Sheldon Gilbert, entrepreneur and founder of Kura Labs, a cloud infrastructure computing training and job placement non-profit academy for under-served communities, discusses how alternative education paths will empower marginalized communities.
Host: Marie-Line Germain, Ph.D.
Mixing: Kelly Minnis

Ep. 084 - Alternative education paths to empower marginalized communities - Sheldon Gilbert

Nirasha Piyawadani, a freelance journalist in Sri Lanka, covered the issues facing marginalized communities during the pandemic. In this interview, she reviewed what it is like to practice journalism in this region, especially the challenges facing freelance journalists and women journalists. Ethnic tensions, job insecurity, political corruption, and discrimination against minorities and women, are a few issues highlighted in this conversation.

Nirasha Piyawadani, Oral History Interview, 2023

In this interview, Fitt recalled the ground situation in Lebanon and the extreme caution and effort it took her to photograph vulnerable communities during lockdowns. Her projects depicted the overwhelming and devastating scenes in the ICU Wards, the food distribution among the underprivileged communities in the south of Lebanon, and other high-profile events. She also recalled the extraordinary experience of photographing a wedding ceremony out of town during a total lockdown. She also commented on local public attitudes toward journalists, collegial relationships, and challenges facing women journalists in this area. She ended the interview with uplifting advice to future generations of journalists.

Elizabeth Fitt, Oral History Interview, 2023

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