Founded by civil rights leader Valarie Kaur, The Revolutionary Love Project inspires and equips people to build beloved community where they are.Meha Chiraya will reflect on her experiences working with Valarie to get the Revolutionary Love Project off the ground in 2016. She will share with us the components of the Revolutionary Love Compass, and will lead us through some guided reflections on what this means for us in our own lives and in our Keweenaw community today.
Meha Chiraya is the Global Director for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Amgen, a Fortune 500 biotechnology firm, where she is the chief of staff to Amgen’s Chief Diversity Officer. Prior to Amgen, Meha was a global health and social impact consultant at Accenture, where she consulted for not-for-profit organizations and foundations, publishing a paper on addressing gestational diabetes in Colombia.
Outside of her corporate career, Meha is a podcaster and public speaker, and has spoken on the topic of DEI and health equity to audiences at The New School, UC Berkeley, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and the MBA Consortium.
From 2016-2017, Meha served as Chief of Staff for social justice activist Valarie Kaur to launch the Revolutionary Love Project. She played a critical role in launching this grassroots social justice movement dedicated to combating hate with the ethic of love via storytelling.
Meha has an MBA from UCLA Anderson, where she served as Commencement Speaker for her graduating class. She received her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and was on the student board of the Indian American Students Association and served as President of the Society of Women Engineers.
Forum will be by Zoom only.
it would be ideal if Forum attendees were able to watch the following TED talk ahead of time: https://www.ted.com/talks/valarie_kaur_3_lessons_of_revolutionary_love_in_a_time_of_rage?language=en
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