Walk Talk Listen Podcast

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Vy Nguyen (episode 24)

Vy Nguyen is Executive Director at Week of Compassion with the Disciples of Christ (Christian Church). He places special emphasis on connecting younger generations to the faith-based humanitarian and development work. Vy formerly served as a CWS staff member in the fundraising office based in Northern California. A former refugee himself, he not only shares his experience of fleeing his country of birth Vietnam, but also asks us to imagine what a life would be during which you don't really know what tomorrow will bring.
 
For more information about his organization, go to www.weekofcompassion.org. Or follow them on twitter or instagram.
 
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Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Kristin Andrus (episode 23)

Kristin Andrus was born and raised in California, US but lives in Utah now. She calls herself the Chief Culture Officer in her home to 6 kids, but she is also known as an exercise maniac (she is behind Free YouTube Home Workout) and is a virtual mentor of many of her social media followers (84K instagram followers). She also partakes in the company Traeger grills which is led by her husband, CEO Jeremy Andrus. Last but not least, Kristin is passionate about philanthropy and there is hardly any day that she is not trying to help, mentor and work with people who are less fortunate. Her energy is contagious and uplifting and always speaks from her heart, also in this podcast. She ends the podcast with a very important tip for all of us.
 
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Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Abhay Singh Sachal (episode 22)

In July 2016, Abhayjeet Singh Sachal traveled to the Arctic through the Students on Ice Foundation.  Upon returning from the expedition, he looked into the issue more. Inuit suicide rates are 11 times the national average. In general, Aboriginal communities suffer while the rest of Canada thrives. The personal connections he made during the expedition were all so strong that he realized he needed to do something about these issues affecting his new friends. After brainstorming possible solutions to the issue with his brother, Sukhmeet Singh Sachal, they came up with Break The Divide - an international network of students that would connect, communicate, and create change. At present Abhay is a student at the University of Toronto and continuous to lead Break The Divide while also being an activist and pianist. You can follow him on instagram, twitter, facebook and listen to his own podcast Different Boat, Same Storm.
 
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Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Rafael Malpica Padilla (episode 21)

The Rev. Rafael Malpica Padilla is executive director for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Division for Global Mission and oversees a global program in more than 70 countries with 300 missionaries and volunteers, 47 division staff based in the US and annual expenditures of $29 million. Raised in Puerto Rico with Spanish as his first language, Rafael's life, faith and ministry have been shaped in the context of global mission. Rev. Malpica Padilla is an articulate theologian and he has served as associate executive director for the Division for Global Mission since May 2002.  From 1993 to 2002, he was the division's program
director for Latin America and Cuba.  He served as bishop of the ELCA Caribbean Synod from 1987 to 1993.. The synod's main office is located in Dorado, Puerto Rico.  From 1981 to 1987, he was parish pastor of Iglesia Luterana Reconciliacion, Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Rafael earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Puerto Rico, Carolina, Puerto Rico, in 1977 and a master of divinity degree from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia in 1981.  In 1989 he received a doctorate in divinity "Honoris Causa" from Newberry College, Newberry, S.C. He and his wife, Luz D. Marzan, are the parents of three children   Rafael, Felix Javier and Karla Marie.  He is a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, Crystal Lake, Ill.
 
This is about alternative reality, naval gazing, don quixote and more. 
 
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Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Chris Dorsey (episode 20)

Chris Dorsey currently serves as President of Higher Education & Leadership  Ministries for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), based in Indianapolis,  IN. An ordained Disciples minister, Dorsey received his Bachelor of Science from  the University of Texas at Austin and earned a Master of Divinity from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary. He is a Ph.D. candidate at the Divinity School  of the University of Chicago. Chris has taught at a variety of academic and theological institutions and  previously served as a local church pastor, university chaplain at Clark Atlanta University, and as the  vice president of development and marketing at Chicago Theological Seminary. Previously, he served  as assistant professor of theology and preaching at Western Theological Seminary, where he taught  classes on Preaching Foundations; Race, Culture, and Reconciliation; Theologizing Violence; and the  Theologies of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Luther King, Jr.  He currently leads a ministry that works with higher education and leadership development  programs. Part of his work with young adults includes helping young people connect with opportunities  to give and to serve the common good. He is also part of the CWS Incubation Lab and will be a board member of CWS in 2021. In this podcast, Chris shares his experience as a result of working with youth as emerging leaders and explains about re-coalescing i.e the need to be able to make room for previous and present perspectives and opinions. We discuss about the topics the younger generation is concerned about and we discover what Chris worries about and he would walk 100 miles for. Chris is rather pessimistic on building on our interconnectedness, but there is still a lot to be hopeful about after listening to his perspective.
 
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Virtual Walk Talk Listen with David Beckmann (episode 19)

David Beckmann is President Emeritus of Bread for the World and Founder and President Emeritus of the Alliance to End Hunger. David is working in new ways for political and spiritual change to move us out of the pandemic in a way that includes progress against hunger and poverty.  As President of Bread for the World 1991-2020, he led millions of people in successful advocacy with Congress. He was awarded the World Food Prize for his contribution to the world’s progress against hunger.  David sees the liberation of hundreds of millions of people from poverty over the last generation as an experience of our loving God and an invitation to do our part. In this podcast, I ask David to elaborate on his view on the Sustainable Development Goals (more known as Global Goals) especially with regard to the US. He  also shares his view on the status of US politics and has advice on that will require a lot of work from all. Consider subscribing to his website, if you want posts and other news emailed to you about his work. He hopes you will share your thoughts and insights, so that you learn from each other. David is a big fan of my organization and we are thankful for his "commercial" during this episode.
 
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Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Isabella Alexander-Nathani (episode 18)

Isabella Alexander-Nathani is an award-winning writer, filmmaker, educator, and human rights activist. Trained as a cultural anthropologist, her work is motivated by her belief that storytelling has the power to humanize complex political issues and bring positive social change. Her latest book, Burning at Europe’s Borders (Oxford University Press, 2020) and related documentary film The Burning (Small World Films, 2021) uncovered the human sides of our global migrant and refugee crisis. She currently serves as Founder and CEO of Small World Films, a non-profit production studio, which uses grounded research and social impact storytelling to lift the voices of marginalized populations to the global stage and fight for international policy change. Her book, her film and this interview occur as we're standing in the middle of the largest humanitarian crisis of our time with nearly 1 in every 100 people in the world has been forced to flee their home. Over half of those who are displaced are children. Those fleeing war and extreme poverty across the African continent make up the largest population of migrants and refugees. This story is about people with names and Isabella brings to life the untold story of Africa's migrant and refugee crisis. For more information check out her website.
 
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Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Tom Hampson (episode 17)

Tom Hampson spent 31 years working for CWS, first as associate director of their Global Education Office and then serving in various capacities in the areas of communications, marketing and fundraising. He retired from CWS in 2014 and returned to the town where he had grown up, Modesto, California.
 
While he was baptized into the Catholic Church, Tom's religious upbringing was more ecumenical since his dad was Methodist and his mom was Catholic. He attended the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana earning a Bachelor’s and later a Master’s degree in Theology. His interest in things religious was sparked by a sophomore year spent in Japan, where he studied Buddhism and Japanese culture.
 
After his retirement from CWS, he graduated from the School for Deacons at CDSP in Berkeley in May of 2019, and was ordained to the vocational Diaconate on November 16th at the Cathedral in Fresno. At present he is the Deacon at St. John the Baptist in Lodi, California. Tom also serves as the Co-Chair of the Immigration Commission for the Diocese and Episode 17 of our podcast Walk Talk Listen will reveal, he is still very active in his community and still trying to walk the talk. Please don't forget to like, review, share our podcast that you can find via: walktalklisten.podbean.com or Spotify, Itunes, Google Podcast or Audible/Amazon. And yes, as Tom says, you can still support the 100 mile campaign by going to www.100mile.org or by directly going to the campaign page. You can also follow and like us via twitter, facebook or instagram.