SIMA Ambassadors

“The world needs social change farmers and the world needs cultivators of spice but above all, the world needs those who will plant the spice in their backyards. Film is a powerful tool as it takes one through a journey to mindset change.” –Erick Matsanza, SIMA Kenya Ambassador

Get more at http://simacollection.com/featured-ambassadors

My Dress, My Choice

Women have always impacted society in their own creative ways. The men, however, have never stood up to realize and recognize these abilities.

 https://www.heforshe.org/en/my-dress-my-choice

At Work with the FT: Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN under secretary-general

Erick Matsanza, a Kenyan activist, helped organise a protest in Nairobi against male assaults on women at which he dressed in a skirt, posted the photo online and encouraged other men to do the same. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7dc4d484-d962-11e5-a72f-1e7744c66818.html#axzz4Byv2ToTg

A Conversation With SIMA Kenya Ambassador, Erick Matsanza

Meet our first featured SIMA Ambassador, host of SIMA Kenya, trailblazer and community organizer Erick Matsanza, who founded Spice Without Borders, an organization that celebrates the diversity of those from the backyards of society — using their energy, their vision and their focus to plant the social change spice in their communities. https://medium.com/@sima_awards/impact-cinema-in-the-backyard-of-society-a-conversation-with-sima-kenya-ambassador-erick-matsanza-747c8d7f2fb6#.ql64bth5e

 I lived through abuse as a child,but I conquered it

“This is a place where we don’t just see survivors of sexual abuse but treasures that need to be nurtured. Currently we work in partnership with Spice Without Borders, an organization that believes in the creative and critical voice of the women.”

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/evewoman/article/2000208230/i-lived-through-abuse-as-a-child-but-i-conquered-it

Global Visionaries: Erick Matsanza – Spice Chungu

Erick recalls the difficulty he found completing his education and how on one Friday afternoon, due to the cost of his tuition, his education nearly came to an abrupt end. On this particular Friday afternoon, Erick overheard his mother and his brothers locked in a heated debate concerning how they would move forward with financing young Erick’s education. Unable to come to any sort of conclusive agreement, Erick’s older sister, a librarian at a nearby school, would provide the solution by taking Erick under her wing to continue his education with her. “Today I stand tall because I am inspired by the actions of my mother and my sister.”

Read more at  http://zodculture.com/global-visionaries/