About Me
[x_text]Amita Swadhin is an LA-based, NYC-bred educator, storyteller, activist and consultant dedicated to fighting interpersonal and institutional violence against young people. She believes change makers have a responsibility to involve directly-affected constituents in crafting solutions to social problems, and that these solutions must include an intersectional analysis of oppression, power and privilege. Her commitments and approach to this work stem from her experiences as a queer woman of color, daughter of immigrants, and survivor of child abuse.
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Consulting
[x_text style=”color: #fff;”]Amita works as a consultant for foundations, nonprofit organizations, schools and universities, building on over a decade of academic, professional and volunteer experience in organizational management and development, fundraising, curriculum creation, training facilitation, community organizing, and policy research and analysis. Along with these hard skills, she brings a commitment to social justice and an intersectional lens of analysis to her work.
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[x_text class=”left-text “]Amita has extensive public speaking experience, building on over a decade of work as a facilitator, educator and community organizer. She has expertise on a number of topics pertaining to institutional and interpersonal violence, youth activism, the arts as a tool for social change, and issues relating to LGBTQ, immigrant, and people of color communities. Commonly requested presentations include:
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Requested Presentations
[x_text class=”left-text “]- Power, Privilege, Identity & Intersectionality
- Know Your Rights Trainings
- Storytelling for Social Change
- Using Theater to Address Child Sexual Abuse
- Politicizing Trauma
- Undoing Racism
- Building Allies Against Homophobia and Transphobia
- Intimate Violence in Asian American Communities
- Intimate Violence in LGBTQ Communities
- Supporting & Honoring Youth Leadership in Social Justice Movements
[/x_text][x_text]Amita has spoken at over 35 colleges, conferences and community organizations over the past decade.[/x_text]Book Amita
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