Shared Progress with Derek Vaz

A year after our discussion, Paul Taylor’s words still resonate. The anti-poverty activist, non-profit executive director and candidate for public office, speaks to Derek Vaz about how public policy fails Black communities and what must be done to have health and food equity. Original music in this episode was composed by Paul Chin.

In our inaugural episode, Derek Vaz speaks to award-winning journalist and CEO of Rappler, Maria Ressa. Maria spoke from her home in Manila, where a local lockdown was in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode Maria discusses the turmoil in the Philippines under the administration of Rodrigo Duterte, and the threat to press freedom, her news agency and herself since he took office in 2016. She explains the role social media has played in empowering authoritarian governments through the unchecked spread of misinformation. This episode was recorded on May 7, 2020. Original music in this episode was composed by Paul Chin.

Join Derek Vaz, Principal and founder of socially-centred design studio DVXD, as he speaks to influential leaders of non-profits, startups, media organizations, and more, to examine the ways design and technology impact society and how we collectively move forward. In this trailer hear excerpts of talks with Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler News and global press freedom advocate, Paul Taylor, Executive Director of FoodShare Toronto, and Murat Mutlu, cofounder of tech start up Marvel.