WISDOM AT WORK: : Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers on the Move!
Hi, I’m Ilana Landsberg-Lewis, your host of WISDOM AT WORK: : Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers on the Move!, the podcast that kicks old stereotypes to the curb! Come meet these creative, outrageous, authentic, adventurous, irreverent and powerful Disrupters and Influencers. Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers – from the living room to the courtroom – making powerful contributions in every walk of life. We know them most intimately as loving caregivers, the older women in our lives with a thousand stories about their grandchildren and pictures in their purses…. In this podcast, you’ll come to know even more about our Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers - they are galvanized, determined and are guaranteed to get you thinking! What drives them? What are they up to? What is the potential of Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmother power, and how is it changing the world?! WISDOM AT WORK: : Older Women, Elderwomen, Grandmothers are on the move...you don’t want to be left behind!
Episodes
70 episodes since 2018
“Wherever you are on this journey… you are welcome!"
Three powerful voices: Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, Esther Farmer, and Pam Sporn. For decades they fought Israel's Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, defying dismissal and disrespect from the mainstream community. Now these elder...
August 22, 2024
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54:23
A Love Affair with CEDAW and Gender Equality: In Conversation with Alda Facio
Meet Alda Facio, a feminist activist, educator, creator and jurist whose work has influenced thinking about women's rights from Costa Rica to the United Nations. In this episode, Alda talks about her love affair with the Convention on the Elimi...
June 03, 2024
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Episode 66
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31:03
Louise Lamothe - Reflections and resonance: from healing, to the dancing lens and bringing colour to colour-less spaces
Join me for an intimate conversation with Louise Lamothe, a Swampy Cree grandmother and great-grandmother, whose story is a testament to the healing journeys and deep insights older women and Indigenous ways of knowing and being have to t...
May 27, 2024
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Episode 65
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46:39
Hendrica Okondo: Reflections on history, power and generations of feminist resilience
This week, I had the honour of sitting down with Hendrica Okondo, a natural storyteller who makes the phrase 'living memory' resonate, with profundity and humour! Hendrica paints a vivid picture of colonial Kenya and independence, with ec...
May 05, 2024
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43:06
Aundra Willis Carrasco: Writing the Untold Story of Her Brother's Place in History
When the echoes of jazz legends still rumbled through Cleveland, a determined young man named Winston Willis carved out a slice of American history. His remarkable sister, Aundra, joins me to share a riveting tale of triumph and tragedy, as she...
March 24, 2024
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Episode 63
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46:40
Without Grandmothers, what would our world look like today?!
Grandmothers on the Move – A Grandmother, a Leader, a Visionary, and a tireless advocate for people living with HIV & AIDS, Pfiriaeli Kiwia is the inspiring founder and program director of Kimara Peers Educators and Health Promoters in Dar ...
March 24, 2024
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Episode 26
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29:22
Dr. Paula Rochon: Women's Age Lab, A Global First!
Dr. Paula Rochon: Women's Age Lab - a Global First!Join me for a conversation with the founding Director of the truly necessary, innovative and exciting Women's Age Lab! The first and only centre of its kind in the world! ...
April 18, 2023
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Episode 0
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36:37
Grandmothers for Refugees, Australia!
New Podcast Titile :) Grandmothers on the Move is now: Wisdom at Work: Older Women, Elderwomen, and Grandmothers on the Move! This week I bring to you Grandmothers for Refugees from Australia. Thoughtful, personal and political - from "Gr...
January 09, 2022
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31:18
Introducing: Tap Elderly Women's Wisdom for Youth!
Welcome back to Grandmothers on the Move for a tremendous intergenerational conversation about wellness, Elderly women's wisdom, and the creation of a powerful Tanzanian organization by Rustica Tembele and her daughter Neema Tembele - Tap Elder...
December 18, 2021
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Episode 60
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33:20
Strengthening Communities to Speak for Themselves!
Patsy George, a champion for human rights, shares insights from her remarkable range of endeavours - from policy and government to mobilizing for change! Dynamic, energetic and with a palpable decency and generosity of spirit, "Stre...
November 30, 2021
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35:52
Neglected No More-The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic
Neglected No More-The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic by André Picard (March 2021). My friends, even if you are not from Canada this book is a must-read, -- André has insights that wil...
March 30, 2021
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Episode 58
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32:17
A Revolutionary Borne of Necessity - Norita of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
A Revolutionary Borne of Necessity: Meet Nora Morales de Cortiñas -last active member of the iconic Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo resistance movement in Argentina. Still without closure in the struggle for justice for her ‘disappeared’ son...
February 22, 2021
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25:00
World Read Aloud Day: The "3Ps" of Reading: Pleasure, Passion and Power for Transformation Part 2
World Read Aloud Day - February 3rd, 2021 - The "3Ps" of Reading: Pleasure, Passion and Power for transformation. Punctuate this important day with two advocates championing the critical importance of storytelling, reading and reading alo...
February 01, 2021
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27:55
World Read Aloud Day: The "3Ps" of Reading: Pleasure, Passion and Power for Transformation Part 1
World Read Aloud Day - February 3rd, 2021 - The "3Ps" of Reading: Pleasure, Passion and Power for transformation. Punctuate this important day with two advocates championing the critical importance of storytelling, reading and reading alo...
February 01, 2021
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30:01
A Powerful Two Spirit Journey
Grandmothers on the Move Episode 54 brings you Ma-Nee Chacaby, and a powerful conversation about her book, A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder. This book is a must-read... it just IS...tremendously profo...
December 23, 2020
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Episode 54
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45:02
I Will Do My Part And I Ask Everyone To Do Theirs
This week on Grandmothers on the Move, I have the pleasure of speaking with Paula Wharton. I think of her as the Grandmother-Convenor. She has marshaled her emotional resources more than once to move forward in her life. And, powerf...
October 23, 2020
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Episode 53
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33:33
We Feminists Dared to Step Into the State!
Grandmothers on the Move Episode #52: We Feminists Dared to Step Into the State! A daring, dynamic feminist duo, Jacqueline Pitanguy and Branca Moreira Alves… two organizers of the feminist movement in Brazil in the 1970s share their invaluable...
September 20, 2020
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Episode 52
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57:54
I'm Retired but Not Tired!
Grandmothers on the Move, Episode #51 Meet Chandni Joshi, a tireless advocate for women’s rights from Nepal, who has never wavered in her determination to amplify the voices of grassroots women - in national government platforms to the internat...
August 16, 2020
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30:31
A Life of Community Commitments and Connections
A Life of Commitments and Connections - Claudette London shares reflections and learning in a conversation that just touches the surface of the expanse of the relationships and support networks she has created through her work with diverse comm...
July 23, 2020
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Episode 50
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26:22
People Must Not Tire!
People Must Not Tire! Achola Pala Okeyo is one of the voices we need to hear in this historic moment. Her career spans research, policy, community building, & advocacy - with a national, regional and global reach, including significant cont...
July 08, 2020
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Episode 49
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41:45
Badass Grandmas for Democracy!
These self-named Badass Grandmas for Democracy (as they say, Grandchildren not required!) took on the establishment in North Dakota to fight corruption – and won! Their mission: To engage you in restoring trustworthy govt. for generations...
April 13, 2020
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35:36
In a Time of Crisis: Women we need to Hear
Grandmothers on the Move Episode 47 -- In a Time of Crisis: Women we need to Hear. Today, Florence Butegwa, Ugandan feminist lawyer, long time women's human rights activist, U.N. leader - she is one of the women to whom I look for guidanc...
April 05, 2020
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29:45
March 2020 Series "Reprieve and Refuelling": Natalie K. Levant
Grandmothers on the Move #46 March 2020 Series “Reprieve and Refuelling”: Natalie K. Levant instantly warmed my heart and made me want to rush to Philadelphia (pre-solidarity-distancing!) to hang out for hours and then watch her show! Comedy, t...
March 23, 2020
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Episode 46
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33:52
Reprieve and Refuelling: Ana Falú
Reprieve and Refuelling – ideas from the frontline of activisms to fuel our spirits in troubled times! Ana Falú, an Argentinian architect, professor, activist and long-time women’s rights leader/agitator/visionary is riveting in her refle...
March 21, 2020
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Episode 45
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38:43
Joy in Connection! I Can Still Up and At'Em!
Grandmothers on the Move Episode #44, The Joy in Connection! I Can still be Up and At'em! The engaging, insightful Patt Schroeder - facilitator extraordinaire at Well Connected - a wonderful programme about which you should really h...
February 27, 2020
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Episode 44
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35:15