How Can We Amplify Marginalized Voices?
How Can We Amplify Marginalised Voices? is now live on the Hope. Act. Thrive podcast with our special guest, Xoli Fuyani.
Why you’ll want to listen to this episode.
“It's very important that we keep…creating spaces where the Global South children can share their stories and influence policies so that we can start to change that narrative and create the agency around us acting on this crisis,” says Xoli Fuyani, youth climate educator and founder of Black Girls Rising.
In this conversation we talk about connecting marginalised kids to nature, amplifying the voices of marginalized communities, and what a future defined by environment and social justice could look like.
This episode is supported by Our Kids Climate, a network of parents from across the world who are uniting to protect the kids we love from the climate crisis. Check out the links below to learn more about Our Kids Climate.
Why we were thrilled to chat with Xoli.
Xoli lives in Cape Town, South Africa and has extensive experience in supporting youth-led and intergenerational grassroots activism, mentoring young girls and women, and connecting young children with nature. She works with pre-schoolers to grandmothers, supporting them to feel empowered and take action in their local community.
Among many hats, Xoli is the founder of Black Girls Rising and serves as climate education lead at the youth-led African Climate Alliance. She supports diverse intergenerational communities from marginalized backgrounds in her hometown of Cape Town. She is mentoring some of the youth leaders involved in the landmark climate litigation case against the government in South Africa. Xoli was part of the mother-led delegation that went to COP26 and is a 2021 climate-parent fellow.
Words from Xoli you won’t want to miss.
“It's very important that we keep…creating spaces where the Global South children can share their stories and influence policies so that we can start to change that narrative and create the agency around us acting on these crises.”
“The onus is on us as adults to really empower the young children to own their voices and to speak up.”
“I have a choice to sit and be comfortable with how I live or I can make a noise and do something to change the situation.”
How can you listen?
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