The Equatorial Voices Network
invites you to be part of our
Fall Series of Four Action Dialogues
4th Fridays Sept, Oct, Nov & Dec starting with
Getry Agizah, of Kenya, on
Peaceful Post-Elections
Friday, Sept. 27, 2004
7:30 am PDT 10:30 am EDT 2:30 pm GMT 5:30 pm EAT 8:00 pm IST
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Why EVN exists
With meticulous care in how we interact with each other–and to the actionability and the efficacy of all that we commit to–we are seeking to assure that the needs and solutions, leadership and urgencies of the global South, are shared fully with each other, and that at every point we are full partners in framing, finding and scaling precisely those solutions and those strategies most essential to our survival
. . . and to our thrival!
Advancing the work of each and all
EVN members are all deeply involved in local, and often national or global actions, to increase the health of our lands and our peoples–and to connect our communities even across continents to help each other survive and, together, to overcome the planetary crisis that we are all now a part of.
The 3 buttons below are a work in progress–not yet active–as is most of the-site, except you can register here to receive word when these buttons will go live. Or , better yet, bring that day closer by joining as an EVN member and working with us to add your key content.
Our Story . . . So Far
- Founded in June 2022, we met each other as participants in a small Climate Dialogue Group (CDG) at Fielding Graduate University, in Santa Barbara, California. We were inspired by each other’s work and what it could mean to each of us–not just in money, possibly, but in strengthening our resolve and sharpening our focus and our impact.
- With the blessing and support of the original CDG group–that we’re still very much part of–we “spun off”, with our own structure, and putting together our own series of 12 dialogues, from some 10 countries (as of Fall, 2024).
- Using dialogue to go deeper–taking the time to listen, and finding the trust to ask the difficult questions, we are discovering our commonalities–and our differences. Even as we come to know and care that much more about each other, we are learning from each other’s work “on the ground” in our own countries, sharing the knowledge from our villages and cities, families, farmers and scientists, with these abroad or on zoom, colleagues and activists
- We are all climate activists and, necessarily. also human rights advocates and problem solvers, movers and teachers, Relative to the voices we seek to amplify, we are also notably privileged. Not rich–anything but–yet with access to information and technologies, contacts and opportunities, now typically doing the work needed in languages that many we care about do not speak.
- It is for them, especially, that we do this work, traveling often to both stay connected to the land on which our families and neighbors still live while also showing up wherever called to speak up for them. In these dual roles, we have the fulfillment of introducing to all these new friends and colleagues, from distant places, the lives and lands that we know. Hearing, through us, not only the voices of our people, their stories and their needs, but discovering also who they really are–delighting in their joy, heartened by their courage, and strengthened by their resourcefulness and their leadership
- As we are thus growing together, we can glimpse now–through this work that EVN makes possible, new ways we can the better help each other, all peoples, and all of life, to survive–and the more successfully, help all of our children, once again, to thrive.
EVN Stories
Here will be the recordings of all sessions–together with a map connecting them together (and laid out on another page) a. we’ll introduce EVN members and there can be links to Members own pages, blogs, etc.
EVN Voices
Here we’ll introduce EVN Members and there can be links to Members own pages, blogs, etc.
Here are a few of us, as Members, just to get this section started.
Leonida Odongo Kenya
Melani Gunilathaka Sri Lanka
Faiza Darkhani Afghanistan
EVN’s Coordinating Team
Planning meetings and events, while supporting EVN Members in the development of the mission, structure and operational capacity, the Coordinating Team is currently the primary group working to expand EVN’s reach and impact. As and in the work of each of our members & partners
Rahul Patil
INDIA
President
Getry Agizah
KENYA
Lead Facilitator
Robert M’Boizi
UGANDA
Lead Spokesman
Dr. Nancy Glock-Grueneich
USA
Partnership Development