Taking Stock: The U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

1014 spoke with Sabine Werth of Berliner Tafel e.V. about hunger in Berlin. Sabine is the founder and chairperson of the non-profit organization which has been distributing food to those in need since it was founded in 1993.

1014 spoke with Creighton Drury, executive director of Partnership to End Addiction, about the addiction epidemic in the United States. After joining the organization in 2018, Creighton oversaw the merger of two prominent addiction nonprofits, Partnership for Drug-Free Kids and the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.

1014 spoke with Zakia Moulaoui Guery, founder of Invisible Cities, and Alice Sparks who runs their Manchester branch. Invisible Cities, an organization based in the UK, is a social enterprise which strives to empower people who have lived on the streets with tour guide jobs.

It has started in Amsterdam and has now become a global movement with more than 2,000 local Repair Café groups in 36 countries. We spoke to Martine Postma, founder and director of the Repair Café International Foundation.

1014 spoke with Johanna Neumann, Senior Director for energy campaigns at Environment America, about climate change and the protection of the environment in the United States.

1014 spoke with Antidia Citores, the Legal, Lobbying and Campaign Manager of the Surfrider Foundation Europe, and Sofiane Hadine who is in charge of the Ocean Initiatives, a program supported by the Surfrider Foundation Europe, about how to sustain oceans, seas and marine resources, especially through clean up actions.

1014 spoke with Diana Chaplin, the Canopy Director of One Tree Planted, a nonprofit on a mission to make it simple for anyone to help the environment by planting trees.

1014 spoke with Ulf Buermeyer, President of the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF), about justice, the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, and strong institutions in Germany.

1014 spoke with Brian Gallagher, President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way Worldwide, about global partnerships for sustainable development.

1014 spoke with Karl Chan about poverty in New York City. Karl Chan is deputy director of the Bowery Mission and responsible for partnerships. His passion for justice and social equality led him to his current role at the Bowery Mission, which has been serving homeless and hungry New Yorkers since 1870.

1014 spoke with Ulf Matysiak of Teach First Deutschland about equitable quality education in Germany. Ulf is the CEO of the non-profit organization which has been teaching children in low-income neighborhood schools since it was founded in 2009.

1014 spoke with Jenny Dembrow and Ebonie Simpson, Co-Executive Directors of the Lower Eastside Girls Club in New York City, about connecting girls and young women to healthy and successful futures and the importance of community engagement.