Speak Up Louder: what is social justice?

Ava and Nadia discuss the dynamics of social justice and in-equity within society and culture. The responsibility we all have to address imbalances within society and ensure the availability of support and access for all. What it means to be aware of the inherited trauma within a culture and the healing necessary. What it means to meet everyone's needs.

About Nadia Gilani

Member of the Board. Nadia Gilani is a yoga teacher and author of the Yoga Manifesto. Her working background is in news journalism and communications, which she did for a decade before teaching yoga. After starting life out as a blogger and music reviewer, Nadia trained as a hard news journalist working on local papers before moving onto national titles. After a decade on news desks, having worked as a crime reporter, covered several elections and written dozens of features and front pages, Nadia worked as a communications manager at petition’s website Change.org and later crowdfunding platform GoFundMe. Nadia has extensive experience of working with people with different bodies and from all walks of life.

About Ava Rigy-Williams

Ava is a Creative Facilitator and Yoga Teacher. Her work focuses on using creativity to connect people, and guiding groups into deeper contemplation about issues concerning their liberation and wellbeing- on personal and collective levels. As a guide, Ava is clear that the point of her work is to encourage students to become their own inner teachers: she does this with young people and adults.
Links to work: Instagram: @avazarah and Ava’s website