New on Going Places: five questions with Hans Lodders

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Nearly 700 influential voices–journalists, content creators, tour operators, travel industry leaders–have gathered in #Jordan on #WorldTourismDay. We visited many magnificent sites, but one critical part was missing: context.

We can, and should, demand more.
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✊ Full solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla, which represents the best of humanity, and is now being abducted by the state of Israel.

It’s the last day to register for Going Solo! If you’re launching an independent media venture this fall, we’ll show you the ropes and you’ll join our community too

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Last week in London, Together For Palestine raised over $2M for the Palestinian-led organisations at the frontline of the Gaza crisis. It was the largest event of its kind in the UK's history.

Could this be our era's Mandela moment? Read all about it:
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I started Going Places to cultivate hope through stories of people and places that resist the oppressive systems we live in. Today, we're launching a new series to deliver on this mission. Meet a handpoke tattoo artist who's raised over $15K for Gaza.
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Today we're launching the BACK INDIE MEDIA DRIVE.

It's all cool and fun to like, read, watch indie media, but how about funding it with your cash money? That's what we're banding together to do. All through September.

Fund indie media: projectc.biz/backindiemedia

Hunting for @cntraveler.bsky.social's latest issue with my Okinawa story in it has made me think about our larger media landscape. Is print dead? Yes. But maybe it is also keeping us alive.

Just how I arrived at that conclusion: in the latest newsletter ⬇️

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Saturday was World Indigenous Peoples Day, but worldwide, Indigenous rights are under attack. I'm a product of this oppression. Chuvash on my mother's side, I neither speak Chuvash nor know its rich traditions.

How my family story connects to this struggle: www.goingplacesmedia.com/three-suns-i...