Walk Talk Listen Podcast: Recent Episodes
Maurice A. Bloem
Walk Talk Listen, an attempt to connect people and make this world a bit better by sharing opinions and experiences based on the belief that everyone’s perspective is true albeit partial. It is also an effort to create awareness and to inspire a growing group of listeners to be engaged with the Global Goals (SDGs) and their attainment. A spin-off of the 100 mile walk. #gotheextra100mile
Tony Hernandez is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, oral historian, and founder of the Immigrant Archive Project. Over the past two decades, he has dedicated his life to preserving thousands of first-person immigrant stories, ensuring that families, communities, and future generations never lose the voices that shaped them. Today he also produces private documentary films for families and founders who wish to preserve their personal histories with the care of an oral historian and the craftsmanship of cinema. In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Tony reflects on his own journey from Cuba to the United States as a young child, the extraordinary sacrifices made by his parents and grandparents, and the unexpected role Church World Service played in helping his family begin a new life. Those early experiences became the foundation for a lifetime of listening. Our conversation explores what "home" really means when you feel both from somewhere and not entirely from there anymore. Tony shares how Steven Spielberg's Shoah interviews inspired the Immigrant Archive Project, why storytelling is fundamentally an act of respect, and how listening deeply creates spaces where people often share stories they have never told anyone before.Along the way we discuss resilience, belonging, kindness, memory, faith, identity, and why, despite today's polarized debates around migration, Tony remains convinced that we are far more alike than we are different. The episode is filled with remarkable stories, from a migrant farm worker, families rebuilding their lives after unimaginable hardship to quiet moments of hope, including a little girl learning to dance with her homeless mother under the stars.If you care about preserving family history, understanding migration beyond headlines, or simply becoming a better listener, this conversation is for you. At the end of the episode Tony answers the previous guest's question, "What's good?" and leaves a thoughtful question for the next guest, and reminds us that every life contains a story worth preserving. I forgot to ask Tony the question about a song or piece of music that represents what Tony is about. After listening to this episode, you will not be surprised that he texted me after our recording. "It would be Cecilia Cruz's La Vida es un Carnaval (Life is a Carnaval) as the song’s central message is that life inevitably contains pain, loneliness, injustice, and difficult moments, but none of those conditions is permanent. We should face adversity with hope, companionship, faith, and the determination to keep living fully. That message feels especially powerful coming from Celia Cruz. Her performance turns the song into more than cheerful advice. It’s an anthem of resilience, particularly for people who have endured displacement, loss, or hardship." Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Tony and his work via his LinkedIn or his company IAP website. Also check out his SubStack. His Instagram and Facebook are also worthwhile following. * Don't only listen to the song picked by Tony, but also those by other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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Sabrina Matthews believes that good questions can change the way we lead, learn, and build community. In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Sabrina reflects on growing up in Macon, Georgia, overcoming a childhood speech impediment, learning from her parents' example of civic engagement, and gradually discovering that leadership is less about being in front and more about helping others find their voice. Throughout the conversation, she returns to a simple conviction: assumptions limit people, while curiosity creates opportunity.We explore how her career evolved from accounting and financial analysis into organizational development, leadership, and workplace transformation. Sabrina shares the three questions that have guided every career decision she has made: What issues do I want to work on? Who do I want to work on them with? And what room do I want to be in? Those questions ultimately led her to her current work at FSG, helping organizations create more equitable and healthier workplaces. Along the way we also talk about faith, belonging, siblings, grief after losing a parent, creating intentional traditions like an annual siblings-only retreat, and why communities become stronger when people feel safe enough to ask honest questions. As always, the conversation includes a question from the previous guest, Sabrina's question for a future guest, and her choice of music: Waltz (Better Than Fine) by Fiona Apple, a song that celebrates embracing who you truly are. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Sabrina and her work via her LinkedIn or her organization FSG website. * Don't only listen to the song picked by Sabrina, but also those by other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In Episode 248 of Walk Talk Listen, I speak with Rachel Bayani, Principal Representative of the Bahá'í International Community to the United Nations. Rachel reflects on growing up between cultures, choosing the Bahá'í Faith for herself as a teenager, and how the principle of the oneness of humanity shapes her understanding of development, education, governance, and international cooperation. We explore why development cannot simply be transferred from one part of the world to another, why humility is essential for meaningful collaboration, and why every community possesses knowledge the world needs. One idea especially stayed with me: the ultimate expression of faith is service to humanity.
Rachel Bayani serves as the Principal Representative of the Bahá'í International Community to the United Nations in New York. Previously, she led the BIC's Brussels Office, engaging with the European Union, the Council of Europe, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and civil society organizations on issues including social cohesion, food systems, youth, global governance, and the role of religion in society. Before joining the Bahá'í International Community, Rachel served at the Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the European Union and worked with the United Nations and European Union missions in Bosnia-Herzegovina. She holds a law degree from Sorbonne University and a master's degree in international law from the University of Cambridge.
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In Episode 247 of Walk Talk Listen, I travel through conversation to the shores of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, where Marina Cruz shares a remarkable story of courage, healing, and ancestral wisdom. This conversation was conducted in Spanish with interpretation by Krysten Vazquez. Throughout the episode, we intentionally preserve portions of Marina Cruz's original voice so listeners can experience both the beauty of her language and the English interpretation. Marina reflects on growing up during Guatemala's armed conflict, the persecution of Indigenous spiritual leaders, and the extraordinary strength of her mother, whose courage protected both her family and their sacred traditions. We explore what it means to be a Maya spiritual guide, why the Maya calendar is known as the "medicine of time," and how ancient wisdom continues to offer guidance for future generations. Marina Cruz is a Maya Tz'utujil spiritual guide (Ajq'ij), ceremonial leader, educator, and guardian of Maya ancestral knowledge from San Pedro La Laguna on the shores of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. She conducts traditional fire and cacao ceremonies, teaches the Maya calendar and cosmology, and works to preserve and share Indigenous knowledge, language, and healing traditions with future generations. Her work has brought Maya wisdom to audiences around the world while remaining deeply rooted in her community and ancestral lineage. Special thanks to Krysten Vazquez for her thoughtful interpretation, making it possible to preserve Marina's original voice while sharing her wisdom with English-speaking listeners. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Marina Cruz and her work via her Facebook and Instagram. Also check the episode with Kristen Vazquez if you didn't do so already. Click here. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In Episode 246 of Walk Talk Listen, Samantha Jack, an Indigenous youth leader, educator, and policy advocate from Nuu-chah-nulth and Yale First Nations is the guest. Samantha reflects on growing up between worlds, navigating adoption, discovering her identity through Indigenous Studies, and how understanding intergenerational trauma transformed both her life and her purpose. We explore belonging, reconciliation, youth leadership, spirituality, courage, and why changing ourselves is inseparable from changing the world. One message will probably stick with you: leadership is not about status, it is a submission to duty. Samantha serves as the elected National Youth Executive of the National Association of Friendship Centres, representing urban and away-from-home Indigenous youth across Canada. She also serves as the North American Focal Point for the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus at the United Nations, advocating for Indigenous rights and ensuring Indigenous youth are not simply included but centered in decision-making. Her work is driven by a vision of creating a future where Indigenous governance, healing, joy, language, and identity flourish for the next seven generations. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Samantha Jack via Linkedin and Instagram. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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Healing begins long before medicine is prescribed. In this episode, Dennis Cherian reflects on a remarkable journey from growing up between Singapore, India and Dubai, spending much of his childhood in boarding school, to becoming a physician, missionary doctor, and global health leader. Through deeply personal stories, from treating more than one hundred patients a day in a remote mission hospital to witnessing how trust, faith, and human connection transformed lives, Dennis explains why health is never simply about treating disease. Together we explore resilience, leadership, misinformation, community trust, faith-inspired service, and why true healing requires understanding the whole person rather than only their symptoms. This conversation reminds us that dignity, peace, and relationships are just as essential to health as medicine itself. Dr. Dennis Cherian is Managing Director for Technical Services and Global Practice Head for Health & Nutrition at Corus International. With nearly three decades of experience, he has held leadership positions with Jhpiego, World Vision, Plan International, MCDI, and the New York State Department of Health. His work has spanned Asia and Africa, leading innovations in health systems, nutrition, and community development. Dennis also serves on the Board of the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network and chairs its Advocacy Advisory Committee. His academic background includes medicine, health management, psychological counseling, and leadership psychology, bringing together science, leadership, and compassion in service of healthier communities. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Dennis Cherian and his work with Corus (website). His Linkedin, Instagram and Facebook. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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Growing up on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, surrounded by coffee farms, banana trees, faith, family, and a strong sense of community, Edwin Maleko learned early lessons about service, perseverance, and responsibility. In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Edwin reflects on his journey from a curious young boy inspired by his father's work with refugees to becoming Program Manager for Sightsavers Tanzania, where he has spent nearly a decade advancing eye health, disability inclusion, and equitable access to healthcare. Along the way, he shares stories of boarding school life, formative mentors, and the experiences that shaped his commitment to development work. The conversation explores what it means to create lasting change rather than short-term projects. Edwin discusses how Sightsavers works alongside government, communities, health providers, and people with disabilities to strengthen systems, expand access to care, and promote health equity. He shares powerful stories of individuals whose lives have been transformed through restored sight and reflects on the importance of locally led development, co-creation, and ensuring that communities themselves shape the solutions that affect their lives. At its heart, this episode is a reminder that meaningful development begins with listening, partnership, and a commitment to ensuring that no one is left behind. Edwin Maleko is Program Manager for Sightsavers Tanzania, where he leads programs focused on eye health, disability inclusion, and inclusive education. With more than 13 years of experience in international development, he has worked across health, education, livelihoods, water and sanitation, and social inclusion. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Edwin Maleko and his work with Sightsavers (website). His Linkedin. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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“Everyone you're looking at is also you.” That James Baldwin-inspired line sits at the heart of this conversation with flutist, composer, educator, and collaborator Anne Drummond. In Episode 243 of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem speaks with Anne about music, creativity, improvisation, community, and the people who shape our lives. Raised in Seattle by music educators and profoundly influenced by her middle school band director Robert E. Natt, Anne reflects on the experiences that helped form her unique musical voice. The conversation explores her journey from Seattle to New York, her collaborative approach to music-making, and the vibrant creative community she is cultivating through her recording studio and ongoing series of singles. Anne also shares the story behind her song People, inspired by the words and wisdom of James Baldwin. Together, Maurice and Anne discuss listening, learning, hope, neuroscience, creativity, and why music can help us reconnect with ourselves and one another. Topics include:• The influence of mentors and teachers• Finding a unique musical voice• Collaboration and creative community• Music, neuroscience, and learning• Improvisation and navigating uncertainty• James Baldwin and shared humanity• The story behind the song People• Why Anne believes that life itself is improvisation As Anne reminds us, music is more than performance, it is a language, a way of listening, and a way of understanding ourselves through others. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Anne Drummond and her work through her University website, her own website and her social media handles: Instagram. * Anne is also on Linkedin. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, I speak with Jody Fry about the journey that led him from engineering and organizational leadership to becoming one of the leading voices on spiritual leadership and leadership for sustainability. We explore purpose, belonging, hope, sustainability, and the challenge of bridging competing worldviews in an increasingly polarized world. Along the way, Jody reflects on personal experiences that shaped his thinking and explains why leadership ultimately begins with an inner journey of self-awareness and service to others. Jody Fry is Regents Professor of Management and Leadership at Texas A&M University-Central Texas and Director of its MS Leadership for Sustainability Program. His work on Spiritual Leadership has been cited more than 20,000 times and has influenced scholars and practitioners around the world. He is the author of Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line Through Spiritual Leadership, founder of the International Institute for Spiritual Leadership, and co-author of the forthcoming book Completing the SDG Promise: Leadership to Bridge Competing Worldviews for a Sustainable Future. His research focuses on helping leaders and organizations create flourishing futures that work for people, planet, and prosperity. More information:https://www.iispiritualleadership.com/Texas A&M Central Texas:https://www.tamuct.edu/directory/louis-fry/International Institute for Spiritual Leadership:https://www.iispiritualleadership.com/ Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Jody Fry and his work through his website, see above and his social media handles: YouTube and Facebook. * Jody is also on Linkedin. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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David Beckmann returns to Walk Talk Listen for a third conversation. An economist, Lutheran pastor, World Food Prize laureate, and former President of Bread for the World, David has spent decades working to end hunger and poverty through advocacy, faith, and civic engagement. This time, we discuss his new book, Poverty Abolitionists: Faith, Activism, and Hope for Difficult Times, which argues that poverty is not an inevitable feature of society but a solvable problem if people organize, advocate, vote, and work together for change. Our conversation explores the book's five key insights and ten strategies, including legislative advocacy, democracy, social justice movements, faith communities, and reaching across divides. We discuss whether policy advocacy is still as effective as it once was, the importance of local agency and community action, the role of spirituality and inner transformation, and why David remains hopeful despite what he sees as a significant setback in the fight against poverty. We also revisit a question from a previous Walk Talk Listen guest: What is the single most important thing civil society should focus on today? Find his Book via:https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/poverty-abolitionists-9798216275893/.Previous Walk Talk Listen conversations with David: https://walktalklisten.podbean.com/e/virtual-walk-talk-listen-with-david-beckmann/ andhttps://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5unud-11dbf4b Listener Engagement:* Learn more about David Beckmann and his work through his website and his social media handles: YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and Blue Sky. * David is also on Linkedin. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem speaks with Caterina Tino, ACT Alliance’s Representative to the United Nations. Growing up in Rome, Caterina was shaped by a family that lived their faith through service, a Scout movement that emphasized citizenship and responsibility, and an early encounter with the world of international development that sparked a lifelong calling. What followed was a journey marked by determination, unexpected turns, and more than a few setbacks along the way. The conversation explores how values become action, the lessons learned from working in Kosovo during a period of reconstruction, the realities of building a career in international cooperation, and the role faith communities can play in addressing today’s global challenges. Caterina also reflects on rejection, resilience, family, and why creating change often begins with small acts of service and solidarity. Caterina is an international development professional with expertise in human rights, advocacy, and partnerships. Prior to joining ACT Alliance, she worked with UNICEF, UNFPA, and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), and contributed to the global civil society campaign that helped secure adoption of the UN Arms Trade Treaty. Caterina holds a Master's degree in Human Rights and Conflict Management from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Caterina and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Caterina (via her Linkedin) and her organization ACT Alliance: website. Caterina's Instagram and Facebook. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice speaks with Krysten Vazquez, a holistic physician assistant, clinical herbalist and sound healer whose life journey bridges medicine, spirituality and connection to nature. Raised in Miami in a deeply outdoors-oriented Cuban family surrounded by horses and rescued animals, Krysten reflects on the experiences that shaped her understanding of healing, resilience and community. Their conversation moves through New York, the pandemic, burnout, spirituality, ancestral wisdom and the tension between modern healthcare systems and more holistic approaches to well-being. Along the way, Krysten shares moments that transformed the direction of her life and explains why creating safe and nurturing spaces has become central to her work today. The episode invites listeners into a thoughtful conversation about healing, vulnerability and remembering what reconnects us to ourselves. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Krysten and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Krysten (via her Linkedin) and her work through her own website. Krysten's Instagram and Facebook. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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Ignacio Packer’s journey is not defined by titles or roles, but by a thread connecting people, places, and moments. From early experiences shaped by the Cold War to a pivotal decision to leave a career in finance for humanitarian work, Ignacio reflects on what it means to live with purpose and passion. A simple but powerful moment—his mother telling him to “free yourself”—set him on a path that would take him across the world, working in some of the most challenging contexts and ultimately leading him to a deeper question: how do we rebuild trust in a fragmented world?
In this conversation, Ignacio shares how his thinking evolved from focusing on systems and policies to recognizing the essential role of relationships, inner transformation, and personal responsibility. Drawing from decades in humanitarian work and now leading Initiatives of Change, he explores the courage it takes to listen, to speak respectfully across divides, and to reconnect even when trust has been broken. This episode is a powerful reflection on leadership, humanity, and the quiet work required to heal relationships—within ourselves and with others.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem speaks with Patrick Watt, CEO of Christian Aid, about what it means to lead in a time where poverty, climate, and inequality are deeply intertwined. Patrick reflects on his journey from a rural upbringing in England to leading one of the world’s most respected faith-based development organizations, sharing how his background in theology and development shaped a lifelong commitment to justice. Throughoutthe conversation, he emphasizes that real motivation comes not from abstract goals, but from encounters with communities, partners, and supporters who dedicate themselves to a purpose beyond their own lives. The discussion explores the evolving role of faith in development, the shifting landscape of institutional religion, and the growing importance of locally-led approaches. Patrick speaks candidly about the challenge of “letting go” of power as an organization, describing Christian Aid’s role increasingly as a convener, connector, and catalyst. He also reflects on the role of prayer and perspective in sustaining leadership, and the importance of holding difference while working toward shared values of dignity, equality, and justice. Patrick Watt is the Chief Executive Officer for Christian Aid, leading the organization in its work to tackle poverty and promote dignity, equality, and justice. He works closely with the SLT and the Board of Trustees and engages staff, supporters, partners, and sponsoring churches to realize Christian Aid's vision. Patrick has widespread experience working in development and humanitarian organizations, including Oxfam, ActionAid, and Save the Children International, where he was the Advocacy and Campaigns Director. He holds degrees in Theology from the University of Cambridge and in Development Studies from the London School of Economics. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Patrick Watt and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Patrick Watt and his work through the Christian Aid website and/or check Linkedin. Christian Aid's Instagram, Facebook and Youtube. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this deeply personal and courageous conversation, Suzie Greco shares a journey that moves from silence and survival to truth-telling and transformation. What begins as a story of trauma and fragmentation unfolds into something much larger: a reflection on how personal experience can illuminate systemic failure. Through the powerful metaphor of the “Stone Sphere,” Suzie describes how the structures we build to survive can sometimes need to break apart in order for something more whole, more authentic, and more deeply connected to emerge. Suzie Greco is a theologian, author of The Stone Sphere, and doctoral candidate in practical and ethical theology. Her work explores trauma, institutional power, spirituality, and the relationship between personal healing and collective change. Drawing from lived experience, academic research, and a deep connection to nature and the divine, she brings a unique voice to conversations on faith, systems, and transformation. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Suzie Greco and her work through her website and/or check Facebook. * Suzie is also on Linkedin or check all her research articles via this link. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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Rev. Toni Kruger-Ayebazibwe takes us on a deeply personal journey from growing up as an outsider in apartheid South Africa to becoming an ordained minister and global advocate for SOGIE inclusion in faith spaces. Raised in an atheist household and navigating identity, belonging, and authenticity from a young age, Toni shares how embracing her truth as a lesbian shaped her path, even when it meant standing apart from dominant narratives. In this conversation, Toni reflects on a transformative spiritual encounter that expanded her understanding of reality, her search for community, and the critical importance of affirming faith spaces. From resisting rigid religious norms to ultimately answering a call to ministry, she now works at the intersection of faith and justice as Executive Director of the Global Interfaith Network for People of All Sexes, Sexual Orientations, Gender Identities and Expressions (GIN-SSOGIE). This episode is a powerful exploration of authenticity, faith, and the courage to reshape systems from within. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Rev. Toni Kruger-Ayebazibwe and her work through GIN-SSOGIE (their website and their social media handles: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. * Toni is also on Linkedin. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode, Maurice sits down with David Elcott and Barney Aspray to explore the space where faith, policy, and lived experience meet. Rather than treating immigration as a purely technical or political issue, the conversation unpacks how religion shapes the moral imagination behind public debates—how we define belonging, responsibility, and community. Moving between practice and theory, David and Barney reflect on the tensions that arise when deeply held beliefs encounter real-world policy decisions, and why engaging that “space between” is essential in a polarized world. David Elcott brings decades of experience in interfaith engagement, public leadership, and cross-boundary collaboration, while Barney Aspray offers a theological and philosophical lens as Assistant Professor at St. Mary’s Seminary and University. Together, as co-authors of On the Significance of Religion in Immigration Policy, they bridge practice and theory, offering insights into how religion can both complicate and enrich policy conversations when engaged thoughtfully. Listener Engagement: * Discover the songs picked by David and Barney and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about David via his LinkedIn and Barney's Podcast website, Facebook, Bluesky and LinkedIn. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice sits down with Ben Olsen—technologist, philosopher, and pioneer in responsible AI—to explore what happens when data meets discernment. From his early days learning the hard edges of technology to helping shape some of the first responsible AI frameworks inside major tech companies, Ben shares a journey that is anything but linear. Rooted in a background that blends philosophy, theology, and technology, he reflects on how ethics is not an add-on, but an essential lens through which innovation must be understood. The conversation dives into what most people misunderstand about big tech—that many inside are not indifferent, but often limited by what they see and prioritize. Ben introduces the idea of a “sin of omission” in technology and speaks about expanding the moral aperture in AI development. From algorithmic bias to the concept of the “human bar” beyond legal compliance, this episode is an invitation to rethink responsibility, leadership, and what it means to build technology that truly serves humanity. Listener Engagement: * Discover the songs picked by Ben and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Ben via his LinkedInand his companies websites1 and website2. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen our guest is Eleftheria (Ella) Egel, whose name literally means “freedom”, a theme that runs deeply through her life and work. Growing up in Greece in a family shaped by post-war values of hard work, security, and compliance, Ella shares how she followed a path that looked right on the outside, yet felt increasingly disconnected on the inside. We explore her journey from teacher and entrepreneur to working in the stock market, and ultimately toward a deeper exploration of spirituality and leadership. A turning point came when she realized that what she believed to be “objective reality” was actually a subjective lens shaped by upbringing and expectations. That realization opened the door to a different kind of freedom—one grounded not in achievement, but in awareness and alignment. Eleftheria reflects on the tension between religion and spirituality, the role of meaning in organizations, and why true connection requires moving beyond ego toward a sense of shared humanity. This conversation is about breaking patterns, rediscovering purpose, and asking a simple but powerful question: what truly makes us feel alive? Listener Engagement: * Discover the songs picked by Eleftheria and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Eleftheria via her LinkedIn, Facebook, and her website. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem speaks with peacebuilding and humanitarian leader Amjad Saleem, whose work spans interfaith engagement, conflict resolution, and development across global contexts. Amjad shares how growing up across Nigeria, Ethiopia, and the UK shaped his identity as a “third culture kid,” giving him an early appreciation for diversity, faith, and belonging. His journey took a decisive turn after the 2004 tsunami, when a personal and professional shift led him from engineering into humanitarian work and peacebuilding. Reflecting on his experiences in Sri Lanka, Amjad highlights a powerful lesson: rebuilding communities is not just about physical infrastructure, but about relationships, trust, and understanding. As he puts it, building the “hardware” is not enough if we neglect the “software” of human connection. The conversation explores the role of faith in today’s world, the growing crisis of trust, and the importance of creating spaces where people can truly encounter one another. Amjad also shares insights from working with young people, emphasizing their deep spiritual curiosity and their desire to express values through action. This is a conversation about identity, purpose, and what it takes to build peace and hope in a divided world. Listener Engagement: * Discover the songs picked by Amjad and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Amjad via his LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. Also check out his writing on Medium, link here. His article on hope, can be found by clicking here. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, I speak with Jessica Roland, Senior Specialist for Inclusive Peace at the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, where she advances the leadership of women, youth, and marginalized groups through advocacy, training, and mediation work, and serves as Co-Chair of the Gender Working Group of the Multi-Faith Advisory Council to the UN. Growing up in a small town in North Carolina, Jessica’s worldview was shaped by limited exposure until one opportunity to travel abroad opened a completely different path toward international peacebuilding. Her journey is a powerful reminder of how exposure shapes understanding, and how it can transform the way we engage with the world.We explore how younger generations are shifting away from institutional religion toward lived values, seeking authenticity, inclusion, and meaningful engagement. Jessica reflects on her work across women, peace, and security, and the importance of inclusive leadership in peace processes, while also naming the growing challenge of polarization and the loss of real dialogue. What stands out is her reframing of courage, not as something individual, but as something collective. Through partnership, empathy, and self-awareness, she reminds us that building peace depends not only on what we do, but on who we choose to become. Listener Engagement: * Discover the songs picked by Jessica and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Jessica via her LinkedIn and Instagram. Also check out her organization's related website, link here. Her company also has Facebook. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem speaks with sociologist and qualitative research expert Dr. Elif Kuş Saillard, originally from Turkey and now based in France.Elif reflects on a life shaped by curiosity and questions. Growing up in central Anatolia, she developed an early habit of asking “why,” a habit that eventually led her to sociology and an academic career as a professor at Ankara University. Over the years, she specialized in qualitative research and narrative methodologies, focusing on how people create meaning in their lives and societies. After moving to France, Elif went through a profound personal transition that led her to explore deeper questions about identity, purpose, and well-being. Out of this journey emerged her Four-Body model, which describes human life as lived through four interconnected dimensions: the physical body, the social body, the earth body, and the technological body. In this conversation, Elif shares why understanding meaning-making is essential to understanding society and why science should ultimately serve a purpose — contributing to a more sustainable and meaningful future. Listener Engagement: * Discover the songs picked by Elif and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Elif via her LinkedIn. Also check out his organization's related website, link here. Her company also has Instagram. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice speaks with Dustin Wilson, Startup Community Manager at Nexcor in Rochester, New York. Dustin shares a deeply personal journey, from growing up between city and suburb, to working in the trades, nearly joining the military, pursuing music industry ambitions, and ultimately discovering entrepreneurship as a calling. A first-generation college student, Dustin describes how early setbacks, including dropping out of college and later returning as an adult learner, shaped his mindset. A pivotal leadership moment during his undergraduate years introduced him to the power of entrepreneurship, not merely as business creation, but as personal development. After working in corporate product marketing and launching his own startups (sometimes at the cost of burnout), Dustin pursued an MBA in Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise in Colorado. There, he began reframing his understanding of capitalism, questioning shareholder-first models and advocating for wealth creation and retention rather than simple job counts as the true metric of economic development. Today, Dustin works at the intersection of entrepreneurship and community building, helping founders shorten the time to decisive learning while emphasizing the human skills behind successful ventures. He reflects on why economic development must adapt in an AI-disrupted world, why we underinvest in the person behind the business, and why the next generation may crave belonging more than growth. Throughout the conversation, a recurring theme emerges: life may not always unfold as planned, but progress requires courage, self-awareness, and the willingness to keep moving forward. Listener Engagement: * Discover the songs picked by Dustin and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Dustin via his LinkedIn. Also check out his organization's related website, link here. His company also has Instagram. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of the special series Crossing Thresholds, Maurice Bloem speaks with Hinauri Nehua-Jackson, a proud Māori–South Korean woman born in Aotearoa (New Zealand) and now based on Treaty 6 Territory in Canada. Hinauri introduces herself in her Indigenous language and shares the meaning of her spirit name, Kapiska Mahigan Isku Onitsigason — White Wolf Woman. From the beginning, it is clear: she walks consciously between lands, between cultures, between responsibilities. At age 11, she immigrated to Canada without knowing English. What she searched for was not language — but community. Indigenous elders on Turtle Island welcomed her as one of their own, reinforcing her belief that Indigenous solidarity transcends borders. At 16, during ceremony, her path became clear. Serving elders at Sundance, disconnected from technology and urban life, she experienced what she calls the joy of selfless service. That moment “flipped the switch” for her leadership journey. As a young Indigenous leader in oil-driven Alberta, she navigates the tension between economic systems and Indigenous teachings about land stewardship. For Hinauri, climate is not abstract policy — it is spiritual balance, interconnectedness (Wakotouin), and responsibility to seven generations. This episode connects deeply with the JLI & Christian Aid report on Climate, Migration and Faith, reminding us that climate displacement is not only physical — it is spiritual, cultural, and intergenerational. Hinauri does not speak for Indigenous peoples. She speaks as someone who carries her ancestors forward — across oceans. We hope that you enjoy this extra long episode with this inspiring young woman. Learn more about the research behind this series: [link to JLI–Christian Aid report] Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Hinauri via her LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In Episode 227 of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice talks with Jacco van Sterkenburg, Associate & Endowed Professor of Race, Inclusion & Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam and newly appointed Chief Diversity Officer of the university. His research spans how media, sport, and gaming shape cultural narratives about race, ethnicity, gender, and leadership. Jacco’s work draws on decades of scholarship — from his PhD on race, ethnicity, and the sport media to recent projects on video gaming, gender, and football representation. It sits at the intersection of cultural studies, psychology, and media analysis. In this conversation, he reflects on what it means to be “inside” and “outside” dominant norms, and how seemingly neutral spaces like games or sports broadcasts are sites of meaning-making. He talks candidly about how easy it is, especially for white researchers, to “go with the flow” without questioning assumptions — and why developing racial consciousness is like training a muscle. Whether you’re interested in media, culture, sport, or leadership, this episode invites you to rethink the familiar and practice deeper awareness. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Jacco and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Jacco via his LinkedIn. Also check out his research related website, link here. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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Welcome to Episode 5 of Crossing Thresholds: Religion, Resilience & Migration, a special mini-series of Walk Talk Listen produced in connection with research by the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI) and Christian Aid on faith and climate migration. In this episode, Maurice Bloem speaks with Biswash Chepang, an Indigenous rights advocate from Nepal, about what climate change, displacement, and faith mean for communities whose identity, spirituality, and survival are inseparable from land. Biswash reflects on Indigenous worldviews in which land is not a commodity, but a living relationship that connects birth, death, culture, and belief. Their conversation explores how climate pressure affects Indigenous communities long before migration takes place. As forests disappear, land rights are denied, and livelihoods erode, people can become displaced without ever moving. Biswash describes how the loss of land ownership and access creates forms of silent displacement that are often overlooked in policy discussions about climate migration. Faith runs throughout this conversation, not as an abstract concept, but as something embedded in land, rivers, forests, and daily life. Biswash speaks about spiritual practices rooted in nature, as well as the complex role of religious change in contexts of poverty and exclusion, where faith can offer both support and profound cultural disruption. Biswash’s reflections echo findings from the JLI–Christian Aid evidence review, which shows that climate migration is frequently preceded by prolonged environmental and social stress, that strong spiritual ties to land shape decisions not to migrate, and that displacement often takes emotional, cultural, and spiritual forms that are difficult to measure. His story gives voice to these dynamics, grounding research insights in lived Indigenous experience.Rather than a formal interview, this episode is a listening dialogue about land, belonging, faith, and the quiet thresholds people are forced to cross when their relationship with place is put under pressure. Learn more about the research behind this series: [link to JLI–Christian Aid report] During our conversation we experienced some challenges with our connection and therefore you will hear a couple of hiccups that we couldn't get edited out. Our apologies for at least two moments where it seems that Biswash his answers were cut short. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Biswash via his LinkedIn and Facebook. Follow his writings via his WorldPress site. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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Rich Havard is the Director of the Youth Mental Health Fund at the Decolonizing Wealth Project and in Episode 226, he shares his journey from growing up in a small town in rural Mississippi to becoming a leader at the intersection of spirituality, justice, and philanthropy. Reflecting on his upbringing, he speaks honestly about how experiences of difference, exclusion, and faith shaped his early sense of vocation and empathy for others. Rich describes how spirituality became a lifeline throughout his life, from childhood questions about identity and purpose, through his coming-out journey, and into his work creating spiritually grounded communities for young adults. He traces how this calling evolved through pastoral ministry, the founding of the Inclusive Collective, and later into philanthropy, where he sought to become the kind of funder he wished he had when leading a small nonprofit. Now, at the Youth Mental Health Fund, he works to support culturally responsive approaches to mental health that integrate spirituality, justice, and community care for young people. The conversation also explores what it means to “decolonize” wealth and challenge philanthropic systems to move resources differently toward collective well-being rather than accumulation. Rich reflects on moments that compelled him to act against injustice, on the role of faith communities in standing with vulnerable people, and on the fragile but persistent hope that comes from choosing to be an “arc bender.” This episode is a thoughtful meditation on healing, belonging, and the inner work needed to sustain outer change. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Rich and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Rich via his LinkedIn. Also follow Instagram and Facebook of the Decolonizing Wealth Project. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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Welcome to Episode 4 of Crossing Thresholds: Religion, Resilience & Migration, a special mini-series of Walk Talk Listen produced in connection with new research by the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI) and Christian Aid on faith and climate migration.In this episode, Maurice Bloem speaks with Nidia Rosmery Bustillos Rodríguez, a Bolivian traditional healer and herbalist born in Cochabamba, whose life and work bring together lived experience, academic training, and Indigenous knowledge. Nidia is trained in information management, development studies, and transpersonal psychology, and her professional path integrates research, cultural management, and institutional work in the fields of intercultural health, development, and the rights of Indigenous women. Their conversation explores migration not only as physical movement, but as rupture and transformation. Born to parents who migrated for work and later forced to leave Bolivia to escape violent abuse, Nidia reflects on how family migration shapes identity across generations and how displacement, trauma, and spiritual meaning intersect. Her story reveals how survival can become a pathway toward healing, both for oneself and for others. Nidia’s professional work mirrors these themes. She has conducted research on traditional women healers, the use of natural resources, and information and communication technologies for the empowerment of Indigenous women, as well as on tambos and the Qhapaq Ñan. She currently serves as a Program Officer at the Pawanka Fund for the Arctic, Pacific, and Eurasia regions, and is responsible for the traditional medicine laboratory GAIA-TERRA. She is also CEO of DREAMCO SRL and the Cruz del Sur Foundation, and has collaborated widely with international organizations and feminist and Indigenous networks to strengthen initiatives related to traditional medicine, cultural heritage, and the preservation of ancestral knowledge. Nidia’s reflections echo key findings of the JLI–Christian Aid evidence review, which shows that faith and spirituality shape how people interpret displacement and that resilience often takes forms that policy and humanitarian systems struggle to recognize, including emotional, relational, and spiritual dimensions. Her life story gives human form to these insights, illustrating how loss, movement, and meaning are deeply intertwined. Rather than a formal interview, this episode is a listening dialogue about what it means to leave home, to survive violence, and to transform pain into care. It is also a conversation about knowledge, memory, and the enduring role of ancestral wisdom in times of upheaval.Learn more about the research behind this series: [link to JLI–Christian Aid report] Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Nidia via her LinkedIn and Facebook. Although not finished yet, her website will be soon available via: http://www.nidiaingaia.com * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen Filip Pedersen, senior political advisor at the Centre for Church-Based Development (CKU) in Denmark reflects on a life shaped by movement, service, and encounters across cultures — and how those experiences led him to work at the intersection of development, human rights, and freedom of religion or belief. The conversation explores why freedom of belief is often misunderstood, how it shows up in people’s daily lives, and why a rights-based approach matters for peaceful coexistence, democracy, and development. Drawing on concrete examples from communities and policy spaces alike, Filip speaks about moving beyond abstract dialogue toward accountability, inclusion, and action — and what keeps him hopeful when progress feels slow. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Filip and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Filip via his LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram, and the CKU website and Facebook. * Background articles as mentioned by Filip during this episode:Their learning review on five years of FoRB projects https://cku.dk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/FORB_LearningReview_web_highRes.pdf
and DK MFA report on FoRB by Nordic Consulting Group https://cku.dk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/FORB-Report.pdf * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Crossing Thresholds, Maurice Bloem speaks with Binalakshmi Nepram, an Indigenous scholar, poet, and peacebuilder from Manipur in Northeast India. Bina’s life and work sit at the intersection of climate disruption, armed conflict, and Indigenous spirituality — a place where survival is not abstract, but lived every day. Bina reflects on growing up in a deeply land-connected Indigenous community under martial law, where rituals, food, and shared spiritual practices have long sustained resilience. She speaks powerfully about Indigenous knowledge as living science, about women who patrol the streets at night to protect their communities, and about the meaning of staying rooted to land even amid violence and climate stress. Throughout the conversation, Bina reminds us that resilience does not begin with institutions — it begins with people, memory, and care. This episode weaves lived experience with insights from the Climate, Faith & Migration research, highlighting how Indigenous and faith-based knowledge systems are often the first to respond to crisis, yet remain overlooked by external actors. It is a conversation about peace, dignity, and the right to survive as a people — and an invitation to listen more closely to those who have been holding the line for generations. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Bina via her LinkedIn, and her organization's website. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Lucy Plummer, a youth advocate, doctoral researcher, and UN representative with Soka Gakkai International reflects on a deeply personal journey—from seeking peace through retreat, to discovering that real transformation happens through engagement, responsibility, and relationship. Drawing on her experiences in India and her Buddhist practice, she shares how her understanding of happiness shifted from isolation to connection. Lucy speaks candidly about youth despair, mental health, and why engagement—especially at the local level—matters more than ever in a fragmented world. She explains how spaces for dialogue, such as SGI’s community discussion meetings, create belonging and restore dignity in everyday life. Her reflections bridge lived experience, spiritual practice, and policy advocacy, offering a grounded perspective on what it means to take responsibility for one’s life while walking alongside others. The conversation also explores the Inner Development Goals, youth participation in sustainable development, and the inner–outer dynamic of change. Lucy offers a compelling reminder that progress is not only technical or structural—but deeply human. This episode is an invitation to resist retreat, stay present, and choose engagement—even when the path feels uncertain. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Lucy and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Lucy via her LinkedIn, and the SGI's website and Instagram, Facebook. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of a special series of the podcastWalk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem is joined by Lewis Cardinal, an Indigenous leader, teacher, and bridge-builder whose work centers on relationship—to land, to spirit, and to one another. This conversation is part of Crossing Thresholds: Religion, Resilience & Climate Migration, a special series that brings research on climate, faith, and human mobility into dialogue with lived wisdom from communities on the frontlines. While rooted in evidence, the series remains true to the spirit of Walk Talk Listen: creating space for connection and for leaders who are working—often quietly and patiently—to make the world more just, more sustainable, step by step. Lewis reflects on how climate change is experienced not only as environmental disruption, but as a disturbance of balance that is deeply cultural and spiritual. He speaks about the disappearance of lakes, shifting patterns of water, and what it means for Indigenous communities when land that carries memory, ceremony, and identity is under threat. Throughout the conversation, Lewis returns to the role of ceremony—not as something symbolic or abstract, but as a practical and spiritual response to imbalance. Ceremony, he explains, helps communities remember who they are, how they belong to the land, and how relationships can be restored even in times of great disruption. At the heart of Lewis’s reflections is a worldview grounded in relationship: resilience not as infrastructure or technology, but as connection—built over generations, rooted in responsibility, kinship, and care. His insights echo a core finding of the Climate, Faith & Migration research: that communities are already responding with deep wisdom, long before global systems take notice. This episode invites listeners to slow down, listen carefully, and reconsider what resilience really means in a changing climate. For the full report of this research check this link. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Lewis via his LinkedIn, and his organization's website. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem speaks with Brian Adams, who has spent nearly three decades building bridges of respect and understanding across more than 40 countries in Africa, Europe, North America, and the Asia–Pacific. Brian reflects on curiosity as a defining thread in his life — a habit of asking questions that began in childhood, often driving his mother to distraction, and later shaped his work across cultures, faiths, and institutions. Growing up in poverty in rural Arkansas and later encountering deep diversity in places like France and West Africa helped him understand belonging as something richer than simple connection: a sense of unity, purpose, and shared humanity. Drawing on his experience as Chair of the Board of Trustees of A Common Word Among the Youth (ACWAY), co-founder of the G20 Interfaith Forum, and founder of multiple dialogue initiatives, Brian explores dialogue as a lived practice, not a performance. He speaks about why openness about faith can strengthen trust, what youth teach us about honesty and discomfort, and how ACWAY’s Interfaith Development Goals offer a values-based framework for engaging religious and cultural diversity alongside the SDGs and Inner Development Goals. The conversation closes with reflections on humility, inner development, and the invitation to move beyond knowing others toward actively serving those outside our own circles. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Brian and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Brian via his LinkedIn, and the ACWAY's website. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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Welcome to Episode 1 of Crossing Thresholds: Religion, Resilience & Migration, a special mini-series of Walk Talk Listen produced by the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI). This series brings to life new research on climate change, faith, and human mobility from JLI’s recently published Climate, Faith & Migration report, developed in collaboration with Christian Aid. In this opening conversation, Maurice Bloem speaks with Vera Solovyeva, an Indigenous leader and researcher from the Sakha Republic in Siberia. Vera introduces the cosmology of the Three Worlds and the Three Souls, a worldview that shapes identity, responsibility, and resilience for her people.She reflects on ecological imbalance, cultural pressure, spiritual loss, and the deep relationship between people and land. Vera explains how indigenous knowledge systems guide communities in responding to climate change, not only as practical adaptation strategies, but as living expressions of culture, faith, and belonging. This episode sets the tone for the series by connecting lived experience with evidence, showing how global research findings are rooted in real stories from the frontlines. Learn more: The full Climate, Faith & Migration report by JLI and Christian Aid is available here. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Vera via her Instagram account * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem is joined by Lorenz Sell, co-founder of Sutra, for a reflective conversation about humility, receiving, and what it means to create spaces—both digital and human—where genuine connection can emerge. Lorenz shares how experiences such as Burning Man became unexpected teachers in his life, challenging deeply ingrained habits of control, self-sufficiency, and productivity. In those liminal spaces, where usual social scripts fall away, he began to notice how difficult it can be—not to give, but to receive. Receiving attention, support, care, and presence requires a different posture: one rooted in humility. The conversation weaves together Lorenz’s background in technology and engineering with his growing attention to inner development and relational practice. Rather than seeing technology as neutral or inevitable, he reflects on how digital environments quietly shape our behavior, our pace, and our ability to listen to one another. Designing spaces, he suggests, is always also designing relationships. Throughout the episode, humility is not framed as self-effacement, but as openness: a willingness to be changed by others and by experience. Receiving becomes an active practice—one that makes mutuality possible and allows communities of learning to form over time. This conversation is an invitation to slow down, to notice where we resist receiving, and to consider how the spaces we create—online and offline—can support deeper presence, trust, and shared becoming. And it also reminded me that receiving is not something we do once we understand—it’s something we practice by listening a little longer. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Lorenz and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Lorenz via his LinkedIn, and the Sutra's website. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem speaks with Sara Rahim, a global interfaith practitioner and youth leader working at the intersection of belonging, inclusion, and social transformation.Sara is part of the Programming Team of ACWAY, supporting young leaders across regions who are building bridges across difference through interfaith cooperation and grassroots leadership. With a decade of experience in network cultivation, health equity, workforce development, and intercultural engagement, she has helped design and lead initiatives that move inclusion from theory into daily practice.Sara has addressed major platforms on the role of interfaith action, including the White House, the United Nations, and multiple G20 Interfaith Forums. She is a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum and previously served as a UN Youth Representative for the Parliament of the World’s Religions. She holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago.In this conversation, we explore:* how her understanding of belonging formed early in life * what youth leadership really looks like today * how interfaith engagement translates into everyday work * why inclusion is not an “extra,” but a responsibility * and how she responds to the powerful question passed on by Benny Rietveld: “What are you doing to help?”
This episode is about becoming, choosing to help in quiet but structural ways, and discovering where belonging begins. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Sara and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. Also check out Sara's own playlist here. * Learn more about Sara via her LinkedIn, and the ACWAY Instagram account and their website. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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Benny Rietveld — bassist, composer, arranger, musical director for Santana, and former member of Miles Davis’ band — joins Walk Talk Listen for a deeply reflective, funny, and generous conversation about music, presence, heritage, and healing. Born in Utrecht and raised in Honolulu, Benny grew up in a multicultural mix of Dutch-Indonesian roots, Hawaiian upbringing, family parties full of guitars, and the irresistible pull of a piano in a department store. At age 12 he was playing in bands; by his 20s he was on stage with Sheila E., Prince, and later Miles Davis, whose “laser beam of attention” taught him what it means to be truly present in music. Today, Benny is the longtime musical director and bassist for Carlos Santana, and continues writing, recording, composing for film, and leading a genre-defying ensemble he jokingly calls “the circus.” In this episode we talk about: Growing up as a Dutch-Indonesian kid in Hawaii’s melting pot of cultures * How Hey Jude* sparked his first steps into music * What Miles Davis really taught him: presence, intensity, and honesty * Why music remains “medicine” for a dark and distracted world * Leaving Miles for Santana — and why Miles wanted people to move on * The joy (and lessons) of performing with his son * His upcoming projects, including a new album and film score
Benny also leaves a powerful question for the next guest Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Benny and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Benny via his LinkedIn, and Instagram accounts. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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Adam Nicholas Phillips is Chief Executive Officer of Interfaith America, the nation’s largest bridge-building organization working across campus, corporate, and civic settings.With two decades at the intersection of faith and public life, Adam previously served in the Biden–Harris Administration at USAID, where he led Faith-based and Localization efforts, shaped development policy, and supported democracy initiatives in nearly 100 countries. An ordained minister, he has also founded congregations, led national advocacy campaigns, collaborated with the White House and the State Department, and worked with global partners to expand interfaith cooperation. In this conversation, Adam reflects on: how his upbringing shaped his calling to service and bridge-building * the relationship between faith, democracy, belonging, and civic renewal * what gives him hope in a polarized world * youth and spirituality — and what the next generation is trying to build * why Patti Smith’s People Have the Power* still moves him * and why remembering that “it’s decreed the people rule” matters now more than ever
This episode is a reminder that agency, compassion, and community are not abstract ideals — they’re everyday commitments. Listener Engagement:* Discover the song picked by Adam and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Adam via his LinkedIn, and Instagram accounts. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, our guest is Sibu Szymanowska, a human rights advocate, entrepreneur, traveler, and global citizen with nearly two decades of experience living and working across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Sibu is the co-founder of The Hybrid Tours, a social enterprise that blends sustainable, intentional travel with storytelling to challenge stereotypes and foster real connection. With a background in economics and a master’s degree in humanitarianism and international conflict, she uses travel as a tool for justice, empathy, identity exploration, and global understanding. In this conversation, Sibu reflects on: how travel reshaped her sense of self * the responsibility we carry when entering someone else’s home, country, or story * the difference between seeing a place and being transformed by* a place * what it means to grow up between cultures and belong to more than one world
She also shares how co-founding The Hybrid Tours with Hira Aftab (go to episode 216 to listen to her) grew organically out of shared values — and how their differences strengthen the work.This episode invites listeners to think not only about the places they’ve traveled, but about the ways those journeys have shaped who they’ve become. Listener Engagement:* Discover the song picked by Sibu and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Sibu via her LinkedIn, and Instagram accounts of her companies The Hybrid Tours and Go Global with Sibu. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, host Maurice Bloem speaks with Åsa Jarskog, a key leader in the global Inner Development Goals (IDG) movement. Åsa has spent more than 35 years working in leadership, strategy, and sustainability across 67 countries — coaching executive teams, governments, development banks, and global organizations including IKEA, Ericsson, Lufthansa, Vodaphone, and the World Economic Forum. Åsa reflects on why inner development is not a concept — it’s a practice. She shares personal stories from her early life in northern Sweden, where cross-country skiing taught her the mindset of steady effort and inner resilience, a theme that now guides her work in human flourishing and transformational leadership.When asked about the song that represents her, Åsa laughs and says that while “I Will Survive” reflects resilience, the song that truly embodies her journey is “My Way.” Because for her, leadership is not about perfection. It’s about presence, authenticity, and showing up — again and again. Listener Engagement:* Discover the song picked by Åsa and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Åsa via her LinkedIn, and Facebook. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Hira Aftab — founder of Our World Too, a platform dedicated to re-humanizing narratives around refugees and displaced communities, and co-founder of The Hybrid Tours, a social enterprise blending travel and social impact, is our guest. Hira reflects on her journey as a “third-culture kid” growing up between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the UK, and how her lived experiences shaped her commitment to dignity-centered communications. She talks about pushing back against expectations, carving her own path outside the family tradition of medicine, and why her chosen song speaks to her: “…that speaks to me, because I feel … going against the norm, doing what I did, and how I did it.” With two master’s degrees and her engagement as an ACWAY Fellow, Hira brings clarity, courage, and compassion to every space she enters — from storytelling to peacebuilding. Listener Engagement:* Discover the song picked by Hira and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Hira via her LinkedIn, and Instagram and Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook of Hybrid Tours. Also check Facebook of Our World Too. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, host Maurice Bloem speaks with Sarah Rehman, Membership and Administrative Specialist for the Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers. Holding four master’s degrees — in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Mediterranean Security, Theology, and Women’s and Gender Studies — Sarah combines intellectual depth with the compassion of a peacebuilder who has seen both struggle and hope up close. Sarah reflects on her journey across disciplines, cultures, and faith traditions, speaking about love, resilience, and what sustains her in difficult times. As she puts it: “Resilience. It’s the overcoming incredible odds, but still finding joy.” She also reminds us that “the basis of every religion is love, and what people do with it after that is a reflection on them, not on faith.” Together, Maurice and Sarah explore how this understanding shapes her work in preventing violent extremism, empowering women and youth, and keeping hope alive in the face of adversity. Listener Engagement:* Discover the song picked by Sarah and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Sarah's work via LinkedIn * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, host Maurice Bloem talks with Fadi Daou, Executive Director of Globethics and one of today’s most thoughtful voices on ethics, spirituality, and leadership. Fadi shares his journey from leading the Adyan Foundation to his current work promoting ethical governance and human fraternity. He speaks about what it means to act from conviction rather than ambition, and how quitting—when done in integrity—can become a step toward renewal, not retreat. Through stories of dialogue, discernment, and moral courage, Fadi invites us to rediscover the courage to hope: a hope that resists cynicism, rebuilds trust, and reminds us of our shared humanity. Listener Engagement:* Discover the song picked by Fadi and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Learn more about Fadi's work via his social media handles of his organization Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. * Connect with him personally on LinkedIn. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, I speak with Drew Tucker, vibraphonist, educator, and Director of the Jazz Road program at South Arts. Known for his wit, creativity, and signature reminder that “It’s not a xylophone,” Drew has spent his career reshaping how people listen — not only to instruments, but to one another. Drew shares stories of his early musical influences, his lifelong love of rhythm, and the turning points that led him from performer to cultural leader. The conversation explores the power of mentorship, the role of the arts in building community, and what it means to create spaces where young musicians can thrive. Together, Maurice and Drew reflect on sound as a language of empathy and curiosity — and how, in the right hands, a vibraphone can become an instrument of connection, creativity, and change.* Learn more about Drew's work via his website: Its is not an xylophone.. * Connect with him on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode, Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon joins Maurice for a deep and thoughtful conversation about the intersections of faith, education, and human flourishing. Martha, a researcher and educator at Uppsala University’s Faculty of Theology, reflects on her work exploring how religious and worldview education can foster understanding, empathy, and coexistence in plural societies. Together, they discuss what it means to teach and learn across difference, how faith-based perspectives can enrich moral and civic education, and why spaces for open dialogue matter more than ever in today’s polarized world. The conversation weaves through themes of values, belonging, and inner development — inviting listeners to think about how education and faith together can shape more compassionate communities. Martha leads research at the Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre and is deeply engaged in international collaborations on religious literacy, worldview education, and intercultural understanding. Her work bridges academia, policy, and practice to promote peace, equality, and meaningful dialogue. Listener Engagement:* Learn more about Martha’s work via her Uppsala University profile. * Connect with her on LinkedIn. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode, Maria Lucia Uribe, Executive Director of Arigatou International, talks about the power of bringing children, youth, and communities together to foster peace, dignity, and justice. She reflects on how interfaith collaboration and dialogue help create safe, nurturing environments where children can thrive and be agents of positive change. Maurice and Maria Lucia explore her work leading Arigatou International’s Ethics Education for Children Initiative, now active in more than 30 countries. They discuss the importance of values-based education, preventing violence, nurturing compassion, and mobilizing faith communities to stand with children in shaping a more peaceful future. Maria Lucia has been Executive Director of Arigatou International since 2013. She leads the strategic expansion of ethics education, convenes the International Consortium on Nurturing Values in Early Childhood, and co-leads global initiatives on children’s rights and the prevention of violence. She holds a Master in Peace and Conflict Transformation and has served in leadership roles with Child Rights Connect, INEE, and PaRD. Listener Engagement:* Discover more about Arigatou International and its initiatives through website, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram @ethicseducationforchildren. Maria Lucia is also on Instagram and Facebook. * Connect with Maria Lucia on LinkedIn. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode, Liliya Khasanova shares her inspiring journey of empowering youth to become leaders in interfaith dialogue and global peacebuilding. From her work with A Common Word Among Youth (ACWAY) to her academic pursuits, Liliya speaks about the importance of giving young people the tools and confidence to navigate a world filled with complex challenges and divisions. Maurice and Liliya explore the creation of the Interfaith Development Goals (IDGs) and how these goals connect to the Inner Development Goals framework. They discuss the role of faith and collaboration in fostering understanding, and the need for mental health support and self-reflection in youth leadership. This episode offers practical insights into building bridges across cultures and faith traditions through dialogue, empathy, and action. With over a decade at ACWAY, Liliya has organized eight global youth forums, trained young leaders around the world, and currently serves as a post-doctoral scholar at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Her work is a testament to the transformative power of youth-led initiatives in shaping a more just and peaceful world. Listener Engagement:* Explore more about Liliya’s organization, ACWAY, through LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. * Connect with Liliya on LinkedIn. * Share your feedback on this episode through our Walk Talk Listen Feedback link – your thoughts matter!
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In this episode, Noor Rehman opens up about his journey from childhood experiences that shaped his deep commitment to protecting children, to his current role as Regional Coordinator for South Asia at the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI). Noor reflects on how growing up in an environment where discipline sometimes came through physical punishment sparked his lifelong dedication to safeguarding children and preventing violence. Maurice and Noor explore Noor’s work with the Faith and Positive Change for Children, Families, and Communities (FPCC) initiative, a collaboration between JLI, UNICEF, and Religions for Peace. Noor shares stories of how local faith leaders and communities come together to promote child protection, adolescent well-being, and climate resilience. He highlights the vital role of trust-building, listening, and culturally sensitive approaches in creating lasting social and behavioral change. With over 12 years at Islamic Relief Pakistan before joining JLI, Noor brings experience in child welfare, WASH, education, and emergency response. This episode offers an inspiring and deeply personal conversation about how faith and collaboration can transform the lives of children and families across South Asia. Listener Engagement:* Discover the song picked by Noor and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Noor's present organization JLI via: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and JLI website. Noor is also on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. * Share your thoughts on this episode at Walk Talk Listen Feedback. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Martine Miller takes us on a journey through two decades of working on the front lines of conflict in over 80 countries worldwide. From Libya and Sudan to Afghanistan and Myanmar, she has partnered with local communities, governments, and multilateral agencies to support early warning systems, negotiations, transitional justice, and post-war recovery. In this deeply human conversation, Martine shares her reflections on the power of dialogue and the role of faith and cultural sensitivity in building sustainable peace. Maurice thanks Martine for being his "human library" for an hour, offering a rare and personal glimpse into the stories behind global crises and the lessons learned from them. As President of the International Center for Religion & Diplomacy and a member of several international expert pools, Martine brings both academic expertise and hands-on experience to her work. With dual master’s degrees and advanced certifications in mediation, negotiation, and emergency response, she continues to serve her local community as a volunteer AEMT and as a lecturer at top universities. Her unique perspective bridges the local and the global, showing how connection and courage can transform even the most complex conflicts. Listener Engagement:* Discover the song picked by Martine and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Martine's organization via: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Instagram and ICRD website. Martine is also on LinkedIn. * Share your thoughts on this episode at Walk Talk Listen Feedback. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Peter Yeboah is the Executive Director of the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), the largest and oldest non-state health actor in the country, responsible for nearly 30% of national health service delivery. With three decades of leadership across Ghana and Africa, he has become a key figure in advancing equitable, accessible, and community-centered health care.In this conversation, Peter shares deeply personal stories of growing up in a Catholic family of 14 children, his parents’ powerful influence, and how faith and resilience shaped his life path. From returning to work at the very hospital where he was born to leading CHAG and international health associations, Peter reflects on the intersection of family values, education, faith, and leadership — and how they guide his vision for health equity across Africa. Listener Engagement:* Discover the song picked by Peter and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Peter's organization via: LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube and CHAG website. * Share your thoughts on this episode at Walk Talk Listen Feedback. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Nayla Tabbara is a Lebanese scholar, activist, and co-founder of Adyan, an organization dedicated to promoting coexistence, diversity, and interreligious solidarity. With decades of experience in interfaith dialogue, citizenship education, and pluralism, Nayla has become a leading voice in bridging divides across communities. She currently serves as Adyan’s President and has been instrumental in shaping its vision of living together in diversity.In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Nayla reflects on her childhood during Lebanon’s Civil War, the daily realities of conflict, and how those experiences shaped her commitment to building peace and resilience. She shares the story of Adyan’s founding, its work uniting Muslims, Christians, and those beyond religious identity, and the challenges of addressing displacement, injustice, and extremism in today’s world. This conversation moves from deeply personal memories to global perspectives, offering wisdom on how diversity, when embraced, becomes a source of strength. Listener Engagement:* Discover the song picked by Nayla and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Nayla via: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Adyan Foundation website. * Share your thoughts on this episode at Walk Talk Listen Feedback. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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This week’s Walk Talk Listen comes with a quick update. Due to my travels to South Africa for the G20 Interfaith Forum, the regular episode will be released on Friday morning instead of Wednesday.
In this special intermezzo, I share my reflections from the forum in Cape Town, where over 400 participants gathered under the theme Ubuntu in Action – Focus on Vulnerable Communities. These impressions were first published on jliflc.com, and I hope you enjoy hearing them here as well.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, I’m joined by Dr. Sherrie Steiner, Associate Professor of Sociology at Purdue University Fort Wayne and historian for the G20 Interfaith Forum. Speaking with openness and candor, Sherrie takes us from her childhood in the California desert through the challenges that shaped her resilience, to her work today in environmental sociology, public health, and global policy.We explore her research on the health impacts of heavy metals, her newly published book documenting religious leaders’ engagement with the G20 system, and her belief that achieving the Sustainable Development Goals demands both political will and inner transformation. Along the way, she reflects on the people, moments, and choices that have shaped her understanding of what love means in action. You can find her latest book at Brill. This is the discount code: DGBSUMMER25 (valid until August 31, 2025). Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Sherrie and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Sherrie via: LinkedIn. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In this heartfelt episode of Walk Talk Listen, Patrick Bell reflects on the journey that shaped his personal faith and professional calling. From formative moments in the UK—where a touring Christian band sparked his spiritual curiosity—to becoming a voice in global faith-based collaboration, Patrick’s story is rich with reflection, growth, and honesty. We explore the tension between certainty and searching, and how music, faith, and global engagement continue to inform his path. Whether discussing leadership, failure, or the ongoing challenge of “showing up,” Patrick brings humor, humility, and insight to this vulnerable and inspiring conversation.Listener Engagement* Learn more about Patrick's work on LinkedIn. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable. * Explore Patrick's song pick and others on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice speaks with Vanda Lengkong, a grounded and visionary leader whose work spans from the heart of rural Indonesia to the global arena. Raised in a small village in North Sulawesi, Vanda reflects on how her early experiences continue to shape her values and leadership today. Now based in Jakarta, Vanda serves as a senior leader with Plan International Asia Pacific, helping guide the organization’s work across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. In this conversation, she speaks openly about the power of listening, the importance of humility, and her commitment to shifting how leadership and development are understood. This is a rich and human conversation that reminds us how local wisdom can indeed shape global impact.Listener Engagement* Learn more about Vanda's work on LinkedIn. Find out more about Plan International Asia Pacific via this link here and it's social media handles: Instagram and Facebook. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable. * Explore Desmond's song pick and others on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Desmond Lim is a regional leader at World Vision based in Singapore, whose journey has taken him across continents—from Southeast Asia to the U.S. and U.K. and through multiple layers of professional and personal transformation. He shares how his upbringing, faith, and cultural context influence leadership in today’s complex humanitarian and development space. Desmond reflects on building partnerships that are truly collaborative, the importance of humility in engaging communities, and how global organizations can better listen and respond to the realities of local actors. The conversation also weaves in insights about parenting, personal growth, and the quiet power of proximity in systems leadership.Listener Engagement* Learn more about Desmond's work on LinkedIn. Find out more about World Vision Asia Pacific via this link here. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable. * Explore Desmond's song pick and others on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, we are joined by Catherine Russ, an expert in collaborative systems, adult education, and partnership brokering. With over 15 years of experience across INGOs, UN agencies, governments, corporates, and the World Economic Forum, Catherine brings a unique lens to what it takes to build meaningful partnerships. Her work spans both structural transformation—helping organizations shift from top-down hierarchies to collaborative ecosystems—and personal transformation, using behavioral science and neuroscience to unlock how people and partners learn best. Together, Catherine and Maurice explore the “ongoing dance” between control and emergence, power and vulnerability, learning and unlearning. Catherine reflects on the need for courage in changing how we relate and the subtle, powerful role facilitators play in shaping group culture. It’s a thought-provoking and practical conversation for anyone working in partnerships, systems change, or adult learning—and anyone ready to rethink how we work together.Listener Engagement* Learn more about Catherine’s work on LinkedIn * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable. * Explore Catherine's song pick and others on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this milestone 200th episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem is joined by Lieselotte (Lisa) Heederik, co-founder and CEO of Nazava Water Filters, an award-winning social enterprise working to provide safe, affordable drinking water to low-income households across the Global South. Lisa shares her personal journey—from a childhood across Bolivia, Kenya, and Yemen to leading one of the only WHO-certified water filter companies in developing countries. Her own experience of dehydration as an infant shaped a life-long mission: making safe water a right, not a privilege. During this wide-ranging conversation, Lisa reflects on how Nazava scaled its impact to reach over 600,000 people in 30+ countries. From the post-tsunami landscapes of Aceh to microfinance-driven solutions in Kenya, she discusses the intersection of women’s empowerment, climate action, and health equity. With humor and humility, Lisa shares her “why,” what keeps her hopeful, and how running trail races mirrors her work as a purpose-driven entrepreneur.Listener Engagement* Learn more about Lisa and Nazava at global.nazava.com * Follow Lisa on LinkedIn and Nazava on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable. * Explore Lisa's song pick and others on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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“Google the name of the disease my daughter has.” With that sentence, Gideon Lopes Cardozo shared about a deeply personal part of his life—his daughter’s diagnosis with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, a lesser-known yet relatively common chromosomal condition. In this honest and wide-ranging conversation, Gideon shares how his path led from Earth sciences to executive coaching, team dynamics, and systems thinking.Over two decades, Gideon worked internationally as a geoscientist in academia and the energy industry before shifting toward organizational transformation. He now supports teams in the energy transition space using relational systems coaching and agile methods. Maurice and Gideon explore what it means to navigate complexity—whether in personal life or global systems—with humility, empathy, and curiosity.Listener Engagement* Discover more about Gideon's work at Partner Strength. * Follow Gideon via LinkedIn as well as his company on LinkedIn. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable. * Explore Gideon’s song pick and others on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem is joined by Dr. William “Chip” Gruen, Professor of Religion Studies and Director of the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding at Muhlenberg College. With a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a scholarly background in early Christianity, Chip’s passion has evolved toward enhancing religious literacy and fostering deeper public discourse on religion. He shares how his academic roots influence his current public-facing work, including the ReligionWise podcast and educational programs designed to help people speak about religion with more nuance and understanding.Chip reflects on how ancient narratives still inform modern identity, how religion continues to shape public life, and why better dialogue matters in divided times. With humor and depth, he speaks about the role of curiosity in confronting complexity, and how the Institute’s work invites both students and the wider public to engage religion not as dogma, but as cultural expression. He also shares insights on inner growth, music, kindness, and the power of simply listening well.Listener Engagement* Discover more about Chip's work at religionandculture.com. * Follow the Institute for Religious and Cultural Understanding on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Please do explore the songs selected by Chip and previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In Episode 197 of Walk Talk Listen, we sit down with pianist, vocalist, composer, and producer Alexis Lombre. Raised on Chicago’s Southside, Alexis brings an unapologetically soulful sound rooted in jazz but unconfined by labels. She shares her musical journey—from her debut Southside Sounds to her latest anthem “Boundaries,” a bold call to honor one's space and voice. Alexis reflects on purpose, the power of authenticity, and what it means to be a “satellite for whatever God wants to say.” Join us for a conversation that explores the intersections of music, self-ownership, and the role of art in spiritual and social awakening. Listener Engagement:* Discover more about Alexis via her Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Her website can be found here including her upcoming concerts and tours. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Please do explore the songs selected by Alexis and previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice sits down with Rev. Dr. Vicki Garlock—founder of World Religions for Kids, award-winning author, and editor of the Religion Matters blog. Vicki shares her journey from a background in neuroscience and cognitive development to creating engaging, multifaith educational materials for children ages 3–10. Drawing from her upbringing in Lutheran and Catholic settings, her years as a professor, and her work at Jubilee! Community, Vicki reflects on how early experiences, academic rigor, and spiritual curiosity shaped her path.In this conversation, Vicki discusses what it means to teach religion in age-appropriate ways, her thoughts on being an “amateur mystic,” and how her books We All Have Sacred Spaces and ABCs of the World's Religions are helping young people (and adults!) explore religious literacy with empathy and wonder. She also talks about her growing edges, acts of kindness, and the spiritual wisdom found in everyday life. Listener Engagement:* Discover more about Vicki via her Facebook, Instagram and Blue Sky. The World Religions for Kids Facebook page, can be found here. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Please do explore the songs selected by Vicki and previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Rev. Dr. Kara Markell is a spiritually grounded educator and theologian who thrives at the intersection of tradition and transformation. In this episode, Kara speaks with Maurice about her journey through music, feminist and liberation theology, adaptive leadership, and eco-spirituality—while reflecting on the evolving landscape of religious communities. With degrees in music, education, and theology, Kara has served for over two decades in ministry and continues to mentor future leaders, develop curricula, and explore new spiritual frontiers through Evergreen Wild Church and beyond. From long walks in the forest to fireside conversations, Kara shares how embracing inter-spiritual wisdom and curiosity shapes her leadership, motherhood, and ministry. Listener Engagement:* Discover more about Kara via her Facebook and Evergreen Wild Church, or follow her on Instagram. The webpage of the Center for Ecumenical and Interfaith Engagement, can be found here. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Please do explore the songs selected by Kara and previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Sofia Sayabalian opens a thoughtful conversation on the intersections of creativity, communication, and connection. With warmth and insight, she walks us through her Armenian roots, her journey from Los Angeles to Seattle, and her evolving relationship with spirituality, identity, and purpose. Maurice and Sofia explore how storytelling—especially in the digital age—can still uphold human intimacy, even when mediated by emerging technologies like AI. Sofia shares the inspiration behind The Power of Dance, her graduate audio storytelling project that blends narrative vulnerability with interviews from fellow dancers. She reflects on how dance becomes a vehicle for healing, grounding, and creative expression—an extension of the artistic spirit she nurtured through painting and mindfulness. The episode also touches on imposter syndrome, the importance of listening, and why developing a relationship to self is essential for making meaningful impact in the world. Listener Engagment:* Discover more about Sofia via her Website, LinkedIn as well as Soundcloud. The webpage of the Center for Ecumenical and Interfaith Engagement, can be found here. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Please do explore the songs selected by Sofia and previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, saxophonist, composer, and community builder Chelsea Baratz takes us on a deeply personal journey through music, mentorship, and meaning. Raised in the soulful, hard-bop heart of Pittsburgh and sharpened in the creative fire of New York City, Chelsea reflects on formative moments—from her first jam session at the Crawford Grill to the life-changing mentorship of Sean Jones and Roy Hargrove. We explore how her upbringing, identity, and powerful experiences shaped both her artistry and her ongoing recovery from COVID related challenges. Chelsea also shares her role in boundary-pushing projects like the all-female HERA Collective and The Empress, her recent top-charting saxophone quartet. As she discusses the Sustainable and Inner Development Goals, Chelsea makes a compelling case for art as a form of activism and connection. From invoking the Akashic Field to advocating for communal care and restorative justice, Chelsea’s voice rings clear: music is not only her sanctuary—it’s her way of making the world better, one note at a time. Listener Engagment:* Discover more about Chelsea via her Instagram (from here you can go to her Albums, Soundcloud and more), Facebook or YouTube. She is not really active on LinkedIn. Do you check out one of the concerts she refers to in this episode at Smalls Jazz Club. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Please do explore the songs selected by Chelsea and previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this engaging conversation, Katie Starobin reflects on her journey from Los Angeles to Seattle, sharing how soccer, family, and a rigorous humanities education shaped her values of teamwork, commitment, and community. We explore how her college experiences—ranging from leading the Jewish Student Union to studying abroad in Italy—helped her understand the deeper meaning of belonging and connection. Katie speaks candidly about navigating generational divides, the importance of redefining success, and why small acts of community care matter just as much as systemic change. Katie Starobin is a business economics student at Seattle University's Albers School of Business and Economics, graduating in June 2025. She has excelled academically in the Honors Program, gained global insights through study abroad, and built experience in financial analysis at Microsoft and United Airlines. An engaged campus leader, Katie has conducted research in labor economics and healthcare policy, served as a peer tutor, research assistant, and active member of Alpha Kappa Psi. She also serves on the Advisory Council of the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE). This fall, she will begin her full-time role as a Financial Analyst at Microsoft, bringing her analytical and leadership skills to business strategy and problem-solving. * Discover more about Katie via the CEIE Website. Check the CEIE LinkedIn, Facebook page and Instagram. Follow Jeanine via LinkedIn. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Please do explore the songs selected by Katie and previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Jeanine Jansen invites us into her ongoing journey of finding her voice—both literally through singing and metaphorically as a leader, facilitator, and human being. We explore what it means to be asked to “show more of yourself” and how navigating visibility, vulnerability, and identity shapes one’s presence in the world. Jeanine shares stories from her work across organizations, the shifts in her understanding of leadership, and the courage it takes to step forward with authenticity. She also sings during the conversation, offering listeners a glimpse into the power and tenderness of voice as a practice of connection. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Jeanine via the organization she founded Remember the Talent. Check their Facebook page and YouTube page. She teaches at Nyenrode Business University, check one of their courses. Follow Jeanine via LinkedIn or read her blogs, this is one her blog posts. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Please do explore the songs selected by Jeanine and previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Nate Wong, partner at Bridgespan and a visionary leader is dedicated to reimagining systems through equity, innovation, and human transformation. Nate shares his journey from management consulting to becoming a trusted voice in shifting power to communities, exploring how ownership models, trust-based philanthropy, and inclusive collaboration can fuel social change. His reflections are grounded not only in systems thinking but also in deep personal insight, reminding us that lasting change requires both organizational and inner transformation. As we walk through topics like spiritual grounding in professional life, the courage to let go, and the beauty of Hawaiian wisdom (yes, Nate chose a Hawaiian song that embodies this episode’s spirit), Nate challenges us to build a “social impact consciousness.” Tune in for a conversation that bridges policy and presence, capitalism and compassion — and invites each of us to walk with more intention, wherever we are. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Bridgespan via their Website. Check their LinkedIn and Instagram. Follow Nate via LinkedIn, Website and Medium. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Please do explore the songs selected by Nate and previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here. * A few of Nate's Publications: + “From Capital to Connections: Aligning Donor Strengths with Nonprofit Needs” (Bridgespan.org, 2024) + "Nonprofit Leadership Transitions: Four Ways Funders can Support Leaders of Color" (Bridgespan.org, 2024), + "How to Support New Leaders of Color: A Transition Timetable" (Bridgespan.org, 2024), + “Building a Trust-Based Philanthropy To Shift Power Back to Communities” (SSIR, 2021)
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Wietse A. Tol, a leading figure in global mental health, holds academic appointments at the University of Copenhagen, VU University Amsterdam, Innlandet University (Norway), and Johns Hopkins University. His work focuses on multi-sectoral, integrated interventions that address both mental health and its social determinants — from poverty to climate stress — with a sharp eye on how research can inform practice and vice versa. During this episode, we explore Wietse’s personal and professional journey, including formative experiences in Nepal, a shift from aspiring therapist to systems-level researcher, and his current leadership in large-scale mental health prevention initiatives. The conversation highlights the need for upstream solutions, public mental health strategies, and the role of mindfulness in addressing polarization and building social connection.If you’re curious about how structural vulnerabilities and mental health intersect — and what can be done about it — this episode is a must-listen. Listener Engagement: * Explore Wietse’s publications here. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Please do explore the songs selected by previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here. Wietse refers to a video that was made of the song he chose, check YouTube.
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In this powerful episode of Walk Talk Listen, Rudelmar Bueno de Faria, General Secretary of ACT Alliance, a global coalition of over 137 faith-based organizations working across more than 125 countries is our guest. From Rudelmar his early days in southern Brazil to his influential roles at the World Council of Churches and now ACT Alliance, he shares his journey of faith, peacebuilding, and advocacy. He opens up about navigating political polarization, religious instrumentalization, and the deep challenges of today’s humanitarian sector—including the dangerous shift away from values like compassion, inclusion, and solidarity. Rudelmar offers grounded reflections on hope, drawn from the courage of youth and the potential of interfaith collaboration. He calls for a renewed prophetic voice from faith communities and challenges us to rethink our models of leadership, development, and climate justice in a fragmented world. As we explore what gives him hope, his passion for dialogue and his belief in collective action shine through. A must-listen for anyone seeking clarity and courage in complex times. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about ACT Alliance via their Website. Check their Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube as well. Follow Rudelmar via LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook and Bluesky. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Please do explore the songs selected by previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here. One of the songs selected by Rudelmar is not available on Spotify, so check out the song via YouTube.
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This special episode of Walk Talk Listen explores the vital intersection of faith, gender justice, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Maurice is joined by three inspiring guests behind the new report 30 Years On: Faith in the ICPD Programme of Action:* Rev. Dr. Elaine Neuenfeldt, Global Gender Justice Programme Manager at ACT Alliance and a theologian with deep expertise in feminist theology, faith-based advocacy, and inclusive organizational change. * Dr. Paul Z. Mmbando, Medical Doctor and Director of Health and Diakonia Programs at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT), with regional and global leadership in SRHR and public health. * Dr. Nora Khalaf-Elledge, a gender expert and religious feminist with a PhD in Gender, Religion and Development, currently chairing the Gender-Based Violence and Faith Working Group at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI).
Together, they reflect on how faith actors across diverse traditions have consistently shown up for justice over the past 30 years, advocating for SRHR, countering backlash, and embodying love through action.Themes explored include:* The unique role of faith actors in community-rooted SRHR efforts * Multi-faith collaboration in policy and advocacy * Faith, ethics, and feminist theological frameworks for gender justice * What gives each guest hope—and what “duckie” they’ve had to put down to grow
Listen in for a deeply moving and timely conversation on faith and justice. Stay tuned for the report release—coming soon via ACT Alliance and JLI. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about ACT Alliance via their Website. Check their Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube as well. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Although we didn't ask a music question during this episode, please do explore the songs selected by previous guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of sitting down with incredible musicians—artists who use their craft not just for entertainment, but for healing, storytelling, activism, and connection.In this compilation episode, you’ll hear highlights from conversations with past musical guests such as Maya Azucena, Lakecia Benjamin, Endea Owens, Noah Jackson, Andromeda Turre, Amina Scott, Shirazette Tinnin, Desirée, Patrick Drabe and Maurice Rugebregt. They share how music shaped their paths, inspired change, and continues to connect us all. If any voice in this episode speaks to you, I invite you to explore their full story in the original episodes.Let these clips move you—and maybe even lead you to your next favorite episode. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by artists like Endea Owens and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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We are joined by Dr. Julie Clague, a Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of Glasgow. Julie shares how her journey from a devout Catholic upbringing in post-industrial northern England to the cloisters of academia has been shaped by moments of kindness, deep reflection, and a powerful sense of calling. From studying chemistry to teaching theology, she opens up about the unexpected turns in her life, the transformative impact of gratuitous generosity, and how teaching in a secular, diverse university setting informs her understanding of religion, spirituality, and justice today. Julie reflects on the evolving nature of student engagement, the role of faith in development, and the importance of creating new structures when the old ones no longer serve. With warmth and insight, she also discusses her role in caring for her elderly mother, her involvement with JLI, and the music that moves her. This conversation is an invitation to consider how simple human encounters can carry transformative power and how each of us can walk our own path toward a more just and connected world. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Julie via her University Website. Check the University of Glasgow Facebook, Instagram, and Blue Sky as well. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Julie (she selected three!) and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode, Dr. Peter Mandaville, a leading scholar in global Islamic studies and international affairs, shares insights from his extensive career in academia, government, and policy advising. A professor at George Mason University, he has held senior advisory roles at USAID and the U.S. Institute of Peace, focusing on faith engagement and inclusive societies. With experience at the U.S. State Department under multiple administrations and affiliations with institutions like Brookings and CSIS, Mandaville has shaped discussions on religion, politics, and diplomacy. He is also the author of several influential books, including The Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power and Islam & Politics. Throughout the conversation, Mandaville and Maurice explore the evolving role of faith communities in diplomacy, the challenges of sustaining strategic religious engagement amid political shifts, and the broader implications for development and humanitarian efforts. He reflects on his upbringing in Saudi Arabia, his academic journey, and the intersection of leadership, ethics, and global policy. The episode also features Mandaville answering a question from previous guest Nikhil on what he is currently seeking to learn in his leadership journey. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Peter via his LinkedIn profile and Instagram. Check the Schar School of Policy and Government website, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn profile as well. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Peter and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this last episode of the special #CSW69 series of the podcast Walk Talk Listen , Maurice Bloem speaks with Kagwiria, a human rights lawyer and gender technical advisor, about the ongoing fight—though she prefers to call it a journey—for gender equality and justice. With CSW 69 marking 30 years since the Beijing Declaration, Kagwiria reflects on the progress made and the alarming pushback against women’s rights globally. She shares how her upbringing in a family of justice warriors shaped her commitment to this work, recounting how her father, as a land adjudicator, defied patriarchal norms by ensuring fair rulings for women. Now, leading gender advocacy efforts at World Renew, she emphasizes the need to bridge grassroots realities with global policymaking, ensuring that the voices of marginalized women inform international conversations. Throughout the discussion, Kagwiria stresses that faith-based organizations have a critical role to play in advancing gender justice—not just through advocacy but by challenging harmful interpretations of scripture that have long been used to justify inequality. She highlights the power of alliances across sectors, calling for stronger funding, results-driven action, and collective messaging to counter rising opposition. She has a clear reply when she is asked about how she maintains hope in a time of setbacks. Wearing a T-shirt with the message “Gender Justice Now,” Kagwiria embodies the belief that this journey requires all of us to show up, to educate, and to keep moving forward—until equality is a shared reality, not a distant goal. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * You can find Kagwiria her organization World Renew on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. You can find Kagwiria on LinkedIn.
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Reflecting on the progress made since 1995, Michael Trice (the Spehar-Halligan Professor and Executive Director at the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement at Seattle University) also confronts the harsh reality that resistance to gender justice is growing, driven by nationalism, authoritarianism, and religious fundamentalism.He shares how his center is working to counteract this backlash by equipping faith-based institutions with the tools to challenge patriarchal interpretations of religious texts and foster inclusive leadership within religious and academic spaces. He speaks passionately about the need to build alliances that transcend traditional advocacy silos, bringing together gender justice movements with climate activism, labor rights, racial justice, and democracy-building efforts. In an era where misinformation spreads rapidly, he emphasizes the importance of countering harmful narratives and reclaiming public discourse with values rooted in equity and inclusion.As they discuss the challenges of the current political climate, Michael reflects on what it takes to maintain hope and resilience and he draws from Pope Francis’ warning about the dangers of disconnection and reminds us that at the heart of progress—whether in policy, activism, or daily life—is the fundamental belief that we need one another.As the episode concludes, Michael leaves listeners with an open question for the next guest, curious about his question? Start listening.#WalkTalkListen #CSW69 #GenderEquality #FaithInAction #IntersectionalJustice #EndGenderDiscrimination #BeijingDeclaration #Misinformation #InterfaithDialogue #HumanRights #putdowntheduckie Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * You can find Michael's Center CEIE on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram and they also have their own website. Michael is himself also on LinkedIn and Facebook.
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Eileen DeGuire, the Legislative Director for the Franciscan Action Network came from Washington DC to discuss the 30-year legacy of the Beijing Declaration on gender equality, the significant role of faith-based organizations in advancing and defending women's rights, and the increasing global challenges faced by women's rights. Eileen shares insights on how faith organizations, including the multi-denominational Franciscan Action Network, are partnering with other groups to counteract setbacks, promote gender equality, and stay inspired in their work. They also discuss the perspectives of younger generations on politics and institutional faith, emphasizing the importance of listening, community support, and self-care in their advocacy efforts. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * You can find Eileen her organization FAN on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram and they also have their own website. Eileen is herself also on LinkedIn.
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Nicole Hosein from Episcopal Relief and Development talks about the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 69), the progress and challenges faced in gender equality, and the significance of the Beijing Declaration's 30th anniversary. Nicole, with over a decades of experience in gender initiatives, emphasizes the vital role of civil society and faith-based organizations. She shares her insights on the need for tangible resources to support gender equality commitments, and highlights the inspiring role of youth in this ongoing struggle. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * You can find Nicole her organization ERD on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram . Nicole is herself also on LinkedIn.
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Ruairidh Waddell, Chief Program and Impact Officer of World Renew connected from Chiang Mai, Thailand. Rory discusses the importance of faith-based organizations in mobilizing grassroots movements and fostering respect and equality, especially amidst growing resistance to gender equality. He shares personal motivations and experiences that shaped his commitment to gender equality, the role of faith-based organizations in defending women's rights, and the significance of collaborations like the Act Alliance. The conversation highlights the urgent need for inclusive values and transformative change led by community-level partnerships. Rory also reflects on the importance of elevating voices not present at CSW to inform gender equality advocacy and programming. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * You can find Ruairidh his organization World Renew on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. You can find Ruairidh on LinkedIn.
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Francesca Traglia, Co-President of the Society for Gender Professionals and former coordinator for the global gender justice program at Act Alliance delves into current challenges facing women's rights, the significance of faith-based organizations in gender equality, and strategic responses against anti-gender movements. Francesca shares her experiences, motivations, and strategies to advance gender justice, highlighting the importance of coordinated, intersectional, and persistent efforts in the global fight for gender equality. And like Ernie, she might want to hold on to her duckie. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * You can find Society for Gender Professionals on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. You can find Francesca on LinkedIn and Instagram.
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Nora Khalaf-Elledge, who is part of the JLI community, is a gender advisor attending the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 69) in New York to represent a working group for Sexual Violence Research Initiative (on communication with policymakers around faith and GBV). Nora is presenting about a toolkit for faith actors and policymakers on how to communicate about faith and GBV more easily. She also talked about the connection between gender equality and religion, the resistance to gender rights, and the essential contributions of faith-based organizations. Nora emphasizes the need for empathy and storytelling in promoting gender equality and shares personal insights on practicing gender equality in daily life. The episode underscores the importance of steadfast values and integrity in advocating for social justice and women's rights. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * You can find SVRI on social media: LinkedIn, Blue Sky, Facebook and Instagram. You can find Nora on LinkedIn.
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Nina Wu and Eunice Tham from the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation dropped by to discuss about their experiences during the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. The discussion covers their motivations for attending CSW, the importance of youth and women’s voices in faith-based organizations, and the role such organizations play in advancing gender equality. The guests also delve into challenges they face, strategies to utilize their platforms effectively, and their personal 'duckies' (challenges) that they need to overcome for personal growth and empowerment. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * You can find Tzu Chi Foundation on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. You can find Helen on LinkedIn. Nina is als on Instagram and LinkedIn, Eunice is on Instagram.
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Helen Catton discusses the importance of meaningful action over mere policy-making for advancing gender equality. The episode is part of a special series recorded live from New York during the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Helen shares her extensive experience working with marginalized communities in Southeast Asia through faith-based organizations, particularly World Renew. She shares about the challenges and strategies in promoting women's rights and economic empowerment in an increasingly polarized world, stressing the critical role of faith-based organizations in community trust and social norm transformation. Helen expresses hope for continued perseverance and meaningful, context-relevant actions to drive progress in gender equality. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * You can find Helen her organization World Renew on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. You can find Helen on LinkedIn.
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Joy Kimani is a gender advocate and worker for the Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD). Broadcasting live from the 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, we discussed the ongoing fight for gender equality 30 years after the Beijing Declaration. Topics include the role of faith-based organizations, addressing violence against women and girls, and strategies to counter growing pushback against women's rights globally. Joy shares insights on interfaith dialogues, collaborative strategies, and hopes for future actions to advance gender equality. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * You can find Joy her organization ERD on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram
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In this 2nd episode of a special series of Walk Talk Listen, recorded live from New York during the 69th session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), Irene Anena from ACT Alliance shares insights on the 30-year journey since the Beijing Declaration, emphasizing the role of faith leaders in advancing gender equality amidst growing global challenges. She discusses her contributions in Uganda and DRC, highlighting efforts to engage faith leaders in policy advocacy, education, and climate action. Irene also explores the importance of interfaith and intergenerational partnerships while addressing internal gender equality within her organization. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * You can find Irene on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram
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In this special episode of Walk Talk Listen, recorded live from New York during the 69th session on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), Andrea Kaufmann, Faith and External Engagement Director for World Vision International is our guest. She discusses the growing resistance to gender equality, the importance of global solidarity, and the role of faith-based organizations. Andrea shares insights on how to strategize effectively in the current political climate and stresses the necessity of clear communication and collaboration among diverse stakeholders. The conversation touches on the Beijing Declaration's 30th anniversary, the impact of funding cuts on humanitarian efforts, and the importance of listening to opposing views in the fight for gender equality. Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem sits down with Nikhil Bumb to discuss his journey from engineering to corporate social impact. Nikhil shares his upbringing as a South Asian American born in Wyoming and raised in South Carolina, describing how his family's immigrant experience and Jain faith shaped his worldview. He reflects on the challenges of growing up as part of a minority community, navigating cultural and religious differences, and finding his own identity. Nikhil also delves into his academic path, studying electrical engineering at Princeton University and later pursuing graduate studies at Georgia Tech, before transitioning from the technical field into a career centered on purpose-driven business strategies. His passion for making an impact led him to work with Medtronic, Deloitte, and Technoserve before settling into his current role at FSG, where he supports companies in creating equitable, purpose-driven models of growth. The conversation moves into the intersection of business, leadership, and social change, as Nikhil discusses the evolving role of corporations in tackling global issues. He introduces the concept of 'shared value,' advocating for companies to integrate social impact into their core strategies, rather than treating it as a separate philanthropic endeavor. Maurice and Nikhil explore the challenges of implementing these changes, the necessity of shifting organizational culture, and the increasing recognition of systems thinking and conscious leadership in today's business world. They also discuss the role of inner development and personal growth in achieving broader systemic change, touching upon frameworks like the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) and their relevance to business and sustainability efforts. Nikhil emphasizes the importance of seeing businesses not just as economic engines, but as key players in shaping a more inclusive and sustainable society. Nikhil Bumb is a managing director at FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm founded by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer that helps organizations drive social change through equitable systems transformation. He leads the firm’s corporate impact work in the U.S., working with businesses to embed purpose into their strategies while achieving commercial success. With a background in engineering and an MBA, Nikhil brings a blend of analytical expertise and strategic vision to his work. He also serves on the board of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, where he champions interfaith dialogue and social justice initiatives. His experiences in interfaith engagement, corporate strategy, and systems-level thinking make him a compelling advocate for reshaping leadership and business models to meet the challenges of today’s world. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Nikhil via his LinkedIn profile and Instagram. Check the FSG website and LinkedIn profile as well. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Nikhil and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, journalist and author Roger Thurow shares his decades-long commitment to addressing global hunger and malnutrition. With 30 years at The Wall Street Journal, including 20 years as a foreign correspondent in Europe and Africa, Thurow has consistently spotlighted issues of poverty, food insecurity, and the systemic injustices that perpetuate them. He reflects on his body of work, including The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change, The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children – And the World, and his most recent book, Against the Grain: A Deep Dive into Global Hunger. Through these works, Thurow examines how hunger persists in a world of plenty and highlights stories of resilience, innovation, and hope. The conversation explores Thurow’s idea of hunger as a “disease of the soul,” framing it not just as a humanitarian crisis but as a moral failing in societies with the resources to prevent it. Drawing from his extensive reporting in Africa and beyond, Thurow discusses the power of storytelling in mobilizing action and shifting narratives around hunger and poverty. He emphasizes the critical role of smallholder farmers, the importance of nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life, and the broader social consequences of malnutrition. Thurow also speaks about the urgent need for what he calls the “clamor”—the collective outrage and demand for change that has historically fueled social movements. Without this global outcry, he warns, hunger risks remaining an invisible crisis, and those most affected will continue to suffer in silence. His call to action is clear: to raise voices loud enough to shatter complacency and ignite meaningful, lasting change. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Roger via his LinkedIn profile and Instagram. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Roger and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Dr. Romina Istratii shares her powerful journey from Moldova to Greece and beyond, shaping her work at the intersection of faith, gender, and international development. As a researcher and practitioner, she reflects on the limitations of traditional academia and the need for more inclusive, community-driven approaches to addressing societal challenges such as domestic violence. Romina discusses how her faith as an Eastern Orthodox Christian deeply influences her commitment to ethical research and social impact. She highlights the importance of decolonizing knowledge production, ensuring that local voices are not only included but lead the conversation. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Romina via her LinkedIn profile and via the website of the Institute of Domestic Violence, Religion and Migration and its LinkedIn page and Instagram. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Romina and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Ivy de Bruijn, a passionate advocate for sustainable development and network coordination. As a program manager at SDG Netherlands, Ivy shares her journey from a legal career in intellectual property and media law to her current role, where she bridges connections among diverse stakeholders to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Her experience with leadership training in Colombia, and a deep commitment to societal impact—has shaped her approach to fostering meaningful collaborations. Ivy talks about the intersection of the SDGs and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs), emphasizing the importance of personal growth, relational skills, and systemic thinking in creating sustainable change. Ivy also reflects on her experiences navigating different career paths, the importance of bottom-up initiatives, and how music and personal leadership have played a role in her journey. Tune in to gain insights on the power of connection, adaptability, and the evolving role of leadership in addressing today’s global challenges. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Ivy via her LinkedIn profile and via the website of her organization SDG Nederland, their LinkedIn profile and Instagram. Ivy and the foundation of her husband are also on instagram. The foundation Che Amigo also has a website and the book her husband wrote in close collaboration with her: Leiderschap in mijn Community. * Share your thoughts on this episode via walktalklisten. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Ivy and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode, Sharuna Verghis shares her journey as a public health researcher, educator, and advocate for migrant and refugee health. She reflects on how her father’s deep commitment to social justice shaped her path, leading her to work extensively on migration and health for over two decades. From her early days being part of the participatory research network CARAM Asia to her interdisciplinary research on refugees' access to healthcare, Sharuna highlights the intersections of human rights, public health, and policy. As the co-founder of Health Equity Initiatives, she discusses the urgent mental health needs of refugees in Malaysia and the devastating impact of funding freezes due to recent executive orders.Sharuna also speaks candidly about the resilience of displaced communities, the challenges of advocacy, and the crisis of value-based leadership in global health. She underscores the importance of small acts of kindness and systemic change to address deep-rooted inequalities. Throughout the conversation, she reflects on faith, social activism, and the personal cost of striving for justice. Despite the obstacles, she remains committed to creating meaningful change, drawing strength from the lessons instilled by her father. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Sharuna via her LinkedIn profile and via the website of her organization Health Equity Initiatives. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Sharuna and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Since 2005, Rabbi Diana Gerson has served as the Associate Executive Vice President of the New York Board of Rabbis (NYBR). She has played a critical role in uniting interfaith leaders to champion child welfare, community resilience, and violence prevention. Diana is an internationally recognized advocate and speaker, leveraging her leadership to mobilize global faith communities around protecting vulnerable populations and addressing systemic challenges in both physical and digital spaces.In this episode, Diana reflects on her journey, from her early realization that women could lead in faith to her pivotal work co-founding the Global Advocacy Hub for Children and Families. With moving anecdotes, she shares insights on fostering interfaith collaboration and the essential role of ethical leadership in addressing societal challenges like online child safety. Diana also offers a heartfelt perspective on spirituality. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Diana via her LinkedIn profile and social media handles: Instagram and Twitter. Via her website, you can find links to the organizations she works for: website. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Diana and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Nina Benoit is Director of Sustainability at Brightest, a TEDx speaker, and a passionate climate activist dedicated to creating meaningful change for our planet and communities. Nina discusses her work at Brightest, where she collaborates with co-founder Chris Bolman and the team to provide ESG software solutions and consulting services designed to help businesses drive sustainable impact. She also highlights her educational outreach efforts, which include her popular LinkedIn content and the newsletter This Week in Sustainability, aimed at inspiring action and innovation in sustainability practices. Nina shares her vision for the future, including her plans to launch a podcast in 2025 that will explore AI solutions with a positive impact on sustainability, featuring thought leaders and experts in the field. Throughout the conversation, she emphasizes the critical role of education, communication, and innovation in advancing sustainability goals. Reflecting on her commitment to empowering the next generation of climate leaders, particularly Gen Z, Nina offers valuable insights into how young people can drive meaningful change. This episode also revisits Brightest’s broader mission, connecting Nina’s work to previous discussions with her colleagues Chris and Alondra, underscoring the organization’s focus on collaboration, ethical leadership, and sustainable innovation. Tune in for an inspiring and thought-provoking dialogue about the intersection of technology, sustainability, and social responsibility. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Nina via her LinkedIn profile and the Brightest social media pages: LinkedIn and website. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Nina and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Andriy Pinchuk, a Ukrainian Orthodox priest who fled to Norway with his family due to the war shares his life journey, including his calling to the priesthood despite his parents' objections, his work establishing a charitable fund in Ukraine, and his current efforts to support Ukrainians in need. He discusses his faith, expressing both unwavering belief and moments of doubt regarding the Church's structure. His daughter, Maria, served as the translator during this interview. Andriy also shares his family's experiences during and after their escape from Ukraine, along with his hopes for the future. Finally, the interview also includes a discussion of the Sustainable Development Goals and his perspectives on their importance and challenges. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Andriy via his Facebook page. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Andriy and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Dr. Boy van Droffelaar, born in 1949, shares his fascinating journey from a childhood marked by frequent moves to a successful career in corporate leadership and ultimately to facilitating wilderness-based leadership programs. In this episode, Boy recounts how his early experiences adapting to new environments shaped his curiosity and ability to connect with people from diverse backgrounds. He discusses his education in Chemical Engineering and Business Administration at Twente University, and how a passionate teacher sparked his interest in the human aspects of technology.Boy describes his career progression at AkzoNobel, where he started as an organizational consultant and eventually became a divisional president. Also his years at Randstad and SaraLee (Boy spent most his career at this consumer goods company) are being discussed. He emphasizes the importance of trust and confidence from mentors in his professional growth. The conversation touches on Boy's transition from corporate life to his current work in leadership development, culminating in his PhD from Wageningen University & Research on the impact of wilderness-based training programs on leadership transformation. Boy's unique approach to leadership development, combining his corporate experience with a deep appreciation for nature, offers listeners valuable insights into personal and professional growth. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Boy via his personal website (where you can also find his podcast) and the website of The Foundation of Natural Leadership. His social media handles LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook and don't forget to check out his book The Impact of a Wilderness-Based Training Program on Leadership Transformation. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Boy and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Jenny Bergh is a seasoned coach and facilitator with a unique approach to leadership and personal growth. Jenny's philosophy revolves around four core values: blueberries, faith, Falsterbo, and pulse—each representing a key element in fostering meaningful connections and growth. Jenny shares her journey from Johannesburg to Sweden, her experiences working across industries, and her passion for value-based team coaching. Through her work, she empowers leaders to build psychological safety, explore their potential, and embrace new ways of collaboration.We also discuss her projects, and her contributions to sustainable leadership through her writing and speaking engagements. Tune in to explore Jenny’s creative and insightful methods for leading with intention and purpose. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Jenny via her website. Her social media handles LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook and don't forget to check out her books, all available via pdf. Learn more about Jenny at khraft.se or through her podcast, Khraftpodden - Coaching & Leadership. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Jenny and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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What a fantastic year it has been for my podcast, Walk Talk Listen! I’m incredibly grateful to all the amazing guests who shared their stories and insights and, of course, to the listeners who make it all worthwhile.This week, I invite you to revisit 2024’s journey and listen to at least one episode you may have missed. To help you decide, here’s the Top 10 Most Listened-To Episodes of the Year—and yes, I’m proud to say that the special birthday episode created by my sons tops the list (and, if I may say so, it’s well deserved)!Apologies for only a short compilation of excerpts from these 10 episodes this week, but I promise we’ll be back with a full-length episode next week.Top 10 Episodes of 20241️⃣ Special Birthday Episode with Milan, Noah, and Matisse Bloem A heartfelt reflection by my three sons—a truly personal and inspiring highlight.2️⃣ Blended Solutions for Universal Food Security with Glenn Denning Glenn explores how we can end hunger while protecting the planet.3️⃣ Marching Towards Gender Equity with Nicole Hosein Nicole shares her journey advocating for gender equity and inclusion.4️⃣ WTL Special Series: Joint Learning Initiative (JLI) with Mary Mwiche Zulu Mary discusses faith’s role in sustainable development.5️⃣ WTL Special Series: Joint Learning Initiative (JLI) with Sadia Kidwai Sadia challenges power dynamics in religion and development research.6️⃣ Justice, Humanity, and Leadership with Jamie McIntosh Jamie reflects on justice, dignity, and tackling poverty and injustice.7️⃣ The Art of Relating with Yuliya Shtaltovna Yuliya dives into resilience and the Inner Development Goals (IDGs).8️⃣ Navigating Uncertainty with Abdi Iftin Abdi shares his journey from Somalia to the U.S., filled with hope and resilience.9️⃣ How the Road Built Me with John Coonrod John reflects on mentorship and 50 years of human development work.🔟 Reconnecting with Purpose – Religion’s True Meaning and Humanitarian Leadership with Abagail Nelson Abagail explores the true meaning of religion and fostering community. Thank you all for being part of this journey. Here's to even more inspiring conversations in the year ahead! Listener Engagement: * Share your thoughts on this intermezz and previous episodes at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Chloe and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer, Executive Director of the Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY), reflects on her journey of faith, leadership, and advocacy. Rev. Breyer discusses her upbringing in an interfaith household, her experiences studying religion, and her eventual call to ordained ministry. She shares the transformative work of ICNY, which brings together diverse faith leaders to address critical issues like housing, immigration, and racial justice in New York City. Throughout the conversation, Rev. Breyer highlights the power of grassroots interfaith collaboration and her commitment to amplifying the role of religious communities in civic and social movements. An ordained Episcopal priest and a dedicated advocate for peace and equity, Rev. Breyer brings a wealth of experience to her work. Beyond her leadership at ICNY, she has participated in interfaith initiatives in Afghanistan and Iran, authored The Close: A Young Woman’s First Year at Seminary, and holds a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics. Rev. Breyer’s work exemplifies the intersection of faith and justice, offering hope and tangible pathways for change in one of the world’s most dynamic cities. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Chloe via the website of the Interfaith Center of New York. Their social media handles LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook and don't forget to buy her latest book: The Close: A Young Woman’s First Year at Seminary. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Chloe and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Sonja Wekema is an expert in leadership and organizational transformation with over 25 years of experience across industries and cultures. As the co-founder of The Board Whisperers and founder of The Other Perspective, Sonja is dedicated to fostering human-centered leadership, intercultural collaboration, and sustainable impact. The conversation explores themes from her TEDx talk and book, Leading in a Wicked World, co-authored with Matthias Schramm. Sonja shares her insights on navigating today’s fast-changing and challenging environment, emphasizing the importance of creating shared language and meaningful connections to drive transformation.Sonja worked with multinationals, startups, and not-for-profits worldwide. The discussion is filled with sharp insights, humor, and practical wisdom for leaders at every level. Tune in to hear Sonja’s take on leadership in a "wicked" world and discover how sustainable transformation begins with bold conversations. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Sonja via her website. Her social media handles LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook and don't forget to buy her latest book: Leading in a Wicked World. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Sonja and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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A seasoned diplomat with over three decades of international experience, Jan Waltmans reflects on his postings in conflict zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon, sharing stories of resilience and collaboration amidst challenging circumstances. From navigating political turbulence to fostering reconciliation among divided communities, Jan’s insights highlight the power of diplomacy, listening, and grassroots efforts to create meaningful change. He also shares a deeply personal moment about the passing of his wife. He honors her strength and shares his decision to continue living with purpose: "I don’t want to be a very sad person day and night for the next 20, 30 years." His resilience and hope inspire us all. His recount of the liberation of Mosul, and his engagement with youth to bridge divides in Lebanon, provide important lessons for anyone invested in building a more just and peaceful world. Jan Waltmans has dedicated his career to international diplomacy, serving as the Ambassador of the Netherlands in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, and Iraq, among other roles. Currently, he is a strategic advisor to the Director General for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands. A Tilburg University graduate with a Master's in Law, Jan's passion for bridging cultural and political divides has taken him to some of the world's most volatile regions. His unwavering belief in the importance of connection, learning from others, and fostering hope shines through in both his professional achievements and his reflections during this conversation. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Jan Waltmans his employer, via their website. And this is the link to the NGO in Lebanon that is mentioned by Jan during this episode: March * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Jan and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Chaya Mistry, the founder of Humanly, a leadership and communication consultancy who describes herself as a "human whisperer," reflects on her upbringing in a multicultural family in the UK, shaped by her Indian heritage, and how this foundation inspired her mission to regenerate human connections. With a background in psychology and corporate communications, Chaya shares her journey of founding Humanly, a consultancy that emphasizes emotional intelligence, leadership coaching, and creating spaces where people can connect authentically, both in work and life. She highlights the transformative power of compassion and deep listening as acts of kindness with the potential to create profound ripple effects. Central to the conversation is Chaya’s framework for transformational leadership, built around the Four Cs: Compassion, Curiosity, Courage, and Creativity. She and Maurice delve into the importance of inner work in leadership, exploring how these qualities align with the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) and their complement to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Chaya emphasizes the need for leaders to cultivate self-awareness and self-care as tools for fostering deeper connections and driving meaningful change. Drawing from her work, she illustrates how authentic leadership can inspire both personal growth and social transformation, creating a foundation for collaborative action in addressing global challenges. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Chaya Mistry, via her website or LinkedIn. Join her online community: The Human Leadership Collective or read her latest blog * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Chaya and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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It is still difficult to put a label on Ji Yeon Kwon, is she an philosophical entrepreneur or an entrepreneurial philosopher or both?😉 She strives for work that embodies the fusion of purpose and profit. Ji Yeon shares her unique journey, discussing how her experiences and philosophical insights shape her entrepreneurial endeavors.In this episode, it is being discussed what it means to approach entrepreneurship with intentionality and care, reflecting on the delicate balance between personal growth, societal impact, and business success. How can philosophical thinking can redefine leadership, create meaningful connections, and inspire others to pursue work that matters. Join us for an episode that challenges conventional views on entrepreneurship, encouraging us all to think more deeply about the values that drive our decisions and the legacy we aim to leave behind. Ji Yeon is a New York City-based professional with a B.A. in Statistics and Information Science from Columbia University, where she designed an interdisciplinary program focused on Human-Centered Design. Combining Data Science, Industrial Engineering, Sociology, Design, and Psychology, her academic journey reflects a passion for understanding and enhancing human experiences. Since graduating in 2022, she has been a member of DoorDash’s New York Strategy team while dedicating her free time to data privacy and advocacy efforts with Youth For Privacy. Since she decided to leave Doordash, she is pursuing as a philosophical entrepreneur and passionate innovator, Ji Yeon is on a mission to elevate humanity's baseline self-awareness and self-respect through solutions that fundamentally transform the relationship people have with themselves. A global citizen and multifaceted individual, Ji Yeon balances professional endeavors with artistic pursuits, taking acting classes at The Barrow Group and exploring solo travel, meditation, and mindfulness. She has engaged in public speaking, mentored with the United Nations Department of Public Information, and represented Korea internationally as a published scientific researcher and Miss Korea 2021 beauty pageant contestant. Ji Yeon’s ventures into fashion, beauty, and media—including walking the runway at New York Fashion Week—highlight her commitment to challenging societal norms and understanding Gen Z's mobile-first psyche. With a deep appreciation for cross-cultural connections and storytelling, Ji Yeon brings range, authenticity, and creativity to every aspect of her work and life. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Ji Yeon via her social media: Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. Check out her website here. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Ji Yeon and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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Tapiwa Yameke is a dynamic advocate for peacebuilding, public health, and migration, who brings unique insights into mental health challenges, gender-based violence, and community empowerment. Hailing from Zimbabwe, Tapiwa shares her experiences working across multiple countries, promoting Afrocentric solutions to complex social issues within prison and rural communities. Her journey spans from a rural upbringing in Zimbabwe, where her resilience and commitment to advocacy took root, to her role in Sweden with LM International, where she now contributes to global dialogue on religious literacy and community-centered interventions. Tapiwa discusses her academic journey in economics, her activism for women's rights, and her transformative roles in South Africa and Norway, where she worked with survivors of sexual violence, sex workers, and prison communities. Tapiwa also shares her perspectives on the Sustainable Development Goals, the importance of inner development for global change, and the challenge of fostering true belonging and self-discovery in a world increasingly shaped by social media. Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Tapiwa's via her social media: Instagram and Facebook. Follow her organization LM International: on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and find Tapiwa's publications here. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Tapiwa and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode, Maurice Bloem speaks with Yuliya Shtaltovna, an educator and resilience advocate from Ukraine, now based in Berlin. Yuliya shares her journey from Dnipro to Germany, detailing her background in linguistics, intercultural competence, and leadership education. Together, they explore the powerful framework of the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) and Yuliya’s role in fostering resilience within the Ukrainian community amidst the ongoing war. Throughout the episode, Yuliya reflects on her work co-leading the IDG Higher Education Circle and supporting the IDG Network in Ukraine, a collective dedicated to cultivating resilience through empathy, critical thinking, and community support. She shares practical methods for navigating traumatic experiences, highlighting the role of perspective-taking and community dialogue in trauma-informed resilience practices. The conversation touches on her perspectives on violence and self-defense, the importance of value-based communities, and the strength derived from shared cultural and spiritual practices. Yuliya also discusses the inspiring work of Ukrainian artists like Okean Elzy, so which song do you think she picked? Join Maurice and Yuliya as they delve into meaningful discussions on spirituality, resilience, and the human spirit’s capacity to endure and uplift others in times of adversity. Link: Why Pacifism Kills co-authored by Yuliya Shtaltovna Listener Engagement: * Discover more about Yuliya's via her podcast Live and Learn: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Spotify. Follow her on Facebook and LinkedIn for updates on her latest projects, publications and insights. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Explore the songs selected by Yuliya and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode of 'Walk, Talk, Listen,' Maurice is joined by Victoire Mandonnaud a 26-year-old French multi-talented artist, anthropologist and economist. Victoire shares her inspiring journey from studying painting and photojournalism in New York to earning degrees in Anthropology and International Finance and Economic Policy from Columbia University. Rooted in her early exposure to the arts and being the youngest of six siblings, Victoire underscores the importance of exploring diverse fields. She is passionate about human nature, its resilience, and fostering modest, meaningful conversations. Victoire is also developing 'On My Way,' an app that encourages real-time community actions and supports Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Additionally, she reflects on how younger generations prioritize actionable goals over traditional spirituality. Graduated from prestigious institutions including the International Center of Photography and Jacques Lecoq, Victoire balances her art career with her mission to inspire societal change through honest dialogue and innovative solutions. Listener Engagement:* Discover more about Victoire's via her website and her social media handles Instagram Paintings and Instagram Photographs, . Or the website of her app On My Way and it's social media handles: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Discover the songs picked by Victoire and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, Romanna Remor, a social and regenerative entrepreneur from Brazil shares about her incredible background in politics, education, and environmental regeneration. This conversation explores her inspiring journey from politics to entrepreneurship and how she uses her experiences to transform communities and restore ecosystems. Romanna shares personal reflections on her time in politics—where she battled corruption, championed sustainability, and fought for public welfare—and explains the challenges she faced as a minority of minorities in a male-dominated space. Now, as an entrepreneur focused on regenerative agriculture and sustainable development, Romanna has found a new way to reconnect with her political ideals, healing both land and communities through innovative agroforestry systems and fair trade. We also discuss the importance of peace, both inner and global, as a foundation for tackling issues like inequality, environmental degradation, and human development, as well as the role of faith in driving her mission. Tune in to hear Romanna’s insights on leadership, personal resilience, and making an impact—one person and one tree at a time. Listener Engagement:* Discover more about Romanna’s work and her brand, Viva Regenera: vivaregenera. * Connect with Romanna and her e-commerce venture, Viva Floresta: viva-floresta.com, focused on health and regenerative products. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Discover the songs picked by Romanna and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, we welcome Heleen van den Berg, the CEO of Dutch organization Cordaid, who began her role on October 1, 2023. Heleen shares her deep commitment to Cordaid’s mission to work for—and with—people living in some of the world’s most challenging areas. With poverty and insecurity rising globally, Heleen emphasizes the importance of linking emergency relief to sustainable development and the power of partnerships and collaboration in humanitarian work. Heleen brings a wealth of experience from her previous roles, including Director of National Assistance at the Netherlands Red Cross, and leadership positions at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Royal Dutch Touring Club (ANWB). Throughout this conversation, she reflects on the role of leadership in fostering resilience and how Cordaid is driving lasting change in communities affected by crisis. Tune in to hear more about Heleen’s vision for Cordaid, the challenges facing global development, and how partnerships are key to achieving lasting impact. Quote of Heleen: "I truly believe that if you have a single act of kindness each day, would be, that would change the world." Listener Engagement:* Discover more about Cordaid’s work on their website: Cordaid.org * Connect with Cordaid and Heleen on social media: LinkedIn Cordaid | LinkedIn Heleen van den Berg | Twitter Cordaid | Instagram Cordaid * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us. * Discover the songs picked by Heleen and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here.
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This is the last of the Special Series of Brews, Bites and Banter - A Sustainability Sip and Share in which Allen Ottaro, founder and Executive Director of the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA) reflects on the importance of social sustainability, especially in the context of Africa, where issues of conflict, social justice, and environmental crises often intersect. He emphasizes the importance of intergenerational dialogue, faith, and community to build cohesive societies capable of addressing both ecological and social challenges. Allen also highlights his experiences attending the United Nations General Assembly, the Summit of the Future, and Climate Week, where he engaged in discussions about long-term planning and the need for collective action to address the interconnected crises of our time. Allen Ottaro leads CYNESA, which operates across 10 African nations, addressing environmental challenges through faith-based engagement and youth mobilization. He has participated in international efforts to address climate change and biodiversity loss and advocates for integral ecological approaches rooted in social justice. Allen’s work centers on the belief that a true ecological approach must listen to both the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor, bridging environmental advocacy with the needs of the most vulnerable communities. Allen his personal social media: LinkedIn.CYNESA social media handles Twitter, Facebook and Instagram and website . Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
Abagail Nelson is the Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer at Episcopal Relief & Development. Abagail brings over 25 years of global experience in human development, focusing on financial inclusion, disaster risk reduction, and economic empowerment. She reflects on her journey growing up in a mixed-race family and how the societal struggles of her upbringing shaped her commitment to social justice and humanitarian work.One of the key themes in this conversation is Abagail’s reflection on the true meaning of religion, derived from the Latin term "re-ligare," meaning "to reconnect." She explores how this concept drives her work in bridging differences and fostering community resilience. Through stories of rebuilding communities in Honduras after disasters and her deep involvement in sustainable development across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Abagail demonstrates the power of faith-driven action and collaborative efforts in creating lasting change. Abagail also touches on the evolving role of faith-based organizations in addressing modern challenges, and how personal faith can be a source of strength and purpose. Her insights offer a thoughtful exploration of how spirituality, leadership, and humanitarianism intertwine to create impact on a global scale. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Abagail and other guests on our #walktalklisten playlist here. * Connect with Abagail and/or her organization via social media: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, and the Episcopal Relief & Development website episcopalrelief.org. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Carlos Vicente is the National Coordinator for the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative (IRI) in Brazil. Carlos discusses the urgent need to address the environmental crisis by raising awareness among religious leaders and communities. He emphasizes how faith-based organizations can play a crucial role in tackling issues such as deforestation, climate change, and social inequality. Highlighting the interconnection between social and environmental sustainability, Carlos explains how initiatives like IRI help foster empathy for the planet and drive system change. He also shares insights on using Virtual Reality (VR) to immerse people in the Amazon rainforest, offering a powerful way to connect them with the beauty and fragility of nature, motivating action. Carlos Vicente has over 30 years of experience in environmental advocacy and sustainable development. As the National Coordinator for IRI in Brazil, he leads efforts to engage faith leaders in protecting the Amazon rainforest and addressing climate change. His work focuses on fostering dialogue between religious communities and scientific experts, building empathy for nature, and pushing for systemic political and business reforms to safeguard the planet. Carlos his personal social media: LinkedIn.Interfaith Rainforest Initiative (IRI): social media handles Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
Laura Vargas, the Executive Secretary of the Peruvian Interreligious Council and Coordinator of the Interfaith Rainforest Initiative (IRI) in Peru is the guest of episode 16 of the special series at the UN. Laura brings a wealth of experience from her long-standing work in social justice, human rights, and faith-based action. We discussed the crucial role of faith communities in addressing environmental and social challenges, particularly in preserving the Amazon rainforest, which she describes as vital for the future of humanity and all living beings. Laura passionately highlights the interconnectedness of life, emphasizing that humanity’s survival is deeply linked to the well-being of the planet and all its ecosystems. In her work with IRI, she mobilizes religious leaders across faiths to advocate for environmental sustainability and social justice, knocking on the doors of governments and organizations to drive meaningful change. Interfaith Rainforest Initiative (IRI): social media handles Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
Osmawani Osman, a humanitarian professional and former diplomat, joins me to discuss her role at Islamic Relief Worldwide, her experience attending UN events, and her personal reflections on sustainability. We explore the balance between addressing humanity’s urgent needs, such as poverty alleviation, and the environmental challenges that the world faces today. Osmawani shares her unique insights on faith-based approaches to nudging behavior change, particularly the role of religious leaders in encouraging environmental stewardship. Her many yeaers of experience in international relations, policy advisory, and crisis communications, Osmawani highlights the importance of including youth voices in global policy discussions and shares her observations from the Summit of the Future and Climate Week in New York City. Her reflections emphasize the power of empathy, collaboration, and the vital role that faith-based organizations can play in driving sustainable development. Her social media handles: LinkedIn. Her company Islamic Relief Worldwide: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
Alondra Ponce from Brightest shares her insights on social sustainability and its integral connection to environmental issues. With a background in neuroscience and a passion for social justice, Alondra discusses her transition into the sustainability space and her role in partnerships at Brightest. She emphasizes that sustainability is holistic, requiring connections between environmental, economic, and social aspects, and that organizations need to prioritize collaboration and understanding to create meaningful change. Alondra touches on the importance of empathy and understanding in achieving sustainable development goals and notes the value of events like Climate Week for building consensus and sharing best practices. Alondra Ponce is a Partnerships Manager at Brightest, a sustainability technology platform and advisory firm. Alondra focuses on creating partnerships that drive sustainability efforts forward by connecting organizations, governments, and communities. Her work centers on ensuring that sustainability initiatives are comprehensive and people-centered, addressing social justice and environmental issues in tandem. Her social media handles: LinkedIn. Her company Brightest: Twitter and Instagram. Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
In this episode of Walk Talk Listen’s "Brews, Bites, and Banter" series, Chris Bolman, founder and CEO of Brightest, returns to discuss the evolving landscape of environmental sustainability. He highlights the need for organizations to recognize their environmental impacts and operational efficiencies, while emphasizing regenerative agriculture and sustainable sourcing practices for commodities like coffee. Chris also shares insights on the need for private-public collaboration and cross-sector engagement to combat climate change, and the growing cultural differences in how sustainability is approached globally. He emphasizes that urgent system changes are needed, especially in the U.S., where a "wait and see" mindset prevails compared to other regions leading on sustainable innovation. Chris also touches on the importance of empathy and communication in bridging ideological divides, particularly when addressing sustainability initiatives. Chris Bolman is a social impact and sustainability entrepreneur, advisor, and activist based in NYC. He is the founder of Brightest, a certified B Corp technology platform and advisory firm that helps organizations develop sustainability strategies, track data, and create sustainable competitive advantages. With experience in renewable energy and analytics, Chris previously led marketing and growth at Percolate, founded BuzzFork, and served as an organizer with SwingLeft. His work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, and more. His social media handles: LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. Brightest: Twitter and Instagram. Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
In this episode of Walk Talk Listen’s "Brews, Bites, and Banter" series, Mahdi Ahmad, a dynamic 19-year-old student and activist, discusses his disappointment with the lack of youth representation at the UN Summit for the Future, despite the critical role young people play in shaping policies for the future. He calls for greater youth involvement in decision-making processes, not just as token participants but as key contributors. Mahdi also stresses the importance of interfaith dialogue and the unifying power of faith in tackling global issues like poverty, climate change, and inequality. As the Global One Youth Champion and Barnet Multi-Faith Youth Forum Facilitator, he advocates for bridging generational gaps through collaboration between youth and elders to address systemic issues and promote economic sustainability. Mahdi is a student at King’s College London, pursuing a degree in History and Political Economy. As an active leader in interfaith work, he serves as a Youth Champion for Global One, the world's only Muslim women-led NGO, and a Facilitator for the Barnet Multi-Faith Youth Forum in London. In addition to his academic pursuits, Mahdi is a passionate advocate for youth inclusion, environmental sustainability, and economic development, regularly participating in global platforms like the UN Summit for the Future. He also runs a podcast called Decolonizing the Narrative, where he explores Islamic and Eastern history with the aim of challenging Eurocentric narratives. His social media handles: LinkedIn and Instagram: - Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
In this episode of Walk Talk Listen’s "Brews, Bites, and Banter" series, Raphael Marcus, Chief Programs Officer at HIAS, highlights the lack of attention to displaced populations in the Pact for the Future, noting that despite 120 million refugees worldwide, the document mentions refugees only four times and does not adequately address asylum seekers' rights or the growing xenophobia they face. He also emphasizes the critical role of faith-based organizations in supporting displaced communities and advocates for more inclusion and local representation at global events. Raphael calls for a systemic shift in how global gatherings like the UNGA are held, suggesting that hosting them in more accessible locations could lead to better representation from grassroots and local actors. Raphael Marcus is the Chief Programs Officer at HIAS, the Jewish Global Refugee Agency. With extensive experience in executive management, field deployment, and disaster management, Raphael has overseen large-scale humanitarian efforts across 24 countries, focusing on refugee aid, legal protection, mental health, and economic inclusion. His leadership is guided by a commitment to ensuring that displaced populations are supported through advocacy and actionable programs that meet their immediate and long-term needs. His social media handles: LinkedIn and Twitter and HIAS: Instagram and Twitter Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
In this episode of Walk Talk Listen’s "Brews, Bites, and Banter" series, we sit down with Graham Gordon, Head of Global Advocacy and Policy at Christian Aid. With 25 years of experience working across advocacy, environmental stewardship, and development, Graham shares his insights on how Christian Aid is advancing environmental sustainability through agroecology and climate resilience programs. He emphasizes the importance of transitioning away from fossil fuels, phasing down coal, and addressing climate finance, particularly for communities facing irreversible damage from climate change. Graham also discusses the critical role of faith-based organizations in pushing for systemic change, ensuring climate justice, and holding governments accountable for their commitments. Graham Gordon has extensive experience working with both Evangelical and Catholic organizations in the UK, Latin America, and Africa. He is passionate about mobilizing the church to fulfill its mission and about giving people a voice, particularly on issues related to environmental stewardship and climate justice. As the lead for Christian Aid's global advocacy, Graham is committed to ensuring that faith-based organizations play a pivotal role in driving policy change and promoting sustainable development. Gordon's social media handles: LinkedIn and Christian Aid: Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
Karol Arámbula is a passionate advocate originally from Jalisco, Mexico, who now works for ACT Alliance Latin America. With extensive expertise in international human rights law, sustainable development, and non-profit management, Karol shares her experiences working with global communities on peacebuilding, rights advocacy, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). During the conversation, Karol offers insights about the "Pact for the Future" by emphasizing the importance of collaboration across sectors to accelerate a just transition away from fossil fuels and promote global sustainability.Karol's bio highlights her educational background, including a Master’s in Human Rights and Peace Studies from ITESO University. She has been involved with various UN initiatives and continues to play a significant role in policy advocacy and sustainable development efforts. Her work reflects a deep commitment to human rights, peacebuilding, and the inclusion of marginalized voices in global discussions.Her social media handles: Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
Sylvain Obedi is a dedicated peacebuilder, disability rights advocate, and climate justice activist from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As the founder and Executive Director of Enable the Disable Action, Sylvain shares his hopes that individuals with disabilities, and especially young people, lead dignified, independent lives and will get a seat at the table.Sylvain delves into the importance of ensuring that youth with disabilities are included in all societal aspects, from policy-making to employment. His social media handles: Instagram, twitter , LinkedIn and Facebook. Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
Araif Yusuff is the Director of Programs at Islamic Relief USA (IRUSA) and also a board member of JLI. Araif brings a wealth of knowledge in leading the organization’s global relief and development efforts, overseeing a $350 million portfolio spanning 40 countries and all 50 U.S. states. During the conversation, Araif discusses IRUSA’s commitment to economic empowerment programs, highlighting how these initiatives aim to move beyond aid by promoting self-sufficiency, particularly among women-headed households. He shares insights from his recent visit to Morocco, where he observed projects focused on entrepreneurship and digital marketing as tools for economic empowerment. Araif also touches on how Islamic Relief integrates renewable energy into their development programs, particularly in regions like East Africa. Araif has been instrumental in developing strategies for addressing healthcare, food insecurity, and disaster management both in the U.S. and globally. He has played a significant role in refugee resettlement efforts, partnering with the U.S. State Department to support Afghan refugees. Prior to his current position, Araif strengthened IRUSA’s disaster management team, working closely with FEMA and stabilizing long-term recovery programs. Araif holds a Master of Public Administration from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and is a certified fundraising manager. He also serves on multiple disaster interfaith boards, making impactful contributions to disaster preparedness and recovery efforts across the U.S. Stay tuned for more episodes featuring inspiring leaders in sustainability and development! Araif his Linkedin, Facebook. And Islamic Relief Instagram. Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
Mikael Jägerskog, Senior Policy Advisor at PMU, with over 25 years of experience in faith-based and rights-based global work. Mikael has an extensive career, including his advocacy work with Swedish Pentecostals (PMU) and the Pentecostal World Fellowship (PWF), where he leads global advocacy efforts and political engagements at key platforms such as the EU, AU, and the UN. Through his work for PMU, Mikael contributed to the faith based inputs to the "Pact for the Future," which aims to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement by promoting a just transition from fossil fuels and securing a peaceful future.He discusses the role of faith-based organizations in global sustainability and shares his thoughts on the Inner Development Goals (IDGs). Mikael mentions the importance of creating sustainable production chains, particularly in conflict areas like the DR Congo. You can follow Mikael on social media and stay connected with PMU’s work through their platforms. Find Mikael on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook and follow PMU on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for more updates on their advocacy work. Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
Mattias Söderberg is not only the Global Climate Lead at DanChurchAid (DCA), but also the Co-Chair of the Climate Justice Group at ACT Alliance. Mattias brings his vast expertise in climate change and development aid, as well as his leadership in global advocacy for climate justice. He offers an insightful explanation of the ACT Alliance and its mission to drive change by mobilizing faith-based organizations (FBOs) to take a stronger, bolder stance on climate action. Throughout the episode, Mattias emphasizes the need to rethink and transform the global food system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change. He challenges FBOs to be more outspoken and courageous in their messaging to make the world more sustainable. His call to action resonates with the urgency of the global climate crisis and the pivotal role of faith communities in driving change.You can follow Mattias on LinkedIn and he is also on social media: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Find the Dan Church Aid social media handles on their website. Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter and Instagram. * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
Jonas Nøddekær is the relatively newly appointed Secretary-General of DanChurchAid (DCA). With over 23 years of experience at DCA, including seven years as International Director, Jonas brings a wealth of knowledge from his time stationed in countries like Ethiopia, Cambodia, and Myanmar. Known for his visionary yet practical leadership, Jonas shares his insights on leading one of Denmark’s largest humanitarian and development organizations.
Jonas shared about the sessions organized by DCA in collaboration with the Danish government during the week’s UN events, emphasizing the importance of multi-stakeholder partnerships in preparing for the future. In this episode, he answers a question from Johanna Litsgärd Lebourne and passes the baton by posing a thoughtful question to the next guest, his colleague Mattias. You can connect with Jonas on LinkedIn or follow him on Instagram and Facebook as he continues to lead DCA into its next chapter of global impact. DCA's social media: Facebook and Twitter. During our conversation, we wrongly mentioned the Dan Church Aid website as dca.org, because it is danchurchaid.org.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen’s "Brews, Bites, and Banter" series, we welcome Johanna Litsgård Lebourne, Head of Communication, Fundraising, and Policy at PMU, a Swedish development organization. With a rich background in advocating for humanitarian causes, Johanna shares her journey in driving global development initiatives and the crucial role that communication plays in mobilizing resources. During the episode, she reflects on a recent Netflix series about Bill Gates, which emphasized the urgent need for increased funding to create a sustainable future. Johanna’s experience highlights the complex interplay between fundraising, advocacy, and the pressing issues facing our world today.
A notable moment in the episode is Johanna’s thoughtful response to a challenging question posed by previous guest Abia Akram, showcasing her depth of understanding on inclusive development. Johanna also touches on the importance of collaboration between faith-based organizations and other stakeholders in advancing sustainable development goals. You can connect with Johanna on LinkedIn or follow her on Instagram and Facebook. Her organization, PMU, can be found on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
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Abia Akram, a globally recognized advocate for women with disabilities and a pioneer in disability rights activism is guest in episode 2 of this special series taking place in the backdrop of the UNGA, the Summit of the Future and Climate Week taking place in NYC in September 2024. Drawing from her personal experience with physical disability, Abia shares her journey in the Disability Movement, which began in 1997. Throughout the episode, she discusses her relentless advocacy at both local and international levels, including lobbying with UN representatives and parliamentarians to ensure that the voices of youth, espcially young women, with disabilities are heard in global forums.
Highlights of the episode include Abia's answer to a question of previous guest Carrick of WRI. She is such an inspiration. Her insights offer a deep understanding of how to build advocacy strategies that empower women with disabilities and promote inclusive development on a global scale.
In this special episode of Brews, Bites, and Banter – A Sustainability Sip & Share on Walk Talk Listen, we are joined by Carrick Reddin, Manager II of the Faith and Sustainability Initiative at the World Resources Institute (WRI). With over eight years of experience leading sustainable development, urban planning, and governance projects across Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America, Carrick shares insights from his extensive cross-sectoral work. He plays a crucial role in developing and managing global partnerships and fundraising efforts to mobilize faith-based organizations towards climate action and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In today’s episode, we introduced three symbolic items—coffee beans, an SDG pin, and a rubber duckie—to inspire conversations about sustainability. Carrick chose the rubber duckie, sparking a thoughtful discussion on economic sustainability and the need to rethink how we approach development and equity. Tune in to hear Carrick's reflections on creating vibrant, resilient, and inclusive communities and how his work supports the urgent global sustainability agenda highlighted during the UNGA, Climate Week, and the Summit of the Future.
In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, we welcome Marike van de Groep, a midwife and the owner of Amstermam Midwifery Practice in Amsterdam. With a deep passion for supporting women through pregnancy and childbirth, she highlights the importance of personalized care in midwifery and her dedication to empowering women throughout their pregnancy journeys. Marike also talks about co-hosting the podcast "Het Geboortekanaal" with her colleague Veerle, where they discuss their experiences and adventures in the world of midwifery and she reflects on how podcasting has helped her reach a broader audience and foster discussions around women's healthcare. The conversation touches on how Marike integrates her professional expertise with a compassionate approach, making her practice a trusted space for women. She discusses the importance of community, collaboration with healthcare professionals, and the evolving role of midwives in modern healthcare systems. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Marike and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Marike and/or her organization via social media: Instagram, Instagram Podcast, Instagram Amstermam, Facebook and Facebook Amstermam. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, we sit down with Dr. Angie Tagtow, a pioneering leader in food and nutrition policy and the founder of Äkta Strategies LLC. Angie brings her vast experience from working at local, state, federal, and international levels, and shares insights into the intersection of public health, food systems, and environmental sustainability. She reflects on her time as the Executive Director for the USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, where she spearheaded the development of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and discusses how those guidelines continue to influence healthy lifestyles and nutrition security today. Angie highlights the importance of multi-sector relationships, systems thinking, and innovative strategies for transforming food and water systems. She discusses her work with the Iowa Department of Public Health and various public health organizations, focusing on how adaptive leadership and values-driven approaches can create long-lasting systemic change. Angie’s commitment to lifelong learning and knowledge-sharing is evident and her work underscores the need for holistic, collaborative solutions to public health challenges, which are vital for addressing both nutrition and environmental concerns. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Angie and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Angie via social media: LinkedIn. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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After a short break in the month of August, Walk Talk Listen returns with a longer than usual, but inspiring and interesting guest, Josephine Sundqvist. In this episode, Josephine shares her journey from growing up in Africa, where her parents served as medical missionaries, to leading LM International, a Swedish faith-based foundation. Her childhood experiences, deeply rooted in community and holistic approaches, profoundly shaped her passion for leadership development and change management. Josephine discusses her work with LM International, focusing on empowering local leadership and integrating faith and secular approaches to tackle global challenges like health, education, and food security. She emphasizes the importance of breaking down silos and fostering cross-sectoral collaborations, including the involvement of faith leaders, local governments, and private sector innovators. Josephine also reflects on the need for transformational leadership, driven by inner development, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In a thought-provoking conversation, Josephine highlights the interconnectedness of global communities and the necessity of fostering young leaders who can navigate the complexities of today's world. She shares her optimism about the potential of digital transformation and innovative approaches to create resilient, sustainable futures. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Josephine and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Josephine via social media: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Her organization: LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Hello listeners!
- Summer Break: Walk Talk Listen is taking a short break during the month of August.
- Catch Up on Episodes: This is a perfect time to listen to any episodes you may have missed. We've had some incredible guests from diverse backgrounds who have shared inspiring stories and insights.
- Podcast Information: You can find all episodes and more details about the podcast on walktalklisten.podbean.com.
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Special Shout-Out:
- Noah Jackson
- Andromeda Turre
- Endea Owens
- Amina Scott
- Lakecia BenjaminThese talented musicians have recently released new albums. Be sure to check out their work!
- Stay in Touch: If you have any questions, feedback, or suggestions for future guests, please reach out. We'd love to hear from you!
Enjoy your summer, and we'll be back with more exciting episodes soon!
Florian Witsenburg is the co-founder and CEO of Tygron, a Netherlands-based company renowned for its advanced software solutions in urban planning and environmental modeling. Florian also opens up about his personal life as for example talks about the competitive spirit that has always existed between him and his brother, a dynamic that continues to influence him today. He also reminisces about his youth, filled with water activities such as skating and sailing, and his academic pursuit of hydrology, which laid the foundation for his current work. A particularly engaging part of our discussion is Florian’s story when he is asked about an example of a successful project of his company. For those interested in learning more about this project, Florian directs listeners to Tygron's blog on the Tygron's website. Florian also responds to a question posed by our previous guest, bass player Noah Jackson, who recently released his latest album on July 15, 2024. This episode offers a blend of professional expertise and personal anecdotes, providing a comprehensive look at the man behind the innovative company, Tygron. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Florian and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Florian's social media: Instagram and Youtube. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Noah Jackson a highly accomplished bassist, cellist, and composer talks about his new album, "Full Circle" set to release on July 15th. He is a versatile and innovative musician known for his prowess on both the bass and cello with a deep understanding of jazz and classical music. Noah has carved out a unique niche in the music world, performing with renowned artists like Abdullah Ibrahim. In our conversation, Noah shares the inspiration behind his new album and the creative process involved in bringing it to life, discussing the themes and stories encapsulated in the music and highlighting the emotional and artistic journey he underwent during its creation. We reminisce about our serendipitous meeting on a flight from Newark to Amsterdam, where we had a deep, insightful discussion about his musical journey and his performance with Abdullah Ibrahim's trio at North Sea Jazz 2023. Noah answers a question from previous guest Tracey K. Berglund. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Noah and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. One of the songs he picked Number 3 we were not able to find on Spotify, so check this link. * Connect with Noah's social media: Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and Facebook. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In this episode, the talented illustrator, cartoonist and visual recorder Tracey Berglund is featured. Tracey shares her unique journey in the arts that started already when she was very young. Check out Tracey's work on tra4art.com and seeheardraw.com. Also check out the book "Dearest New York: A Love Letter to the Big Apple," celebrating Tracey's work and love for the city. Check out the book here. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked (she actually didn't want to pick one) by Tracey and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Tracey's social media: Instagram1, Instagram2, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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The incredibly talented Andromeda Turre is our guest in episode 157 of our podcast. Growing up in a musical family, Andromeda shares how her upbringing influenced her career and shaped her unique sound. We delve into her latest project, "From The Earth," an album inspired by stories of resilience and environmental activism, set to release on July 26, 2024.Andromeda discusses the critical support she received from various grants, including the 2023 Jazz Road Creative Artist Grant, and how her music aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals. We also talk about her initiative, "Growing Up Jazz," which uses music to teach Black history. Tune in to hear more about Andromeda's journey, how her latest album came about, and her commitment to social justice.Don't miss out on this engaging conversation and be sure to check out Andromeda's upcoming album. In the meantime, enjoy her powerful song "Mantra," available exclusively on YouTube. Photocredit: Ma2La Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Andromeda and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Andromeda's social media: Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In this episode of Walk Talk and Listen, Kaitlyn Slate, President and CEO of Growing Hope Globally explores her remarkable journey and unwavering commitment to tackling hunger and poverty. Born to missionary parents in Nigeria, Kaitlyn's early experiences shaped her dedication to international development. She discusses how her upbringing on family farms in rural Minnesota and Southern Alberta influenced her passion for agriculture and her mission to support smallholder farmers in developing countries. Kaitlyn shares Growing Hope Globally, an organization linking U.S. rural communities with global agricultural initiatives to create lasting solutions to hunger. Kaitlyn's extensive background includes serving as Director of Program Excellence at World Renew, where she spearheaded efforts to transform communities through sustainable food security and economic livelihood programs. She also brings a wealth of experience from her tenure at Armstrong State University and her academic pursuits at Savannah College of Art and Design and Valdosta State University. We encourage you to listen to Kaitlyn’s inspiring perspective on mobilizing grassroots energy, fostering international development, and her vision for a world free from hunger. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Glenn and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Kaitlyn's GHG: Instagram, Twitter and Facebook * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In this episode of Walk Talk Listen we sit down with Glenn Denning, Professor of Professional Practice and founding Director of the Master of Public Administration in Development Practice (MPA-DP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Glenn shares his extensive experience in international agriculture and food security, reflecting on his significant contributions to institutions like the International Rice Research Institute, the World Agroforestry Centre, and the Earth Institute. Glenn also highlights his new book, "Universal Food Security: How to End Hunger While Protecting the Planet." The conversation delves into the importance of sustainable development and the challenges of achieving universal food security. He emphasizes the need for a holistic approach that balances agricultural productivity with environmental conservation. Maurice and Glenn explore various strategies and policies that can drive meaningful change, drawing from Glenn's extensive career and recent work. This episode provides valuable insights into the intersection of agriculture, food security, and sustainable development, making it a must-listen for anyone interested in these critical global issues. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Glenn and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Glenn's SIPA: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Growing up in a musically inclined family, Amina Scott was exposed to a diverse range of musical genres from an early age. Her grandmother's piano lessons sparked her love for music, leading her to pick up the bass at twelve and perform with local bands in Oakland. During her college years at Loyola University New Orleans, Amina continued to hone her craft, eventually earning a Master’s degree from Florida State University under Rodney Jordan’s mentorship. She was also part of the prestigious 2017 Ravinia Jazz Program cohort.Currently based in New Orleans, Amina has performed with renowned artists such as Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jazzmeia Horn, Chief Xian Atunde Adjuah, and many others. Her album, "Where The Wild Seed Grows," captures her journey into Black womanhood and the trials and tribulations of her career. Beyond performing, Amina serves on the faculty at Loyola University New Orleans and the University of New Orleans, and has been a faculty member for the Lafayette Summer Music Workshop since 2022.Join us as we dive deep into Amina’s journey through music, her experiences as a female musician in a predominantly male industry, and how she finds balance and inspiration in her craft. Listen in as the power of music in social movements and the importance of mentorship is discussed. Amina’s also provides advice for aspiring musicians. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Amina and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Amina: Instagram and Facebook * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In this enlightening episode of "Walk Talk Listen, Abdi Iftin, a remarkable storyteller and author, discusses his journey from war-torn Somalia to a new life in the United States. This episode delves deep into themes of resilience, hope, and navigating the uncertainties that life presents. Abdi shares poignant memories of his childhood in Mogadishu, painting a vivid picture of life amidst conflict and the challenges he faced growing up in a war zone. We discover how Abdi's passion for storytelling became a lifeline, and he recounts the perilous journey that brought him to the U.S., highlighting the moments of uncertainty and the incredible resilience required to navigate such a path. Maurice and Abdi discuss the cultural and personal adjustments Abdi had to make upon arriving in the United States, including the new challenges he faced and how he overcame them. Abdi offers inspiring advice for anyone facing their own uncertainties, emphasizing the importance of hope, perseverance, and the power of community support.Abdi Nor Iftin was born in Mogadishu to nomadic parents and survived famine, war, and child soldiering. Teaching himself English through American action films, Abdi became a guerrilla journalist, sharing his life stories through the series "Messages from Mogadishu" on NPR, the BBC, and This American Life, and was shortlisted for a Peabody Award.After surviving a bombing at his house in 2009, Abdi fled to Kenya, where he and his brother lived as refugees. In an incredible stroke of luck, he won entrance to the U.S. in the 2014 annual visa lottery, although his journey to America was fraught with challenges that nearly stranded him in Nairobi.Now based in Maine, Abdi is a bestselling and award-winning author with ten years of experience in refugee resettlement and currently works as the communications specialist at Church World Service. As an advocate for the rights of newly arrived immigrants, he is dedicated to uniting people through his stories of survival and resilience. Abdi became a United States citizen in 2020 and graduated from Boston College with a degree in Political Science in 2022 and now pursuing his law degree. He is also a regular columnist for the Portland Press Herald. For more information on Abdi's work at CWS, check this link.Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Abdi and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Abdi: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In this special episode, recorded live at the Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2024 in Washington, D.C., we explore the intersection of the Black Church, racism, and immigration. Moderated by Maurice Bloem, this workshop features an insightful panel discussion with Dr. José Wilson, Director of Facilitation and Organizational Learning, North Lawndale Employment Network, Rev. Reuben Eckels, Faith and Partnership Hub Coordinator, CWS, Rev. Noel Andersen, National Field Director, CWS and Amena Elamin, National Youth Organizer, BAJI. Our apologies in advance, because the reflections from the audience at the end are not always very clear.The workshop delves into the multifaceted challenges of systemic racism, misinformation, and societal division, particularly their impact on marginalized communities. Maurice Bloem sets the stage with an introduction that emphasizes the need for both systemic and inner changes to navigate these crises. He draws on principles from innerdevelopmentgoals.org and Ken Wilber's integral theory to create a safe and learning-focused environment for all participants.Two key themes were discussed: Key Themes Discussed: DEI Initiatives in the Face of Backlash and The Role of Faith Leaders in Bridging Divides. The participants are encouraged to actively engage by sharing their insights and reflections on the discussions. The session includes a plenary segment where attendees share their key takeaways and reflect on the shared human experiences discussed during the workshop.We invite you to listen to this episode to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities in creating inclusive and supportive communities. Share your thoughts and continue the dialogue on our social media platforms or send us an email.For more information on EAD Spring 2024, check this link.Listener Engagement:* Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In this episode, we are joined by Noel Andersen who recently spoke at the Ecumenical Advocacy Days 2024 Spring Summit domestic workshop. As the National Field Director for Church World Service he has been at the forefront of mobilizing faith communities across the United States to support immigrants and refugees through actionable solidarity. He brings a rich background of community development and organizing from his time in Central America and along the U.S.-Mexico border. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ (UCC), Noel is also a co-founder of the UCC National Collaborative on Immigration, a grassroots initiative aimed at galvanizing UCC leaders in the fight for immigrants' rights. His commitment to social change is further evident in his work with the Refugee Leadership Development for Social Change project at CWS, which has empowered thousands of refugees with skills in community organizing.For more information on Noel's work at CWS, check this link.Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Noel and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Noel: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In Episode 151 of Walk Talk Listen, we sit down with Sharmagne Taylor, the President and CEO of On-Site Partners Inc., and the coordinator of the Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD), an event focused on social justice and advocacy. Sharmagne brings her rich expertise from 15 years in hotel operations, and now leads her own successful consulting firm providing technology solutions and logistics management, in her own words, "events that really matter". This episode explores her journey in hospitality and how she uses her platform to break down barriers for minorities, women, and disabled veterans. Her commitment to advocacy shines through as she coordinates the Ecumenical Advocacy Days, an event bringing together people dedicated to promoting justice and change.Join us to learn more about Sharmagne's vision for the hospitality industry and the role that EAD plays in empowering diverse voices to take action. Join Sharmagne and many others at the Ecumenical Advocacy Days, May 17-19, 2024 in the DMV area in the US. Or check out there website. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Sharmagne and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with EAD: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Alejandra Schrader is a Los Angeles-based chef, author, entrepreneur, and activist renowned for her commitment to sustainability and healthy living. She authored the award-winning "The Low-Carbon Cookbook and Action Plan," which offers over 140 sustainable plant-based recipes aimed at reducing food waste and promoting environmental health. Alejandra’s expertise has led her to speak on global stages, including the United Nations, advocating for nutrition, biodiversity, and sustainable food systems. Her work emphasizes the deep connection between our food choices, personal health, and the health of our planet. In this enlightening episode of Walk Talk Listen, we sat down with Alejandra Schrader to explore her profound connection to sustainable cooking and its impacts on both planetary and personal health. Alejandra shares her journey from architecture to culinary arts, highlighting how her Venezuelan roots and professional transitions influenced her approach to cooking and sustainability. She discusses the inspirations behind her cookbook, emphasizing the importance of minimizing our carbon footprint through mindful cooking and eating practices. Alejandra also delves into the significance of food security and how personal experiences with food insecurity have shaped her advocacy for accessible and healthy food for all. She reflects on the role of food in fostering community and cultural connections and shares practical advice on how individuals can make significant environmental impacts through small, everyday decisions. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Alejandra and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Alejandra: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Carolina Pozo, an economist, innovation expert, and speaker, hails from Quito, Ecuador. She studied Economics at York University and holds a Master's in Public Management from Università SDA Bocconi. Carolina founded Cacao EcoVillage, MUZE Chocolate, and Avanti, focusing on innovative social impact projects. Her accolades include being a former member of the Global Shapers Community and being recognized by The McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Carolina led Quito's first open government and innovation lab and has been involved in creating the Public Innovation Lab in Honduras. Currently, she is driving initiatives in the chocolate industry and mobile banking for financial inclusion. In this episode, Carolina discusses the transformative power of open innovation in government and how it can foster significant societal improvements. She shares insights from her time as the Director of LINQ, Quito's Innovation Lab, emphasizing the lab's role in pioneering open government policies. Carolina's stories from the front lines of innovation highlight the challenges and triumphs of implementing new policies that are transparent and citizen-centric. Carolina also delves into her current projects, which marry her expertise in economics and her passion for social entrepreneurship. She talks about the creation of MUZE Chocolate, a social business aimed at transforming the chocolate industry by prioritizing sustainability and community involvement. Furthermore, she explains her role in advancing mobile banking solutions to enhance financial inclusion, detailing the impacts of these services on underserved populations in Ecuador.Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Carolina and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Carolina: Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn, Muza: Twitter and Instagram and Avanti: Instagram and Twitter. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Baishali Chatterjee is Christian Aid’s Global Thematic Advisor on gender justice, currently based in Bangalore, India. She is an intersectional feminist, with over 20 years of work experience in the field of women’s rights and gender equality. She loves raising her 12 year old, being a plant mom, coffee, books and putting her thoughts on paper, in no particular order. In this engaging episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice Bloem speaks with Baishali Chatterjee, who shares deep insights from her extensive career in gender justice. Baishali reflects on her upbringing in Kolkata, where early exposure to feminist literature in her family’s library ignited her passion for women's rights. Her professional journey at Christian Aid involves integrating gender justice with broader goals like economic and climate justice, emphasizing the need to reimagine macroeconomic policies from a feminist perspective. Baishali discusses the significant role of feminist movements in shaping societal norms and policy changes, particularly through the lens of intersectionality. She underscores the importance of recognizing multiple social identities in advocacy work. The conversation also covers the evolution of societal attitudes toward gender equality, driven by newer, more vocal generations aware of their rights. Baishali’s experiences highlight the ongoing challenges and the potential for real progress through global frameworks like the Sustainable Development Goals. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Baishali and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Baishali: LinkedIn and Christian Aid: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Jayeel Cornelio is Professor of Development Studies at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. He is currently based as a visiting scholar at the Center for Asian Democracy at the University of Louisville where he is working on his new book on Christianity and democracy. He is part of JLI as its Board Secretary and engages the Filipino public as a contributor to Rappler, one of the country's leading news websites. In episode 7, In his dialogue, Dr. Jayeel Cornelio elaborates on the significant role of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI) in fostering collaborative research and advocacy on religion and development. He emphasizes JLI’s unique approach of integrating diverse religious perspectives to address global challenges, showcasing how JLI serves as a platform for bringing together experts from various disciplines and faith backgrounds. Through his involvement as Board Secretary, Jayeel underscores the initiative’s commitment to creating impactful, faith-informed policy solutions that are not only scholarly but also pragmatically attuned to the realities of communities around the world. This collaborative effort not only enriches the discourse on religion and development but also amplifies the practical applications of these insights in real-world scenarios, making JLI a pivotal player in international development discussions. Social media handles of Jayeel: Twitter and his University page. And his University: Twitter. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series and/or this podcast. We would love to hear from you. Please feel free to reach out to us. Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com, or contact us through our platform. We welcome your thoughts, questions, and proposals for collaboration. I'll personally ensure that your interest is directed to the right people at JLI, helping you connect with a network of individuals and organizations dedicated to creating a better world through faith-informed development. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
John Coonrod is the author of a new book (How the Road Build Me) that shares stories of his mentors who shaped his 50-year career in activism and human development. John brings a wealth of knowledge to today's conversation. Throughout this episode, listeners will be treated to deep dives into the themes of his book, as John shares his inspirations, challenges, and the impactful messages he aims to convey through his writing. This episode is a must-listen for those who appreciate thoughtful dialogue and are eager to explore the depths of expertise that John shares with us today. Trained as a research physicist, John became The Hunger Project's first volunteer in 1977. In 1984, at the height of the African Famine, he left physics and joined Hunger Project staff where he helped create strategies to facilitate gender-focused community-led development that currently mobilizes 16 million rural people in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Today, John is the founder and US chair of the Movement for Community-led Development. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by John and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with John via LinkedIn, and Movement for Community-led Development via : Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In this compelling episode of Walk Talk Listen, we delve into the world of gender equity with Nicole Hosein, Director of Gender Initiatives at Episcopal Relief & Development. Nicole oversees the strategy, partnerships, and activities aimed at reducing gender-based violence and advancing gender equity and social inclusion. With over a decade of experience with UNDP, UNFPA, and UN Women in various countries including Laos, Nepal, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, and Tunisia, she shares her journey and the personal challenges that have shaped her approach to gender equity. Nicole's dedication to gender equality and her insights into the complexities of implementing effective programs make this episode essential listening for those interested in social change, gender issues, and global development initiatives.Nicole holds a Master of Arts in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of the West Indies in Trinidad & Tobago.. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Jamie and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Nicole via LinkedIn, and Episcopal Relief and Development via : Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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Join us in this insightful episode as we engage with Jamie McIntosh , the dynamic Executive Director of World Renew since February 2023. With a profound commitment to justice, dignity, and opportunity, Jamie leads the charge against poverty, disaster, conflict, and injustice worldwide. Jamie brings to World Renew a rich tapestry of experience, holding a Master's Degree in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford. His leadership journey is marked by significant roles with notable organizations like World Vision, Compassion, Mercy Ships, and as the founder of International Justice Mission Canada. His work across these platforms has cemented his reputation as a fervent advocate for global justice and humanitarian aid. In his role at World Renew, Jamie collaborates closely with Carole Bremer Bennett, Executive Director for World Renew U.S., leveraging over 25 years of leadership experience in international humanitarian, development, and justice work. Together, they drive transformative initiatives across 30 nations in areas such as emergency response, health and nutrition, education, and peace-building. This episode takes a personal turn as Jamie shares the compelling story of his parents, with a special emphasis on his mother’s influence, illustrating how personal narratives can inspire professional paths. Jamie’s journey from an ordained minister and seasoned leader in various global organizations to his pivotal role at World Renew encapsulates a life dedicated to making a tangible difference in the lives of the underserved. Discover the impact of Jamie McIntosh's holistic approach to leadership, blending legal acumen, pastoral care, and unwavering commitment to justice. His story is a testament to the power of leadership that is deeply rooted in compassion and driven by a desire to enact meaningful change across the globe. Listener Engagement:* Discover the songs picked by Jamie and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Jamie via Twitter, and World Renew via : Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
Follow Us:* Support the Walk Talk Listen podcast by liking and following us on Twitter and Instagram (@mauricebloem). * Visit our website at 100mile.org for more episodes and information about our initiatives. * Check out the special WTL series "Enough for All" featuring CWS, and as well as the work of the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI).
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! In this 16th and last episode of our special series during CSW68, we're joined by Zanele and she works ACT Ubumbano. As with most of our guests during this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 68), she shares insights mostly based on her personal views. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! In this 15th episode of our special series during CSW68, we're joined by Alison and she works for ACT Alliance (CWS is a member of this network organization). As with most of our guests during this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 68), she shares insights mostly based on her personal views. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! In this 14th episode of our special series, we're joined by Sekar and she works for Yakkum Emergency Unit (YEU) and is part of the Youth delegation of ACT Alliance. during CSW68. YEU is also a partner organization of CWS in Indonesia. As with most of our guests during this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 68), she shares insights mostly based on her personal views. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! In this 13th episode of our special series, we're joined by Simon Chambers and he is the director of communications of an organization called ACT Alliance. As with most of our guests during this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 68), he shares insights mostly based on his personal views. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! In this 12th episode of our special series, we're joined by Jennifer. As with most of our guests during this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 68), she shares insights based on her personal views. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! In this 11th episode of our special series, we're joined by Esther from World Renew Senegal and Katherine from a partner of World Renew from Bangladesh. As with most of our guests during this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 68), they share insights based on their personal views. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! In this 10th episode of our special series, we're joined by Alexa Dava. As with most of our guests during this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 68), Alexa shares insights based on her personal views. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! In this 9th episode of our special series, we're joined by Sarah Macharia of WACC. She refers to the website whomakesthenews.org in this episode, please check it out.This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! In this 8th episode of our special series, we're joined by Elizabeth Uriyo, the Chief of Staff of the Congressional Hunger Center and Director Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship. As with all our guests during this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), Elizabeth shares insights based on her personal views. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! In this 7th episode of our special series, we're joined by Gabriela Martinez, the Associate of Campaigns at the Franciscan Action Network. As with all our guests during this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), Gabriela shares insights based on her personal views, not as an official spokesperson for the Franciscan Action Network. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! This is sixth episode of this special series with Ruja who is a 3rd time as a delegate with the Iranian Circle of Women Intercultural Network (WIN) and the secretary of ICWIN. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! This fifth episode is again with people from the Tzu Chi Foundation, but now with three of their youth delegates Joy, Heather and Nina. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! This fourth episode iswith Denise and Dino from Tzu Chi Foundation in Mozambique. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! This third episode is with Dr. Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs at the University of Portland, USA. She received her PhD from the New School for Social Research in New York, USA. Golesorkhi’s expertise lies in migration, gender, civil and human rights. Her most recent work focuses on refugees and sustainable livelihoods. Between 2018 and 2019, she conducted field research in Jordan, Turkey, and Germany. As of March 2020, Golesorkhi is the Executive Director and Director of Advocacy at the Center for Migration, Gender, and Justice. Golesorkhi has advocated for migrant rights and gender justice at the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the United Nations. In 2015, she was a winner of the United Nations Academic Impact Global Diversity Contest and has since been internationally recognized for her work as a human rights defender. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! This second episode is with Marianne Malgay from an organization called Fundación Hora de Obrar in Argentina. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68.
Welcome to a special (semi-) live edition of the Walk Talk Listen podcast! This first episode is with Joycia Thorat from India. This time, we're broadcasting directly from the heart of an impactful global event - The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68). Held from March 11 to March 22, this is the UN's most significant yearly meeting focused on gender equality and women's empowerment. This year, the gathering revolves around a critical theme: "Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective." In this unique series, we're tweaking our usual format. Although we'll meet and interact with fascinating guests, we'll focus less on personal narratives and more on the overarching topics and insights related to this year's theme. It's an opportunity for us to dive deep into discussions that matter, highlighting the pivotal moments and conversations from CSW68. We Want to Hear From You! Your thoughts, feedback, and proposals for collaboration mean the world to us. Please let us know what you think about this new series. Reach out in the following ways: * Email: innovationhub@cwsglobal.org * Direct Contact: Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com or reach out through our platform.
I, Maurice, will personally ensure that your interest is directed to the appropriate people at JLI. Join us in connecting with a network dedicated to fostering a better world through faith-informed development. Stay Connected Don't forget to like and follow the Walk Talk Listen podcast. For more updates and engaging content, follow @mauricebloem on Twitter and Instagram. Explore our work further at 100mile.org and delve into our special WTL series Enough for All, featuring the organization CWS. This live series is shorter than our regular episodes, focusing on the critical issues and personalities we encounter during CSW68. Thank you for your support and engagement. Together, let's make a difference in the world, one conversation at a time.
Mary Mwiche Zulu, a seasoned advocate for social justice hailing from Zambia, finds in the Joint Learning Initiative (JLI) a resonant platform that bridges her fervent beliefs in education, gender equality, and faith-driven community enhancement. As an ordained minister and educator within the United Church of Zambia, her engagement with JLI is not merely professional but deeply personal. Mary sees JLI as an essential nexus where faith intersects with sustainable development, offering both a reflective and action-oriented space. Her commitment to using education as a lever for equality and her active role in combating gender-based violence through faith communities epitomize the synergetic potential she identifies in JLI. It is a conduit for harnessing the underappreciated power of faith in cultivating a more just and equitable world. Social media handles of Mary: Facebook The song title Good Good Father of Chris Tomlin is the title of the song she could not remember during this episode. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series and/or this podcast. We would love to hear from you. Please feel free to reach out to us. Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com, or contact us through our platform. We welcome your thoughts, questions, and proposals for collaboration. I'll personally ensure that your interest is directed to the right people at JLI, helping you connect with a network of individuals and organizations dedicated to creating a better world through faith-informed development. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
In this episode, we are thrilled to have Shirazette Tinnin, a drummer whose accolades include being a Fulbright Scholar, educator, clinician, author, and health coach. Raised in North Carolina with gospel, R&B, and soul music as her early influences, Shirazette's musical journey is a testament to her diverse talents and deep-rooted passion for jazz and beyond. We discuss her recent performance at the Birdland Jazz Club with icons like Dee Dee Bridgewater, Amina Scott, and Carmen Staaf, and delve into her perspectives on music, collaboration, and the quintet of musicians she admires most. Shirazette also shares her response to a question from bass player Endea Owens and opens up about the profound impact of losing our parents. Shirazette Tinnin's story is one of inspiration, dedication, and the continuous pursuit of musical excellence. From her early days in North Carolina to performing and touring with some of the most respected names in jazz, she remains a vibrant force in the music world. Listeners will gain insight into Shirazette's contributions to music and wellness, her role as a mentor and educator, and her ongoing projects that keep the spirit of jazz alive and kicking. Listener Engagement: * Discover the songs picked by Shirazette and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Shirazette via Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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In this captivating episode of Walk Talk Listen, we explore the harmonious intersection of music and philanthropy with the incredibly talented bass player Endea Owens. Known for her vibrant contributions to the jazz world as a bassist, composer, and philanthropist, Endea shares her journey from Detroit to the global stage, her passion for ending hunger, and her love for music that resonates with the soul. About Endea Owens: * Detroit-raised jazz prodigy, recording artist, and philanthropist. * Alumni of The Juilliard School, member of the Late Show with Stephen Colbert's house band, Stay Human. * Award-winning artist with accolades including an Emmy, Grammy, and George Foster Peabody Award. * Founder of the Community Cookout, feeding and inspiring thousands in NYC through music and meals. * Collaborated with legends like Wynton Marsalis, Diana Ross, and Jon Batiste, among others. * Released her debut album "Feel Good Music" in 2023.
Episode Highlights: * Endea's first encounter with music and her path to becoming a jazz icon. * The influence of mentors like Marcus Belgrave, Rodney Whitaker, and Ron Carter. * Behind-the-scenes insights into her performances and collaborations with music royalty. * The inception and impact of the Community Cookout initiative. * Endea's selection for her all-time quintet
Listener Engagement: * Discover the songs picked by Endea and other guests on our #walktalklisten here. * Connect with Endea Owens via Twitter, YouTube and Instagram and of her organization the Community Cookout: Instagram. * Share your thoughts on this episode at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org. Your feedback is invaluable to us.
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This episode of Walk Talk Listen not only sheds light on Endea Owens' exceptional journey in music and philanthropy but also inspires listeners to appreciate the power of jazz as a tool for social change. Join us in this melodious venture to make the world a better place, one note at a time.
In a truly heartwarming twist to our regular programming, this week's episode of "Walk Talk Listen" is an extraordinary gift - a birthday present from the host's three sons. Breaking from tradition, this episode comes out earlier than usual, a special release to celebrate an equally special occasion. With thoughtful reflections and personal insights, Milan, Noah and Matisse delve into the essence of what makes their dad a unique figure in their lives and to the listeners of this podcast. Host's Note"I consider this episode the best birthday present ever. It's a showcase of love, reflection, and the bond we share as a family. While I may be biased, I believe this episode offers something special for all our listeners. It's a testament to the power of family, the lessons we share, and the love that binds us. To my sons, thank you for this unforgettable gift. And to our listeners, I hope this episode brings you joy and inspiration." Closing ThoughtsIn lieu of our regular sign-off, we invite you to reflect on the relationships that shape your life. Consider the lessons, love, and legacies that weave through your own story. Until next time, keep walking, talking, and listening with an open heart. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. As well as those of the organization JLI (Joint Learning Initiative).
In this special episode of Walk Talk Listen, Maurice A. Bloem sits down with Dionne Gravesande, Chair of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI). Dionne shares her profound insights into the significance of value-based approaches and conceptualizes love as a proactive force in nurturing global partnerships and supporting local communities. Through her leadership at JLI and her work with Christian Aid, Dionne exemplifies the critical role of faith-based cooperation in addressing global challenges and promoting community resilience. Dionne has over 25 years of experience in the UK charity sector, much of which has focussed on the humanitarian and development sector working with churches, national and international non-governmental organizations. Currently she is an executive manager and strategic adviser at Christian Aid with a corporate remit for faith partnerships and ecumenical collaborations in the areas of inequalities, peacebuilding, gender and climate. Her graduate education and training embraces theology, international relations, community development and business administration. Her Pan-African work includes international outreach in USA, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean through the Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race and other forums, more recently she has worked with INGOs as a consultant on strategic leadership and providing change management support. In December 2021 she took up the role of Chair of board at the Joint Learning Initiative. Join us for an enlightening conversation on the intersection of faith, community service, and sustainable development. Social media handles of the Christian Aid: Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series and/or this podcast. We would love to hear from you. Please feel free to reach out to us. Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com, or contact us through our platform. We welcome your thoughts, questions, and proposals for collaboration. I'll personally ensure that your interest is directed to the right people at JLI, helping you connect with a network of individuals and organizations dedicated to creating a better world through faith-informed development. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Emily Echevarria serves as the Director of Climate Action at the Parliament of the World’s Religions. She is a Florida native and an alumna of the University of North Florida. She has recently earned her Master’s degree in Environmental Diplomacy at DePaul University and has completed field work in Arusha, Tanzania and Mossel Bay, South Africa. With a passion for conservation, Emily is dedicated to helping the planet recover from the effects of pollution and global warming. Her academic focus is on ocean and marine life conservation. Emily represents the Parliament as a member of the Faith for Food Coalition, Faiths for Biodiversity, and the Steering Committee of UNEP’s Accredited Faith-Based Organizations. She joined the Parliament as Director of Climate Action in July 2022. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. The social media handles of the Parliament are: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The website Emily refers to in this podcast about the faith related stories related and the SDGs can be found via this link, here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. As well as those of the organization JLI (Joint Learning Initiative).
Episode (140) of the podcast Walk Talk Listen will delve into the forthcoming book "Gratitude, Injury and Repair in a Pandemic Age: an Interreligious dialogue" featuring insights from Michael Trice. Michael holds the positions of Founding Director at the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement and Spehar-Halligan Professor at Seattle University. Trice was appointed Director and Professor at the STM Center for Religious Wisdom & World Affairs in July 2019 and later assumed the same roles at the Seattle University Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement in July 2021. As a Faculty-Administrator, Trice is a professionally trained theologian with extensive experience in leading teams focused on public theology's impact on society. His approach as a Constructive Theologian is rooted in interdisciplinary and integrationist methodologies, addressing contemporary theological challenges. Trice has served on national and international boards, including as Secretary of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, a member of the United Nations Environmental Programme Religion-Science Consortium, and part of the Vatican Covid-19 Commission Ecology Working Group. His career spans 30 years in public theology, including a role as Associate Executive for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in the office of Ecumenical and Inter-religious Relations (2004-2011), where he also represented Bishop Mark Hanson on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. With a strong entrepreneurial spirit, Trice's leadership focuses on egalitarian, strengths-based approaches and discernment. He leads a diverse and international Center Advisory Council in the Pacific Northwest and regularly publishes in Constructive Theology, particularly on theological responses to pluralism. His leadership at the Center aligns with Seattle University's Strategic Vision (2020-2025), the Society of Jesus General Congregation 34, key external donors, and a commitment to holistic personal development. In 2018, Trice undertook a sabbatical project exploring society's evolving relationship with theological education and organized religion, and the increasing interest in virtual learning for public theology. This led to the creation of Religica in October 2018, a platform emphasizing podcasts and blogcasts with influential figures at the intersection of religion and society. Religica integrates into the work of the Center, hosting scholarly projects, testing theological hypotheses, and serving as a hub for diverse religious and spiritual traditions. Looking forward, the Center, under Trice's guidance, aims to develop as a comprehensive platform for public theology, fostering ecumenical and interreligious engagement in alignment with Seattle University's mission. Trice's role at the university encompasses teaching, research, scholarship, and service, all unified under his identity as a constructive theologian engaged with both the university and the wider world. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. The social media handles of Michael (Facebook and Instagram) and his Center are: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Ira Feldman is a distinguished sustainability leader with over 25 years of experience. He is currently the Founder and Chairman of Adaptation Leader (adaptationleader.org), an organization focused on climate adaptation strategies and solutions, serving in this role since 2019. Feldman is also the President and Senior Counsel at Greentrack Strategies, a consultancy he has led since 1996, specializing in environmental regulatory innovation, sustainable business practices, and corporate social responsibility. Additionally, he founded the Sustainability Curriculum Consortium (SCC) in 2016, where he serves as Managing Director, advancing sustainability education in higher education. Feldman's expertise spans across various areas, including environmental-social-governance (ESG) factors in finance, Public-Private Partnerships, and blockchain technology for climate solutions. He is committed to driving sustainability and climate adaptation forward through education, policy, and strategic consulting. He previously worked at the US EPA, pioneering new enforcement settlement approaches and developing corporate voluntary excellence programs. Feldman is dedicated to advancing sustainability through policy initiatives, professional development, and contributions to the sustainability and climate dialogue. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS as well as the special episodes about an organization called JLI (Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities)
Olivia Wilkinson is the Director of Research for the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI), so she directs JLI’s research work, collaborating with partners from UN agencies and governments to faith-based organizations and NGOs, and in collaboration with universities. Olivia is a sociologist, working at the intersection of sociology of religion and humanitarian/development studies. She published her book, "Secular and Religious Dynamics in Humanitarian Response" with Routledge in early 2020, which unpicks how secularity is one of many privileges and biases in the humanitarian system that makes aid irrelevant and inappropriate. She co-edited a new volume also with Routledge called “International Development and Local Faith Actors: Ideological and Cultural Encounters,” which was recently released. She has a PhD and Master's in humanitarian action from Trinity College Dublin and Université Catholique de Louvain respectively. Her PhD research focused on the response to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and she has since conducted collaborative research work around the world, most recently on local faith actors in South Sudan. Her undergraduate degree in Theology and Religious Studies is from the University of Cambridge. Social media handle of Olivia is: Twitter. Olivia talks about several publications in this episode, we are sharing two, this is the article about how religion and development changed over time, click here. And for the document about JLI's Strategic Religious Engagement, please click here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please feel free to reach out to us. Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com, or contact us through our platform. We welcome your thoughts, questions, and proposals for collaboration. I'll personally ensure that your interest is directed to the right people at JLI, helping you connect with a network of individuals and organizations dedicated to creating a better world through faith-informed development. The website of JLI can be reached by clicking here. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Sadia Kidwai is the Fair & Equitable Coordinator for the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI), working to support local faith actors to challenge unequal power dynamics around research and evidence in the religions and development space. For over ten years, Sadia has worked at the intersections of faith, development, research, and activism. At MADE in Europe, a youth-led campaigning charity, Sadia trained young European Muslims on how to run effective campaigns, as well as leading organizational campaigns and education work on maternal health, ethical trade, and environmental stewardship. As a Policy & Research Analyst at Islamic Relief Worldwide, Sadia developed organizational policies and guidelines on Zakat (faith-based giving), sexual and reproductive health, working in conflict zones, and environmental sustainability. Sadia also led Islamic Relief Worldwide’s research on forced migration, authoring a report exploring The Rights of Forced Migrants in Islam (2014). Sadia previously co-founded and co-chaired JLI’s Refugees and Forced Migration Hub, and has contributed chapters exploring Islamic teachings on forced migration to Islam and International Development (Practical Action Publishing, 2020) and The Refugee Crisis and Religion (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016). Sadia completed her MSc in Violence, Conflict, and Development from SOAS (University of London), and is currently based in Washington D.C. Social media handle of Sadia: Twitter. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please feel free to reach out to us. Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com, or contact us through our platform. We welcome your thoughts, questions, and proposals for collaboration. I'll personally ensure that your interest is directed to the right people at JLI, helping you connect with a network of individuals and organizations dedicated to creating a better world through faith-informed development. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Katherine Marshall has worked for some four decades on international development, with a focus on issues facing the world’s poorest countries. A senior fellow at Georgetown University's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs and Visiting Professor in the School of Foreign Service, she is Executive Director of the World Faiths Development Dialogue. Her long career with the World Bank (1971-2006) involved a wide range of leadership assignments. She was Country Director in the Bank’s Africa region, first for the Sahel region, then Southern Africa and led the Bank's work on social policy and governance during the East Asia crisis years. In 2000 the World Bank’s president appointed her to a newly created post of liaison with faith-based development charities, with the objective of clarifying shared objectives and building trust and coordination. Katherine is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on various boards of non-profit organizations. She served as a core group member of the Council of 100, an initiative of the World Economic Forum to advance understanding between the Islamic World and the West. She is also a member of the Board and Leadership Council of the Joint Learning Initiative of Faith and Local Communities. Social media handles of the University and WFDD: Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Her personal Facebook and Instagram. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please feel free to reach out to us. Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com, or contact us through our platform. We welcome your thoughts, questions, and proposals for collaboration. I'll personally ensure that your interest is directed to the right people at JLI, helping you connect with a network of individuals and organizations dedicated to creating a better world through faith-informed development. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Maria Modigh, a seasoned social and ESG entrepreneur, lawyer, and leader, is a key figure at the non-profit 29k Foundation. With 17 years in the CSO, corporate, and international development sectors, her expertise is invaluable. As a former co-CEO and current board member of 29k, Maria has played a pivotal role in the organization's growth and impact. Her approach combines entrepreneurial zeal, systems thinking, and creativity, focusing on global change and impacting millions. Maria is deeply involved in sustainable and regenerative development, scaling innovative solutions, and youth support. Joining 29k in September 2020, she has been instrumental in its development as a unique hybrid of tech startup, nonprofit, and foundation. 29k stands out in Europe for its innovative approach and network of unicorn founders from notable Swedish companies. In her role as co-CEO, Maria managed strategy, operations, and finance, and championed 29k's mission to offer free, accessible inner development tools to a global audience. Beyond 29k, she chairs Locker Room Talk, fostering a new, equitable form of masculinity focused on emotional intelligence and mental health. Maria's background includes a significant tenure at Reach for Change, enhancing social entrepreneurship across multiple continents, and legal finance expertise at Allen & Overy. She's also contributed to sustainable development at UNESCO. Holding a dual degree in law and business from Edinburgh University, Maria leverages her diverse experience to forge impactful partnerships for societal betterment. Residing in Nacka with her family, she embodies a commitment to sustainable, innovative social change. Discover songs from our guests on our playlist #walktalklisten here. Follow 29k Foundation via Facebook and Instagram. Maria's Facebook is here. Share your thoughts on our series at innovationhub@cwsglobal.org . Connect with our Walk Talk Listen podcast on social media, visit 100mile.org, and explore our special series on CWS and JLI.
Episode 137 features Freddy Mutanguha, an inspiring individual with a profound personal history and a deep commitment to promoting peace and preventing genocide. Born in Burundi in 1976 and later moving to Rwanda, Freddy's life was significantly impacted by the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. He survived this tragic event, but lost most of his family, a turning point that fueled his dedication to human rights and peace education. Freddy is the CEO of Aegis Trust, an organization devoted to preventing genocide through education, research, and advocacy. Under his leadership, Aegis Trust established the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Rwanda, a crucial site for remembrance and education about the genocide. His efforts extend beyond Rwanda, as he's played a pivotal role in promoting peace education across several African countries. Freddy's academic and professional achievements are notable. He holds an MBA from Maastricht University, has been recognized as a prominent human rights activist, and serves in various influential roles, including as the Chair of the Board of Miracle Corner Rwanda and as an External Advisor to the USC Shoah Foundation Visual History Archives. In his role with Aegis Trust, Freddy continues to be a leading voice in the fight against genocide, making a significant impact not just in East Africa but globally. - Engagement and Feedback:- Share your thoughts with us via innovationhub@cwsglobal.org.- Follow, like and share our Walk Talk Listen podcast (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) and Maurice A. Bloem (Twitter and Instagram).- Visit 100mile.org and explore our special WTL series "Enough for All" about CWS. - Music and Social Media:- Discover songs picked by our guests on our Spotify playlist #walktalklisten or click here.- Connect with Freddy Mutanguha and Aegis Trust on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Welcome to another special series of the podcast Walk Talk Listen, where we're on a journey to explore the influential work of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI). In this new special series we will attempt in every episode to focus on a unique voice - individuals from varied backgrounds like non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, and JLI itself. Our aim? To delve deep into personal narratives and expert insights about the significant role of JLI at the crossroads of faith and development. In this episode, we have the privilege of hosting Emma Tomalin, a remarkable individual whose experiences and viewpoints add a new dimension to our understanding of JLI's impact. We'll hear about Emma's journey, how she/he/they intersected with JLI, and her/his/their take on how this initiative is bridging critical gaps in religious and development literacy. Through these conversations, we seek to uncover the real stories behind the collaborative efforts, the challenges faced, and the victories celebrated in the realm of faith-based community development. Our guests bring to the table their unique perspectives, shedding light on how JLI's approach to joint learning and collaborative problem-solving is not just theory but practice that's making a tangible difference. Join us as we navigate these enlightening discussions, gaining a deeper appreciation of the diverse ways JLI influences and inspires those working towards a more understanding and cohesive world. Let's discover together how their stories and insights reflect the broader significance of JLI in shaping a better future for communities around the globe. Emma Tomalin is Professor of Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds in the UK. She has published widely on the topic of religion and international development. She is the author of 'Religions and Development' (2013), published by Routledge, and the editor of the 'Routledge Handbook on Religions and Global Development' (2015). She currently co-chairs the JLI Learning Hub on Anti-Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, and has partnered with the JLI on a number of projects. The most recent of these is a study to better understand the impact of discourses about decolonisation and localisation on the experiences and activities of faith actors who contribute towards development. The results of that project will be published in 2024. Social media handles of the University of Leeds: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and YouTube. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please feel free to reach out to us. Send an email to maurice@jliflc.com, or contact us through our platform. We welcome your thoughts, questions, and proposals for collaboration. I'll personally ensure that your interest is directed to the right people at JLI, helping you connect with a network of individuals and organizations dedicated to creating a better world through faith-informed development. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign is finished find more info via de 100mile.org website.
In this episode of Walk Talk Listen, the spotlight is on Crystal Vasquez, a dynamic community leader and certified chef from Fresno, CA. Crystal's journey is a testament to her dedication to community development, with a particular focus on food, nutrition, and wellness. Her work extends beyond the kitchen, addressing critical issues such as sustainability, inequity, food security, and homelessness in her hometown and beyond. For the past 18 years, Crystal has honed her skills in the culinary arts, becoming a certified chef and a pivotal figure in the food industry. Her passion for cooking has evolved into a mission for community impact, driving her involvement in various initiatives aimed at creating more food-secure communities. Crystal's efforts include participating in workgroups for the Food Policy Council of Fresno County, initiated by Fresno Metro Ministries, where she contributed to identifying gaps in food systems and brainstorming sustainable solutions. Her extensive experience includes leading the production of thousands of meals daily for The Poverello House and the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission, significantly supporting those facing homelessness and communities in need throughout the Central Valley. As a member of The City of Fresno’s Review Committee for District 3 and a board director for the nonprofit gogreenlocally.com, she continues to advocate for sustainability and community welfare. Crystal has recently embarked on a new venture, The Spicy Meatball, a family-run business that offers fresh farm-to-table foods, embodying her commitment to quality and community service. A portion of the revenue is earmarked for outreach initiatives and bridging gaps in the local food system. To learn more about Crystal's impactful work and The Spicy Meatball, follow her business on Instagram and check out her website. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Kelly Moltzen is a Co-founder and co-convener of the Interfaith Public Health Network, which helps organizations and faith communities to create impactful relationships to advance public health. She is a Registered Dietitian, has her Master’s of Public Health, and is a member of the USA Secular Franciscan Order. Kelly was a 2022 Rockefeller-Acumen Food Systems Fellow. Her 2021 Rockefeller Food System Vision Prize proposal, Faith Communities Leading the Way Towards Healthy, Sustainable Food Systems, reached the semi-finalist stage. She is a steering committee member of the Center for Earth Ethics' Faith and Food Coalition, and was named to Hunter College's NYC Food Policy Center 40 Under 40 Class of 2020. Kelly has worked to address health disparities in the Bronx with Bronx Health REACH for 13 years, and is also currently supporting the Chief Impact and Sustainability Office of Church World Service as a consultant. Kelly her social media handles are: Twitter/X, Facebook and Instagram and her organization IPHN: Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram. The website is: iphnetwork.org The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Antonia Eriksson (Antonia the poet) is a spoken word poet based in Stockholm, well known for her passionate performances. Her poetry is raw and vulnerable, inviting listeners into her heart and soul and bringing them along as a companion on her journey towards self-development and healing. She uses poetry as her medium to connect with people through vulnerable storytelling, aspiring to plant seeds of hope in her listeners hearts. She is an activist at heart and brings that with her into a lot of her poetry, but also wears her heart on her sleeve every time she steps on a stage hoping to inspire others to do the same. Antonia's social media handles are: Instagram, Facebook and Youtube. Her website is here. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Rev. Karin van den Broeke (1963) is Chief Program Officer of Kerk in Actie, the branch for mission and diaconia of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. She is member of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches. She is board chair of the Bible Society for the Netherlands and Flanders. From 2013-2018 she served as the moderator of the General Synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. She has led several congregations as a minister and worked as university chaplain in Leiden. Karin's personal Twitter and Instagram, and the social media handles of Kerk In Actie are Instagram, Twitter, Facebook The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Haley Crim is an interdisciplinary researcher focused on just climate solutions. As the Climate Engagement and Capacity-building Coordinator at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Program Office and the U.S. Global Change Research Program, she works to educate, train, and inspire the public towards just and efficient climate action. She has worked with local and national governments, international organizations, and community groups on their most pressing climate challenges. She has written and spoken in both research and policy arenas, including for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Journal of Science Policy and Governance, and the American Geophysical Union. She has a B.S. in Ecology and Earth Systems from Bates College in Maine. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, rock climbing, reading, and hanging out with her dog Darwin. Her company's social media tools: twitter, instagram, and LinkedIn. Haley's own twitter. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Christine Alfons is a seasoned advocate for social change and gender equality, with a passion for child-led development and transformative initiatives. With an impressive track record spanning over 8 years, Christine's commitment to fostering positive change is remarkable. As the Founder and Director of the Safe Engage Foundation since 2018, Christine has demonstrated visionary leadership by creating a unified mission that resonates with her team and stakeholders alike. Her expertise in managing programs efficiently and effectively has been instrumental in addressing pressing issues such as Female Genital Mutilation and Early, Forced, and Child Marriages. Christine served as the Founding National Secretary of the Youth Anti-FGM Network Kenya (YANK) where she was able to support the establishment of YANK chapters in the 22 FGM-hotspot counties in Kenya. YANK introduced governance structures that have seen the youth network grow in influencing change towards the abandonment of FGM.Christine's advocacy extends beyond borders, as seen in her role as the Executive Committee member in Commonwealth Youth and Gender Equality Network (CYGEN), Christine took the lead on combating Child Early and Forced Marriage, exemplifying her commitment to youth-led advocacy. Her collaborative spirit comes to the forefront as she engaged with external organizations and played a pivotal role in high-level international discussions. In recognition of her outstanding efforts, Christine has been honored with awards such as the Head of State Commendation Award and The International Alliance for Women's World of Difference Award. Her participation in various global conferences, including the Goalkeepers Convening and Women Deliver Conference, highlights her dedication to international collaboration. Christine Alfons' journey is a testament to her tireless dedication to creating a world where gender equality thrives, harmful practices are abandoned, and the voices of children are amplified. Her inspiring leadership, advocacy prowess, and relentless pursuit of positive change continue to make a profound impact on the lives of women and children globally. Her social media tools: twitter, instagram, and facebook. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
The idea of roundtable discussions with youth, came to be because civil society is changing, and many NGOs aren’t adapting fast enough, they struggle to relate and fully engage with youth. This has clear long term sustainability issues of organizations, and we need to learn how to better adapt to this new generation of potential supporters and partners. We need to learn about why youth want to engage with civil society, how youth want to engage, and how we as NGOs can better relate to them to gain new, active participants in organizational activities, this goes beyond just donations. Walk Talk Listen in collaboration with the CWS Innovation Hub is running a handful of discussions with students and other young folks, predominantly in the US. We are looking to answer the ultimate questions of ‘why, how and how we’ by meeting with students and other youth and asking them to think about and answer “what drives you to engage with civil society?” We hope that these discussion will help us explore what pushes these students to get involved in civil society and will hopefully provide insights on how they want to shape and be involved with it. With our earth facing many challenges, these seem to be more important than ever. Hope you enjoy this new series called "What makes youth tick" and that it might be useful for both young and more seasoned people out there. In this fifth episode we talked with three students, Brigette, Jonathan and Josh, three fellows of a Christian higher education association in Washington, DC. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Dr. Liza J. Rankow is an interfaith minister, educator, activist, and writer. Her work centers the healing that is essential to personal and social transformation. Liza is the founder and former executive director of OneLife Institute, a pioneering organization that served for 17 years to support the well-being of frontline activists, caregivers, and others working to lift up the community. Liza has been a spiritual counselor and teacher for more than three decades. She works with individual clients, facilitates healing retreats, and offers classes and workshops in a variety of community and academic settings. Her topics include: Mysticism & Social Change, Sustaining the Soul of Activism, Deepening the Well (multifaith spiritual formation), and several courses on the life and work of Dr. Howard Thurman. She is the producer and co-editor of the six-CD audio collection, The Living Wisdom of Howard Thurman (Sounds True, 2010), and created Inner Oasis, a CD of her original guided meditations, in 2011. Previously, Liza practiced as a clinical PA in pediatric hematology-oncology at Duke Hospital. From there she moved into public health research and education, particularly related to LGBTQ+ issues. Liza was the project director on one of the first three federal pilot grants awarded under the Women’s Health Initiative to study the health of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women. Her professional publications and resource materials contributed to defining this then-emerging field. One of Liza’s most profound influences has been her decades-long journey with chronic life-threatening illness. It cultivated a spiritual wisdom within her that informs her work with others, and gave her life a deeper sense of meaning and purpose. Her intimacy with suffering allows her to engage the suffering of the world with a sacred tenderness. Her publications include anthologized essays, creative nonfiction, and poetry, and academic articles in both theological and medical journals. She is currently completing her first full-length book. Check her blog: Healing Conversations from the Front Lines of Activism - https://lizarankow.substack.com/. Guided Meditations can be found on InsightTimer - https://insighttimer.com/lizarankow Liza holds a B.A. in Human Development from Hampshire College, Bachelors and Masters degrees in Health Sciences from Duke University School of Medicine, and a Ph.D. in Religion and Social Transformation from Union Institute & University. She lives in Oakland, CA, where she enjoys deep and wide community relationships, and spends as much time as possible in her wildly magical garden. Liza's social media (instagram and facebook) and she also has her own website. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
The idea of roundtable discussions with youth, came to be because civil society is changing, and many NGOs aren’t adapting fast enough, they struggle to relate and fully engage with youth. This has clear long term sustainability issues of organizations, and we need to learn how to better adapt to this new generation of potential supporters and partners. We need to learn about why youth want to engage with civil society, how youth want to engage, and how we as NGOs can better relate to them to gain new, active participants in organizational activities, this goes beyond just donations. Walk Talk Listen in collaboration with the CWS Innovation Hub is running a handful of discussions with students and other young folks, predominantly in the US. We are looking to answer the ultimate questions of ‘why, how and how we’ by meeting with students and other youth and asking them to think about and answer “what drives you to engage with civil societ y?” We hope that these discussion will help us explore what pushes these students to get involved in civil society and will hopefully provide insights on how they want to shape and be involved with it. With our earth facing many challenges, these seem to be more important than ever. Hope you enjoy this new series called "What makes youth tick" and that it might be useful for both young and more seasoned people out there. In this forth episode we talked with three students, Mary, Maddy and Jillian who are linked with a private Christ centered University in Tennessee, USA. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
The idea of roundtable discussions with youth, came to be because civil society is changing, and many NGOs aren’t adapting fast enough, they struggle to relate and fully engage with youth. This has clear long term sustainability issues of organizations, and we need to learn how to better adapt to this new generation of potential supporters and partners. We need to learn about why youth want to engage with civil society, how youth want to engage, and how we as NGOs can better relate to them to gain new, active participants in organizational activities, this goes beyond just donations. Walk Talk Listen in collaboration with the CWS Innovation Hub is running a handful of discussions with students and other young folks, predominantly in the US. We are looking to answer the ultimate questions of ‘why, how and how we’ by meeting with students and other youth and asking them to think about and answer “what drives you to engage with civil society?” We hope that these discussion will help us explore what pushes these students to get involved in civil society and will hopefully provide insights on how they want to shape and be involved with it. With our earth facing many challenges, these seem to be more important than ever. Hope you enjoy this new series called "What makes youth tick" and that it might be useful for both young and more seasoned people out there. In this third episode we talked with four students, Lindsey, Ben, Jake and William who study at a University in North Carolina, USA. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Seth Quigg has worked in the field of Outdoor Education and International Adventure Travel since 2002. Seth has led thousands of students and guests on expeditions throughout the world; from Madagascar to Borneo, 12 expeditions in the Himalaya, 13 expeditions in the Andes, 4 times guiding on Kilimanjaro, and much more. Starting in 2015, he has owned and operated an international travel company consulting with multiple organizations around the world looking to curate meaningful and sustainable outdoor and international expeditions of all types. Find details at www.karuna-project.com As an Impact and Sales Manager at MPOWERD, Seth leverages his 20 years of experience in the outdoor industry, international adventure travel, outdoor education, and humanitarian sectors to promote sustainable solutions for populations worldwide. He has been working with MPOWERD since 2019 as a brand ambassador, providing clean and solar power to marginalized communities across the planet, and aligning with the company's mission of service, philanthropy, and relief. Seth holds a Master of Arts in Cross-Cultural Studies within Education, and speaks Kiswahili, Spanish, Hindi, and Nepali. Seth is also a professional photographer, an award-winning leader, and a certified wilderness first responder. Seth has led groups of young adults in developing countries on 14-30 day expeditions, created an ethnographic inquiry curriculum for World Challenge Expeditions, and played an integral role in the development of overseas training programs in Australia and New Zealand. Seth is passionate about how the travel and tourism industries can leverage the resources to affect change within the humanitarian sector. Seth is always eager to connect with like-minded individuals and organizations who share my vision of creating positive social and environmental change. Seth's social media (instagram and facebook) and he also has his own website. The social media of MPowerd is: instagram, facebook and twitter. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS
The idea of roundtable discussions with youth, came to be because civil society is changing, and many NGOs aren’t adapting fast enough, they struggle to relate and fully engage with youth. This has clear long term sustainability issues of organizations, and we need to learn how to better adapt to this new generation of potential supporters and partners. We need to learn about why youth want to engage with civil society, how youth want to engage, and how we as NGOs can better relate to them to gain new, active participants in organizational activities, this goes beyond just donations. Walk Talk Listen in collaboration with the CWS Innovation Hub is running a handful of discussions with students and other young folks, predominantly in the US. We are looking to answer the ultimate questions of ‘why, how and how we’ by meeting with students and other youth and asking them to think about and answer “what drives you to engage with civil society?” We hope that these discussion will help us explore what pushes these students to get involved in civil society and will hopefully provide insights on how they want to shape and be involved with it. With our earth facing many challenges, these seem to be more important than ever. Hope you enjoy this new series called "What makes youth tick" and that it might be useful for both young and more seasoned people out there. In these first episode we talked with three students, Gabby, Duane and TJ, who study at a University in The Philippines. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Otto G. Borsich II has been working in kitchens since a teenager growing up in Ohio. Enlisting in the Navy he cooked on the USS Patrick Henry, a nuclear submarine. His formal training was through an apprenticeship at the Pierre Hotel in NYC. While in New York he was the personal chef to Leona Helmsley. His impressive career includes, Le Bernadin, Charlie Trotters, the Bellagio, the Atlantis and Mardan Palace in Turkey. He also served as a Chef Instructor at the Culinary Institute of America. He was the Executive Chef of Central Market, a luxurious gourmet store in Texas.
He was the catalyst behind Childhood Hunger Day in Washington, DC. Organizing chefs from across America who converged on Capitol Hill for a 3-day symposium on #hunger and #poverty legislation with members of the U.S. House and Senate. He was awarded a presidential medallion from the American Culinary Federation for his involvement with hunger issues. His telegenic persona and skill set landed him as a contestant on Top Chef and Supermarket Stakeout.
Possessing a Servants Heart, he is involved in prison ministry providing hope to the forgotten. A self-professed Culinary Missionary. Travel, adventure, and spreading the gospel of food are the core of his spirit. Having trekked to 30 countries on 5 continents, often feeding the neediest of the needy, his personal goal is to visit 100 countries before departing to the definitive destination.
His memoir cookbook, A Chef is Born achieved best seller status and received a reader's choice Christian Literary Award in the testimonial category. A Chef is Born is an inspirational coming of age tale during the sixties and seventies in the Heartland. He delivered a TEDx Talk, Be Present, Be Persistent, and Use Your Gift, viewable on YouTube.
With a have knives will travel attitude, he has cooked for presidents, star athletes, rock stars, and movie stars. Yet, his biggest career thrill remains catering his 25th high school reunion.
You can find him on social media (instagram, facebook and twitter) and he also has his own website.
The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here.
Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson is the newly elected General Minister and President of the United Church of Christ. Rev. Thompson is the first woman and first woman of African descent to serve as leader of the denomination.
Prior to this call, Rev. Thompson served in the national setting of the United Church of Christ for 14 years – two years as Minister for Racial Justice, eight years as Minister for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations and four years as the Associate General Minister for Wider Church Ministries and Co-Executive for Global Ministries. She was elected as AGM in 2019. Her passion for justice and equity moved her work on behalf of the UCC into a global context, affording the opportunity to participate globally in efforts to reduce the marginalization experienced by African descendant peoples and other communities globally.
Before joining the national staff, Rev. Thompson served in the Florida Conference United Church of Christ as a Pastor and on the Conference staff as the Minister for Disaster Response and Recovery. She also worked in the nonprofit arena for over 10 years in senior leaderships positions.
Rev. Thompson earned a Bachelor of Arts from Brooklyn College in New York, a Master’s in Public Administration from North Carolina Central University in Durham, NC, and a Masters of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York. She also studied Public Policy at Duke University and earned her Doctorate in Ministry at Seattle University. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from Heidelberg University.
Her book "Drums in Our Veins" can be purchased via this link. Social Media links of UCC: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Karen Georgia is also on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here.
Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
The idea of roundtable discussions with youth, came to be because civil society is changing, and many NGOs aren’t adapting fast enough, they struggle to relate and fully engage with youth. This has clear long term sustainability issues of organizations, and we need to learn how to better adapt to this new generation of potential supporters and partners. We need to learn about why youth want to engage with civil society, how youth want to engage, and how we as NGOs can better relate to them to gain new, active participants in organizational activities, this goes beyond just donations. Walk Talk Listen in collaboration with the CWS Innovation Hub is running a handful of discussions with students and other young folks, predominantly in the US. We are looking to answer the ultimate questions of ‘why, how and how we’ by meeting with students and other youth and asking them to think about and answer “what drives you to engage with civil society?” We hope that these discussion will help us explore what pushes these students to get involved in civil society and will hopefully provide insights on how they want to shape and be involved with it. With our earth facing many challenges, these seem to be more important than ever. Hope you enjoy this new series called "What makes youth tick" and that it might be useful for both young and more seasoned people out there. In these first episode we talked with two (foreign) students, Mona and Hannah, who study at a University in The Netherlands. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Patricia DiVecchio has experience in building business capacity and entrepreneurial development over the last 20 years, working with numerous small and medium sized businesses and organizations. With a focus on international development, Patricia works as a business consultant, coach, and workshop facilitator to challenge outdated assumptions and exponentially build the capacity of business owners, executives, and staff towards quick and sustainable results. Her innovative approach emphasizes building self-mastery and critical thinking, defining a clear purpose and direction, and developing a strategic plan for long-term success. Patricia holds a Master's Degree in Human Resources Development from George Washington University and has successfully started and run three businesses providing experience and lessons learned. She operates from the belief that everyone has work to do and that when we take into account our unique knowledge and wisdom, greater success and economic growth will happen. She has spoken at numerous domestic and international conferences. Over the last ten years, she has operated under the business name International Purpose LLC. Patricia's book Evolutionary's Work (free for download): Click For her website, click here. For her Youtube channel, click here. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Gaya Herrington is Vice President Sustainability Research at Schneider Electric (voted most sustainable corporation in the world in 2021). She studies how environmental, social, behavioral and economic trends interact and what systems changes are needed for achieving true global sustainability. Gaya is best known for her research on the Limits to Growth (LtG), and how it informs us about a more human and ecocentric economic system, one fit for the 21st century: wellbeing economics. Gaya has given keynote speeches and guest lectures around the world, and is an Advisor to the Club of Rome, an international 100-member club of scientists, economists, and other thinkers. She has a Master’s degree in Econometrics from the Liberal Amsterdam University and another Master’s in Sustainability from Harvard University. She lives in Washington D.C. Recent interview with Gaya about her work: https://www.wired.com/story/gaya-herrington-avoiding-global-collapse/ Peer-reviewed journal article on Gaya’s LtG research: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jiec.13084 Gaya’s book (free for download): https://www.mdpi.com/books/mono/6206 Social media: Gaya's Facebook and Schneider Electric's: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Linda Hartke is currently serving as the Interim Vice President of Operations at CWS and is a consultant who supports not-for-profit organizations. Her previous professional experience includes: President and Chief Executive Officer of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service; Executive Director (founder) of the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (Geneva, Switzerland); Deputy Executive Director of CWS; Country Director of CWS Cambodia; Chief of Staff to Congressman Chet Atkins; and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Democratic Party. In a volunteer capacity, Linda has served on several not-for-profit Boards of Directors, including: the Center for Migration Studies; the World AIDS Campaign (chair); Amnesty International USA (chair); and the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (on behalf of the ELCA). Linda graduated from Smith College with a double major in Government, and Religion and Biblical Literature (New Testament) and she is active in a local congregation in Massachusetts where she lives. Many of the guests are asked to come up with song that reminds them somehow about CWS, these selected songs are part of a special Playlist #CWSsongs. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org.
Tosca Bruno-van Vijfeijken is an experienced INGO and philanthropic actor-focused consultant, leadership development trainer and coach, change management expert, author, evaluator and analyst with strong knowledge of international development, civil society organizations, leadership development, organizational development/organizational change, social development and gender and leadership. Excellent strategic, organizational, team management, communication and mentoring skills. Strong analytical, research and evaluation skills. Co-author of ‘Between Power and Irrelevance: the Future of Transnational NGOs’, with Hans Peter Schmitz and George Mitchell, and published by Oxford University Press (July 2020). Co-author of several academic articles in peer reviewed journals; author of many practitioner-oriented reports, blog posts and essays. Podcast host of ‘NGO Soul+Strategy’. Tosca is a Dutch national who has worked in multiple regions around the globe and who currently is living in the United States. Tosca’s experience spans think tanks, NGOs, the World Bank, UN and academia. She has worked on civil society issues and social development since 1988. Prior to being the Principal Consultant at Five Oaks Consulting, Tosca worked in a European think tank focused on governance in Sub-Sahara Africa and the Caribbean; various UN agencies and an American NGO in Cambodia; as Social Development Specialist in the World Bank; and as ‘pracademic’ at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Management at Syracuse University, USA, where she directed the Transnational NGO (TNGO) Initiative. The TNGO Initiative focuses on the governance, leadership development and effectiveness of transnationally operating NGOs. Social media: Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Do check her blog. Stay in-the-know about the civil society sector by signing up for our email list Take our FREE mini-course ‘5 Steps to Turbo Charge Your Virtual Team Leadership’ Future-proof your skill set by signing up for our online course ‘Virtual Team Leadership Essentials’. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Chrissa Pagitsas is a keynote speaker and strategic advisor to senior executives and boards on driving business value through global sustainability and ESG strategies. She is Principal and Founder of Pagitsas Advisors and a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Co. Recognized as a “Green Bond Champion” by the Climate Bonds Initiative and a recipient of the US Green Building Council Leadership Award, Chrissa led the Green Financing Business at Fannie Mae and was the Head of ESG. Her leadership and product innovation has made Fannie Mae the world’s largest issuer of Green Bonds, with over $110 billion issued through 2022. Chrissa’s best-selling book Chief Sustainability Officers at Work (Apress, 2022) explores the unique business opportunities and challenges tackled by the Chief Sustainability Officers and Heads of ESG of Fortune 500 companies including BlackRock, Coca-Cola, Duke Energy, and Procter & Gamble. Chrissa holds an MBA from the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia and a BA from Johns Hopkins University. Her Twitter and Instagram. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Yes, you read it correctly, we are experimenting in this episode and put many of our usual questions in front of Chat GPT! This is part of our learning and hope you enjoy it. Despite the "robot" voice, we hope that you pull throught the whole episode, because Chat GPT comes up with some interesting answers. Let us know what you think. Chat GPT is a language model developed by OpenAI, capable of answering a variety of questions on a broad range of topics. The discussion that was held ranged from an overview of its creation and purpose, to thoughts on societal and ethical implications of AI, to perspectives on personal development and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. Since Chat GPT is an AI model and not an individual or an organization, there are no social media handles. However, you can go to OpenAI's social media accounts or website if you are interested in learning more about the work being done in the development of advanced AI models like Chat GPT. As of its knowledge cutoff in 2021, OpenAI's website is www.openai.com. The Chat GPT continued to remind me that while it can generate responses to a wide array of prompts, Chat GPG doesn't have beliefs, desires, or consciousness, and its responses are generated based on patterns and information in the data its was trained on. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Frank So comes to Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon directly from the Office of the Vice President at the White House. As a Vice-Presidential Associate, he frequently traveled with the Vice President, advising her office on trips outside the continental United States. He previously worked for President Obama as a Presidential Associate, where he traveled in advance of the President to help ensure effective state functions on the ground. For over a decade, Frank served as a U.S. diplomat in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Northern and East Africa. Most recently, he was the Senior Mission Advisor with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Columbia and Senior Human Rights Advisor for USAID in Honduras. Before working with the government, Frank served with the United Nations in Darfur, Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. His last post with the U.N. was as the Darfur Officer in Charge for the International Organization of Migration. Throughout his career, Frank has specialized in strategy, policy, and coordinating various agencies as they address challenges related to conflict and human migration. Working with refugee and immigrant populations has been one of Frank’s lifelong passions. He is eager to apply this experience to EMO’s refugee and immigration work. Frank holds a master’s degree in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution from the University of Ulster and a bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Seattle University, where he served as the student body president. A lifelong Catholic, Frank was educated by Jesuits in Portland, Ore. He is pleased to come “home” to the Pacific Northwest. Fluent in Spanish, Frank is a first generation American—his mother was born in Peru and his father in Thailand. Social Media handles of EMO Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Isra Chaker is a Syrian-American activist, humanitarian advocate, and public speaker. She is an appointed Ambassador for One Young World (OYW), a global forum of young innovative leaders and has served as a speaker at their annual OYW Summit in London (2019), and Manchester (2022). She is a Public Advocate for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency USA (UNRWA) for her invaluable contributions in raising awareness and funds for their projects supporting Palestine refugees. In addition, Isra was recognized as an Icon for the "We The Future" campaign by Amplifier, which recognizes ten young activists from across the United States in their leading work on current social justice issues affecting humanity. Isra was chosen to represent the refugee and immigration justice theme, known as "We the Future, will not be Banned". She is the only Muslim in the campaign, and artwork of Isra as well as a curriculum she designed to break down the stereotypes and misconceptions of Muslims, refugees and immigrants was taught to over 400,000 students in schools across the United States in the 2019 academic year. Isra is a firm believer in positive social change and created a social media platform Isra Speaks to empower people around the world to use their personal narrative to become engaged and active global citizens who use their voice to create a positive human right impact. She uses her platform to educate people on social justice and political challenges facing humanity, to advocate for underrepresented populations, and to put a spotlight on leaders and organizations doing positive social change work. Social media handles are: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Rev. Dr. David Vásquez-Levy serves as President of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California –a progressive, multi-denominational seminary and center for social justice that prepares theologically and spiritually rooted leaders to work for the well-being of all. A committed pastor, a nationally recognized higher education and immigration leader, and a sought after speaker, Vásquez-Levy leads at the intersection of faith, higher education, and social change. David is committed to innovation and access in theological education and leadership formation. He serves on the GTU Consortial Council, is co-founder and convener for the Latinx Presidents and Deans of ATS schools, and is a member of the executive leaders group of AshokaU campus network and the Asociación para La Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH). He also serves as Vice-Chair on the board of Church World Service, one of the largest ecumenical development agencies in the world, and the Advisory Council for Encore.org. He regularly contributes a faith perspective to the national conversation on immigration, including speaking at a congressional briefing, immigration consultations with the both the Obama and the Biden White House, engaging in a series of public conversation with various State Attorneys across the country in an effort to reframe our national conversation about immigration. He has worked on consulted on a number of documentaries on immigration, labor, and human rights and is the author of various publications that explore migration stories in sacred texts and in peoples lives. David has lived in four countries, including working on refugee resettlement in Canada, and taught courses and led international study and service trips across the globe. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science from Texas Lutheran University and a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, including studies at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. Social media handles of the University: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter and Linkedin. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Nicole Civita is a food systems thinker, experiential educator, applied ethicist, integrative lawyer, and responsive consultant who grounds in ecological knowledge, attends to relationships of care and reciprocity, and pursues collective liberation. Nicole’s efforts propelled multi-year projects to drastically reduce food waste, revitalize regional food systems, seek justice for agricultural and food workers, explore ethical dilemmas across the food chain, and develop systems-aware, equity- enhancing laws and policies. After a decade of teaching, she is particularly gratified to have mentored a rising generation of eco-social change-shapers. The juiciest lessons that shared with her students are woven throughout her co-authored book with Michelle Auerbach, Feeding Each Other: Shaping Change in Food Systems Through Relationship. More info on the book via this: flyer. For more information on Nicole, go to her website. Nicole is on Instagram and you can email her via: nicole@plenty-enough.com The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Nadira Hira is a writer. But as media’s blossomed, so has she—from an award-winning journalist into a sought-after host, recognized Millennial expert, and ever-evolving storyteller who’s graced pages and stages from Fortune to VICE to the United Nations. But she’s most grateful to be a Caribbean-American kid and proud Stanford grad who gets to call Brooklyn, New York, home. For more from Nadira, visit http://www.nadirahira.com. She is also on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Andrea Kaufmann is World Vision’s Director of Faith and External Engagement. She has worked in international development, humanitarian and advocacy work for two decades—serving in programme management, technical leadership, communications and relationship building roles. She convenes and supports a number of groups promoting the rights and flourishing of children—including the Faith Action for Children on the Move network as well as the Weekend of Prayer and Against Hunger group. She serves on the World Bank’s Moral Imperative, the Board of Joint Learning Initiative for Faith and local communities and Arigatou International Advisory Group. She is passionate about the evidence-based role of faith and faith actors in development and humanitarian work and works to build cross-sector relationships to drive positive impact for children. The social media handles of World Vision International are: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Mariam Torosyan is the designer & architect of Safe YOU, an innovative technological solution in the form of an application and AI based platform created to fight Gender-Based Violence with over 28,000 users. As a social entrepreneur with a versatile background in Human Rights Law, Anthropology & Public Health, She is a recognized activist in the fight for women’s rights and gender equality. She founded Safe YOU and Impact Innovations Institute in 2020 as she saw the potential to create innovative technology which could solve some of the world’s most pressing social problems. Through this journey she has participated in a range of programs such as Cartier Women's Initiative, Google for Startups, UNDP Boost for Women Innovators, the UNFPA Innovation Challenge and the Young Transatlantic Leaders Initiative. Mariam is a Cartier Women's Initiative fellow, European Young Innovator, Equality Now Activist to Know and Young Transatlantic Innovation Leader (YTILI). The Safe YOU social media handles: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram and Mariam's personal social media handles: Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Kim Tan is a successful biotech entrepreneur, global social impact pioneer, and an advocate of changing how Christian entrepreneurs can make a difference around the globe. Kim is the co-founder of Transformational Business Network (TBN), a network of over 2,000 business people who bring about community transformation through sustainable business solutions to poverty. TBN projects include the Kuzuko Game Reserve (South Africa) and the Hagar Social Enterprise Group (Cambodia). Kim co-authored the book Fighting Poverty through Enterprise: The Case for Social Venture Capitalwith Lord Brian Griffiths, the Vice-Chairman of Goldman Sachs, and wrote Jubilee Gospel which starts with the Old Testament institution Jubilee and traces related themes through the rest of the Bible. Source: Wow Factor Podcast. You can find Kim Tan's TBN find on social media via: LinkedIn and Facebook The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Jeanné Lewis serves as CEO at Faith in Public Life. She is a nonprofit executive, faith-based organizer, and authority on creating empowered communities. She has dedicated her career to building bridges, closing equity gaps and creating policies that lead to strong, thriving and self-determined cities. As the vice president and chief engagement officer at the National Center for Responsive Philanthropy, Jeanné connected social justice organizations to the funding networks they’ve traditionally lacked access to so that they can increase their impact and persuade funders to improve their practice. Prior to that, she was the director of US Programs at Search for Common Ground, responsible for advancing bipartisan conversations and policies to address racial injustice. She’s further built support networks for military families and worked as a faith-based community organizer in Ohio and Florida. Her consulting company, I to I Consulting, specializes in conflict resolution, strategic coalition-building and developing and implementing community-led solutions. Jeanné resides in Washington, DC. She is a member of the DC Working Families Party, St. Augustine Catholic Parish and SongRise, a women’s social justice acapella group. In addition, Jeanné served on the Board of Directors of Faith in Public Life from 2016 to 2022 and currently sits on the National Advisory Council of the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, the Board of Directors of Generations for Peace, USA, the president’s council of Search for Common Ground, is a member of the Faith and Giving Task Force of the Generosity Commission, and is a former candidate for DC Council At-Large. Jeanné received her undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and holds a M.A. in Conflict Resolution from Antioch University Midwest. Jeanné's her personal Twitter and her organization's social media handles: LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Ellie Price is a corporate credit analyst at S&P Global Ratings, and prior was an Associate Director in public finance at Fitch Ratings. Previously, she was the Chief Operating Officer at Iris Light Technologies, a silicon photonics startup company spun out of Argonne National Lab. While at University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, Price worked as an investment banking summer associate at Credit Suisse, and apprenticed as a venture capital associate. Prior to grad school, Price directed The Locus Coalition of 14 NGOs, convening international development funders, policymakers, and practitioners to promote the design and evaluation of evidence-based, locally owned, and integrated global development programs. Price represented Locus members’ best practices as a speaker and moderator on pals at the UN, think tanks and other forums, and she oversaw all operations and activities of the Coalition and its Research and Learning Working Groups. Price also served as co-chair of the Society for International Development Young Professionals Network Washington DC Chapter. Prior to Locus, Price was a Crisis Response Program Officer at FHI 360, where she supported the launch of a humanitarian response unit and rapid response capabilities with the US Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance in Borno State, Nigeria. She also served as an Urban Leaders Fellow in Denver, Colorado. Price holds a Master's in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, a bachelor’s degree in international development studies from Calvin College and studied East African politics and religion at Uganda Christian University. During her undergraduate studies, Price performed research, fundraising strategy, and project design for nonprofits working with immigrant populations in Michigan. As a consultant for a healthcare management firm, she designed an impact evaluation for its international nonprofit arm, adapting training materials for healthcare managers in Dubai and sub-Saharan Africa. Ellie is on on twitter. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Michelle Auerbach is a world-builder and community-maker who uses all her geeky skills to support and educate change shapers. Michelle works as a consultant, educator, and writer focused on change shaping, creativity, and leadership for individuals, organizations, and communities. Michelle has been studying change and developing her change shaping practice for over 40 years. She has worked with institutions (the NY City Department of Health, Kaiser Permanente, and The National Institutes of Health), organizations (from Fortune 50 companies to NGOs and nonprofits) and communities (through activist movements, consulting, designing change processes and facilitating), and she creates communications and storytelling strategies for universities, legislative change groups, and pro-social businesses. Her social media tools: twitter, instagram and facebook. Michelle's website. The website of her book that will be released on April 28, 2023, can be found here. And the Course she is talking about during this episode can be found here. Her company is called Modaka Communications. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Joshua Spodek PhD MBA hosts the award-winning This Sustainable Life podcast, is a four-time TEDx speaker, bestselling author of Initiative and Leadership Step by Step, professor at NYU, published in the New Yorker, and leadership coach. He holds a PhD in astrophysics and an MBA from Columbia, where he studied under a Nobel Laureate and helped launch a satellite (having emerged from some of Philadelphia’s most dangerous neighborhoods). He left academia to found a venture to market an invention that showed animated images to subway riders between stations. He teaches and coaches leadership and entrepreneurship at NYU and Columbia Business School. He has spoken at Harvard, Princeton, West Point, Google, IBM, The New York Academy of Science, Children’s Aid Society, and other renowned institutions. He has been published in The New Yorker, TIME, Inc., Quartz, and Psychology Today. Featured in pieces every major network, the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and more, he has been called “best and brightest” in Esquire’s Genius issue, “astrophysicist turned new media whiz” by NBC, and “rocket scientist” by Forbes. He visited North Korea twice, swam across the Hudson River twice, has done burpees daily since 2011 (195,000 and counting), takes 3 years to produce one load of garbage, hasn’t flown (by choice) since March 2016, is in his second year with his refrigerator unplugged and sixth month with his apartment unplugged from the electric grid, and his carbon footprint is about 1 ton per year. He blogs daily at joshuaspodek.com. His social media tools: twitter and facebook. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Episode 109 was recorded at the West Seattle food bank, so the quality of the recording is below. our normal standard, we hope you will still enjoy the conversation we had with Frann Yeatts, the executive director of the West Seattle Food Bank and Elise Johnstone, Rector of St. John's The Baptist Episcopal Church. Elise joined St. John's in August of 2021. Prior to joining St. John's, she served as the Canon to the Ordinary of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington, in Kentucky, where she had served since 2014. Prior to that call, she served as Priest in Charge of Holy Trinity, Georgetown, KY, and the Assistant Rector of Good Shepherd, Lexington, KY. She has a Bachelor’s in Classics from the University of Georgia, a Master of Divinity from the General Theological Seminary in New York City, and a Doctor of Ministry in Liturgy from the University of the South School of Theology in Sewanee, TN. Fran Yeatts, was hired as Executive Director of the West Seattle Food Bank June of 2001.Prior to joining this agency Fran had managed vocational services at Highline West Seattle Mental Health (now called Navos) for 10 years and worked with at risk youth for two years. She graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelors Degree in Sociology and enjoys hiking, skiing and traveling in her spare time. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. The 11th 100 mile walk campaign will continue until the summer, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Talking with guests about CROP Hunger Walks, Hunger in the US, volunteerism… it can’t be done without inviting former CWS staff member Patrick Walker. Patrick is for me the embodiment of what the CROP Hunger Walk is all about. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. Stay tuned for the 11th 100 mile walk that will take place from March 27 - April 1, 2023 in Seattle, WA area, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Jeff and Sharon Kenyon are the Renton CROP Hunger Walk coordinators for close to 40 years now, they share how it started with their daughter and how their walk is now part of the top 100 CROP Hunger Walks in the US. We also talked about both the Sustainable Development Goals as well as the Inner Development Goals. Last but not least, they invite those living in Renton to their upcoming walk on April 31, 2023. Like all CROP Hunger Walk this walk support hunger activities globally through Church World Service. Locally it supports the work of Salvation Army Renton Rotary Food Bank, South King County Shelter Program (previously ARISE), Margie Williams Helping Hands Center, Society of St Vincent De Paul Food Program, REACH Center of Hope and REACH Meal Coalition. For now, I invite you to support the 11th 100 mile walk that will take place in the Seattle area and surroundings from March 27 - April 1, 2023. For more info go to 100mile.org The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. Stay tuned for the 11th 100 mile walk that will take place from March 27 - April 1, 2023 in Seattle, WA area, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Social psychologist David Myers is a communicator of psychological science to college students and the general public. His scientific writings, supported by National Science Foundation fellowships and grants, appeared in three dozen academic periodicals, including Science, the American Scientist, the American Psychologist, and Psychological Science. David has digested psychological research for the public through articles in four dozen magazines, from Scientific American to Christian Century, and through seventeen books, including general interest books and textbooks. His research and writings have been recognized by the Gordon Allport Prize, by an “honored scientist” award from the Federation of Associations in the Brain and Behavioral Sciences, by the Award for Distinguished Service on Behalf of Personality-Social Psychology, and by three honorary doctorates. For David’s most cited research visit Google Scholar. For information on his textbook audiences, visit here and here (from the Columbia University-related Open Syllabus project, which has harvested information from online syllabi representing ”around 5-6%” of all U.S. college courses). In recognition of his collaborative efforts to transform the way America provides assistive listening for people with hearing loss (see hearingloop.org), he received “the 2011 American Academy of Audiology Presidential Award,” the Walter T. Ridder Award from the Hearing Loss Association of America, and Oticon’s 2013 hearing Advocacy Award. From 2013 to 2017 he represented Americans with hearing loss on the Advisory Council of NIH’s National Institute on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders. He is a Seattle native and an all-weather bicyclist. David and Carol Myers married while undergraduates at Whitworth College and are parents of three adult children, sons Peter (married to Danielle) and Andrew (married to Melinda), a daughter, Laura, and one grandchild, Allie (right). Carol is the creator and host of a world class website offering information and resources related to the real Santa Claus, St. Nicholas. David and Carol also manage a family foundation, which receives all David’s royalties from his introductory psychology textbooks and his general audience trade books. David is on twitter and LinkedIn. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. Stay tuned for the 11th 100 mile walk that will take place from March 27 - April 1, 2023 in Seattle, WA area, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Jim Rufenacht is a board member of Growing Hope Globally. He is married with Linda and they have two sons Cory and Jason. Their son Cory and his wife, Kylie, have three sons, Titus, Jarett and JT, and one daughter, Liza. Jim and Linda’s son Jason and his wife, Shay, have thee sons, Grayden, Callen and Landon plus two daughters Railey and Aydrie. Jim started farming in the 1970s together with his brother Cork Rufenacht, and now the farm also includes the three sons, Cory, Brian and Jason. The farm in Fulton and Henry counties used for production of corn, soybeans and wheat. The farm also feeds out dairy beef steers. Conservation practices include cover crops, filter strips, drainage water management and conservation tillage. I talked with Jim and Linda among others about a recent visit to Guatemala we did together to see GHG supported CWS projects, their motivation to start Growing Projects, their volunteer work at the US-Mexican border, why they help others and want to end hunger in this world. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. Stay tuned for the 11th 100 mile walk that will take place from March 26 - April 1, 2023 in Seattle, WA area, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Episode 104 is the first of hopefully a couple of talks I will have with people who are directly or indirectly involved with the upcoming 11th 100 mile walk that will take place in Seattle area in Washington, USA. Brenda Barnes lives in Kent, WA and is a member of Kent First Christian Church and supports her pastor and many other church members. She is also a major force behind the Kent CROP Hunger, a walk started by Dave (he passed away already) and Nancy Turner close to 31 years ago. The walk supports not only the work of CWS around the world but also local entities like the Kent Community Supper and the Kent Local Food Bank. Brenda loves her children and grandchildren (her 4 year old grandson Donovan is also part of this episode!) and you will hear that she is full of energy and light. Looking forward meeting her in person at the end of March. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. Stay tuned for the 11th 100 mile walk that will take place from March 26 - April 1, 2023 in Seattle, WA area, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Eric Mitchell is the Executive Director of the Alliance to End Hunger. In his role, he leads the Alliance’s strategic direction, including expanding and mobilizing its network of companies, nonprofit organizations, universities, foundations, and individuals. Prior to the Alliance, Eric served as Director of Global Government Relations for Adtalem Global Education, where he partnered with local government officials, businesses, and civic organizations in the United States and the Caribbean. He also served for six years as the Director of Government Relations at Bread for the World. Eric began his political career on Capitol Hill, serving as Policy Advisor to civil rights icon, U.S. Congressman John Lewis (D-GA), and Legislative Assistant to U.S. Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA). Eric was included in The Root 100 most influential African Americans under the age of 40. He was also recognized as a “Top Lobbyist” from 2014-2019 by The Hill newspaper. Eric talked about the Farmbill and here is a link explaining more about this Bill. You can follow the The Alliance to End Hunger on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Eric is also on Twitter. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. Stay tuned for the 11th 100 mile walk that will take place from March 26 - April 1, 2023 in Seattle, WA area, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Steve Chiu serves as Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation’s Representative to the United Nations. In alignment with Tzu Chi’s work in disaster relief, climate action, education for global citizenship, sustainable development and gender equality, Steve works to build relationships, share best practices and develop programs with other organizations to make tangible impacts on the ground, with the mission of alleviating the suffering of those in need. With over 23 years of experience in community based development and local interfaith partnership, Steve seeks to connect the importance of grassroots action to policies that are being developed on the international level. Steve is also a process based artist, working across analog and digital mediums to generate visual metaphors for immaterial feelings and ideas. self-referential in nature, steve’s visual language draws upon writings and sketches created through abstraction and observation to generate forms and shapes steeped in memory and emotion. You can follow the Tzu Chi Foundation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. Stay tuned for the 11th 100 mile walk that will take place from March 26 - April 1, 2023 in Seattle, WA area, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
CWS Virtual Side Event (Zoom)
The Necessity of Inner Development for the Full Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
February 7, 2023
1:15 - 2:30 PM EST
CSocD 61 Priority ThemeCreating full and productive employment and decent work for all as a way of overcoming inequalities to accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic & the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Event Concept Note
At a point approximately halfway through the 15 year time period to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is critical that all actors strategize around full implementation and achievement of the 2030 Agenda. Leveraging highly effective partnerships and applying lessons learned from the first seven years of the SDGs are necessary, and community-level engagement and leadership will continue to be critical. The role of the individual, and their personal journey toward their sustainable development will also be a critical lens for program design and implementation over the second half, and throughout the final years leading up to 2030.
The interconnectivity of the goals is also inextricably linked to the complexities of each person and their own capacities, interests, goals and lived experience - to name a few. This session will look at the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) as a key means to help the world achieve the SDGs.
The IDGs (https://www.innerdevelopmentgoals.org/) concern each humans’ 1) being; 2) thinking; 3) relating; 4) collaborating, and; 5) acting. These five areas of the individual will be the lynchpin to help sustainably shift toward sustainable interests, habits, efforts, and unleash creativity and innovation.
Panelists will discuss how program models and approaches have shifted since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda in 2015 and how the role of program participants - as individuals - has shifted, including their roles in program design, community leadership and their personal goal setting and action. This will take into consideration inequity in access to basic services and disproportionate consequences - especially for marginalized and displaced people.
This will be explored through several perspectives of our speakers with different backgrounds.
Speakers
- Maurice A. Bloem, Chief Sustainability and Impact Officer, Church World Service (moderator)
- Dr. Michael Trice, Director of the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement, Spehar-Haliligan Associate Professor, Seattle University
- Ntombentsha “Portia” Tengani, RDP Project Manager, Church World Service Africa
- Sophia Robele, Foresight Specialist Consultant, UNDP
- Wardah Khalid - Foreign Affairs Officer at the US Department of State, but during this event she (re)presented: Founder and Board President, Poligon Education Fund
Leah Penniman is a Black Kreyol farmer, author, mother, and food justice activist who has been tending the soil and organizing for an anti-racist food system for 25 years. She currently serves as founding co-ED and Farm Director of Soul Fire Farm in Grafton, New York, a Black & Brown led project that works toward food and land justice. Her books are Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land (2018) and Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists (2023).You can follow Leah on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram via @leahpenniman, @soulfirefarm, @farmingwhileblack and @black.earth.wisdom. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. Stay tuned for the 11th 100 mile walk that will take place from March 26 - April 1, 2023 in Seattle, WA area, find more info via de 100mile.org website. Or go straight to our fundraising page.
Jamie Bearse learned as a dad, husband, and a nonprofit executive for the past 20 years that there isn’t a better feeling than being surrounded by people who make you want to be a better person. "When we’re inspiring each other, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish or overcome." With a vision to change the way nonprofits think, act, and operate, Jamie loves working with leaders and organizations to help transform company culture and build better nonprofits that create empowering communities and improve our lives. During his 21-plus years as a nonprofit executive, he has proven success. During the last 10 years, ZERO Prostate Cancer has grown its fundraising, reserve fund, and program staff size by 500 percent while consistently earning four-out-of-four stars from Charity Navigator and earning the NonProfit Times' Top “Best Places to Work For” eight times in nine years.Jame is ready for a new adventure and you can read all about it on the website of his new company (he will start officially in July 2023): Build A Better Non Profit. He is a nonprofit nerd and a pop culture geek to his core. He lives outside of Boston with his wife and family. One of his favorite things to do is mentor in leadership, teamwork, culture, fundraising, board-building, advocacy, and strategic planning. He says: "If you’re ready to build a better nonprofit, need to tackle a problem, or just want to workshop an idea, I am here for you."Jamie is on Twitter. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Katie Roth Mylenbusch, CFRE has been Development Director of Laudato Si' Movement (LSM) since 2018. She draws on 16+ years of fundraising experience in higher education, social services, health and environmental related organizations. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from DePauw University and her Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Administration from North Park University. You can find the documentary here.Her organization can be found via LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. The upcoming 11th 100 mile walk will take place from March 26- April 1, 2023 in Seattle, Washington area. Here are the links that are mentioned in the short promo at th end of this episode: https://fundraise.cwsglobal.org/100-mile/maurice-bloem and https://www.noxgear.com/ref/mauricebloem100milewalk/ Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this series or if have questions about the 11th 100 mile walk. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
This week's episode will be available one day later than usual, apologies if we are testing your patience. We do encourage you to listen to this short message about the upcoming 100 mile walk that will take place from March 26- April 1, 2023 in Seattle, Washington area. Here are the links that are mentioned in the short audio: https://fundraise.cwsglobal.org/100-mile/maurice-bloem and https://www.noxgear.com/ref/mauricebloem100milewalk/Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series or if have questions about the 11th 100 mile walk.Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Tim Ward is an author, publisher, communications expert and itinerant philosopher. He has a lifelong fascination with the process of transformation, both personal and social. Tim has written ten books on topics as wide ranging as What the Buddha Never Taught (about the time he spent living in a Buddhist Monastery), and The Master Communicator’s Handbook. As co-owner of Intermedia Communications Training, he works with global environmental and development organizations like the World Wildlife Fund, the Green Climate Fund, the World Bank and the IMF, helping them communicate their complex messages more clearly. As publisher of Changemakers Books, Tim has published over 100 books by more than 80 authors on transformation, including many books on sustainability, climate change, social justice, and creating a better future. Currently, Tim and his wife Teresa are digital nomads, living, working and traveling in Europe. You can find Tim’s travel blog on Medium.com. Tim's company is on Facebook, The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. This episode was made possible by the support of an organization called CWS. You want to be a part of movement? Well, sign up to become a sustaining partner. As a Sustaining Partner, you can make a difference in the world – automatically, every month. Sustaining Partners commit to a hopeful future by making compassion a part of their monthly budget. It could mean new systems to manage precious resources like water. Or diversified ways of earning a living that make people more resilient. For as little as $10 a month, you can transform lives. Go to Www.cwsglobal.org/sustain
Pooja Tilvawala is a climate justice community connector who was born in India, but grew up in the US. She has degrees in Economics and International Studies and first worked at the Meridian Institute to advance ocean policy in Mexico and federal climate policy in the US, form alliances to act on plastic pollution, and more. Currently, she is the Founder and Director of Youth Climate Collaborative, a designer for Rivet, a finance team member of the Climate Youth Negotiators Program, and an active member of YOUNGO. She focuses on capacity-building for youth, effective storytelling, intergenerational action, power sharing, and microfinance for youth led action. Her purpose in life is to nurture her curiosity and creativity, encourage herself and others to challenge the status quo, and unite people to improve the quality of life for all. Her social media handles are Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and her company also had Twitter, Instagram and Facebook handles. She talked in the podcast about the work of her friend Alex Lew. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. This episode was made possible by the support of an organization called CWS. You want to be a part of movement? Well, sign up to become a sustaining partner. As a Sustaining Partner, you can make a difference in the world – automatically, every month. Sustaining Partners commit to a hopeful future by making compassion a part of their monthly budget. It could mean new systems to manage precious resources like water. Or diversified ways of earning a living that make people more resilient. For as little as $10 a month, you can transform lives. Go to Www.cwsglobal.org/sustain
Melissa O'Mara is the founder of The Leaders Co-Lab and the Changemakers@Work online professional development community. She helps progressive CXOs and sustainability leaders overcome internal politics and pushback to create breakthrough results on sustainability by activating powerful teams and networks of changemakers. Melissa’s experience encompasses 27 years in complex, global organizations such as Schneider Electric, IBM and Andersen Consulting, engaging in information systems consulting, project management, change management, consultative solution sales, solutions sales management, professional coaching, and leadership development. She looks to maximize institutional and cultural response to environmental and economic challenges through activating teams and communities of purpose, accelerating public/private collaboration and innovation, and enabling collective leadership. Melissa works globally from her home base near Syracuse, NY. Please click on the following link to find out more about Melissa, her work and how to get in contact with her: https://linktr.ee/Melissa_OMara_TLC The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. This episode was made possible by the support of an organization called CWS. You want to be a part of movement? Well, sign up to become a sustaining partner. As a Sustaining Partner, you can make a difference in the world – automatically, every month. Sustaining Partners commit to a hopeful future by making compassion a part of their monthly budget. It could mean new systems to manage precious resources like water. Or diversified ways of earning a living that make people more resilient. For as little as $10 a month, you can transform lives. Go to Www.cwsglobal.org/sustain
Stephanie Miller is the author of Zero Waste Living, the 80/20 Way: The Busy Person’s Guide to a Lighter Footprint. She is passionate about helping busy people understand the profound difference they can make on the climate and waste crises through their individual actions. She founded Zero Waste in DC to focus on the application of zero waste strategies that have a real and sustainable impact. With a goal of reaching as wide an audience as possible, she provides keynote presentations, learning events and individual household consultations. During her 25-year career at the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, she served as Director of IFC’s Climate Business Department where she led global teams to find innovative solutions to climate change. She received her MA from the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at The Johns Hopkins University and her BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. You can find her company on Twitter and Instagram. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. This episode was made possible by the support of an organization called CWS. You want to be a part of movement? Well, sign up to become a sustaining partner. As a Sustaining Partner, you can make a difference in the world – automatically, every month. Sustaining Partners commit to a hopeful future by making compassion a part of their monthly budget. It could mean new systems to manage precious resources like water. Or diversified ways of earning a living that make people more resilient. For as little as $10 a month, you can transform lives. Go to Www.cwsglobal.org/sustain
Wardah Khalid is a policy analyst, activist, career coach, and public speaker based in Washington, D.C. She currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor at the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the US Department of Health and Human Services. Wardah is the Founder and Board President of Poligon Education Fund, a national civic education and advocacy organization strengthening American Muslim engagement with Congress. Wardah has significant experience working with Members of Congress, the White House, and State Department on policies pertaining to refugees and immigration, civil rights, Middle East affairs, and national security while working on the Hill and with secular and faith based NGOs. She has also worked on these issues with several UN agencies in the US and abroad. Wardah was recognized by ABC's Nightline as one of the country's top millennial activists. Her writing and commentary has been featured in outlets including the Washington Post, CNN, The Guardian, NPR, and US News & World Report. She authored the “Young American Muslim” blog for the Houston Chronicle and hosted "Reality Check" on One Legacy Radio. Wardah is a Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project, American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute (AMCLI) Fellow at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, former Scoville Fellow, a 2020 AAPI National Security and Foreign Policy Next Generation Leader by New America and Diversity in National Security Network (DINSN), a 2020 International Career Advancement Program (ICAP) Fellow, 2021 U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leader by CSIS and DINSN, and 2022 Atlantic Council Millennium Leadership Fellow. Wardah holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Additionally, Wardah is a CPA and received a BBA and MS in Accounting from Texas A&M University. Wardah has her own website and you can also find her on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Her organization is also on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. This episode was made possible by the support of an organization called CWS. You want to be a part of movement? Well, sign up to become a sustaining partner. As a Sustaining Partner, you can make a difference in the world – automatically, every month. Sustaining Partners commit to a hopeful future by making compassion a part of their monthly budget. It could mean new systems to manage precious resources like water. Or diversified ways of earning a living that make people more resilient. For as little as $10 a month, you can transform lives. Go to Www.cwsglobal.org/sustain
Rev. Adam Russell Taylor is president of Sojourners and author of A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community.Adam previously led the Faith Initiative at the World Bank Group and served as the vice president in charge of Advocacy at World Vision U.S. and the senior political director at Sojourners. He has also served as the executive director of Global Justice, an organization that educates and mobilizes students around global human rights and economic justice. He was selected for the 2009/2010 class of White House Fellows and served in the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs and Public Engagement. Adam is a graduate of Emory University, the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology. He also serves on the Independent Sector Board, the Global Advisory Board of Tearfund UK, and is a member of the inaugural class of the Aspen Institute Civil Society Fellowship. Adam is ordained in the American Baptist Church and the Progressive National Baptist Convention and serves in ministry at the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va. Follow Adam on social media, via Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Sojourners is on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as well. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS. This episode was made possible by the support of an organization called CWS. You want to be a part of a movement? Well, sign up to become a sustaining partner. As a Sustaining Partner, you can make a difference in the world – automatically, every month. Sustaining Partners commit to a hopeful future by making compassion a part of their monthly budget. It could mean new systems to manage precious resources like water. Or diversified ways of earning a living that make people more resilient. For as little as $10 a month, you can transform lives. Go to www.cwsglobal.org/sustain
Dr. Elizabeth Ferris is a Research Professor at Georgetown University in the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM). She served for nine years as a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Brookings Project on Internal Displacement. She has extensive professional background in the areas of refugees and migration specifically, and justice and peace more generally. Dr. Ferris notes that she believes “in ecumenism and in the power of churches to bring about change in our troubled world.” Dr. Ferris spent 20 years working in the field of international humanitarian response, most recently in Geneva, Switzerland at the World Council of Churches. She was an earlier Director of the Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program in New York. Dr. Ferris is a Quaker (Friends General Conference) and has attended a United Church of Christ congregation for the last ten years. Beth is on twitter and her university as well.Many of the guests are asked to come up with song that reminds them somehow about CWS, these selected songs are part of a special Playlist #CWSsongs. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org.
Ed Schenkenberg is co-founder and Executive Director of HERE-Geneva, an independent think-tank that works to close the gap between policy and humanitarian practice. HERE-Geneva undertakes self-initiated and commissioned studies and reviews with a view to improving collective performance and the effectiveness of principled humanitarian action, especially in armed conflict. Ed brings to HERE three decades of experience in humanitarian affairs both at the global level and on the ground. He has led major evaluations of responses to large-scale humanitarian crises; has been part of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and various other senior level coordination bodies; and has been Chair of the Sphere Project, Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards.Before HERE, Ed worked as Chief Executive of DARA in Madrid, Spain, where he led the independent research initiatives and evaluations. He has also been the Executive Director of ICVA, the Geneva-based NGO network for coordination and cooperation on humanitarian policy and advocacy with the humanitarian system. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Stichting Vluchteling, a Dutch NGO.Ed holds a Master of Law degree (LL.M.) in International Law from Leiden University, the Netherlands. He lives in France, on the border with Geneva, Switzerland, is married, and has three children. Ed is also on twitter and his organization Here-Geneva as well, click here. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Paul Chan is an M.D. (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Cardiology) living in Kansas City. He has raised significant funds for CWS through fundraising walks in the Grand Canyon. Please support his walk if you feel so inclined. The total tally of the entire Grand Canyon team can be found at: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/grand-canyon-hikers. He has served on the board of a Guatemalan development organization, and is the founder and has been director of Community Impact, an umbrella organization at Johns Hopkins Medical School for initiatives in inner city Baltimore. Dr. Chan was named one of "50 Missourians You Should Know 2018" by Ingram's. He is the Treasurer of the CWS Board. Although Paul was not able to come up with a song who best embodies what CWS is all about, the previous selected songs are part of a special Playlist #CWSsongs. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org.
Martin Coria is regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Church World Service (CWS). Since 2001 he has led humanitarian assistance programs, and solidarity actions for development and defense of migrants' dignity in Haiti, the South American Gran Chaco, Mexico, and Central America. Although I forgot to ask Martin about a song that best embodies what CWS is all about according to him, the previously selected songs are part of a special Playlist #CWSsongs. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org.
Laurel Patterson is the Head of the SDG Integration for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)’s Global Policy Network. SDG Integration works with stakeholders across the globe to design, implement, and advance integrated solutions to help them respond to complex development challenges and accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Laurel has held several positions at the UNDP including Senior Global Policy Advisor, leading integrated policy development for SDG implementation in fragile and conflict-affected settings, Deputy Director leading on partnerships and UN reform, and several field based positions including Chief of Planning in Somalia. Before joining UNDP, Laurel was the Associate Director of International Affairs at Simon Fraser University in Canada, where she led the university’s international development portfolio, focused on primary education in Africa and Southeast Asia. Laurel is on twitter and her unit as well. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this podcast series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about the organization called CWS.
Jitsai Santaputra is a Lead Analyst at The Lantau Group based in Bangkok, Thailand. Her background lies in the green energy sector with a particular interest in carbon neutrality, circular economy, and sustainability. Jitsai formerly worked at a large renewable energy developer in Thailand as a Senior Business Development and Risk Management Officer, supporting the development of solar energy projects and new business ventures within Thailand, Japan, and the broader APAC region. Alongside her professional work, she is a Youth Energy Advocate, having represented the ASEAN youth at international conferences and venues such as COP26, SEforALL Forum, New York Climate Week among others. Jitsai champions the inclusion of youth in decision making roles and works with NGOs to raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities of the just energy transition in South East Asia. She refers to the Solar Queen Wandee Khunchornyakong in this episode, you can read more about Dr. Wandee in this link. Jitsai is on instagram. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this podcast series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about the organization called CWS.
Kees Klomp studied political science and communication, and worked for 15+ years as a business consultant, and now is Professor of Applied Science at the Rotterdam University. Kees has dedicated his life to develop theory and practice that helps the planet and humanity, rather than hurts the planet and humanity. He wrote the book Thrive, Fundamentals for a New Economy together with Shinta Oosterwaal about existential economics. He is the co-founder of the Thrive Institute. Kees is married, has 3 children and lives in rural Drenthe. Kees has Twitter and his institute as well Thrive Institute, The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Carl Thong is an entrepreneur and founded the Sunstone Group, a holding company with diverse businesses. Carl started his career as a management consultant with Epistat, specializing in biotechnology and IT. He subsequently moved into a sales role with Orasure Technologies, a NASDAQ-listed biotech where he established distributor relationships in 18 countries. In 1999, GE Capital recruited Carl as CEO for Dynafront, its fintech business. In 2001, Carl established a trading company exporting US consumer products to Asia. He successively founded other businesses including a healthcare provider in Malaysia, a management consultancy, and an external asset management firm. Recently, Carl co-founded and invested in several tech startups, including Restart Bank, a digital bank focusing on serving the unbanked and underbanked markets in the US, and BankingON, a mobile banking fintech. In addition to managing Sunstone, Carl is often engaged as a strategy consultant by MNCs, NGOs and government organizations to drive innovation, leadership, and business performance initiatives. He also sits on several fiduciary and advisory boards. In his personal time, he enjoys cycling with his wife, providing wifi to his teenage kids, reading the Bible and playing musical instruments. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Mary Catherine Hinds and Rebekah Belase are two Senior Directors of the CWS Funds Development and Marketing unit who co-lead this piece of work with tremendous success thanks to passion, camaraderie, professionalism and a lot of humor. Please check out this double episode of these two incredible women.
Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (
Joanne Rendal is the CFO and Senior Vice President at Church World Service. Joanne who joined CWS in 1985 has been mentioned by several WTL podcast guests as a person who embodies what CWS is all about. After all these years with CWS, she is not only still very passionate and committed about the work, but also has a lot of faith in the future: " I do have a lot of confidence in them (younger generation) and it will be better and it will be a different world. Invigorating". You can also follow her on Facebook. We made a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by many of our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Chandelle O'Neil are a Sustainable Energy Systems Designer and Human Rights Advocate in Trinidad and Tobago. They have their Bachelor of Engineering (with distinction) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Guelph and worked in process engineering for waste reduction and improving efficiencies. They have worked in human rights advocacy for over 10 years (since they came out) and currently volunteer with CAISO Sex and Gender Justice pushing the LGBTQ+ agenda in TT. They completed their Post-Grad Diploma in Global Leadership focusing on Regenerative Leadership from the University For Peace. They are a social entrepreneur with their own enterprise, Mawu Energy Services, that supports energy efficiency, sustainable design and resource management in residential and commercial buildings/ properties. They were a Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) Young Caribbean Water Entrepreneurs Shark Tank Competition Finalist in December 2020 and got bronze with UNLEASH Hacks Caribbean in June 2021. You can support Chandelle to ensure that they can participate at COP 27. Go to this link. They can be found via instagram. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
William (Bill) Wildey, took early retirement from Church World Service following 31 years of service. During his tenure at Church World Service, Bill traveled to many countries around the world. He has taught workshops on effective public speaking, storytelling, major gift fundraising, and more. Bill has hosted and been a guest on many radio and television programs through the years. Early in his career, he worked with singer/songwriter Harry Chapin in his efforts to address global hunger. Throughout his career, he has worked with various performers, including Pete Seeger, Lou Rawls, Noel Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul, and Mary), Tim Janis, and others. Following his retirement, Bill served as Interim Pastor at Zion United Church of Christ in South Bend, Indiana before he and his wife, Maureen, moved to Ponte Vedra. At present he is the Adult Ministry Director of Palm Presbyterian Church in Florida. You can find them on Instagram and Facebook.
Reimagining Climate Action and Achieving the SDGs: Our Individual and Collective Work
Side Event to UNGA 77 and Climate Week
Panel and Reception
Hosted by Church World Service (CWS)
Monday, 19 September 2022
4 - 7 PM EDT
Location: Church Center of the UN
New York, NY
About
For fourteen years, Climate Week has “brought together the most influential leaders in climate action from business, government, and the climate community” at the same time as the UN General Assembly High-level meetings. Climate Week aims to increase ambition and accelerate action for urgent climate action, and the timing is more critical during UNGA this year as the world experiences more frequent and severe climate shocks affecting all people, but most disproportionately for the most vulnerable (eg. food insecure, impoverished, indigenous persons, women, smallholder farmers). Climate change is also promulgating unrest and forced displacement; there are more displaced persons around the world now than ever before in recorded human history.
Most people in low and middle income countries are people of faith, and the role of places and leaders of worship, communities and individual action will only continue to be critical to achieve the SDGs. As a faith-based civil society organization in consultative status with the UN, CWS is uniquely positioned to engage with delegates and high-level attendees of UNGA regarding critical matters around the world’s progress - or lack thereof - toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
This side event served as a follow-up to CWS’ side event during the 2022 High Level Political Forum entitled Reimagining Our World and Future Together: an integral approach towards sustainable development. In a panel discussion between the Netherlands, UNDP, Seattle University, MPOWERD and CWS, speakers addressed systemic gaps and the value of improving social safety nets and partnerships (SDG 17) to ensure resilience - especially among the most vulnerable - and the achievement of the SDGs. Speakers were asked to consider the role of “Inner Development Goals” (IDGs), or the capabilities, qualities and skills within each person.
The event featured a panel discussion and interactive dialogue with the audience. We would like to thank the audience for their participation and apologize that this summary podcast doesn’t do total justice to the richness of the conversations that took place during the session.
Panelists
- (Moderator) Maurice A. Bloem, Chief Sustainability and Impact Officer, CWS
- Andrew Fuys, Senior Technical Advisor, Climate and Migration, CWS
- Mary Kate Costello, Director of International Policy and Relations, CWS
- Sydney Upchurch, Founder, Fleet
- Pooja Tilvawala, Director & Founder, Youth Climate Collaborative
- Dr. John Coonrod, EVP, The Hunger Project
Christine Sow PhD MPH MA joined Humentum as CEO in 2019 following a 25-year career in international development. A seasoned convener and coalition-builder, Dr. Sow brings deep experience in leading member organizations, having relaunched the Global Health Council in 2013. Prior to joining Humentum, Dr. Sow led Palladium’s development impact bond work in addition to providing oversight to their USAID-funded health portfolio; she also served as Chief Operating Officer of Population Services International, where she led global operations across more than 60 countries. Over the span of her career, Dr. Sow spent more than 14 years in West Africa with organizations including UNICEF and USAID. She holds a PhD in epidemiology from Tulane University and two Masters Degrees from the University of Michigan; she is fluent in French and English. In the episode of Walk Talk Listen, Christine shares especially how her organization Humentum is trying to navigate in the changing NGO landscape while we also touch upon the usual typical WTL questions. I also talk with her about ESG (Environmental Social and Governance), and refers to the three key factors when measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of an investment in a business or company. Humentum can be found on twitter and instagram and they are also on LinkedIn and Facebook. Christine herself is on LinkedIn and Twitter. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Lenann McGookey Gardner, is a Harvard MBA coaching individuals and employees in organizations of all sizes to achieve unprecedented results. She is an expert in state-of-the-art new business development skills, a strategist who specializes in being sure you know what to SAY and WRITE when you're selling, to optimize sales results, and a Job Search Coach who will help you GET THAT JOB OFFER. Lenann is also an Executive Coach to senior- and C-level-executives worldwide. Her first book, Got Sales? The Complete Guide to Today's Proven Methods for Selling Services, published in 2007, was nominated for the Axiom Business Book Award, recognizing the best business books of the year. Her second book, Win More Clients, is the fastest way to improve your approach to business development in the new economy, whether you’re new to sales or an experienced rainmaker. Get the DATA about today’s most powerful selling skills in this easy-to-read, simple-to-understand book. Adjust what's optimal to say when you’re selling, and watch your sales results soar! Lenann served for more than 7 years and still actively supports the organization. Lenann's social media handles are: Facebook personal, Facebook company, Twitter personal and Instagram personal. We made a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by many of our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Sydney Upchurch and Shaurya Saluja are the co-founders of Fleet. Sydney, is responsible for Fleet's Planning & Partnerships and she is an urban planner and designer. She is committed to designing and deploying tech applications to make cities more sustainable, equitable, and efficient. Sydney has a diverse background with experience in fields from public policy to urban analytics. As a graduate student, she explored innovative new mobility solutions and worked on research at the MIT Urban Mobility Lab. She has a Master’s in urban planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Shaurya Saluja is Fleet's CEO and he has worked at the intersection of sustainability, transportation and technology for over a decade. Prior to founding Fleet with Sydney, he led technology and global growth for a private European train operator. Shaurya holds a degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, where he was also a competitive squash player and a frequent judge at hackathons. You can find Sydney and Shaurya as well as their company on social media: Twitter Sydney, Twitter Shaurya and Twitter Fleet. Instagram of Fleet and Shaurya. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Ellen Andrews was born-and-raised in Durham, North Carolina and graduated from UNC in 2009 with a degree in psychology, minoring in biology. Always thinking she would go into research, it was only after she spent time volunteering and interning at the Carol Woods Retirement Community that Ellen realized she was best suited to an active, dynamic, interpersonal work environment. She started her work at Church World Service (CWS) in its refugee resettlement program straight out of college, initially as an employment specialist. After helping more than 100 refugees get jobs that first year, she took a post as a team leader, then a supervisor role overseeing program management responsibilities, moved into a director position with the CWS Durham office in 2014. When I spoke with her in 2021 she was the North Carolina area director and at present she is the Regional Director, US Mid-Atlantic. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! Bill Sage you can find on Facebook as well.
Chris Bolman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Brightest (brightest.io), the operating system for managing and measuring sustainability, ESG, and social impact. Chris has taught over 15,000 students on strategy, sustainability, brand development, and communications, and his work and writing has been featured in publications like Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, and Scientific American. You can find both Chris as well as his company on social media: Twitter and Instagram for Chris and for his company Brightest: Twitter and Instagram. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Liesbeth Rijsdijk, Ph.D., works at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle, The Netherlands. She is part of the management team of and a senior lecturer at Windesheim Honors College (WHC) that offers honors education for (international) students. Next to teaching and managing, she is a senior researcher at the Research Program Social Innovation at Windesheim UAS. The current focus of her research is on Wicked Challenges, strategic network collaboration & governance, leadership competences, energy transition and climate adaptation. Next to her job at Windesheim, she is the Chair of the Climate Campus Foundation and part of the editorial board of the professional Magazine on Project Management and Agile Management. Before joining Windesheim UAS in 2003, Liesbeth worked as a prevention policy officer for the Child Protection Board and later as the Director of Communication of the Dutch Ministry of Justice, and as an associate Expert in Communication and Development for UNESCO and UNAIDS in the Pacific and Central Asia. Liesbeth will become a professor in Networks in Circular Economy as of the 1st of November 2022, also at Windesheim UAS. During this podcast episode we tackle a lot of different issues and topics, among others one of the program WHC offers is the 4 year fully English taught BBA program “Global Project and Change Management” which is fully dedicated to sustainable development, and which has been a top-rated program for years. The UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Inner Development Goals are at the heart of the program. You can find the social medial related tools here: Instagram and Facebook. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
From sponsoring a refugee to contributing significantly to the CWS psychosocial response after 9/11, Bill Sage has a wide range of experiences with CWS and its staff colleagues. Please join in listening to this remarkable CWS ex staff, but permanent CWS family member as he shares his experiences of his work in India and the US and more. He was instrumental in the development of the STAR (a trauma response program) after 9/11 that especially focussed on self-care, something that is still very relevant today. Bill has been part of the Immigration and Refugee program as well as the Disaster Response program of CWS for many years as a staff as well as a consultant. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! Bill Sage you can find on Facebook as well.
Lisa Rothenberger and Roy Winter have close to three decades a relationship/link with CWS from being the representatives of their denominations International Ministries and Church of the Brethren respectively, being board and committee members to being a (financial) supporter of the organization. Lisa is the World Relief Officer of International Ministries and Roy Winter is the executive director of Church of the Brethren’s departments: Global Mission and Service Ministries. My conversation with Lisa and Roy took place in 2021. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. You can find both Lisa on Facebook as well as Roy - here. All social media related links of CoB can be found here. The International Ministries also has social media like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We made a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by many of our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Erol Kekic is a seasoned professional who has worked in the field of refugee resettlement as well as humanitarian and refugee policy related work for many years. As the Senior Vice President of CWS, Erol overseas all CWS programs. Erol is frequently quoted in the press and is as an outspoken advocate on behalf of fair, humane U.S. immigration and refugee policies. Prior to his work with CWS, Erol worked in the field of refugee assistance in number of domestic and international settings. I talked with him at the end of 2021 when his focus of his work was on refugee related activities, at present he also overseas the development and humanitarian assistance work of CWS. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Kely Nascimento works with organizations to help define a focused identity and brand story, and to create partnership opportunities that align with their objectives. Her recent work has been focused on the Sports Diplomacy and sports for development sectors. As a speaker Kely travels the world and speaks on gender and race equity in sports, and the power of storytelling in promoting equity as well as a community and trust building tool to further the Sustainable Development Goals. Kely is a content producer and the director of Warriors of a Beautiful Game, a feature documentary, as part of a global multi-platform initiative to promote women's sports and gender equality (currently in post-production). Kely has lectured, presented keynotes and moderated panels in collaboration with organizations such as Yale, Barça Foundation, Cannes Lions, French Teqball Federation, Federaçao Paulista de Futebol, amongst others. She is the global Ambassador for Gondwana FC and the Global Goals World Cup, a Global Advisor at LEAD.edu and currently sits on the Board of Directors of Beyond Sport Foundation. Kely and her work have been featured in The Guardian (GB), Irish Times, Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), La Marca (Spain), AS Futbol (Colombia), Guardian Phillipines, among many others. Kely is the eldest daughter of Brazilian soccer legend Pelé and founder of the Nascimento Foundation whose mission is to achieve a global understanding of peace through sports, storytelling and the arts to facilitate diplomacy and development with the principals of equality, leadership and storytelling, She aims to harness the power of her father’s legacy towards building a more equitable, peaceful, and sustainable future. Kely is a proud recipient of the Face of Change award at SAID Institute’s 8th African Diaspora Awards Ceremony. She wholeheartedly believes that it is through the understanding, owning, and sharing, of our stories that we will create a more equitable world. “Storytelling strengthens our identities, teaches us about ourselves and each other and solidifies our bonds. It fosters empathy, and solidarity, builds community and allows us to claim our narratives. Our stories are our superpowers” Kely is a 2022 TEDx WaterStreet speaker. For her instagram click here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Robert Hahn is an experienced CEO with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit industry. He is the CEO and founder of the Central American Training Foundation (CATF) which seeks to empower the people of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador to better prepare their region for emergencies and natural disasters through the creation of the Central American Training Center (CATC). The Center will be a 49,000 square foot complex comprised of training rooms, a large auditorium, simulations rooms, classrooms and a state-of-the-art “Situation Room”. The campus will include at least five acres of actual emergency simulation elements, and the property is 6 miles from the Palmerola International Airport in Comayagua. Palmerola Airport will act as the gateway hub for all of South and Central America. Currently no centralized training facility exists nor there is a region-controlled facility which trains, equips and stands ready to respond to any crisis on its own. Central America is now overly-dependent on the resources of countries from outside the region. While international cooperation and assistance will always remain important, the current situation leaves the area too reliant upon the resources, budgets and goodwill of outside governments. As the global economy staggers back from impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic, and more countries focus their efforts inward, Central America has never been more at risk. Robert is also the chairman of Honduras Compassion Partners Inc (HCP), along with the leadership team, he works with the gov't of the city of La Paz to improve municipal infrastructure such as the Women's Empowerment and Entrepreneurship, revitalizing the city-wide water system, up-grading medical facilities, firefighter training and equipping, and outfitting the school system. HPC also has a strong grassroots arm which has sent over 2,000 people on short term missions to Honduras, including medical teams. Further, he is the Senior Pastor at Chesapeake Church as well as the director of End Hunger In Calvert County Inc., a network of more than 150 partner churches, food pantries, businesses and other non-profits who are committed to feeding the hungry. This 501(c)(3) non-profit organization is Chesapeake’s major outreach ministry in our local community. You can find his Foundation on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Emma Stenström is Associate Professor and Director of Center for Arts, Business & Culture (ABC) at Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden. She has always worked with bridging different spheres, in particular arts and business. Ongoing research projects include action research projects on bubble-hopping and two collaborations with the contemporary circus. Emma has received several pedagogical awards and teaches Global Challenges: Being, Global Citizenship, Global Leadership, and Sustainable Leadership. She has been Guest Professor at University College of Arts, Crafts, and Design (Konstfack) in Stockholm and served on several boards, such as the Swedish Arts Council, the Swedish Society for Crafts and Design, the International Scene for Contemporary Dance, and Stockholm University of the Arts. Beside her academic career, Emma works in media. She has hosted a TV-show for Swedish Television (SVT), and is a regular columnist in the daily business paper, Dagens Industri, since twenty years. Her social media handles from her work and personal are given below: Instagram and her personal Instagram , Twitter, Facebook and her personal Facebook. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Marty Colchamiro is one of the volunteers of The Hunger Walkathon West CROP Walk, a community event for the Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Melrose Park and Maywood, IL as well as the Austin Neighborhood in Chicago, IL. Each spring they hold a "walk" and raise funds to help with hunger issues both here and around the world. In their 37th year on May 3, 2020 they held their annual CROP Hunger Walk. They raised $100,000.00 on this day, the most ever in our history, although they beat it the next year as you can hear in this podcast. Marty is a podcast himself and you can find the episodes he makes about their walk via this site https://www.hwwcrop.org/podcasts During our conversation, there is a moment when Marty is not able to remember the name of Michele Zurkowski Executive Director Beyond Hunger, https://www.gobeyondhunger.org/ and he wanted to be sure she was also properly acknowledged. On their website, you can also find their social media handles, among others Twitter. We made a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by many of our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Mai Ton oversees the development and execution of Fabric’s people strategy. She has over 20 years of leadership experience in tech startups and has helped various companies through IPOs and M&A transactions. She has built the entire people function at every company she has worked and has won over 14 awards for her previous companies. She formerly led the People teams at White Ops, HelloSign, Onelogin and Trulia. Instead of helping one company at a time as an internal HR leader, Mai Ton formed her own consulting business, EMP HR Consulting, where she contributes her knowledge to help many companies simultaneously. Mai’s services provide companies a clear people strategy with core structures like performance management, compensation frameworks, remote strategies and benefits programs which increase employee engagement and retention. She was named to the list of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology in 2019. Mai is a Board member of LEAP.org a non-profit organization that helps Asian Americans break the bamboo ceiling. She is an advisor to some of the newest HR technology software companies and shares her knowledge with others by speaking at various HR conferences. She received a BA in Sociology from the University of Texas, Austin.
She wrote a book called: Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley
You can find her on Twitter and Instagram.
The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here.
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Lori Poland is a childhood survivor of a high-profile child abuse case and has since devoted her life and career to ending child abuse and neglect as well as healing its cycles and ripple effects. She has spent her career working in mental health and the nonprofit sector as a therapist for children and families. Lori transitioned from therapy to assume the job of Executive Director for EndCAN, leveraging her background in business management and program development. The National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect (EndCAN) is a nonprofit organization that raises awareness of the health, mental health and public health impacts of abuse. EndCAN focuses on funding research; investing in innovative child abuse prevention and treatment; and supporting survivors. Lori travels nationally as a motivational speaker talking about possibilities after trauma, becoming a transcender, and the ripple effects of trauma on children and families. Additionally, Lori has consulted within the legal system to advocate for change in the field and to develop greater understanding. During this podcast she talks about her book that will be release on 7/11/2022 and can be found here. Her book and memoir "I Live Here" will be released soon and can be pre-ordered here. It is an intimate tale of survival, triumph, and empowerment. This inspirational memoir retells what happened during Lori’s four “missing” days, and chronicles her memories of identifying her abuser, facing his imprisonment and release, and tackling people’s sometimes-unpleasant reactions. The social media handles from Lori's company are: Instagram, Facebook en twitter and from Lori herself: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Her own website can be found here. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Although Lori chose two songs, she was not able to recall the name and title of the second song during our conversation, so therefore I am posting it here. She said to me via email: The singer Lee Ann Womack released a song called "I hope you dance" (MB: already added to the playlist). "I love this song and I choose it because it talks about both hope and grit at once. About humility and our ability to stumble in our humanness, as well as embark on love for support of those around us. The fight and willingness to keep going and to have fun (dancing) while doing all of the hard." ❤ Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Rick Augsburger has worked for more than 25 years as a leader in the international development and humanitarian sector, focusing on leadership, staff resilience, program growth and strategy and is he a founding partner of the Konterra Group. Prior to joining the KonTerra Group, Rick served as the deputy director of the Headington Institute (2007-2008), Director of Emergency Programs (1996-2005) and Deputy Director (2005-2007) for Church World Service, an international relief and development agency. He has a BA in Business Administration and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Executive Leadership program in Performance Measurement and Management for Nonprofit Organizations. Rick was also regional advisor for the United States Agency for International Development-OFDA in East Africa and the associate director for Mennonite Disaster Service. He brings more than twenty years of experience in humanitarian programming. He has traveled extensively working on relief and development programs in more than 70 countries. He has also led disaster rapid response teams and participated as a trainer and consultant for numerous humanitarian agencies. From 2000 to 2005 Rick served as the co-chair of InterAction’s Humanitarian Policy and Practice Committee. Prior to that he was a member of InterAction’s executive board of directors and represented the U.S.-based humanitarian community on the United Nations Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Working Group. My conversation with Rick Augsburger took place in 2021. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. The Konterra Group is on Facebook and Twitter. You can also find Rick on Facebook. We made a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by many of our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Eunice Kamaara is a professor of Religion at Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya, and International Affiliate of Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis (US). She holds MPhil in Religion, MSc. in International Health Research Ethics, and PhD in African Christian Ethics. Her three-in-one public role involves teaching/training, research, and community service. She trains on Advanced Research Methodology including Research Ethics and Integrity; Transformative Teaching and Learning; Gender Mainstreaming; Higher Education Management; Quality Management; Project Planning and Development including Monitoring and Evaluation; Adolescent Sexual/Reproductive Health; and HIV Prevention and Intervention. She conducts trans/multi-disciplinary and community participatory research on gender, character values, and holistic health, and has over 100 publications. Eunice is passionate about translating research findings into practical development through policy influence and community uptake. She is President of the Eldoret Based Gender and Development Network (EldoGaDNet), a community participatory self-development agent. She enjoys mentoring adolescents and youth. She has served on the board of CWS (Church World Service) for several years and is an observer of the CWS Innovation Hub. Her public role overlaps with her private role as mother, daughter, wife, sister, aunt, neighbor, among others. She is Presbyterian by birth, Roman Catholic by marriage, and Christian by choice. Eunice is a Top 30 WHO Africa health innovator: https://www.afro.who.int/news/who-innovation-challenge-announce-30-finalists-africa-health-forum-cabo-verde For more info about CWS, please check out this website. We are also making a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Kate Schecter, Ph.D., joined World Neighbors as the President and CEO in June of 2014. World Neighbors is a 71 year old international development organization that works with rural isolated communities to help find solutions to permanently lift these communities out of poverty. Dr. Schecter is responsible for managing World Neighbors’ programs and operations in 14 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. In her previous position, she worked for the American International Health Alliance (AIHA) for 14 years. As a Senior Program Officer at AIHA, she had responsibility for managing health partnerships throughout Eurasia and Central and Eastern Europe. She worked with over 35 partnerships addressing primary healthcare, chronic disease management, hospital management, maternal/child health, Tuberculosis, blood safety and HIV/AIDS. From 1997 to 2000, Dr. Schecter worked as a consultant for the World Bank specializing in healthcare reform and child welfare issues in Eurasia and Eastern Europe. She taught political science at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor for four years (1993-1997). She is the co-editor and co-author of Social Capital and Social Cohesion in Post-Soviet Russia (M.E. Sharpe, 2003), author of a chapter in Russia’s Torn Safety Nets: Health and Social Welfare in Post-Communist Russia (St. Martin’s Press, 2000), an entry on Chernobyl for Scribner’s Encyclopedia of Europe 1914-2004, (2006), and a biography of Boris Yeltsin (Chelsea House Publishers, 1993). She also has made three documentary films for PBS about the Former Soviet Union. Over the past eight years at World Neighbors, Dr. Schecter has authored or co-authored 15 articles about the challenges of international development in very poor rural countries, the impact of climate change on the poor, and how to help alleviate mass migration through effective international aid. An article in YaleGlobal Online in October 2019, was titled, Helping Guatemalans Stay in Guatemala. Dr. Schecter holds a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University and an M.A. in Soviet Studies from Harvard University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served on the Board of Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. from 2010 to 2018. The social media handles from Kate's company are: Instagram, Facebook en twitter. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Richard L. Santos is the President and CEO of Church World Service. Prior to assuming this role in 2021, Rick was the President and CEO of IMA World Health. He led IMA World Health through several strategic pivots that positioned the agency well for the future. Immediately before becoming the President and CEO of CWS, Rick spent about two years assisting nonprofit CEOs and boards of directors to develop comprehensive approaches to building organizational resilience and relevance. He provided strategic advice and consulting services to U.S.-based, senior non-profit leadership as they consider adaptive and technical strategies and supports efforts of civil society organizations, faith-based organizations, networks and facilities to achieve organizational change and build capacity, focusing on leadership and governance, both in developed and developing country contexts. Rick was not new to CWS when he became President and CEO. Earlier in his career, Rick spent more than a decade with CWS. He began as a Program Officer with our team in Vietnam before rising through the ranks to eventually become Coordinator of Strategic Planning and Evaluation. He went on to serve as the Director of Communication and Advocacy at International Relief and Development before joining IMA World Health. In total, Rick has more than two decades of experience working for and with faith-based organizations, including more than a decade of living and working in Asia. Rick is an expert in engaging and partnering with civil society in the development process, and his developmental approach includes building and prioritizing robust local and regional partnerships—communities, organizations and networks—which he believes are the key ingredients to successful and sustainable development work. Rick holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Johns Hopkins University’s Carey Business School, a Masters of Theological Studies degree from Harvard Divinity School, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from George Washington University. This is part 2 of two episodes with Rick Santos. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. Rick is on Twitter and Facebook. We are also making a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Richard L. Santos is the President and CEO of Church World Service. Prior to assuming this role in 2021, Rick was the President and CEO of IMA World Health. He led IMA World Health through several strategic pivots that positioned the agency well for the future. Immediately before becoming the President and CEO of CWS, Rick spent about two years assisting nonprofit CEOs and boards of directors to develop comprehensive approaches to building organizational resilience and relevance. He provided strategic advice and consulting services to U.S.-based, senior non-profit leadership as they consider adaptive and technical strategies and supports efforts of civil society organizations, faith-based organizations, networks and facilities to achieve organizational change and build capacity, focusing on leadership and governance, both in developed and developing country contexts. Rick was not new to CWS when he became President and CEO. Earlier in his career, Rick spent more than a decade with CWS. He began as a Program Officer with our team in Vietnam before rising through the ranks to eventually become Coordinator of Strategic Planning and Evaluation. He went on to serve as the Director of Communication and Advocacy at International Relief and Development before joining IMA World Health. In total, Rick has more than two decades of experience working for and with faith-based organizations, including more than a decade of living and working in Asia. Rick is an expert in engaging and partnering with civil society in the development process, and his developmental approach includes building and prioritizing robust local and regional partnerships—communities, organizations and networks—which he believes are the key ingredients to successful and sustainable development work. Rick holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Johns Hopkins University’s Carey Business School, a Masters of Theological Studies degree from Harvard Divinity School, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from George Washington University. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. Rick is on Twitter and Facebook. We are also making a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
The talk with Dennis Metzger and his daughter Madalyn who both worked for CWS was a very special conversation. Dennis had two stints with CWS, the last one started in 1979, lasted until his retirement in 2016 and was in the field of fundraising. His daughter who is at present the Vice President, Marketing of Everence Financial, worked for CWS from 1999 until 2005. The country of Vietnam is really central to their story as Dennis met his wife Van in Tam Ky, Vietnam and they married in 1973. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. Madalyn is on instagram, twitter and facebook We are also making a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Roland Fernandes has been a CWS board member for many years, but he finished serving on the board when he became the General Secretary (chief executive) of Global Ministries and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) on September 1, 2020. The United Methodists are one of the 37 member organizations of CWS. He was both chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Global Ministries/UMCOR from 2003 and has several times served as interim general secretary. As general secretary, he oversees programs, projects and partners in 120 countries, including 350 missionaries in 70 countries. UMCOR is the church’s relief and development organization. Roland attended St. Xavier’s College and School in Kolkata and Calcutta University. Following graduation with a Master of Commerce degree, he became a Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent) and served first as chief internal auditor of the Methodist Church in India (MCI). Roland and his wife, Liesl, are members of North Decatur United Methodist Church in suburban Atlanta, where he serves as finance chair. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. The social media pages of Global Ministries and UMCOR: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We are also making a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Betty Voskuil was the chair of the Church World Service board from 2004-2007 and represented the Reformed Church of America for many years on the board of CWS. She lives in Holland, Michigan and studied at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in Wisconsin. She wrote Reformed Church in America's (RCA) booklet entitled The Ministry of the Deacon. She has been the Coordinator of Reformed Church World Service for many years as well. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. The Facebook page of Betty is: Facebook. We are also making a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Dr. Barrett C. Brown is a global expert on how to develop leaders to successfully navigate complex challenges and rapid change. Barrett works across six continents with C-suite executives and teams from Fortune 500 companies and international non-profits. He has lived in The Netherlands, Brazil and throughout the US, and has worked and traveled in nearly 40 countries. Barrett holds a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems and also has over a decade experience advising on and leading strategic visioning, execution, and change initiatives for US, Dutch, British, and Brazilian companies and institutions.
Barrett’s award-winning research on the future of leadership is used in executive education programs worldwide, including the Yale MBA. He produced an award-winning business case study on a large-scale market transformation program he helped lead - in partnership with Unilever and Rainforest Alliance - that is used in business schools globally. Barrett’s writings on leadership and sustainability have been translated into 6 languages, are used in the United Nations system, and have been included in half a dozen mainstream leadership books. Barrett is on the selection committee of the Katerva Awards - considered the Nobel Prize for sustainability - and has held consultancy status to the United Nations.
Originally from the Green Mountains of Vermont, Barrett lives with his wife and daughter on the flanks of a volcanic crater in Hawaii.
He encourages you to check out the website of his company which also includes readings and books he encourages to check out like the Future of Leadership for Conscious Capitalism written by himself and Conscious Leadership by John Mackey. Some other interesting documents Barrett contributed to: Communicating Sustainability and The Four World of Sustainability. Check out this presentation as well on Transformative Climate Advocacy . The website of his company is: Apheno Advisory.
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The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here.
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David Beckmann is President Emeritus of Bread for the World and Founder and President Emeritus of the Alliance to End Hunger. David is working in new ways for political and spiritual change to move us out of the pandemic in a way that includes progress against hunger and poverty. As president of Bread for the World 1991-2020, he led millions of people in successful advocacy with Congress. He was awarded the World Food Prize for his contribution to the world’s progress against hunger. Consider subscribing to his website, if you want posts and other news emailed to you about his work. He hopes you will share your thoughts and insights, so that you learn from each other. David is a big fan of CWS and we are thankful for yet again "commercial" during this episode. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. The social media handles of Interaction are: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We are also making a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Paul Elberse is the CEO and chairman of Ficus Advisory and has more than 25 years experience in senior executive positions in both international financial institutions, as well as nimble entrepreneurial companies on 4 different continents. He has held leadership, governance and ownership posittwittions in finance (banks, pension and investment funds, insurance, investment banking), life sciences, and renewable energy development companies. He does not shy away from challenging situations and has led organizations in acquisitive growth programs, through divestments and restructurings, in international expansion plans, as well as early stage growth phases. During crises he gets motivated to get done what others deem impossible or simply too hard. He has worked hand in hand with institutions like the World Bank, IFC, IADB, export credit agencies, DFIs, banks and institutional investors. His opinions are formed through having lived and worked in places like Amsterdam, Hamburg, Paris, Singapore, Moscow, Montevideo and New York, and having done business in more than 25 countries. Paul is passionate about the immense changes we are facing that can help us improve lives and livelihoods, including robotics, AI, VR, life sciences, and climate solutions. Paul has worked in leadership roles serving customers around the world and developed projects in sectors as diverse as renewable energy & infrastructure, IB & financial services, life sciences & technology, food & drinks, to name but a few. Paul has a Bachelor degree in Business from the University of Utrecht, a MBA from the University of Hartford, Barney's School of Business and is an alum of Stanford's Senior Executive Program. Apart from always looking to be on the frontline of new ‘develimprovements’, Paul is proud of the role Fundacion Visionair has played in tackling widespread social and health care issues. He treasures his relationships and roles with SGH2 Energy, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Buxeros Capital, and Eolo Pharma. The social media handles from Paul are: Instagram en twitter. He also refers to his wife Susette Kok who playing an important role in the Funcacion Visionair and is also a photographer and ceramic artist. Her social median handles are: Instagram and Tet.Studio The songs picked by all our guests can be found via our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
For over a decade, Sam Worthington has served as CEO of InterAction, the largest U.S.-based alliance of international nongovernmental organizations focused on people around the world. Sam strengthens the impact and collective voice of the U.S. NGO sector and leads its engagement on a wide range of policy and programs with the highest levels of the U.N., governments, philanthropies, and civil society actors. Previously, he served as CEO of Plan International USA, a large global child rights NGO, and was a resident policy fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center. He is currently a trustee of the Van Leer Foundation; sits on the U.N. Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC); USAID’s Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aide (ACVFA); Brown University’s Advisory Board on the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies; the boards of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Forus, Religions for Peace and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a recipient of numerous awards including an honorary doctorate. When not reading a book or enjoying city life, Sam has a deep personal affinity for high alpine ridges and healthy coral reefs. Sam grew up on three continents and has worked in over 50 countries. He lives with his wife, Renee, in Bethesda and travels to visit his three adult children. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. The social media handles of Interaction are: Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. We are also making a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Rev. R. Lawrence (Lonnie) Turnipseed started working for CWS in 1981 until her retired in 1996 as executive director and CEO. Previously he was director of the Southern Asia Office of CWS, and served as a missionary in Hong Kong for 15 years. Although he is 94 years old at the moment, his recollection of the work of CWS is impressive. Hope you will enjoy this conversation as much as I did. The song he picked is added to our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
Jonny Imerman is a young adult cancer survivor who co-founded Imerman Angels, a non-profit organization that connects a cancer fighter (or caregiver) with someone who has fought and survived the same cancer. At 26 years old in 2001, Jonny was diagnosed with testicular cancer. After doctors surgically removed one of his testicles, he did five months of chemotherapy and became cancer-free. But almost a year later, four tumors popped up again near his spine. After another surgery, an 11-inch incision, and three months of recovery, Jonny was back in remission. During his cancer fight, he realized what needed to change in the cancer world. Despite loving support from family and friends, he was unable to find a cancer survivor like him. Jonny wondered: “What if every cancer fighter could talk to a cancer survivor, who not only had beaten the same type of cancer, but who also was around the same age and gender as the fighter?” The cancer survivor would be an angel ⎯ walking, living proof that the fighter could win too. That amazing connection would provide inspiration, knowledge, and hope. This is why he created Imerman Angels. Imerman Angels was chosen as “Top 3 Most Innovative Creator Idea in Midwest of 2017” by WeWork (2017 Creator Award), “Top 25 Most Innovative Programs of 2015” by National Journal / Atlantic Media, Haute Living’s #1 Charity in Chicago in 2010; Chicago Scene’s #1 Charity in Chicago in 2010; Chicago Scene’s #1 Charity in Chicago in 2008; and Chicago Social’s #1 Charity in Chicago in 2007. Imerman Angels has been featured by The Wall Street Journal, Harpo Radio’s “Oprah and Friends” with Dr. Oz, CNN, TEDx, The Huffington Post, Men’s Health, National Public Radio (NPR), Sirius XM Satellite Radio’s “Doctor Radio” - Channel 81, NBC Chicago News, CBS Chicago News, ABC Chicago News, WGN Chicago News, FOX Chicago News, FOX Detroit News, ESPN Radio Chicago, WJR Radio Detroit, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain’s Chicago Business, Detroit Free Press, HOUR Detroit, LIVESTRONG Quarterly, CancerToday, CURE Magazine, Oncology Nursing News, Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, and Nonprofit Chicago Magazine. Jonny received a 2015 Michigan Avenue Magazine 'Chicago's Leading Men' Award; 2015 ‘The 100’ Award from Mass General Cancer Center; 2012 CNN Hero Award; 2012 Salute of Gratitude from The City Council of Chicago; 2012 Lincoln Park Young Professionals ‘Chicago Best of The Best’ Award; 2011 Twilight Foundation Detroit’s Civic Leadership Award; 2012 Susan G. Komen ‘Pink Tie Guy’ Award; 2011 Chicago Social Magazine’s ‘Who is Chicago’ Award; 2010 Jefferson Award for Public Service; 2010 University of Michigan Humanitarian Service Award; 2009 Ulman Cancer Fund For Young Adults ‘Hope Award’; and 2007 Daily Candy ‘Sweetest Thing’ Award. The social media handles from his organizations are: Twitter Imerman Angels, Instagram Imerman Angels and Facebook Imerman Angels and Twitter ClozTalk, Instagram ClozTalk and Facebook ClozTalk. The song he picked is added to our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
In 1996, Rev. Dr. Rodney I. Page was elected to the position of Executive Director of Church World Service and the Deputy General Secretary of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA. Under his leadership CWS split from the NCCCUSA as he explains in this episode of the special series Enough for All of the podcast Walk Talk Listen. In 1962, Rodney arrived in Portland from seminary where he became Associate Minister at First Christian Church and Campus Minister at Portland State University. During that time, he became active in the Greater Portland Council of Churches and the Oregon Council of Churches. Since the beginning of his career, he focused on building community, and in 1965, he wrote the first service where Roman Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants prayed together, attracting 2,000 people to the service. In 1974, Rev. Dr. Page became the Associate Director and in 1981, Executive Director, of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon where he initiated numerous new programs including Project Linkage, Hopewell House and co-founded the Oregon Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East. Rodney presently volunteers at Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon by serving on the President's Circle. He is the Chair of the Elders of First Christian Church and has taken various leadership roles with the Kiwanis Club of Portland, including President and Lt. Governor of Division 62. Together, Rev. Dr. Page and his wife, Sandi, volunteer by preparing meals at P:EAR, a program for homeless youth, Meals on Wheels, the Bridge Pedal and Sunday Parkways. In 2017 he received the ageless award honoree of the Jessie F. Richardson Foundation. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. We are also making a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Amy Comstock Rick, JD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drug Law Institute, having joined in August, 2014. Prior to joining FDLI, Ms. Rick was the Chief Executive Officer of the Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN) from 2003-2014. PAN is a Washington D.C.-based national nonprofit focused on educating the public and government leaders on better policies for research and therapy development and an improved quality of life for people living with Parkinson’s disease. Ms. Rick has also served as the President of the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research, on the Boards of Directors of Research!America, the National Health Council, and the American Brain Coalition. Before joining PAN, she was the Senate-confirmed Director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics from 2000-2003 and the Associate Counsel to the President in the White House Counsel’s Office from 1998-2000. Ms. Rick began her federal service as a career attorney at the U.S. Department of Education in 1989 and became the Assistant General Counsel for Ethics in 1993. Prior to her government service, Ms. Rick was an associate attorney at the law firm of Beveridge & Diamond. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan. The social media handles from her organization are: Twitter and Facebook. The song she picked is added to our playlist #walktalklisten here. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.
My conversation with President Emeritus Rev. John L. McCullough (former President/CEO of CWS for 20 years until January 2021), continues in episode 3 of the special Enough for All series. If you didn't listen to part 1 as yet, please do so.or more info about CWS, please check out this website. The interviews with John took place in 2021. We are also making a special Spotify Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. I have also added two of my songs. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Finally the first real episode of the special podcast Walk Talk Listen series: Enough for All - the 75th anniversary of the faith based organization Church World Service. The first episode is my conversation with President Emeritus Rev. John L. McCullough (former President/CEO of CWS for 20 years until January 2021), this is part 1 of a total of two episodes with him. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. The interviews with John took place in 2021. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
Merle Collins is an author and professor. Between 1995 and 2021, she was a Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of Maryland. She is now Professor Emerita. She was born in 1950 in Aruba to Grenadian parents and taken to Grenada shortly after her birth. Her primary and high school education was in Grenada. Later, she graduated from the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica, with a General Arts degree in English, Spanish and History. In 1980 she was awarded a Masters degree, Latin American Studies, from Georgetown University, USA. In 1995, she was awarded a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Her first collection of poetry Because the Dawn Breaks was published by Karia Press in 1985. In London she was a member of African Dawn, a performance group combining poetry, mime and African music. In 1987, she published her first novel Angel, which follows the lives of both Angel and the Grenadian people as they struggle for independence. This was followed by a collection of short stories, Rain Darling in 1990, and a second collection of poetry, Rotten Pomerack in 1992. Her second novel, The Colour of Forgetting, was published in 1995. Her critical works include "Themes and Trends in Caribbean Writing Today" in From My Guy to Sci-Fi: Genre and Women's Writing in the Postmodern World, and "To be Free is Very Sweet" in Slavery and Abolition. She has published several essays on politics and society in Grenada. In the podcast she talks about a new book/project (about Louise Langdon Norton Little- mother of Malcolm X), expected to be completed later in 2022.
The social media handles from her publisher Peepal Tree Press: Facebook and Twitter.
Merle refers to several songs in this podcast and one of them is the song Book of Rules by the Heptones. According to Merle, the lyrics must owe their existence to a poem by RL Sharpe and there are some things about RL Sharpe that remind her of the approach to the 100-mile walk. RL Sharpe was a poet from the American South (Georgia, I believe) who died around 1951 and you can find his poem "Bag of Tools" here.
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Marina Mahathir is a writer, activist, business owner and podcast host. She began her career in advocacy in the HIV/AIDS sector and was a member of numerous international and regional committees on HIV/AIDS. She served as the President of the Malaysian AIDS Council for 12 years from 1993-2005.
After leaving her position, Marina went on to focus on issues related to Islam and gender. Currently, she is the chair of the International Advisory Group of Musawah, the global movement for justice and equality in the Muslim family. Previously a member of the Board of Sisters in Islam, Marina continues her efforts through fundraising to advocate for justice and equality for Muslim women.
Marina writes and speaks regularly on current issues particularly where it relates to gender, human rights and religion. She has authored four books, In Liberal Doses (1997), Telling It Straight (2012) and 50 Days: Rantings by MM (2009). Her latest compilation of her columns, Dancing on Thin Ice (2015), was published in December 2015. During the podcast we talk about her latest book "The Apple and the Tree. Life as Dr. Mahathir's Daughter. ", published by Penguin Random House Southeast Asia.
In 2010, Marina was named the UN Person of the Year by the United Nations in Malaysia. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day in 2011, she was one of only two Malaysian women named to WomenDeliver.org’s list of 100 Most Inspiring People Delivering for Girls and Women. In March 2016, Marina was conferred the “Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur” award by the French government. In 2014, she started Zafigo.com that aims to empower women by providing the most useful information they'll need to travel safely and successfully. She currently sit on the Boards of Maybank Foundation, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Petronas Philharmonic Hall.
You can find her on social media: FaceBook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. The two books recommended by Marina are from Tara Westover and Keggie Carew.
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Azza Cohen is a documentary filmmaker and historian from Highland Park, IL. and at the moment is a student at Stanford as a 2020 Knight-Hennessy Scholar. Azza earned her bachelor’s in history from Princeton University, where she was awarded the Glickman Memorial Prize for inventive use of filmmaking for public service. She then earned a master’s in Culture & Colonialism from the National University of Ireland, Galway as a George J. Mitchell Scholar. Azza is a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar.
Azza’s first film, Refugee, Refugee, is a micro documentary profiling a Rwandan refugee adjusting to life in Trenton, NJ. This film was produced for a class taught by Stanford alumna Purcell Carson, who inspired her to believe in the power of moving images to catalyze social and political change.
As director, her most recent film Specks of Dust follows a group of activists fighting human trafficking in India. It garnered awards and funding from the Kathryn Davis Foundation, Dalai Lama Fellows, and New York Women in Film & Television, and has been used as part of curricula on human rights and gender studies in high schools and universities around the world.
During her graduate studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway, she traveled along the Ireland-Northern Ireland border in the wake of the ‘Brexit’ vote, creating a multimedia dissertation about border towns. This work solidified her desire to use documentary film as a means of interrogating borders -- physical, international, emotional -- and providing a visual medium for people to engage with others on “the other side” of the borders dividing many communities.
At Stanford, she is eager to ask questions of documentary film ethics, explore new methods of collaborative documentary filmmaking, and join a community of devoted storytellers. She is on instagram.
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And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation. The campaign will continue until the end of the year. #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange
Cristi Hegranes founded Global Press in 2006 to create a new form of ethical, accurate global news. Her values-driven approach to journalism prioritizes dignity, diversity and transparency.
She has a Master’s degree in journalism from New York University and a Bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University. Cristi served as a fellow-in-residence at the Poynter Institute and has taught courses in entrepreneurship and journalism at San Francisco State University and California State University. Cristi was the Social Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University in 2017. She is part of the 2021 Dial Fellowship of the Emerson Collective for her work with Global Press.
Cristi has received a wide range of prestigious social entrepreneurship and journalism accolades. She is the recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists Journalism Innovation Prize, the Grinnell CollegeYoung Innovator for Social Justice Prize, the Jefferson Award for Public Service and the Ida B. Wells Award for Bravery in Journalism. She became an Ashoka Fellow in 2012 and was awarded the Distinguished Young Alumni of New York University in 2015. In 2019 Global Press was named one of Inc. Magazine’s best places to work and received a Stevie Award for the Best Women-Led Business of 2019.
The social media handles related with Cristi: Global Press twitter, Cristi Hegranes twitter, Global Press instagram, Global Press Facebook
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Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. We would love to hear from you.
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And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation. The campaign will continue until the end of the year. #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange
Caryl M. Stern joined the Walton Family Foundation as Executive Director after 14 years as President and CEO of UNICEF USA. Previously, Caryl served as Senior Associate National Director and Chief Operating Officer at the Anti-Defamation League, the founding director of its A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute, and the Dean of Students at Polytechnic University. A dynamic change-maker, Caryl has dedicated her career to helping others through education, compassion, advocacy and rolling up her sleeves. Caryl’s professional responsibilities have taken her to more than 30 countries, representing UNICEF USA’s emergency relief efforts for children affected by disasters, including the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the 2011 East Africa drought, the Ebola and Zika epidemics and the ongoing global refugee and migrant crisis. A sought-after public speaker on the topics of Kids Helping Kids, children and philanthropy, anti-bullying and international development, Caryl was invited to present at the White House’s inaugural summit on The United State of Women and was named one of “25 Women Changing the World in 2017” by People Magazine, “20 Most Influential Moms of 2017” by Family Circle, “25 Moms We Love” by Working Mother Magazine and “Ten Women to Watch” by Jewish Women International. She serves on the boards of directors of The Container Store and the We Are Family Foundation, in addition to being a member of the Chime for Change Advisory Board. She was selected as a recipient of the Helenka Pantaleoni Humanitarian Award from UNICEF USA in 2020 and named a Moves Power Women honoree in 2020. The recipient of five honorary Doctoral degrees, Caryl earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art, a Master’s Degree in College Student Personnel Administration and completed her PhD coursework in the same field. She wrote the book I Believe in Zero: Learning from the World’s Children,” in which she draws on her travels around the world, offering memorable, first-hand stories that present powerful and sometimes counter-intuitive lessons about life. “I Believe in ZERO” reflects her – and UNICEF’s – mission to reduce the number of children under the age of five who die from preventable causes from 19,000 each day to ZERO. Caryl is an activist, author, executive, public speaker, mother of three and grandmother of two. You can follow the Walton Family Foundation via twitter, instagram, facebook and Youtube and Caryl herself via twitter and facebook. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation. The campaign will continue until the end of the year. #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange
An introduction to a special podcast Walk Talk Listen series: Enough for All - the 75th anniversary of the faith based organization Church World Service. The series will introduce staff and partners, both old and current, of the faith based organization of which I have been a part for the last 23 years or so. Similar to the regular Walk Talk Listen podcast, I have tried to be the observer and listener. It will be of interest for all people interested in people and organizations. I hope this podcast series is much more than simply a "celebration" of 75 years of work of CWS but these real life stories are hopefully also a learning tool to adopt transformative and purposeful practices in our lives and organizations. Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation. The campaign will continue until the end of the year. #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange
Ray Martin is Executive Director Emeritus of CCIH and was their Executive Director from 2000 to 2014. In a 25-year career with USAID, he was Chief of the Health, Population, and Nutrition offices in Africa and Pakistan. He also worked several years with The World Bank. Ray’s international career began as a Mennonite volunteer in Africa. In October 2012, Ray Martin received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Health Section of the American Public Health Association, but this episode shows that he is not planning to stop making a difference anytime soon.
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Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation. The campaign will continue until the end of the year. #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange
Paul Valentin is an experienced International Director with a demonstrated history of working in the international development sector. He is a strong business development professional skilled in Nonprofit Organizations and International Alliances/Networks. He is a great mentor for professionals in new or challenging roles and has a strong experience in Sustainable Development, Humanitarian, Rural Development, and Gender Mainstreaming. For almost 15 years, he managed the international operations of the British NGO Christian Aid across 50 countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean through a largely devolved management structure (38 offices/around 350 staff). His work covered addressing long-term development needs, reducing vulnerability and responding to emergencies affecting poor, marginalized and excluded people. His responsibilities also included overseeing the resource generation from institutional donors, ensuring quality standards and impact measurement. With over 40 years experience in the International Development sector of which 20 years in management at senior level, he is now offering his knowledge, skills and experience to help others tackle organizational and professional challenges.
You can find him on LinkedIn.
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation. The campaign will continue until the end of the year. #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange
Andre Prospery Raymond is an agro-economist who worked in the development and humanitarian world for the last 20 years with GRAPH, Oxfam Intermon and UNICEF. He joined Christian Aid in July 2002 as a Capacity building officer; two years later, as a Program Officer and by 2007 as Country Manager for the Haiti Program until July 2010. Prospery was the Caribbean team leader overviewing Haiti, Jamaica, Barbados and the Dominican Republic since August 2010. With the changes in 2013 strategy, Prospery became the Haiti/DR Country Manager.
Prospery became the new DKH/LWF/NCA Country Director in Haiti in March 2021. He is managing a consortium of three European organizations Diakonia, Lutheran World Federation and Norwegian Church Aid, specialized on WASH, Women entrepreneurship, DRR/humanitarian work, Protection and peace building and climate justice.
He is on facebook, you can find him here.
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation. The campaign will continue until the end of the year. #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange
Marshall Toplansky, MBA is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science at the Argyros School of Business and Economics. He is also an advisor of the CWS Incubation Lab. We talked about some thought provoking topics like Artificial Intelligence.
Most recently, Marshall co-authored (along with Joel Kotkin) The OC Focus, a multi-year research publication that has identified strategic directions for the growth of Orange County.
Marshall holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and an undergraduate degree from SUNY Albany in Political Science/Chinese Studies. He is Senior Advisor at The Cicero Institute, based in Salt Lake City, Utah and serves on the board of directors of Double Check, LLC, Harvard Business School Association of Orange County and until recently also of the global NGO Church World Service.
Marshall began his career in advertising at Ogilvy & Mather. He rose through the ranks over an 8 year period and left to serve as VP, Marketing for US Robotics. Marshall also held top roles such as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Open Environment, VP of Marketing Insight and Strategy at Gateway, and CEO at Core Strategies, Inc. In 2011 he was elected to the Computing Industry Hall of Fame for his role in creating the A+ Certification program, the world’s largest computer service professional certification program. An entrepreneur at heart, Marshall co-founded the sentiment analysis company Wise Window in 2008, which was acquired by KPMG in 2012. While Managing Director at KPMG, Marshall co-founded the firm’s Center of Excellence for Data & Analytics. After spending a couple of years as a consultant and board member, Marshall joined the Argyros School in June 2017.
In this episode he talks about the historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari and especially about his hook Homo Deus. He also talks about his podcast with Joel Kotkin.
Marshall is also on Twitter and Facebook
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Åsa Skogström Feldt is the managing director of the IKEA Social Entrepreneurship BV since October 2017, before that she was President and CEO at The Hunger Project’s Global Office in New York. As business leader at IKEA from 2012-2014, she supported social enterprises that were within their value chains through business partnerships. As CEO of The Hunger Project in Sweden from 2004-2012, Åsa succeeded in growing the organization and significantly increasing revenue and public awareness, particularly through partnerships with entrepreneurs and businesses. Prior to joining The Hunger Project, Åsa has17 years of business experience, including seven years within international telecommunications in marketing and communications. Her present organization's latest sustainability strategy and report can be found here. She also talk about the inner development goals and more is explained here.
She is also on twitter and instagram.
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Brian Backe's personal mission is to empower emerging leaders in nonprofit organizations and businesses who are striving to make the world a better place. Of special interest is promoting servant leadership, strengthening nonprofit organizations, and supporting social enterprises that are addressing hunger and poverty in the US and around the globe. I had an interesting conversation with him, so check out episode 62 of Walk Talk Listen podcast (available from Wednesday, October 20, 2021 onwards). For previous episodes go to walktalklisten.podbean.com
He also can be found on Facebook. And if you want to connect with him via email, you can as well. His website will be up soon. Stay tuned.
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Takeshi Komino is the General Secretary of CWS Japan, and Co-chairperson of Japan Platform. Also serves as Secretary General and a member of Executive Committee for Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN), joint secretariat of Japan CSO Coalition for DRR (JCC-DRR), and the chairperson of Japan Quality and Accountability Network (JQAN). He graduated from Doshisha University, and holds Development Studies M.A. from Brandeis University.
He can also be found on Facebook.
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And yes, the 10th 100mile.org is around the corner and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation. Due to the generous support of Re:Start mobile banking, we have received a matching grant of US$ 2,500. This means that every dollar you donate to the 100mile walk will be doubled until we reach that goal. My actual walk will take place from October 11-17, 2021. #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange
Karli Moore is a member of the Lumbee Tribe and is from Prospect, North Carolina. Since earning her bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and agricultural business management from NC State, she also earned master’s degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Arkansas and rural development from Ghent University. She was also part of the inaugural class of students to earn a graduate certificate in food policy and sustainability leadership from Arizona State University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in environment and resources at Stanford University’s School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences.
Moore aspires to advance food sovereignty and economic development for indigenous communities through climate-smart agriculture that centers traditional ecological knowledge. She was a biodiversity coordinator at BASF, an economic fellow at the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, and a program officer at the Native American Agriculture Fund. Her work has helped guide the investment of more than $40 million for Native food systems over the past two years. At NC State, she was a Udall Scholar, Park Scholar, and Mathews Medal recipient. At present Karli has been admitted into the 2021 cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, an international, graduate-level scholarship program at Stanford University. Knight-Hennessy Scholars receive full funding to pursue any graduate degree at Stanford and have additional opportunities for leadership training, mentorship and experiential learning across multiple disciplines. She is also a board member of Growing Hope Globally.
You can find Karli on Facebook.
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And yes, the 10th 100mile.org is around the corner and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation. Due to the generous support of Re:Start mobile banking, we have received a matching grant of US$ 2,500. This means that every dollar you donate to the 100mile walk will be doubled until we reach that goal. My actual walk will take place from October 11-17, 2021. #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange
Saskia Osendarp is the Executive Director of Micronutrient Forum and she holds an MSc and PhD in Nutrition from Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Since winning the Young Investigator Award in the late 1990s from the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, she has earned an impressive record of academic, public health and private sector research and innovation achievements. She has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications, scientific publications and book chapters, and has led cross-functional research teams on innovative products through public-private partnerships. Most recently, she led the NWGN, a multi-sectoral working group based in the Netherlands, to promote nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive approaches in evidence-informed development policies and strategies. In addition, Dr Osendarp is Visiting Associate Professor Nutrition and Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries at Wageningen University.
Her organization is on Twitter , Instagram and Facebook. One of the projects Saskia is mentioning is called the Standing Together For Nutrition. You can follow Saskia on twitter.
In this episode we talk about a song which we called- We all live together, but it is actually called We all stand together. Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
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Philippa Rowland is the President at Multifaith Association of South Australia; MFASA seeks a real meeting of hearts and minds among members of different spiritual beliefs and cultures. At the upcoming Parliament of World Religions Philippa will be part of a session called Biodiversity Matters - Integral Ecology and Interbeing , check and search for her via this link. In the talk she refers to GreenFaith International Network Global and she really would like to invite you to join their days of action on Sunday October 17 and Monday October 18 which is two weeks before the crucial COP26 climate talks in Glasgow. Register your event online here. She also asked me to check out these videos of the bells ringing at St Peter’s Cathedral and a peaceful meditation outside SA Parliament House in Adelaide South Australia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_1coxKJOR8 (2:47min); and Australian video https://www.facebook.com/ARRCC/videos/524065175303413 (2:36min).
She is also the Deputy Chair, Religions for Peace Australia, a Member of United Religions Initiative SEAPaC Cooperation Circle, Interfaith Dialogue and Regional Leader, Catholic Earthcare Australia, Member of Climate Action Network Australia & Coalition for Community Energy and Advisor of the Center for Ecumenical and Interfaith Engagement.
Philippa is also on Facebook and Twitter. Facebook and Twitter.
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Chris Herlinger is international correspondent for Global Sisters Report, a project of National Catholic Reporter. He covers the work of Catholic sisters internationally and at the United Nations. Herlinger has been a journalist his entire working life, including stints at two Minnesota dailies in the 1980s, and, since 1993, in New York City. Herlinger is the former senior writer for the humanitarian agency Church World Service, and his freelance reporting for Religion News Service has appeared in such publications as The Washington Post and The Christian Century. A graduate of Macalester College, he holds graduate degrees in theology from Union Theological Seminary and international relations from the University of Cambridge. Herlinger is the co-author of three books on humanitarian themes — Darfur, Haiti and world hunger — all published by Church Publishing/Seabury.
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Maurice Rugebregt [1969] had his first guitar lesson at the age of 12. As a youngster he listened to jazz artists like Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley and his first guitar hero, Wes Montgomery. He studied guitar at the Conservatory of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His teachers were Klaus Flenter, Ben de Bruijn and the American jazz-guitarist Joe Pass. In 1994 he went to New York City to study with established guitarists such as Jim Hall, Peter Bernstein and Peter Leitch. He graduated as a Performing Musician at the Rotterdam Conservatory in 1995.
Sioh Maluku [Nostalgia for the Moluccas] is was his first solo project. After graduating from the Rotterdam Conservatory, Maurice traveled to the Moluccan capitol Ambon, in search of his roots. Once there, he started his search for traditional Moluccan music. He bought tapes of local folk music and taped people singing traditional songs. Upon his return home, Maurice selected several Moluccan traditionals, arranged and recorded them accompanied by some of the best Dutch jazz, latin and Moluccan musicians. The result was Sioh Maluku, a true world-music CD containing 11 refreshingly vibrant Brazilian, jazz and pop arrangements of traditional Moluccan songs.
Since 1999 Maurice has been teaching Brazilian guitar and jazz harmony at the Rotterdam Conservatory. Maurice traveled to Brazil in 2003 to study with Brazilian guitarists like Ricardo Silveira and Nelson Faria. In 2004 Maurice recorded with ZUCO 103 with Brazilian singer Lilian Vieira on their unplugged album One Down One Up. The album NEXT (2014) was his second solo album. His third solo album was Two Blues, a tribute to jazz gitarist Jim Hall.
You can follow his whereabouts via his website or Facebook and Instagram.
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For many years Desiree Manders has been well-known as Desray in Dutch music. After winning the popular TV talent show “Soundmixshow” at age 18, she was given a lucrative singing deal. Real fame came when she joined 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor, The Europop hit machine that found worldwide success and provides her with an ongoing gig to this day. Desiree still considers working with 2 Brothers On The 4th Floor ia treat. “Nineties parties still draw a huge audience, and there’s always a great atmosphere. As long as the people like it and we like it, we’ll keep going. But that is not my future anymore. I can do more than sing old dance tunes. I also want to create new songs in the studio and perform with my band. The flow that is generated by a live band is magic. That’s the reason why I decided to start looking for a new musical direction, a style of my own that would give me new energy."
You will have an extra treat this episode of Walk Talk Listen as Desiree shared her new song "Be The Change" with us. You will hear her talk about a number of challenges she had to face in the last couple of years, but also shares why it’s important to bring positive thoughts into the world with her lyrics. "I don’t write and sing from anger, but from love.”
You can find his studio on social media via Facebook , Twitter and Instagram.
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I just finished participating in the Ration Challenge which means I ate the same rations as a Syrian refugee living in a camp in Jordan, based on food packs distributed by the Ration Challenge's local partner organization. By raising money, we'll help bring emergency food, hygiene kits and life-saving support to the people that need it most. It would be great if you can support me or the WALK TALK Listen team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share the link with your network.
Patrick Drabe is a guitarist and music producer (Lakeside Studio) from The Netherlands who has worked with both Dutch artists as well as international artists like Louis Johnson, George McCrae and Alex Britti. He has also been responsible for the music of movies like "Ver van Familie" (Marion Bloem), "Lijn 32" (NPO) and "De Heineken Ontvoering" (Maarten Treurniet). In the podcast he talks about the Blue Diamonds as was a new upcoming album with Lo van Gorp - True Friends (https://lovangorp.com/true-friends-2/). He also worked with Jennie Lena on her album Jennie Lena sings Michael Jackson unplugged. Another project he has worked on is The Brooklyn Rhythm and Blues Band. You can find his studio on social media via Facebook and Instagram.
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Wilfried Schasfoort is a development economist specialized in the integrated value chain approach, business development, program development and capacity building. He has extensive experience developing local and international market development programs and was involved in the establishment of several (export) companies. Furthermore, he is an experienced manager in the development cooperation sector. He is the director of Fair & Sustainable Consulting. Fair & Sustainable Consulting is an international consultancy company, established in 2010 and located in Utrecht, The Netherlands. They envision a world in which people in developing countries have a decent income and sustainable livelihoods. Fair & Sustainable Consulting advise their clients on how to create sustainable economic opportunities for people in developing countries, and offer advice and support on Responsible Business (CSR), Value Chain Development, and Program Management.
In this episode, Wilfried talks about the pilot of the Black Soldier Fly in Kenya. You can read about it here.
You can follow Wilfried his company via facebook and twitter .
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Lakecia Benjamin was born and raised in Washington Heights, a neighborhood in New York City. In grade school, she studied recorder. She attended Eleanor Roosevelt Junior High School in New York City. She has been writing songs and lyrics since the age of 13. She began playing the saxophone in elementary school. Later while attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts she became interested in jazz. After high school she attended The New School in New York City. Her beginnings in music were Latin dance music. She played salsa and merengue. Saxophonist Gary Bartz was an early mentor who introduced her to training technical exercise techniques such as Hyacinthe Klosé’s 25 Daily Etudes. He introduced her to the music of jazz saxophonists Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Jackie McLean. While at the New School University, she studied under Billy Harper, Reggie Workman, Buster Williams, Joe Chambers, Gary Bartz .
Voted by 2020 Downbeat Critics Poll Rising star Alto Saxophonist and Up and Coming Artist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association ,Charismatic and dynamic saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin fuses traditional conceptions of Jazz, HipHop, and Soul. Benjamin’s electric presence and fiery sax work has shared stages with several legendary artists, including Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, The Roots, and Macy Gray. As the bandleader of Lakecia Benjamin and Soul Squad, she melds the vintage sounds of James Brown, Maceo Parker, Sly and the Family Stone, and the Meters with soaring, dance-floor worthy rhythms. Benjamin’s grooves take the classic vibe to a whole new level with sultry alto saxophone creating something special on every cut – be it a smoldering late-night ambiance, or a forceful jazz intensity, or even the tight funk multi-horn harmony sections.
Currently Lakecia Benjamin’s latest album “Pursuance” is an intergenerational masterpiece that takes one on a journey through the lineage of the music with the works of John and Alice Coltrane. Benjamin pays homage to those who have come before by featuring innovative bandleaders of her generation, such as, Reggie Workman (Coproducer and playing ), Ron carter , Gary Bartz, Dee Dee Bridegwater, Meshell Ndegecello, Regina carter, Bertha Hope, Last poets, Greg Osby, Steve Wilson, John Benitez, Marc Cary, Marcus Gilmore, Keyon Harrold, Marcus Strickland, Brandee Younger, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Jazzmeia Horn.
You can follow Lakecia via facebook, twitter and instagram.
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Shawn K. Baker serves as the Chief Nutritionist for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In this position, he chairs the Agency’s Nutrition Leadership Council, oversees the vision and strategy of the Agency’s Center for Nutrition in the Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, and coordinates related efforts across USAID. He also guides USAID’s investments and engagement with partners to address malnutrition in developing countries. Prior to joining USAID, Shawn was the first director of nutrition at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has over 30 years’ experience in global public health nutrition, including 25 years living in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
Shawn worked for Helen Keller International for 19 years, including 16 years as Vice President and Regional Director for Africa. He also served as country director for Helen Keller International in Niger and Bangladesh. I know Shawn from Bangladesh where we closely worked on the Nutritional Surveillance Project in the mentioned country.
Shawn spent nine years with Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine working with the Niger Health Information System, Center for International Health and Development, Famine Early Warning System in Southern Africa and Niger, and Madagascar food and nutrition surveillance system. Mr. Baker started his career in international development as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Shawn has a master’s of public health from Tulane University, with concentrations in international health and nutritional epidemiology. He earned his bachelor’s of science degree in biology from the University of Miami. Shawn has a LinkedIn Profile, the same for the USAID project called Feed the Future. and the twitter related handles of his organization USAID are: @FeedtheFuture, @USAID, @USAIDGH, @Agrilinks, @NutritionforDev. The facebook account of Feed the Future can found via this link.
Apologies for the quality of this week's episode as we had some challenges with the microphone and background noises, hopefully you will still enjoy this week's episode.
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Jessica Fanzo, PhD is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food Policy and Ethics at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at the Johns Hopkins University in the USA. She also serves as the Director of Hopkins’ Global Food Policy and Ethics Program, and as Director of Food & Nutrition Security at the JHU Alliance for a Healthier World. From 2017 to 2019, Jessica served as the Co-Chair of the Global Nutrition Report and the UN High Level Panel of Experts on Food Systems and Nutrition. Before coming to Hopkins, she has also held positions at Columbia University, the Earth Institute, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Food Programme, Bioversity International, and the Millennium Development Goal Centre at the World Agroforestry Center in Kenya. She was the first laureate of the Carasso Foundation’s Sustainable Diets Prize in 2012 for her research on sustainable food and diets for long-term human health.
Jessica has worked as an advisor for various organizations and governments including DFAT, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), PATH, the Scaling Up Nutrition movement (SUN), the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN), USAID, the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO).
With twenty years of research and program experience working in the field in sub-Saharan Africa, South and East Asia, and the United States, her area of expertise focuses on the impact of transitioning food systems on healthy, environmentally sustainable and equitable diets, and more broadly on the livelihoods of people living in resource-constrained places.
Jessica has a PhD in Nutrition from the University of Arizona and completed a Stephen I. Morse postdoctoral fellowship in Immunology in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Columbia University. Jess and the Berman Institute are also on social media. Twitter: Berman institute and Jess Fanzo .Facebook: Berman institute . Her latest book: Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet, can be bought here.
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I just finished participating in the Ration Challenge which means I ate the same rations as a Syrian refugee living in a camp in Jordan, based on food packs distributed by the Ration Challenge's local partner organization. By raising money, we'll help bring emergency food, hygiene kits and life-saving support to the people that need it most. It would be great if you can support me or the WALK TALK Listen team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share the link with your network.
Morgan Berman is an internationally recognized and award-winning entrepreneur, and the Founder and CEO of MilkCrate. She is a community leader with a passion for impact serving on multiple nonprofits boards including Philly Startup Leaders, The Energy Coordinating Agency and the President of her Civic Association. She is also a gold medalist in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. She has been recognized by The United Nations Foundation, US Department of State, The United Way, and many others. Morgan has been featured extensively on national news outlets like the WHYY, the Philadelphia Business Journal, Boston Metro, Philadelphia Inquirer, NBC10, Forbes, Philadelphia Magazine's Be Well Blog, and others. Morgan is very passionate about helping underrepresented groups in tech like women and minorities and shares her experience as a woman entrepreneur and lessons learned from competing in both business and martial arts.
In the podcast she talks about an app she is launching for her own neighborhood, so residents can report litter and then anyone with the app can claim a ‘bounty’ for cleaning up that mess. They are going to be testing things in pilots for a few months and if you want to get involved, please check this website: https://www.getglitterapp.com/
You can find Milkcrate on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Morgan can be found on LinkedIn and twitter.
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I just finished participating in the Ration Challenge which means I ate the same rations as a Syrian refugee living in a camp in Jordan, based on food packs distributed by the Ration Challenge's local partner organization. By raising money, we'll help bring emergency food, hygiene kits and life-saving support to the people that need it most. It would be great if you can support me or the WALK TALK Listen team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share the link with your network.
A native of Philadelphia, Sylvester Mobley has earned the attention and recognition of his peers after launching and building Coded by Kids - a youth tech education non-profit that grew from serving one child in a Philly rec center to serving hundreds of students in the region. Sylvester focuses his work on preparing underrepresented people for leadership roles in the tech and innovation space.
Under Sylvester’s leadership, CBK has significantly increased the scope of its impact and launched citywide initiatives, like 1Philadelphia, to ensure all underrepresented Philadelphia residents have access to opportunities in tech and innovation. Within six years, the organization has grown from serving fewer than 15 students in one recreation center to teaching hundreds of students each week in locations across the region. Sylvester’s other major initiatives include launching the early-stage venture capital firm, startup incubator, and startup accelerator, Plain Sight Capital (PSC). Sylvester is also an Entrepreneur in Residence with Osage Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm.
Some of Sylvester’s awards and honors include: the 2018 Philadelphia Award, the University City Science Center Nucleus Cultivator Award, the Please Touch Museum Portia and Otto Sperr Legacy Award and the Philadelphia 76ers Game Changer Award. He is also a veteran of the war in Iraq, serving in three branches of the United States military (Marines, Air Force, and Army) over 12 years.
You can find Sylvester on twitter and instagram. His company Coded for Kids is on facebook, twitter and instagram.
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Sandhya Rani Jha (she/they), an ordained pastor with a masters in public policy, is an equity and anti-oppression consultant with years of experience in the field. Sandhya continues to work part-time at the Oakland Peace Center, a collective of 40 organizations working to create equity, access and dignity as the means of creating peace in Oakland and the Bay Area, which they founded in 2012.
She serves as an anti-racism/anti-oppression trainer with Reconciliation Ministries for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and also provides anti-oppression, cultural humility and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion consulting and coaching. For many years they have been an instructor with the Emerging Leaders Program at the Leadership Institute at Allen Temple.
A passionate reader and writer, Sandhya is the author of Room at the Table, the history of people of color in the Disciples of Christ, and Pre-Post-Racial America: Spiritual Stories from the Front Lines on the subject of race and spirituality in America. Pre-Post-Racial America was listed as one of the top five books on race and religion in 2015 by Publishers Weekly. Sandhya’s book Transforming Communities: How People Like You are Healing Their Neighborhoods focuses on concrete ways that regular people are creating change community-by-community in an era where positive change can feel impossible. Sandhya’s 2020 book, Liberating Love, is a 365-day devotional of love notes from God, connecting us to the people who inhabit the 66 books of the Bible and connecting us to God and each other at a time it is so easy to feel isolated.
You can find Sandhya on twitter, instagram, youtube and facebook.
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Yasmine Mustafa is a social entrepreneur and the CEO & Co-Founder of ROAR for Good. Based in Philadelphia, ROAR is a woman-led and mission-driven technology company dedicated to cultivating safer workplaces. Their staff safety platform, The AlwaysOn™, is specifically designed for the hotel industry to summon help with one touch of a button. Fueled by a passion to leverage technology for good, she leads the ROAR team in their mission to create safer workplaces and empowered communities.
In the past, Yasmine launched a Philly non-profit providing affordable opportunities for women to learn software development. She serves on the board of Coded by Kids which provides free tech education underserved youth. She’s also on the of Leadership Philadelphia, PACT, and the Philadelphia Awards. Her role as a leader and advocate has been recognized by the BBC, CNBC’s Upstart 100, Philadelphia Magazine, Philadelphia Business Journal, Technical.ly Philly, and the City of Philadelphia, among others. She is a 2x TEDx speaker with a roster of speaking credits that also include SXSW and CES. Prior to launching ROAR for Good, Yasmine founded and sold her first company to a prominent content marketing firm in Silicon Valley.
You can find Yasmine on twitter. Her company is also on twitter, instagram and facebook.
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Michael Vatikiotis has been a writer, broadcaster and journalist in Asia for more than 35 years. With family origins in the Middle East, he has lived in Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand as well as Hong Kong. He has written three books on Asian politics: “Indonesian Politics Under Suharto” and “Political Change in Southeast Asia.” Most recently (2017): “Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia”. His published fiction includes two novels set in Indonesia, “The Spice Garden” (2006) and “The Painter of Lost Souls” (2012). His latest book is “Lives Between the Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant” will be published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in August 2021.
Vatikiotis currently lives in Singapore working for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, a Geneva-based private foundation that facilitates dialogue to resolve armed conflicts, and is a regular broadcaster and contributor to the opinion page of several newspapers. Vatikiotis is a graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, earned his doctorate, which was on Thailand, from Oxford University, and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Maryland. He is a member of the Asia Society’s International Council and speaks the Thai and Indonesian languages fluently. Follow him on twitter, and instagram.
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Myrna James has owned Blueline Publishing LLC and Apogeo Spatial magazine for 16 years. As publisher of Apogeo Spatial magazine, she has gained a unique macro view of the satellite and space industry. The Apogeo Spatial mission is to communicate the power of geospatial tools and technologies in managing the world’s scarce resources and environment, so that the global population has security—of water, food and energy. Apogeo focuses on long-term sustainability and security of the planet and people. We provide visual intelligence elevating global awareness. Business, government and academic professionals find the information—and inspiration—for using geospatial tools to build a more sustainable world. With the fresh, relevant insights from expert contributors, stunning visuals and clear examples of the technologies, those who make critical policy and business decisions about the world’s resources will understand the power of remotely sensed data. Apogeo Spatial is the new name of what was Imaging Notes magazine for more than two decades. She recently interviewed Dr. Steven Waterhouse (7), founder of Orchid Labs and you will be able to read it soon on her website.
In this episode she refers to a movie of Gabor Mate: The Wisdom of Trauma.
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Aldith Hunkar is known most notably as a former news anchor for Dutch national newscasters NOS News and NOS Children’s News. As CEO of Hunk-arT for global freestyle multi-media journalism, she combines her talents, competences, taste for travel and passions. Working as a presenter and (live) reporter for Dutch mainstream media, combined with her creative talent to improvise, have made Aldith an all-round presenter/reporter for radio, television, internet and stage. She also prides herself on being the first camjo (fully self-sufficient camera journalist) in the Netherlands and still uses her freestyle combination of interviewing and filming in many of her video productions. Aldith’s clients value her for her high spirits, quick wit, language skills, flexibility and thorough preparations. Many have commented on her very personal touch that, they say, helped make their event or video memorable. Find more info on her website, her LinkedIn page or check out her independent TV station Poca TV (Poca is her nickname when she is traveling and means People Of Common Attitude). You can also find her on twitter. And Facebook.
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I just finished participating in the Ration Challenge which means I ate the same rations as a Syrian refugee living in a camp in Jordan, based on food packs distributed by the Ration Challenge's local partner organization. By raising money, we'll help bring emergency food, hygiene kits and life-saving support to the people that need it most. It would be great if you can support me or the WALK TALK Listen team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share the link with your network.
Cory Donovan is the executive director of Impactphl (an organization assisting people to align their financial assets with their values) and the guest of episode 42 of the #walktalklisten #podcast. ImpactPHL‘s mission is to increase investment in impact companies and organizations in Greater Philadelphia by accelerating development and awareness of Greater Philadelphia’s Impact Economy ecosystem and potential, and provide a front door for the region’s impact economy efforts and interests. It’s an ecosystem that supports the work of both for-profit and not-for-profit enterprises that address social needs in the community; through the products and services they produce, and the processes and strategies they employ. Cory shares the importance and power of your investments (like your pension) outside of your vote in creating systematic change.
Cory mentions and refers to a lot of organizations, people and initiatives, we list a couple here: the book of Amy Cortese , Summer of Funds initiative is coming this summer identifying opportunities to invest in local responsible impact organizations; crowdfunding investing (WeFunder, Republic, HoneyComb, and Sharswood) and Social Enterprises (WearWell, Innamed, Mosaic Real Estate, Projects and ROAR for Good) . He also refers to an investment tool from As You Sow. Feel free to contact Cory if you want more information about ImpactPHL, Cory's email: cory@impactphl.org
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Cory does a shout out to the group Digital Underground especially Shock G who recently passed away.
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From June 1-8, I will be participating in the Ration Challenge which means I will be eating the same as a Syrian refugee living in a camp in Jordan, based on food packs distributed by the Ration Challenge's local partner organization. By raising money, we'll help bring emergency food, hygiene kits and life-saving support to the people that need it most. It would be great if you can support me or the WALK TALK Listen team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share the link with your network.
Maria Clara Magalhães is the co-founder of the Startup Be.Labs empowering women entrepreneurs in Brazil with leadership skills connecting them with mentors and provides training on developing business plans and pitching investors. Clara is a Futures Engineer and Activist Tech Entrepreneur, her enthusiasm, passion and drive is infectious .Clara is trained and educated as a peace builder and she wishes to dedicate her life to use her skills and knowledge in complex problem solving to bring social impact and freedom of the feminine. She engineers creative, strategic solutions to business problems. Be.Labs is awarded by UN Women and IEEE Entrepreneurship. The company is one of the first exclusive accelerators for women in Brazil, working towards fostering gender equity and economic power for women.Futures design and entrepreneurial expertise are in our core and alongside our acceleration program for women entrepreneurs, we offer exclusive virtual workshops and we develop a triple approach to the management of unconscious biases.
If you want to know even more about Clara after listening to the podcast, check out a recent interview with her: https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-institute/ieee-member-news/this-startup-is-empowering-women-entrepreneurs-in-brazil-with-leadership-skills
You can find Clara and her company on twitter: https://twitter.com/be_labs, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bemcla/ and https://www.instagram.com/be.labs/ They also have a Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/furacanizando
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. We would love to hear from you.
Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!
From June 1-8, a Walk Talk Listen team will be participating in the Ration Challenge which means we will be eating the same as a Syrian refugee living in a camp in Jordan, based on food packs distributed by the Ration Challenge's local partner organization. By raising money, we'll help bring emergency food, hygiene kits and life-saving support to the people that need it most. It would be great if you can support our team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share our link with your network.
Andreas Harsono has covered Indonesia for Human Rights Watch since 2008. Before joining Human Rights Watch, he helped found the Jakarta-based Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of Information in 1995, and in 2003 he helped create the Pantau Foundation, a journalist training organization also based in Jakarta. A staunch backer of the free press, Harsono also helped establish Jakarta’s Alliance of Independent Journalists in 1994 and Bangkok’s South East Asia Press Alliance in 1998. Harsono began his career as a reporter for the Bangkok-based Nation and the Kuala Lumpur-based Star newspapers, and he edited Pantau, a monthly magazine on media and journalism in Jakarta. In Indonesian Malay, his published books include Jurnalisme Sastrawi: Antologi Liputan Mendalam dan Memikat (with Budi Setiyono) and “Agama” Saya Adalah Jurnalisme as well as in English Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia.
Most recently he was a co-author of a 98-page report, “‘I Wanted to Run Away’: Abusive Dress Codes for Women and Girls in Indonesia,” which documents government regulations that require girls and women to wear the jilbab, Muslim apparel that covers the head, neck, and chest. Human Rights Watch describes the historical imposition of discriminatory regulations on clothing, and the widespread bullying to wear a jilbab that causes women and girls psychological distress. Girls who don’t comply have been forced to leave school or have withdrawn under pressure, while female civil servants have lost their jobs or resigned to escape constant demands to conform. Follow Andreas on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
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Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. We would love to hear from you.
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From June 1-8, a Walk Talk Listen team will be participating in the Ration Challenge which means we will be eating the same as a Syrian refugee living in a camp in Jordan, based on food packs distributed by the Ration Challenge's local partner organization. By raising money, we'll help bring emergency food, hygiene kits and life-saving support to the people that need it most. It would be great if you can support our team by donating by going to the Walk Talk Listen Ration Challenge page or please share our link with your network.
Katrina VanHuss has been motivating and equipping volunteer fundraisers since 1989. She is the founder of Turnkey, a leader in strategy and execution for peer-to-peer fundraising programs whose client list includes 15 of the top 30 U.S. nonprofits. She specializes in using human behavioral tendencies to create attachment, build relationships, and spark high fundraising among volunteers. Since 1989, Katrina has been developing successful revenue programs and counseling executives for organizations like the American Lung Association, March of Dimes, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Special Olympics, and the Alzheimer’s Association. Her client’s successes and her dedication to research and learning about human behavior have made her a sought-after speaker, presenting at national conferences for the likes of Blackbaud, Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum, Nonprofit Pro P2P and her clients’ national meetings. Katrina also regularly shares her wit and business experiences on NonProfit PRO as a blogger on “Peeling the Onion” and is co-author (together with her husband Otis Fulton) of the 2017 book Dollar Dash – the Behavioral Economics of Peer-to-Peer Fundraising.
Otis Fulton spent most of his professional life in the for-profit sector at multinational education companies. For ten years, he was the SVP for Government Relations for MetaMetrics, Inc., a psychometric R&D company in Research Triangle, North Carolina. Since 2010, he's worked with nonprofits to leverage consumer behavior to maximize fundraising. Otis is a much-sought-after copywriter for nonprofit fundraising messages. With Katrina, he also co-authors a blog at NonProfit Pro, "Peeling the Onion," on the intersection of psychology and philanthropy. Follow Turnkey on social media via Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Kehkashan Basu (born in 2000) was elected, at the age of 12, for a 2 year term as UNEP’s (United Nations Environment Programme) Global Coordinator for Children & Youth and a member of its Major Groups Facilitating Committee and she is the youngest person and the first minor, ever, to be elected into this position in the history of UNEP. She is the winner of the 2016 International Children’s Peace Prize. She is a United Nations Human Rights Champion, a National Geographic Young Explorer, one of Canada’s Top25 Women of Influence and has been named as one of the Top100 SDG Leaders in the world in 2020. Her internationally acclaimed work on sustainability has resulted in her appointment as a Climate Reality Mentor, a One Young World Ambassador, Honorary Advisor for the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development – New York, Global Teen Leader at We Are Family Foundation, members of World Oceans Day Global Youth Advisory Council and EarthEcho International Youth Leadership Council. She is also the youngest member of Canada’s Women in Renewable Energy forum and the Council Lead at Toronto-St.Paul’s Constituency Youth Council.
Kehkashan is the founder of global social innovation enterprise, GREEN HOPE FOUNDATION , whose mission is to engage all sections of civil society, especially those who are marginalized, using ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) as a transformative tool to provide them with knowledge, behaviors and skills to think and act for a sustainable future. It now has over 2000 members and chapters in 16 countries. Kehkashan is the author of “The Tree of Hope” which was launched at the United Nations in New York, during the 2015 UN Children’s Summit. The book tells the story of young people taking actions to mitigate climate change. Her blogs have been published by the Huffington Post, UNICEF and many other portals.
She complements her grassroots advocacy with influencing policy making at the highest levels of governance, by amplifying youth voices through her speeches and interventions. A powerful and much sought after speaker, she has spoken at over 200 United Nations and other international summits, traveling to over 40 countries.
In recognition of her work on nuclear disarmament, she was awarded the first ever Voices Youth Award in commemoration of the legacy of Mikhail Gorbachev & George Shultz. She is a L’Oréal Paris Women of Worth Honoree, Starfish Canada’s Top25 Environmentalists Under 25, the recipient of the 2020 Women Super Achiever Award, the John Muir Conservation Award for Habitat Restoration, the Straubel Leadership Award, Community Award for Youth Service in Ontario, the 2019 Innovator of the Year ( Awarded at HundrEd Innovation Summit in Helsinki on 8th Nov 2018 chosen from the world’s top 100 innovations in Education) . Kehkashan has also received international awards from UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification ) in 2012 , the 2012 Korea Green Foundation award, the 2013 International Young Eco-Hero award from Action for Nature, USA & the 2014 Kids are Heroes, USA award, 2014 GESS award as Ambassador for the Environment and the 2014 Solar Pioneer Award , the 2015 Non-Resident Indian of the Year Award, the 2015 & 2018 International Diana Award , the 2017 Turner Social Change Prize, the 2017 National Energy Globe Award , the 2018 Rising Star Award in Toronto on the occasion of International Women’s Day and she was one of the five Caribbean & the Americas Region Winners for the Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work 2018. She has been named as one of Toronto’s most inspiring women changemakers. Kehkashan joined the World Future Council as a Youth Ambassador in 2012, when she was just 12 years old. She is now the youngest Councillor at the World Future Council.
Follow her on social media: Facebook, twitter, instagram and YouTube. Kehkashan talked about three different songs during the podcast. This is the link to the first song, the second song will be available soon on her website and the third song can be found via our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
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Ana Clara Giovani is a journalist, video editor, and teacher. In Brazil, she is a member of the Focolare Movement as a Youth for a United World and internationally she is a member of the Religions for Peace Youth Media Team. Ana Clara Giovani was born in São Paulo, Brazil and holds a Bachelors Degree in Communication, with a specialty in Journalism. She lived in the Philippines for a year to study Spirituality, Global human formation, and Training in Social Service, where she started working as a multimedia expert for educational institutions. Currently she is a teacher of a public school in the rural area as part of a program of Educational Leadership called Teach for All. Inspired by Chiara Lubich, the founder of the Focolare Movement, Ana engages to promote social justice, youth and women empowerment, and intercultural and interreligious harmony.
Youth for a United World (the youth of the Focolare Movement) instagram is: @y4uw.official. Religions for Peace Youth Multimedia Team also has instagram: @rfp_youth . You can follow Ana as well on instagram and twitter.
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Outside of the artist/song mentioned by Theon in this episode, available via this link, he also mentioned the following songs to me: Wake Up Everybody -John Legend; Harvest for the World -The Isley Brothers; and “There’s Hope” -India Arie which I added to the #WalkTalkListen Playlist
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Rev. Dr. Theon Johnson III came to the California-Nevada Conference from Mississippi. An Ordained Elder in The United Methodist Church, Theon has served as a campus minister and in local churches. Upon arriving in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2012, he became the youngest person in history to serve on the pastoral team at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church . In addition to providing pastoral support for congregants, supporting thousands of clients, and interacting with community partners and elected officials, he considered serving as a cheerleader for the 150+ member GLIDE staff one of his primary roles.
Theon was appointed to serve alongside the people of Downs Memorial United Methodist Church on July 1, 2018.
He completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Philosophy-Religious Studies (Minors in Education and Faith & Work Initiative) from Millsaps College in 2006. He completed his theological studies at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. (M.Div., 2009). While in Washington, D.C., he served with the Education Leadership Formation division of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society on Capitol Hill. Theon holds a Ph.D. in Educational Administration and Supervision from Jackson State University (2018). His research interests explore dynamics related to organizational leadership, culture, and strategy.
He serves widely with civic, social, and ecumenical organizations. You can follow his church via instagram and facebook. He is a great story teller and you might even experience him starting to preach during this episode, check it out!
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests. Outside of the artist/song mentioned by Theon in this episode, available via this link, he also mentioned the following songs to me: Wake Up Everybody -John Legend; Harvest for the World -The Isley Brothers; and “There’s Hope” -India Arie which I added to the #WalkTalkListen Playlist
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Max Finberg is the President and CEO of Growing Hope Globally. Founded in 1999 as Foods Resource Bank, Growing Hope Globally started when Ohio Farmers Vernon and Carol Sloan invited their neighbors to become part of the solution to world hunger by shipping corn from their fields to developing countries. They quickly learned shipping was too costly – nearly 15 times the cost of the grain itself – and would wreak havoc on local farmers and markets. Then they came up with a unique solution: Use the proceeds from crops raised and sold in the U.S. to fund agricultural development programs overseas. That seed of an idea has blossomed into a network of community Growing Projects in more than 20 states. Together, GHG served over 2 million people and helped them to grow lasting solutions to hunger. You can follow Max his organization via facebook, instagram and twitter.
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Dr. Kusumita P. Pedersen is Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at St. Francis College and Chair of the Interfaith Center of New York. She is also a member of the Climate Action Task Force (CATF) of the Parliament of the World's Religions and of the Climate Working Group of the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations. She is co-author of Global Ethics in Practice: Historical Backgrounds, Current Issues and Future Prospects (Edinburgh University Press, 2016) and co-editor of Faith for Earth: A Call to Action (UN Environment Programme and Parliament of the World’s Religions, 2020).
Kusumita mentions Father Thomas Berry in the podcast as a geologian (as mentioned by Father Thomas himself) studying the human-earth relation, but we didn't have time to further elaborate about him, so please check this link for some further information. She also mentions the Temple of Understanding in this podcast.
Kusumita also refers in this podcast to a recent research done by Pew Research Center on youth and their parents and religion in the US, you can follow the link here.
Kusumita has compiled and edited librettos for two works by Philip Glass: Symphony No. 5: Bardo, Requiem and Nirmānakāya (1999) and The Passion of Ramakrishna (2006). She has been a student of Sri Chinmoy (1931-2007) since 1971 and her book Love and Transformation: The Philosophy of Sri Chinmoy is forthcoming from Lexington Books.
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An extra long podcast episode with President and CEO, Seungah Jeong of the company MPOWERD to make this Women's History Month extra special. Seungah has spent her career shaping global brands and driving them toward success. She’s a pro at managing teams, leading retail partnerships and building things from scratch, especially when it comes to small business. A company co-founder in her own right, Seungah brings to MPOWERD two decades of consumer goods experience, balancing a keen eye for design with a sharp business acumen. With a background in philosophy and environmental studies, she’s passionate about the potential companies have to create positive impact. In her spare time, Seungah's an avid reader, runner and kickboxer – and she's even been known to bust a move!
Real Leaders, a digital and print magazine has been recognizing the business leaders creating a positive social and environmental impact for over a decade. In celebration of Women’s History Month, they highlighted 100 women who are leading us towards a brighter future and Seungah is on their list! A lot of reasons to make this last episode of the Women's History Month an extra long one! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it.
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Gissou Nia is a senior fellow with Middle East Programs at the Atlantic Council. She currently leads an effort to build a strategic litigation program on the Middle East and North Africa.
Nia is a human rights lawyer and non-profit leader. She serves as board chair of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center where she is helping develop and oversee the group’s human rights advocacy and legal programs, which seek to promote accountability, respect for human rights and the rule of law in Iran. She previously served as the Executive Director for the group, and as the Deputy Director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran.
Nia started her career in The Hague, where she worked on war crimes and crimes against humanity trials at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Court. She lectures and publishes widely on human rights developments in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as the rule of law in post-conflict and transitional societies.
Although not mentioned in this episode, Gissou Nia picked the following two songs for our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen: Awake of Tycho and illuminant of Trilucid & Esque.
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Singer-songwriter and humanitarian Maya Azucena and she is known for making music that uplifts the soul. Among several awards for her music and humanitarian outreach, Azucena garnered a Grammy Certificate for contributing her 4-octave range and soul-stylings to a feature performance with Stephen Marley on Best Reggae Album of the Year, “Mind Control.” Brooklyn-native Maya is an avid independent touring artist and songwriter performing globally. Maya has devoted a significant amount of her career to human rights participation. In 2006, Maya sang at the "Save Darfur: Rally to Stop Genocide" on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in solidarity with Barack Obama, Paul Rusesabagina, George Clooney, Elie Wiesel and numerous other performers, activists, and celebrities. More recently, she performed as a part of Marcus Miller's concert for Japanese tsunami relief. She sang alongside bassist Marcus Miller, keyboardist Robert Glasper, and rapper Q-Tip. She wrote two songs for the IFC documentary Lockdown USA, which examines the 1972 Rockefeller Drug Laws. Maya provided music for Emmy-Winning UN documentarian Lisa Russel's latest film Not Yet Rain, regarding the advancement of Women's health laws and reproductive rights in Ethiopia. She also performed two years in a row at the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure in New York City's Central Park. The race is a massive fundraiser for breast cancer research. Maya produced Hope Night, a concert event devoted to domestic abuse awareness. The event brought together several nonprofit organizations and speakers, including Governor ’’David Paterson’’. In 2008 Maya and her band did a five-week US State Department-sponsored tour of Burma, China, Philippines and Sri-Lanka as part of The Rhythm Road/American Music Abroad Program, performing concerts and workshops while appearing national press in an effort to create cultural exchange. Since then, in 2009, Maya did a similar tour for cultural exchange in Honduras and El Salvador, and will be returning to Honduras for another program.You can find more info on her website: mayaazucena.com At the end of the podcast, Maya is asking the to let us know if our podcast episode resonates with the listeners and I can't agree with her more. Please let me/us know via email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org
Step Vaessen is a Senior International Correspondent of Al Jazeera English who is back in her home country The Netherlands since a year now. Previously she reported on Asia for more than 20 years and was one of the most senior international journalists covering the region. After Asia she went for a couple of years to Moscow. She has been working for Al Jazeera since 2006 and before she worked for NOS-TV. She witnessed first hand most of the major news events in Asia: the fall of president Soeharto in 1998, the violent aftermath of the referendum for independence in East Timor, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, the protests against Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaya Purnama and major natural disasters in Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and numerous religious and ethnic conflicts. She covered stories in China, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Japan and South Korea. She made several documentaries for 101 East: Indonesia's killing fields about anti-communist massacres in 1965, Indonesia's Rock governor about the rise of president Joko Widodo and a film for the Correspondent series: Trail of Murder, Indonesia's bloody retreat from East Timor, which was nominated Best Documentary at the Asian TV awards in Singapore. For Talk to Al Jazeera she did several interviews with Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo and Jakarta's governor Basuki Tjahaya Purnama. She published a book (in Dutch), Jihad with Sambal, and won an Academy Award in 2005 for her reports on the Indian Ocean tsunami. Step and I know each other from Indonesia as we were both in that country during the 2004 Tsunami. During our conversation Step refers to the recent riots that occurred in the Netherlands, this is a link to the story. You can follow Step via twitter and instagram. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org
Alicia Fall is the founder of Her Many Voices Foundation (HMVF), a small organization that does big things in the world. The mission of the foundation is to ignite the Artivist (Artist/Activist) in all people, in order to move their passions to purpose, for the betterment of women, children and our Mother Earth. They aim to achieve their vision by uniting humanity through the arts. The "Her" in Her Many Voices makes reference to Mother Earth and the "Many Voices," to all of her children, which makes us all sisters and brothers. Comprised of artists, activists and global community members, Alicia and her team believe that women and children are the primary shapers of the future of our global community and we believe that providing vulnerable populations with education and resources to elevate themselves will uplift the community as a whole. In the conversation, Alica refers to Earth Day, April 22nd as a special event will be happening to celebrate Indigenous Wisdom. You can follow the Foundation on Facebook and Twitter. This episode contains an Alicia Fall's original song called "Many Blessings". Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org
Rachel Parent (born 1999) is a Toronto-based activist for issues related to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in foods, and especially government regulation in regard to food labeling. She is the founder of the non-profit Kids Right To Know. Rachel's interest in genetically modified foods began when she was 11 years old.She was required to research material for a school project and chose the subject of GMOs, when she found it troubling that Canada did not require food manufacturers to put labels on genetically modified foods. She refers in the podcast to a ten-minute interview on the Lang and O'Leary Exchange to debate her position that GMO labeling should be mandatory and that GMOs should be independently tested (she was 14 years old at that time!). At the end she also mentions another organization she has established focusing more on the arts and earth: Gen-Earth.org. If you want to even know more about Rachel after this podcast, listen to The Beatles and Paolo Nutini. :)
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David Hales served as President of the College of the Atlantic, Chair and President of Second Nature, the managing organization of the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment, and as Director of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. He led environmental policy and sustainability programs for the US Agency for International Development. As a diplomat, he has represented the USA in numerous negotiations on climate change, urban affairs and policy, and biodiversity. He served in the Carter administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior. He was the first American to serve as Chair of the World Heritage Convention. At present he serves on the board of trustees of the Parliament of World's Religions and is the chair of the board of trustees of The Future Generations University. He recently played an instrumental role in the publication of a new edition of the book Faith for Earth: A Call for Action made available by the Parliament of World's Religions and UNEP. We talked about David's dance with truth and meaning while listening to the song Monster of the band Steppenwolf. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org
Eunice Kamaara is a professor of Religion at Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya, and International Affiliate of Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis (US). She holds MPhil in Religion, MSc. in International Health Research Ethics, and PhD in African Christian Ethics. Her three-in-one public role involves teaching/training, research, and community service. She trains on Advanced Research Methodology including Research Ethics and Integrity; Transformative Teaching and Learning; Gender Mainstreaming; Higher Education Management; Quality Management; Project Planning and Development including Monitoring and Evaluation; Adolescent Sexual/Reproductive Health; and HIV Prevention and Intervention. She conducts trans/multi-disciplinary and community participatory research on gender, character values, and holistic health, and has over 100 publications. Eunice is passionate about translating research findings into practical development through policy influence and community uptake. She is President of the Eldoret Based Gender and Development Network (EldoGaDNet), a community participatory self-development agent. She enjoys mentoring adolescents and youth. She has served on the board of Church World Service. Her public role overlaps with her private role as mother, daughter, wife, sister, aunt, neighbor, among others. She is Presbyterian by birth, Roman Catholic by marriage, and Christian by choice. Eunice is a Top 30 WHO Africa health innovator: https://www.afro.who.int/news/who-innovation-challenge-announce-30-finalists-africa-health-forum-cabo-verde The book mentioned in this podcast is: Humankind . A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman.
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Sister Sharon Eubank is the first counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society, the Church’s organization for its six million female members ages 18 and over. She is also the President of Latter-day Saint Charities, the humanitarian organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sharon was scheduled to accompany Maurice during his 100 mile 2020 campaign but this had to be canceled as a result of the pandemic. Episode 25 will give you some idea what these two would have discussed if they would have walked together and it is much more than only about the wonderful collaboration of LDS Charities and CWS or about the Toy store Sharon once owned. Sharon is very hopeful for our future and our youth in particular and believes strongly in the power of service via platforms like Just Serve, CROP Hunger Walks or Best Gift. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org
Vy Nguyen is Executive Director at Week of Compassion with the Disciples of Christ (Christian Church). He places special emphasis on connecting younger generations to the faith-based humanitarian and development work. Vy formerly served as a CWS staff member in the fundraising office based in Northern California. A former refugee himself, he not only shares his experience of fleeing his country of birth Vietnam, but also asks us to imagine what a life would be during which you don't really know what tomorrow will bring. For more information about his organization, go to www.weekofcompassion.org. Or follow them on twitter or instagram. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org
Kristin Andrus was born and raised in California, US but lives in Utah now. She calls herself the Chief Culture Officer in her home to 6 kids, but she is also known as an exercise maniac (she is behind Free YouTube Home Workout) and is a virtual mentor of many of her social media followers (84K instagram followers). She also partakes in the company Traeger grills which is led by her husband, CEO Jeremy Andrus. Last but not least, Kristin is passionate about philanthropy and there is hardly any day that she is not trying to help, mentor and work with people who are less fortunate. Her energy is contagious and uplifting and always speaks from her heart, also in this podcast. She ends the podcast with a very important tip for all of us. Please like/follow Kristin via social media as well as our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org
In July 2016, Abhayjeet Singh Sachal traveled to the Arctic through the Students on Ice Foundation. Upon returning from the expedition, he looked into the issue more. Inuit suicide rates are 11 times the national average. In general, Aboriginal communities suffer while the rest of Canada thrives. The personal connections he made during the expedition were all so strong that he realized he needed to do something about these issues affecting his new friends. After brainstorming possible solutions to the issue with his brother, Sukhmeet Singh Sachal, they came up with Break The Divide - an international network of students that would connect, communicate, and create change. At present Abhay is a student at the University of Toronto and continuous to lead Break The Divide while also being an activist and pianist. You can follow him on instagram, twitter, facebook and listen to his own podcast Different Boat, Same Storm. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram. Or check us out on our website 100mile.org
The Rev. Rafael Malpica Padilla is executive director for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Division for Global Mission and oversees a global program in more than 70 countries with 300 missionaries and volunteers, 47 division staff based in the US and annual expenditures of $29 million. Raised in Puerto Rico with Spanish as his first language, Rafael's life, faith and ministry have been shaped in the context of global mission. Rev. Malpica Padilla is an articulate theologian and he has served as associate executive director for the Division for Global Mission since May 2002. From 1993 to 2002, he was the division's program director for Latin America and Cuba. He served as bishop of the ELCA Caribbean Synod from 1987 to 1993.. The synod's main office is located in Dorado, Puerto Rico. From 1981 to 1987, he was parish pastor of Iglesia Luterana Reconciliacion, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Rafael earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Puerto Rico, Carolina, Puerto Rico, in 1977 and a master of divinity degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia in 1981. In 1989 he received a doctorate in divinity "Honoris Causa" from Newberry College, Newberry, S.C. He and his wife, Luz D. Marzan, are the parents of three children Rafael, Felix Javier and Karla Marie. He is a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, Crystal Lake, Ill. This is about alternative reality, naval gazing, don quixote and more. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem twitter and instagram. You can still support our campaign.
Chris Dorsey currently serves as President of Higher Education & Leadership Ministries for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), based in Indianapolis, IN. An ordained Disciples minister, Dorsey received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas at Austin and earned a Master of Divinity from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. Chris has taught at a variety of academic and theological institutions and previously served as a local church pastor, university chaplain at Clark Atlanta University, and as the vice president of development and marketing at Chicago Theological Seminary. Previously, he served as assistant professor of theology and preaching at Western Theological Seminary, where he taught classes on Preaching Foundations; Race, Culture, and Reconciliation; Theologizing Violence; and the Theologies of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King, Jr. He currently leads a ministry that works with higher education and leadership development programs. Part of his work with young adults includes helping young people connect with opportunities to give and to serve the common good. He is also part of the CWS Incubation Lab and will be a board member of CWS in 2021. In this podcast, Chris shares his experience as a result of working with youth as emerging leaders and explains about re-coalescing i.e the need to be able to make room for previous and present perspectives and opinions. We discuss about the topics the younger generation is concerned about and we discover what Chris worries about and he would walk 100 miles for. Chris is rather pessimistic on building on our interconnectedness, but there is still a lot to be hopeful about after listening to his perspective.
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David Beckmann is President Emeritus of Bread for the World and Founder and President Emeritus of the Alliance to End Hunger. David is working in new ways for political and spiritual change to move us out of the pandemic in a way that includes progress against hunger and poverty. As President of Bread for the World 1991-2020, he led millions of people in successful advocacy with Congress. He was awarded the World Food Prize for his contribution to the world’s progress against hunger. David sees the liberation of hundreds of millions of people from poverty over the last generation as an experience of our loving God and an invitation to do our part. In this podcast, I ask David to elaborate on his view on the Sustainable Development Goals (more known as Global Goals) especially with regard to the US. He also shares his view on the status of US politics and has advice on that will require a lot of work from all. Consider subscribing to his website, if you want posts and other news emailed to you about his work. He hopes you will share your thoughts and insights, so that you learn from each other. David is a big fan of my organization and we are thankful for his "commercial" during this episode.
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Isabella Alexander-Nathani is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, educator, and human rights activist. Trained as a cultural anthropologist, her work is motivated by her belief that storytelling has the power to humanize complex political issues and bring positive social change. Her latest book, Burning at Europe’s Borders (Oxford University Press, 2020) and related documentary film The Burning (Small World Films, 2021) uncovered the human sides of our global migrant and refugee crisis. She currently serves as Founder and CEO of Small World Films, a non-profit production studio, which uses grounded research and social impact storytelling to lift the voices of marginalized populations to the global stage and fight for international policy change. Her book, her film and this interview occur as we're standing in the middle of the largest humanitarian crisis of our time with nearly 1 in every 100 people in the world has been forced to flee their home. Over half of those who are displaced are children. Those fleeing war and extreme poverty across the African continent make up the largest population of migrants and refugees. This story is about people with names and Isabella brings to life the untold story of Africa's migrant and refugee crisis. For more information check out her website.
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Tom Hampson spent 31 years working for CWS, first as associate director of their Global Education Office and then serving in various capacities in the areas of communications, marketing and fundraising. He retired from CWS in 2014 and returned to the town where he had grown up, Modesto, California.
While he was baptized into the Catholic Church, Tom's religious upbringing was more ecumenical since his dad was Methodist and his mom was Catholic. He attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana earning a Bachelor’s and later a Master’s degree in Theology. His interest in things religious was sparked by a sophomore year spent in Japan, where he studied Buddhism and Japanese culture.
After his retirement from CWS, he graduated from the School for Deacons at CDSP in Berkeley in May of 2019, and was ordained to the vocational Diaconate on November 16th at the Cathedral in Fresno. At present he is the Deacon at St. John the Baptist in Lodi, California. Tom also serves as the Co-Chair of the Immigration Commission for the Diocese and Episode 17 of our podcast Walk Talk Listen will reveal, he is still very active in his community and still trying to walk the talk. Please don't forget to like, review, share our podcast that you can find via: walktalklisten.podbean.com or Spotify, Itunes, Google Podcast or Audible/Amazon. And yes, as Tom says, you can still support the 100 mile campaign by going to www.100mile.org or by directly going to the campaign page. You can also follow and like us via twitter, facebook or instagram.
Carol Bremer-Bennett, Executive Director of World Renew as well as board member of Growing Hope Globally, is the guest of Episode 16. She asks attention for the struggles and challenges of indigenous people, not only in the US, but around the world. Carol is herself an indigenous person and part of the Navajo Nation. We talk about her own journey, her children, the next generation and worries and hopes with regard to our world especially as a result of Covid-19.
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Matt Hackworth is senior advisor of Corus International as well as a theology student and candidate for ordination. His stories driven by a mix of journalism, humanitarianism and ministry make a purposeful, entertaining and educational podcast. Matt is definitely a person who puts his faith into action. Please don't forget to like our Walk Talk Listen podcast, support our 100 mile campaign, visit our website www.100mile.org and follow us on twitter, instagram and facebook.
In "Walk Talk Listen" we try to bring create a platform to connect people by sharing and listening to a wide range of opinions and experiences. We are very fortunate that yet again we met another amazing person in episode 14 of our podcast as part of this year’s 100 mile virtual campaign. Lyvonne Proverbs Briggs (aka “Pastor Bae”) is a body and sex-positive womanist preacher, writer, transformational speaker, and spiritual life and liberation coach. She is the founder of beautiful scars, a healing-centered storytelling agency focused on fostering pleasure and resiliency; and the curator of The Proverbial Experience: An Instagram Church. Briggs has been featured in ESSENCE, Cosmopolitan, and The Washington Post magazines and Sojourners named her one of “11 Women Shaping the Church.” Briggs, a NYC native, is currently based in New Orleans, LA. Follow her: @LyvonneP. In December 2020, she will organize a special event called A December to Re-Member and tickets can be purchased via: curatealavishlife.eventbrite.com. If you are looking for a coach, you can book an intro coaching call: calendly.com/lyvonnep and don’t forget to to Sign up for her email list! lyvonnep.com. Pleasure and pleasure activism is central in many of the issues we discuss in this podcast i.e. in dealing with issues like trauma and healing (we ALL deserve to live life in abundance) until how we deal with the challenges like Covid-19.
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Wes Neal is a pastor at Asbury United Methodist Church in Durham, North Carolina. Before Wes and his family came to North Carolina, he taught for three years at Davuilevu Theological College in Fiji. He was raised in Virginia and the Philippines, and, after graduating with a BA in History and Asian Studies from the University of Michigan, has lived in both Indonesia and India. Wes his exposure to different cultures in the world, definitely make his stories very compelling and interesting. He is a real humanitarian champion, being involved in the CROP Hunger Walks as well as refugee resettlement activities. When Wes is asked by Maurice about his thoughts on the younger generation, Wes uses the words invite, relate, welcome and connect regularly and explains how he is able to engage the younger generation in a range of activities. Please like this podcast and follow Maurice Bloem on twitter: @mauricebloem.
Rev. Patricia de Jong is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, has served as Senior Minister at the First Congregational Church of Berkeley and the Urbandale United Church of Christ in Des Moines, Iowa. She also served as the Minister of Education for Christian Discipleship at The Riverside Church in New York City. Patricia’s roots in social justice began as a campus minister, serving on university campuses in Michigan, Oregon and California and social justice is still central to everything she stand for and what she does. She considers Jesus as a model and pointer for her to stay on course, in the need and search for justice. We also discussed about the role of the church especially for the younger generation. She works closely with emerging leaders and claims that as long as the church continues to be a living organism which embraces a wider world, the younger generation will continue to feel welcome and at ease. We should not over institutionalize faith, hope and love. We talked about her worries and hope, from Black Lives Matter and white supremacy until CWS and considering herself to be a global citizen. Pat is the is Chair of the Board of Directors of CWS. You can follow Maurice on twitter via @mauricebloem
Monique McCullough, an advisor of the CWS Incubation Lab explains how creating something beautiful has always been the driving force for her, however, the definition of beauty has changed over time. She searched for herself and the mark she wants to leave in life initially within the fashion industry, and shares the importance of a statement of her mom in changing the direction of her career. Also there might be less people going to church, but lots of (young) people still want to be part of a community and consider themselves religious or spiritual. "I talk to God every day". Further, she tells us to never give up and keep going: "You and the things that you do matter!" You can find all episodes of this podcast on www.100mile.org. You can follow Maurice via twitter at @mauricebloem.
The CROP Hunger Walks of CWS celebrated its 50th anniversary last year and although still going strong, one of the challenges for the walks trying to end hunger both in the US as well as around the world is to find the next generation of CROP Hunger Walk leaders and coordinators. Sophomore Charlotte Cape is one of those bright lights of the future not only ensuring that this year's walk still took place despite the Covid-19 challenges, but also because she fights for equality in the world, pushes herself to continuously learn and grow while challenging us to do the same. She will make you smile and hopeful.
Janani Shivakumar, a High School junior, founded Girls Play Global at the age of 14 after realizing that girls in India lack adequate equipment and facilities to play sports. She was prompted to start this initiative when she was made aware of the presence of gender discrimination in rural parts of India. She believes that there is plenty of talent in India, especially in rural communities, but there is not enough encouragement from society. To break such barriers, Girls Play Global was formed. Her ability to articulate her thoughts on religion and spirituality is pretty incredible and she also doesn’t shun away from giving faith leaders advice on how to engage themselves with the younger generation. Clearly if Janani is an example of what we can expect from the younger generation, then we have a lot to be thankful and hopeful for. Check her website: www.girlsplayglobal.org
Tara Wild is a story teller, women's educator and a songstress who reconnected with her ancestors and the earth. She believes that we have a unique opportunity in this lifetime to remember and reclaim what the patriarchy, colonialism and capitalism have tried to take from us.. the deep knowing that we are a wild force of nature. She invites us on journey of discovery, to find out more please listen to episode 8 of our podcast and check out her website: www.tara-wild.com
Father Dustin Lyon explains about a couple of trends he sees with regard to the youth of his Greek Orthodox Church including some youth who are rejection religion as they are of the opinion that the institution didn't live up to its calling. We also talk about Covid-19 and how it has forced the church out of its comfort zone. For the people at home, it means thinking about living out their faith and bringing it home. Father ends with telling us that life is short and we need to find union with the divine. Put your ego aside.
Mary Kate Costello is a policy analyst with an incredible experience in dealing with youth related policies and program issues. She is very concerned about people not being able to work and collaborate with each other anymore, that it needs to be an either/or instead of both/and and this will lead to hampering (if not regressing) our growth as human beings. We also talk with her about youth and their thoughts on spirituality and religion realizing that these two concepts have different connotations for many youth.
This is the first episode in this series that puts someone who brings the youth perspective into the limelight, Mayesha Alam. She shares her passion to fight against inequalities and injustices of all kinds, but in particular against women and girls. Women should be regarded as agents of change. Another injustice she reminds us of is that people who are displaced due to environmental degradation or climate change are not recognized as refugees by international treaties and policy framework which means that protections that other refugees have don't necessarily apply to them. Plenty food for thought. And yes, she also talks about youth and spirituality.
Michael compares the 100 mile with a pilgrimage during which the deeper walk in the interior of the self is even more important. He also explains that we all need wonder and awe for growth and the young generations is also aware of this even though they might not express it. He reminds us that all people should be allowed to walk unhindered and when they can't, we need to stand in solidarity with them.
President of Islamic Relief USA, Anwar Khan shares how his close to death experience further motivated him to do good in this world. He also explains organized religion and faith. A very remarkable talk with a remarkable person.
Azza Karam shares that she is inspired by the youth and we can't ignore the interfaith youth movement, while at the same time warning that we can't just generalize youth, like we can't the elderly. Also listen carefully how she explains that we are going through a moment of transition while she concludes with a moment of reflection.
In the first episode of Walk Talk Listen, we meet Rev. Dr. Earl Trent, Jr. and learn about his drive in life and what he hopes we will do to make this world a little bit better.
In 2012 Maurice Bloem started the 100 mile walk (check www.100mile.org for more info), an attempt to raise awareness and funds to end hunger in this world. During these walks he met a lot of interesting people with whom he talked about a wide range of topics from Sustainable Development Goals until the power of conversation and these encouraged him to go the extra (100) mile to make this world a little bit better.