Show Notes

On today’s show we chat Ben Keesey, the Development and Partnerships Director for Richard Rohr’s Center of Action and Contemplation.

Before joining the CAC, Ben was CEO of a charity called Invisible Children, a remarkable organization whose mission was to save the lives of children in Africa who were being abducted, turned into child soldiers or sex slaves. The numbers are shocking… we are talking about more than 30,000 children in Uganda, the Congo, and Sudan.

A few statistics regarding Invisible Children:

• § Raised $50 MM.
• § Created a video proclaiming their cause against a war lord that was viewed by 100 million people in six days.
• § Built six schools.
• § From DC, the got a law passed that was signed by President Barack Obama for protection of African children.

Today we will talk about Ben’s work, his personal transformation, and his impact today at the Center for Action and Contemplation.

LINKS

Please enjoy and be deeply moved by the following two videos.

Kony 2012- this is the documentary film (29 mins) that went to 100M views in less than a week. It shares the culmination of eight years of our efforts and campaigns.

Kony 2012 Part 2- this is the follow-up film that Ben directed/narrated one month later that went deeper and responded to some of the backlash. (19 mins)

Show Notes

Welcome to the new version of The Next Chapter with Charlie. Today will be the very first show on our new platform of audio and video. This first episode of 2025 will be published on YouTube as well as your favorite podcast location.

I thought we might begin our first show of the year in conversation of with our dear friend Terry Hershey, author of 17 books, hugely popular public speaker, landscape architect, and spiritual guide.

Let’s see what Terry might have for us on the second day of the New Year of 2025.

LINKS

Find out all about Terry Hershey and Sabbath Moment HERE.

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Our guest today, Dr Fidele Sebahizi, is a refugee immigrant from the Congo in Africa. He was raised in a kind of poverty mostly unknown in the West, lived through an ethnic massacre in a Refugee Camp where his closet friend was murdered, and yet… came to the United States at 25 years old where he earned a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and PhD in Criminal Justice. All while working in the Abilene PD.

With that, let’s get Dr Sebahizi on air to take a deep dive into his Life… Out of the Ashes.

LINKS

Book: Creating a Life from the Ashes: A Memoir