Ep. 01 - Virginia Scheele: roots & heritage

Ep. 01 - Virginia Scheele: roots & heritage

🎙 GINI’s voices – Ep. 01 - Virginia Scheele: roots & heritage ✨ In this first episode, Virginia Scheele, founder of GINI, shares her personal journey of growing up in a small Dutch village as one of the few families of colour, navigating identity, bias and belonging. She reflects on: 🔸Childhood; trying to fit in with brown skin and curly hair 🔸How history stories shaped, and limited, her worldview🔸Encounters with racism in school, work and love 🔸Discovering feminism and its links to inequality 🔸Diving into her ancestral roots and family background 🔸Embracing the complexity of being Black, White and Asian This episode sets the tone for GINI’s voices: amplifying overlooked stories, honouring heritage and reclaiming erased histories. 📚 Resources & mentions: 🔸⁠De zeven vinkjes⁠ [https://uitgeverijpluim.nl/de-zeven-vinkjes-hoe-mannen-zoals-ik-de-baas-spelen] (in Dutch) - Joris Luyendijk 🔸⁠Hallo witte scholen⁠ [https://uitgeverijpluim.nl/hallo-witte-scholen] - Anousha Nzume 🔸⁠Sexotisch⁠ [https://omroepzwart.nl/programmering/sexotisch] - Kelly-Qian van Binsbergen (not mentioned but relevant) 🔸⁠De plantage van onze voorouders⁠ [https://maartjeduin.nl/de_plantage_van_onze_voorouders] - Maartje Duin (not mentioned but relevant) 🔸⁠Omek⁠ [https://myomek.com/] - by Kemo Camara 🔸Connect with Virginia: ⁠LinkedIn⁠ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-scheele/] ✨ Discover more: 🌍 GINI experiences [https://www.lifeofgini.nl/gini-experiences] 📸 Instagram: @gini.impact.travel [https://www.instagram.com/gini.impact.travel] 🧡 Connect with Virginia: LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginiascheele/] 💡 Fuel GINI’s mission: Donation [https://lifeofgini.nl/offering/join-gini/] If you enjoyed this episode, please hit follow and leave a 5-star review. Your support helps us share these important stories with the world! ✨ Tune in to this episode and let Virginia’s story inspire you to see travel as a force for truth and justice. ✨

Cultural remembrance

🎙️ GINI's voices - trailer 🌍✨ Welcome to GINI’s voices, the podcast sharing true stories that bridge heritage, culture and connection. Hosted by Virginia Scheele [https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-scheele/], founder of GINI [https://lifeofgini.nl/about-us/], a movement of cultural remembrance through travel with impact. GINI transforms tourism from extraction to regeneration by offering impact journeys and experiences that truly leave an impact. Expect episodes about: 🌱 Roots & heritage - personal stories from around the world 🌊 Impact movements - conversations with individuals and organisations driving cultural, reparations, and systemic change Discover more:🌍 Website [https://lifeofgini.nl/] 📸 Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gini.impact.travel/] 💎LinkedIn [https://linkedin.com/company/gini-travel] 💫 Fuel GINI's mission [https://lifeofgini.nl/offering/join-gini/] If you enjoy this podcast, please hit follow and leave a 5-star review. Your support helps amplify these voices and make travel a force for truth!