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JUNE 19, 2009

FORGE serves 60,000 refugees in three different refugee camps in Southern Africa, and is an official operating partner of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR ). I was in high school, I was 17 and my first trip to Africa was to Kenya with my family, just on a picture safari. Now 26, Erickson is still FORGE's Executive Director.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

Longtime Have Fun, Do Good Readers and Big Vision Podcast listeners may remember my interview with Dining for Women's Founder, Marsha Wallace, in September 2007. Over the past three years, the organization has grown and added a bunch of exciting new programs, so I asked her back to the Big Vision Podcast to talk about them.

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AUGUST 8, 2006

You can hear the interview on the Big Vision Podcast , or read the transcript below. We met some of the most incredible social movement leaders, and met Wangari Mathai, this incredible environmental leader in Kenya who ended up winning the Nobel Peace Prize several years ago. So just trying to get us to really see that.

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MAY 4, 2010

Below is an edited transcript of our conversation for the Big Vision Podcast which you can listen to online , or download from iTunes. One of the women that stands out is actually someone who participated in our 2008 training, which took place in Kenya. What is Women's Earth Alliance, and what problem you're trying to solve?

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NOVEMBER 28, 2007

I had an opportunity to interview Paola for the Big Vision Podcast, and wanted to share the transcript with you. The children are ages 6-16, and they're making huge strides by leading a national movement against child rape in Zimbabwe. She is donating 100 percent of the royalties from the book to the Global Fund for Women.

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JUNE 19, 2006

The newest Big Vision podcast is up , and it is an interview with Ilyse Hogue, the Global Finance Campaign Director for the Rainforest Action Network and one of the founders of SmartMeme , a non-profit collective of long term organizers, strategists, trainers and communications professionals.

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JUNE 30, 2007

I asked four of the women who I had previously interviewed for the Big Vision Podcast to share what brought them to their work, and their advice for the graduate and undergraduate women who attended the conference. I also produce several podcasts, one of which is called the Big Vision Podcast.

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JUNE 9, 2006

Dani Burlison-Craft is going to the 7th World Social Forum in Kenya, January 20-25, 2007. In fall of 2004, they took their children to protest the Republican National Convention. And she is recording her fundraising efforts and preparation for the trip on her blog, Dani Saves the World.

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JUNE 29, 2006

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes. Welcome to the Big Vision Podcast where we talk with individuals and organizations that are creating positive change. Britt: Thanks for listening to the Big Vision Podcast.

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APRIL 2, 2008

I had the opportunity to interview her on March 6th for the Big Vision Podcast, and have included an edited transcript of the interview below. Almost nowhere else in the world can you go and find the range of nationalities, ethnicities, race, language and backgrounds that you have here--not to mention the delicious food.

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