The CARE Action! Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The CARE Action! Podcast is our network’s story told through global conversations about advocacy, poverty, humanitarian aid, and the people who make CARE work. It takes a network to make change happen – a network of smart, passionate people working together to raise awareness, apply political pressure, and help CARE eradicate global poverty by empowering girls and women to transform their lives. Not too wonky, not too technical – The CARE Action Podcast turns everyday citizens into powerful advocates.
Jeanne talks with Besnik Leka, program coordinator for CARE’s Young Men’s Institute in the Balkans, about why men and boys must be involved in changing social norms and gender barriers that hold back women, communities and global progress.
CARE Action’s Executive Director talks about what these elections mean for the US and CARE with political consultant Adam Deguire.
Jeanne talks with Gayatri Patel, CARE’s Gender Empowerment Policy Advocate about this summer’s Amplify Your Voice campaign, about H.B. 5480 and how the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 helps women to eradicate poverty.
Jeanne gathered stories from CARE’s advocates and leaders at this year’s CARE National Conference.
Jeanne talks with Rachael Leman, CARE Action’s Executive Director, and Liz Marcey, CARE’s Senior Policy Advocate, about how the foreign assistance budget fared in FY18 and what’s on the horizon for FY19.
Jeanne talks with Matthew Pickard, Country Director for CARE Malawi, to find out what it’s like to live, work and lead in countries where CARE is making change happen.
Jeanne talks with Emily Janoch, CARE’s Deputy Director of Research Innovation Evaluation and Learning and Mary Olive, CARE’s Food, Nutrition and Security Lobbyist about reauthorizing GFSA and continuing Feed the Future’s lifesaving progress.
Jeanne talks with seasoned CARE advocate, Anissa Rasheta about CARE National Conference experiences, and with brand new advocate, Michelle Greer about coming to the conference for the very first time. Learn more and register for the CARE National Conference at careconference.org.
Jeanne talks with Gayatri Patel, CARE’s Gender Empowerment policy advocate and long time CARE advocates, Betsy Suero Skipp and Alix Gordon about advocating for the International Violence Against Women Act in the wake of #MeToo and #TimesUp.
Ellen Carmichael, Director of Citizen Advocacy at CARE and Milkah Kihunah, Deputy Director of Global Advocacy at CARE talk with Jeanne about women in the workplace, the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns and how CARE’s new campaign, #ThisIsNotWorking, is addressing gender inequality and poverty.
Ellen Carmichael, Director of Citizen Advocacy at CARE and Milkah Kihunah, Deputy Director of Global Advocacy at CARE talk with Jeanne about women in the workplace, the #MeToo and #TimesUp campaigns and how CARE’s new campaign, #ThisIsNotWorking, is addressing gender inequality and poverty.
CARE Action’s Executive Director, Rachael Leman, takes the mic for this special Election 2018 episode where she interviews political consultant and campaign manager, Jon Seaton.
Rachael Lehman, CARE Action’s executive director, sits down with Jeanne to talk about what’s going on and what’s at stake for CARE and CARE Action in 2018.
Jeanne talks with CARE International’s Dorcas Acen about her work in South Sudan as Gender & Protection Coordinator, about the challenges and traumas girls and women are facing and the solutions CARE is trying to provide.
CARE’s celebrity chef ambassador, Asha Gomez, talks with Jeanne about why she advocates for CARE, how food connects people, cultures and experiences everywhere and about her award-winning fried chicken which she is allowing us to share as our holiday gift to you.
The global impact of Gender Based Violence is staggering. Jeanne talks with Claudine Atuwe about the work she does with CARE in Nigeria to prevent GBV and help women recover.
Jeanne talks with Tonya Rawe, Global Policy Lead on Food & Nutrition Security for CARE about food security, hunger, climate change and gender.
Jeanne talks with Jessica Moses, CARE USA’s Humanitarian Policy Advocate about the unprecedented level of food insecurity we're facing in the world right now and with Rishanna Haniffa, Assistant Country Director of Programs for CARE Sudan about what it's like to work in Sudan.
Jeanne interviews Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA) about his recent trip to Jordan, the challenges girls face in emergency and refugee settings, the value of foreign assistance and about food insecurity here in the U.S. and in crisis situations around the world.
Jeanne talks about why storytelling is key for sharing and accomplishing CARE's mission with CARE's Master Storyteller, Simon Duncan Watt and Social Movements Advisor, Maria Rohani.
Jeanne talks with Brad Figel, Vice President of Public Affairs at Mars Incorporated, about why foreign assistance is critical for chocolate and candy production around the world and why Mars Wrigley Confectioners decided to partner with CARE and help eradicate.
Jeanne talks with pastor, speaker, podcaster and leader, Jo Saxton about the meaning of "mission" and the role faith-based communities can play in advocacy, gender empowerment and poverty eradication.
Jeanne talks with CARE's humanitarian assistance advocacy and communications experts, Jessica Moses and Holly Frew, about what it means to be a humanitarian now, how CARE takes humanitarian action and why humanitarian assistance is more important than ever.
Jeanne talks with long-time foreign assistance and federal budget expert, Larry Nowels, about where foreign assistance funding stands now, what's at stake for Americans and where we're headed for fiscal year 2018.
We hear from the experts at UNFPA, the UN Foundation and CARE about how voluntary family planning and women's health services impact women's empowerment, gender equity, poverty eradication and more.
Michelle Carter talks about her 20-year career with CARE, food security in Southern Africa & the 1st Anniversary of the Global Food Security Act.
Three CARE Action advocates who joined us at the National CARE Conference in DC tell us they care about foreign assistance because of their faith, national security, the global economy and because our children are counting on us.
Bushra Aldukhainah, area manager for CARE International Yemen knows both sides of the humanitarian story - what it means to provide services to desperately impoverished people and what it means to be displaced and desperate.
We're still talking about food, food security and advocacy this week with Katherine Miller from the James Beard Foundation
CARE Action takes a break from politics (sort of) to talk about food with celebrity chef, Spike Mendelsohn.
Jeanne talks with Ben Weingrod, Senior Policy Advocate for CARE Action and with Elysia Chao and Lacey Roe about how they pulled off a huge event on campus to support CARE and refugees around the world.
CARE’s Michelle Nunn and David Ray talk with Michelle Flournoy, who served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy during the Obama Administration about why humanitarian assistance is critical for global security.
Rachael Leman, CARE Action's Executive Director and Syambra Moitozo, Associate Producer at Vice Media talk about their recent Learning Tour to Bangladesh and about how the new budget could change lives or halt progress in developing countries.
We're talking about the travel ban, budget cuts and what it's like to be CARE's country director in Jordan during the Syrian refugee crisis. Plus, we chat with Rachael Leman, CARE Action's Executive Director and Jessica Moses, CARE's Humanitarian Policy Expert about what's happening in DC and at CARE to support foreign assistance during the worst refugee crisis in history.
Meredith Walker, executive director of Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, joins CARE Action's Rachael Leman and our host, Jeanne Faulkner to talk about changing the world by being yourself and supporting girls and women's empowerment.
CARE participated in Inauguration Day, the Inauguration Parade and Women's March and asked attendees to speak their mind about women's lives, women's issues and what they want President Trump to know.
Michelle Nunn, CARE's President and CEO, talks about gender equity as the turning point for eradicating big global challenges with gender policy experts, Ambassador Deborah Birx and Carla Koppell.
Our chat with United Nations' Girl Up ambassador, Morgan Wood, and Olivia Faulkner, president of Grant High School's Girl Up club in Portland, OR, about why they advocate for girls and women around the world. Katie Kraft, Regional Advocacy Coordinator with CARE Action! also joins the pod to talk about how girls impact advocacy and the Walk In Her Shoes campaign.
CARE, the global humanitarian organization, launches it’s pilot podcast with a virtual town hall meeting about how the 2016 presidential election impacts CARE’s work. CARE Action! advocate and podcast host Jeanne Faulkner, talks with CARE’s President and CEO, Michelle Nunn; Vice President David Ray; and CARE Action’s Executive Director Rachael Lehman.