Season 6 Episode #7 Dr. Zafra Lerman is Asking The World to Join Hands for Peace!

Send us Fan MailC4 Leaders – the ONLY nonprofit to utilize the pizza making process to create space for our companions to be seen, heard, and loved.   We work with businesses, sports teams, hospitals, churches…anyone looking to RISE TOGETHER.  We also write children’s books and use the most amazing handmade, hand-tossed, sourdough pizza to bring out the best in each other.   Please check out c4leaders.org to support our important work. Season 6 Episode #7 Dr. Zafra Lerman is coming from The Greater Chicago Area (inform, inspire, & transform)You can find Zafra via her website zafralerman.comAbout our guest: Dr. Zafra Lerman is a world-renowned chemist, educator, and peacebuilder who has pioneered the use of science diplomacy to foster dialogue and collaboration in the world’s most volatile regions. As founder and president of the Malta Conferences Foundation, she brings together scientists from countries in conflict—including Israel, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, and others across the Middle East—to work side by side on scientific challenges that transcend borders, from water scarcity to nuclear proliferation. Beyond diplomacy, Dr. Lerman has spent decades fighting for human rights—advocating for persecuted scientists in the Soviet Union and China, including risking her own safety by venturing after midnight through dark alleys in Moscow to meet dissidents. Dr. Lerman also developed groundbreaking methods to teach science through the arts, reaching underprivileged students, including homeless youth and incarcerated individuals, by making chemistry accessible through music, dance, and visual storytelling. Her work has been recognized globally, including multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations, the U.S. Presidential Award for Mentoring Minorities in Science presented by President Bill Clinton, and the prestigious Andrei Sakharov Award for Human Rights from the American Physical Society. Dr. Lerman, thanks for having the courage to serve others, to see what others ignore to see, and for sharing your many gifts and talents with people all over the world.   Welcome to the Show!TOTD – “You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for his own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.”                                                                      Marie CurieBuild a habit - to create intention - to live your purpose! In this episode:What was life like growing up?What are you life’s essential ingredients…Your purpose is to build a chain reaction for peace…Student can sing to share their knowledge, dance to show their knowledge…in a way to show they are strong…Lectured all over the world on your “education system”…can you tell me more about that?Congrats on receiving the Presidental Award for Mentoring…what does it take to be a good mentor…Gift from your father when you were six…Were taught at a young age the value of helping others…Parents were involved in the holocaust…Teaching Chemistry through dance, drama, and hip hop.Science as a bridge in the middle eastNew Book – Human Rights and Peace – A Personal OdysseyThe Malta Conference – what is it, why dedicate a significant portion of your life to this cause…why should someone listening to this podcast care about the conference.Books you recommend?Legacy