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Faith and Leadership Journeys of Inspiring Global Women

Thirty-eight years after her family’s escape from Laos, Chiraphone was led to return to her birthland to serve among her people. Her dream and vision is to live alongside Lao nationals and development workers to assist in researching and implementing strategic opportunities in three areas: education, heritage and economic development. The umbrella organization she founded, Impact Beyond Borders, seeks to catalyze dignified transformation for the Lao people. Lean in for Part 2 of this inspiring interview!

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Faith and Leadership Journeys of Inspiring Global Women

Thirty-eight years after her family’s escape from Laos, Chiraphone was led to return to her birthland to serve among her people. Her dream and vision is to live alongside Lao nationals and development workers to assist in researching and implementing strategic opportunities in three areas: education, heritage and economic development. The umbrella organization she founded, Impact Beyond Borders, seeks to catalyze dignified transformation for the Lao people. Lean in for Part 1 of this inspiring interview!

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Empowering Women with Tax Justice

In this short clip, Erika Dayle Siu* explains the connection between empowering women and tax justice and how important providing for the common good is to the well-being of women across the globe. She unpacks the major themes in a newly-released book titled, Tax Justice and Global Inequality, which she co-edited with Krishen Mehta and Esther Shubert.

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BOUND

“Bound” is a three part book arts series by Jessica Chan-Charette meant to engender dialogue about the subtle yet pervasive oppression of women, using the lens of Chinese culture and history. The image of the ideal Chinese woman is one that has shifted throughout time.

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Listening to the Narrative of Others

“…Most of the narratives in the places where I live center the experience of white people and white men particularly, because, well, we have been the hunters. I have benefited from this even when I did not desire to do so. So as a person living where the story of “my people” is the dominant narrative, how can I enter into the stories of others and gain a broader perspective?…”

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