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The Word is a series of interviews hosted by broadcaster, Miranda Rae. Miranda’s drive is to give a voice to the voiceless and platform to people that all too often go unheard, from the streets to the board room from politicians to performers, from authors to activists. Miranda has presented on national, regional and local radio for over 30 yrs inc a weekly show on BBC Radio 5 for which she won a Sony Award. Miranda was also on Galaxy Radio for almost 10 years (now Kiss) where she trailblazed the then emerging dance music scene giving a platform to genres previously never played on the legal airwaves before... Awards also include Best Documentary in the British Podcast Awards, Best Doc in the European Lovie Awards, Honouree Winner in the global Webby Awards & nominated for the ARIAS (Oscars of Radio) all for the series ”Our Journey”. Miranda won Presenter of The Year in the regional MMG Awards & currently runs Ujima Radio and Sound Women SW Network aka Sound women Bristol CIC which is a non profit support network and in the last 3 years has taught over 1000 women and girls in a range or radio, podcasting and media skills. You can find out more about Miranda on her website here: https://mirandarae.co.uk/ And more about Sound Women SW on the website here: https://soundwomensw.com/ Please feel free to support and donate via PayPal: mirandarae007@gmail.com But most of of all listen and enjoy!
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Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Poet, activist, peoples champion and founder of CARGO Movement joins Miranda Rae on The Word in October 2020.
CARGO which stands for "Charting African Reslience Generating Opportunities" has become a global movement offering for solutions that have been needed for a long time, addressing issues that often make people feel uncomfortable. Originally CARGO was a series of 12 poems but now Lawrence Hoo and CARGO has become and incredible organisation addressing many difference issues around transatlantic slavery. Lawrence speaks about when the statue came down at the Black Lives Matter Protest on Sunday 7th June 2020 and about a new project to connect the Black students of Bristol to the Black communities.
Poet, activist, peoples champion and founder of CARGO Movement joins Miranda Rae on The Word
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