GBA 314 Wasi

Summary: In GBA 314 we get better acquainted with Wasi. She talks about not defining marginalised groups by their traumas, #CutFromTheSameCloth a collection of essays by hijabis, getting to the point where she is comfortable calling herself a photographer, how she became a person centred therapist, the systematic elements involved in mental health struggles, growing up with parallel experiences and cultures, experiences of Islamophobia and racism, pushing back against structural oppressions, the work that Against Borders For Children (Schools ABC) have done and so much more. Wasi plugs: Cut From the Same Cloth: https://unbound.com/books/cut-from-the-same-cloth Against Borders For Children: Schools ABC: https://www.schoolsabc.net/ Wasi Daniju photos: http://wasidaniju.com/ Inclusive Mosque: https://www.facebook.com/inclusivemosqueinitiative/ http://www.inclusivemosqueinitiative.org/ Black Girl Festival 29th October: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/the-uks-first-black-girl-festival/ I plug: Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad: https://medium.com/@goosefat101/down-to-a-sunless-sea-memories-of-my-dad-d1d2d3a61360 What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/ The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ We mention: Moomins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomins Royal Festival Hall: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/ https://twitter.com/writersofcolour The Trashies: https://mediadiversified.org/tag/the-trashies/ Signal Boosting: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/signal_boosting Follow Fridays: https://www.lifewire.com/a-guide-to-follow-friday-2655376 Wasi's recent thread: https://twitter.com/knox_o/status/914171672479092738 South London Refugee Association: https://www.slr-a.org.uk/ Women and Girls Network: http://www.wgn.org.uk/ Nadia Kamil: https://nadiakamil.co.uk/ Bang Said The Gun: http://www.bangsaidthegun.com/ Meadowlands Festival: https://twitter.com/meadowfest Body Narratives: https://www.thebodynarratives.com Indigo Williams: https://twitter.com/Indigowilliams Leslie Asare: https://twitter.com/layaxo3 I Shape Beauty: https://ishapebeautyblog.wordpress.com Moles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(unit) Erasmus Year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Programme Aphasia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia Prevent: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/04/prevent-hate-muslims-schools-terrorism-teachers-reject Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ 9/11: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks 7/7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings War on Terror: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Terror Microaggressions: https://www.buzzfeed.com/hnigatu/racial-microagressions-you-hear-on-a-daily-basis Sabeena Akhtar: https://twitter.com/pocobookreader The Good Immigrant: https://unbound.com/books/the-good-immigrant Nazeem Hussein: http://nazeemhussain.com/ Docs Not Cops: http://www.docsnotcops.co.uk/ Niemöller poem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_... Help more people get better acquainted. If you like what you hear why not write an iTunes review? Follow @GBApodcast on Twitter. Like Getting Better Acquainted on facebook. Tell your friends. Spread the word!