We are excited to share with you two events that our dear friends at Rising Flame are doing.
The first one is the launch event of Holding Space, which is a manual on deconstructing disability experiences and navigating ableism in therapeutic conversations.
Image description: On a beige background on the top left is the Rising Flame Logo. In the middle is the text in black: Invitation to launch event of Holding Space. Below in bright orangish red is: 'A manual on deconstructing disability experiences and navigating ableism in therapeutic conversations.' Below is text left aligned that says: The launch of the event will include a presentation of the manual, the need for this nuanced conversation, its objectives and how to use it. This will be followed by a panel highlighting the impact of ableism on disabled people's mental health. Parallely next to it on the right is a blue circle inside which is text in white: Join Us.Below that is the text in blue and deep red: Date: December 3, 2021. Location: Delhi + Virtual. Time: 11 am to 1.30 pm. Bottom right we have an illustration of two people facing each other, smiling, with their arms extended. The person on the right has long hair in a ponytail and is wearing sunglasses. The person on the left has short hair and is wearing earrings and a nose ring. They are holding a medicine bottle and syringe. There are sparks, stars and swirls rising from the gap between them. Flowers and leaves of different kinds are growing and blooming beside them.On the left corner is: Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/HoldingSpaceLaunch
The second one is a workshop organised by Rising Flame and Prathama Raghavan, one of the co-founders of Narrative Practices India.
Image description: On a beige background is a decorative flower design in red, pink and yellow. It is spread out over the left edges. On the right corner is the Rising Flame phoenix logo. Below it in black is the text: 'Online Workshop' and text in orange 'on Deconstructing Disability experiences and Navigating Ableism in Therapeutic Conversations’. Centre aligned below in black is: 'Workshop dates December 13, 14, 15 and 16, 2021. Time 10am to 1pm' and below that in orange is: 'Workshop costs: 2500 INR' and 'Applications open till 5 pm on November 30, 2021’.
This workshop is based on Holding Space: Deconstructing Disability Experiences and Navigating Ableism in Therapeutic Conversations.
This manual supports mental health practitioners to expand their understanding of disability experiences and ableism’s demands on disabled people’s lives and its effects on their mental health.
The facilitators of the workshop are Prathama Raghavan, Nidhi Goyal and Srinidhi Raghavan.
Image description: On top of a beige background on left top in a circular frame is the black and white image of Prathama where she is seated on a chair. Next to this is the text in bright red: Prathama Raghavan, Lead Facilitator. On the right top is the Rising Flame logo. Below this is her bio in black: Prathama Raghavan (she/they) calls Kathmandu and Hyderabad (India) home. She loves languages and is currently a student of Nepali Sign Language. Her work and life are informed by narrative practices, principles of disability justice, neurodiversity, transformative justice and poetry. She is co-founder of Narrative Practices India - a collective of 6 people exploring narratives ideas and practices in diverse contexts. She has continued to work in parts of India and Nepal on disability & mental health with children, adults and families for 15 years. She has been doing trainings on mental health & disability with community workers, educators, health and mental health workers. Previously, she was coordinator Mental Health, Access & Inclusion department at Ullens school, IB Diploma program in Kathmandu. She also worked in mental health and well-being alongside communities in rural areas, those living in conflict and post-disaster contexts and with refugee communities in Nepal, Bangladesh & Myanmar with Action Contre La Faim. Prathama has a Masters & PhD in Developmental Psychology from Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier, France and a Masters in Psychology from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. At the bottom is a decorative element in the shades of pink, red and yellow which looks like waves.
Image description: On top of a beige background on the left top in a circular frame is an image of Nidhi Goyal where she is standing at the podium. Next to this is the text in bright red: Nidhi Goyal Founder and Executive Director, Rising Flame. On the right top is the Rising Flame logo. Below this is her bio in black: Nidhi Goyal is the founder and executive director of the National Award winning Indian non profit organisation Rising Flame which works for persons with disabilities with a focus on women and youth. A disabled feminist activist from India, she has been working on disability rights and gender justice since a decade. Her work spans research, writing, training, campaigns, advocacy, and art. She has been invited on the core group of persons with disabilities by the National Human Rights Commission, India, is on the diversity and inclusion task force of FICCI, and sits on the advisory board of Voice, a grant making project by the Dutch ministry. She has just completed her term as President of Association for Women’s Rights in Development and as a global advisor to UN Women’s Executive Director. She works to raise the profile of issues at the intersection of disability and gender through op-eds, journal articles, and lectures in national and international forums. She influences organisations, systems and structures, policies and human rights discourses to be more inclusive in national and global spaces. Nidhi has been committed to changing lives of persons with disabilities and has worked with a range of National and global women’s rights, disability rights, and human rights organizations, including Point of View, Human Rights Watch, Sight Savers, and CREA. Her work on disability, gender, diversity and inclusion have made way into many corporate offices and policy. At the bottom is a decorative element in the shades of pink, red and yellow which looks like waves.
Image description: On top of a beige background on the left top in a circular frame is an image of Srinidhi where she is laughing. Next to this is the text in bright red: Srinidhi Raghavan, Co-Lead, Programmes, Rising Flame. On the right top is the Rising Flame logo of a phoenix. Below this is her bio in black: Srinidhi Raghavan is a disabled feminist, writer, researcher and trainer. She works at the intersections of sexuality, gender, disability and technology. She is Co-Lead, Programmes at Rising Flame. She has spent the last decade working with feminist and disability rights organisations, children and young people, women of all ages, parents, special educators, and teachers on deepening conversations around sexuality, on rights of persons with disabilities and building more spaces where disabled people can thrive. She has undertaken research on sexuality and violence faced by women with disabilities and vulnerability of adolescent girls with a focus on sexual and reproductive health. Her work has been published extensively in national and international websites on gender, sexuality, disability and technology. She wrote a one-of-a kind column in India for FirstPost called Bodies and Minds that looks at the often ignored intersection of gender and disability. She is interested in community care, disability justice, intersectional feminism and cats. At the bottom is a decorative element in the shades of pink, red and yellow which looks like waves.
