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The Courage to Stand By Cheryl Esposito

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Cheryl Esposito welcomes Philo Ikonya of Kenya, a human rights activist, social change motivator, ardent poet, writer and lecturer. Philo holds postgraduate degrees in the Arts and consults on gender, governance and media issues. Philo courageously writes about the injustices of Kenya. In her series, Kenya Is Burning, she reflects on her country’s struggles with the devastating violence that has claimed so many lives and turned its people against each other. “The women of Kenya have always been aware of injustice in our society…we’ve always known that the deep inequalities in our country would lead to the destruction of this nation.” Philo has decided to wear sacks instead of regular clothes to protest the current violence in Kenya. She has helped organize a campaign urging Kenyan women to wear sacks for clothes “for as long as we do not have peace in Kenya; as long as we do not have justice and reform.” Join us to hear this extraordinary story of courage and vision for a just world.

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In A Ranger’s Shoes with Raabia Hawa Hon. Warden KWS by Eli Weiss

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In A Ranger’s Shoes with Raabia Hawa Hon. Warden KWS by Eli Weiss

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Join Eli Weiss and Special Guest Raabia Hawa who has founded Ulinzi Africa Foundation this year and Raabia is fully active in working to end poaching and the demand for ivory. Growing up in the wake of the most disastrous levels of elephant poaching in Kenya, her quest was to fully understand how ranger units operate, and she jumped right in to the action. She is one of the most visible and vocal environmental warriors of our time while carrying the voice for rangers who put their lives on the line to protect elephants. Tune in on Monday 20th 8 a.m. PT for a lively and informative episode!!!!

Ivory Towers, Ivory Wars

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Ivory Towers, Ivory Wars

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After years of making a difference in fighting the Ivory Wars in Kenya, it has come to a culmination now.  Eli Weiss and Our Wild World have covered the ongoing fate of Elephants and the battle conservationists around Africa have been dealing with.  We have had many important and special guests in the world of Elephant conservation such as Nick Brandt, Nick Lynch, Johnny Rodrigues, Adam Roberts, and many more.  This week we have Tim Gorski on the ground in Kenya for the Ivory Burn where they will burn 105 tons of Ivory.  This is a very sad but detrimental necessity to stop the buying and selling Ivory and Rhino horns.   Stay Tuned to our social for updates.  Also please take some time and listen to our shows!  There must be an awakening to what we are doing to not only Elephants and Rhinos but to countless species we are affecting around the world.

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The Courage to Stand

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Cheryl Esposito welcomes Philo Ikonya of Kenya, a human rights activist, social change motivator, ardent poet, writer and lecturer. Philo holds postgraduate degrees in the Arts and consults on gender, governance and media issues. Philo courageously writes about the injustices of Kenya. In her series, Kenya Is Burning, she reflects on her country’s struggles with the devastating violence that has claimed so many lives and turned its people against each other. “The women of Kenya have always been aware of injustice in our society…we’ve always known that the deep inequalities in our country would lead to the destruction of this nation.” Philo has decided to wear sacks instead of regular clothes to protest the current violence in Kenya. She has helped organize a campaign urging Kenyan women to wear sacks for clothes “for as long as we do not have peace in Kenya; as long as we do not have justice and reform.” Join us to hear this extraordinary story of courage and vision for a just world.

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The Art of Inspiration

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Cheryl Esposito welcomes Shailja Patel, an award-winning Kenyan poet, artist & political activist. Growing up in Kenya Shailja experienced the impact of war on the lives and spirit of the people. Her path took her on a journey from working on Wall Street to living a monastic life, running non-profits, eventually finding her voice in poetry. She uses text, voice, body and critical thinking to delve for truth and dissect power.Today she is a performance artist bringing her work to people around the world. Her one-woman show, Migritude, unfolds hidden histories of women’s lives in the bootprint of Empire, from India to East Africa.

Shailja’s powerful performances bring her audiences to an introspective space of connection with the raw emotion and impact of war and oppression. The irresistible passion and eloquence of her words touches people at a core level and inspires them to take action. I saw Shailja on the main stage at a Bioneers Conference with a standing room only crowd of hundreds of people. Her performance was breathtaking, and we were all moved so deeply – it was as if we were in a trance, not able to move from the moment. Have you ever truly “heard silence” ? It was as powerful as her oration. Then at once, the entire audience leapt to its feet and began applause and cheers and tears that went on and on. Following that performance Shailja said, “The fifteen-second pindrop silence after I finished my performance was worth three standing ovations.”

Words shape us. They inspire. Join the conversation with Cheryl Esposito and Shailja Patel for a conversation…inspired.

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The Courage to Stand

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Leading Conversations is celebrating Women of the World in honor of International Women’s Day, March 8, and Women’s History Month in March. Cruise our archives to learn from great women of the world we have had in conversation!

This week, Cheryl Esposito welcomes Philo Ikonya of Kenya, a human rights activist, social change motivator, ardent poet, writer and lecturer.  Philo holds postgraduate degrees in the Arts, and consults on gender, governance and media issues.

Philo courageously writes about the injustices of Kenya. In her series, Kenya Is Burning, she reflects on her country’s struggles with the devastating violence that has claimed so many lives and turned its people against each other.  “The women of Kenya have always been aware of injustice in our society…we’ve always known that the deep inequalities in our country would lead to the destruction of this nation.”  To continue to be a voice against social and political injustices,  Philo has had to leave Kenya, where her life was threatened if she continued to speak out. Today she lives in exile.

When Philo was still living in Kenya, she decided to wear sacks instead of regular clothes to peacefully protest the violence in Kenya. She helped organize a campaign urging Kenyan women to wear sacks for clothes “for as long as we do not have peace in Kenya; as long as we do not have justice and reform.” She has taken action in the face of fear and is a voice for those who dare not speak. Maybe…just maybe…women will save the world. Join Cheryl Esposito & Philo Ikonya to hear this extraordinary story of courage and vision for a just world.

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