Everyday Ubuntu

Rama Chakaki applies 25 years of technical and communications experience to her passion: social development for Arab youth. In this episode, she shares with host Mungi Ngomane why she is compelled to serve, the importance of the human connection, as well as how so much comes down to our connection to nature. Rama runs Chakaki Consulting, as well as VIP.fund, a venture philanthropy fund investing in youth programs and technology startups. In addition to creating space for those not typically afforded it, she works on creating peace through education and technology. Additonally, as a co-founder for edSeed, her philanthropic crowdfunding platform, she oversees all operations for refugee students seeking funding and mentorship for higher education. Her story is one of someone who turns challenges into opportunity, in an effort to reflect on where the imbalance lies and ensure all people are treated with dignity and respect the whole way through.

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Catherine Mayer is an author and co-founder of the Women's Equality Party in the U.K. In this beautifully raw interview, she opens up in an honest conversation about grief with Everyday Ubuntu host, Mungi Ngomane. Mayer lost her husband, musician Andy Gill, to Covid-19 in February 2020, 41 days after her mother was herself widowed. Though physically isolated, Mother and daughter embarked on this journey of loss and grief together. From there, a book was born, entitled 'Good Grief'. In the course of this conversation, Mayer shares how grief can give you clarity on what truly matters. What does that mean? For Catherine, this was using her time to benefit others, especially with the current state of the world.

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What is an analytical storyteller? It all comes down to data. Keynote speaker and founder of Miribure: Intelligence company, Suki Fuller, talks Mungi through her journey from a competitive intelligence professional to the space she carved out for herself, and now occupies with pride. As an analytical storyteller, Suki uses data to guide the stories she tells and uses her expertise to 'mitigate risks and build resilience'. Furthermore, she also advises leaders and organizations on how they can elevate humanity, but that's not all. From working for organizations like the Department of Defence, to teaching in schools across the world - she has been described as one of '30 Change Makers to watch for'. In this episode, Suki drops some serious knowledge, including a valuable piece of advice for women when pitching themselves and their ideas.

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How did a country like Rwanda, which wasn't known for an abundance of resources, didn't have a strong economy, and didn't have high education rates, become a leading example in all these areas? The answer is leadership. Lawyer, cabinet member, and Rwanda Development Board CEO, Clare Akamanzi joined Everyday Ubuntu host Mungi Ngomane to discuss the important role she has played and continues to play in Rwanda's growth and development. Akamanzi was born to refugee parents and is a major proponent for the gravity of maintaining the dignity of every human. In her mission to bring about a prosperous Rwanda, she has focused on the dignity and respect all Rwandans should have for themselves and their nation. Listen to this episode to hear about Rwanda's bright future, what actions the development board takes to make sure that Rwandan businesses are growing and being born every day, and what the future of Rwanda looks like.

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This week, Mungi is joined by her esteemed friend Samar Ali to discuss freedom, belonging, unity, peace, and Ubuntu. A lawyer, research professor, mediator, author, co-founder, World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and former White House Fellow, this multi-hyphenate has preserved her family's century-long legacy of working toward peace and freedom for everyone. While Samar describes herself as a "small-town girl," speaking fondly of her upbringing in Waverly, Tennessee, her career and impact span the globe. From a clerkship in South Africa to establishing a law practice in the UAE, and involvement in international mediation, she brings her razor-like focus and thoughtful contributions wherever she goes. In this conversation Tune in to hear Samar and Mungi discuss what's really needed for the U.S. to move forward to and finally start discussing unity.

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Economics and STEM are fields that have historically lacked in progress when it comes to diversity. In this week’s episode of Everyday Ubuntu, Mungi Ngomane speaks with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman about being the strong voice that was needed in a field with few women who look like her. The Sadie Collective, co-founded by Anna, is the first non-profit addressing the pipeline and pathway problem for Black women in economics, finance, data science, and public policy. Aside from The Sadie Project, Anna is a researcher and author (her two books are to be released in 2022 and 2023). She is an activist and science communicator who describes herself as a lifelong learner, reminding us all to remain humble and grounded. In 2020, she became the youngest recipient of the CEDAW Women's Rights Award by the UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, previously awarded to Madam Vice President, Kamala Harris, and Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. Her work and passion are bringing about true change by demystifying economics and STEM fields for Black girls and representing Black experiences and voices to bring about structural progress.

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This week, host Mungi Ngomane speaks with the inspiring and determined Susan Burton, Founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, and published author. Ms. Burton has been helping women rebuild their lives after prison and providing the services, advocacy and shelter that they need and are not receiving through the system. Through her own experience rebuilding her life after getting out of jail, Ms. Burton witnessed firsthand how inequitable our society is for the formerly incarcerated. Today, she is helping women who are often unheard tell their stories. In this episode, you'll hear Ms. Burton explain why being described as the "Modern Day Harriet Tubman" is problematic; how we can help formerly incarcerated people and how the police brutality of the past year has affected her.

*This episode was recorded before the Senate run-off elections in Georgia.

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Twin brothers Byron and Dexter Peart join host Mungi Ngomane to speak about the new mission they embarked on in 2017. The designers and creative directors wanted to offer products that took into account both purpose and impact, so they founded GOODEE, following their success with brand and retailer WANT Les Essentiels. 

GOODEEE is a marketplace offering sustainable solutions for modern living. The products it sells and the artisans the brand purchases from all have a positive social or environmental impact. In this episode, Byron and Dexter discuss the high sustainability standards they adhere to at GOODEE and how they enforce them—which is also what led them to obtain certification as a B Corp. Byron and Dexter also talk about the importance that family has played their entire lives and why they continue to work together towards making the world a better place. 

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In this week’s episode, host Mungi Ngomane is joined by her former colleague Maryam Abolfazli, Social Impact Consultant and Author, for a conversation that touches on the Christmas Day terrorist bombing in Nashville and the attempted coup at the Capitol on January 6th. Maryam brings to light the perspectives we all need to consider and talks about her recently released political novel, Red Red.  She addresses how the pandemic has affected her and shares how she’s been asking herself 'what is important, what are our values and what are we willing to sacrifice so everyone can have a more peaceful life?'. In true Ubuntu fashion, Mungi invites us all to do the same.

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Anthony Abraham Jack has made it his mission to study the shortfalls of our higher education system when it comes to disadvantaged students, a group he separates into two categories: the "Doubly Disadvantaged" and the "Privileged Poor”. Anthony is an Author, a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education whose research and writing have been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and NPR to name a few. In his book, The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students, he illustrates how "access isn't inclusion" and teaches us how to be more inclusive when it comes to higher education so that our colleges and universities can truly be places of opportunity. In this episode, Anthony’s conversation with Mungi highlights the Ubuntu lesson of ‘putting ourselves in the shoes of others’ to better understand their experiences, especially those that we wrongly assume are ‘the same as us’.

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