Walk Talk Listen Podcast

Wardah Khalid is a policy analyst, activist, career coach, and public speaker based in Washington, D.C. She currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor at the Office of Refugee Resettlement in the US Department of Health and Human Services. Wardah is the Founder and Board President of Poligon Education Fund, a national civic education and advocacy organization strengthening American Muslim engagement with Congress.  Wardah has significant experience working with Members of Congress, the White House, and State Department on policies pertaining to refugees and immigration, civil rights, Middle East affairs, and national security while working on the Hill and with secular and faith based NGOs. She has also worked on these issues with several UN agencies in the US and abroad.  Wardah was recognized by ABC's Nightline as one of the country's top millennial activists. Her writing and commentary has been featured in outlets including the Washington Post, CNN, The Guardian, NPR, and US News & World Report. She authored the “Young American Muslim” blog for the Houston Chronicle and hosted "Reality Check" on One Legacy Radio.  Wardah is a Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project, American Muslim Civic Leadership Institute (AMCLI) Fellow at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, former Scoville Fellow, a 2020 AAPI National Security and Foreign Policy Next Generation Leader by New America and Diversity in National Security Network (DINSN), a 2020 International Career Advancement Program (ICAP) Fellow, 2021 U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leader by CSIS and DINSN, and 2022 Atlantic Council Millennium Leadership Fellow.

 

Wardah holds a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Additionally, Wardah is a CPA and received a BBA and MS in Accounting from Texas A&M University. 

 

Wardah has her own website and you can also find her on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Her organization is also on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

 

The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here. 

Please let me/us know via our email [email protected] what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.

 

Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org. We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.

 

This episode was made possible by the support of an organization called CWS.  You want to be a part of movement? Well, sign up to become a sustaining partner. As a Sustaining Partner, you can make a difference in the world – automatically, every month. Sustaining Partners  commit to a hopeful future by making compassion a part of their monthly budget. It could mean new systems to manage precious resources like water. Or diversified ways of earning a living that make people more resilient. For as little as $10 a month, you can transform lives. Go to Www.cwsglobal.org/sustain

Rev. Adam Russell Taylor is president of Sojourners and author of A More Perfect Union: A New Vision for Building the Beloved Community.  Adam previously led the Faith Initiative at the World Bank Group and served as the vice president in charge of Advocacy at World Vision U.S. and the senior political director at Sojourners. He has also served as the executive director of Global Justice, an organization that educates and mobilizes students around global human rights and economic justice. He was selected for the 2009/2010 class of White House Fellows and served in the White House Office of Cabinet Affairs and Public Engagement. Adam is a graduate of Emory University, the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology. He also serves on the Independent Sector Board, the Global Advisory Board of Tearfund UK, and is a member of the inaugural class of the Aspen Institute Civil Society Fellowship. Adam is ordained in the American Baptist Church and the Progressive National Baptist Convention and serves in ministry at the Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Va. 

 

Follow Adam on social media, via Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Sojourners is on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter as well.

 

The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here. 

Please let me/us know via our email [email protected] what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.

 

Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.

 

This episode was made possible by the support of an organization called CWS.  You want to be a part of a movement? Well, sign up to become a sustaining partner. As a Sustaining Partner, you can make a difference in the world – automatically, every month. Sustaining Partners  commit to a hopeful future by making compassion a part of their monthly budget. It could mean new systems to manage precious resources like water. Or diversified ways of earning a living that make people more resilient. For as little as $10 a month, you can transform lives. Go to www.cwsglobal.org/sustain

Dr. Elizabeth Ferris is a Research Professor at Georgetown University in the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM). She served for nine years as a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Brookings Project on Internal Displacement. She has extensive professional background in the areas of refugees and migration specifically, and justice and peace more generally. Dr. Ferris notes that she believes “in ecumenism and in the power of churches to bring about change in our troubled world.” Dr. Ferris spent 20 years working in the field of international humanitarian response, most recently in Geneva, Switzerland at the World Council of Churches. She was an earlier Director of the Church World Service Immigration and Refugee Program in New York. Dr. Ferris is a Quaker (Friends General Conference) and has attended a United Church of Christ congregation for the last ten years.

 

Beth is on twitter and her university as well.

Many of the guests are asked to come up with song that reminds them somehow about CWS, these selected songs are part of a special Playlist #CWSsongs.

 

Please let me/us know via our email [email protected] what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.

 

Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org.

Ed Schenkenberg is co-founder and Executive Director of HERE-Geneva, an independent think-tank that works to close the gap between policy and humanitarian practice. HERE-Geneva undertakes self-initiated and commissioned studies and reviews with a view to improving collective performance and the effectiveness of principled humanitarian action, especially in armed conflict. Ed brings to HERE three decades of experience in humanitarian affairs both at the global level and on the ground. He has led major evaluations of responses to large-scale  humanitarian crises; has been part of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and various other senior level coordination bodies; and has been Chair of the Sphere Project, Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards.

Before HERE, Ed worked as Chief Executive of DARA in Madrid, Spain, where he led the independent research initiatives and evaluations. He has also been the Executive Director of ICVA, the Geneva-based NGO network for coordination and cooperation on humanitarian policy and advocacy with the humanitarian system. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Stichting Vluchteling, a Dutch NGO.

Ed holds a Master of Law degree (LL.M.) in International Law from Leiden University, the Netherlands. He lives in France, on the border with Geneva, Switzerland, is married, and has three children.

 

Ed is also on twitter and his organization Here-Geneva as well, click here.

 

The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here. 

Please let me/us know via our email [email protected] what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.

 

Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.

Paul Chan is an M.D. (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics and Cardiology) living in Kansas City. He has raised significant funds for CWS through fundraising walks in the Grand Canyon. Please support his walk if you feel so inclined. The total tally of the entire Grand Canyon team can be found at: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/grand-canyon-hikers.

 

He has served on the board of a Guatemalan development organization, and is the founder and has been director of Community Impact, an umbrella organization at Johns Hopkins Medical School for initiatives in inner city Baltimore. Dr. Chan was named one of "50 Missourians You Should Know 2018" by Ingram's. He is the Treasurer of the CWS Board.

 

Although Paul was not able to come up with a song who best embodies what CWS is all about, the previous selected songs are part of a special Playlist #CWSsongs.

 

Please let me/us know via our email [email protected] what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.

 

Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org.

Martin Coria is regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Church World Service (CWS). Since 2001 he has led humanitarian assistance programs, and solidarity actions for development and defense of migrants' dignity in Haiti, the South American Gran Chaco, Mexico, and Central America.

 

Although I forgot to ask Martin about a song that best embodies what CWS is all about according to him, the previously selected songs are part of a special Playlist #CWSsongs.

 

Please let me/us know via our email [email protected] what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.

 

Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org.

Laurel Patterson is the Head of the SDG Integration for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)’s Global Policy Network. SDG Integration works with stakeholders across the globe to design, implement, and advance integrated solutions to help them respond to complex development challenges and accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Laurel has held several positions at the UNDP including Senior Global Policy Advisor, leading integrated policy development for SDG implementation in fragile and conflict-affected settings, Deputy Director leading on partnerships and UN reform, and several field based positions including Chief of Planning in Somalia.

Before joining UNDP, Laurel was the Associate Director of International Affairs at Simon Fraser University in Canada, where she led the university’s international development portfolio, focused on primary education in Africa and Southeast Asia. 

 

Laurel is on twitter and her unit as well.

 

The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here. 

Please let me/us know via our email [email protected] what you think about this podcast series. We would love to hear from you.

 

Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about the organization called CWS.

Jitsai Santaputra is a Lead Analyst at The Lantau Group based in Bangkok, Thailand. Her background lies in the green energy sector with a particular interest in carbon neutrality, circular economy, and sustainability. Jitsai formerly worked at a large renewable energy developer in Thailand as a Senior Business Development and Risk Management Officer, supporting the development of solar energy projects and new business ventures within Thailand, Japan, and the broader APAC region. Alongside her professional work, she is a Youth Energy Advocate, having represented the ASEAN youth at international conferences and venues such as COP26, SEforALL Forum, New York Climate Week among others. Jitsai champions the inclusion of youth in decision making roles and works with NGOs to raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities of the just energy transition in South East Asia.

 

She refers to the Solar Queen Wandee Khunchornyakong in this episode, you can read more about Dr. Wandee in this link.

 

Jitsai is on instagram.

 

The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here. 

Please let me/us know via our email [email protected] what you think about this podcast series. We would love to hear from you.

 

Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about the organization called CWS.

Kees Klomp studied political science and communication, and worked for 15+ years as a business consultant, and now is Professor of Applied Science at the Rotterdam University. Kees has dedicated his life to develop theory and practice that helps the planet and humanity, rather than hurts the planet and humanity. He wrote the book Thrive, Fundamentals for a New Economy together with Shinta Oosterwaal about existential economics. He is the co-founder of the Thrive Institute. Kees is married, has 3 children and lives in rural Drenthe.

 

Kees has Twitter and his institute as well Thrive Institute,

 

The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here. 

Please let me/us know via our email [email protected] what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.

 

Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.

Carl Thong is an entrepreneur and founded the Sunstone Group, a holding company with diverse businesses. Carl started his career as a management consultant with Epistat, specializing in biotechnology and IT. He subsequently moved into a sales role with Orasure Technologies, a NASDAQ-listed biotech where he established distributor relationships in 18 countries. In 1999, GE Capital recruited Carl as CEO for Dynafront, its fintech business. In 2001, Carl established a trading company exporting US consumer products to Asia. He successively founded other businesses including a healthcare provider in Malaysia, a management consultancy, and an external asset management firm. Recently, Carl co-founded and invested in several tech startups, including Restart Bank, a digital bank focusing on serving the unbanked and underbanked markets in the US, and BankingON, a mobile banking fintech. In addition to managing Sunstone, Carl is often engaged as a strategy consultant by MNCs, NGOs and government organizations to drive innovation, leadership, and business performance initiatives. He also sits on several fiduciary and advisory boards. In his personal time, he enjoys cycling with his wife, providing wifi to his teenage kids, reading the Bible and playing musical instruments.

 

The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here. 

Please let me/us know via our email [email protected] what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.

 

Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.