Why We Organize shares powerful and moving stories of people fighting for justice in their communities. Hear why artists, survivors, activists and educators are organizing to drive the change they want to see.
Why We Organize
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Why We Organize shares powerful and moving stories of people fighting for justice in their communities. Hear why artists, survivors, activists and educators are organizing to drive the change they want to see.
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6/15/2022
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October 31, 2023
#10. La lucha por el mar. Desinformación Climática con Fabricio Di Giacomo
<p>"Yo nací y el mar ya estaba ahí". Artista, bailarín y productor, Fabricio Di Giacomo y su comunidad han emprendido una lucha colectiva para proteger el golfo San Matías, en el norte de la Patagonia Argentina, de un oleoducto y de la consiguiente campaña de desinformación dirigida por políticxs y empresas petroleras para justificar la producción y contaminación . En este episodio, Fabricio explora su conexión con la naturaleza, el océano y sus ecosistemas. Habla de la importancia de organizarse, de la campaña para defender el Mar Argentino y de cómo la información puede utilizarse como arma para cambiar narrativas e historias. </p> <p>“I was born and the sea was already there”. Artist, dancer, and producer Fabricio Di Giacomo and his community have been in a collective fight to protect the San Matías Gulf in Northern Argentinian Patagonia from oil pipeline, and an ensuing disinformation drive led by politicians and companies to justify producing and polluting. In this episode, which is in Spanish, Fabricio explores his connection to nature, the ocean, and its ecosystems. He talks about the importance of organizing, the campaign to defend the Argentine Sea, and how information can be weaponized to shift narratives and stories. </p> <p><br>Social media of the multisectorial community/Redes sociales de la multisectorial</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/defendamosnuestrogolfo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Instagram</a></li> </ul>
August 4, 2023
#9 Organizing in a crisis. Animal Rights with Seb Alex
<p>Why and how do we organize in times of crisis? Seb Alex is an animal rights advocate from Lebanon. He shares the powerful story of how he helped organize a food relief program in the immediate aftermath of the explosion in Beirut on August 4, 2020, and the intersecting communities that were touched. Seb explores wider philosophical questions on the topic of faith and religion when it comes to veganism, providing an insightful window into organizing in space that we might not usually associate with human rights. </p> <p>About Seb:</p> <p>Seb Alex is the founder of the Middle East Vegan Society, and author of the free Ebook <a href="https://www.sebalex.org/ebook"><em>When Animal Rights & Logic Meet</em></a><em>. </em>He’s also a content creator and podcaster, and gives lectures on Animal ethics in universities and schools around the world.</p>
July 21, 2023
#8 Speak poetry to power. Art and community with Ayisha Siddiqa
<p>What does it mean to be able to slow down, observe, listen, and reflect? Climate activist, Human rights and land defender, Ayisha Siddiqa, shares the story of herself and her community in Northern Pakistan. It’s a story full of pride, but also of grief and loss. It’s one of migration, of land and of nature; and how poetry and the pen are powerful tools to process and protest. This story highlights how important those precious moments are where we can stop and breathe in the beauty; deeply human moments of longing and belonging.</p> <p>About Ayisha:</p> <p>Ayisha Siddiqa is an environmentalist, a poet, a human rights defender, a storyteller, a climate advisor to the UN secretary general, co-founder of Polluters Out and Fossil Free University, research scholar at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University, and a 2023 Time Magazine Women of the Year. </p> <p><br></p> <p>Follow Ayisha:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ayisha_sid/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/Ayishas12" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Twitter</a></li> </ul> <p>More about Polluters Out:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://pollutersout.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Website</a></li> </ul>
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