We Need To Talk About This
We bring our shared passion for humanity and diverse backgrounds to hot topics that society is discussing in Denmark, the U.S., and across the world. We want to contribute to healthy discourse on issues that are shaping us. Shanelle is a former Deputy Executive Director at UNICEF and Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations where she spent two decades leading humanitarian efforts and working in dozens of countries including some of the most complex. She founded the Yellow House in 2019 to accelerate organisations' positive impact on humanity. She has been a Council Member of the World Economic Forum Artificial Intelligence Council, Board Member of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB & Malaria, and is a guest lecturer on Business & Social Impact at the London School of Economics. She is an American living in Denmark … raising her Danish dog together with her partner. Jean has a long career in public affairs and communications and is currently leading Environment-Social-Governance (ESG) at a property investment firm. She returned to Copenhagen after spending seven years in London where she was in on the early years of impact investing. Jean is deft in driving sustainable change and brings her African-Danish perspectives to equitable and productive partnerships. She’s advised various organizations including Kjaer Global, DC Finance and Windrush Equestrian. Jean adores her wonderful two teenage girls ... and American politics. Follow the podcast on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/weneedtotalkabout_this/Jean :https://www.instagram.com/jeanahlefeldtlaurvig/ Shanelle: https://www.instagram.com/shanellehall/
We Need To Talk About This
Portrait of a ballet dancer - Kristoffer Dahl Sakurai
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Season 1
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Episode 12
Ever wonder what the life of a professional ballet dancer is like? Kristoffer Dahl Sakurai was a Principal Dancer for the Royal Danish Ballet from 2005-2011. Being half Danish and half Japanese, Kristoffer broke racial barriers in the ballet. By virtue of his very being, he has made fighting bias and racism a part of his daily life. He is well researched on these issues -- we learn a bit of history and the wonderful change afoot. Listen in to hear how he gracefully brings these different parts of life together.