Embodying Change : A Second Online Conference about Re-Imagining International Development
November 25-29, 2019
This year the conference will focus on how we can really begin to embody and practice the changes our sector needs
Wondering how we build anti-racist and intersectional practices in 'development' and 'aid' spaces?
Asking how we build care and solidarity in our work environments that can help support us all in the work?
Thinking about how we can decolonise our practice and end the story that 'we know better'?
What is the Healing Solidarity Conference?
A week of conversations with activists, practitioners and thinkers interested in reforming international development practice, and figuring out how to care for ourselves and one other in the process.
Workbooks included. Entirely online.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Alex Martins
Researcher, Facilitator and Advocate
Bonnie Chiu
Social entrepreneur, gender equality advocate and a social impact consultant
Danny Sriskandarajah
Chief Executive, Oxfam GB
Edgar Villanueva
Philanthropy Expert & Author of Decolonizing Wealth
Faye Ekong
Managing director and Co-founder, RavelWorks Africa
Gozel Baltaeva
People Management Adviser for CHS Alliance
Hitendra Solanki
Mindfulness & Wellbeing Adviser for Action Against Hunger UK and Senior Lecturer, MSc Development Studies London Southbank University
Jennifer Lentfer
aid worker turned writer/poet, writing coach, and communications strategist
Jenny Hodgson
Director, Global Fund for Community Foundations
Jonathan Glennie
Writer, researcher, activist, campaigner, consultant and practitioner
Lori Michau
Co-Founder and Co-Director of Raising Voices
Mary Jane N. Real
Co-Lead of Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights Asia & Pacific (UAF A&P)
Lorriann Robinson
Founder & Director, The Advocacy Team
Marai Larasi
Advocate, Activist and Consultant (Photo by M Beatty)
Melissa Pitotti
Working in humanitarian affairs since 2003, a mom, bookworm, and burnout-survivor.
Mitali Sen
UK Grantmaker and Feminist
Nana Afadzinu
Executive Director of the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI)
Natsnet Ghebrebghan
Violence Against Women Prevention Coordinator at Raising Voices
Neha Kagal
Activist and Researcher
Nurhaida Rahim
Coach, yoga teacher and Ayurvedic Practitioner (in-training)
Pip Bennett
Feminist Mother and Youth Worker
Shawna Wakefield
Gender justice advocate, feminist leadership and org change consultant, trauma-informed yoga teacher (photo Daniel-Joseph Cyan)
Solomé Lemma
Executive Director, Thousand Currents
Swatee Deepak
Director of With and For Girls Collective
Zohra Moosa
Executive Director, Mama Cash
What we’ll explore
What it means to be practitioners committed to embodying and practising the changes we want to see in the context of international 'aid' and 'development'.
How to identify and disrupt the ways in which our sector manifests the things we abhor; colonial attitudes, racism, professional bureaucracies out of touch with their values.
What it means to be resilient and be self-reflective as practitioners
How we can build just cultures in organisations, communities and initiatives which create the collective care we crave.
How the conference will unfold
What makes the conference different?
All the best aspects of a conference but virtual - join from wherever in the world you are!
You can choose to connect with other attendees via our Healing Solidarity Collective - a Mighty Network where the LIVE conversations we will host during the conference week (25-29 November) will also take place.
We won't be afraid to ask the uncomfortable questions about 'development' & 'aid' and to think together about how things need to change & we'd love for you to join us!
CONTRIBUTE TO SUPPORT THE CONFERENCE & GET DOWNLOADABLE RECORDINGS, WORKBOOKS AND SUPPORT TO SHARE THESE CONVERSATIONS
Bite-sized:
Audio Downloadable Access
Not able to listen to all of the talks you are interested in during the week of the conference? Want the audio downloads for personal use to listen later when you have more time?
Contribute at least £15 - less than £1 a talk - to support the production of this conference and we will give you access to downloadable MP3 audio files for all of the talks. Plus, we will give you access to each day's workbook in one place so you can refer back to them as you engage with the talks.
Contribution of £15 or more
Blooming:
Audio & Video Download Access
If you want downloadable access to the conference videos as well audio, for personal use, then this is for you.
When you contribute at least £35 to support the conference we'll give you access to
- Downloadable MP3 audio and MP4 video files for all of the talks
- specially expanded workbooks
- transcripts of all the talks.
Contribution of £35 or more
Root System:
Organisational Download Access
This is for organisations who want to share these conversations with their staff, partners, volunteers or students. For a contribution of at least £300 to support this work you'll receive everything:
- Downloadable MP3 audio and MP4 video files for all of the talks
- specially expanded workbooks
- Additional Workbook for Organisations including suggestions about how to use the questions emerging from the conference in organisations and groups.
- transcripts of all the talks
- A conversation (with Mary Ann) to think through how to use these materials with your organisations.
We are suggesting a contribution of £300 for this to help support the development and production of this conference. If you are a large organisation with many staff, students or volunteers, please consider contributing more. If you are a small organisation and this cost is prohibitive for you, please get in touch to discuss a reduced rate. For this amount or more we are also able to invoice your organisation for payment. Please email maryann@healingsolidarity.org if that's something you'd like us to do.
Contribution of £300 or more
MEET THE HOSTS
This year Mary Ann is joined as a host by Pontso Mafethe.
Mary Ann Clements
Feminist Writer, Facilitator, Activist and Coach and Initiator of Healing Solidarity
Pontso Mafethe
Leader & Mentor,
Women & Girls Rights and Philanthropy
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F.A.Q
How many conference sessions are there?
At least 15 Speakers + 5 Live Practice Sessions
How long is each session?
Sessions last no more than an hour
I’m not based in the UK, is the conference for me too?
Yes. The conference is accessible from anywhere in the world.
How long do I have to watch each session?
During the conference, you have 48 hours starting at 8 am Greenwich Meantime (GMT). You can also choose to ‘take the conference away’ and for a contribution to support the production of the conference get permanent downloadable access to all the recordings.
But what about the time difference? Will I miss everything?
No, you have 48 hours to view the talks will just start at a different time of day depending on where in the world you are.
Is this really free?
Yes, it's free to participate during the week of the conference itself. Register and get access to the talks during the conference week (25th-29th November) + a daily workbook each day of the conference. If you choose you can also receive recordings of all the sessions in return for a contribution towards the conference. Read more about that and make a contribution here.
Can I share my daily link with my colleagues?
Everyone needs to register at healingsolidarity.org
I don’t actually work in international development. Can I still join?
Yes absolutely. Anyone interested in issues of global solidarity and collective care is welcome to join us.
Can I still attend the conference if I don't want to join the Mighty Network?
Yes, you don’t need to join the Mighty Network but if you do you’ll have access to additional content and information throughout the conference. Join here.