Our Voices 624: Women observe World Refugee Day, champion each other - June 21, 2024
On this week’s edition of Our Voices, we focus on this year’s World Refugee Day commemorations and how resources are availed to women and girls.
Guest’s include Mary Maker, UNHCR’s Global Goodwill Ambassador, and Lourena Gboeah, a Liberian refugee and the Program Director of Upwardly Global.
Season 4, Ep 01: From Kakuma to the World: Mary Maker's Advocacy for Refugee Education
This episode originally aired as part of the Women Igniting Change® podcast. While it reflects the foundational work that shaped this journey, The Audacity Tapes represents a deeper, bolder evolution of these conversations — centered on truth, conviction, and courage.
Original episode description …
Mary Maker, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
Mary Maker is a South Sudanese refugee and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador. She is also an actress, a fashion lover, and a writer. After fleeing her war-torn country as a child, Mary found safety at the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, where she was able to at…
Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me) | Mary Maker
After fleeing war-torn South Sudan as a child, Mary Maker found security and hope in the school at Kenya's Kakuma Refugee Camp. Now as a teacher of young refugees herself, she sees education as an essential tool for rebuilding lives -- and empowering a generation of girls who are too often denied e…
Gravitational Pull: From Period Products to Our New North Star
S4E3 — Personal Connections: Period Products, Climate Poetry, and a Ritual for the Next North Star
In this episode, the threads of community, justice, climate imagination, and art weave through three distinct yet deeply connected stories.
Today’s show comes in three parts:
Part One: The Secret Wor…
Ep.5: Mary Maker Journey
This episode explores Mary Maker’s journey to the U.S. - from navigating college life to carrying heavy family financial responsibilities - and the pivotal wake-up call that pushed her to prioritize herself, build systems, and take control of her financial health
Ep.4: Financial Boundaries with Mary Maker
We sat down with the incredible Mary Maker, goodwill ambassador, poet, writer, model, and social entrepreneur, and one of the most change makers we know. In this heartfelt conversation, Mary opens up about her journey as a first-generation student in the United States: the weight of navigating coll…
Born into War, Built for Change: Mary Maker on Refugee Education and Opportunity
Episode Summary
When Mary Maker fled South Sudan as a child, she carried little more than memories, trauma, and the hope of survival.
Today, she is a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, TEDx speaker, education activist, and co-founder of Elimisha Kakuma, a university preparation program helping refugee stu…
Launching a new life from a refugee camp, with Mary Maker - UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
War is Mary Maker's earliest memory. Born in South Sudan and named Nyiriak — meaning "war" — she spent her youth living and working in one of the world's largest refugee camps. Now a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, she is raising her voice on behalf of those she left behind, h…
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