Beldina Opiyo-Omolo is the founder and director of Alice Visionary Foundation Project (AVFP) in Kisumu, Kenya. AVFP is an NGO with the vision of improving the quality of life of impoverished western Kenya communities through education, food security, and poverty alleviation.
Episode Twenty-Three
Episode Twenty-Two
In this episode of The Get InPowered Podcast, Judithe returns to her hometown to visit in person with Karl Jean-Louis. Karl is the Executive Director of OCAPH, the Observatoire Citoyen de l' Action des Pouvoirs Publics en Haiti, which works towards "less corruption, better governance, and a more open and free society" in Haiti in efforts to revamp and establish a social contract between the government and citizens for inclusive development and progress.
Episode Twenty-One
Reverend Dexter Nutall joins Judithe this week to discuss the historic and future importance of the church as a stabilizing factor and institution in the lives of African Americans. They discuss some of the root issues that have hindered the church in its mission and how Pastor Dexter and others like him are revitalizing and rebuilding the ties between church and community across generations and political lines.
Episode Twenty
As the Director of Operations for the PNG Tribal Foundation, Ruth Kissam works to promote a culture of freedom and equality that encourages initiatives for women and girls in settlements to work in partnership with relevant stakeholders and better their lives. In this episode, Ruth discusses the state of PNG and the challenges her people face as they adapt quickly to the digital age.
Episode Nineteen
Tahir and Judithe discuss the roles that religious organizations, school leaders, and other adults that care for and work with youth and adolescents can influence this discussion until the tide of our pop culture can also turn against these dangerous and pervasive negative portrayals of romance and sexuality.
Episode Eighteen
In this episode, Judithe concludes her conversation with Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder of The Collective PAC, discussing the fostering and reinforcement of Black political power in the United States. Stefanie shares her early affinity for politics, including the story of how a battle over school uniforms helped show her the power of political action and community involvement.
Episode Seventeen
In this episode, Judithe is joined by Stefanie Brown James, Co-Founder of The Collective PAC, to discuss the fostering and reinforcement of Black political power in the United States. From her education at Brown, to her time with the NAACP, to her current role with The Collective, there are few people better positioned to have this discussion.
Judithe and Stefanie talk about the issues of overcoming a political system in which 90% of elected officials are white males, and 95% of prosecutors are white males. Sometimes the biggest hurdle to Black candidacy isn’t money or interest, but the fact that we don’t see ourselves as the "kind of people" who get elected.
Episode Sixteen
Episode Fifteen
On the Get InPowered Podcast, we often talk about transformation and life-altering moments. Christian Picciolini is perhaps the prime example of such a transformation. A leader of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups in his youth, Christian now works as an ambassador to help members of those communities transition out of hate and violence back into the broader community.