Global Activism

Global Activism features individuals with Chicago ties who want to make the world a better place. Listen live on Thursdays or subscribe to the Global Activism podcast. If you know someone to nominate for the series, fill out this form. And mark your calendars: join us Saturday, April 28, 2012 at UIC Forum for the 5th Annual Global Activism Expo. Click here for details.

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Bringing music, art and English to an Indonesian orphanage

How does a white girl from Chicago get interested in teaching music to orphans in Indonesia? Music for Lombok co-founder Kat Vallera explains.

Global Activism: Vanavevhu works for economic stability in Zimbabwe

On today's Global Activism segment, Chicagoan Elizabeth Mhangami, the founder of Vanavevhu: Children of the Soil returns. Recently back from Zimbabwe, she gives an update on what's happening in her native country and about her organization's new initiative called "Theory of Change."

Tikodane Community Centre brings eco-tourism to Zambia

Worldview catches up with Elke Kroeger-Radcliffe, founder of the Tikondane Community Centre. The center is located in Katete, a small town in the eastern province of Zambia. Tikondane sponsors a community school, adult education and eco-tourism programs.

Global Activism: Chicago bird conservationists restore winter habitats

Community Cloud Forest Conservation works to alleviate poverty and protect Guatemala’s tropical cloud forests. The organization supports a range of projects that include education, reforestation, community development and bird monitoring.

Volunteer in Zambia—via Groupon

Spark Ventures is a Chicago-based non-profit that partners with grassroots organizations to serve children in poverty. The group is working on providing nutrition, education and health care to those in need in rural Zambia—and have partnered with Groupon to do it.

Global Activism: Gus Zuehlke works to bring internet access to Uganda and South Sudan

Battery Operated Systems for Community Outreach (BOSCO) is an all-volunteer not-for-profit group that works to bring internet to isolated rural areas in Northern Uganda and South Sudan.

Global Activism: Colombia Vive Chicago helps internally displaced women in Colombia

Nearly 60% of Colombia's millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) are women. Many of these women lost not only their homes, but also their husbands, brothers and sons to ongoing violence. Colombian women have suffered through torture, rape and numerous other abuses.

Global Activism: Mailisita foundation teaching kids in Tanzania

It’s Thursday and time for our Global Activism segment. Each Thursday, we hear about someone who’s decided to make the world a better place.In 2010, Terry Mulligan taught in the Mailisita community in Moshi, Tanzania.

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