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"Girls will save us, heal us, and make this world a better place!"

10/08/2023
Join Sara as she chats to Reshma Saujani, activist and social entrepreneur campaigning for equal rights for women and girls. They talk about how to unlearn perfectionism through courage and how structural changes often get ignored through our focus on individuals. You can find out more about Reshma's work here: Moms First - https://momsfirst.us/ ; and Girls Who Code - https://girlswhocode.com/.
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What’s wisdom got to do with me?! | A Conversation with Dr. John Vervaeke | PART 1

01/05/2023
Faith and Madison, IB students at Ogden International School, Chicago, are joined by Dr John Vervaeke and IB Director General Olli-Pekka Heinonen for this wonderful conversation! They talk about the role of science, religion, education, and technology in helping young people to make sense of their own experience of meaningfulness and the cultivation of wisdom.
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What’s wisdom got to do with me?! | A Conversation with Dr. John Vervaeke | PART 2

01/05/2023
Faith and Madison, IB students at Ogden International School, Chicago, are joined by Dr John Vervaeke and IB Director General Olli-Pekka Heinonen for this wonderful conversation! They talk about the role of science, religion, education, and technology in helping young people to make sense of their own experience of meaningfulness and the cultivation of wisdom.
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What’s wisdom got to do with me?! | A Conversation with Dr. John Vervaeke | PART 3

01/05/2023
Faith and Madison, IB students at Ogden International School, Chicago, are joined by Dr John Vervaeke and IB Director General Olli-Pekka Heinonen for this wonderful conversation! They talk about the role of science, religion, education, and technology in helping young people to make sense of their own experience of meaningfulness and the cultivation of wisdom.
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What’s wisdom got to do with me?! | A Conversation with Dr. John Vervaeke | PART 4

01/05/2023
Faith and Madison, IB students at Ogden International School, Chicago, are joined by Dr John Vervaeke and IB Director General Olli-Pekka Heinonen for this wonderful conversation! They talk about the role of science, religion, education, and technology in helping young people to make sense of their own experience of meaningfulness and the cultivation of wisdom.
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What’s wisdom got to do with me?! | A Conversation with Dr. John Vervaeke | PART 5

01/05/2023
Faith and Madison, IB students at Ogden International School, Chicago, are joined by Dr John Vervaeke and IB Director General Olli-Pekka Heinonen for this wonderful conversation! They talk about the role of science, religion, education, and technology in helping young people to make sense of their own experience of meaningfulness and the cultivation of wisdom.
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Meet Festival of Hope partner IBlieve!

28/04/2023
The Festival of Hope has partnered with IBlieve, a non-profit organization supporting Diploma Programme (DP) students to bring youth voices into the IB community.
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Is Technology Contributing to a Better Humanity?

14/04/2023
Priya Lakhani OBE is joined by Given from UWC Atlantic College, Wales, to discuss how technology, entrepreneurship, and artificial intelligence might be a reason for hope in building toward a better humanity and what we can all do to play our part!
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Tackling Challenges, Leaving Legacies and Building Hope | Sara Mora

14/03/2023
Sara Mora is an activist and digital storyteller + founder of Population MIC/The Internet Recycler. She is committed to education, language accessibility, the power of storytelling, and decentralizing narrative in mainstream media and migrant rights. She won a lawsuit against Trump opposing anti-immigration laws. A DACA recipient herself, she has dedicated her youth to strategizing ways to support her community. Founder of @PopulationMIC.
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