What do a community elder in the West Bank and a high school student from the south side of Chicago have in common?
What about an educator in Lahore and a human rights attorney living in an urban kibbutz? Or Israeli musicians and the first Muslim elected to the Portland, Maine, city council?
Find out in our new radio documentary series, Inspired, which just launched to rave reviews last week.
Journalists Marisa Mazria Katz and Bilal Qureshi have traveled the globe, meeting seven uncommon changemakers whose commitment to improving their corners of the world grows from a single, common seed. And listeners travel with them … to a dinner amongst friends on a rooftop in Lahore, an LGBT pride parade outside of Tel Aviv, the principal’s office in a Chicago high school, a music studio in Jaffa, the memorial to a Palestinian poet, and the shores of Pleasant Lake in Maine.
The stories of these educators, artists, politicians, and activists who are all challenging the status quo are available now on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Play.
Download the series and find out why listeners are saying Inspired is “a critical counterpoint to the doomsday news cycle” and “gives me hope for a better world.”
(And if you love the music you hear at the beginning and end of each episode, thank GATHER Fellow Arnon who created the soundtrack especially for this series. He’s also featured in the final episode of Inspired, using his stage name, Sun.)
We hope you are inspired by this series, and will share it widely. #GetInspired
The audio insights are fantastic. Conversation and dialogue breaks down barriers of injustices to lead towards Peace. Little steps can make a difference. Inspired.