/

· Today: https://www.today.com/news/good-news

· Sunny Skyz: https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news

· Upworthy: https://www.upworthy.com/ and @upworthy on Instagram

SOURCES:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/jonte-lee-at-home-chemistry-class-videos-washington-dc/

https://youtu.be/G0LQxRp0Rxw

https://youtu.be/I0jgcyfC2r8

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/teachers-going-above-and-beyond-for-their-students-during-covid-19/97-325fa1e5-c4dd-47b1-b0dc-17f055010f7c

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/minnesota-teacher-donated-a-kidney-to-custodian/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teacher-saves-life-via-zoom/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/uk-teacher-delivered-7500-packed-lunches-to-pupils-during-lockdown/

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/no-one-came-to-students-graduation-so-teacher-takes-him-out-to-dinner-and-buys-him-a-car/

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Malala Yousafzai stood up to the Taliban and was nearly killed for her courage and activism. The attempt against her life did not silence her. In fact, it only served to ground her more solidly in her cause – championing the right to quality education for all children around the world. Her story demonstrates that all of us have the strength to stand up, raise our voices, and win, even against the most violent of oppressors.

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Change.org Petition to rename Donald J. Trump Park to Sojourner Truth Park: https://www.change.org/p/new-york-state-house-rename-of-donald-j-trump-park-to-sojourner-truth-park

Learn More about Malala Yousafzai:

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban is Malala’s autobiography, released in October 2013. It became an international bestseller. The book was abridged in 2018 for young chapter book readers as Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls' Rights.

HE NAMED ME MALALA, is a documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Waiting for Superman), giving viewers an intimate look into the life of Yousafzai, her family, and her commitment to supporting education for girls around the world.

Malala's Magic Pencil is a children’s book, published in 2017, thatintroduces her childhood in Pakistan through a well-known TV show where a young boy uses his magic pencil to help people. In the book, the magic pencil instructs readers how to make the world a better place.

Published in 2018, We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World explores Yousafzai's story as well as the stories of girls she met in her travels to refugee camps in Colombia, Guatemala, Syria and Yemen.

SOURCES:

https://malala.org/malalas-story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai

https://www.biography.com/activist/malala-yousafzai

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2014/yousafzai/biographical/

https://theirworld.org/explainers/malala-yousafzais-speech-at-the-youth-takeover-of-the-united-nations

https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/10/567872-interview-fighting-girls-education-un-advocate-malala-yousafzai-finds-her

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29177946

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It's the first EVER episode of Citizen Hope! I'm so happy you're here! Today's episode is about Sojourner Truth. Her story teaches us that despite our circumstances, we can rise up and make an impact, and maybe even influence the course of history.   

I want to share your stories! Email me at citizenhopepodcast@gmail.com
SOURCES:
https://www.thesojournertruthproject.com/compare-the-speeches/ 

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035487/1851-06-21/ed-1/seq-4/ 

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sojourner-truth 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth 

https://www.biography.com/activist/sojourner-truth 

https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/eras/antebellum/truth-sojourner/ 

https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/abraham-lincoln-and-sojourner-truth/ 

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