Be A Global Citizen!
Episodes
22. VCE interview #3: Alex Munro
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the third interview with a VCE alumnus and it is a fantastic conversation with Alex Munro. Alex is a teacher who has experience in special edu...
21. Gandhi, King, Ikeda: Community Builders
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gandhi, King, and Ikeda have contributed to transforming society and the world through non violence. What can be said about the contributions of each ...
20. America Will Be! : Dialogue between Harding and Ikeda
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The current moment in American history is one of heightened racial tensions and political polarization. However, the deep roots of discrimination and ...
19. The Spirit of Abstraction
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What allows a person to kill? What enables humans to treat the planet like a commodity? What stokes the fear we feel as a nation in moments of crisis?...
18. VCE interview #2: Nitesh Sil
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Here is the second interview from the incredible Value Creating Education (VCE) cohort that I graduated with. Today I speak with Nitesh Sil about his ...
17. Planetary Citizenship: Dialogue between Henderson and Ikeda
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For over four decades, Ikeda has engaged numerous world leaders and experts as a way to explore new models and approaches to spreading seeds of hope a...
16. Sustainability and GC #1
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainability has indeed become a buzz word in our current times. We take for granted just how important this term is for addressing larger global co...
Season 2 trailer of Be A Global Citizen!
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let's dive into more episodes and interviews of Be A Global Citizen! with Season 2. I'm excited to jump back into the swing of things with weekly epis...
15. Peace Proposal Conversation with Andrew Gebert (2021)
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The annual peace proposals that Ikeda writes to the UN are significant in our discussions on Soka global citizenship. On today’s episode, I speak wi...
14. Cultivating the Poetic Spirit
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We were all poets at one point in our lives. The carefree demeanor of a child and the insatiable curiosity that comes with youth are emblematic of thi...
13. VCE interview #1: Lynn Harper
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I'm excited to kick off a new series of interviews on the podcast with the help of my former classmates. In 2019, I graduated with a masters of educat...
12. History and GC #1
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
History is alive! It is happening right now. And no, we are not doomed for! In this episode, I introduce the theme of history and how it is vital for ...
11. Ikeda Peace Proposals
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The act of writing a peace proposal is powerful. When you sustain this action over the course of 38 years, you can imagine that people will take notic...
10. Humanitarian Competition
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a competitive person? Would you agree that our current notions of competition are positive indicators of a society that values each person? Th...
9. The Soka Movement for Global Citizenship
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is a movement happening and you are a part of it! Let's learn more about what the Soka movement has to say on global citizenship. This episode s...
8. Community Service and GC #1
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When was the last time you did community service? How would you define it? And how can we understand the role of global citizenship through our effort...
7. Thoughts on the Ikeda Forum
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What does value creation mean in your life? How does one apply value creation? Is value creation the right framework to address the current realities ...
6. Thoughts on Lehigh's GCE conference
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Responsibility, Intensity, Creativity: Global Citizenship Education and the Crises of 2020. This was the title of Lehigh University's online global ci...
5. Two Strands of Cosmopolitanism
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Learning from our differences is hard work. It can be frustrating when we are faced with a person who does not seem to share the same beliefs and valu...
4. The Complicated Neologism
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Let's begin to unpack the question: What is global citizenship? There are many notions of what is global citizenship and this episode offers greater i...
3. Three Qualities of a Global Citizen
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we look at what Ikeda views to be the 3 essential qualities of a global citizen. The main reference for our discussion comes from Ike...
2. Ikeda, the World Citizen
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, I discuss how Daisaku Ikeda embodies the idea of a 'citizen of the world.' From his humble origins to the numerous, decades-long peac...
Be A Global Citizen! (Trailer)
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas