{"id":6309,"date":"2023-10-21T15:06:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T21:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/?p=6309"},"modified":"2023-10-29T16:23:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T22:23:32","slug":"episode-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/episode-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 12: Nyasha Derera is a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nyasha Derera served with Special Olympics as a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger from 2019 to 2023. He is a short and long distance runner who most recently completed the 2022 Berlin Marathon leading up to the 2022 Berlin World Games. He is a Global Health Messenger and past Chairperson of the Special Olympics Global Athlete Congress. Through his leadership roles he speaks with confidence, kindness, empathy, bravery and compassion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/podcasts\/episode-12.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe:&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLT-35pKeD8rkhK5zfcIoqpeWERnBwjBIT\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube Podcast<\/a> | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/katnnat-unified-nation-podcast\/id1471888525\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9rYXRubmF0LmNvbS93cC9mZWVkLw\" target=\"_blank\">Google Podcasts<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/podcasts\/Health--Wellness-Podcasts\/KatnNat-Unified-Nation-Podcast-p1232582\/\" target=\"_blank\">TuneIn<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1dRRE58TkOZPbcnBfYz4mn?si=62483b2ad0b345f6\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a><br><em>Please be sure to review and rate the podcast. We\u2019re just getting started &amp; every bit of feedback helps us grow!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">You can watch the video of our interview below. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to be notified of new episodes when they are posted!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DR8oFJmanQQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about Nyasha: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialolympics.org\/about\/global-messengers\/nyasha-derera\" target=\"_blank\">Nyasha Derera, Special Olympics Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger<\/a> (specialolympics.org)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialolympics.org\/inclusion-in-action\/meet-nyasha\" target=\"_blank\">Role Model &amp; Advocate: Meet Nyasha<\/a> (specialolympics.org)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialolympics.org\/video\/nyasha-derera-at-the-united-nations\" target=\"_blank\">Nyasha Derera at the United Nations<\/a> (specialolympics.org)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialolympics.org\/about\/leadership\/nyasha-derera\" target=\"_blank\">Special Olympics Leadership Profile<\/a> (specialolympics.org)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nyasha-derera-126006190\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn Profile<\/a> (linkedin.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/specialolympics\/from-africa-to-the-world-meet-special-olympics-africa-regions-newest-global-messenger-a82adf5a309d\" target=\"_blank\">From Africa to the World &#8211; Meet Special Olympics Africa Region\u2019s Newest Global Messenger<\/a> (medium.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/so-africa.medium.com\/special-olympics-at-the-berlin-marathon-5ae537dc7fa7\" target=\"_blank\">Special Olympics at the Berlin Marathon<\/a> (medium.com)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmm-online.com\/home\/channel\/surgeon-general-vivek-murthy-underscores-mental-health-at-special-olympics-event\/\" target=\"_blank\">Surgeon General Vivek Murthy underscores mental health at Special Olympics event<\/a> (mmm-online.com)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nyasha Derera served with Special Olympics as a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger from 2019 to 2023. He is a short and long distance runner who most recently completed the<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/episode-12\/\" class=\"readmore\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Episode 12: Nyasha Derera is a Sargent Shriver International Global Messenger<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,3],"tags":[104,101,103,102,99,100,25,46],"class_list":["post-6309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","category-podcasts","tag-athlete-congress","tag-berlin-2022","tag-health-messenger","tag-marathon","tag-nyasha-derera","tag-sargent-shriver-international-global-messenger","tag-special-olympics","tag-ssigm"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/social-media-001-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgakgQ-1DL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dadnnat.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}