EGN Cross Functional In-Person Event
Date/Time: 02/22/24
from 04.00pm - 06.00pm
The Executive Centre, Level 37A & 37B, Ocean Financial Centre, 10 Collyer Quay, 049315 Singapore
CERITA: Exploring the Power of Storytelling for Community Building by Ima (Rahimah) Abdulrahim
Ima Abdulrahim will bring you on a journey to learn about CERITA, a storytelling framework which builds the capacity of changemakers to tell stories that heal, not stories that harm. The CERITA framework also empowers changemakers to engage with stories to build deep empathy - new definitions of what it means to be “us” across political, cultural, religious, linguistic, and ideological faultlines.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Ima (Rahimah) Abdulrahim - Co-Founder & Co-Director, Caravanserai Collective | Democracy Warrior, Human Rights Defender, Muslim Feminist, avid traveller & storyteller, coffee; food enthusiast.
Ima is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Caravanserai Collective, an organization that designs and runs programs that focus on social cohesion and anti-polarization, powered by technology, that amplifies citizen voices through storytelling. The flagship CERITA project - started in 2016 inspires influencers, stakeholders, and individual storytellers across all walks of life to fight discrimination, promote inclusivity, and build trust within and between communities.
Based in Singapore, Ima was the Director of Public Policy for Southeast Asia for Facebook/Meta from 2019 to 2023. She joined Facebook in March 2019 after working at the Jakarta-based think tank, The Habibie Center, for 19 years, and leading it as Executive Director for 9 years.
Throughout her career, she has been a tireless advocate for peace and democracy in Indonesia and the region, and carries over 20 years experience working to promote democracy and human rights. She is determinedly active in the network of civil society organizations, nationally, regionally and globally.
Ima is a 2018 Indo-Pacific Security Studies (FIPPS) Fellow sponsored by the US State Department at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies (DKI APCSS), Honululu, Hawaii, a 2018 Stanford University Draper Hills Fellow, 2017 University of Hong Kong AsiaGlobal Fellow, a 2015 Yale World Fellow, a 2010 MIT-IDEAS Indonesia Fellow and a 2001 Asia Foundation APSA US Congressional Fellow (where she worked in the Office of Congresswoman Juanita Millender- McDonald of California). She holds a Bachelors of Human Science in Political Science and Islamic Studies from the International Islamic University Malaysia, and a Master of Arts (MA) in International Studies and Diplomacy from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London.
She enjoys traveling extensively to speak about democracy, good governance, pluralism, women and peace building, democratization and the role of civil society in Southeast Asia.
Agenda:
04.00 PM: Registration and networking
04.30 PM: Event starts. Presentation by the speaker.
05.30 PM: Q&A
06.00 PM: Meeting ends
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