#12 ft. sophie otiende: stop saving the world, start where you are

we've been told that to save the world, we need to work at the big institutions of our time. but our current reality shows us, that this model is not working. so what is?

together with activist sophie otiende, we dive into the world of grassroots organizing and what it means to hold where we are. if you're looking to change the world, this episode is for you. we take you beyond the ngo world of big institutions, white saviorism, and international grants. to a world where your actions can actually make a change.

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intro & outro music by krakau

time stamps:

0:00 introducing sophie

01:12 what does grassroots mean?

05:14 what differentiates grassroots from insitutionalized ngos?

09:32 white saviorism in development

11:36 we've overexpanded our circumference of care

12:34 how we can actually achieve change

14:48 we need to stop working in siloes

18:56 what does the next phase of organizing look like?

20:52 tips for aspiring changemakers

22:50 leading by example

24:50 what does it mean to be human?