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African filmmakers are making an impact on the world stage, and their work is resonating with audiences in the African diaspora and Latin America. This is due to a variety of factors, including the rise of independent film production in Africa, the increased interest in African stories, and the growing number of African filmmakers working in the diaspora. Many African filmmakers are exploring issues of identity, colonialism, and migration, and their films are gaining critical acclaim and reaching a wider audience #ZIFF23 #ASPIRATION5 #AfricanInspiration Telco Broadband and Beyond EcoSureZW PlayAfrikaTV DStv

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I had two of the best work meetings this week with similar messages, the oversaturation of bad news and big challenges that need to be fought make us desensitized and apathetic about the role we choose to play in those fights. We rarely have the energy or capacity to commit to big dreams and bold action anymore. Clara Campbell leads our advocacy team and she lives by this quote by Anatole France. "To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." It's hard to keep fighting the good fight when you get told no, loose funding, don't have the budget, or someone doesn't believe in your plan. Worse yet, maybe you don't believe in your plan. The Media Cause team got a big morale boost and a lesson in big dreams and bold action from the following videos and I think you will too. These projects ignite emotion; sadness, anger, and joy. Take a peek and share which one was your favorite. I get shivers every time I watch "The Greatest". 🕊 Toxic Influence: A Dove Film | Dove Self-Esteem Project (https://lnkd.in/g96ep5xq) 🌊 The Copenhagen Bench (https://lnkd.in/gqXVwkXz) 🌟 The Greatest (https://lnkd.in/g8fMqGN9) 🏝 Morning After Island (https://lnkd.in/gxb4sFEm) 🤳 Knock Knock (https://lnkd.in/geYUA_bc) 🖐🏾 See My Skin (https://lnkd.in/gzP7QhZg) 💬 Missing Matoaka (https://lnkd.in/gbdAmtvP) #nonprofit #nonprofitmarketing

Psychedelics and the subjective experience of connectedness may act on helping neurodivergent persons to reconnect to the wholeness they are. As the research progresses it will be interesting to see what is the intersection with neurodivergence and psychedelics. #dyslexia #autism #adhd #neurodivergency

Not only can you check out books at Chicago Public Library, but you can also watch movies with your neighbors with the Community Cinema program! Thanks to Free for All Chicago and donors like you, 11,000+ Chicagoans attended 2,000 free screenings in 2023. 🎥🍿💗 Learn more about the impact you are helping make possible in our Impact Report: https://lnkd.in/dbrKAP4

I was there!! I was really touched watching this Film on this day. The story of #Ngarannam is a story of hope and a reawakening of the spirit of the #nexus in our humanitarian, development, and Peacebuiding interventions. One Key Lesson I took out after watching the film is that, Regardless of the name we call ourselves (humanitarians, development actors, & peacebuilders) our work is that of stabilization of an unbalanced situation. The Humanitarian actors come in immediately there is an outbreak (the unfortunate outbreak creates an imbalance in the natural course of things.)Their actions are immediate and a form of a quick response to provide some level of stability to the situation. Humanitarian interventions at the level is timely and very significant because they save millions of lives and provide hope to the populations; a direct assurance that the world is with them. Because of the huge lacuna that might have been created by the situation, we need another actors that can provide medium and long term stability thereby complementing and cementing the work already started by the Humanitarians. these are called the Development as well as the Peace actors. And the function of these new players is to try and provide livelihood to the once displaced and troubled population due to the crises with the hope that the people can use those livelihood investments to rebuild and sustain thereby progressively restoring in a way, their Dignity, selfworth and loss. The Ngarannam story also teaches us the values of the values of collaboration and inclusion. That because our work is to serve the communities, we must first start by listening to them and asking them what they want and how can we include them in our stabilization processes. It also teaches of of the need to trust and collaborate with national governments especially the local authorities. Once they give their buy in and the communities see the joint work between us, the government and the communities, there is an assurance and a level of acceptance of whatever we have brought to offer to the people - Stabilization. Like I mentioned, whatever we do even in our own homes when we try to solve problems, when government is trying to resolve political, social and economic issues, it is a form of stabilization - Situating the overall vision of Stabilization, I would say it is a process that seeks/attempts at restituting the status quo ante bellum with the hope of restoring a people's lost glory and their Dignity as human beings. Congratulations once more UNDP UNDP West and Central Africa and a big one to Chief Njoya Tikum , Blerta Cela Chika Charles Aniekwe, PhD Laetitia Pougdiba Ouoba , Fredrick Ampiah Donor partners, #LCBC , etc for a work well done. The world and the Sahel region needs more investments in stabilization efforts, this is the surest path we have to reversing the course of crisis in the region.

Adding to my “must watch” list.