Excellent point on the engagement of trauma survivors as activists for justice

Feel it. http://surfaceyourrealself.com/2015/11/10/an-interview-with-dr-rachel-yehuda-on-responding-to-stress-surfaceyourrealself/

This is very pertinent right now, the trauma, stress transmitted to unborn children of refugees, widows, wives of missing, rape victims, victims of forced underage marriage.   On top of the stress hormones many of these babies born as refugees are stateless. Huge disadvantages adding to the trauma post conflict stress of their single mothers. How can we address this relationship, children born of rape, or to traumatised migrant mothers? Laws , like the Children's Convention, do not begin to address this .

This podcast asked the question, what is considered legitimate knowledge within the development studies field? It explores the role of the 'Journal Impact Factor' in solidifying existing north-south hierarchies and how funding affects the kind of research produced. It discusses the role of CODESRIA and considers how language hierarchies and barriers shape who can speak about African countries within international academia.

Notes and references: 

Hoffmann, Nimi. “The Knowledge Commons, Pan-Africanism, and Epistemic Inequality: A Study of CODESRIA.” Rhodes University; Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Social and Economic Research, 2018. https://commons.ru.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:27764?site_name=Rhodes%20University.

Okere, Theophilus. “Is There One Science, Western Science?” Africa Development 30, no. 3 (December 15, 2005). doi:10.4314/ad.v30i3.22227.

Citing Africa Podcast - Series 3

Episode 1 - Who Owns Knowledge: the Politics of Knowledge Production

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/20/ada-limon-dead-stars/

Music: Bach Cello Suite No. 4 in E Flat, performed by Seraband Bourree (public domain)

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

"Dead Stars" by Ada Limón

In episode 57, Zen Buddhist monk Brother Phap Huu and leadership coach and journalist Jo Confino are joined by Clover Hogan, climate activist and founder of the Force of Nature NGO. Together, they discuss activism in times of emerging polycrisis, dealing with growing anxiety, empowering young activists, and turning despair into fuel for change in the climate movement (and beyond) - at both collective and individual levels. 

Clover Hogan is a 24-year-old climate activist, researcher on eco-anxiety, and the founding Executive Director of Force of Nature - a youth non-profit mobilizing mindsets for climate action. She has worked alongside the world’s leading authorities on sustainability, consulted in the boardrooms of Fortune 50 companies, and helped students in more than 50 countries take action. Clover has taken the stage alongside global change-makers such as Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva, and interviewed the 14th Dalai Lama, while her TED Talk has been viewed almost two million times. 

In addition, Clover shares about her first retreats in Plum Village (and why it is her favorite place on Earth) and how Thay's teachings have impacted her activism; the pressure, as a teen activist, “to be optimistic and determined”; stepping out of her “bubble of climate privilege”; avenues to creating a regenerative organizational culture; the collective consciousness of the youth movement; lessons learnt from running Force of Nature; stories from the COP Climate Change Conferences; fear, disillusionment, and despair in the climate movement; working with intentionality; old practices for new activism; why a spiritual practice is essential; and much more. 

Brother Phap Huu and Jo contribute leadership guidance from different perspectives; relevant stories from Thich Nhat Hanh’s own activism; teachings from Buddhism and Engaged Buddhism; advice about accessing the wisdom already inside us all; and mindful ways and practical tools for engaging with ‘the other side’ and showing up in a world in crisis - as an activist, but also in other roles.

The episode ends with a guided meditation from the online Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet course produced by the Plum Village community. 

Thank you for listening. 

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🔔 The Way Out Is In: The Zen Art of Living is a podcast series mirroring Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s deep teachings of Buddhist philosophy: a simple yet profound methodology for dealing with our suffering, and for creating more happiness and joy in our lives. 🔔

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The podcast is co-produced by the Plum Village App:
https://plumvillage.app/
And Global Optimism:
https://globaloptimism.com/
With support from the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation: 
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Resources:

Thich Nhat Hanh ➛ https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/  
🎙️ Clover Hogan ➛ https://www.cloverhogan.com/
🎙️ Brother Phap Huu ➛ https://plumvillage.org/people/dharma-teachers/br-phap-huu/ 
🎙️ Jo Confino ➛ https://www.instagram.com/joconfino/
  
The Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet online retreat ➛ https://plumvillage.org/courses/zen-and-the-art-of-saving-the-planet 
Dharma Talks: ‘True Love and the Four Noble Truths’ ➛ https://plumvillage.org/library/dharma-talks/true-love-and-the-four-noble-truths 
Retreats Calendar ➛ https://plumvillage.org/retreats/retreats-calendar#filter=.region-eu 
The Organic Happy Farms ➛ https://plumvillage.org/community/happy-farm 
‘51 Mental Formations’ ➛ https://plumvillage.org/transcriptions/51-mental-formation 
The Stonewall uprising ➛ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots 
Hollyhock ➛ https://hollyhock.ca/ 
Dharma Talks: ‘Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels’ ➛ https://plumvillage.org/library/dharma-talks/taking-refuge-in-the-three-jewels-sr-chan-duc-spring-retreat-2018-05-20 
‘The Pebble Meditation’ ➛ https://plumvillage.org/articles/news/the-pebble-meditation

Mindful Activism: From Anxiety to Agency | TWOII podcast | Episode #57

Often quoted, but rarely interviewed, Mary Oliver is one of our greatest and most beloved poets. At 79, she honors us with an intimate conversation on the wisdom of the world, the salvation of poetry, and the life behind her writing.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/mary-oliver-listening-to-the-world/7267


"Franz Marc's Blue Horses" by Mary Oliver

Genetics describes DNA sequencing, but epigenetics sees that genes can be turned on and off and expressed differently through changes in environment and behavior. Rachel Yehuda is a pioneer in understanding how the effects of stress and trauma can transmit biologically, beyond cataclysmic events, to the next generation. She has studied the children of Holocaust survivors and of pregnant women who survived the 9/11 attacks. But her science is a form of power for flourishing beyond the traumas large and small that mark each of our lives and those of our families and communities.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/rachel-yehuda-how-trauma-and-resilience-cross-generations/7786

Rachel Yehuda — How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations

@AmandaPalmer reads Jane Kenyon's sublime poem of living with and through depression. Originally recorded for Brain Pickings. Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/09/27/having-it-out-with-melancholy-jane-kenyon-amanda-palmer/

September 27, 2017

Amanda Palmer reads "Having It Out With Melancholy" by Jane Kenyon

The Flowering Of Human Consciousness |  Eckhart Tolle  2004

The Flowering Of Human Consciousness |  Eckhart Tolle

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/04/16/zadie-smith-reads-frank-ohara/

Zadie Smith reads "Animals" by Frank O'Hara

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/12/17/sarah-kay-astronaut-whitman/

Recorded at "The Universe in Verse: The Astronomy of Walt Whitman," hosted by Maria Popova and Pioneer Works on Governors Island, October 26, 2019. Portraiture by Rowan Renee / Brooklyn Tintype.

Sarah Kay performs "Astronaut"

September 2016, The Matang Range, Sarawak, Borneo.

Pool ( Dusk to night )

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/12/31/new-years-eve-rebecca-elson/

"Futura Vecchia, New Year's Eve" by Rebecca Elson (read by Maria Popova)

Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

Rachel Yehuda — How Trauma and Resilience Cross Generations

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