Norman is a multiple award-winning African American musician, university and conservatory professor, whose life story embodies the history of the struggle for justice and equality in the US. He has won multiple gold records and a Grammy. He has travelled the world with artists like Tina Turner, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Santana, Billy Paul, Muhammad Ali, Eddie Harris, David Bowie, Les McCann, …
Rhea Lobo is an international award-winning filmmaker with a background in health journalism, a Tuberculosis (TB) survivor and is also a Board Member of UNOPS’ Stop TB Partnership in Geneva. She is a strong TB advocate and co-founder of Bolo Didi (Translation: Say Sister), an informal network of women TB survivors in India that help …
We are so delighted to have documentary director Anita Mathal Hopland as our next guest speaker at the Crossing Borders Food for Thought. Anita is behind the CPH:DOX awarded documentary "Moosa Lane”, about her encounter with her Pakistani family and their life - shot over the course of the last 15 years. The film is …
Karen Blincoe has dedicated her entire life to researching sustainability. To that end, she used the COVID lockdown to write her PhD about sustainability. The PhD has recently been published as a book titled "Achieving Sustainability: The Ultimate Human Challenge." In addition to her sustainability work, Karen is a designer and founder of the ICIS …
Golo Joachim Pilz is a prominent member of the worldwide spiritual organisation at Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India. He is an experienced meditation teacher who lectures on a wide range of spiritual and environmental topics and has travelled to more than 75 countries. He advocates for sustainable solutions through an ethical and value-based approach. Golo is …
How can we encourage youth engagement in politics? That is a question for Marek Azoulay Jorgensen. With his diverse background in NGOs, the EU, democracy, and youth engagement, Marek aims to foster more debate in our society and educate young people about democratic behaviors, particularly online. "I think that if we young people drop the …
No, you’re not dreaming, Morten Meldal, professor of chemistry at the University of Copenhagen, is also a Nobel Prize Laureate for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry in 2022. Kind of lost here? It’s okay, Morten Meldal will explain everything to you and especially the importance of chemistry in our lives. Throughout his …
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We work for a fairer and more sustainable world. We do that by empowering young people around the world to take leadership for a positive change socially, economically, and politically.
