For the Revolution

Join us as we speak with Anindo Marshall, my former teacher, dancer, drummer, singer, chanter, humanitarian, and founder of Abukutsa Arts Academy in Kenya. We learn about how she became an apprentice for legendary dancer and activist Katherine Dunham, who grew up in a dancing in segregated America. We discuss how the arts are medicine, and how connecting with our ancestors creates miracles in our lives. We focus specifically on her newest endeavor - Abukutsa Arts Academy - an eco school she’s building in Kenya, one that priorities both the arts and sciences, and is a model for environmental consciousness. We discuss why, within our current social and environmental climate, these schools are more important now more than ever. So, listen to Anindo’s amazing story and learn how you can get involved building this school and expanding the model around the world. Anindo is building a generation of love. Let’s join her.

Joss Richard is my dear friend, Emmy award winning television producer, and founder of Margot - a community connecting women with mentors. Margot helps women of all ages, backgrounds, and stages of life, find qualified mentors in various industries, while normalizing the concept of women being compensated for their time and knowledge. In this interview, we discuss the importance of mentorship, disrupting the narrative that women don’t have to be paid for their time, and why free mentorship to women and girls in communities with socio-economic barriers is so important. Joss also vulnerably invites us into how it’s felt for her as an asian woman in today’s America, and provides us with some tangible ways to be a true ally. Listen in, learn about my incredible friend, and make sure to join the Margot Community.

Join us as we embark on a deeply personal and emotional interview with my friend, fellow entrepreneur and embodiment practitioner Jase Te Patu. He is the founder of M3, facilitating mindfulness tools with kids, ones that place breath and Maori wisdom as the center philosophy. He founded this program to combat high child and teen suicide rates in New Zealand. Hear why this work comes from Jase’s core, how his story shaped his trajectory toward impact, and why this work is so profoundly important in helping to shape the next generation. Take action to support growing this practice, movement and mission around the globe.

For the Revolution is returning after a long moment of pause. Placing my personal health first during a time of deep grieving put a lot of external forward momentum on hold. That said, FTR is back and ready to bring the world more content that inspires us into action.

Josh Whiton, founder of MakeSoil, eloquently explains the nature of our biosphere - how this force is quite literally the very reason we breathe, and humans are quite literally destroying it. Almost every system we build and action we take is directly at odds with the health of our planet. Josh asks us to change this today, and he and MakeSoil, provide us with direct guidance in order to do so.

Adam Kolton, Executive Director of Alaska Wilderness League, paints a clear picture of the bounty of beauty and life that is the Arctic Wildlife Refuge. He explains why this land is so vital for the culture and wellbeing of the Gwich'in people, many of whose villages reside along the migratory route of the Porcupine Caribou Herd - a herd that returns each year to the refuge to birth new calves. They are joined by Polar Bears, migratory Birds, Musk Oxen, and explosions of Flowers and Lichen; A vision and reality under grave threat because the current administration just opened subsidized oil leases in this wild, in-tact, land that has been protected since Eisenhower. Listen to find out what you can do to help preserve it.

Jessica Rehms, attorney with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, grants us insight into the current landscape of immigration in the United States. She explains the chaotic lack-of-structure provided for asylum seekers at the border, and she paints a clear picture of life and conditions in US ICE Detention Centers. She offers Calls to Action for attorneys, FTR listeners who are bilingual, and for anyone wanting to get involved in making the road to justice easier for people who come to America.

Carol Hoover, Executive Director of the Eyak Preservation Council, presents us with a profound opportunity to protect one of the last large wild watersheds on the planet - a sacred and rightful stewardship for the Eyak people, an honoring of the pristine Alaskan salmon ecosystem, and a conservation legacy that traces back to Eisenhower.

Rushan Abbas, founder of The Campaign for Uyghurs, describes the current Genocide of the Uyghur people. She brings listeners into the vast human rights abuses within “re-education camps”, where many Uyghurs have been forced, including Rushan's sister. She explains how the actions of the Chinese Government meet all of the internationally recognized requirements for Genocide, and how governments, industries and individuals are complicit and contributing to the oppression of her people. She Calls us to Action to help stop this atrocity.

We’ve exploited our planet and our people at an unsustainable rate. Now, the future of our world lies in our ability to create solutions and build systems that prioritize human and planet justice. Your Host, Hannah Blake, brings you into the minds and hearts of those at the frontlines of human and planet rights, driving creative solutions to our world’s most pressing issues. We grant Calls to Action so you can get involved in the revolution today. Because together, we can reimagine and recreate our world.