Weanne Estrada
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 15 Jul
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And that can be as simple as involving them in program design or as practical as giving people options in how they access services.
We're not just giving them, hey, this is what we want you to do, but we give them a voice.
Maybe we even have seen refugee communities where the people, the refugees in the communities, they're actually given roles where they're the ones who provide training to people.
Maybe they were teachers in the past.
And so we give them opportunities to teach at these camps.
And so giving them this sense of purpose, giving them this sense of agency is a big way to give them some dignity that they might have lost in the journey for them to get here.
My message for listeners, I think, is to really reconsider how we think about people who are going through different circumstances.
We often see refugees, displaced individuals, in ways that are very one-dimensional.
Like they're just recipients of aid, but they're actually people who are incredibly resourceful, who are problem solving every day, who are supporting each other, who are actively trying to rebuild their lives.
So I think when we start looking at people that way, that shift is really critical, not just for dignity, but also for effectiveness.
And I wanted actually, Tony, to quote, when preparing to speak to you on this podcast, I listened to your song that I believe like this podcast title was based on your song of Why Not Me.
And I know that those lyrics that you have in that song, you had specifically dedicated it to the autism community.
But while I was listening to it, I couldn't help but think that
You could have also just written this song about refugee communities as well.
Because when you talk about mountains that have to be climbed or like oceans that need to be crossed, these are literally and figuratively the things that refugees have to overcome, right?
They need to get to the other side of the mountain.
They literally have to cross oceans so they can see the dream that they have and realize and get away from the dangers that they have and experience the
reach the goals that they have for themselves.
So I think looking at refugees from that perspective as people who are overcomers rather than as people who are victims, I hope that's what listeners take away.
Thank you so much for having me.
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