Culture Shift - Chocolate Moose Media

16February2016

After Ebola: Stopping Zika With Grassroots Information

In Behaviour Change Communication, Chocolate Moose Media, Developing world, Ebola, Ebola: A Poem For Prevention, Firdaus Kharas, Human Rights, Malaria, Media For Social Change

February 16, 2016

Ebola is easy to demonize. It has visuals of bleeding eyes and mouths and a history of slow, grisly death. Zika doesn’t instill the same fear […]

29January2016

The Year of Saving Lives

By Mike Levin

In Behaviour Change Communication, Developing world, Diabetes, Domestic Violence, Ebola, Firdaus Kharas, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Malaria, Media For Social Change, Refugees

January 29, 2016

When a young intern at United Methodist Communications (UMCOM) spent her summer of 2015 uploading thousands of Chocolate Moose Media (CMM) animated videos, she was creating […]

11November2015

TYPE 1 DIABETES AND THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN

By Mike Levin

In Behaviour Change Communication, Developing world, Diabetes, Firdaus Kharas, Human Rights

November 11, 2015

Diabetes is growing so quickly as a public health threat that accurate figures seem to change every month. This year about 400 million people are suffering […]

14September2015

More Than Three Thousand Ways To Make The World A Better Place

By Mike Levin

In Behaviour Change Communication, Dementia, Developing world, Domestic Violence, Ebola, Firdaus Kharas, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Malaria, Media For Social Change, mHealth, Refugees, Solar Energy

September 14, 2015

“Ah sori mama, sampa metcha gif pein,” is “I’m sorry mama for causing you this much pain” in Krio, the national language of Sierra […]

11June2015

CARLETON UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION SPEECH

By Mike Levin

In Behaviour Change Communication, Dementia, Developing world, Domestic Violence, Ebola, Firdaus Kharas, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Malaria, Media For Social Change, mHealth, Refugees, Solar Energy

June 11, 2015

The following is the video and text of the convocation speech delivered by Firdaus Kharas after receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Carleton University […]

1May2015

Ebola Video Earns Third Award

By Mike Levin

In Behaviour Change Communication, Developing world, Ebola, Firdaus Kharas, Human Rights

May 1, 2015

The international awards season is underway and Ebola: A Poem For The Living has just picked up its third in as many weeks. Last night it […]

30April2015

The Urgent Need For Better Communications

By Mike Levin

In Behaviour Change Communication, Developing world, Ebola, Firdaus Kharas, Human Rights, Media For Social Change

April 30, 2015

This speech was delivered by Firdaus Kharas at the United Nations’ Infopoverty Conference April 10, 2015. In its 15th year, the conference at UN headquarters in […]

28January2015

When Going Tribal Actually Works

By Mike Levin

In Behaviour Change Communication, Dementia, Developing world, Domestic Violence, Ebola, Firdaus Kharas, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Malaria, Media For Social Change, mHealth, Refugees, Solar Energy

January 28, 2015

Rebekah L Fraser tries to connect with people she feels are trying to help the world move onto a more-progressive path. She calls them her tribe. […]