In professional and leadership spaces, a curious and pervasive pattern often manifests among Global Majority (BIPOC) professionals: the seemingly paradoxical tendency to withdraw, self-sabotage, or step back just when granted the autonomy, trust, and opportunities they have earned.
Suzan and Qamar Attallah founded Veranda Green Solutions to transform Gaza's rooftops into productive gardens—a bold act of green resistance and food sovereignty. After a decade of environmental impact, the 2023 war left them stranded. Now, they are rebuilding their lives and refining their vision for soil restoration.
Wamen Negarotê is an Indigenous leader of the Negarotê people in the Guaporé Valley (MT), working across intercultural education, community empowerment, and territorial defense. As president of the Negarotê Indigenous Women’s Association, she joined OGA’s Women Leaders’ Circle to highlight Indigenous women’s role in regeneration and ancestral knowledge.
There is a deep human impulse to know who we are, where we come from, and who our people were. For many around the world, this journey feels sacred, a bridge connecting us to ancestors whose names and stories shaped our present.
Roa Abu Rous invites us into the heart of a grief the world too often ignores, exposing the brutal reality of those still buried beneath the ruins of Gaza. Read her powerful words on the hierarchy of sorrow and why we must stand with those left to dig for their loved ones with bare hands.
War poisons land long after conflict ends. From Ukraine to Palestine, soil contamination threatens health and food security. Bioremediation offers a low cost, community driven path to healing ecosystems and reclaiming land.
