Grass Roots
Grass Roots. The impact and influence of âpeopleâs movements. An exploration of different grass roots movements in South Africa, The United States and Latin America.
Grass Roots: The impact and influence of âpeopleâs movements. How have grass movements have evolved and how are they responding to a world where there is increased democracy but increased challenge too. Looking at a shack dwellers movement in South Africa, rights organisations in Latin America and the Maker Movement in the United States, Bridget Kendall and guests explore how grass roots groups are working today and how they may develop in the future with Sâbu Zikode, Professor Joe Foweraker and Gene Sherman.
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Joe Foweraker
Joe Foweraker is an Emeritus Fellow of St. Antonyâs College,
University of Oxford, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Exeter. He
was Oxfordâs first Professor of Latin and American Politics.
In a past life he spent many years of fieldwork in Brazil,
Spain and Mexico. More recent years have been dedicated mainly to comparative
research on democracy. Joe Foweraker seeks to âassess the impact of grassroots
pressure on policy formation and institutional reform that can improve the
quality of life for the poor and socially deprived peoples of Latin America.â
Gene Sherman
Entrepreneur Gene Sherman is Founder and CEO of Vocademy.
In 2012, he decided to set up Vocademy - a project which
came to fruition when the first Vocademy opened in 2013. Vocademy is part of a
wider Makersâ movement which is gaining popularity in the USA.
Gene has more than 30 yearsâ experience in machining, manufacturing
and 3D design. Gene says âAfter 25 years
in industry, helping/training hundreds of manufacturing companies and designing/machining/fabricating dozens of
products, I have decided to share my knowledge and experienceâ, and ultimately
describes himself as âMaker of Thingsâ.
Sâbu Zikode
Sâbu Zikode was born
in the village of Loskop in 1975 and grew up in the town of Estcourt in the
midlands of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa. He was raised by a single mother
working as a domestic worker.Â
He is a founding member of the of Abahlali baseMjondolo
movement â an organisation defending the rights and interests of South Africaâs
poor and marginalised shack-dwelling population. Sâbu aims to make the South
African government understand what Sâbu sees as the real issues for
shack-dwellers and South Africaâs urban poor.
60 second Idea to Change the World: âDonât do it. Ditch the big ideas!â
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