I am in conversation with Zoey Black, a queer renaissance and culture documentarian based in Cape Town, South Africa. Her work is focused on telling authentic and engaging queer stories through film and photography.

Zoey is the founder & director of Gamut 1 

Gamut 1 is a trans, queer, black, indigenous, women-led organisation,
 which produces original, high-quality, queer-focussed, rights-based media
 that aims to develop inclusive social values and empathy in local and global audiences for the promotion of trans and queer human rights and wellbeing. 

@zoeyblackza

www.zoeyblack.com

@gamut1org

www.gamut1.org

Marylize is a Kenyan intersectional feminist and activist, whose focus is on gender inequality, while their feminism is intersectional and directed towards human rights. They are black and a non-binary lesbian and use they/them pronouns.

The Queer Republic is a border less nation of queers and allies that advance the rights and lives of the LGBTQ x in Africa and across the globe. They are rebuilding the African queer legacy and reuniting queers across Africa and the globe.

The team is made up of Marylize Biubwa and Zawadi Mashego (Co-Executive Director).
Kathy Githui- people and culture expert
Jay Skosana - marketing manager
Arya Karijo Queer republic ambassador

www.queer-republic.africa

[email protected]

Beautiful Trouble- A book, strategy card deck, online toolbox, and creative campaign incubator.

An international network of artist-activist-trainers helping grassroots movements become more creative and effective.

I am in conversation with the impact amplifier, Ashley Waudo.
Ashley is a community organizer and project manager based in Nairobi. She is deeply committed to changing people's lives through service to others. She is passionate about movement building and nonviolent conflict resolution. Ashley has worked with movements to help them realize their power!

You can see them here: 
https://beautifultrouble.org/fuel (https://beautifultrouble.org/fuel)

The fantastic new BeautifulTrouble’s Strategy Card Deck https://beautifultrouble.org/strategy-cards

The toolbox 
https://beautifultrouble.org/toolbox

Trainer’s Modules (BATMo!) 
https://beautifultrouble.org/training/for-trainers

Get Up Rise Up Direct (GURU) action fund
https://beautifultrouble.org/directaction

I am in conversation with MONICAH KAMANDAU- The Social Movements Learning Specialist with the MOVE team at MS TCDC

MS TCDC is a renowned Pan-African training centre situated in Arusha, Tanzania. It is unique in its dedication to high-quality capacity development for social transformation.
For more than 50 years, they have delivered high-quality capacity development in areas such as democratic governance, human rights, transformational leadership, gender equality, youth participation, and climate change governance.

https://www.mstcdc.or.tz/

I am in conversation with Dr Menzi Mkhize.

Dr. AM Mkhize is a medical doctor who qualified at the University of KwaZuluNatal. He has both critical care and rural medicine experience but decided to
pour his passion into public health.
Dr Mkhize has a passion for serving and advocating for the marginalized. He is an LGBTQIA+ affirming provider.

He is currently stationed at the Bertha Gxowa care centre, where he provides clinical forensics and medical services in the form of mostly post-gender-based violence care.
The centre is LGBTQIA+ friendly.

He also has been part of an anti-kidnapping effort tackling the Grindrkidnapping syndicate targeting LGBTQIA+ people through the Grindr app and other applications.

The centre is a medicolegal centre where he consults:
* Survivors of gender-based violence in the form of domestic violence and Intimate Partner Violence.
* Sexual offences: J88 completion and Evidence collection.
* Court summons.
* Trafficking in persons
* Child neglect and abuse: form 22.
* Elderly abuse victims
* Medical assessments for kids who need placement into the foster health system.
* Substance abuse
* Psychosocial support services.
* Sexual and reproductive health services.

#speakingthroughmyworld #lgbt #DrAMMkhize #BerthaGxowacarecentre #LGBTQIA+affirmingprovider

RISHA PATAK-HARIE from I-lead self-defense.


As South Africans, we face various forms of violence. Our government has shown its position on combatting GBV, which looks progressive on paper only. As we operate in territories we are familiar with and experts at, we also need to know how to protect ourselves. 

I am in conversation with Risha Patak-Harie from I-lead self-defense.
Following a near kidnapping on the streets of Johannesburg, founder Risha Patak-Harie created i-LEAD to help vulnerable women and children learn to protect themselves. The i-LEAD Self-Defense system is built for women and children and caters to real-life dangers and threat scenarios
https://i-lead.org.za/
https://www.instagram.com/ileadselfdefense/
https://www.facebook.com/ILeadSelfDefense/

MNET has a new series called School Ties, debuting 16 May 2024 at 21:00.

School Ties is a ground-breaking and harrowing four-part documentary series

about the grooming and sexual abuse of learners at some of South Africa’s

most prominent, prestigious boys’ schools.

Produced by Idea Candy, the docuseries series uncovers the truth behind

grooming and abuse in schools across the country, the aftermath, and what

government, schools, and society are doing this to stop abuse in its tracks.

 I am in conversation with the series director Richard Finn Gregory and Luke
Lamprecht, who has three decades of experience working in the nonprofit and child protection sector, he is a thought leader on child protection and development.

#SchoolTies

#Ideacandy

#Mnet101

#Speakingthroughmyworld

TRIGGER WARNING 

Expelled Rabbis:

Sa’ar Shaked had been charged with violating Ethics Code Section V (Sexual Boundaries).  He was temporarily suspended pending an Ethics Enquiry during which time he resigned from the SAAPR. The Ethics Panel concluded its process and recommended his expulsion which was ratified by the SAAPR members in February 2024. He is no longer a member of the SAAPR.

https://saupj.org.za/the-sa-association-of-progressive-rabbis/

The synagogue allegedly tried to silence those who spoke out.  
Why was he protected by so many in power?

Feminists in Kenya is a Black feminist movement organizing and amplifying feminist discourse and practice and building solidarity across other feminist movements.


In 2018, SA feminists, activists, advocates, and the public rallied together for the first-ever Total Shutdown march. Loyiso Saliso is the initiator and strategic mobilizer for the #TheTotalShutdown Womxn's Movement. As soon as plans were in action our neighboring countries joined forces and soon it became evident that SGBVF is not just a South African problem. 
In 2019, alarmed by the increasing cases of femicide and Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya, soon activists and feminists rallied together in the #TotalShutdownKe march to protest and demand accountability. Sadly, femicide persists today, exacerbated by an increasingly misogynistic online environment. 

In this episode, I am chatting with Vivian Ouya, the co-founder of Feminists in Kenya.  

Their mission is “Redefining feminism in African Womxn’s views through the Celebration of African feminists in spaces that are inclusive, inter-sectional and Afrocentric.”

Kisumu Feminist Society was legally registered in 2018 by a group of young women from Kisumu who saw the need to have an intersectional and inclusive feminist movement in the region.
Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and Mombasa.

In conversation with Afrika, the coordinator.

Twitter:
Kisumu Feminists' Society
@RadFemskisumu
Instagram
@radfemskisumu

https://linktr.ee/kisumufeministssociety