The Inside Perspective on Grassroots Community Organizing with Isatou & Mallika

Join Mallika as she welcomes special guest Isatou to discuss what it takes to become a community leader and the important experiences along the way that create strong leadership qualities in people. Discover what it takes to build strong roots in communities today, as Isatou shares important inside information from her work as a grassroots community organizer, tackling issues that face young women in Gambia, and also in the rest of the continent. Both Isatou and Mallika live a lifestyle today that was only a dream a decade ago, powered by a strong desire to do something meaningful for themselves and those around them. Listen and learn as they go over the key moments that helped them hone and focus that desire as they navigated changing countries, continents, cultures and political landscapes. These practical solutions and key target points can help you no matter what stage you are in personally, so long as you have an evolving desire to enrich yourself and others.

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Important acronyms from video:
1) FGM = Female Genital Mutilation
2) GBV = Gender Based Violence
3) SAP = Social Action Program

*Links mentioned in the video*

1) Night of Nations (an annual event dedicated to celebrating diverse cultures through story, food, music and dance) founded by Isatou & Mallika at the University of North Georgia: https://youtu.be/5CtVFfZGAUA

2) Vedic Cycles of Time - Yugas:
Yugas (Wisdom Hour Episode 3): https://youtu.be/w95QQcZtaK8
Yugas (Wisdom Hour Episode 4): https://youtu.be/1JZyRivU8Nw
Yugas (Wisdom Hour Episode 5): https://youtu.be/N_2swwuzVjM

3) What Navratri looks like at Annapurna: https://youtu.be/D9f8u0WxHg0

4) Isatou & Mallika share their most powerful dance:
https://youtu.be/-2Ltep_-K54
https://youtu.be/0Ae1lTgf0Dc

5) Isatou on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/icextou/?hl=en

6) Isatou's mentees from the Think Young Women Fellowship tackle the issue of female genital mutilation through music (mentee story): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQVTTOjlCZk

7) Isatou tells her experience with female genital mutilation and how she has transformed her pain into power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dR-XV8yk_k&t=4s

8) Ending Prayer shared by Isatou (May Source Guide the Way for Us All): https://myislam.org/rabbi-inni-lima-anzalta/

9) Isatou's organization, Think Young Women:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThinkYoungWomen/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkyoungwomen/?hl=en
Twitter: @ThinkYoungWomen

10) My Shruti Box (used for prayer music) - Square Sound Box (similar): https://amzn.to/3kFvwD5