Webinaire « Inspire Action for Change - Social Media for Social Good »

Date: 

19 Décembre 2012 - 17h00 - 20 Décembre 2012 - 17h59

Organisé par : 

Fondation Filles d’action

Presenter : FARAH N. MAWANI, Founder, Farahway Global (a non-profit human rights organization)

When : December 19, 12:00 to 1:00 PM (EST)

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ABOUT THIS WEBINAR

Farah will share advice for inspiring action for social change based on her intensive experience with global human rights and mental health campaigns. Farah has applied her commitment to community engagement and social justice to a wide range of issues, from political prisoner campaigns, to mental health equity, to promoting and building capacity among peer support groups

Whether you are taking action in your local community or want to create change in the wider world, this webinar will inspire you to set your goals high and take practical steps to make them happen:

Farah will share strategies for building the scope and level of engagement of supporters, within complex and sensitive sociopolitical contexts.

She will highlight the importance of peaceful communication, and demonstrate the potential for amplifying impact by integrating social media with media, and community-based events.

Bring your curiosity and your questions to the Q&A session after the presentation!

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Farah N. Mawani is a Visiting Scholar, Massey College. She has global teaching, research, and policy experience in social determinants of health, mental health, inequalities in health, and community-based research. She has national experience in roles including Senior Policy and Research Analyst, Mental Health Strategy, Mental Health Commission of Canada; Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre Steering Committee member; Mental Health Reform and Policy research team, Centre for the Study of Gender, Social Inequities, and Mental Health; and National Coordinator for numerous national health research projects. Farah recently founded Farahway Global, a non-profit organization that engages the global public in action for human rights and mental health via social media integrated with community-based events. It builds on Farah’s experience co-founding and directing the social media and global public engagement components of Free the Hikers, which freed Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, held hostage in Iran for 2 years and 2 months.

For more information about the SPARKS TALKS WEBINAR SERIES, contact:

Elvira Truglia at elvira@girlsactionfoundation.ca or call 514-948-1112 or 1-888-948-1112

Coordonnées: 

QC
Canada