3.3 Constructive Criticism

09/16/20 • 42 min

Priscillia Kounkou Hoveyda is a human rights lawyer who has a decade of experience working with UNICEF other UN agencies and NGOs in the US, France, DR Congo, Mauritania, Nigeria and other countries. Her work has focused on strengthening national policies for the most vulnerable populations around the world, including working on child protection issues in emergencies. She has led the release and reintegration of children associated to armed groups and forces, incarcerated children as well as survivors of sexual violence. She is also a writer and one of the co-founders of the Collective for Black Iranians. She speaks to us about :

double standards in law
power inequalities in securing funding
the white/western savior industrial complex
questioning the relevance of big HQs
advocating governments
being declared persona non grata
applying a constructively critical lens
hierarchies amongst staff
activism as a way of life - and much more!

She joins us from California, USA.

double standards in law
power inequalities in securing funding
the white/western savior industrial complex
questioning the relevance of big HQs
advocating governments
being declared persona non grata
applying a constructively critical lens
hierarchies amongst staff
activism as a way of life - and much more!

She joins us from California, USA.

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3.2 Indigenous Future-Making

Dr. Filiberto Penados is a Maya educator and activist scholar whose work focuses on indigenous education and future-making. He has held faculty positions at the University of Belize and Galen University and has been adjunct faculty at University of Toronto, University of Belize and University of Manitoba. He has a long history of involvement in indigenous movements in Belize and Central America. He has taught, written and presented on various topics including the decolonization of education and development. He is currently Founding Advisor at the Centre for Engaged Learning Abroad and President of the Julian Cho Society (a Maya organization in southern Belize). He speaks to us about:

decolonial education
development with identity
indigenous future-making
coloniality
decentering power
relationship to the land
global solidarity and international legal instruments
having humility - and much more!

He joins us from Belize.

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3.4 Rethinking Humanitarianism

Jessica Alexander is the editor of The New Humanitarian’s Rethinking Humanitarianism series. She is also a humanitarian aid worker with experience working in operations, evaluations, and policy. She has worked in Rwanda, Sudan, Haiti and other countries. Currently she teacher humanitarian affairs at numerous universities and has authored various policy papers, mainstream articles and a book entitled: “Chasing Chaos: My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid.” She speak to us about: