For today’s episode, guest host Bert Zipperer is joined in the studio by Geraldine Paredes Vásquez and Bill Baldon of YWCA Madison to discuss issues of racial equity and the collaborative work of fostering justice in our communities. Geraldine (Gery) Paredes Vásquez is the Race and Gender Equity Director at YWCA Madison. Between 2013 and […]
United World Colleges Brings Together People And Cultures Through Educ...
Geraldine Paredes Vasquez and Laurie Frank join guest host Bert Zipperer to discuss the United World Colleges, a world-wide system of 18 schools that bring students from 149 nations together for the final two years of high school in a boarding school setting. UWC was started by Kurt Hahn, a refugee from Nazi Germany, as a […]
Geraldine Paredes Vasquez reflects on time in Madison
On today’s A Public Affair, guest host Bert Zipperer takes a moment to reflect on Madison – to dive into the similarities and uniquenesses of our struggles, challenges and opportunities in dismantling racism, colonized thinking, and other forms of state and social violence impacting our everyday lives. Who do we need to be for each […]