A Consistency of Care

From Moments to Movements · 6:52

Show by Peace First

Season Three of Moments to Movements, The Inheritance, begins at home. I sit down with my dad, Isaac K.E. Cudjoe Sr., who came to the United States from Ghana in 1998 and went on to work at the National Institutes of Health before retiring.We go back to his childhood in a big family in rural Ghana, the years of coups and scarce “essential commodities,” his time teaching in a village without electricity, and the culture shock of landing at JFK. He talks about the people who opened doors for our family when we arrived: a church family, a cousin, and a parent who waited to drive us home through the winter. He also tells us where his gratitude came from, and why he believes you can’t always repay kindness but you can always pass it on.Along the way, we talk about what it means to be a changemaker. It isn’t a title reserved for activists and lawyers. It’s a consistency of care for the people around you. The episode closes with a question my dad has for young people about the world they will inherit.Moments to Movements is presented by Peace First, a global nonprofit supporting young changemakers ages 13 to 30 in more than 160 countries. Learn more at peacefirst.org.Executive produced by Dr. Isaac Cudjoe and Nadia Posada.

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