Walk Talk Listen Podcast
251 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsWalk 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
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Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Wardah Khalid (episode 94)
December 28, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 67.4 MBWardah 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 H...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Adam Russell Taylor (episode 93)
December 21, 2022 07:00 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MBRev. 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 ...
WTL Special Series: Enough 4 All - Beth Ferris (episode 26)
December 14, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBDr. 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 ...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Ed Schenkenberg (episode 92)
December 07, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBEd 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 l...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Paul Chan (episode 25)
November 30, 2022 07:00 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBPaul 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 organ...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Martin Coria (episode 24)
November 23, 2022 07:00 - 40 minutes - 56.1 MBMartin 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 kno...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Laurel Patterson (episode 91)
November 16, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBLaurel 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 S...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Jitsai Santaputra (episode 90)
November 09, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MBJitsai 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...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Kees Klomp (episode 89)
November 02, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBKees 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, ha...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Carl Thong (episode 88)
October 26, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBCarl 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 U...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Mary Catherine Hinds & Rebekah Belase (episode 23)
October 20, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBMary 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 [email protected] what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and fol...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Joanne Rendall (episode 22)
October 12, 2022 06:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBJoanne 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...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Chandelle O’Neil (episode 87)
October 05, 2022 06:00 - 39 minutes - 54.9 MBChandelle 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 the...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Bill Wildey (episode 21)
September 28, 2022 06:00 - 13 minutes - 17.9 MBWilliam (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. T...
Walk Talk Listen at the UNGA and Climate Week in NYC - episode 1
September 21, 2022 19:58 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBReimagining 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...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Christine Sow (episode 86)
September 14, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 89.7 MBChristine 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 Int...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Lenann McGookey Gardner (episode 20)
September 07, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBLenann 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 Sale...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Shaurya Saluja & Sydney Upchurch (episode 85)
August 31, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBSydney 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 Mob...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Ellen Andrews (episode 19)
August 24, 2022 06:00 - 38 minutes - 53.1 MBEllen 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, init...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Chris Bolman (episode 84)
August 17, 2022 18:38 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MBChris 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 ...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Liesbeth Rijsdijk (episode 83)
August 10, 2022 06:00 - 53 minutes - 72.8 MBLiesbeth 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 com...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Bill Sage (episode 18)
August 03, 2022 13:37 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBFrom 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 ...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Lisa Rothenberger & Roy Winter (episode 17)
July 27, 2022 06:00 - 57 minutes - 79.3 MBLisa 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 w...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Erol Kekic (episode 16)
July 20, 2022 06:00 - 32 minutes - 44.4 MBErol 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 t...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Kely Nascimento (episode 82)
July 13, 2022 20:55 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBKely 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 c...
Virtual WalkTalk Listen with Robert Hahn (episode 81)
July 06, 2022 06:00 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBRobert 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, simulation...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Emma Stenström (episode 80)
June 29, 2022 06:00 - 56 minutes - 77.3 MBEmma 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 Sustainabl...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Marty Colchamiro (episode 15)
June 22, 2022 06:00 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBMarty 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 th...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Mai Ton (episode 79)
June 15, 2022 06:00 - 51 minutes - 70.5 MBMai 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...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Lori Poland (episode 78)
June 08, 2022 06:00 - 54 minutes - 75 MBLori 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...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Rick Augsburger (episode 14)
June 01, 2022 06:00 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MBRick 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...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Eunice Kamaara (episode 13)
May 25, 2022 06:00 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MBEunice 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 ...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Kate Schecter (episode 77)
May 18, 2022 06:00 - 49 minutes - 67.4 MBKate 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 H...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Richard L. Santos (episode 12, part 2 of 2)
May 04, 2022 06:00 - 53 minutes - 73.1 MBRichard 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 ...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Richard L. Santos (episode 11, part 1 of 2)
April 27, 2022 06:00 - 50 minutes - 69.2 MBRichard 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 ...
WTL Special Series:Enough for All - Dennis and Madalyn Metzger (episode 10)
April 20, 2022 05:33 - 1 hour - 89.9 MBThe 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. ...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Roland Fernandes (episode 9)
April 13, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBRoland 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 secretar...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Betty Voskuil (episode 8)
April 06, 2022 06:00 - 52 minutes - 71.5 MBBetty 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 ...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Barrett Brown (episode 76)
March 30, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBDr. 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 strategi...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - David Beckmann (episode 7)
March 23, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBDavid 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. Consid...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Paul Elberse (episode 75)
March 16, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBPaul 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 ...
WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Sam Worthington (episode 6)
March 09, 2022 07:00 - 35 minutes - 48.6 MBFor 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 N...
WTL special series: Enough for All - Lonnie Turnipseed (episode 5)
March 02, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBRev. 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 emai...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Jonny Imerman (episode 74)
February 23, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MBJonny 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 ...
WTL special series: Enough for All - Rodney I. Page (episode 4)
February 16, 2022 07:00 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBIn 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 ...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Amy Comstock Rick (episode 73)
February 09, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBAmy 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...
WTL special series: Enough for All - John L. McCullough (episode 3, part 2 of 2)
February 02, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBMy 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 m...
WTL special series: Enough for All - John L. McCullough (episode 2 - part 1 of 2)
January 26, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBFinally 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 v...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Merle Collins (episode 72)
January 19, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBMerle 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 aw...
Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Marina Mahathir (episode 71)
January 05, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 76.1 MBMarina 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 a...