Stephan on WTJU, Saturday August 11, 9am
Stephan will be on UVA”s radio Station, WTJU 91.1 at 9am on Aug. 11 discussing the release of his new single ‘We The People,’ and the music video directed by Matt Kohn (Call It Democracy), made collaboratively with Charlottesville and Richmond, VA youth, organizations, and the acclaimed One Voice Chorus. Tune In!
Related show
Hurricane Harvey
Stephan and borderless are in Houston helping with relief efforts and filming for borderless in the midst of Hurricane Harvey. Check out borderless website for details, including this moving video from one of Houston’s hardest hit neighborhoods, Homestead.
The Answer To Nationalist Populism is Global Populism
Bring out the inspiration
Bring out the new American poetic tradition
The new global poetic and musical movements
That unite people of all races, colors and religions
In the fight for global economic and social equality
This is the populism that tramples the demagogues
Not a fake populism that is nationalist, inegalitarian, isolationist and closed
But real populism that is universal, global and post-national,
True populism is borderless
It is the truth that resides in every heart of everyone from Talahassee to Timbuktu
It says that we are all equals, and must be,
If there will be peace
It says that the farmers and factory workers from Harlem to the Heartland
are the same as the farmers and factory workers and engineers and doctors
in Iraq, in South Africa, in Mexico, Russia, in every country
And that there is a global class of monetary and power elites that are oppressing all of us
And destroying our planet
It is a populism that knows both communism and capitalism have failed to be sustainable
And that we must boldly create a new way
That compels us to come together and usher in an era of mutual responsibility
Across the world
It is time to make good on
Our age-old birth rite
the day when all people live as equals
The dream Isaiah, Christ, Mohamed, Buddha, all dreamt of
The truth that unites us all
Let’s slam dunk the fake populists
And give birth to a new global populism
Let’s demand equality across borders
between all nations, races and religions
Between humanity and nature
Then there will be peace
The answer to nationalist populism
Is global populism
Stephan Said and difrent: launch ‘borderless’
On May 30, 2016, Stephan and the difrent: team launched borderless, an groundbreaking new docu-series and media platform featuring and connecting people at the frontlines of change. At the same time they went live with the new thisisborderless.com wesbite and social networking sites, Stephan and the film crew went live in refugee camps across Greece, where they began filming the third episode in the traveling series which began with its first pilot episode in Iraq just before ISIS invaded. The second episode was filmed in Pakistan where several of the featured and partnering organizations collaborated with Stephan and the borderless team to produce an historic concert for global unity in the country’s capitol, Karachi. Check out the new series, and follow borderless online on facebook, twitter, instagram and elsewhere.
The Orchard Distributing Stephan’s Catalog!
The Orchard is distributing Stephan’s entire catalog except his 1999 Rounder Records debut “Now’s The Time.” This means that all of Stephan’s material is available across the world on all platforms, with previously unavailable albums and EP’s coming soon. Stay tuned for updates! For now, check out his music page for albums that are now available. Already available through platform worldwide via iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, and more are Stephan’s albums difrent:, Slash and Burn, New World Worder, and The Bell. Previously unreleased albums and material, as well as future albums to come will be released and we’ll update you. For updates, join Stephan’s mailing list here
Stephan’s op-ed “The Solution to Extremism is Global Equality”
Here’s Stephan’s widely circulated op-ed about the antidote to extremism, and the need to build a movement for economic and social equality.
#lighttheworld Pakistan in Dawn News
“Artist On Tour For Peace Holds Concert“ The concert for global unity at Port Grand in Karachi, Pakistan was a huge success, and an unprecedented call for peace and unity rising from the region. This great piece in the Pakistan’s biggest English newspaper, Dawn, speaks about the concert, in which Stephan sang in several languages including English, Urdu, Arabic, French, and Hungarian. He was joined by the country’s most beloved Qawwal’s, Farid Ayaz, Abu Muhammad and Qawwals, for his “Love, Make The World Go Round,” as images of thousands of Pakistani youth who made signs for unity were projected from a large backdrop behind them, and the audience also joined, making and holding signs for peace and unity.
Stephan’s latest op-ed – School Shooting’s, We’re missing the Mark
My latest op-ed, “The Cause Of School Shooting’s, We’re missing the Mark” has sparked conversation about the need to get beyond the symptoms of child school shootings and get to their cause. Most importantly, I believe, we have to speak to our youth, and listen to them, and we have to stop telling them what we think is their problem. They know what is bothering them. Haivng written several songs about the issue since the start of the epidemic, and spoken with thousands of youth at colleges and high schools across the United States on my tours, this is about what I know to be the truth, not some academic or other politically motivated idea postulated from an office far-removed from the source.
Engaged Lives: Stephan Said at The New School
Stephan Said is interviewed by the Dean of the New School, David Scobie, on his career and on the launch of his #LightTheWorld global video and tour.
GRITtv Interviews Stephan on his trip to Iraq and new single, video for global unity

GRITtv Embed:
<iframe src=”http://blip.tv/play/
–
Blip Full Embed:
<iframe src=”http://blip.tv/play/
–
http://youtu.be/IMHtrKxgyH4
–
https://www.facebook.com/