Media Changemakers

03/11/2025

Honored to be featured in the Season 5 premiere of Foundation’s Unsung Stewards podcast. Some life-giving, life-living, and life-guiding stories that serve as my compass!

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This season, our host Rebecca Payne continues to spotlight changemakers across the nation who are transforming their communities. In our premiere episode, we're thrilled to feature Dr. Singhal, professor of communication and director of the Social Justice Initiative at The University of Texas at El Paso.

Dr. Singhal shares powerful insights on:

· Bridging divides in our communities
· Building trust through small acts of stewardship
· Choosing love over conflict in challenging situations

Whether you're a seasoned changemaker or just starting your journey, this episode offers valuable lessons for anyone passionate about social change. Stream Dr. Singhal's inspiring episode here:

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Arvind Singhal, a professor of communications and Director of the Social Justice Initiative at The University of Texas at...

08/09/2024

Ice Cream Aunties—addressing trauma and bringing joy and connection in Lahaina

Free cold treats delivered door to door in Lahaina neighborhoods have evolved into a creative form of therapy, spearheaded by one Maui resident's desire to foster connection. HPR's Catherine Cluett Pactol has the story.

11/19/2023

Why Behavioral Scientists, Behavioral Economists, and Social and Behavior Change Scholars and Practitoners should pay attention to the Positive Deviance Approach?

This article just published in the Journal of Behavioral Economics and Social Systems with my colleague Erik Bjurström

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11/19/2023

Why Behavioral Scientists and Behavioral Economists and Social and Behavioral Change Scholars and practitioners should pay attention to the Positive Deviance Approach?

This article just published in the Journal of Behavioral Economics and Social Systems with my colleague Erik Bjurström

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06/24/2023

A narrative of abundance. Nothing about me without me. Deep listening. Rippling change. A must watch:

https://www.ted.com/talks/alasdair_harris_how_a_handful_of_fishing_villages_sparked_a_marine_conservation_revolution

Arvind Singhal

We need a radically new approach to ocean conservation, says marine biologist and TED Fellow Alasdair Harris. In a visionary talk, he lays out a surprising solution to the problem of overfishing that could both revive marine life and rebuild local fisheries -- all by taking less from the ocean. "Whe...

10/22/2022

What the festival of Diwali means—finding the light within and bring a light unto others so as to drive darkness away.

https://youtu.be/_4M-VJKBHSI

Happy Diwali!

Finding the Light: The Story of the Hindu Festival of DiwaliSeptember 2021

10/02/2022

Today on Mahatma Gandhi’s 153 birth anniversary, we revisit a conversation on what Gandhi teaches us about a life of service and especially about social justice and communicative praxis.

09/23/2022

From Eradicating Hate to Celebration of Differences—The Power of Stories

08/24/2021

Saving the world with stories!
Host: Metta Spencer
Guest: Arvind Singhal

Arvind Singhal, a professor of communications in Texas, is an authority on social learning, and the impact of fiction and storytelling on culture. We talk ab...

08/23/2021

Education as Entertainment
Guest: Arvind Singhal
August 23, 2021, Monday
On YouTube live 12:30 to 1:30 PM (Eastern, USA; 10:30 to 11:30 Mountain, USA)

https://Youtube.com/c/tosavetheworld
and click on the screen marked “live.”

Project Save the World is sponsored by Project Save the World. Visit Our Websites: https://tosavetheworld.ca www.peacemagazine.org About Metta Spencer: Metta...

12/05/2020

The ultimate question is not “why you were not Mahatma Gandhi, or Rosa Parks, or Nelson Mandela, but why were you not YOU”.

The stories of my pilgrimages to sites of subjugation—Montgomery, Alabama;
Pietermaritzburg and Robben Island, South Africa, and Vaclav Havel Library/Museum in Prague, The Czech Republic!

06/29/2020

Join this conversation on what we can learn from Mahatma Gandhi about Communicative Praxis!

To register: https://amity-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OQSUBDkbTp-Zo-SR6_R8eg