Onions Talk: Change making through social engagement

Raïsa Mirza is an interdisciplinary socially engaged practitioner with international work experience all over the world - including Bangladesh, Canada, Ethiopia, Japan, Malawi and the Philippines. She works and lives in emerging economies driving social innovation work in challenging contexts within a diversity of sectors. Raïsa has worked on many SDG goals including conservation, agriculture, water and sanitation. She is an expert facilitator in the human centered design process to lead strategic planning, change management and innovation cycles across organizations, including within remote teams and with national governments.
In this episode, we chat about

How socially engaged art can play an important role in driving SDG goals through creativity, storytelling and community engagement.
Finding opportunities beyond the arts to collaborate with and how to build projects
The power of trust, relationships and social capital.
Competencies needed for building cross sector projects.
Imagination as a currency.

Check out Raïsa’s website: https://www.wabisabijetty.com

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