Ep. 77-Gavin Payne- femicide

Maximum Enthusiasm

Today’s guest is a new friend I met - no surprise- through bikes! I had the good fortune of parking next to Gavin at a mountain bike stage race back in March and thanks to the ‘gram & Strava, we connected and stayed in touch… Fast forward a few months and I noticed some content he was posting regarding a very difficult topic — femicide. While we talk about the bike’s transformative role in Gavin’s life (since that is a through-line of most of my guests’ stories, and my lifelong love affair, after all), we pivot quite quickly to a far more serious topic that is really on Gavin’s heart right now to discuss and bring out into the light: Femicide. "Femicide is generally understood to involve intentional murder of women because they are women, but broader definitions include any killings of women or girls." - W.H.O. I admire Gavin for raising awareness of this topic both for me and for others in his social circles, and for being willing to have the hard conversations… after all, that is what allows things like femicide to not only exist but persist. Talking about it feels like a good first step for those of us just becoming aware of this global and catastrophic issue. We don’t need to be an “expert” in a topic to be able to bring it up and have candid talks about it. Arguably the worst thing we can do with topics like this is ignore them or brush them off as “inapplicable” to our lives. Thanks, Gavin, for shining a light on a discussion we all need to be having. I hope this encourages you to do some research or to have some conversations with people in your life the way Gavin has with people in his life. ***************************** Thank you thank you thank you to our newest sponsor, Gavin Payne, of Haven Properties— with his support, we’ve brought this podcast back to life! If you enjoyed this episode, please give his website or LinkedIn page a visit (and a like or follow!). https://bhgrehaven.com/about-haven-properties https://bhgrehaven.com/meet-the-broker AND - His LINKED IN PAGE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-payne-a8359a159/ And as always— a HUGE thanks to Stu and his team at RELISH STUDIO for editing and producing this podcast for me since we began back in 2018! Please give THEM a visit online or a follow on LinkedIn and/or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/relishcolorado