Cooper UNion

Peacecast about What's Happening with Human Rights 'Round Our World. Positive, proactive media exploring what is shaped on honest, open, and thoughtful conversations. Not formal interviews, but holistic dialogues that connect global processes, lived realities, and the search for justice and peace.

Cooper UNion is a society podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 12 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Cooper UNion, a society show with 12 episodes published.

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  Episode #11

  Namakhoen & San Indigenous Peoples' Strategies for Rights

  Sep 1, 202643 minS1

  More than a century after the 1904–1908 genocide scattered the Nama people across Namibia and Botswana, their descendants are demanding a seat at the table in the ongoing reparations talks between Namibia and Germany. Nicodemus Cooper of Botswana's Namakhoen Network of Heritage Advocacy, Bhibo Maruping-Kgari of the San community's Indigenous Women's Rights Advocacy, and Jennifer Isaacks of Namibia's Traditional Leaders Association join fresh from the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples' 19th session in Geneva to discuss Botswana's new government moving toward ratifying ILO Convention 169, the San people's continued exclusion from Botswana's constitution, and why states must listen to — rather than decide for — the Indigenous communities on their own land. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT Website | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | ▶️ YouTube | BlueSky | LinkedIn | Instagram For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.

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  Episode #10

  Climate Futures Forum: Mentoring the Movement & Governance

  Aug 25, 202635 minS1

  Long before they're old enough to vote, hundreds of young people across Hawaii are drafting testimony, coordinating campaigns, and pushing lawmakers toward climate justice through the Climate Future Forum. Three of the mentors behind that work — Kawika Kahiapo, who leads food-systems advocacy connecting food, ʻāina, and policy; Debbie Milliken, Director of Sustainability Programs at Punahou School; and Paul Bernstein, a UH Economic Research Organization researcher and Hawaii coordinator for the Citizens' Climate Lobby — reflect on the Forum's first years: what keeps youth coming back, why avoiding tokenism matters, and the bills, from farm-to-school to balcony solar, they hope the 34th legislature finally passes. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT Website | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | ▶️ YouTube | BlueSky | LinkedIn | Instagram For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.

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  Episode #9

  UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Indigenous Peoples Management

  Aug 22, 202639 minS1

  For more than three decades, Rodion, an Udege leader from Russian Siberia, has fought to protect his community's ancestral forest from industrial logging. That fight led to a landmark win: UNESCO World Heritage status for the Bikin River Valley, one of the last untouched forests on Earth and home to the Amur tiger. Now director of the Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North (CSIPN) and co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on World Heritage, Rodion shares how organizing, science, and diplomacy secured this "Russian Amazon," and why Indigenous peoples must keep pushing for a real seat at the table in global heritage governance. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT Website | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | ▶️ YouTube | BlueSky | LinkedIn | Instagram For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.

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  Episode #8

  Indigenous Feminism for a Future of Freedom for All

  Aug 17, 202656 minS1

  In this episode of Cooper Union, Em Haley, a Māori spoken-word artist, scholar, and human rights advocate from Waikato-Tainui, Aotearoa, discusses the fight to protect Māori language, land, and self-determination under a government rolling back Treaty of Waitangi protections. She reflects on the historic Toitū Te Tiriti march, her interventions at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and her research into traditional Māori peacebuilding practices led by wāhine, or women. Weaving her great-grandmother's legacy of resistance through song and ceremony, Em shows how storytelling, music, and indigenous feminism carry forward a living fight for justice and cultural survival. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT Website | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | ▶️ YouTube | BlueSky | LinkedIn | Instagram For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.

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  Episode #7

  Creating a Culture & New Charter for Human Rights Cities

  Aug 16, 202638 minS1

  In this episode of Cooper Union, Sarah, a community organizer and researcher in Utrecht, and Morten, a longtime human rights advocate from Denmark, discuss UCLG's new Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City, just adopted by 250,000 cities worldwide. They unpack the charter's 37 rights across seven clusters, from essential services and the right to food to digital rights, climate justice, and feminist municipalism. Sarah shares grassroots research from Utrecht, while Morten reflects on decades building the human rights-based approach, from Vienna to Guangzhou to today, arguing that real change starts locally, with everyday people as human rights actors. Subscribe and follow to join future conversations with voices from across civil society, academia, diplomacy, social movements, and international institutions. * * * FOLLOW & CONNECT Website | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | ▶️ YouTube | BlueSky | LinkedIn | Instagram For collaboration, guest suggestions, or media inquiries: joshua@cooperunion.tv * * * SUPPORT Cooper UNion is an independent project. If you would like to support the podcast and help us continue creating accessible global conversations, you can support us through Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/cooperunion * * * Music Credits Music provided by: Johnny Helm https://www.johnnyhelm.com/ * * * Disclaimer The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the hosts or affiliated organizations.

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