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Kumi Naidoo, Leading Into Battle Toward a Sustainable Future

April 19, 2015 / David Castro

Kumi Naidoo is a global activist and the Executive Director of Greenpeace International. Since its founding more than 43 years ago, Greenpeace has pioneered the journey toward an energy revolution, disarmament and peace, the defense of our oceans, the protection of ancient forests and a toxic-free future. The organization is active in more than 40 countries around the world, speaking for more than 2.8 million supporters globally. Kumi's leadership is rooted in years of activism, beginning with his involvement in the anti-apartheid movement years ago in his native South Africa.

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Tune into the interview with Kumi and click through the corresponding slideshow below...

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Ideas Unbound: Kailash Satyarthi and the Global March Against Child Labor

November 02, 2014 / David Castro

A dialogue with Nobel Peace Prize winner and Ashoka Fellow Kailash Satyarthi, a human-rights activist from India who has led the rescue of over 78,000 child slaves, and developed a successful model for their education and rehabilitation. Kailash has founded the single largest civil-society network for exploited children, the Global March Against Child Labor. Global March is a worldwide coalition of NGOs, teachers’ unions and trade unions. (This is a rebroadcast of our interview from this past March, in which Kailash Satyarthi talks about the longstanding work that led up to the Nobel Peace Prize last month.)

Global March Against Child Labor on Facebook

Global March Against Child Labor on Twitter

Tune into the interview with Kailash and click through the corresponding slideshow below....