Sharing in a non-sharing world: finding our way back to a liveable world

Presenter: Emmanuel Karisa Baya

This session the finale in the ANZPOP Living in an Unliveable World Series. Scholarships available.

Emmanuel lives in the deep rural coastal province of Kenya in Kilifi County. He is a Process Work Diplomate, a faculty member with the Deep Democracy Institute, and a co-developer of DDI East Africa. He is a regenerative farmer, conflict resolver, and politician. He and his wife co-founded the Magarini Children’s Centre where 300 orphans, vulnerable and marginalised children from surrounding communities live, enjoy life in community, go to school, and learn to grow food. Magarini’s Organic Demonstration Farm is a thriving agricultural education centre for local women to develop skills to create their own small businesses and enjoy a vibrant network of community collaborators.

Emmanuel’s first contact with Processwork was at a garbage bin, where a small piece of crumpelled and torn newspaper caught his eye. He picked it up, and there he read a small ad: “Come to a Deep Democracy Institute (DDI) workshop” and a phone number. He got on a bus and rode through the night for more than 24 hours, to Nairobi, to a workshop he knew nothing about, from people he had never met or heard of, following his dreaming path from a message on a torn up scrap of old newspaper in the garbage. The rest is (a very interesting!!) history which you can read in Emmanuel’s Processwork DDI Diploma thesis “Peace, Conflict and Politics from the Soil” (2021) here 

Emmanuel’s title and session will bring this series full circle to the first session with Anton Ermolenko in the midst of war in Kyiv, Ukraine, and the question: “Is it possible to make an unliveable world liveable?”

Scroll down on the ANZPOP website here Enjoy these short video clips for more about his life and work and what you can look forward to in his session. Scroll down Hope to see you there!