Glocal Voices Podcast
Every semester, ICFRC brings expert speakers worldwide to Iowa City to discuss the most critical issues affecting our global community. From individuals with lived experience to thought leaders from the top of their field, the diversity of voices and depth of content covers a lot of ground and invites listeners to consider and explore their place in the world and what they can do to make a difference. The GLOCAL VOICES podcast (global and local) provides commentary and analysis about what these topics mean from the student perspective and how to make an impact their daily lives.
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Located in the growing community of Iowa City, ICFRC has brought together individuals and ideas from around the globe since 1983. We are committed to living out our longstanding values of respect for, curiosity about, and open-mindedness to discussion of—even debate over—internationally-focused topics. Yet, in an ever-changing and increasingly complex world, we recognize we must re-center our organization around the social justice imperatives of the twenty-first century’s third decade.
Most importantly, we acknowledge we need to be a place where more people feel comfortable being safe learning from and engaging with others across all lines of difference. In this more inclusive space, we will be intentional in our selection of more diverse speakers, topics, and formats as well as board members, staff, interns, and funders; we will challenge ourselves and our community to seek out new perspectives and understandings of the complex international issues which bring us together; and we will champion the democratization of knowledge and the free and open discussion of the problems and possibilities of our times.
Yet, in an ever-changing and increasingly complex world, we recognize we must re-center our organization around the social justice imperatives of the twenty-first century’s third decade. Most importantly, we acknowledge we need to be a place where more people feel comfortable being safe learning from and engaging with others across all lines of difference.
