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Showing videos filed under: Congo
Simon Kashama: Songs from the Congo
March 11, 2010Simon Kashama learned English listening to music like the Rolling Stones and James Brown--he was born in the Congo but spent his childhood in Belgium. Through his music and his theater work--starring in Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer prize winning play 'Ruined'--he aims to raise awareness of the situation in the Congo, and he joined us in studio recently to play two of his songs.Militarizing Haiti, Simon Kashama, and David Paterson's Troubles
March 10, 2010Arun Gupta joins guest host Esther Armah in the studio, along with Reverend Osagyefo Sekou, who just returned from Haiti, to talk about the rebuilding effort underway and how people in the U.S. can help make sure Haiti is rebuilt for the Haitian people.International Women's Day: Still Work To Do
March 9, 2010Monday, March 8 is International Women's Day, a holiday (in some countries--but not the U.S.) honoring the contributions of women around the world. While we pause to celebrate achievements, we also have to talk about how far we have yet to go to achieve true equality.International Women's Day, Vanishing Bees, and From Grass to Cheese
March 8, 2010Monday, March 8 is International Women's Day, a holiday (in some countries--but not the U.S.) honoring the contributions of women around the world. While we pause to celebrate achievements, we also have to talk about how far we have yet to go to achieve true equality.Kambale Musavuli: The World Needs Congo
December 17, 2009The democratic Republic of the Congo is literally and figuratively the heart of Africa. The country of 65 million people straddles the equator and is bordered by 9 other countries. It is the size of Western Europe and the fulcrum on which the entire African continent swings. Barack Obama proclaims, “If Africa is to achieve its promise resolving the problem in the Congo will be critical.”Fixing Capitalism, Public Housing, and Kambale Musavuli
December 16, 2009Breaking News: Citigroup is getting more tax breaks, and Ben Bernanke is Time’s Person of the Year. The recession's over! Not so fast.Can We Turn Pain to Power in the Congo?
November 27, 2009It's a heartwrenching story: more than five million dead and rape is used to terrorize the population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where spillover from the Rwandan conflict has led to the ongoing violence of daily life despite an official ceasefire. And minerals like coltan, used in your laptop or cell phone as well as aerospace technologies, are funding the violence. We all use cell phones and computers, but what can we do to stop supporting the horrific abuse of women and children in the Congo?Turning Pain to Power: Change in the Congo, Melody Gardot & Indigenous Youth Delegation to Palestine
November 26, 2009A few weeks ago, we spoke with activists around the world who struggle for basic human rights. Everywhere you turn, the same corporate interests, the same apathetic or outright hostile governments--it's enough to drive social justice activists to despair. Instead of giving up, though, plenty of people figure out ways to keep going, to draw energy from the oppression and pain and to win victories against incredible odds. Sometimes their work seems overwhelming, but it's people like them who make us at GRITtv thankful this holiday season. We bring you that show and hope you enjoy another look at these inspiring people.Bodies as Battlefields: Yoga in Rwanda
November 13, 2009When Deirdre Summerbell was approached about teaching yoga to the women in Rwanda, she was skeptical, but she decided to try it. “Yoga is slow medicine but it is medicinal in character," she says now of Project Air, where she helps women and girls reconnect with their bodies and heal their spirits. Summerbell joined us in the GRITtv studio to talk about her project and her plans to expand it into the Congo and other areas of the world, like Gaza and Afghanistan.Real Questions, Bodies as Battlefields and From Baghdad to Brooklyn
November 12, 2009Why aren't reporters asking the real questions? That's what our media panelist Rose Aguilar asked today, and it's a valid question.
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